Way today, but things are looking a lot different due to the pandemic. And while people will still head to the stores, it is Online Shopping that is getting a major boost. The National Retail federation says online and other nonstore sales will jump between 20 and 30 . Total sales are expected to be as high as 218 billion. Naomi ruchim is outside of a best buy in new york city. Naomi, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, tom. Yeah, despite the economic fallout from the pandemic, experts predict that consumers are still optimistic about the economy and we will start seeing that this Holiday Shopping season, starting this morning, black friday. Best buy doesnt even open for an hour. But check out the crowd already around the corner as folks wait to get that ps5 and any other electronics theyre trying to get here at best buy. Still, though, the safest place to shop this year is online. And its where you might find the best deals. The countdown to christmas is on. Black friday remai
And or snow. Thats what is headed our way. So it is a four out of ten in your weather by the numbers, because of the mess were expecting this morning. Whatever you get it will be sloppy out there. And you see from radar that it is starting to edge in. Looks like a little pink on the radar in New Castle County, delaware, which indicates the possibility of some freezing rain, it looks a little like flurries, in chester and lancaster counties, as well. Winter weather advisory for two4 inches every accumulation in carbon, monroe counties, where they welcome it for the ski resort, anyway. But these are the cold temperatures we have out there right now. Only degree above freezing in lancaster, and here in philadelphia, in the twos to the north of us, only 31 degrees in millville. And 30 in atlantic city. So initially you will get some snow probably, but quickly changing over to rain, just during the inbetween period that it could be very slippery. 33 degrees in philadelphia, with windchill o
Reporter this hilltop neighborhood was hit hard by the twister that skipped across hole springs. Damaged. Others are completely gone. This is bad. This is really bad. Reporter this woman came home to no sign of christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its gone. Reporter the house she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a grove of shattered trees. Her 35yearold son was the only one home when the tornado hit. Hes hospitalized with a broken pelvis and cuts. It could have been worse. We could have been planning a funeral instead. Reporter they searched for family mementos. Pictures of my mom. She passed away in 2010 and i would look at it every night before id go to bed and just say, good night. I wish i could find that picture, too. Theres a tornado in front of us reporter the wilkens home the youngest victim, sevenyearold nikolas pumroy, was trapped in a car with his mother and sister. The wind ripped him out of the vehicle. Among
Reporter this hilltop neighborhood was hit hard by the twister that skipped across hole springs. Some homes here were badly damaged. Ototrs are completely gone. This is bad. This is really bad. Reporter this woman came home to no sign of christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its gone. Reporter theouse she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a gro of shattered trees. Her 35yearold son was the only one home when the tornado hit. Hes hospitalized with a broken pelvis and cuts. It could have been worse. We could have been planning a funeral instead. Reporter they searched for family mementos. Pictures of my mom. She p psed away in 2010 and i would look at it every night before id go to bed and just say, good night. Picture, too. Theres a tornado in front of us r rorter the wilkens home the youngest victim, sevenyearold nikolas pumroy, was trapped in a car with his mother and sister. The wind ripped him o o of the hicle. Among the
And its gone. Reporter the house she shared with her husband, son, and daughter for the past nine years is scattered among a grove of shattered trees. Her 35yearold son was the only one home when the tornado hit. Hes hospitalized with a broken pelvis and cuts. We could have been planning a funeral instead. Reporter they searched for family mementos. Pictures of my mom. She passed away in 2010 and i would look at it every night before id go to bed and just say, good night. I wish i could find that picture, too. Theres a tornado in front of us reporter the wilkins home is one of hundreds destroyed. The youngest victim, sevenyear old nicholas pomeroy, was trapped in a car with his mother and sister. The winds ripped him out of the vehicle. Among the six who died in tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi, shows the devastation of the most powerful it reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing winds of up to 1