Morning. Well, there are a few sprinkles in some spots, but mainly cloudy skies right now. As you mentioned, we are warmer this morning, temperatures in the 50s. 57 degrees in philadelphia, and that is a cloudy view from the Comcast Center in center city. The temperatures might cool down another degree or two, but thats about it. And we will warm into the 60s this afternoon. A little bit warmer than yesterday but a lot cloudier during the day. Ill have your hourbyhour forecast when i come back. First, katy zachry is watching monday morning columbus day traffic. Good morning, katy. Good morning, bill. I am. Well start with a live look at i76 right at spring garden. A few cars on the road this early hour, maybe some eagles revelers coming home late after last nights win. There is construction throughout the area, notably on the ben franklin bridge. You can see the lights here on the righthand side. Thats the westbound lane if youre headed into center city, philadelphia, part of a longter
Tim furlong, nbc10 news. Heres a closer look at the militarys threat level. There are five levels ranging from normal to delta. Right now the delaware facilities are operating under threat con bravo, the third level. It applies when theres an increased and more predictable threat. The military says its acting out of an abundance of caution. At another military installation, military officials lifting evacuation orders at joint base mcguiredixlakehurst in burlington county. Someone there found a suspicious package on the base around 2 00 this afternoon. Investigators found the package was nothing dangerous and they gave the allclear there about an hour ago. 20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the man who killed a north philadelphia woman. The search for whoever killed 36yearold kim jones is now entering its second day. Police are going over surveillance footage, looking for any signs of the suspect, according to sources. Jones was walking to a bus stop yesterday mo
Eight months they think of a teenage brian fathering a giant beetle. It got ahold of his finger started drawing blood. Dad, get it off that moment and his son will always be there. I always tell him, dad loves you. In wyoming county. Im doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Darla dixon isnt alone in wanting Governor Wolf to lift the Death Penalty moratorium in the case. The governor is flat out violating state law, says one state representative. Theres no room for flexibility in this case. The governor needs to execute the death warrant when it comes to his desk if the jury finds that to be the case. Eric frein is expected to appear in court next month. A trial date has not yet been set. Also this evening, the rush to save two children hit by a van in philadelphia. Witnesses say the boys own mother had to perform cpr on her 2yearold son to keep him alive. The van also hit the boys 4yearold brother as they were crossing north broad street in the logan section of the city. Nbc 10s drew smith joins
Overnight. A dozen people were hurt and taken to hospitals. Crews will look through debris for victims. 50 tornadoes and baseball size was reported across the plains. The oklahoma area seems to have taken the brunt of the storm. Reporter it was a difficult night overnight. More storms could be on the way. You can see the rooms literally ripped away here. There were people staying in this hotel at the time. Everyone got out of here alive. If you push across the parking lot and over to this rv park 12 people injured, two critically in this park as the tornado ripped through this area. If it wasnt the wind it was the rain. There was flash flooding across the entire region. Seven inches in some areas breaking records in Oklahoma City. Theres concern that more Severe Weather again could be on the way today and through the weekend. That is the very latest here in Oklahoma City. Im jay gray nbc news. Check out this funnel cloud caught on camera. It touched down in nebraska. Nebraska officials
Part are a done deal. But the hard work is not over. Today, crews with the Forestry Service were scouting out the smallest of flames still going strong. Its on fire still. Some of the logs are still burning. Looked like a funnel cloud. For rose marie ellison, her son and granddaughter who are shoving off on a kayak, they thought the massive brush fire might ruin their mothers day weekend camping tradition. I didnt unpack the car right away. Because i figured if i had to get out i didnt want to have to load up again. And now, theres a partial burning ban in effect campers showed us these warning fires. They are only allowed to use charcoal on an elevated grill. We purposely didnt build a fire because the wind was high, its dry. And you kind of know even though they didnt tell us that it was you know not safe. So, no, we didnt build a fire. Now, as far as the cause, we know that this fire in the Wharton State Forest is not believed to be connected to a series of arson fires set in Burlin