Meteorologist chris sowers outside tracking the accuweather forecast. Chris i can see its windy. Reporter can you hear that . The winds are roaring this morning. 50 to off Miles Per Hour gusts reported throughout the 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour gusts reported throughout the Delaware Valley. Thisdouble scan live this is the current view on the radar. We have rain showers and spritzes and sprinkles reported across south jersey. I want to take it back to 11 00 p. M. , this is what double scan looked like. This is the line of showers and thunderstorms that ripped through here. You can see the reds and oranges. This line produced all kinds of damage across south jersey and delaware. Nearly 1,000 strikes alone reported in Cumberland County. Look at the upper lefthand side of the screen. You see the counter the lightning box there, those were taken in 15 minute increments. There were over one thousand lightning strikes. Heres a look at the damage that was reported in georgetown, delaware, trees r
That service on the northeast corridor is currently suspended. Amtrak is confirming that the accident involved the pom met tow train palmetto train 89. Regional rail service is suspended on the newark wilmington line. We have more on air and 6abc. Com. Of course we are tracking the weather, meteorologist source source chris sowers is joining us to look at the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Its been a wild night. Look at this, winds have been gusting 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. We have all kinds of damage coming in to the weather center. Transformers exploding and trees stuck in hats. Hold on to your hats, better yet dont wear a hat as the wins continue to roar. 49 in reading, wilmington, 44. Atlantic city at the airport, 48. You had gusts earlier this morning around 55. Cape may, 48. Dennisville in Cape May County reported 71mile an hour wind gusts with the storms that whipped through during the overnight hours. Temperatures have dropped off with the passage of the front. 19 in
Of slowing down, started to sway. The trailer smacked the rear of the cruiser, sending it airborne. The cruiser landed a football field away and 18 feet off the roadway. After the trooper called in the crash to dispatch, he climbed out of the shattered window and went to see if anyone its was hurt. The truck driver stopped briefly and spoke to a witness, then took off. We believe now that the tractor trailer that the information we have was believed to be a white box trailer, attached to a dark colored cab that was towing it with a sleeper cab attached. The male was shorter, middle aged, dark hair, and he did speak with a foreign accent. Reporter there were witness toes this crash, and investigators say tips are coming in. They are committed to tracking down that hitandrun truck driver and pressing charges. Coming up at 6 00, this is the second time in a year that a youll hear from that trooper. Amy coveno, wmur news 9. Jean right now investigators are working to find the cause of a de
As you can see, the snow now has gone away. You can see here we had a crew out here earlier today from abc 7 that did get some of the video to people that are out and also the snow that was coming down. Now, there were some people who did say that there were times when the roads werent that good. Heres what one woman had to say that we spoke with. A lot of the side roads are not really plowed yet. But i know they have to make that call a lot earlier in the day. Yeah, i was kind of expecting them to be let out early. As we were driving here 270 north and on 495 north as we were coming into frederick, there were a lot of trucks that were out. Trucks are mostly under overpasses, they were off to the side of the road and they werent doing much work at all. Probably because theyre waiting for the temperatures to drop. As we heard just a few minutes ago, it is 34 degrees here in frederick. The roads are wet. But as that temperature starts to fall thats when the problems could really start oc
National captioning institute www. Ncicap. Org good morning washington, it is 5 00. We are on storm watch. We have a nasty weather headed our way. Jacqui, were talking wet, not white. Unless you live along the blue ridge or areas of to the west, you will have a little bit of sleet mixing in. A little accumulation is mixed in there. Do not leave without your rain boots or your umbrella. You can see the rain still hours away. Most of this morning will be dry. Our temperatures are on the chellie side. 33 degrees in d. C. And 26 degrees in martinsburg. Rangel be developing by the noon hour. Temperatures rain will be developing by the noon hour. Well tell you how much to expect, not in a few minutes. Time for traffic this morning. Problem started overnight starting at 11 00. A tractortrailer slammed into the sound wall, a single vehicle crash. A lot is going on. Cleanup continues. Look at all this activity. This is video. They are still dealing with a lot. This will be the maryland beltway