Action news, delaware valleys leading news program, with meteorologist Melissa Magee Jeff Skversky Sarah Bloomquist and walter perez. The big story on action news at 5 00 is developing right now just moments ago, we learned a beloved teacherled in the fire that displaced four others in roxborough. T is right crew where is called to the 600 block of ren street just before 8 00 this morning. That is where we will fine action News Reporter nnrmac detai reporter well walter and sarah neighbors and co workers have been coming by the home offering their condolence toss family members who remain in thed. We the hawk din photo of the teache hawk instant a third grade teacher at sha fire broke out in the 600 block of ren just before 8 00 this morning, affectinas heavy fire on the first floor when occupants were hanging out of the accord together fire say that the Fire Department along with local residents were able to help four people out. Now hawkins daughter son in law and grandson, were in t
Story on action news at 5 00. Wasnt bad today, brace yourselves, arctic blast heading our way this week. Lets begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee, melissa. Czar and rick we have had changes for start of our weekend on saturday with plenty of snowfall, first snowfall of the season not as that cold is settling in cross the delaware and lehigh valleys. High today in philadelphia 40 degrees. Right now in the city 37. Thirtyfour for allentown and reading. Same thing in lancaster. Poconos 26. 39 degrees in cape may. Now to factor in wind chill we have had wind gusting at 25 miles an hour, throughout the day, so you factor that in on your skin and feels like 28 in the city. The teens in the poconos. Thirtyone in trenton. Current wind chill in millville is 27 degrees. Satellite six with action radar showing you that storm we have had yesterday is well out to, well away from new england, as well in the atlantic and we are tracking a clipper system producing lake effect snow showers down wind
The wrong time and end of the week volume conspired to create chaos on the roadways. Thank goodness thats over. Friday night. The big story is cleaning up from the nuisance accuweather event. Public utilities and private companies have the clearing roadways, putting down salt, clearing the Delaware Valley and protecting it overnight and into the morning. Reporter dann cuellar is live in center city philadelphia. There are still potential problems out there. Thats right, jim. It was Something Else out here today. After a wild and crazy afternoon and evening during rush hour, a number of Traffic Signals north of city hall are back in service tonight. The traffic chaos created by the lack of signal in the snowstorm proved a challenge for many motorists. It could not have come at a worst time. A number of traffic lights at city hall went down just after 3 00, right in the middle of rush hour and a snowstorm. Its a mess down here today. Its a mess, you know . The electrical problems caused
The electrical problems caused gridlock on the ben franklin parkway. Its been horrible. I have been trying to get home for hours. And youre stuck. And your dog is an si too. We have been stuck for four hours. This is on top of the messy snowstorm that hit the tristate area. This school bus got stuck on the ice with kids onboard at 56 and lebanon in wind field. It was ridiculous. Was it . It was really ridiculous. My bus took five minutes. We were coming up from third and market. We were trying to sight see, but it probably wasnt a good day to do that. Tonight, its the calm after what seemed like the perfect storm. The storm long gone. Wouldnt you know it . All of the Traffic Signals are working again. Live in center city, channel6 action news. Thank you, dan. That was the mess on the ground tonight. Lets get the latest from meteorologist adam joseph. It started this morning, 10 30, a few makes on the radar and the system exploded around the lunchtime hour, didnt last long but bad timin
Would want to or feel they had to kill a man of that age. It is tuesday night. The big story on action news is the philadelphia p. D. Searching for a coldblooded killer. Annie mccormick is live at Police Headquarters with the latest on this. Annie . Jim, at this hour, police have no motivate and no suspects. They hope for tips to come in from the community. The 85yearold was not only loved by his family but also by the people in his closeknit neighborhood. I had to find my father today. Kimberly vaughan made the horrifying discovery inside her fathers north Philadelphia Row home. Willie cooper was found in the basement stabbed around 20 times. Vaughan spoke to her father daily. She grew concerned not hearing from him today. I felt in my heart and i should check on him and i came and found him. Crime scene investigators spent hours at the scene after medics pronounced him dead after 3 00 p. M. There was forced entry into the basement and Police Believe it happened some time today. Nothi