And breaking news
right now at 4, we've just gotten word
that the doors for something in the water
will open in less than an hour .
Organizers delayed the festival this morning.
We also learned the community se
on 24th Street is opening now.
No word on the other stages just yet.
13 News now has complete team coverage
of the return of local native ad
music mogul Pharrell Williams.
Three day festival and Sporako s
at 5th and Atlantic streets with
how the festival is impacting
local businesses as people try
to go indoors to dodge that rai.
And Eugene Daniel has an
update on the delay with
the festival shuttles. But firs,
let's send things over to Phillp
Townsend and Phillip the city
extended the festival's permit.
Because of the the delay.
That's right, Janet. They've extended it to
to midnight now that's to accommodate
all the artists that haven't ben
able to perform and go on stage.
As for the weather here, not too bad.
We've had pockets of sun
throughout the afternoon.
We got here around 2:30 in the afternoon.
It was nice and sunny right the.
Now we're getting that kind of
haze fog and it kind of feels
like it's about to rain.
The stages are kind of the dist.
We're on 16th St.
So I'd say it's about 10 streets down.
You can see the stages behind m.
Ticket holders though this afternoon.
They were upset, of course,
about the delay that happened,
but they found ways to see the
positive and make things happen.
Today
I'm waiting in the 9th Street parking garage,
sitting in my car watching Netf.
Just kind of trying to pass
the time the best way I can.
As long as we can still see
everyone we came to see,
then I think that it's going to be great.
I think we're all going to
still have a great time.
All right. You heard Janet say there,
the gates will officially open at 5:00 PM,
now 5:00 PM, and we're startingo
see more people trickle in here,
not necessarily concert goers.
But more people out here on the boardwalk.
Let's get more on the weather, though,
and how long the rain could las.
With that,
we go to meteorologist Francis .
Hey, Francis. Hey,
Phil. I'm glad to see you're out there
braving a few little spotty shos
that we have right now in the a.
As you can see, earlier this morning,
we dealt with widespread rainfall and we saw
some heavier pockets as well as some really
strong wind gusts earlier this morning.
As of right now on your satellite and radar,
we're just hanging on to
a lot of that cloud cover.
Some Peeks of sun here and there
Now Peeks of Sun is great for.
The drying process, however,
we still do have this cold front that's
going to push throughout the ar.
So the peaks of sunshine actualy
going to help fuel the potential
of seeing potentially an isolatd
storm later this evening.
But as far as right now on
your satellite and radar,
we're to deal with a couple of t
drizzles near Centerville just h
of Williamsburg seen a couple isolated
spotty showers north of Smithfid
near Rushmore as well as near C.
So not too much is occurring on your.
Here a few more rain showers ner
Buckland as well as Gatesville d
down towards Beckford Junction.
So isolate showers going to be
the name of the game pretty much
for the rest of this afternoon.
As we head into the evening time frame.
That's where you want to be weather aware,
but here's a look right now at
the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
Things are getting set up.
They're doing things that they couldn't
do earlier because of those rain showers,
but right now,
just dealing with mostly cloudy skies,
temperatures sitting at 68 here in the
Norfolk area as far as what youn
expect for the rest of your afternoon.
Into the evening time frame, wee
looking again those isolated rain chances.
But between about,
I'd say 7:00 to 9:10,
o'clock.
I'm expecting to see a few more
scattered showers with the threat of an
isolated storm on the board for tonight.
As far as conditions tomorrow,
much improvement,
but rain showers move back in on Sunday.
Have more of those details coming up,
Phillip.
All right, Francis, thank you so much.
Now a lot of people obviously
depending on those shuttles.
That have been going to and
from they haven't started yet.
The delay in the weather obviouy
mixing things up for them.
Let's bring in Eugene Daniel
who is live at the amphitheater
where those shuttles take off.
Eugene what is the latest over there, man?
Yeah, Phillip, I'm at the Veters
United Home Loans Amphitheater e
the park and ride shuttle servie
to the festival is taking place.
And this is the scene just
within the last 30 minutes,
people are finally able to
walk in to the area where they
can catch these shuttles now.
Up until now,
people weren't even able to par.
In the parking spaces here within the video,
in the venue that festival,
the festival's weather delay also impacting
the shuttle ServiceNow shuttles are supposed
to run throughout each day of the festival.
They're using both charter bused
Virginia Beach City school buse.
We had seen some crews turning people
away at the entrance up until n.
We even spoke to one couple
earlier that was turned away.
They say they learned about the weather
delay through the festival's mobile app,
but they didn't see
anything about the shuttles.
Yeah,
we were hoping the shuttle was
still going because we wanted up
just park and get on over there
and then maybe like walk around
the boardwalk and stuff.
You know, I spoke to a few peops
they are walking up to the shute
entrance and they are excited.
A lot of them have been waiting so that they
can finally experience the festival today.
So again, the shuttle service is
here at the Veterans Home, Unit,
Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater.
Finally open for people who wano
check out something in the wate.
Live in Virginia Beach.
Eugene Daniel,
13 news. Now,
Eugene, thank you so much.
And parking for those shuttle ps
holders is supposed to open evey
single day in the festival at 10
AM And the last shuttle leaves n
hour after the final act every night.
All right, I'm going to be out
here throughout the newscast,
so stay with me. Nicole.
Janet, back to you in the studi.
All right, Phillip, thank you.
Good to see things moving along there.
Now remember, during the festival you can
get notifications about any emergencies.
The city created this text alert
program to sign up. Just text
SITW 267283. Back in 2019, the y
used the text alert system to tl
festival goers about severe wea.
Well, the rain and wind pushed
many festival goers to head
inside to local businesses,
restaurants and store owners
prepared over the past couple
of months for this big weekend.
And as Morocco continues our lie
team coverage on the Something
in the Water festival and
uh oh what do you have there?
Well Janet, I'm so glad you ask.
I have a really good looking lobster roll.
This is from Mason's famous lobr
rolls just a couple of blocks d.
The owner told me he actually
doubled up on his supplies just
to prepare for this big weekend.
The concert goers tell me they actually
did not mind this rain delay too much.
Because it gave them a chance
to go inside the local food
spots and get something to eat,
especially this morning.
The owner of the Sunnyside Cafe
says he prepared for this weeke,
as he does for the major holidas
in the summer.
He says he struggled to staff a big enough
team to handle the influx of customers,
but so far,
he says it's going smoothly.
Now he says he's ready for someg
in the water to help kick off
his business for the season.
And we need a lot of big events
like this to bring more people n
the area for sure and this way
everyone will come out better,
the people will have a nice time and the
businesses will have a nice time also.
Hopefully everybody has a nice
time and the owners of the
Mason's famous Lobster Roll said while
they are prepared for this big weekend,
they say the festival is actually creating
a little bit of a challenge when it comes
to getting customers through their doors.
We'll explain tonight on 13 News Now at 5.
Until then, I'm going to dig into this
because it looks too good. No, Jason,
don't take my lobster roll, all right?
Reporting live in Virginia Beach. You guys,
that really looks good,
and you're gonna have to share.
All right, well, we already know
it's busy down by the oceanfron.
And here's why. Well, Atlantic .
well, it's shut down from 5th to 17th St.
That closure began at 10:00 this morning.
The road will reopen sometime ar
the last performance Sunday nig.
Also, 4th Street is also closed,
from the Rudy Inlet Bridge to the Boardwalk.
Cars, bikes, and pedestrians won't be
able to pass through there until Monday.
And if you're planning on drivi,
remember Parking's Limited.
A few public garages are open,
though at 9th and 25th and 31st streets,
it's going to cost you $20 each.
If you're going to the festival this weekend,
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