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It's going to be a hot one out there today.
The heat will continue, folks.
You can see behind me we're loog
at high temperatures well into e
90s and when you factor in that
little bit of humidity is goingo
feel closer to 100 out there as well.
We'd also have if it's not enough for
you to stay inside of the air and air
quality alert to pass along to .
It's going to be a cold orange for today,
folks. You want to limit your time outside
if you don't have to be out the,
but if you have to be,
you may seek out a cooling cent.
That's what we. Fine.
Liza Lucas live this morning at
one in College Park. Good morni.
Good morning. Yes, the cooling center
here at the public Safety Complx
is going to open around 10:00 AM
this morning providing a little
relief to residents who need it.
We also know your AC's are going to need
some support over the next couple of days.
So 11 Alive checked in with a tm
who knows the ins and outs of te
HVAC system on what you need to know.
The team at Maintenance Unlimitd
Heating and Cooling.
They tell 11 alive their service
calls double when we see extreme
heat hit like this if your A/C seems.
To be on the Fritz,
the first thing you want to do
is walk outside,
take a look and listen to this.
You ever walk up to a unit,
especially on the 90 degree
days we're having now,
and you put your hand over
here and you feel cool here?
It's not cool.
It's not pulling any
heat out of the house.
Now going forward,
they say you want to be proacti.
You want to change your filters,
get those routine maintenance
checks on your HVAC system.
And when it comes to that
debate about where to set your
temperature and your thermostat,
they say set it at the place you're most
comfortable and then leave it and let the
system do its work throughout the day.
Don't do the toggle back and fo.
Now I've learned a lot of cooling tips,
been researching for them for yu
throughout the course of the morning.
I'm compiling them all for you n
11alive.com as well as a list of
cooling centers as they plan to
open throughout the metro sendi.
All right, Liza, thank you.
As it's heating up,
people are headed out of town
for the 4th of July weekend.
Jerry Car is joining us live
from the airport with the look.
Jerry, the busiest day is
really supposed to be tomorrow.
Today is the preview and it's already busy.
It is indeed Aisha. As a matter of fact,
the folks here at Hartsfield Jan
International Airport tell us ty
could be in for a record settinh
of July holiday here. Take a lo.
We are in the atrium and this ie
line at the main security checkt
stretching all the way beyond the atrium.
As a matter of fact that there
are three lines out here now.
The wait time here now stretchig
beyond half an hour,
it's about the same at the north checkpoint.
So authorities are saying arrivt
least two hours before your fli.
That is the best advice they can give.
You There's expected to be moren
two million people pass through
Hartsfield Jackson International
Airport over the next several d.
So that's the advice at least
two hours before your flight.
That's if you got a flight.
Of course if you got a drop offr
pick up someone who's got a fli.
The best advice from Hartsfield
Jackson don't get in all that
congestion outside of the termi.
Use the parking lots.
They have stretched out the free
time at those parking lots.
You can now pull into one and stay 1/2.
An hour for free wait for the pn
you're picking up and that way you save
yourself some time and picking up passengers.
2 hours ahead of time at least.
And this is what you're going to face now.
The security checkpoint
stretching through the atrium.
About 1/2 hour wait here and tomorrow we
expected to be even busier back to you.
All right, Jerry, thank you.
Staying with your 11 minutes and nonstop
news, Atlanta police say they nd
your help finding a missing chi.
Yeah, she's not been seen for
nearly 12 hours. 10 year old Taa
Fatuma is nonverbal and has aut.
She was last seen around 7:00 last night
at her home in Big Creek Way SW Her mom
says she left home without her shoes.
And does not have a cell phone.
If you see her or know where
she may be, please call 911.
More than 25 people in Sandy Sps
are without a home this morning
after a fire ripped through the
Azalea Park Apartments building.
Firefighters tell us the 24
unit building is a total loss.
The cause is still under investigation
happening today.
Mayor Andre Dickens is clearing way for
improvements to Atlanta's fire stations.
He's signing off on more than one and
a half million dollars in fundi.
The money will benefit infrastructure
at fire stations throughout the city.
And that was a look at your
top headline. The main thing
for the day is the heat, Chesle,
you're absolutely right about t.
And to go along with that heat,
if that's not enough to keep you inside,
of course maybe the air quality alert will.
For those of us that are
sensitive to ground level ozone,
if you have respiratory problems
like asthma or lung disease,
you definitely want to
limit your time outside.
Don't do anything to over
exert yourself in other words.
And if you don't have to go out there,
just stay inside.
This will be around as we head or start to
heighten a little bit once you head into
the afternoon with the daytime heating.
Speaking of heating temperatures
getting up into the midnight.
For today, it's going to be hot out there.
And when you factor in the humi,
of course it's going to feel closer to
99 or 100 this afternoon in some spots.
So be very careful.
We had all the heat warnings
and the advisories.
Off to the West of us is where we are right
along our border between Alabama and Georgia.
You have that heat advisory there further
W you have the excessive heat warnings.
I think the heat advisory will t
to move in our direction becaus.
You need a heat index up above
105 or around 1:05.
I think we may get that tomorro,
the temperatures back into the mid 90s,
that humidity starts to creep up even more.
And so we may see a heat
index up to about 105.
That's the way it feels in your exposed skin.
You have that, you get a heat advisory.
We're looking at the sunshine
starting off this morning and
it's starting to rise already.
And so we're going to watch thoe
temperatures really start to heat up,
starting off in the 60s for
the most part this morning.
That's some 70s out there.
But we'll see those temperatures
rapidly rise.
We could see,
especially late afternoon,
a stray.
Our thunderstorm roll into the a
from thunderstorms up here to te
north of us over toward Kentuck.
Tennessee, if they hold togethe,
could make it into our state,
which is why the Storm Predictin
Center is saying we have a level
one threat for severe weather.
A few of those thunderstorms
could pack some gusty winds,
so that's something I have
to be watching out for,
especially from Dade Walker County all
the way down into north Fulton County,
which includes the city of Atla.
Again, level one threat out of a possible 5.
I'm only going to give it a 20% chance,
which means most of us won't see
anything at all this afternoon.
In fact,
our forecast track model plays that out
mostly Sunny skies through early afternoon,
Late here comes some clouds.
They'll roll in.
You notice the showers off to the West of us,
but a few of those couldn't make
it into our westernmost countie.
So that's what we'll watch out .
We'll do it all over again as we head into
Friday. A little better chance for those
scattered showers during the afternoon.
We'll give it a 30% chance by t,
watching this cluster of thunderstorms
as it moves further off to the north.
The remnants of Cindy could become tropical,
but a low threat for it is only a 20.
Percent chance.
So for the next couple days,
really, we'll focus on the heat.
It's going to be hot around her,
folks. Be advised.
All right, Chesley, appreciate .
Yeah, we've still got plenty
of problems going on out here.
The red alert for the South sid,
but we've got other issues out .
East Expressway, a lot of blue lights scaring
everybody with this wreck off to the right.
This is I-20.
This is inbound westbound at Wesley Chapel.
And it may be off to the right,
but look at those delays out of Lithonia.
Covington Highway is always
there for your choosing.
All right, West side, you've got
left lanes blocked now with pol.
On I-20 eastbound, this crash at Six Flags.
So East and West expressways both feeling
that pinch and heads up South side Boy,
this has been a mess all morning 75 N at 675.
Two right lanes are blocked
with construction. Highway 23.
That's your best bet from
McDonough to Stockbridge.
And there you go,
your east and West expressways.
Trust me that east Expressway
should be conditioned.
Red West Expressway also filling up fast.
And there's that construction,
unless you're in the express lane 75 N 6 1/2.
Plus, miles of delays out of Henry County.
Ayesha.
All right, Crash, thank you.
This weekend, Logan's Law will
go into effect here in Georgia.
This law gives each county the
ability to have their own databe
with information about people in
their area who may have any spel
conditions or needs so they can
better help them during an emergency.
And Coweta County,
they're already starting to acct
forms from people in their community.
Nearly 100 passengers on a flight from
Atlanta to Charlotte are praisig
their pilot after he performed
an emergency landing on the nose
gear equipment it did not emplo.
These passengers boarded their a
flight Wednesday morning here in Atlanta.
But the nose gear did not work,
causing the pilot to perform a y
landing on the Shark Charlotte
Douglas International Airport runway.
The plane was carrying 96 passengers,
2 pilots and three flight attendants.
No one was hurt in the landing.
We reached out to the NTSB,
the FAA and Delta Airlines.
All three say they are investigg
the cause of the malfunction.
With this heat locking in on us,
we all want to stay cool.
But you also have to keep
in mind that electric bill.
Georgia Power says small changen
make a big difference in your b.
Make sure you swap out your A/C filters
every month or if you use pleated filters,
every three months.
And while it might be a little tempting
to knock that A/C down a few degrees,
experts say for every degree cooler it goes,
you'll see a three to 4%
jump in your bill instead.
Try flipping on your ceiling fa,
cover your windows and close the
blinds and seal gaps and cracks
around your doors and windows
to keep that cool air in.
If you're thinking
about lighting up fireworks this 4th of July,
here's what you need to know.
To buy fireworks in Georgia,
you have to be at least 18.
Any consumer fireworks are legal to purchase.
State law says you have to stop
lighting them up by midnight,
and if there's a noise
ordinance where you live,
you might need to stop even soo.
Well, if you take a look at our
forecast for today, by noon fol,
we are looking at sunny skies,
temperatures getting closer
to that 90 degree mark.
In fact, I think we're going to hit it today.
96 degrees will be our
afternoon high temperature.
We'll notice a few clouds coming
in with a very slight chance for
an isolated shower continues toe
hot as we head into the evening.
If you got plans to go out
this evening and no,
temperatures will be in the 90s at least
through 7:00 or 8:00 o'clock tonight.
It's going to stay hot around here, folks.
All right, as he gonna leave you
with a couple of traffic alerts.
It's all about this constructio.
G dot blocking two right lanes, 75 N at 675.
Use Highway 23 as an alternate.
2 wrecks, I-20 eastbound,
one at Six Flags, and a wreck
I-20 westbound at Wesley Chapel.
I'll get you an update at 726.
All right, Crash.
That is a big one.
We will see you then for that update.
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