It is phillys version of the tour of france, bicyclist get ready to push through kelly drive, east falls and manayunks famous wall. And it is sunday june 5th good morning im rahel solomon. Lets turn it ever to Justin Drabick. A lot of people out in manayunk, lets see what the weather will be like. Morning will be good. We may get a drizzle and that is it. Later this afternoon and evening, typical summer time stuff before we get showers and potentially severe thunderstorms. Strong wind, heavy rain possible especially later this afternoon and evening. If you have plans to head outside do it as early as you can. If you are outside and hear thunder, head inside, if you can hear thunder you are close enough to be struck by lightening. Is what happening right now in center city, not a whole lot. We have low clouds. Humidity up. Current temperature 69 degrees, light breeze out of the south east at 6 miles an hour. Storm scan three shows that brake over much of pennsylvania, a few light rain s
A family of four, two children and two adults, were evacuated from the home over the weekend. Since then, they havent been allowed back inside. Hazmat crews from the u. S. Coast guard were seen this afternoon. Starting the clean up process. Holding large white bags full of what appears to be clothes. A student who goes to Johnson Junior High School lives here. Were told the highest concentration was found in the childs bedroom. When asked just how high those levels were e it was above a level that caused concern for their team. i went out this morning and went to do a workout and when i came home there were trucks up there and when i went up there it was Like National guard, coast, hazmat people were putting suits on, it was crazy this morning. Officials Say residents in this neighborhood should not worry. They say the contamination is limited to the interior of this house. Eighty homes over the past few days. Looking for the source of the mercury contamination. This home on san grail
Theyre safe, because they still havent said who brought it butted with sot cover with vo from darcy pkg of officials on scene they brought everybody and from everywhere, somebody should know something track but tonight. 6 days after the first reports of a spill ccsd officials say. They still dont know who brought the mercury or when. That means its unclear how nat sot he got a cinnamon roll track mom of 7. Tiffany bleached my floors 1 million and first over the scene. Of all the bags that were checked out and cleared. sot we have got to get back in the routine of education, the campus is safe, its been checked and checked again and clean thoroughly track still. Some parents feeling distrust. stacey moser, mom how they responded, it just makes me feel like they lack knowledge,or they are hiding something tag that is something we heard from several parents. Again School Officials say the school is safe. Kids should cone back we will have live coverage of alk of this on good morning las v
Temperatures look to only range between 86 and 91 degrees this afternoon valley wide by wednesday, we will be at our coolest; only reach between 84 and 89 degrees valley wide with only a mild as we move into less wind, 92 and 97 degrees moving out of the weekend into the next work week. Its an anxious morning for many parents and students. Who attend Walter Johnson junior high. In just a few hours, kids will head back to class. 5 days after mercury was found Parker Collins is live at the school. With why parents are still worried. Despite the epa saying the school is safe. Officials say even now they dont know who or when the mercury was brought to the school. But they say the school has been through a deep cleaning. To make sure the mercury is gone. Crews have ripped up tile. Removed part of the gym floor. And replaced all ac filters in the gym. Parents are still frustrated. There are still things like havent gotten back. Because of contamination. I still dont know if theyre safe, bec
Ccsd Officials Say. They still dont know who or when the mercury was brought to the school. But they insist the school has been thoroughly checked out. We have got to get back in the routine of education, the campus is safe, its been checked and checked again and clean thoroughly. Many people are wondering exactly what the epa has been doing while school was closed. Were told they worked with an outside contractor to replace some floor tiles, removed part of the gym floor. And replaced and while School Officials are confident the school is safe, there is still concern that traces of mercury may still be in some of the students homes. Our crews spoke to one students grandmother, who had her home evaluated. Georgette byrd says the epa found traces of mercury in living areas. But she says the highest levels were in her grandaughters jacket. They told us the level of 6000 is high and the jacket jacket was at 20,000 out in the sun. And constantly running her ac. In total 80 homes were inpec