Information later in the broadcast. Exactly. I lived in earthquake zones its alaska, california. 5. 1 is nothing to scoff at at all. Do we know ill ask you a question that you may not know here but ill ask anyhow. Do we know of any fault lines in the area. Absolutely. Definitely in pennsylvania. We talked about one closer to lancaster and it was only about five to possibly seven years ago that in the philadelphia area and in to south jersey during the summer we felt a quake as well. I dont think it was strong as this one and that quake was as far south as virginia. So this one a little bit closer to home but we definitely have fault lines in pennsylvania and in new jersey. Well talk more about that coming up. All right, sounds good, thank you very much, kathy orr. Again, a 5. 1 magnitude quake centered right around dover, delaware. More coming up. Symbols of hate places around Delaware County community and police say this is the guy behind it. But they dont know what hes capable of. Pe
Today. Im rosemary connors. Its 6 00 on this saturday. Happy fourth of july. Brittney shipp has the details on those changes in the forecast. Were already seeing light showers moving into parts of our area. And its going to continue into the late Morning Hours for areas like the poconos or Lehigh Valley. Theres a live look right now. It looks like an overcast or foggy start to the morning in philadelphia. If we take a closer look at temperatures, were at 62 in the poconos. 68 in northeast philly. 67 in mt. Holley. Heres where e thethe showers are. We saw a few showers in Atlantic City now dry. Widen out the picture, show you theres a little bit more moisture on the way moving up from the southwest. As we head into the rest of today, well continue with the chance of light, light showers near allentown and into the poconos. Right along the shore, looks to stay pretty dry. Well see a few showers in the area that could drift along the shoreline there. We dont want you to be caught off guar
Americas birthplace for fourth of july events. This is where the u. S. Declaration of independence and u. S. Constitution were debated and signed. It is expected to be crowded here later on. At 10 00 this morning there will be a celebration of freedom ceremony which will be followed by an independent state parade. More than 6,000 participants will march through philadelphias most historic neighborhood. Now heres a live look over center city where more than half a Million People will be partying on the ben franklin parkway for the fourth. Jesse gary is live on the parkway this morning with a preview of the block party, free concert, and fireworks. Its going to be busy there today, jesse. Reporter it already is busy and look how things have changed. Look what im not wearing. Sleeves are up. Look whats out right there. I dont want to jinx anything so im not going to say anything more than that. Things have definitely changed. Ill move out of the way and you can see how busy it is behind m
Offer on this long Holiday Weekend, including these folks that came from south africa for a taste of philadelphia freedom, we stopped at the liberty bell and liberty hall and go around the city to look at everything, and that includes the Liberty Block Party between market and chestnut being built as the Biggest Block Party of the summer begins at 1 00 in the afternoon and gives everybody a chance to sample the food scene and Live Entertainment and that serves to the phillies Live Entertainment, the philadelphia pops. In edition to the philly pops orchestra, we have the voices of the pops, singing the battle hymn of the republic and god bless americas all the patriotic favorites. It begins on independence mall, and bring your lawn chairs and blankets and soak in this wouldnterful 4th of july tradition. The phillies pops has a Wonderful Program and we are going to party and really going to stir peoples patriotic pride this evening. Sounds good, and a little tip to pass along if are you
Help pull up some of that moisture in the form of some clouds and showers so future tracker showing by 9 oclock we will have some showers around especially west of philadelphia and then we will have some occasional showers into the afternoon before things will be drying out by tomorrow night. Most of the fireworks displays should be rain free. So, this is what to expect for the fourth of july. Big turn around from today. Plenty of clouds. It will be cool for july, scattered showers and perhaps even a period of steady rain midday if that low pressure can pull up enough moisture but again, the good news is we dry out by tomorrow night and ive got a gorgeous sunday on the way. Ill talk about that including the shore and the poconos in the full accuweather forecast. Brian. All right, cecily, some good news in there. Thanks very much. The main event for a lot of folks this weekend will be the fourth of july jam on the ben franklin parkway. Today crews started setting up the fireworks as as