Shelter in space. If you see black smoke it is caution. It is insulation from the wires that is burning. We did evacuate one Apartment Building because smoke was pouring in the building. Those folks will be out until we get fire put out and then will be able to reoccupy fairly quickly. Reporter fire broke out at 1 50 and raged for three hours on the 2600 block of west west moreland street before all power was cut to the area at 4 55. Only then could fire officials begin to treat it with water. Over 25,000 people have been impacted by power outages, including portions of temple university, and its hospital. On the road these outages created a mess of commotion, and confusion. Right now number of outages is dropping as utility workers reroute power supplies. We have just learned that all power to st. Christophers hospital has been restored. The good news in all of this no injuries, have been reported. Reporting live, north philadelphia, alexandria hoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you
Shelter in space. If you see black smoke it is caution. It is insulation from the wires that is burning. We did evacuate one Apartment Building because smoke was pouring in the building. Those folks will be out until we get fire put out and then will be able to reoccupy fairly quickly. Reporter fire broke out at 1 50 and raged for three hours on the 2600 block of west west moreland street before all power was cut to the area at 4 55. Only then could fire officials begin to treat it with water. Over 25,000 people have been impacted by power outages, including portions of temple university, and its hospital. On the road these outages created a mess of commotion, and confusion. Right now number of outages is dropping as utility workers reroute power supplies. We have just learned that all power to st. Christophers hospital has been restored. The good news in all of this no injuries, have been reported. Reporting live, north philadelphia, alexandria hoff for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you
County all point to the and west into the poconos where we will experience blizzard conditions. This is from midnight through 4 00 p. M. On tuesday and still winter storm warnings for philadelphia and most of southern new jersey and delaware. So, with that that blizzard warning, what it means, whyp ite of the combination of how much snow is going to fall at a rate of an inch to 3inches an hour and then you combine it with winds of over 35 miles an hour, reducing visibility to a quarter mile so the two of those combined, that lasts three hours or longer, makesit a blizzard so again, its the combination of wind and its the combination of reduced visibility. The storm time line 10 00 p. M. To 1 00 a. M. As the snow arrives, the height of the storm 3 a. M. To noon and mid to late after noreaster it wraps up and moves out and are looks like mainly snow philadelphia north and west. That mixing of sleet at times for wilmington interior southern new jersey and mainly rain in those far southern
Degrees in philadelphia right now, 21 degrees in the suburbs. We will see sunshine today. We didnt get much yesterday. But today that sunshine will make all the difference. 26 degrees at 9 00. Look at that noon time temperature, 31 degrees. We will see the snow start to melt this morning. And it that will really accelerate as we go into the afternoon. But theres still going to be plenty of snow on the ground by the time the day is done. Well peak at 36 degrees. Nowhere near the normal high of 53 degrees for this time of year. 30s for thevalley. Suburbs, new jersey will see 37 inland. 38 at the shore. Up to 37 degrees for delaware too. The winds will be blowing today but not as strong as yesterday. And, well, theres a chance for more snow as we head into the weekend. Ill take a look at the weekend forecast when im back in ten minutes but first to Jessica Boyington for the first alert traffic. Were watching 295 over in west deptford, with the camera around route 130. You can see the driv
Philadelphia when you come to work on friday morning. Reporter big mommas owners believe someone left her stable gate opened at the fletcher street urban riding club along fledge he were street in the citys Strawberry Mansion section. He was right, Lonnie Sullivan who also has a horse at the stable says it was him. Right here. They bum rushed me. Knocked me down. Reporter he quickly learned he was no match for a horses speed. It tried to catch the horse on a bike. She left him in a trail of dust. I jumped on the bike to try to get him. I tried to get the bike to get the horse. Well, im tired. Reporter this all started just before 7 00 a. M. Chopper6 captured the images from the sky and witnesses took video from the ground as big momma took a stroll around the city. The wild adventure was short lived and ended along richmond street in the citys Port Richmond section. Officers were able to catch the animal and transport it back to a stable. Whoa, big momma like this my prize right here.