They got a foot of snow, that is still there. Foot of snow that is not going anywhere. Margate city schools two hours delay. Upper darby schools back over here they are dismissing early , were kind of expecting other schools to make that same decision, also. Upper darby schools are dismissing early. Juniata parka contacted my is closing due to frozen pipes but you can also see delays, scrolling at bottom of the screen, right there but as soon as we come back out we will see it on fox 29. Com, and then the road. What is this. Laurel school. Laurel school district. Laurel, i didnt see that one. Pay attention. All by itself. It gets its own little page how about that. Delaware. Yes. Do you see the little thing , where do you see what that is right there, it tells you what county. That is atlantic county. Yes. Do you remember the show, sing along with mitch. Following the bouncing ball we will play that for new a little bit. Im sure is there something on you tube. No question. We have a fo
Make a direct hit on south florida. Lets go to maggie she s p live with the latest on the damage done so far and how florida residents are preparing. Reporter rick and sara, the National Hurricane center calling irma potentially cat trough. What we have seen so far out of the caribbean has baseball devastating. Hurricane irma tearing through the caribbean as a powerful category five and showing no signs of slowing down. Saint barts, guadeloupe, caught up in the devastating path and bearing down on saint martins, battering the tourist hot spots with winds of 185 winds and gusts even higher. We are literally inside three doorways in and this is what you can hear. The u. S. Now bracing for impact. Puerto rico is preparing for a catastrophe vent with 700 people already in shelters. No one is every ready for a category five hurricane. And florida is sitting directly in the path. This is serious and we cannot take chances. The florida keys under mandatory evacuations. If you are told to evac
Storm system is still 400 miles across and making the beeline to the turks and Caicos Island next on its path. The sustained Hurricane Force winds are compact about 50 miles from the eye. And puerto rico is avoiding the worst of the storm. And turks and caicos is not as lucky they are getting a direct hit and the Northeast Quadrant of the storm the strongest part they could be dealing with a storm surge above 20 feet and then it gets into the southern bahamas, looks like it will be north of cuba, that is great news for cuba but bad news for the u. S. Because the ocean temperature in the upper 80s, its like jet fuel to a storm and really not weakening much. This is the latest track from the hurricane center, taking it through the turks and Caicos Islands as a catastrophic category five and making the turn and hitting near miami. However, you need to look at the cone of uncertainty. 175 miles wide and western florida and eastern florida and even the carolinas could get hit. All right cec
Philadelphia. Locally we are seeing a clearing. 67 degrees. We have 66 for mount holly. Philadelphia 69 for you along with dover and currently 66 degrees. Atlantic city, your current temperature 68 degrees. More importantly were seeing southerly and southerly winds. Southwesterly winds and thats why conditions right now are so muggy and this is why were also seeing dense fog especially north and west. Because of that tropical influence, dew points in the 60s. Temperatures in the 60s so thats definitely all the ingredients we need for that fog to develop. A live look over Citizens Bank park, its not foggy here, but as we take a look at our fog forecast for the rest of the day well start this at 6 00 a. M. And we are seeing some more dense fog even though were seeing a break in improvement here. Westchester seeing a clearing and more dense fog for bethlehem, bridge water, montgomeryville and then conditions are going to start to improve as the day progresses. Coming up, well talk about s
Oxygen. He dumped the body in cooper river park after smothering him with a pillow. He called 911 to report his son missing. 911 what is your emergency . A mistrial was declared in may when jurors failed to reach an anonymous verdict. Prosecutors alleged he killed his son because he was interfering in his relationship with a 17yearold. The girlfriend did not want to speak to reporters about the plea. The second trial was set to begin next month instead he will be sentenced to manslaughter. Neither the prosecutor or defense attorney would speak on camera. But the next step is sentencing expected to take place on september 29th, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison but eligible for parole in just 8. 5 years. Reporting live channel 6 action news. Thank you. Investigators from the ntsb are working at the site of the collision between two septa trains in upper darby and we are now getting word of the first lawsuit from one of the injured passengers. Action News Reporter annie mccomic