It is a Gathering Place for many from iraq of the pair had similar fears as to what could happen when they target those refugees. You think they want to wipe them out . If you are not with them, you are the enemy. It is very conceivable that a total bloodbath could wipe out this group of people. Michael from the Research Institute in center city, and iraqi refugee talking about the small iraqi sect, thousands who are trapped on mount sinjar target eed by islamic extremist. They have a different customs. Genocide is a legit hit concern. The u. S. Started air drops of water and food for those on the mountain. A good first step. It is just one step. They need more. There needs to be more . Yeah. More. And she applauded the area talks on isis. She has family who moved from baghdad, but the once safe city now under threat. And an army officer in northern iraq, he says it is hard to tell if the attacks can ten the kurdish fighters turn the tide. It is a fluent situation and right now the thi
Its a different story, though, in much of delaware and south jersey. Thats where we are seeing thick fog this morning. There it is. You can see north and west fog is not an issue. 10mile visibility for pottstown and bluebell. Good visibility in wilmington and philadelphia international. But move over to trenton, wrightstown, toms river. Thats the fog, and its really thick in south jersey and central and southern delaware. 1 4mile visibility or less this morning. Zero visibility right now in cape may. Its 57, though, in philadelphia. Wilmington is 59 degrees. 50s even extend into the pocono mountains. Its allentown thats the cool spot at 49 degrees right now. But watch this. The temperatures will be climbing as the clouds clear out. 56 degrees by 9 00 and into the 60s at lunchtime. Your hourbyhour future weather in less than ten minutes. And were following this breaking news out of northeast philadelphia. Two people are in the hospital this morning after this car accident on cottman ave
Yesterday. And the other thing is, youll want to take your time with the dense fog throughout the region. A live look outside right now. You can see the skyline with all the foggy skies this morning. If we look closer at radar, you can also see light rain coming down. Patchy rain is expected for the rest of today. Here are trouble spots when it comes to the fog. In the poconos, visibility is down to 1 4 mile, 1 1 4 miles for pottstown, 2 1 2 in reading. Even philadelphia reduced to 2 miles, 2 1 2 in trenton and 4 miles in millville. So, just be careful driving in those areas. Our current temperatures to start off this morning, low 40s in philadelphia, 37 in allentown, 39 in quakertown, 34 in mt. Pocono. And as we head into the rest of today, well be dealing with patchy fog throughout your Morning Hours, showers throughout the afternoon. Temperatures today warmer than yesterday. 51 degrees by 4 00 p. M. Well see more clearing as we head into the evening. 44 by 9 00 p. M. Ill go over wha
So a very cold start and a blustery day. 20 at 9 00. A few scattered snow showers or a brief flurry activity at noontime is possible with winds gusting at noontime making 23 degrees feel like its in the teens. Your hourbyhour future weather when im back in ten. Right now, lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning. Good morning, bill. I have a mass transit note to pass along. Septa officials just sent out an email in the last five minutes talking about whats going on in the septa wilmington newark line. There are problems because of amtrak in that area. So, we have no service to the churchmans crossing station and the newark station, but service is going to be normal on the wilmington newark line between wilmington and center city. So, i wanted to pass that along. We just got that information. The rest of the Regional Rail lines are looking okay right now. Heading to the Lehigh Valley route 22 westbound, the offramp to route 191, theres an accident there
We have live First Alert Team coverage for you this morning to prepare you for this frigid blast and the dangers that could come with it. Lets start with meteorologist bill henley in his first alert forecast. Bill, it seems like the 19 degrees out there, amazing that thats going to actually be warmer than what we will feel tomorrow, right . Yeah. Its going to get colder and colder, and youll really feel it today, more so for the wind but its cold even without the wind. Theyre making snow once again in the pocono mountains after the snowfall yesterday. There are lots of icy spots in the area this morning, untreated roads, and youll find them first thing this morning. During the day, the bitter winds will kick in and that will bring us near record cold temperatures tomorrow morning. Right now, 21 in philadelphia 17 in trenton. Its dropped to 18 degrees in wilmington. Thats 15 in pottstown. Going to have to layer up this morning. The wind is blowing, and it is going to be gusty. 20 at 9 0