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Week. We look at the winter storm warnings and they extend to florida to the carolinas and they dont go far inland just the coastal communities not included philadelphia. If you want a major noreaster you need to see these inland. The mainly along the coast. It begins wednesday night at the shore and then works its way inland thursday morning. Thursday morning is rush hour and despite not a major storm still creating very slick travel on thursday mornings rush hour with the hardest hit area southeastern new jersey and tapers off thursday afternoon. Well show you a closer look with future tracker and how much snow with this storm and the brutal numbers friday and saturday coming up in just a bit. Adam, thank you. All the cold weather is causing a lot of problems with infrastructure in the area. Chopper 6 hd was overhead as the water gusts from the large water main break in conshohocken and flooded nearby businesses and impacting houses in towns. Walter perez is live at the scene this afternoon and crews have their hands full with all of these problems today. Reporter this is a real mess. A live look at the scene right now, you can see there the water that rushed from the ruptured main washed out the soil of this part of balligomingo road resulting in the closure to traffic and the utility pole was compromised and has to be uprighted before the repair can begin on the ruptured main. Some lost water pressure and some lost power and a few lost both. It was right around 5 30 this morning when this huge 30 inch water main ruptured sending a torrent of water through a handful of homes downstream from the break. The somerwood corporation was one of them. It came through the building and out the back door and we run off a generator and they have to work around the clock to get it fixed. More than 1,000 homes and businesses have to deal with low water pressure and some of those customers like patty have no water service. We dont have Young Children in the house, i cant imagine if for parents that do i cant imagine the hardship. This is crazy. Overall the break is effecting service in bryn mawr and conshohocken along with glen side and cheltenham township. I know that since this morning the pressures have begun to build up and recover we hope in a 4 hour period to be up to full pressure and the leak repaired. Back out live on the scene here, we should mention that only a handful of customers lost power and those repairs should be complete within a few hours. Water service is expected to be fully restored by can have tomorrow morning. No word at this hour when balligomingo road will reopen. Reporting live walter perez, channel 6 action news. Crews working around the clock there thank you. Another water main break is causing headaches in morristown, Burlington County. The westbound lanes are closed at Pleasant Valley avenue and the department of public works crews are making the repairs, the pipe broke at 7 00 and the ice quickly build up. And action news will let you know once the road is reopened. Some students in Delaware County got an extra day added to their winter break and the pipe burst at Winterboro High School forcing officials to cancel classes and all other schools open as scheduled. No word if it will be fix ford the start of classes tomorrow. And the start of frigid temperatures have taken a toll on cars and trucks. Action news stopped by lower Montgomery County where mechanics are busy trying to keep up with the demand and most need new batteries being drained quickly in this cold. Usually a lot of times batteries wont show swear or tear until you get this cold weather or hot extreme weather. What is when batteries fail. They cant work properly when the temperatures are above or below what they should be. Aaa midatlantic says that calls for help in december hit a six year high. Action News Reporter bob brooks has more advice for drivers coming up at 5 00 tonight. Can you stay ahead of the track of the noreaster as well as updates to it dangerous cold. That we are experiencing by visiting 6abc. Com or downloading the free and newly upgraded 6 abc app. The post season is here as the eagles have hearly two weeks to prepare for their playoff game at home at the linc. We are waiting to hear who the birds will face but the team knows what is at stake here. Ducis rogers joins us live now. Coach peterson spoke about the way forward. The way forward is to win a game. A lot of anxiety in this town right now. You got to believe the post season is a different animal, no losing and firm it the following week. You lose and go home. They are anxious to correct the mistakes from nick foles and the number one seed allows them time to get it done. The first playoff game is 11 days away, and his team needs to get back to the basics and in a means running the football a lot more. There is a formula, i think outside january type games weather can be bad you have to be able to do that and keep yourself on the field and keep your defense rested and then but somewhere in there you need to make a play in the passing game too, on a third down or a first down shot or Something Like that. So not ruling out the passing game obviously. But that run game we have to get back to the way we did it a couple of weeks ago. The eagles have so many talented running backs in the back field. They should be okay. Fingers crossed. We can hope. Dont forget to send your eagles fan photos and videos, use 6abcaction on twitter and instagram. You can post them on our 6 abc facebook wall. Well, a new era in philadelphia politics was ushered in today as several newly elected leaders swore their oaths and assumed the offices they won among them eye new da and city controller, both of them vowing to shake up the status quo. Vernon odom was there. The office of the District Attorney of philadelphia the new da was sworn in. Krasner was a former public defender and civil rights lawyer that expects to step on toes. He opposes the Death Penalty and mass incarceration and wanted to scuttle the bail system. The fop has branded him soft on crime and hostile to police. He laid out his vision today. Today we start the long road toward Trading Division to police and the communities they serve for unity and reconciliation and cooperation, all of which make us safer. The president of the fop did not attend the swearing in but in a statement offered congratulations and in that they could work together. Rebecca rinehart the first female controller that promised scrutiny of the Parking Authority and various city departments. But the focus remains on the new District Attorney who says the status quo in the city must be drastically changed. I want to work with the Police Department if the spike in homicides. And the reform plans of District Attorney krasner is looking for sources that are digging in to resist major changes. Well, Delaware State Police are investigating the death of a woman that was found in a wawa parking lot. Police tell action news that the 49yearold woman was found inside of a vehicle at the store on the unit block of south dupont highway just before 7 30 this morning. Employees told police that suv had been there for several days and autopsy will be done to determine the cause of death. Fire crews are battling a multialarm fire, in salem county. This broke out after 2 30, the flames overtook the building on the 600 block of upper neck road and appears to have started inside a garage and so far no injuries are reported. Time for a first check of the action news traffic report. Lets go live to matt pellman. Are we feeling optimistic about the traffic in 2018. Well try. We should keep the final. Keep up the hope. But this afternoon doesnt give us great expectations. Some major accidents as you try to head only on this back to work tuesday afternoon. One in millville and involves an overturned truck and debris spill and on at approach to the accident scene just 7 Miles Per Hour, alternates to northbound 55 and local through vineland. Delsy drive. 55 northbound is not where you want to be. A couple of big water main breaks today. Still working on the one in morristown on the westbound lanes of kings highway. They reopened the eastbound side but westbound you have restrictions as they try to patch that break. Heading westbound on 422, not the most pleasant experience this afternoon. Just 8 Miles Per Hour here coming out of pottstown. Its because of a crash past route 100 giving us restrictions and the sun is wicked out there again this afternoon. There is a lot of sun glare for southbound drivers on 95 headed towards center city. Lets grab the ipad and take the ways home with the waze app. Coming out of the city on the schuylkill reports of a crash on girard avenue, just 14 Miles Per Hour on the approach. Coming out of the city use mlk or kelly drive. And 20 minute delays on the regional rail. Well check it again in the next half hour. We should be optimistic we have you to help us out. I try. Details about new permanent security measures added to popular sites in new york city. And violence protests continue to erupt in iran. How the Trump Administration is responding today. And later in the show a brand new drug is in the works to help those suffering from migraines. 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South korea agreed to host high level talks ahead of the olympics. Kim jong un offered to send a delegation to the games. He treated perhaps its good news and perhaps not. If the talk between the northern and south happens next week it will be the first formal dialog between the two since 2015. Big gains on wall street the dow soaring 105 points and the nasdaq posting a 1. 5 gain to close at a new record. 7,6. 9. And the s p closing at 2,695. 79 at the close. And the fire at the bronx injures 23 people including a firefighter and seven children. According to the Fire Department of new york. They believe it month started in a first floor Furniture Store at 5 30 this morning and the freezing conditions were tough for the the 200 firefighters called in for this seven alarm fire and icicles hung from the power lines and ladder. And adults and children fled from the apartments above the store and many rushed outside with no shoes or coats. I slipped on the fire escape with my babies, i was so scared. My mom and most of the people out. I got trapped and they got a cherry picker to bring me down from the roof. Todays fire comes days after a residential fire killed 12 people in a bronx apartment building. And its designed to prevent vehicle attacks. Crews will install 1500 barriers to block cars from getting on to sidewalks, the metal stations help to protect pedestrians in times square and other Public Places in the wake of the deadly terror attack in object when a man drove a rented truck on to a crowded bike path. When someone in a vehicle u plows in a group of innocent pedestrians its disgusting. They plan to spend 60 million on the new barriers and the first ones are cemetery followed by permanent in march. The cold snap is impacting theme parks in florida. Three water parks in orlando are closed. Visitors will not be splashing around disneys typhoon lagoon or sea world aquatica and the theme parks are still open for business but temperatures in orlando are expected to hover in the 50s for the rest of the week and 50 is just too chilly to be outside in the water in florida. A violin to play for the poor folks in florida. We would love a 50 degree day. Ill take a 32 degree day. We have not touched freeing in a week. And could be a week more before we hit the freezing point. They have winter storm warnings in northern florida for winter precipitation with this storm. And we have winter storm watches for parts of the region and as you see its mainly just the coastal communities of Cape May County Atlantic County and southern Burlington County and ocean county this for wednesday evening into thursday eveni as the noreaster just gd us by here as it looks right now for the time period of wednesday evening into thursday evening, this is where we expect the heaviest snow to fall and snows farther west than that. And this is where you see the higher snow totals with this particular storm. As we look at temperatures now 24 philadelphia and millville and wilmington as well as dover, teens in lancaster and up in the poconos right now just 14 degrees, factor in the wind and better than yesterday. But still pretty bitter, 7 allentown and 9 in reading and 13 in philadelphia and 12 in dover, and 1 below zero in the poconos. Satellite 6 along with action radar everything is very quiet right now, the pieces of energy coming together here is one piece in the Northern Plains, the other piece in the deep south and you see the storm develop just to the east of jacksonville florida, and really ramp up out of the carolinas, and the moon lit sky 5 in allentown and 12 in philadelphia and teens down to the shore. And as we get into the wednesday, this is the warmest day of the next seven or so. Any sun in the morning gives way to clouds building in the afternoon ahead of the storm. Future tracker 6 showing at 11 00 tomorrow night the snow is falling at the shore cloudy inland locations and as we get into Late Wednesday night and early thursday morning and the rush hour at 7 00 a. M. Could be dry in the far western suburbs a sharp cutoff to where its snowing and not snowing and some of us see snow thursday morning and a slick morning commute for thursday and heavy estrogen in parts of new jersey and by the afternoon everything is to wrap up and pull out. And we see sunshine returning here thursday afternoon. How much snow to expect again this could waffle still but this is what we are looking at as of today and right now a coating to just an inch north of that pennsylvania turnpike, the poconos and allentown and lancaster and all the Delaware Valley. 1 to 3 inches of snow and 3 to 6 inches where we have the winter storm warnings in effect. This is far from a blockbuster noreaster and we have had amounts like this. But still something we have to deal with when trying to travel around on thursday. Your four day at 4 00 forecast, sun to clouds and 31 for tomorrow and snow the heaviest to the east on thursday and 29 degrees and the biggest story right now is the dangerous cold friday and saturday. High temperatures, in the teens and overnight lows near zero. With the winds whipping here friday and saturday, its going feel below zero the entire day. Well look at the numbers and they are remarkable for our region to see windchills this cold. Coming up in the next half hour. We are speechless. Literally speechless. I would be too. I have to tell you about it. Adam, thanks. Are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. And they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Fixodent plus adhesives. Theres a denture adhesive that holds strong until evening. 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Everybody did a tremendous job in getting the school redone, prepped and ready for the kids to move back in. You can see our students are excited and our faculty is very excited and our administrators and our community and parents are happy to be back. A lot of dancing and high fives and holly glen elementary that has mold issues will stay closed for the rest of the school year as the mold concerns are addressed. A philadelphia woman hit the dance floor in celebration of her 103rd birthday. That is miss harriet powell. Breaking it down today at the new court land light center, she is on beat people. The staff threw her a birthday celebration. Powell is a retired Temple University employee. When asked about her secret for longevity. She made her life an open book and loves to dance. We can see that. Good for her. Still ahead in the next half hour off action news at 4 30, carson wentz fires back on social media after receiving criticism for a tweet yesterday. 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And having an updated resume is key when you are job searching and cleaning out the social media accounts is also a must. First at 4 30 we are under an accuweather alert when we brace for possible snow and the coldest air we have felt so far this season. We have a noreaster to watch out for and temperatures that drop like a rock later this week. Temperatures today were still in the 20s and feeling though like the teens and with everyone bundled up you cant recognize anyone on the street anymore. Meteorologist, adam joseph, here now with the late effort on the accuweather forecast. Karen rogers sent a tweet earlier with the feathers. Classic. Its not about fashion but staying warm. People are bundling up and today is balmy compared to friday and saturday. Big changes to come and of course we have snow that will fall here on thursday as well. Temperatures right now in the 20s across the board. 21 in allentown and 24 in philadelphia and wilmington. And like the last several days air temperatures mean nothing. You have to look at the windchill because in is what you want to dress for when you head out. 7 degrees in allentown and 13 philadelphia and 14 in wilmington and 12 in trenton and at the shore 14 degrees they see the most snow out this have next storm. Lets take a look at the models here and future tracker 6 showing 8 00 in the morning on wednesday winter storm warnings in effect for northern florida, that just to the west of jacksonville is snow, sleet and freezing rain. For northern florida and then skirts the carolinas and the center of the storm is 250 miles to the east. Most storms wouldnt even touch us with precipitation but this is such a beast of i storm that the precipitation goes as far west as philadelphia missing the brunt of it, however, if you are at the shore there will be some impacts wednesday night thursday, they will see the heaviest snow amounts 3 to 6 inches from this storm as it looks significant travel delays there and winds gusting to near 50 Miles Per Hour creating blowing and drifting snow and again that is only for the shore communities. Well talk about the rest of the region and also let you know how much longer well be below freezing. Stay ahead of the latest track of the noreaster as well as updates to the dangerously cold forecast by visiting 6abc. Com. Or downloading the free 6 abc app for your mobile device. The frigid temperatures are contributing to several water main breaks in and around philadelphia. One that broke early this morning in northeast philadelphia left a homeowner car partially submerged in water, tom jared lives at the corner and he says his cadillac was ruined and the water came into the home and damaged everything if his basement. When the sun came up and the water receded a mound of mud was left behind and all of this was left by the break of an 8 inch water main. I woke up to Rushing Water at 3 00 in the morning. I came down and saw a foot of water in the basement and i opened up the back door and it kind of rushes out and left the mud. And water damage everywhere. Wow. The break left about 125 customers without water and crews are expected to have the main repaired sometime later tonight. A womans body was found in the freezing cold overnight and still not clear how she died. She was inside of a van inside of a strip mall in philadelphia. John rawlins is live now at the scene where she was found. John, what are we learning about this. Its safe to say that the cause and manner of death will take weeks to determine, a silver minivan appeared in this parking lot. And saturday at some point in time one thing that stood out its a white cloth and towel affixed to the drivers side window. An indication of a broken down vehicle. A closer examination today showed a womans body and side of that van. Its a shame. She was looking for somewhere to sleep and didnt have any where to go. Debbie points to where a minivan was parked and she was on her way to work and someone alerted her. Someone had driven by and stopped me and said they thought there was someone in the back of the car and we had looked and we did see her. She was covered up with blankets and a pillow. Debbie called 911. Police arrived at the parking lot of these shops, steve cedar watched as the van was opened. The coroner came a little while later. And they removed the body. Correct and towed the van. An adult woman . Yes. A 53yearold white female thought to be living in the van. Her body frozen but its not clear if the cold was the cause of he death. Very sad. Its not clear if the frigid temperatures played a role in this death. Clarity will come with an autopsy and drug screen. Live in northeast philadelphia, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Meanwhile a man and woman were shot while standing outside a corner deli in german town and the gunman got away. It happened before 2 00 a. M. On the 5100 block of german town avenue. The man is in serious condition and the woman was shot in the leg and she is stable. Police were checking Surveillance Video in the area. Philadelphia police and the fbi are hoping that the public can identify a bank robber that struck in german town, they released the images of the man that robbed the Citizens Bank on german town avenue. And handed the material a note demanding money and took off. If you have Information Contact the number on your screen. Rail service was ris duerupd for drivers in delaware and new jersey. The bridge got stuck in the open position. It connects pennsauken to bridesburg and it caused an issue on the new Jersey Transit line from the cherry hill station. And patco accepted nj rail tickets for those computers that were stuck. You have no choice but to bundle up in this frigid weather but what if there was an effective way to do it. Monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more. That is right the main message is layers and layers and more layers, but what if we told you its not just the layers you pile on but the particular type of clothing or the fabric that you are choosing. Ali gorman spoke with experts on fabrics best at blocking the cold and what body parts in particular you have to make sure you have covered. Apple made another important decision after it was revealed that the company purposefully slowed down older models of the phone. What to do about it coming up at 5 00. Sounds good thank you. Local lottery players are hoping to strike it rich. There are two big jackpots that keep on growing, 361 million are up for grabs in tonights Mega Millions drawing. Customers were lining up to buy the tickets today at beer guys in havertown. The power ball prize is even higher, 440 million tomorrow night. You can always see the winning numbers right after accuweather during action news at 11 00. That would warm your heart i would say. Still to come, doctors hope to soon begin prescribing a drug that would keep may go rains away from sufferers for months. And Carrie Underwood reveals she went through quite an ordeal. And her injuries kep her out of the spotlight for months. And adam joseph is back with the full accuweather forecast. The noreaster and the cold we are tracking. You got any good news . No. Small business, internet providers promise you a lot. Lets see who delivers more. Comcast business offers fast gigspeeds across our network. Verizon doesnt. 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This is the second time a tragedy struck an animal attraction in two weeks, a blaze at the london zoo killed an mere cat. Flying in 2017 was safer than previous years. The number of deaths and commercial passenger and cargo air crashes has gone down. 44 passengers and crew members were killed in 2017. And that is lower than the five year average of 495 deaths. The safety fet work also notes major u. S. Airlines did not al. In health check at 4 00, the new year may bring a Ground Breaking new way to deal with migraines, its a drug that can stop migraines and prevent them for three months, the drug is not just a pain killer but an antibody that gets to the root of the may go rain, it targeted crg. The doctor says tha drug blocks that protein. It works almost immediately to stop the migraine attacks and the effect persisted for months. And this study i reported it shows that giving an antibody every three months is effective in decreasing migraine attack frequency. Doctors silverstein says that the only side effect was the pain of the jection site. It works in half the patients but when it works it can give 5 to 100 improvement. Now to the big talkers here on a tuesday, we begin with a back and forth on twitter that is taking eagles quarterback carson wentz off the sideline, this is the controversial tweet. Wishing his dog and hunting companion mama hanley a happy birthday. They thought the picture with dozens of dead birds offensive and let him know it. Wentz was not about to be sacked. Appreciate that but offensive and controversial, two of the main things i tweet about are jesus and hunting. Is what im passionate about and that wont change. When you love something you talk about it, stay convicted about it and dont worry about what others think. An update now to injuries to country singer, Carrie Underwood. She wrote a blog writing what happened to her after suffering a fall that broke her wrist and she sustained a facial injury that required 40 to 50 stitches and not quite looking the same these days and the singer has not been seen in public but did post this photo on instagram. And most of her face is wrapped in a scarf and at this point you c see her eyes. Finally, the Christmas Gift exchanged between one young couple is getting attention from social media around the world. Check it out. Ashley gave her bo came with a list of rules and contract he had to if she calls him he must pause the game and talk to her with his fulltt aention and ask if its okay to play while she is there. And he has only 11 minutes to reply to the texts while playing. And it was a joke but some are giving the people a lard time. Ashley was called crazy but others are applauding the move on you know what, i think i applaud it. If you have a gamer in your house, and i do. Its funny people want to play the game and you walk in and out. And nobody notices. It is time for a check of the roads tonight. Matt pellman is here with the action News Traffic Center update. Hey matt. Getting home in the afternoon say game. Im not sure we are winning this afternoon. And heavy volume and bright sun glare and these are the glares on the schuylkill expressway eastbound side backing up by south street. Check out the ice on the Schuylkill River as well. It looks like a wintry scene out here. Because of the extreme cold, penndot announced they will not do a lot of normal construction in the overnights that they usually do in this area near 30th street and south street. A lot canceled this week. For the most part you are good to go during the overnight thanks to the cold. Still have the water main break at roxborough and henry. And walnut lane can get you around the on going restrictions there. And restrictions because a break along balligomingo road in west conshohocken. The road buckled because of that break. Madison road and 420 are alternates. And major problems on 422 westbound and all lanes are blocked west of pottstown and speeds in the teens there. Stay on high street or 724 instead. And coming northbound on 55 between millville and vineland just 10 Miles Per Hour. Because of an overturned truck. Delsy drive gets you around it. Thank you. Well check the frigid forecast from accuweather coming up next. Before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. I just drank tons of water a proall the time, it was never enough. My dentist suggested biotene. My mouth felt more lubricated. I use the biotene rinse and then i use the spray. Biotene did make a difference. [heartbeat] take a look at this, at least 30 cars and trucks were involved in a pileup in southwest michigan. Authorities say that the icy weather led to the crashes on 94 on new years eve. Video of the snowy stretch was captured by a drone and the massive pileup shut down the highway for hours on sunday and sent several people to the hospital. It really is incredible how much of the eastern part of the country was being blanketed by this bitter cold. In the freezer a map somewhere on new years eve or new years day showing everything from the deep south to the north below freezing. The temperatures are really gripping a lot of the country and a big storm on the way at least the coast from florida to maine. As we take a look. Well miss the brunt of this storm. We dont get fully whacked by it but we see snow. Winter storm watch is up wednesday evening for thursday evening for the shore counties and cape may atlantic and southern Burlington County and ocean county. The watches mean that there is potential there for significant accumulating snow at least for that part of our region here. And that is with the heaviest snow is expected wednesday night in thursday as the storm that is way out to sea starts to scrape us here wednesday night, thursday as we take a look at the current windchills and temperatures 24 philadelphia and 21 in reading and again mid20s everywhere to the south and a popular number right now. Factor in the wind and that wind make its feel like 7 in allentown and 30 in philadelphia and 12 in dover and 1 below zero in the poconos. Satellite 6 along with action radar we have a strong High Pressure in control in this arctic high that is taking over most of the country that brought all of that chill and continues to do so all the way down to the south here. Two pieces of energy coming together in the Northern Plains and the other near new orleans and the radar near new orleans and its snowing over the open waters in the gulf of mexico right now that is how cold it is all the way down to the south. Tonight moon lit sky at home. Bitter cold and 5 in the suburbs and 12 in center city for the air temperatures and future tracker showing the first time it started to snow tomorrow evening and tomorrow night. Right along the shore here and mixing going on in the onset and a snow event and thursday morning for the rush hour should be snowing in much of the area but a sharp cutoff in the far northern western suburbs where they may not see a flake out of this. And thursday lunch time the snow starts to pull away to the north and east and maybe even sun rushing here as we get into thursday afternoons commute. How much snow to expect wednesday night and thursday at this point. A coating to inch north and west. And the pennsylvania turnpike is Little Lehigh valley and poconos and 95 in the heart of the Delaware Valley and 3 to 6 where we have winter storm warnings in effect. Minor confidence with the forecast, still a long way to go for models to waffle a bit and cutoff west of philadelphia and the storm is moisture loaded and any shift in the track is going to create big changes and we continue to follow that tomorrow. What follows the storm, look at this friday morning. Heading to work and school. 11 below philadelphia. 18 below in allentown and 10 below wilmington and friday afternoon at 2 00. Below zero windchills no matter where you are. Dangerous cold to follow this storm. Your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast clouds build tomorrow and just below freezing at 31 and snow with the heaviest east of the city along the coast and 29 on thursday, and friday and saturday. Windchills stay below zero for more than 48 hours with air temperatures in the teens and continued cold sunday before a late snow and mix comes in on sunday and that is the pattern change to go above freezes and near normal. Rain on tuesday at 40 degrees. Normal sounds good. Looking for a new job in the new year, we have tips for you coming up in whats the deal. El broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin that was my life. Married, a homeowner, a professional, recovering and thriving thats my life now. I got help. You can too. New years means a new day for those struggling with addiction. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Choose help. Call 844 reachnj or visit reachnj. Gov all right time now for what is the deal. If you are looking for a new job in the new year this is for you. Potential employers look at more than just your resume. They scope out your social media accounts. Yes, to find out more about you. Potential employers will likely go through your social media accounts with a fine tooth comb and Consumer Reports says there is a few things you can do. Jeanette torres says the first thing she learned in grad school was social media 101. Change your email and clean up your social media. Your employers will check. They found that 70 of potential employers use social media to screen candidates and more than half did not hire someone because of something they saw. Maybe drug use inappropriate comments or illegal activity. Of course there are limits on how to use what they find. Federal law bars employers from considering their race, disable or age. And even if they glean that information on facebook. And others vary state by state and against the law in some states to ask for your passwords and others may resort to shoulder surfing, they will have you open your social media account and literally stand over your shoulder checking out your page. Im not comfortable with that. One way or the other potential employers will be looking so torres polish her profile. I put my professional cap on and looked through and said oh i took that when i was 16 and not the same person. And other people posted you can delete them but you can untag yourself and use your page to carefully craft the image you want to see for example you may do a lot of volunteer work. And remember your profile picture and email address is the first thing that employers will see make sure both are professional. Nydia han, channel 6 action news. Always a good reminder. That does it for action news at 4 00. For sharrie williams, Alicia Vitarelli and adam joseph, im brian taff. Hope youll join me along with sharrie and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of action news at 10 00 on phl 17. Action news Delaware Valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Its become a routine for anyone outside. Layering up and bundling and rushing to destinations. Its just too cold to take your time. Even the Delaware River in trenton is icing over and tonight we track a major winter storm. Its tuesday night and the big story on action news is the unrelenting cold that continues to grip our region and that is just one of many concerns this evening. Several areas are under a winter storm watch because we have an approaching noreaster. And these folks in wilmington, delaware know how to keep themselves warm in addition to the heavy coats and scarves and gloves they have their head covered. You lose heat through your head. So its always a good idea. Bob brooks here with how to prepare your car. But first let head to cecily tynan with the approaching noreaster. One ingredient you need for a snow storm is cold air and if you stepped outside recently 23 degrees and if you look across a nation you see deep penetrating cold air and it extends all the way down to the deep south and the plain states, that is one part of the storm system. We have two pieces of energy. And this is a snapshot of what is going on 20,000 feet above the surface of the earth, this is where the magic happens and it works from the top down, and another piece of energy from the deep south and what these do is come together off the southeast coast and become a large and powerful noreaster and it looks like we are not getting a direct hit. We get sideswiped from the storm. Future tracker 6 showing the timing of it. 7 30 tomorrow morning. You see t

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