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First, this morning, here we ar,
high above the scene of a major
water main break and closure in
Marietta Powers Ferry near Delk.
We're going to get you around ts
one lottery fever sweeping
the nation this morning. As we
are hours away from yet another
Powerball drawing, there is stil
a chance $1 billion up for grab.
What you need to know
before playing your numbers.
And it'll be a while before this
Cobb County school opens its do.
Why? It won't be ready for
the first day of school.
We're looking at some hot temperatures today.
Temperatures will be back into the 90s.
But we'll have a few isolated
showers that could cool us off.
Timing on those coming
up in the full forecast.
All right. Good morning, everyb.
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joining us this morning
with Why is this happening?
Good morning, 38,000 people here in Georgia
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If you think you qualify, check your e-mail.
You will get one from the
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Here's who qualifies a most will be part
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Notices started going out last Friday
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It may take a year to notify everyone.
Again, check your e-mail.
You'll get a notification if you qualify,
or you can contact your loan
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All right. Good morning, everyb.
We are talking this morning abot
some different headlines that ae
happening that you need to know
before you head out the door.
Jeslie looks kind of hot outsid.
We've got these headlines,
but let's take a look at
the weather real quick.
Yeah, it's going to be
a hot one for us today.
We'll see those temperatures
begin to heat up into the 90s
this afternoon, which will.
Really make it feel hot because it was
going to see that humidity around as well.
So it's going to feel like the
upper 90s out there right now.
We just have a few clouds overh.
This is coming from some of those storms
that really fell apart as they began to
push a little bit further down to the South.
So we have those left over.
We'll get some breaks in those clouds.
Get partly sunny skies in here.
It's going to boost those
temperatures up just a bit.
Already on the muggy side.
Temperatures in the mid 70s from Forest
Park in Clayton County all the way down
to Locust Grove in southern Henry County.
73 degrees over toward Conyers here at 70 in
noon and 74 degrees over toward Fayetteville.
73 right now in Chattahoochee H.
70 in Powder Springs.
Got 72 degrees in Mapleton.
76 over toward Tucker.
You're the same as downtown Atl.
It's 76 degrees starting off this morning.
So yeah,
bit of a muggy start and we'll
heat up this afternoon looking
at temperatures into the 90s.
Got a 30% chance for an isolated shower
to breaking out later on this afternoon.
I will watch these showers hereo
the north and see if they make .
Hold together at least and maket
to our northernmost counties and
then popup thunderstorm or two.
Certainly not as possible later
on this afternoon,
especially with the daytime hea.
But again,
you see the severe thunderstorm
watches up here to the north,
so some of these.
Still on the strong side,
at least for this morning,
a lot of it has been breaking
up before it gets down here,
so we'll watch that as we head in today.
The other story will be the hea,
especially back off to the West of us.
As you can see,
we have excessive heat warnings.
That's indicated by the lighter
pink kellers here from Memphis n
toward Jackson over toward Dall.
The heat advisories extend
almost into our state.
Here,
we're looking at heat advisories
that could spread over toward
the east by tomorrow as our
temperatures begin to go up as ,
we could be looking at a heat ix
well into the 100 chip tomorrow.
Day again with that low 90 degre
temperature and the threat for e
showers and thunderstorms goingo
keep it below the advised categ.
So a criteria rather you're looking at
a level one threat for severe weather
and it's indicated by this dark green shade.
It's for our northernmost
counties north of the city.
Atlanta, just north of the Athens area.
It's in this area here where we could see
an isolated strong severe thunderstorm.
Right now it's only a 30% risk r
those showers and thunderstorms.
So we'll keep you advised and
if anything happens to
turn severe, we'll be
the first to update you.
Tropical Storm Don still
out in the Atlantic.
But we'll be affecting mainly boaters.
That'll be it.
Not affecting any land mass at .
It will continue to slide further off to the
north and so we'll keep an eye on it for you.
But if you happen to keeping,
if you're into keeping records,
Don is the latest named storm ht
Tomorrow 97 degrees will be theh
temperature at 96 on Friday, both days.
A 30% chance for isolated showe.
50% chance by Saturday as a
front will move through the are.
Crash.
All right, Chesley, Marietta,
you got plumbing problems.
Let's get right up top video
we took here from the scene.
A significant water main break
has shut down Powers Ferry Rd.
between Delt and Terrell Mill.
This is an emergency repair
that is happening right now.
Let's roll to the maps and
get you around this one.
This is exactly where we're sit,
right there in front of the big Kroger.
And this is going to be closed ,
well, we have no idea.
They're not giving us any estime
when they're going to try and
reopen some of these roads.
Bentley Road or even Terrell Mill itself
will put you between Delt and Terrell Mill,
but watch out for that one.
We'll keep updating at 11 alive.
Left lane still clear in this w.
25 northbound at I-20 in de Kalb County.
Kind of pushing you back to flat Shoals,
but big trouble down South if ye
rolling from Stockbridge into Recs Heads
up this wreck on 675 northbound near Hwy.
23.
Only one lane is open.
Look at this.
And these delays are stretching
all the way back to I-75.
Christy.
652 right now Here's what's
happening now in De Kalb County,
Police are investigating
a gas station shooting.
This was the scene at the BP on
Flat Shoals Rd. just north of I.
We are still working to get information
about the victim and the possibe
search for a shooter in this ca.
Right now we are working to learn the
condition of a teenager grazed by a bullet
after a driveby shooting in de Kalb County.
This one happened just before 10 last
night in Decatur on Green Marsh Court.
Police are still looking for the shooter.
And this morning almost $1,000,000 in
funding to the City of South Fulton's
Police Department has been rest.
The money is back after City
Council members voted last night
to override all five of the mays
vetoes on pub on police funding.
Mayor Khalid came out did not
show up to the meeting to share
his thoughts on the overrides.
Right now,
family is getting ready for
back to school at 1.
Cobb County Elementary are voicg
concerns because the new school
building is not going to be reay
for the first day of classes.
East Valley Elementary's new building
was scheduled to be finished
before the first day of school,
but now it won't be finished
until about 6 weeks later due
to some supply chain issues,
while teachers had already packp
their classrooms to make the mo.
They will now have to unpack for
the start of the school year and
then likely spend their fall brk
moving into the new building.
Well,
I think it's a big disruption
to the learning process.
To begin with,
you're going to have brand
new kindergarteners,
kids who are new to the school
come in. You're going to be told
this is what we're going to do.
This is the systems we have,
this is how we learn.
We're going to scrap all this in six weeks.
We're going to move down the st.
We're going to show you all new things.
The Cobb County School District
tells 11 Alive they are looking
forward to when the constructios
complete and students can move o
the new state-of-the-art buildi.
Fulton County Schools is putting a focus
on literacy this year as it enters year
two of its Every Child Reads program.
School officials tell us this $0
million program is already paying off.
Literacy is fundamental in
terms of not
only what they're learning loss indicated,
but how we accelerate the curriculum.
And their skills to move past i.
The district is hiring 65 specially trained
coaches and providing an 80 hour training
course for 3000 teachers and st.
The goal here is to promote reag
comprehension rather than basic ability.
I'm Mariana Manisa,
$1 billion Powerball jackpot is
creating big ticket dreams with
people lining up at grocery sto,
gas stations for their chance
to match the winning numbers.
Now the Powerball sits at $1
billion after 37 consecutive
drawings without a winner.
The estimated cash payout will be at about
$518,000,000. It's the third lat
jackpot in Powerball history.
Now, some Georgians are already winners.
A $2,000,000 winning ticket was purchased.
From a store South of Griffin ad
there are three other winners tt
are walking away with 50,000 gr.
Now the Mega Millions is also
giving players a chance to win
big the jackpot for Friday.
That's at $720 million,
and lottery officials say these large
jackpots are driving ticket sales now.
Tonight's drawing happens
at 11:00 PM tonight,
and you have 15 minutes before that drawing
to go out and purchase your tics
back to you. Ariana, thank you.
Families in need and East Point
can get those back to school.
Physicals done today.
The Ronald McDonald Care Mobilel
stop at the McDonald's on Camp k
Parkway from 10:00 until 4:00 t.
The fully functioning clinic als
you to get your sports physicals
well as medical and dental serv.
Parents must have ID.
Services are available for
kids ages 4 and up.
Also, get a Happy Meal,
all right When the bell rings at the New York
Stock Exchange in about two hours from now,
you have the chance to own
part of the Atlanta Braves.
The team will become the first
independently publicly traded baseball team.
The Braves left Liberty Media to
become Atlanta Braves holdings.
So what does this mean for the daytoday?
Operations.
Well, not much really,
as the team's executives say
it is business as usual.
With no changes, however,
fans can buy stock in their favorite team.
Graves president Derek Schiller says the
stock could be available just in time
for this morning's opening bell at 9.
Diamonds Under My Eyes.
During your morning scroll,
you've probably seen the excitement growing
worldwide for the upcoming Barbie movie,
officially hitting theaters this Friday.
But if you want to see it early,
we got some advanced screenings happening
tonight at Regal Atlantic Stati,
AM, C Madison Yards, and several
other locations around the metr.
All right, by noon today, we're looking
at temperatures right around 87 degrees.
We'll be warming up into the 90s for highs,
especially around 4:00. O'clock,
we're looking at 92 degrees for afternoon.
High temperature, effective in humidity.
It's going to feel like
the upper 90s out there,
30% chance for some isolated showers,
even a thunderstorm or two.
One or two of those could be st,
severe, just to the north of the city.
So we have to be on the lookoutr
that right around 90 degrees by 6:00.
O'clock tonight I got a couple
of traffic alerts for you.
First of all, the wreck on 675 northbound,
you're looking at that right here at Highway
23 and that water main break on power.
Ferry South of Delgrove.
I'll get you an updated
726 Finally this morning,
Georgia Tech alum is celebratina
record $12 million win at the Wd
Series of Poker Main Event in V.
Daniel Wyman is a web developer
and professional poker player.
The 35 year old also earned a 500 gram
bracelet made of 10 karat gold d
more than 2300 precious gemston.
Yes, you can be a scholar and still pursue.
Your career in the world so brat
is like a championship belt.
Ooh yeah, you don't need no lottery winning.
Have a good one.