One Atlantic Ocean hurricane is going to impact our area as another intensifies as its heads toward Puerto Rico.

The NBC10 First Alert Weather Team issued a First Alert starting Monday evening through Thursday morning for the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches due to the effects of Hurricane Jose, which is far off the coast and not expected to hit our area.

Here is what you can expect from Jose, which was a Category 1 storm with 75 mph sustained winds as of midday Monday:

• On-and-off rain for Philadelphia, the immediate suburbs and South Jersey Tuesday and Wednesday. Possible heavy downpours and steady rain closer to the coastline.
• Potentially life-threatening rip current risk due to rough seas. Waves could break at 10 to 15 feet. So stay out of the ocean.
• There is also a risk of minor coastal flooding with some moderate tidal flooding Tuesday evening and beach erosion. Winds along the coast could gust to 40 to 50 mph.
• A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect along the coast.

"The whole area may feel effects of Jose but the exact impact varies greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood," meteorologist Krystal Klei says.

As we keep an eye on Jose, Hurricane Maria has intensified into a Category 3 storm as it heads toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Here’s what to expect from Maria:

• Likely will intensify to Category 4 by Tuesday as it continues toward Puerto Rico.
• Maria is expected to remain a major hurricane into the weekend.

Click here for the latest information in Spanish from Telemundo 62 in Philadelphia.

The ultimate path of Maria could depend on what Jose does as it continues to move through the ocean, so stick with the First Alert Weather Team for the latest.

When country music star Kenny Chesney lost his Virgin Island home to Hurricane Irma, he didn’t get mad. He got even.

First, he created the Love for Love City Foundation, which provides disaster relief for hurricane victims living in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. 

“I’ve never been in war, but the devastation, the people’s faces in a place I know by heart, have left me feeling helpless,” Chesney said. “It’s total devastation.”

Donations can be submitted online or via check, money order or even cash, according to the foundation’s website.

But the singer didn’t stop there. A few days later, he sent his private jet to the rescue of two brothers struggling to be reunited with their mother in Philadelphia.

“We were in the shower laying down against the concrete wall and 5 minutes later the roof just ripped off our heads,” Jah-Haile Bruce told CNN.

“I was terrified. I felt like Irma was a spirit. I saw the hand grab the roof and squeeze it and throw it off into the wind,” his brother, Jahbioseh Bruce, added.

It was crazy.”

The brothers were told an anonymous donor had sent his private plane to transport them back to the U.S., but they later found out the aircraft belonged to Chesney.

“I don’t even know what to say but thank you,” Jah-Haile said.

A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday afternoon in Feasterville, Pennsylvania.

The victim was riding a motorcycle on Street Road and Central Avenue when he or she was struck by a car. The victim suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the striking vehicle remained at the scene.

Street Road is currently closed at Central Avenue as officials investigate the crash.

Toys R Us, which reportedly faces a large debt load as it heads into the new year, could file for bankruptcy by the end of the week, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC.

The sources said that plans to file for bankruptcy are not set in stone, and if it does go through, the timing could change.

Declaring bankruptcy would simplify Toys R Us' capital structure, complicated by its three owners — none of whom commented to CNBC.

Doing so would give vendors like Mattel and Hasbro clarity as the holiday season approaches.

Wondering how to get to the NY Giants-Eagles' showdown? Don't stress. Your trip could be free. 

SEPTA and Miller Lite are partnering up, for the fifth consecutive season, to give free rides on the Broad Street Line for the Eagles’ Home Opener. Yes, you read it correctly: free.

The Broad Street Line allows access to Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The free rides last from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on September 24, allowing for plenty of time to arrive at and leave the 1 p.m. game. Along with the free rides, SEPTA will be putting in ten extra “Sports Express” trips on the Broad Street Line starting at 10:10 a.m.

The free service includes all fares or transfers.

Services that connect with the Broad Street Line include:

• Market-Frankford Line: Transfer to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street/City Hall Station.
• Regional Rail: Riders on all lines can deboard at Suburban Station for easy access to the Broad Street Line at City Hall Station.
• Trolley: Transfers to the Broad Street Line at 15th Street Station from routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36.
• Bus: A number of routes provide connections to numerous stations along the Broad Street Line.

Police are searching for a man accused of trying to lure girls into his vehicle in Bucks County.

On Sunday around 4 p.m., the Lower Southampton Township Police arrived at Park Lane in Feasterville, Pennsylvania after a mother reported that someone attempted to lure her nine-year-old daughter and her daughter’s eight-year-old friend into a vehicle.

The woman said that a silver SUV pulled up next to the two girls and the driver asked if they wanted to go for a ride in his vehicle. The girls refused and the suspect drove away toward Bustleton Pike, police said.

The girls described the driver as a black male with braided hair and wearing a black and gray shirt with sunglasses. They also said a woman was sitting in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.

Officers checked the surrounding area but were unable to find the vehicle.

If you have any information on the incident, please call the Lower Southampton Township Police at 215-357-1234 or submit a tip here.

NBC10 Investigative Reporter Mitch Blacher spoke with SEPTA's Assistant General Manager of System Safety, Scott Sauer, about the precautions that SEPTA is now taking after the recent derailment incidents.

Charges have been filed against a driver accused of speeding and striking a teen girl, causing her to fly in the air and land more than 100 feet away.

James Clark IV, 32, of Abington, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, reckless endangerment and other related offenses.

Police say Kelly Williams, 14, was walking across the marked crosswalk on Highland Avenue in front of Abington Senior High School back on August 23 around 2:45 p.m. when she was struck by a Subaru driven by Clark. The impact caused Williams to fly up in the air and land 102 feet away.

Investigators say Clark was speeding and driving at least 46 mph in a 25-mph zone.

“This crash involving a speeding car and a girl crossing a street within a marked crosswalk happened right outside of a high school as teenagers were coming and going to sports tryouts, cheerleading practice and other activities that signal the beginning of the school year,” Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said.

The unconscious teen was taken to Abington Hospital and later transferred to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She suffered lacerations to her liver, kidney and spleen as well as fractures to her T3 vertebrae, pelvis and leg. She also suffered a dislocated shoulder, eye and eyelid injuries, a concussion and multiple abrasions.

Witnesses initially told police Williams was distracted because she was using the popular iPhone video and audio chat feature FaceTime on her phone. Investigators later determined however that the girl was not at fault.

“Distracted driving and speed are a deadly combination," Steele said. "Drivers owe it to the community and to our young people to exercise extra caution and pay special attention to their surroundings in and around our schools.”

Clark was arraigned and released on his own recognizance. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for October 11.

Williams' parents released a statement Monday.

“Our priority has been assisting our daughter in her recovery from the severe injuries she has suffered,” they wrote. “We appreciate the love, support and kindness we have received from our friends, family and members of the community.”

Three people were arrested after police found dozens of guns, a flamethrower, ammunition and bomb-making materials at the New Jersey home of a motorcycle club member, investigators said.

The investigation began Thursday after the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office received information on a suspect storing explosive and destructive materials inside a home in Howell Township, New Jersey.

Officers arrived at the home on the 100 block of Ford Road Friday and executed a search warrant. They then seized several firearms, ammunition and marijuana, police said.

The investigation led police to the home of 49-year-old Anthony Corraro, a known member of the Pagan’s Outlaw Motorcycle Club, on State Highway 33 in Freehold Township, officials said. Police executed a search warrant and found explosive materials, six long guns, 10 handguns, a homemade flame thrower, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, including hollow nose and armor piercing cartridges, investigators said.

Corraro was arrested and charged with attempted possession of explosives for an unlawful purpose, attempted possession of destructive devices for an unlawful purpose and other related offenses. 

Police also arrested David Tash, 53, and Christopher Tash, 49, of Howell Township. Both men were charged with certain persons not to possess firearms, possession of armor penetrating bullets and possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine. David Tash was also charged with possession of over 50 grams of marijuana.

The investigation is still ongoing. If you have any information, please call Detectives Wayne Raynor or Daniel Newman of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office at 1-800-533-7443.

Watch NBC10 News Live at 11 p.m. in the video embedded above for the latest on Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Jose.

ANOTHER CRUSHING BLOW IN CARIBBEAN

In this historic, horrific hurricane season, one monster Category 4 hurricane has hit in the Gulf of Mexico (Harvey), and the latest one in Florida (Irma). Each caused tens of billions in damage-and lives. Now the newest monster is causing another Caribbean catastrophe in islands just south of the ones crushed by Irma. It strengthened to a Category 5 Monday night. The first to be hit: Dominica is getting a direct, “Barbuda-like” blast. Close by will be Guadeloupe and Martinique.

That small island just to the left of Maria’s eye is Dominica. Guadeloupe is the island just north of that; Martinique is the island just to the south. The only good thing about Maria is how small it is. The “donut of destruction” is only about 40 miles across, and the eye is barely 10 miles wide. But it is continuing to strengthen rapidly in the warm waters of the Atlantic.

The next target, unfortunately, appears to be Puerto Rico. Although there were more than a million without power after the storm, the core of Irma’s strength passed north of the island. What is going to happen if a Category 4 or 5 hurricane makes a direct hit? No one knows how bad it could be, since the last Category 4 strike was in 1932. And there has been only one recorded Category 5 direct hit was in 1928. Maria is now predicted by the National Hurricane Center to take a direct hit as a Category 5. That is truly a worse-case scenario.

You’d have to be in your 90s to remember a storm as strong as the one that may be about to hit. I say “may” because the computer models vary between a direct hit and a “graze” just to the north.

The 48-hour position is very close to the island. And yes, the Virgin Islands are in the path-again. After Puerto Rico, the forecast tracks are a bit east of the Bahamas.

THE “FUJIWARA” MOVE

It might sound like we’re making this up, but there really is a Fujiwara Effect, named after the person who discovered it. When two tropical systems get too close to each other (about 800 miles or less), they start to influence each other. And, ideally, they actually start rotating counter-clockwise around each other. If one of the storms is much bigger than the other, the smaller one can get absorbed into the bigger one.

Above is an example of the Fujiwara Effect from 2009 in the Western Pacific (the area with the most tropical storms on earth). Here is the write-up on what happened with these storms:

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40615

Here is the track of one of those “Super-typhoons”:

(Courtesy Unisys)

You might not be familiar with the map, since it’s the other end of the world. China is in the upper left, and the track of the storm came from the east into the Philippines. What you should notice is the consistent track to the northwest, and then the storm suddenly stops and GOES RIGHT BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM, before resuming the westward track. What made that happen? That was when the other Super-typhoon approached from the west, and the two storms rotated a bit.

This is just one of a few Fujiwara examples I found, and some strange tracks happened as a result. Here is Hurricane Emmy from 1976, which was influenced by Francis:

This is another example of a fairly typical track changed quickly, and then resumed when the two storms get farther apart.

CAN JOSE AND MARIA DO A FUJIWARA? WILL THEY?

There is obviously very little history of these strange movements. That makes it even harder to predict. I doubt our computer models will be able to handle it. Exactly when will Storm #1 start changing course? Will it strengthen or weaken? And what will happen to Storm #2?

Here is the forecast map for the European model (the world’s best overall):

This is a 132 hour forecast, so this is more than 5 day’s away (valid Saturday evening). Jose is on the right side of the picture, and Maria at the lower right. The storms are about 800 miles apart and seem to be similar size (the intensity may be quite higher for Maria, but it’s a small storm). If this pattern verifies, it would possibly lead to a Fujiwara. One thing that could happen is that Maria getting closer could force Jose to move toward the East Coast, while Maria turns more to the right. This would save the U.S. from the monster Maria, but increase the threat from Jose.

This unusual pattern leads to even more uncertainty than tropical forecasts beyond 5 days (which are often iffy anyway). My advice is to be extra wary of any forecasts more than 5 days out with this pattern.

A teen boy was killed while two others were injured during a drive-by shooting in Chester Monday afternoon.

Police responded to the 1300 block of West 7th Street for a report of a shooting around 3 p.m. Monday. When they arrived they found a 15-year-old boy lying face down on the walkway of a home. Police say he was suffering from two gunshot wounds in his torso.

The officers also heard an 18-year-old victim moaning and talking inside the house. Police say he was suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper thigh. Finally, police found a 16-year-old boy in the back of the home who had been shot in the buttocks.

All three victims were taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center. The 15-year-old boy died from his injuries while the other two victims are in stable condition. The teen’s death marks the 23rd homicide in the city of Chester this year.

Police have released little information regarding what led to the incident but believe it was a drive-by shooting. They have not released a description of any suspects.

If you have any information on the shooting, please call Detective Michael Canfield or Detective Timothy Deery at 610-891-8030.

Thousands of children in a Montgomery County school district spent a second day out of school as teachers in the Methacton School District continued to strike Tuesday.

Teachers in the Montgomery County district walked off the job Monday after failing to reach an agreement with the district Sunday night. The contract covering about 400 teachers expired at the end of June.

The teacher’s union said sticking points were over wages not being high enough to cover increasing health insurance premiums. The union planned to present a counter-offer to the district Tuesday morning.

Striking teachers planned to picket outside schools again Tuesday.

School Board President Chris Boardman called weekend negotiations "productive." But, while progress was made regarding salary increases, talks between both sides went south when they were unable to come to an agreement on how much teachers should pay for their health insurance.

The parents of about 5,000 students spread across the district's seven schools must find alternate plans for their children again on Tuesday.

"We don't want anybody to think we don't care about the kids and the education that they're going to get here," Diana Kernop of the Methacton Education Association said. "But our group is solidly together."

Despite the union counter-offer, there is no set time for when both sides will return to the negotiating table. A state mediator has been coordinating exchanges between both sides, the district said.

"We will be meeting as appropriate and hopefully within the next week we will be back together," Boardman said. "But we're all reeling from the shock of the whole message."

The Methacton School District released its plans for the strike. You can find a list of those plans -- including options for temporary child care for elementary school students at the Audubon YMCA -- as well as important contact information here.

The last Methacton strike in 1985 lasted 25 days.

A boys' soccer coach from New Jersey has been arrested for allegedly head-butting an opposing coach, and hitting that coach's 9-year-old son, after a dispute over a game.

Fair Lawn Police said Sean Cormack, 45, was arrested Sept. 10 for the alleged head butt of a 52-year-old coach from Midland Park "after a verbal altercation about the game."

Police said Cormack first approached the Midland Park players; their coach intervened and said Cormack should speak to him instead. The confronation escalated from there. 

When the Midland Park coach's son and others tried to break up the fight, Cormack allegedly struck the boy as well.

The child was taken to the hospital and treated for dizziness. His father refused medical assistance. 

Cormack faces two charges of simple assault.

Attorney information was not immediately available. 

The frantic search for a 4-year-old girl missing from her mother's home in Southwest Philadelphia ended with hugs from family members Tuesday morning.

NBC10 cameras captured the joyful reunion of Isabella Wiley with her family members around 8:45 a.m.

Isabella's mother last saw her between 2 and 4 a.m. when she stepped out of their Bartram Village home to get some ice from a McDonald's store because she was hot, Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker said. When the mother returned she went back to sleep in another room and didn't notice Isabella missing until later.

Isabella had woken up and went outside looking for her mother, her grandfather told NBC10's Matt DeLucia.

A neighbor heard Isabella crying outside and took her in, the girl even falling asleep at one point, the neighbor told NBC10.

That neighbor later let everyone know the girl was safe in the neighbor's home. The neighbor, who has mental disabilities, won't be charged as she did the right thing taken the child in but she should have immediately contacted police, Walker said.

The girl's mother was taken in for questioning and could face charges since she left the 4-year-old and a 7-year-old sibling alone in the home, investigators said.

The search focused on the area around Bartram Village at 56th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard around 7:30 a.m.

About one dozen police vehicles could be seen around the complex as officers and K-9s searched on foot along some trails and wooded areas around nearby Bartram's Garden. A police search boat could also be seen on the nearby Schuylkill River.

Police initially said Isabella is 3 but her family later said she is actually 4.

New details in the death of a Lafayette College lacrosse recruit may be released Tuesday afternoon as the Northampton County district attorney briefs the press on the case.

Northampton DA John Morganelli plans to speak at 3 p.m. on the death of 19-year-old McCrae Williams. (NBC10 will carry the news conference live here on this page. Come back at 3 p.m. to watch live.)

Williams was found unconscious with severe head injuries on the afternoon of Sept. 10 outside a dormitory on the Easton, Pennsylvania college campus.

The college freshman died at Lehigh Valley Hospital the next day.

The coroner said the Weston, Massachusetts-native died from blunt force trauma to his head, but stopped short of releasing a manner of death. The manner of death status was still pending Tuesday morning.

Scant details have been released over what led to Williams' passing.

Investigators previously said a chain of events led to his injury.

Law enforcement sources said Williams attended an off-campus party hours before he was discovered by campus police.

The Massachusetts teen's high school headmaster said in a statement that Williams was injured in a fall. Local law enforcement officials would not confirm those details, however.

NBC10's Ted Greenberg is live in Margate, New Jersey where they are experiencing some flooding due to Hurricane Jose and high tides.

If you started playing football before you turned 12 years old, a new study found emotional issues in adulthood are possibly more likely than if an athlete took up the sport later in life.

The study, released Tuesday, of more than 200 adults found that those who started playing before 12 had greater than three times the odds for "clinically elevated depression scores" and two times the odds for "clinically meaningful impairments in reported behavioral regulation, apathy and executive function," according to the findings presented in Nature's Translational Psychiatry.

One of the co-authors told STAT.com that the study has a "ton of limitations," but the study itself presents dire findings for football players who start young.

"Overall, this study provides further evidence that playing youth American football may have long-term clinical implications, including behavioral and mood impairments," according to the report on Nature.com.

Its release comes on a day when the much-publicized class action lawsuit involving thousands of former NFL players and the professional football league was back in court in Philadelphia. A federal judge with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was to hear from one of the attorneys for more than 20,000 former pros. A settlement agreed to last year is set to provided thousands with payouts from about $1 billion in total from the league.

Yet the massive suit has remained bogged down by administrative and legal hurdles, according to reports since the payouts were set to begin in January.

One of the players' lead attorneys was expected to address U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in Center City about concerns Brody has over the process, according to the Associated Press.

The study, meanwhile, continues to add to mounting evidence linking football with brain injuries and emotional issues for current and former players due to head trauma involved in the game's many hits to the head.

“When do we ask ourselves, ‘Does it make sense for my kid to be hitting his head several hundred times per season?’” Dr. Robert A. Stern, one of the co-authors and a Boston University scientist, told STAT.com.

Beyond the findings, the report called for more testing to further explore the effects on playing football and whether changes to the sport are necessary.

"Youth exposure to football may have long-term neurobehavioral consequences," the study concluded. "Additional research studies, especially large cohort longitudinal studies, are needed to better understand the potential long-term clinical implications of youth American football to inform policy and safety decision-making."

Police charged a man with a series of child lurings in Northeast Philadelphia in recent weeks.

Marwan Deeb faces four counts each of luring a child into a motor vehicle and corruption of a minors.

The 35-year-old tried to get children into his vehicle in three separate incidents over a few days, investigators said:

Sept. 12, 3 p.m. – A man drove up to children along the 400 block of Tomlinson Street and offered them money to get in his car, police said.

Sept. 15, 8 a.m. – A man with money in his hand pulled up to a girl walking to school along the 4900 block of Dittman Street and asked if he could take her photo for money, investigators said.

Sept. 15, 8:10 a.m. – A man with money and a camera in his hands asked a girl if he could take her photo for money, investigators said. He also asked where her friends were, police said.

In each incident, the children were able to run away and get help. The driver in each case was possibly behind the wheel of a black vehicle with tinted windows, police said.

It is unclear if Deeb could face any other charges.

The Defender Association of Philadelphia, which is representing Deeb as he remains jailed, had no comment about the allegations against Deeb.

Atlantic City police arrested a woman accused of assaulting a 60-year-old man and stealing his pizza.

Police responded to a report of robbery and a man on the ground on Morris Avenue at 2:01 a.m. Tuesday.

The man was suffering from a head injury and was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center.

Witnesses informed the two officers of the general direction where the suspect had gone. 

Police say the suspect, who they identified as 24-year-old Michelle Brown, had attacked the man, stolen his pizza and then fled.

Brown was found at 2:24 a.m. near Georgia and Pacific Avenues by a K9 Officer. She was arrested, charged with robbery and remanded to the Atlantic County Justice Facility.

Anyone with any information about the incident should contact the Atlantic City Police Department Criminal Investigations Section at 609-347-5766 or text 847411 beginning the text with ACPD.