Emergency services responded to a structure collapse (2024)

I’M DAVID DANIEL. THIS IS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. WGAL NEWS EIGHT TODAY STARTS NOW TRACKING DEBBIE AS IT MOVES UP THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW IT IS IMPACTING SOUTHERN STATES AND WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING RIGHT HERE. ALSO, BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENTS POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, TOOK ACTION. WHAT THAT VIDEO COULD REVEAL ABOUT WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE LACK OF SECURITY. ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE NOW SET FOR NEXT MONTH. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON WITH WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN AND WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE CAMPAIGN. AND AT 6:00, GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, CLOUDY SKIES, RAINY SKIES IN MUCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. TODAY IS AN ALERT DAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. I’M KATELYN SMITH GABRIEL THOMAS IS CHECKING CHECKING ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE AND I KNOW THERE’S IT’S A WET ONE. YEAH, SEVERAL SPOTS THAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS MORNING. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA TIMING ALL OUT FOR US. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ALERT DAY IS IN FULL EFFECT THIS MORNING. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THESE STORMS ALL NIGHT, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY TORNADO WARNINGS, BUT THERE IS STILL AN ISOLATED TORNADO RISK AS WE HEAD INTO THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW, HEAVY RAIN IS THE NAME OF THE GAME, SOME SPOTS NOT SEEING ANY AT ALL, BUT OTHERS REALLY GETTING POUNDED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN REPEATEDLY. YOU CAN SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN RIGHT IN THE HEART OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. HERE. CHAMBERSBURG TO WAYNESBORO. WE ALSO HAVE SOME HEAVY RAIN JUST TO THE WEST OF LEWISTOWN AND AROUND REED’S GAP, AND THEN OVER SELINSGROVE, STRAIGHT DOWN THE RIVER YOU CAN SEE LIVERPOOL UNDER THAT HEAVY RAIN. HALIFAX. YOU’VE BEEN UNDER IT FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE HOURS NOW. DUNCANNON AND DAUPHIN. YOU TOO. THE RAIN STARTING TO BREAK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ARE STILL SEEING POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN AROUND MECHANICSBURG SOUTH TOWARD WELLSVILLE, WHERE WE DO HAVE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 630 FOR THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF YORK COUNTY. SOUTHERN DAUPHIN COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY. SO JUST BE AWARE, EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT RAINING RIGHT NOW AT YOUR HOUSE, IT MAY BE SHORTLY IN THE RAIN. COULD BE HEAVY, SO A FLOOD WARNING WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 P.M. THERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. CERTAINLY LOOKING SOGGY WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THAT ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT INTO THE AFTERNOON AS WELL. BUT I DO EXPECT THE RAIN TO TAPER QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST AS DEBBIE PULLS AWAY BY EVENING. SO IF YOU DO HAVE EVENING PLANS, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE THOSE IN. STILL A COUPLE OF SHOWERS AROUND, BUT KIND OF A BUMPY MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON TO GET THROUGH FIRST. YEAH, LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT MORNING COMMUTE. NOW I’VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF FLOODING AND CRASHES IN YORK COUNTY, ADAMS COUNTY, DAUPHIN COUNTY, CUMBERLAND COUNTIES, AND ALSO LANCASTER COUNTY. RIGHT NOW, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. I HAVE A CRASH TO SHOW YOU THAT’S IN LANCASTER COUNTY, IN EPHRATA BOROUGH, AND A CRASH TO SHOW YOU IN DAUPHIN COUNTY, RIGHT THERE. DEFINITELY KEEP THIS ON YOUR RADAR AS YOU START YOUR DAY THIS MORNING. NOW, THIS CRASH, WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL MORNING AND IT’S BEEN SLOWING UP TO 22. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE’S A LANE BLOCKED DUE TO A CRASH ON 22 WESTBOUND AT ALLEGHENY STREET. AS I SAID ALL MORNING 22 HAS BEEN SLOWED DOWN. SO IF YOU USUALLY TRAVEL THIS WAY, JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND. NOW THE SECOND CRASH IS IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN EPHRATA BOROUGH. SO THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT EVEN IF YOU DON’T LIVE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY OR DAUPHIN COUNTY, THAT YOU COULD SEE SOME CRASHES ON YOUR WAY INTO WORK THAT CRASHES ON 222 NORTHBOUND AT US, 322 DIVISION HIGHWAY. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ON 222 AND 322. NOT SEEING ANY MAJOR SLOWDOWNS, BUT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND. HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT PENNDOT CAMERA. YORK COUNTY, YOU’RE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE. TRAFFIC IS MOVING PRETTY SMOOTHLY, BUT SINCE IT’S WET OUTSIDE, THE ROADS ARE SLIPPERY. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU’RE DRIVING AT A STEADY PACE BECAUSE IT’S AN ALERT DAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT SOME DRIVE TIMES. IF YOU’RE HEADED YORK TO COLUMBIA, COLUMBIA TO LANCASTER OR YORK TO LANCASTER, YOU ARE ALL IN THE GREEN. DRIVE SAFE OUT THERE, GUYS. THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW OF TODAY’S ALERT DAY AND A LOOK AT HOW DEBBIE CAUSED DAMAGE ALREADY AS IT MOVED UP THE EAST COAST. THIS IS VIDEO FROM THE CAROLINAS, WHICH DID GET THE BRUNT OF THAT STORM YESTERDAY WITH FLOODING AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. WE DO KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED IN NORTH CAROLINA YESTERDAY AFTER A HOME COLLAPSED. THERE WERE ALSO AT LEAST A DOZEN TORNADOES REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST, INCLUDING ONE THAT DESTROYED A SCHOOL. THE STORM NOW, THOUGH, HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. BUT THERE’S STILL THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY, AS CHRISTINE’S BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR ALERT DAY COVERAGE WITH NEWS EIGHT’S JAKE REYES. HE IS LIVE IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP IN YORK COUNTY. JAKE. WELL, CAITLIN, IF YOU WERE LISTENING IN THAT PASSED LAST HALF HOUR, YOU SAW THOSE EMERGENCY CREWS GO BY US. WELL, WE GOT CURIOUS AND WANTED TO SEE WHAT THAT WAS. WELL, YORK COUNTY DISPATCH CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE RESPONDING TO FLOODED ROADS. AND WE’RE HERE RIGHT NOW IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP JUST TO GIVE YOU A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE FLOODED ROADS, THIS IS LEWISBERRY ROAD. NOT AS MUCH FLOODING ON THAT ROAD, BUT TO MY LEFT. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY. A LOT MORE FLOODING. AND THAT’S OLD YORK ROAD. THIS IS ALL BY THE CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT. AND YOU COULD SEE A CAR ACTUALLY STOPPED ON THAT FLOODED ROADWAY. SO NOW’S A GOOD TIME TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME TIPS FOR DRIVERS OUT THERE. AS WE CONTINUE WITH THESE IMPACTS OF DEBBY. DON’T DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER BECAUSE AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE CONTROL AND POTENTIALLY STALL. THE ENGINES ALSO WATCH OUT FOR DEBRIS OR DOWNED POWER LINES ON THE ROADWAYS, AND IF YOU’RE IN A VEHICLE THAT IS IN CONTACT WITH A DOWNED POWER LINE, YOU SHOULD STAY THERE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES TO AVOID ELECTROCUTION AND AVOID CRUISE CONTROL IN WET CONDITIONS, THE CHANCES OF LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAN INCREASE WITH THIS FEATURE ON. NOW, OF COURSE, THE BEST ADVICE THAT YOU CAN HEAR IS THAT IF YOU DO SEE A FLOODED ROADWAY, DON’T DRIVE THROUGH IT. IT MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT ACTUALLY APPEARS. ALWAYS REMEMBER, TURN AROUND. DON’T DROWN. WE’LL KEEP YOU. WE’LL KEEP UP WITH THE CONDITIONS OUT HERE IN YORK COUNTY. BUT FOR NOW, I’M JAKE RIVERS, REPORTING LIVE IN FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT. KAITLIN, I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO US, JAKE. AND A REMINDER, BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THAT WGAL APP FOR TODAY’S ALERT DAY AND TURN ON THOSE ALERTS. THAT WAY YOU CAN GET THE FORECAST. YOU CAN GET ANY BREAKING WEATHER NEWS LIKE ROADS THAT ARE FLOODED, LIKE THE ONE JAKE JUST SHOWED US. THOSE WILL ALL BE SENT DIRECTLY TO YOUR PHONE AT 605. AND THIS MORNING POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY CRASH NEAR THE FRANKLIN ADAMS COUNTY LINE. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 730 LAST NIGHT ON ROUTE 16. THAT’S WAYNESBORO PIKE. IT’S NOT FAR FROM BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT. PENNDOT SAYS IT WAS A HEAD ON CRASH BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A TRACTOR TRAILER. THAT ROAD DID REOPEN JUST AFTER 11 LAST NIGHT IN LEBANON COUNTY. A ROLLOVER CRASH WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO FROM MAJOR KEY MOTORS. THAT’S A USED CAR DEALERSHIP IN NORTH CORNWALL TOWNSHIP. AND THERE YOU SEE THAT JEEP GOING OFF THE ROAD FLIPPING OVER. IT LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 422 BEFORE HITTING SEVERAL VEHICLES IN THAT CAR LOT. AND THEN, YEAH, ROLLING OVER AND INTO THE DAIRY QUEEN PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET. WE DO HAVE A PICTURE THOUGH, THAT SHOWS IT STOPPED JUST BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE FRONT OF THAT STORE. NORTH CORNWALL TOWNSHIP POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS TOWED FROM THAT SCENE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED THIS MORNING. NEW BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE IS SHOWING THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN BUTLER COUNTY LAST MONTH, SO TAKE A LOOK. POLICE SAY THE VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENT WHEN A BUTLER COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS CLIMBING ONTO THE ROOF THERE. YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING? THAT’S WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS NOW. THE SHOOTER WAS EVENTUALLY SHOT AND KILLED, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICER CLIMB UP ON TOP. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SHOOTER. THEN IMMEDIATELY DROPPED DOWN. AS YOU SEE HIM HERE RUNNING TO WARN OTHER OFFICERS AND ABOUT 30S LATER, THAT’S WHEN THE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT DONALD TRUMP. NOW, AT SOME POINT IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN ALSO HEAR ONE OF THE BUTLER COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS SAY THAT HE TOLD SECRET SERVICE TO STATION ITS OFFICERS ON THAT ROOF. IN A STATEMENT YESTERDAY, THE SECRET SERVICE SAID IT IS REVIEWING THAT NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO. NOW TO OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE AS AT LEAST ONE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS SET FOR NEXT MONTH, IT WILL BE THE FIRST FACE OFF BETWEEN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS SINCE SHE TOOK OVER THE TOP OF THAT DEMOCRATIC TICKET. NEWS EIGHT’S JACKIE DEFUSCO HAS MORE NOW FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. YEAH. CAITLYN, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PREVIOUSLY BACKED OUT OF THE SEPTEMBER 10TH DEBATE WITH ABC NEWS. NOW HE SAYS HE’S BACK IN AND HE’S PROPOSING TWO MORE WITH OTHER NETWORKS. I THINK IT’S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THEM. I HOPE SHE AGREES TO HIM. SEPTEMBER 4TH, SEPTEMBER 10TH, SEPTEMBER 25TH, AND I THINK THEY’LL BE VERY REVEALING. WELL, I’M GLAD THAT HE’S FINALLY AGREED TO A DEBATE ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND HOPE HE SHOWS UP. ARE YOU OPEN TO MORE DEBATE? I AM HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL DEBATE FOR AFTER SEPTEMBER 10TH. NOW THE STAKES ARE HIGH FOR BOTH SIDES HERE. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S POOR DEBATE PERFORMANCE BACK IN JUNE IS LARGELY WHAT DROVE CALLS FOR HIM TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE. NOW, VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS’S CANDIDACY IS SURGING. DEMOCRATIC ENTHUSIASM AND RESETTING THE POLLS. LOOKING TO STUNT THAT MOMENTUM ON THURSDAY, TRUMP MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE HARRIS OFFICIALLY BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND NAMED HER RUNNING MATE. MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. TRUMP SAYS HE HASN’T RECALIBRATED HIS STRATEGY AT ALL, THOUGH, AND AT THAT PRESS CONFERENCE SPANNING MORE THAN ONE HOUR, TRUMP ALSO CRITICIZED HARRIS FOR HAVING NOT YET DONE A FORMAL INTERVIEW SINCE LAUNCHING HER PRESIDENTIAL BID ALMOST THREE WEEKS AGO. NOW, HARRIS TELLING REPORTERS YESTERDAY THAT SHE PLANS TO GET ONE ON THE BOOKS BY THE END OF THE MO