About 2 00 this afternoon. Peco is working to reroute electricity, but its still unclear how long it will take for all the power to the neighborhoods to get restored. Denise nakano, nbc 10 news. Slow progress. Crews had to use chemicals at first to put out this fire because it was electrical. Mitch blacher has been reporting on the Fire Fighting efforts all evening long. This is a big challenge. Yeah, it was. When we first started here we showed you all the flames coming out of the building. Now were giving you the perspective of the fire crews that are still huddled around and getting, you know, their organization together so that they can continue to make sure that the hot spots are out. I want to give you a view from skyforce 10 as well. You can see the building where we originally saw all of that thick black smoke coming out is now really settled down as theyve extinguished all of the fire that was emerging from this peco substation. I want to show you what skyforce 10 captured whe
Morning numbers. 40 degrees in martins creek. You might remember in some spots yesterday we were talk about low 30s its a little bit better. 42 fleetwood, 40 degrees pottstown, 44 saint davids, 50 currently in center city. And some of the suburbs in new jersey you are in the low 40s like browns mills, hammonton and vineland but 46 cinnaminson, 47 glassboro, 47 miles an hour today 47 smyrna delaware. We have mostly clear skies but well get clouds with more of a easterly flow. More of a mix of clouds and sun. Well see enough sunshine to make it feel good an high today of 68 he degrees. By 8 00 a. M. Up to 50 with clouds and sun. By 10 00 a. M. , 57. By lunchtime 63 degrees. A little better than yesterday at lunchtime and youre going to see some sunshine mixing with the clouds. 66 by 2 oclock. Well reach our high of 68 around 4 oclock and come down from that at 65 at 6 00 p. M. A decent afternoon after a cool start. Matt how do the roads look. Already weve got some problems not surprising
West its a dry day today, a mix of sunshine and clouds. Its a nice one, a high of 68 degrees. Temperatures right around average for this time of year. By 7 00 a. M. Still in the 40s. By 10 00 a. M. Its 53 degrees. By lunchtime 64 with sun and clouds. By 3 oclock, 68. Thats your high for today. And by 5 oclock, coming down from that and 67. No weather worries today. So that should mean a real easy commute, right matt. Oh, no, i still got things for you to worry about like chickens all over the roadway, karen, unfortunately. This sounds like a major mess. In smyrna delaware an accident happened just before 4 oclock this morning involving two tractortrailers, one of which was carrying chickens. That truck flipped over. The chickens went flying out. Theyre all over the roadway. Apparently it smells awful and the southbound lanes of highway one are still closed because of this colossal mess. Come down 13, not highway one as you travel through smyrna this morning. On the big picture a little
Norris its somewhere nearby. The water official we spoke with off camera was not too keen on giving us a time frame on getting it back up and running but optimistically four to five hours. Again 13th and norris Water Service is shut down in the area. Well have an update on the situation starting on action news at 4 00. Walter perez, channel 6 action news back to you guys. Thank you. Water Department Crews are also on the scene all morning lon fixing a water main break in chestnut hill. It broke at 1030 this morning on ardly street. About 52 customers without water at this hour. The department is hoping to have the main fixed and Service Restored by later today. A fast moving fire damaged several homes in the citys hunting park section overnight. This is the scene at broad and west pike streets after 1 30 a. M. It started in a vacant home and spread to a neighboring home that was also vakent. Anthony williams says he was sleeping when police suddenly knocked on his door. I had to leave
High pressure currently in place, lows thus far this morning pretty brutal for mid may. Weve been below freezing now at mount pocono, millville check in at 35 at one point this morning, and allentown we hit 37. At Philadelphia International airport, the lowest that we hit was 43, so 3 degrees shy of actually tying the record, at this point to up 45. We dont think well make it record territory here, but it is a cold start. When below freezing even still at mount pocono, only in the 30s at this hour, in reading and allentown and all the way back to lancaster, so because of the chill in the air, even despite that sun, and also bit of a breeze out, there we gave you solid b for the school day forecast, you want the sunglasses today also probably want heavier coat as you hit the road this morning. Meisha, over to you. All right, we can take a b. Thanks, youre such a nice teacher. Good morning, happy monday. This is where we have the accident involving two tanker trucks and involving injurie