Amounts have changed overnight. We definitely got lucky with this storm. Areas along the storm will get hit the hardest in this area. In Atlantic City we could see several inches of snow along with strong gusty winds. We may have dodged a bullet but were not out of the woods yet. We still have a few more hours of snow ahead of us. Good morning and welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. And im chris kato. Heres whats new this morning. State offices in delaware theyre opening today. Not a lot of snow in delaware. Meantime a statewide ban still in effect in new jersey. Theyre going to lift the ban and well let you know when that happens. All philadelphia public and parochial schools closed today. Were watching it live for you. We have the nbc first alert weather and traffic team is tracking the changes in the forecast and the impact on the roads this morning. C 10s bill henley and jillian mele have the updates. Bill . Jillian . . The good news is were not getting the heav
2015 will be a busy one in politics. The race to the white house will intensify. Well also look and get predictions about the world of medicine and the economy from jim cramer. Cool. Were going to take a moment to look back at the fun we have had in 2014 from sochi to the big halloween show and so much more. Also we are going to start your new year with a song from Carrie Underwood. Lets check on the stop stories from sheinelle jones. Good morning, happy new year to you. Happy new year. Bad wet wither is hampering efforts to recover victims from flight 8501. Katy tur has more. Reporter the weather hamper ing the search effort. They were able to bring the bodies they already recovered back to surabaya today including the first one to be identified. Received with civic honors by Indonesian Military air force and naval officers victims three, four, five and six landed in surabaya today, followed by the remains of the first identified body hayati lafaya was handed over to her relatives. Jo
Today. More than five inches of snow fell today. They werent even plowed. But Public Schools in Atlantic County did not close or delayed their openings today. The visibility is bad, the roads are bad. The snow was coming down hard when earl wagner brought his granddaughter to school this morning. I think they definitely should have closed it. Without a doubt. There should have been at least a twohour delay, you know, to let everybody get here safely. Terry is a teacher in ventner. Her kids go to school in Atlantic City. I had to take them there and then here. The superintendent of schools tells me she collaborated with her counterparts between 4 30 and 5 00 a. M. And says the decision was made at that time because it wasnt yet snowing. She said they thought the streets would be okay. They had enough time earlier this morning to let everybody know and its just Little Kids School busses, everything. On social media, some parents came to the defense of school administrators. They said if
And its going to stay on the low side again today. We will see sunshine warm things up. Thats a live view from the lowes hotel. Looking towards new jersey. Camden water front, looking at mostly dry conditions for our area today. That will change tomorrow. No sign of the 50s for most of the area. One exception, Atlantic City at the airport, 59 degrees. 62 in trenton, 67 in northeast philly and 66 in wilmington. A mild start and a nice day ahead. Well see the temperatures climb into the 70s to start with at 9 00, then into the 80s by lunch time today. Well good hour by hour when i come back with the future weather. First, jillian mele has your traffic. Im following construction right now, that overnight longterm construction on 95. Girard avenue, here in the center lanes, but traffic is getting by. Thats the southbound side over there, this is the northbound side. No delays as a result of that construction but we are dealing with that active construction out there. The boulevard is clear
Day. A nace start, the humidity on the low side today again. 73 degrees. A nice mild morning, 9 00 by lunch ti 90s by lunch time. Lets start you off in Center City Philadelphia with a live look at the vine street expressway. Its quiet right now. thats how we like to see it. This is where we typically see the delay later in the morning. As you can see, no delays to report right now. Also in center city, traffic closing 13th street between arch and race street. The new jersey turnpike is clear, so is the 42 freeway. You can see feeds on all of t majors, 50s to 60s. Extremists have captured 60 girls and women and 31 boys in nigeria. This happens after 200 other girls, kidnapped by terror group boko haram. Most of those girls remain missing. No word on exactly who is responsible for todays kidnapping. The Associated Press just tweeted that in fact theres no way to safely and independently confirm the report about the abductions in nigeria. Well continue to follow this story and bring yo