utility trucks pulled up to peco's baldwin service building in eddystone.suitcase where is unloaded after spending more than a week, in less than ideal accommodations. >> thirty-six men, three bunks high in the back of a tractor trailer. >> reporter: but crews say it was within of the most gratifying trips they have taken coming to the aid of those recovering from hurricane irma. >> toughest thing to see was the kids and the people who were without power at that point for up to 10 days. again, with the high heat and hugh humidity they were suffering. >> reporter: in all more than 350 peco employees and contractors traveled to florida to help with power restoration efforts after the powerful storm left millions in the dark. this particular crew did most of its work in the fort myers area. >> vegetation was almost jungle like that the crews had to deal with, in addition, putting back wires, poles, trying to restore power for the population. >> reporter: crew members say they were most impressed with the resilience of the residents that they helped. >> they ne

action news reporter jeaneatte reyes has that story from peco headquarters in center city. good morning, jeaneatte. >> reporter: we expected those widespread you outages, about a quart of the state is in the dark, so to speak, hundreds of peco employees and others are headed that way to offer whatever help they can, about 200 peco employees and contracts packed up days worth of food, water and other items before the long trip. this may be the biggest restoration project yet. this is part of an 1800 person country making their way down. the help is desperately needed and will be put to good use, about four and a half million floridians are without power. pseg sent 150 employees to help out. >> we count on possibly coming from cross the country to help us. and now it's our time, it's our time to get our folks out to help them. >> reporter: and power companies say it's still too early to fully assess the damage as a result of irma but they do believe it's possible some customers may be without power for weeks. jeaneatte reyes channel 6 >> thank you for the latest. visit 6 abc.

tonight, 200 peco employees and contractors are on their way south.y departed from a peco station in eddiestone 10:30 this morning, their destination damage and destruction sure to be left by hurricane irma. as we hoped for the best down south these crews prepared for the worst, maybe largest storm restoration project they have ever faced. peco communication specialist craig smore. >> we know that there will be a lot of work to be done. obviously preparing for the war, hoping for the best but our crews are standing by, they are making their way down there and they are ready to respond where they are needed the most. >> reporter: what you are seeing right there is last truck to pull out of this caravan of 30 trucks. greg, you said one of the things thermos proud office to be able to go down south and help those co that helped you during super storm sandy. >> absolutely, tremendous ability to be able to come down, repay favor and anytime that we're in need, we can call on those other crews as well, it is great to repay favor to those crews helped us in

right now, joining me live is craig with peco >> we have 50 peco employees, line workers, safety personnel and other support services heading south starting today to help restore any type of damage that was caused by hurricane irma. and this is part of a larger initiative. we are part of the exelon family of companies, this includes nearby utilities such atlantic city electric and delmarva in delaware. we have 1800 employees and contractors that will be dispatched. >> reporter: where exactly will your countries go? i know you'll go to florida and georgia, but pretty much on stand by like everyone >> right now we'll be making the multi-day trip, heading to north carolina, the georgia area and then ultimately into florida where we'll be able to get additional understanding of where damage is the most hard hit. what areas need the most help, what can we do to help restore service. so really, taking the q of the host utility whenever we go to offer this type of assistance to understand what's needed and where. >> reporter: we were speaking before, and in the news really you guys put out. this

. >> hard to see the peco sign. good morning, everybody, 5:30 a.m., september 14. dave and karen have weather and traffic. >> reporter: fog has been an issue. >> reporter: jfk is seeing thick fog right now. as we look at the weather center. we have clouds out there, above the surface. some of these still far back to the west, but down at the surface, low lying clouds in philadelphia right now. also a little bit of rain trying to make a run at the region. we'll show you that on storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of this is lancaster county coming up through baltimore i could see based on on the fact it's going north/northeast berks county picks up some of this and western chester county a sprinkle, delaware, possibly. most of that will fall a part a little bit as it heads to the east. something to think about in the western suburbs this morning. temperatures are mild. 68 degrees in allentown. 70 in beach haven. 72 in cape may. 67 degrees in wilmington, delaware. on the mild side, also on the humid side that's the call today, humid, mild, 77 degrees by noon. a wa

. >>> jeaneatte reyes has that story from peco in center city.ood morning, jeaneatte. >> reporter: good morning, this morning, about a quarter of floridians are in the dark as a result of hurricane irma passing through. but as we speak, hundredses of peco employees are headed down that way to offer up whatever assistance they can and hopefully bring back some sense of normal see. packing up days worth of food and water bottles, this may be the biggest restoration project yet. this team was part of an 1800 person crew making their way down. their help is desperately needed and will be put to good use, about four and a half million floridians are without power. pseg also sent about 154 employees >> we get hit up here, we count on people coming from across the country to help us, now our time, it's our time to get our folks out to help them. >> reporter: power companies say it's too early to assess the full extent of the damages but it could take weeks for some of these customers to get their powerfully restored. reporting live in center city, jeane

and this morning about four and a half million floridians are in the dark but we have hundreds of pecoyees as well as others to offer help, about to hundred peco employees are on their way, they brought up days worth of food, water and other essentials, this may be the best restoration project yet. this team picture of an 1800 crew making their way down, the help is desperately needed. pseg sent about 154 employees. >> we get hit up here, you know, take sandy, we count on people coming from across the country to help us and now our time, it's our to him to get our folks out to help them. >> reporter: power companies say it's still to you early to assess the full extent of the damage. but they say it is possible some of their customers may be without power for weeks. live in center city, jeaneatte reyes, channel 6. >>> for the latest on hurricane irma, wove 6 abc visit 6 abc and have access to videos and photos from irma's path >>> gunshots rang out in north philadelphia while employees were out there on routine patrol. a 34-year-old man was shot in the back at 12th and west susquehanna

now 200 peco employees and contractors just departed from the station in eddy stone, destination, theamage and destruction sure to be left by hurricane irma. they left the property at 10:30. these crews are preparing for the worst. maybe the largest storm restoration project. they've ever faced. as of now, more than 1 million people in florida are without power. peco communications specialist craig smore, >> we know there will be a lot of work, preparing for the worst prior preparing for the put best >> this is part of 1800 utilities and employees heading south. >> this includes atlantic city electric and delmarva power as well as other utilities >> you're seeing last truck to pull out. you're saying one of the things you're most proud of is being able to go down south and help those companies that help you did >> absolutely basically come down and repay the favor. any time we're on need we're able to call on those crews as well. it's great to be able to repay to those crews that helped us in the past. >> reporter: it will go as far as north carolina and in the morning wake up and get

one peco line worker's wife organized a care package to be sent to our crewness fort myers florida but once it arrived, the crews decided it was better to donate food, drinks to a local church that was organizing meals for residents who were, without power. nicely done. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight an 11 year-old boy from malvern battling a rare disease is pedaling his way to awareness. >> you can still achieve your goals and you can and should not give up your hopes and dreams. >> and how his father is helping him on his rocky run through philadelphia. >>> plus, free library of philadelphia welcomes 50 new citizens to the sit of brotherly new jersey born and raised. like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. as a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. that's why he'll fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. if we want to change trenton, there's only one way. fran grenier.

tonight, 200 peco employees and contractors are on their way south. they departed from the peco station in eddystone, 10:30 this morning. their destination the damage and destruction sure to be left by hurricane irma. as we hoped for the best down south these crews prepared for the worst. maybe largest storm restoration project they have ever faced. peco communication specialist craig moore. >> we know there will be work to be done. obviously preparing for the worst, hoping for the best but our crews are standing by, they are making their way down there and they are ready to respond where they are needed most. >> reporter: what you are seeing right there is last truck to pull out of this caravan of 30 trucks and he said one of the things thermos proud office to be able to go down south to help those companies that helped you during super storm sandy. >> absolutely, tremendous built to come down, repay favor, anytime we're in need we are able to call on them as well. it is great to repay the favor to those crews that have helped us in the past. >> repo

mayor kenney was on hand for a $100,000 grant from peco. to create an energy jobs program that would benefit low income communities and state representative donna bullock was there today to introduce legislation to make solar energy available to low income residents as well. >> it would allow companies like peco to own and operate solar sites. >> bullock went on to say these changes are so important because of the many families forced to choose between heating their homes and feeding their families. >>> a day of relaxation and rehabilitation during a golf game in gloucester county. the next step golf clinic, 18 veterans that lost their limbs in combat came to participate in the nine hole tournament and golf professionals were here to give them the tools to may one day on their own and help in the path of recovery. >> i'm jealous. >> me too. coming up a check of the accuweather forecast. >> looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you the philadelphia international airport on a thursday night. cecily tynan has the accuweather forecast when we c

in the short-term, tricks and pecos about to get pummeled. what we saw happen in bermuda and the lesser tea leaves and british virgin islands, that's about to happen in turks and pecos. that same force of the storm. then it moves to the southern bahamas before it makes the tur turn. the water is really warm. we've had this category 5 for the better part of two days. it's been moving over warm water. the darker colors, that's even warmer temperatures. there isn't any reason fuel wise we're going to see the storm weekend. finally, one last thing. yesterday irma went over the leeward islands. cat 5 hurricane. take a look at hurricane jose. it's a major hurricane. that white line is what happened with irma. take a look at the cone here for jose. by saturday, we might be talking about a second major hurricane landfall on the same islands here in about a four to five day period. it's unfathomable when you see the pictures. >> category 3 behind a category 5. we'll be back to you. something to think about. if you've got friends on the west coast of f

. >>> no escalÓ cucho tan sufrio las a febrero tasas de zeus sismo, aquÍ en asunciÓn, is cal te peco,. >>> la ayuda federal no ha llegado. >>> en este estado se encuentran un millÓn de afectados que ahora, deben encontrar la manera de reiniciar sus vidas, en asunciÓn, oaxaca, noticias telemundo. aquÍ en miami, los vientos han disminuÍdo furia, pero continÚa lluvia, inundaciones, las inundaciones en gran parte de centro de la ciudad de miami, pueden ver aquÍ, esto ocurre durante, por millas, y millas a la redonda, serÁ tiempo, mucho tiempo, que esto vuelva a la normalidad, nosotros asÍ llegamos al fin de esta ediciÓn de noticias telemundo, gracias por su tiempo, mantÉngase con nosotros aquÍ en noticias telemundo, huracÁn irma, reciÉn estÁ tocando tierra estadounidense, se desplaza por el oeste de la florida hacia el norte afecta no solo todo el estado de la florida, es huracÁn tamaÑo de texas, si no que tambiÉn, georgia a, alabama y otros estados. gracias y buenas tardes.

. >> the building process in florida has a long way to go which is why local peco employees have beenelp, working in tough conditions. how their wives from thousands of miles away are helping their cause. >>> also getting a fresh beer without ever leaving your house. the new at-home delivery service that's coming to philly at 5:00. at longhorn, tonight's special, the great american steak dinner for $12.99. a center-cut sirloin with a side, plus a starter, or dessert. and for lunch, try one of our new burgers. like the bbq bacon burger. you can't fake steak. >>> local electrical workers have been called into duty to help speed the recovery in florida after hurricane irma. >> nearly 2,000 peco employees went down to restore power. the conditions can be rough. nbc 10's stephen fisher shows us how their wives are helping out at home. >> they're in shower trailers and port potties. so the clorox wipes, deodorant, toothpaste. >> a group of workers working around the clock to get the lights turned back on. >> he's a lineman, so he restores power to people out of pour. >> reporter: sarah's hu

peco needs more than 600 workers to do that kind of job. first class to graduate from the pipeline program. they broke ground at the university of the sciences, having beds for 400 students and retail space and the construction is underway at the former alexander wilson elementary and set to open in the winter of 2018 and replace the housing owned by the university. >>> students that have ali lynch for kindergarten walked in to a surprise she earned a $15,000 classroom makeover. adding new books and educational toys and much more. miss lynch considers her students family and they deserve the best environment to learn and grow. >>> still to come on "action news" today. a florida sheriff has a message for fugitives if you need a safe place to stay to ride out the storm. don't go to a shelter but go to jail instead. >> and a woman was kicked out of a restaurant over the shirt she was wearing, because the top allegedly violated the health code. what she was wearing coming up. >> and cecily tynan returning with the full accuweather forecast. fio

. >>> peco crews, more than 200 employees and contractors left yesterday. peco said superstorm sandy and the 2014 ice storm prepared crews to help in this disaster. >>> washington is working to make sure relief supplies reach the victims. president trump met with his team at camp david this weekend to make sure funds and aid are getting where they need to go. fema almost ran out of money after hurricane harvey but congress approved another $15 million in aid. >> costs a lot of money. right now we're worried about lives. >> congress will also likely come up with more money by mid-october to help those who are uninsured cover their losses. >>> irma's impact is being felt in the area. people in the region who have relatives and friends in florida have been on edge waiting to see what irma will do. jen morton says her dad, stepmom, and two young siblings moved to tampa less than a month ago. they were evacuated and are staying with morton's grandmother. she's watching and worrying from south philly. >> there's nothing i can do from here to help them. and that i

del marva power crews left new york this morning, and peco crews also answering the call. more than 200 contractors left del marva this afternoon. they have no idea what they'll face but will go wherever florida utility crews need them. >> they may send our crews one way, maybe split them up, but they're relying on the host utility to direct them wherever they're needed. >>> irma's impact is being felt right here in our area. nbc 10 lawyuren mapes. >> i spoke to one woman who said her family just moved to florida. they are used to snowstorms, but not this. as hurricane irma makes its way along florida's coast, jen morton has her eye on the state that became her family's new home less than a month ago. >> there was one time they were asking, what if they get ready for it what would happen? we would get wet. this is so much more than just getting wet. >> reporter: she's taking shelter with her grandfather. she's watching and worrying from south philadelphia. >> yesterday i saw video of damage, and it was just immediate anxiety. i can't see that anymore because my family is a

peco is sending 30 trucks to florida or perhaps georgia. those trucks are not alone.nvoy was spotted traveling this afternoon. >> president trump along with vice president pence and cabinet members were briefed on hurricane irma during a meeting in camp david. they discussed the storm's potential impact. >> hurricane irma is being addressed and officials are watching hurricane jose. today it brushed over barbuda where residents vacated to antigua because irma left them nowhere to take shelter. the navy sailed to st. thomas to evacuate people needing medical care. they'll be treated? st. croix. >> it's estimated there are thousands of americans trapped at st. martin. >> the "6abc" app will pass along updates. the "6abc" app is a free download for your mobile device. "action news" has special coverage of hurricane irma as it makes landfall beginning at 5:30 tomorrow morning on "6abc." >> moving on tonight to two brothers, one just 16 years old is charged with the murder of a man in the spring garden section. the victim was shot in the face in front of his three-year-old

with this big push into solar energy peco and philadelphia opportunities industrial says center hope to benefit those in the lower income communities. the energy training program is set to begin this january. >>> even though it is only september, international co have their sights set on the holidays as they release plans to beef up staffing before the busy shopping season gets underway. three on your side jim donovan takes a look at who is hiring. >> reporter: now hiring for the holidays, companies impacted by the gift giving season have had big plans to hire seasonal workers, those people who typically get paid hurley and work from november through january. fedex expects to add more than 50,000 of those employees, to help get packages where they need to go? ups wants to hire about 95,000 seasonal workers and target plans to stock its stores with people, adding about 100,000 jobs. amazon, gap, toys-r-us are also hiring seasonal workers. the temp job could be permanent. ups says that over the past three years, 35 percent of the seasonal workers got a full-time gig, fedex said many of

. >> hard to see the peco sign. good morning, everybody, 5:30 a.m., september 14.ave and karen have weather and traffic. >> reporter: fog has been an issue. >> reporter: jfk is seeing thick fog right now. as we look at the weather center. we have clouds out there, above the surface. some of these still far back to the west, but down at the surface, l

mayor jim kenney was on hand for the announcement of a $100,000 grant from peco. for the energy for all jobs program. the event was by donna bullock that would make solar energy more accessible to lower income residents. >> speaking of solar it's warm. >> people are tired of this, i was out walking and they said what are we going to do? >> it's another nine or ten days of this. stormtracker 6 live double scan we are look agent dry conditions. pretty day whether or not you like the temperature. blue skies and cloud cover out there over the commodore barry bridge lots of sun breaking through and in philadelphia we are toasty again, 84 degrees right now and the dew point over 60 and a bit more humid down south, that 63 is just over that 60 degree threshold. where we begin to feel humid. winds north-northeast at 8 miles per hour. ocean temperature 72. jose is off the coast. spinning away from us and diminishing in intensity and it may drift closer to the coast before it finally takes off over the next several days. a decent amount of sunshine as cloud cover comes off

some peco crews are down in the devastation zone to help get florida's electrical grid up and runningin. keith rails from berks county is one of those workers. his wife, sarah, showed us this picture keith sent to her of some of the damage. she tells us keith will be sleeping in a trailer with other workers over the next two weeks while they work to get the power back on. sarah in the meantime is collected donated goods and shipping them to her husband and his fellow workers. >>> new jersey's air national guard is doing its part in irma relief efforts. guard members left for the u.s. virgin islands yesterday. they're ready to help out there for the next two months. nearly 20,000 army and air national guard members from all over the country are helping out in florida. 5:48 right now on this saturday. irma is in the past, we're keeping an eye on jose. but in the meantime our weather is pretty pleasant. and we're just keeping an eye on jose, correct, krystal? >> yeah, that's exactly right. this is something we've been watching now for quite some time because jose's been taking its time m

. >> welcome back, peco crews are back in pennsylvania after two weeks of restoring power in floridalowing hurricane irma. "eyewitness news" was there, sunday afternoon, as two trucks rolled into the service building in eddie stone. the crews worked restoring temperatures, cutting through jungle like ventres to make some of the repairs in florida even though the conditions were difficult, crews say the work was rewarding. >> when you see people in these temperatures with no air , some no water, because their pumps didn't work, no bathroom fast facility, very difficult, and it is gratifying for the crews. >> now, in addition to making repairs, worker also helped hand out food and water. >> days after hurricane maria devestated puerto rico, many still trying to make contact with relatives, friends there. alicia was at the annual puerto rican day parade yesterday, and talked to some locals still wait to hear from loved ones. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> the annual puerto rican day parade in philadelphia ... like every year, there was latin music, echoing down the ben franklin parkway, thousands dancing

. >>> also hurricane matthew ya' devastated the island of peco. power -- puerto rico.s a new threat. a dam in puerto rico that's been in danger of breaking is still holding at least for now. but according to governor ricardo roselo about 70,000 people near the dam should still evacuate just for their own safety. a dam breach could lead to potentially life-threatening flooding downstream. it's just another reason philadelphia is opening its doors to evacuees. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh caught up with some folks who made it in on a late flight on friday. >> felt like we were going to die. >> reporter: angela rivera spoke to "eyewitness news" after hurricane matthew ya' devastated the island. >> evacuated to a ballroom, the walls were shaking, the chandelier was shaking. floor was shaking. then they moved us into the stairwell where for eight hours we were 20 people in room the size of a bathroom and the wind just sounded like a freight train. >> reporter: rivera who lives in manchester new jersey said she flew to puerto rico a week ago for a vacation and spent t

. >>> peco crews returned.s in miami. >>> a bank robber changes up his appearance each time he holds up a bank. the latest was saturday. he robbed the bank on arch street around noon. showed the teller a thrive akni demanded money. the fbi says he's responsible for four other robberies since july. i wears different hats, sometimes he has facial hair. sometimes he's clean shaven like yesterday. this is the third rob rbery thi month. >>> a barrage of bullets at the jersey shore. three people were shot in mays landing. the shooting happened in hamilton township. one vick contintim was in bad s flown to the hospital. so far no arrests. >>> deadly church shooting. we're hearing from a woman who watched a gunman go on a shooting spree after a service. plus this. ♪ a message of peace and unity. the stars come out to support a city that recently turned into a social justice battleground. >>> and temperature ups and downs. we've had the ups, but what about the downs? we'll be going from jet skis and water-skiing to appl

. >> peco said superstorm sandy and the 2014 ice storm prepared crews to help in the disaster. >>> washington working to make sure relief supplies reach the storm victims. president trump met with his team at camp david to ensure funds and aid get to where they're going. fema almost ran out of money after hurricane harvey, but congress approved another $15 billion in aid. >> going to cost a lot of money. right now we're worried about lives. >> congress will likely have to come up with more money by mid-october to help those who are uninsured cover their losses. cost estimates for harvey and irma are already in the hundreds of billions of dollars. >>> this morning the storm has passed tampa. there it still the threat for the storm surge along the gulf coast. that's when all the water sucked out to sea comes rushing back in. >> nbc10 national correspondent sarah dollof live in tampa. give us an update of the conditions this morning. >> reporter: good morning. overnight swept across the tampa/st. petersburg area, home to some three million people who are now waiting for daylight to see how their

about 200 peco employees and contractor left yesterday. pse&g sent 154 employees. this team is part of an 1800 person crew making their way to the sunshine state. >> irma is now a tropical storm as mentioned moving through florida heading towards georgia. meteorologist, david murphy outside on the terrace with our forecast here, david. >> eventually we get some effects from irma. we have to wait. it won't be until tomorrow or wednesday as we see any of. that improvement with irma. it is no longer a hurricane. it has been downgraded as of 8 o'clock this morning to a tropical storm and you can see that florida so battered and put under the gun really over the last 48 to 72 hours is now clearing the rain pushing off to the north. what you're seeing is an infrared imagery of cloud cover and those reds indicate tall clouds that are capable of producing drenching downpours and that's what we've got now just to the north of charleston and also pushing in through atlanta where there is a tropical storm warning for the first time in atlanta's history, at least since the nat

. >> can't see anything on the a peco building. >> good morning, 6:30 a.m. >> reporter: complainers. >> david and karen do you share these sentiments? >> reporter: hey look i'm seeing pink clouds off in the distance, there's going to be sun out there this morning. okay, let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, a couple of showers to the west, western edge of chester county picking up some of these and some in berks county and new castle county picking up a bit. this is light falling a part, i think another batch will be here later this afternoon and evening. a few more of you might experience. 69 degrees is the current term, 69 in trenton and philadelphia. 67 in allentown reading, and wilmington. 72 in cape may. it's on the humid side this morning with the dewpoints which were down in the 50s for days and well into the 60s and staying in those high 60s the rest of the day. anything over 60 indicates air that feels humid. visibility not as bad as a little while ago. anywhere where you see the gray in the northern suburbs and east of philadelphia, you have a shot of running into

military ship expected to arrive today while the first british military planes arrived in turkey and pecos with much needed relief, at once picturesque island now in runs. tonight water and power is coming back on it by bid in the keys. still a lot of people without either. cell service is sporadic at best. we are told that we'll come back bit by bit as well. the nova death toll, 12 total have died in that the official number this hour from hurricane irma here in florida, 12 overall and 55 if you count the caribbean so a lot of cleanup yet to go in a lot of places for search-and-rescue to get into lou. lou: adam housley reporting. we are coming right back. much more, stay with us. the trump administration showing a new threat to north korea following new sanctions. >> all options are on the table. that hasn't changed. the president said he wants every country in all to step up and do more. lou: the latest warnings, here next. a growing obstruction from senate majority leader mcconnell. we will have more on this latest efforts to solve the trump efforts to solve the trump efforts to solve t

peco tells us it was an underground cable issue that sparked the fire. the electricity was back on last night. >>> now to the latest on hurricane maria. the category 3 storm is moving away from the bahamas and into the open atlantic. it's expected to create some dangerous waves and some strong rip currents right along the southeastern coast of the u.s. and along the beaches in bermuda. this morning the focus though is on the devastation maria caused in puerto rico. 70,000 people on a remote part of the island are rushing to evacuate because of a failing dam. there's no electricity anywhere. and that's led to a lack of running water. airlines are trying to resume flights into san juan, in fact, relief flights to the u.s. territory are expected to pick up and increase starting today. >> she's home. she's home safe and sound. >> loved ones greeted hurricane evacuees at philadelphia international last night. nbc 10's brandon hudson was there for this emotional reunion. family members hugged a woman named zarata who survived maria as the eye of the storm move

peco tells us an underground cable issue sparked the fire. the electricity came back on last night. >>> 6:05 on this saturday. now to the latest on hurricane maria. the category 3 storm is moving away from the bahamas and into the open atlantic. it's expected to create dangerous waves and rip currents along the south coast of the u.s. and ber meemuda. 70,000 people on remote part of the island are rushing to evacuate because of a failing dam. there's no electricity anywhere on the island and that's led to a lack of running water. airlines are trying to resume flights into san juan. in fact, relief flights to the u.s. territory are expected to increase starting today. >> she's home. she's home. safe and sound. >> loved ones greeted hurricane evacuees at philadelphia international last night. nbc 10's brandon hudson was there for this emotional reunion. family members hugged a woman who survived maria as the eye of the storm moved across puerto rico. >> how does it feel to be back home? >> it feels so good to be home. i wanted to kiss the groun

not millions of floridaian is still without power, florida power and light which is basically the peco of south florida, has tens of thousands of crew members all throughout the area trying to restore power because it is very critical to get things backup and running. on top of that fuel is still out for many of the fuel stations, gas stations here in south florida. in fact, there are long lines for the few stations that actually have fuel, but many still without it right now. once again, power is out. miami police right now, directing traffic, and every few minutes we will see another line crew in here with those long poles they have to restore and rebuild those poles. many knocked over because of the massive hurricane, which struck florida just a few days ago. thinks going to be sometime before this state fully recovers. that is very latest from southern florida i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> hurricane irma was a category five storm when it crashed in the caribbean leaving 36 people dead in its wake before moving on to florida. as the clouds clear over place s like v

. >> after helping get florida back on line, after hurricane irma, peco crews are back in pennsylvanianews" was there yesterday afternoon, as two trucks rolled into the baldwin service building in eddie stone, for two weeks the crews worked in restoring temperatures, cutting through jungle-like vegetation to make some. repairs, even though conditions were difficult, crews say, the work was rewarding. >> when you see people in these temperatures, with no air, some no water, because their pumps didn't work, no bathroom facilities, very difficult. and it is gratifying for the crews. >> now, in addition to making repairs, workers also helped hands out food and water. >> three weeks after hurricane irma, cruise ships are making their way back to margaritaville. >> the sounds of the steel drums welcomed cruisers into key west this weekend. the empress of the seas was caring just shy of 900 passengers on this voyage, while some key west resident and businesses are still cleaning up, cities i's mayor says this is huge step in returning things back to normal. >> in a tourist base economy, we ne

beaten by french open champion yelling off the panko of latvia without them to the semifinals often peco had to fight back from sat down to win it one six six three six two the final four. in the and well number for carolina is also a little choppy for the favorites beaten by a straight line ashley barty also had to come back from a set down to win three. and that's all your support for now more later. down john is going to be here and a couple of minutes with more of the day's news matheson but for now. october on al-jazeera. as the state clamps down on catalans will the struggle pay off and the referendum. from the stories beyond the headlines faultlines examines the u.s. is role in the world liberians are preparing for the third election since a bitter civil war and services are calling it a crucial test for democracy an investigation into the electronics industry revealing out even the smallest devices of deadly environmental and health costs. china's communist party is holding its annual congress what will it mean for the country and its people. on al-jazeera. for the nomadic jacka

we are looking live downtown philadelphia, peco power building, come on we are looking at the batzig nal. guess what today is, national batman day as we look at not only for the batzig nal but we will say good morning to reading pennsylvania, sueby has your tuesday's forecast and we will check the rest of the jam cams, for the bat cave when we come back. >>> three people shot in 23 separate shootings and the body of one of the victims was found hours later after the shooting. we have lateness a breaking news report. >>> also ahead developing overnight police say he opened fire on his ex-girlfriend's mom, and now the search for that suspected shooter comes to a dramatic end. >>> jackets were, stolen off the back of the bike and here's the issue, they are not just any jackets but that has police very, very concerned. >>> place in history workers installed a statue, and, really changed philadelphia. >>> good day everybody, it is a tuesday, at least it is not a monday, thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. good morning, gang how is everybody. >> good morning, bob. >> good morning

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>> well, peco's been a great partner for us, and we work hand in hand with them. we were already seeing some sporadic power outages. particularly concerning is some of them are occurring at our water and sewer plants. we have backup generators, but if the storm comes through at a cat three, then i think that's an accurate portrayal, and i think it will be days and in some cases weeks before that power is restored. i do know, the -- teaco has a made arrangements for linemen coming in from areas not affected. but because of the depth of this storm and the fact that it encompasses the entire state, you can't slide down one side of the state that's not affected. sandra: tampa mayor bob buckhorn, we really appreciate your time and jumping on with us tonight. we wish you, your family and your residents the best as this can'ts. stay safe, thank you. -- as this continues. >> thank you. sandra: mike tobin? we're going to go to bill. bill: sandra, that mayor has really been out front of a lot of this action, but when he talks about 11 p.m. tonight, that's really when the st

meanwhile, peco crews are back in delaware county after two weeks of restoring power in florida followingking repairs, handing out food and waterment welcome back home to those crews. now we send it back to kate. here at home, pretty soaring temperatures? >> definitely, see very significant warmth, another day should heat 90 degrees at least here in philly. twenty-seven already outside palmyra cove nature park, little haze you but off in the distance barely make out the center city skyline. meanwhile elsewhere around the region at least mid to upper 60s, even mount pocono, started off on pretty warm note. we all warm up efficiently as result, nice day in the poconos, here in the city just hot, again, notice the humidity climbing tomorrow, wednesday, more clouds build in here, maybe even see sprinkle, maria, however, bypasses our area, thankfully, but will children up the surf and mean dangerous rip countries being the next few days, meisha. >> all right, katie, thank you so much for. that will still busy out there, still talking about some accidents. so accident leer record 95 north the r

. >> this is the snooze a peco baby monitor its a wearable baby monitor you clip to baby's diaper. sleeping. it does not have to have skin to skin contact so you don't worry about false alarms. it monitors baby's breathing their temperature. >> wow. >> it will sound a little alarm if baby stops breathing and that way the baby can hear the alarm and wake up and it connects to a bluetooth app on parent's phone. >> that's incredible. how much does something like that run. >> this is 149 and you can find it at babies r us. >> what is this the even if you're like i don't want to do cloth deep emergency it's so inconvenient this is really convenient and also it's leak free and it's also really safe for the environent because the only thing you have are these little liners that you can flush away and recycle. it's really great for the environment. >> this makes a huge difference for those of you who are on the fence about cloth deep emergency. >> yes. aren't the whole system thinks everything all connected in there so you have all these little leak guards and it's really cute, too. you ha

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employees are pse&g, peco, and delmarva are leading to assist in the cleanup efforts. >>> and animalsorida are at the providence animal center in media. after vets evaluate them, the dogs will be ready for new homes this week. >>> nbc10's tim furlong and our telemundo reporters are following more from florida. you can see the reports on air later today. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. join us weekday mornings for nbc10 today. >>> morning, everybody. 7:30. it's monday morning, the 11th of september 2017. these are just some of the scenes we've been seeing in the last 24 hours as hurricane irma roared ashore in florida. and it has been a long night for the folks there. >> that's right. let's get right to the latest on this storm. millions without power across florida this morning as hurricane irma flattens homes and floods neighborhoods up and down the state. >> reporter: the angle of approach makes all the difference and a storm that's more parallel -- oh! >> cranes crippled dangling on high-rises were sheared off buildings. >> reporter: it's not just the rain doing damage but