Easter sunday. One day is brighter than the other. Well chat about it coming up in that full accuweather forecast. Adam see you in a bit. 6abc weather is your one stop weather forecaster. Keep your devices opened to storm tracker6 live double scan radar for any changes coming our way. Basketball fever is running rampant in our backyard with philadelphia hosting big games for the sweet 16. The action will play out at the Wells Fargo Center but the excitement and the economic boost is rippling through the city. Action News Reporter Trish Hartman has been out and talking with fans who are in town for todays game. Shes live in south philadelphia. Trish. Reporter well, sharrie, the doors open here at 6 oclock here at the Wells Fargo Center for game number one. Fans have had all day to explore the city and open their wallets. For basketball fans visiting for the ncaa east regional tournament the game wasnt the only priority. I got off the airplane and came back here. Reporter folks at pats a
Reporter keith and jacqueline, thats right, the sun peeked through the clouds and heres why. Look, were definitely not alone. Look how busy the boardwalk is albeit a Holiday Weekend its a breezy and a little chilly friday afternoon but the reason the businesses are feeling so blessed is because easter falls early this year. The doors are back open, the businesses decked out in spring pastels and ready for the crowds. Rainy day special ski ball, basketball or price is right. Reporter Mother Nature didnt rain on the parade of families ready to spring into summer zbrxt bring on the rain, keep it sunny all summer. Reporter the unofficial start of the season. After a long winter cant wait to get started. Reporter with easter falling on march 27 unlike april 5 last year it gives businesses two extra weekends at the onset of the summer. And the early holiday crowds will bring hundreds of thousands in extra revenue. It is because its a couple extra week ends as we go into the memorial day week
Look like the weather will cooperate even though i dont need rain gear at the moment on the sky deck there is wet weather to track. I was checking with our weather watchers they have been seeing rain moving through. Looking at storm scan three you can see exactly where it is headed right now. At the moment we have it basically down the shore here through southeastern most burlington, ocean, atlantic, cape may counties, decent rain coming through as we speak and generally starting to break up. I will put things in motion with the satellite coverage on top of this, very gray skies but bulk of moisture is out to sea at the this point. Anything that is here is pretty scatter. It is feeling will somewhat muggy outside, that said you walk outside and you note that is. 68 degrees at the airport. Mid to upper 60s generally every where else. Cold front has not completely crossed through. By the time it does cold air will catch up to us. Any of these showers that are still lingering at this poin
With the latest. Reporter authorities taking action in brussels conducting raids around the city. Man believed to be carrying a bag of explosives wounded and arrested in the scar beck district the mayor there says the operation is linked to tuesdays attacks as well as the arrest of a terror suspect in france. We know there are other networks because even though the one that carried out the a tracks in paris and brussels in the process of being wipe out with a number of its members arrested theres still a threat looming. Reporter belgium facing criticism for not doing more to prevent attacks. Turkish Officials Say abraham elbakraoui blew himself up at the Brussels Airport caught last june and deported to the netherlands. Identified both dutch and belgium authorities he was a terrorist fighter. He was set free due to lack of evidence. Incompetent governments we dee taped this man and deported him. We sent him back but those gentlemen didnt do what was necessary. Reporter secretary of sta
Well talk about whats ahead. Clearing skies later tonight and during the overnight hours. It does get a little cooler as well but it will set us up for a newark a touch on the cool side for our Easter Holiday weekend. Details guys coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. Thanks melissa. Thank you. Now to the later on the terror in brussels. Today police in belgium arrested a man suspected of taking part in tuesdays deadly attacks this as to that military officials announce that one of isiss top leaders has been killed in syria. Now weve taken out the leader who oversees all the funding for isils operations hurting their ability to pay fighters and hire recruits. He is reportedly the second in command for the Extremist Organization and Officials Say his death is a big setback for the group can which has claimed responsibility for this weeks bombing in belgium. Steve nanas has more from that washington. Reporter a shootout in the belgian district of shar beck has red t