how important is a weekend like this to the merchants in wildwood. >> it is huge. been able to go inside to eat in restaurants or things like that, having a horrible impact on the local economy. which really is. the calendar -- it is the fourth, only a couple months before labor day. it is a struggle, all around the island, the majority of our businesses are sitdown, not take-out. a lot of people in town since it is not traditional to spend money. todd: everybody stay safe and hopefully you make a lot of money. great weekend, thank you. jillian: 26 after the hour, all eyes on this holiday weekend forecast. pressure is on, what have you got? >> most folks know it is hot the last couple days, we are looking at something similar over the next couple days, a good day to get to the sure if you're able to do so. temperatures sitting widespread in the 70s. by this afternoon we are running back into almost nationwide lower 90s, 90 new york city, 92 in chicago. in the south spots getting close to cripple digits. that community, temperatures, widespread spots up to 105, in s

. >> take a look at the surf we're seeing here in north wildwood, definitely not the surf that you want to go out in. >> reporter: and nearly 7 inches of rain in some spots. >> if you see any type of pooling or responding don't drive through it. when in doubt, turn around, don't drown. >> reporter: in westchester county, new york, trees taking down power lines, and in essex tree fell on a woman. she's expected to be okay. ahead of the storm on thursday, a group of swimmers caught in the surf off of long island. an 18-year-old queens man did not survive. five others were treated and released. >> we can see the wind there, adrienne. the rip currents still in effect tonight? >> reporter: that's right, the surf still dangerously high. rip current warnings are in effect here and a lot of beaches across the northeast tomorrow night. >> let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano timing this out for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. unusual we get a tropical system to take a run right at new york city. the last one was irene. this one has a lot of rain. flood watches remain up all

the worst weather is from rehoboth beach on up to wildwood in new jersey and it will move into new york city later on today. i would suspect between 4:00 and 6:00 for you. it's a 50 miles per hour storm. it got into the warm water off the east coast and the storm did turn into this storm. it will move on up into the hudson river and eventually even into new england. but that will be later on tonight and tomorrow. and then it will be gone for all of the big cities here. but tropical storm warnings from rehoboth beach up to southampton, up to montauk. we will see tropical storm force winds in the next 12 to 24 hours. heavy rainfall as well. this is what the radar should look like today. we move you ahead to 5:00 that's when the biggest weather will be, long island, new york city, hoboken and it will move away from 7:00 to 8:00 tonight and into albany, schenectady, into boston, they could see some big showers. the wind will be about 30 miles per hour and then look at this, some of the areas here will be again four to six more inches of rainfall. we already have flash flood warnings going o

. >> reporter: it's happening in wildwood and bethany beach delaware. >> we're turning away applicantsguards that left the profession, lose their primary profession. so they've requested to come back. >> reporter: for lifeguards that have been working from home -- >> video chatting and submitting things online and reaching out with phone and. mail, it's a brett ha breath ofr to get out here and talk to people. >> reporter: the plan is to keep the new coronavirus protocols in place through the rest of the season and then reassess to see which ones might stay next summer. in katie byrne, fox news. molly: happy 4th of july. we're back tomorrow at noon. ever since i got this little guy, i felt like i was just constantly cleaning up his hair. then, i got my paws on the swiffer sweeper. it's a game changer. these heavy duty dry cloths pick up a crazy amount of hair! this is all you. we stopped cleaning and started swiffering. >> in moments president trump will host a salute to america in washington. celebrating our nation's 244th birthday with music, fireworks and military flyovers, above th

. >> happening in wildwood and bethany beach delaware. >> still turning away applicants even as lateis week. >> we have had life guards who left the profession lose their primary profession, so they've requested to come back. >> for life guards who have been working from home. >> video chatting and submitting things on-line and reaching out via phone and e-mail this is a breath of fresh air again down here finally and the sun's out. you get to talk to people. it's really life again, you know. >> the plan now is to keep these new coronavirus protocols in place through the rest of the season and then reassess to see which ones might stay next summer. in bethany beach, delaware, kate tee burn, fox news -- katie burn, fox news. jon: endangered baby turtles beginning their journey towards the sea after hatching on a thailand beach. a nearby resort manager says the number of nests on the beach tripled this year, as the beach has been left empty of tourists, due to the coronavirus pandemic. the turtles lay their eggs in dark quiet places. environmentalists believe the stay at home restricti

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that is where some spots like wildwood, new jersey saw up to five inches of rain.h rain usually falls i in the entire month of july. the massive rainfall caused problems all over the northeast. in new york city the subway system had water falls inside under ground and pools of rain run off, lakes and puddles spotted everywhere. delaware had several inches of rain and in new hampshire the threat was so severe it caused the white house to postpone a campaign rally that president donald trump had planned to hold tonight. the event will now take place in what we have been told is a week or two. they are working on that rescheduling. businesses, right? it's summer, it's covid-19, so many businesses have been taking a hit and they really look forward to these summer weekends. last night was a total washout for outdoor dining. so businesses say they are going to try and salvage what they can and rip tides also a very big concern. the day after a big storm, we will see surfers try to get out in the water. officials say please try not to do that because it is very dangerous