See half inch or threequarters of an inch of rain including city of philadelphia it comes through remainder on this evening into the overnight hours but that is not all there is to talk about in our forecast, temperatures are poised to plumet, i will tell you how low it goes, couple snow chances in the forecast as well and tell you which day stays in the 30s, stay tuned for that, ukee. A explosive wild fires are being stoked by strong santa ana wind northwest of los angeles, scores of homes have been burned in tens of thousands of been evacuated. Largest fire burning right now is near town of ventura, growing wildly to more than 70 square miles, and a smaller fire has erupted on the edge of los angeles threatening the philmar and lake view, terrace neighborhood. Most scary thing i have ever seen in my life. Helicopters going in. Reporter you heard from michael, who moved to the l. A. Area from philadelphia, a few years ago. He shared this video with cbs3. This is from the 210 freeway i
Report. Lets take a closer look at some of our drive times for 95 as well. And 295 to 495, the average speed is closer to 62 miles per hour. That will take you 11 minutes. 495 to 295 taking you ten minutes. Especially if youre going southbound here, average speed around 63 miles per hour. That will take you ten minutes. I am monitoring some of the cleared construction projects. Those are the things you need to know about. That will help you get to work a little bit faster this morning. Ill go over all the details in my next traffic report in about ten minutes. Thanks for that. This is new information in the breaking news were following for you, in new jersey, a small earthquake struck in somerset county. We just learned emergency crews have been notified to be ready if necessary. The quake shook just north of bernardsville, about 70 miles from philadelphia. Registered a magnitude, 2. 5, which is small. No reports of any damage. Wellc continue to follow this breaking news and bring you
Anywhere on the average of 10 to 20 degrees below zero. In fact, the lowest wind chills going into sunday morning, the poconos 20 to 30 below, most of our area 15 to 20 below and in southern areas 10 to 15 degrees below zero. Some dangerous wind chills over the weekend. Well chat about the second half of the weekend and what sunday will bring coming up brian in that full accuweather forecast. Adam thanks very much. As you mentioned you said below freezing temperatures are potentially dangerous and theyre causing problems across the region especially in West Philadelphia where a water line broke quickly froze over and left cars encased in ice. Action News Reporter gray hall continues our Live Team Coverage today at 63rd and haverford. Quite a scene there, gray. Reporter indeed it is, brian, and certainly not the way you want to end or start a friday. Some residents spent hours with no Running Water and unfortunately some woke up to their cars as you mentioned covered in ice. It is not a
Abuse and run ins with the law. This past november someone put carmel in the gas tank of morris suv causing 3,000 in damage. He suspected the krupps so when he left his pottstown home to go to disney world for the thanksgiving holiday, he installed the surveillance system. Ernie is a hard working cop. Hes basically on duty 24 7. Hes always going out there and there were some situations, he helped the state police in some investigations which is probably retaliation for that. They lost a pet. They had a cat they lost which is horrible. Reporter right. And other personal belongings, everything is gone. Everything is gone. Its sad. And this close to christmas its really sad. Reporter detective morris tells me the loss of his pet and everything he has has been devastating for his family. But he knows others have lost more than him, his two daughters 11 and 14, are having a hard time with the alleged arson but family, friends and the Pottsgrove School district have been rallying around the