Cover from yesterday which did start to break up nicely in the afternoon is now off the coast and were expecting a nice sunny start across the region, maybe some of those clouds out to the west and southwest start to roll in later today. 28 degrees though in philadelphia, so it is colder this morning than it was this time yesterday. 25 degrees in allentown, 25 in reading, 26 in trenton, 28 in wilmington. 30 degrees in millville and 30 currently in cape may. Theres a little bit of a breeze out there, too, so your wind chills in some cases are making it feel like its the teens. Thats pretty much the story across southeastern pennsylvania at this hour. And in philadelphia a wind chill of 18 and down in millville, 22 which aint much better. As we take a look at the Current Situation with flood warnings we still have that one from yesterday up along the Rancocas Creek between pemberton and lumberton and all the small stream tributaries up until at least noon today. Theyve also added the Mau
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One out of ten deaths in america since the start of february has been caused by the flu. It is monday night. The big story on action news tonight is a medical crisis throughout the tristate area and the rest of the country and the peak of the flu season could be wakes away. Dann cuellar is at hanneman hospital. Its historically bad and getting historically worse. Thats right, jim. The number of flu cases across the area is exploding. Many more cases reported by this time last year and last week was a bad week for people getting the flu. Doctors across the region are reporting a huge strike in the flu known as type a. Its packing a punch. Chills, coughing, nausea and diarrhea. There have been 26 influenza deaths alone. These are the numbers being reported since october 1st with Montgomery County reporting highest, 2100 cases. New jersey doubled the number of flu cases last week with 2,000. That compares with the 4,709 cases it saw the previous week. You can get the flu with the previous
High clouds may streak in later on. Generally speaking its going to be a bright one but were starting out colder as karen mentioned. 28 degrees in philadelphia, 25 right now in allentown. 24 in reading. Were ick in trenton, 26 in wilmington and 28 degrees in millville. Little bit of a breeze kicking around in philadelphia its around 10 Miles Per Hour or so and thats enough to give you wind chills in the teens this morning in many areas so do bundle up. Not only with the winter coat but maybe a little extra gear, too. Still have some residual flooding left over from those rains on sunday. The Rancocas Creek is still running a little high between pemberton and lumberton. Be careful there not only along the creek but its tributaries. The Maurice River also giving us problems as well as some of the streams that feed into that. And little while ago we also added the Great Egg Harbor River in atlantic county, again tributaries running into that river may also have high water and some flooded
Power to safely fight the fire. Its a serious concern for firefighters because thats part of the process, once you disconnect power, you assume youre safe from the risk. Reporter they were not safe. Two Fire Fighters suffered from electrical shock because they say the house was illegally wired and stole electricity from pgne. In the course of fighting the fire, two of the firefighters were shocked. One rather severely, didnt cause burns. The firefighters are okay, treated on scene, but it was an injury to the firefighters, and that is a crime. Reporter four adults and four children living in this home, two suffered minor burns. They all got out alive along with their pit pull puppy. Everyones find. They are in a shelter right now. We see, you know, how things go. Reporter the homeowner stopped by to see the damage this morning. Firefighters say they dont know if the renters or homeowner illegally wired the home. They are investigating. The homeowner told us she had not heard about the