(NEW YORK) — More than 40 million Americans are on alert for possible severe storms that may bring isolated tornadoes.
Americans from Denver and Dallas to Columbus may experience damaging winds up to 70 mph and large hail more than 2 inches in diameter, according to meteorologists.
That severe weather chance is all due to a strengthening low-pressure system that moved across the Heartland on Sunday morning. As that storm pushes east, it will bring rain chances for much of the East Coast throughout Monday, meteorologists said.
That storm would also end any remaining wildfire smoke in the air across the eastern U.S., meteorologists said. There still may be some hazy skies Monday, but once that storm moves by, the smoke will also head out.
On Monday, severe storms are possible from central Texas to the Florida Panhandle.
Moderate to large hail and damaging winds are forecast for some storms up the East Coast, meteorologists said.
Parts of central and southern Texas are forecast to feel the heat this upcoming week, with temperatures hitting record highs in the upper 90s and lower 100s. The feels-like temperatures will be between 100 to 115 degrees throughout the week, according to meteorologists.
Meteorologists warned that the extreme heat could adversely impact people’s health.
The rising heat brings an increased risk of wildfires across the southwest, according to meteorologists.
Headed into the work week, a red flag warning is in effect for much of southern New Mexico and the combination of dry heat and gusty winds will keep the critical fire danger in the area.
(ROME) — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died in Milan at 86, Italian media reported.
The three-time premier and former leader of the Forza Italia party had suffered with a series of medical ailments over the past several years.
The billionaire media tycoon — worth approximately $7 billion — has had a pacemaker since he was 70-years-old but, more recently, underwent heart surgery in 2016 to replace an aortic valve and has also survived a bout with prostate cancer.
“The end of an era,” Guido Crosetto, Italy’s defense minister, said in Italian. “I loved him very much. Goodbye Silvio.”
His death was first reported Monday by ANSA, the Italian newswire. Berlusconi’s brother, Paolo, along with his children, arrived at the hospital within moments of his death on Monday, ANSA reported.
Berlusconi sat until his death in the upper house of the Italian parliament, the Senate, but does not have a government role in Georgia Meloni’s conservative coalition that currently governs the country.
Berlusconi was born in Milan in 1936 and entered into the media world in the early 1970s before turning to politics in the 90s. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies and appointed as prime minister of Italy in the 1994 general election his party, Forza Italia, gained a relative majority only three months after the party was launched.
Berlusconi was no stranger to legal troubles during his career and a court only recently acquitted him in February regarding allegations of paying off witnesses to lie in an underage prostitution case that had been under litigation for more than a decade.
Berlusconi is survived by his 33-year-old partner, Marta Fascina — a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Forza Italia since 2018 — as well as his five children from previous relationships.
Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister, called on Monday for a moment of silence for his former colleague. On Twitter, he praised Berlusconi’s generosity and respect.
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on federal charges in an investigation into his handling of classified documents, according to an indictment unsealed on Friday.
The indictment comes after more than 100 documents with classified markings were found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022.
Trump has been charged with 37 counts: 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information; one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice; one count of withholding a document or record; one count of corruptly concealing a document or record; one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation; one count of scheme to conceal; and one count of false statements and representations.
The indictment of Trump, who has repeatedly denied any allegations of impropriety, is unprecedented for a former president.
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Jun 11, 9:47 PM EDT
Trump plans to head to Florida Monday, sources say
Donald Trump is expected to head to Florida midday Monday ahead of his first appearance Tuesday before a federal judge regarding the 37 counts he faces from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation, sources familiar with the planning told ABC News.
Jun 11, 6:24 PM EDT
Miami mayor to speak Monday on security for Trump’s expected court appearance
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is expected to hold a press conference Monday regarding the city’s “preparations, security measures and traffic impacts in anticipation of former President Donald Trump’s presence in the city of Miami on Tuesday.”
The event is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET and will take place at the Miami Police Department, according to a press release.
-ABC News’ Victor Oquendo
Jun 11, 3:38 PM EDT
Trump plans to speak from NJ after arraignment in Florida
The Trump campaign on Sunday announced that the former president is scheduled to deliver remarks at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, after his scheduled court appearance in Florida earlier that afternoon where he will be arraigned on his 37-count indictment.
After Trump was arraigned in his criminal case in New York City in April, and pleaded not guilty, he similarly addressed supporters — that time from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
-ABC News’ Soo Rin Kim
Jun 11, 2:18 PM EDT
Graham insists Trump is politically ‘stronger’ after indictment’
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., argued on ABC’s This Week that Donald Trump is “stronger” after last week’s indictment and added that the charges don’t impact his support for the former president.
“I think Donald Trump is stronger today politically than he was before. … We’ll have an election, and we’ll have a trial, but I promise you this: Most Americans believe, most Republicans believe, that the law is used as a weapon against Donald Trump,” Graham said in a testy interview with “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Graham said he did not approve of the former president’s handling of classified information but insisted Trump did not deserve to be charged under the Espionage Act.
Jun 09, 5:27 PM EDT
GOP Rep. calls for an ‘eye for an eye’
Following the unsealing of Trump’s indictment, GOP lawmakers continued reacting to the news this afternoon and one included an incendiary remark.
“We have now reached a war phase. Eye for an eye,” Rep. Andy Biggs, a Freedom Caucus member and top Trump ally, tweeted.
Another Trump ally, Rep. Clay Higgins, tweeted that “President Trump said he has “been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM. This is a perimeter probe from the oppressors. Hold. rPOTUS has this. Buckle up. 1/50K know your bridges. Rock steady calm. That is all.”
-ABC News’ Gabe Ferris
Jun 09, 5:06 PM EDT
Schumer, Jeffries release joint statement
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a joint statement Friday, “No one is above the law – including Donald Trump.”
“This indictment must now play out through the legal process, without any outside political or ideological interference,” they said. “We encourage Mr. Trump’s supporters and critics alike to let this case proceed peacefully in court.”
Jun 09, 4:13 PM EDT
McCarthy says Trump indictment ‘going to disrupt this nation’
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Fox News he believes the indictment is “going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all.”
“This is a very dark day in America when you think about what they’re trying to indict President Trump on,” McCarthy said, falsely equating the crimes Trump allegedly committed with President Joe Biden’s own handling of classified documents.
McCarthy said House Republicans “are not going to stand for it,” saying he’s already talked to House Oversight Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan “of things that we can do to ensure equal justice.”
-ABC News’ Lauren Peller
Jun 09, 3:29 PM EDT
Trump to appear in court Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump and his aide, Walt Nauta, are set to appear in court at 3 p.m. Tuesday at a federal courthouse in Miami, according to a spokesperson for special counsel Jack Smith.
The indictment was returned Thursday and unsealed on Friday, according to his office.
Trump is expected to arrive at and depart from the Miami courthouse Friday via secure private access points that would make it impossible for the public or journalists to see him.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, “While operational security precludes us from going into specifics, the Secret Service will not seek any special accommodations outside of what would be required to ensure the former President’s continued safety. As with any site visited by a protectee, the Secret Service is in constant coordination with the necessary entities to ensure protective requirements are met. We have the utmost confidence in the professionalism and commitment to security shared by our law enforcement partners in Florida.
“Miami police will also help Tuesday with “personnel, resources, detours, and/or road closures,” Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said in a statement. “We’re committed to protecting everyone’s first amendment right and will continue to serve our residents, business owners, and visitors while maintaining the safety of our community.”
Jun 09, 3:14 PM EDT
Special counsel speaks out
Special counsel Jack Smith said Friday that he invites everyone to read the indictment “in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged.”
“The men and women of the United States intelligence community and our Armed Forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. Our laws that protect national defense information are critical for the safety and security of the United States, and they must be enforced,” he said.
“We have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone,” Smith said. “Applying those laws, collecting facts, that’s what determines the outcome of an investigation.”
Jun 09, 2:43 PM EDT
Trump to writer: ‘Secret information … look at this’
In May 2021, prosecutors allege former President Donald Trump brought some of his boxes to his Bedminster, New Jersey, property. On July 21, 2021, Trump, before and during an interview for his upcoming book, showed the writer what he called “secret information” regarding national security, prosecutors said.
“Well, with [the Senior Military Official] — uh, let me see that, I’ll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack [Country A]. Isn’t it amazing? I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him,” Trump said, according to prosecutors. “They presented me this–this is off the record, but—they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.”
“Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this,” Trump said, according to prosecutors.
“See as president, I could have declassified it,” Trump said, according to prosecutors.
“Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret,” Trump said, according to the indictment.
Jun 09, 2:35 PM EDT
After telling FBI he’s an ‘open book,’ Trump fled Mar-a-Lago with boxes of records: Prosecutors
The indictment alleged that in June 2022, former President Donald Trump, after meeting with officials from the FBI and declaring himself an “open book,” flew from his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida to his Bedminster, New Jersey, property with boxes of records that had been packed on his plane earlier that day.
Nauta and “others” had loaded the boxes, prosecutors said.
Jun 09, 2:31 PM EDT
Details revealed in indictment
The indictment alleged that, after the FBI subpoenaed former President Donald Trump, he “endeavored to obstruct the FBI and grand jury investigations and conceal his continued retention of classified documents by” actions including: suggesting his attorney falsely tell the FBI and grand jury that he didn’t have documents responsive to the subpoena; directing aide Walt Nauta to move boxes of documents to conceal them from Trump’s attorney, the FBI and grand jury; and causing a false certification to be submitted to the FBI and grand jury saying all documents were provided “while knowing that, in fact, not all such documents has been produced.”
The indictment noted that between January 2021 and August 2022, Mar-a-Lago hosted more than 150 social events, including weddings and fundraisers “that together drew tens of thousands of guests.”
The indictment mentions five of Trump’s statements in 2016, when still a candidate for president, including when he said in August 2016 that “in my administration I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information.”
According to the indictment, on June 2, an attorney for Trump went through the boxes in the storage room, removed 38 documents with classified markings, placed them in a redwood folder and sealed it with clear duct tape.
Trump allegedly asked, “Did you find anything?…. Is it bad? Good?” and they discussed what to do with the documents, according to prosecutors.
Trump’s attorney said at that point Trump “made a funny motion as though- well okay why don’t you take them with you to your hotel room and if there’s anything really bad in there, like, you know, pluck it out. And that was the motion that he made. He didn’t say that.”
According to the indictment, Trump and Nauta misled one of the Trump attorneys by moving boxes that contained documents with classified markings so that the attorney would not find the documents and produce them to a federal grand jury.
The indictment details how Nauta allegedly lied to FBI agents in May 2022 when he claimed to have no knowledge of the classified documents being brought to Mar-a-Lago.
Jun 08, 9:19 PM EDT
What 2nd Trump indictment could mean for GOP White House race: Analysis
With former President Donald Trump now facing a second indictment, this time on federal charges, according to sources, it’s a turn of events that could shake up the Republican primary field as Trump makes a third run for the White House.
The aftermath of Trump’s first indictment in New York connection to an alleged hush money scheme could be an indication of what is to come. Before his first indictment, Trump pledged to continue on with his presidential bid despite charges and even argued that cases could give his campaign a boost. Trump wasn’t wrong.
In fact, he still outpaces his GOP rivals in recent polling.
Another boon to his campaign, the fact that Republicans by and large rallied around him after his first indictment — even most of those challenging him in the Republican presidential primary.
But the field of candidates is more crowded now, comprised of more candidates willing to clearly criticize Trump.
-ABC News’ Averi Harper
Jun 08, 9:07 PM EDT
Federal indictment expected to be ‘speaking indictment’: Sources
The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump is expected to be a “speaking indictment” that will lay out chapter and verse the government’s case to the public, according to sources.
-ABC News’ Ivan Pereira
Jun 08, 8:56 PM EDT
Trump team anticipated indictment for several days: Sources
Former President Donald Trump’s team has been anticipating a federal indictment for the past several days, sources said.
Sources said his team is already planning a trip down to Miami and is thinking of holding a campaign event around this indictment.
-ABC News’ John Santucci
Jun 08, 8:49 PM EDT
DOJ, White House decline to comment
Spokespeople for the Justice Department and Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office declined to comment Thursday evening on Trump’s announcement he was informed of his indictment.
White House Spokesperson Ian Sams also declined to comment on Trump saying his attorneys have been informed he has been indicted in the classified documents investigation.
Sams referred ABC News to the DOJ, which he said “conducts its criminal investigations independently.”
-ABC News’ Molly Nagle and Alexander Mallin
Jun 08, 8:37 PM EDT
Trump charged in ‘rocket docket’ court — and why that could matter
Former President Donald Trump will face charges in the Southern District of Florida, a venue whose reputation for swift proceedings has earned it “rocket docket” status — a colloquialism that reflects its strict adherence to the speedy trial clock.
Walter Norkin, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of Florida, explains why that might be notable.
“The Southern District of Florida is one of the few districts in the country that operates under a ‘rocket docket’ and, in distinction from the District of Columbia, you can expect a criminal case to be resolved within six months of an indictment issuing,” Norkin told ABC News. “The judges in the Southern District of Florida adhere very strictly to the Speedy Trial clock, which, with limited exceptions, requires trial or conviction to occur within 70 days.”
As a strategic matter, according to Norkin, the special counsel may have chosen this particular venue as a means to circumvent that inclination as prosecutors face the prospect of “certain policy considerations that take effect as an election nears.”
“To the extent a defense strategy would be to delay trial,” Norkin continued, “they will have a heavier burden executing that plan in Southern District of Florida than they would in another district.”
-ABC News’ Lucien Bruggeman
Jun 08, 8:19 PM EDT
What an indictment means for Trump’s presidential bid
Former President Donald Trump can still be elected president again — even if he is convicted — experts tell ABC News.
But there are practical reasons that could make it a challenge, the experts told ABC News after Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in March.
Jun 08, 8:12 PM EDT
Who is special counsel Jack Smith?
Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped Jack Smith in November 2022 as special counsel to oversee the DOJ’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified materials after leaving office.
Former colleagues have characterized Smith, a longtime federal prosecutor and former head of the Justice Department’s public integrity section, as an aggressive prosecutor who would not shy away from taking on difficult prosecutorial judgments, with the background and temperament that make him a strong selection for the high-profile role.
Jun 08, 7:57 PM EDT
What to expect at Tuesday’s arraignment
When the former president arrives at Miami federal court on Tuesday, it will mark an extraordinary moment for the country: Trump will be formally placed under arrest by the very government he was once elected to lead.
Once he is arrested, Trump will be booked and processed as a federal defendant and then appear before a judge for an arraignment.
Trump, or one of his attorneys, will enter a not guilty plea, touching off the prosecution of the former president.
The courthouse has spent the last several days preparing for Trump’s arrival, but there is no outward sign Thursday night that he is days away from appearing.
Prior to news of the indictment, members of the special counsel’s team were seen going into and out of court and the room where a grand jury has been hearing evidence.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky
Jun 08, 7:51 PM EDT
Trump calls investigation a ‘hoax’
Former President Donald Trump posted on his social network Truth Social Thursday evening that his lawyers have been informed he’s been indicted.
He called the investigation a “hoax” and said he’s an “innocent man.”
Trump said he has been summoned to appear at the Miami federal courthouse on Tuesday.
Trump’s campaign sent out a fundraising email following news of the indictment.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Arizona 7, Detroit 5
Miami 6, Chi White Sox 5
Oakland 8, Milwaukee 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 5, Houston 0
Tampa Bay 7, Texas 3
Baltimore 11, Kansas City 3
Toronto 7, Minnesota 6
LA Angels 9, Seattle 4
Boston 3, NY Yankees 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 2, NY Mets 1
Washington 6, Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 7, LA Dodgers 3
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3
Colorado 5, San Diego 4
San Francisco 13, Chi Cubs 3
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
New York 102, Dallas 93
Las Vegas 93, Chicago 80
Washington 71, Seattle 65
Connecticut 89, Atlanta 77
Phoenix 85, Indiana 82
Minnesota 91, Los Angeles 86
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
LA Galaxy 1, Saint Louis City SC 1 (Tie)
Portland 1, FC Dallas 0
Britney Spears deleted her Instagram on Friday, but reactivated it over the weekend to comment on an interview that her ex-husband Kevin Federline, her sons and her dad allegedly gave to a British journalist while making a documentary — an interview that has now been excerpted in a UK tabloid.
On Instagram, Britney writes, “The fact that people are claiming things that are not true is so sad … This may not even be them saying such things because it doesn’t make any sense to me for them to be saying that.”
In the interview, Federline allegedly claims that Britney is on drugs, and he’s afraid that she’ll O.D. Her sons Preston and Jayden share “traumatic” experiences they allegedly experienced, and the article quotes Preston as saying, “All we want is for her to listen to us…before it’s too late.”
Britney responds, “With Preston saying ‘she needs to listen to us before it’s too late” … Do you remember every visit you came to my home, you went into your room and locked the door ??? I never saw you guys.”
She adds, “But the day I told [Jayden] I wanted to see you guys more, I never saw you again. It makes me sad because I tried so hard to make things nice for you and it was never good enough. So you guys go behind my back and talk about me.”
Meanwhile, Britney’s dad Jamie Spears is quoted as saying he’s afraid she’ll “die like [Amy Winehouse].”
Britney writes, “Everyone sits back as if that’s ok to make up lies to that extent … Why am I told I have to sit back and rise above ??? When they all go so low ??? Hopefully it is just the news being hateful and Kevin nor Preston said any of those things.”
The ninth studio effort from the “Sticky” outfit arrives August 1. You can listen to two new tracks from the record, “Blame” and “How to Exit a Room,” now via digital outlets.
“Blame” is accompanied by a video, while “How to Exit a Room” got a lyric clip. Both are streaming now on YouTube.
The album The Maine follows 2021’s XOXO: From Love & Anxiety in Real Time. The Maine released the hit single “Loved You a Little,” featuring Taking Back Sunday and Charlotte Sands, in 2022.
The Maine will be touring this summer on the Sad Summer Fest alongside Taking Back Sunday and PVRIS, among others.
Gov’t Mule is set to drop their 12th studio album, Peace…Like A River, on Friday, June 16, and it sounds like it wasn’t too hard for frontman Warren Haynes to come up with the title of the record.
“When I was going through all the lyrics, I realized that the word ‘peace’ and the word ‘river’ appear more than anything else, several times in multiple songs,” he tells ABC Audio. “And so I wanted to find something that combined those two things together.”
The title was also inspired by the Paul Simon song “Peace Like a River,” with Haynes noting, “We almost recorded it and we may still at some point.”
The album was recorded during COVID-19 lockdowns, during the same sessions as 2021’s Heavy Load Blues. Haynes explains they decided to work on both “because we had all this time on our hands and I had written a ton of material, and we couldn’t travel and we couldn’t tour, so it was the best way to utilize our time.”
Haynes says the pandemic did affect the way he was thinking and feeling while writing the record, but he insists, “I tried not to let it affect the subject matter so much.”
“I didn’t want to write a bunch of COVID-centric songs, but at the same time, that’s what the world was going through,” he shares. “And so I tried to write songs that were universal, but with the mindset that was happening at the time.”
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts topped the weekend box office, opening with an estimated $60.5 million at the North American box office. The seventh film in the franchise, starring Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback, added an estimated $110 million overseas, bringing its global total to $170.5 million.
That knocked Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse into second place, although it gave Rise of the Beasts a run for its money, earning an estimated $55.4 million for a $225.4 million two-week total. Worldwide, it’s already surpassed 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse‘s lifetime gross of $377 million, with $390 million in just 12 days, making it Sony s highest-grossing animated release in history.
The Little Mermaid took third place with an estimated $22.8 million at the domestic box office and $52.7 million overseas. Its three-week global tally currently stands at $414.2 million.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 held on to fourth place with an estimated $7 million in North America. The third Guardians of the Galaxy movie has crossed $800 million worldwide. It’s now topped the first film’s $773 million gross, but currently trails Vol. 2‘s $863 million.
Rounding out the top five was The Boogeyman, grabbing $6.9 million in its second week of release. Its domestic total now stands at $24.7 million.
In HBO’s new show The Idol, Lily-Rose Depp plays Jocelyn, a pop star who has been driven to fame by an overbearing momager.
However, despite having two famous parents, Johnny Depp and singer Vanessa Paradis, the actress explains her upbringing wasn’t directing her toward the spotlight.
“The backstory that we thought about a lot for Jocelyn is that she’s somebody who’s been working basically since she could talk,” Lily-Rose tells Entertainment Weekly. “She was a child actress, she had a mother who was really pushy in that way and really kind of bred her to be this trained performer, and that was her upbringing.”
Conversely, Depp explains, “That was certainly not mine. My parents definitely did their best to give my brother [Jack, 21] and I the most ‘normal’ childhood that we could have.”
The 24-year-old adds, “Obviously, still not totally normal, but a sense of normalcy at least, and a sense of childhood and freedom and play and everything. So our childhoods are quite different.”
That said, Lily-Rose explains, “Of course, experiencing this industry from a young age, there’s obviously pieces of that that help me understand maybe Jocelyn’s perspective a little bit better, but still, definitely coming from different places.”
The Idol airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO; new episodes later stream on Max.
(PHILADELPHIA) — A portion of Interstate 95 has collapsed in Philadelphia following a large vehicle fire, according to authorities.
Emergency dispatchers received a call for an accident response on the off-ramp of I-95 at 6:22 a.m. on Sunday, Philadelphia Fire Battalion Chief Derek Bowmer said Sunday. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found heavy fire from a vehicle underneath the I-95 overpass, Bowmer said.
The highway is completely collapsed on the northbound lanes, while the southbound lanes are compromised, Bowmer said.
The incident was then upgraded to a hazmat situation, Bowmer said. Crews have extinguished the fire, but there is some runoff from possible fuel or gas lines. The cause of the fire is unknown, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told ABC News.
The accident occurred between Exit 32 for Academy Road and Exit 30 for Cottman Avenue in the Tacony section of Philadelphia, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI reported.
All northbound lanes between Exit 25 at Allegheny Avenue and Castor Avenue and Exit 32 at Academy Road and Linden Avenue are currently shut down, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Southbound lanes between Exit 32 and Exit 30 at Cottman Avenue and Rhawn Street are also closed.
That portion of I-95 is expected to remain shut down for an extended period of time, according to the DHS. The southbound overpass is in critical condition, according to the Pennsylvania DOT.
The fire was so big it had overtaken both northbound and southbound lanes on the highway, witness Lisa Taormino, who was commuting southbound on I-95 about 20 minutes before it collapsed, told ABC News.
Video taken by Taormino, and posted to social media, showed flames and smoke billowing from the northbound lane into the southbound.
“It wasn’t until I reached the bridge part that it was starting to be compromised and the structure wasn’t as sound as it should have been,” Taormino said. “There was another car behind me that looked like it was going to back up instead of traveling across the bridge.”
Other videos posted to social media show large plumes of dark smoke hanging over the highway.
There is no information on any injuries or occupants involved in the vehicle fire, Bowmer said.
Multiple agencies are involved in the response to the crash, with some expressing concern regarding the runoff due to the proximity to the Delaware River. Health officials will determine the environmental impact.
Department of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro issued statements saying that they are closely monitoring the accident.
The collapse will have “significant impacts” on the city and region until reconstruction is complete, Buttigieg wrote in a later tweet.
“This is a major artery for people and goods, and the closure will have significant impacts on the city and region until reconstruction and recovery are complete,” Buttigieg tweeted. “Our department will be there with support throughout the process of I-95 returning to normal.”
Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt will travel to Philadelphia on Monday to offer federal support and assistance.
“The I-95 corridor is a vital connection for people and goods traveling along the East Coast, and FHWA has offered support and assistance to state and local officials to help them safely reopen this section of I-95 as quickly as possible,” a spokesperson for the FHA said in a statement.
