Stop the spread of this thing. If youre at work hit one of these as man times as possible. Hand sanitizer. A sink. Spend 20 seconds here scrubbing those hands. Hospitalization has doubled in just a week. And doctors want you t stay healthy. Reporter a 21 yearold pennsylvania man was the picture of health. His death has stunned his family. Organ failure. Caused by the flu. Took hold in him. He doied from complications a day after going to the hospital. Try and know your body. Dont let things go. When ever you have fever and you have it multiple days. Just dont let it go. Get it taken care of. Reporter he didnt get the flu shot this year. Doctors are reminding others its not too late. You shall get the flu shot. Even if you have you should get it there are other strains floating around you can get a second strain. They were out of flu vaccine and checked other stores theres some. But its an hour away. Reporter the shot may be less effective this year. I get a shot every year. I was surpr
Sliding. Reporter feeling better, dont go on icy ponds today they will break. We have a break out west and generally speaking we have clouds on the way. As we look to the west we have shower activity that will hold off until later tonight and overnight. 39 degrees in philadelphia. Feels more comfortable than it has in a while. 36 in allentown. 36 in reading, 38 in trenton. 37 in dover, it is not as bad as you step outside. It gets better and better mainly cloudy, rain holding off until later tonight. We climb to 49 by 2 00 p. M. 4 00 p. M. We could be up to 51. And slipping to 48. I think well see the numbers go up again and get a high around midnight of 52 degrees. Tomorrow is milder but we have rain on the way. Karen rogers when i come back well look at the rain progressing through the region on friday and see how quickly we can kick it out the door on saturday. We have a problem here, an accident investigation which is blocking our major highway in cherry hill, new jersey, route 38
Above freezing. No icing problems, if the numbers drop in and around the areas up north, maybe you get an icy patch. Not nearly the problem as the last couple of mornings. As we go through the day it will be mild. Well call to cloudy skies and sunny breaks, temperatures increasing, 48 degrees by 1 00 p. M. , 5 00 p. M. , 50. Im going for a high of 52 degrees today. We may not get there until early in the evening. With warm air moving in overnight, the testers have a tendency to rise. That sets us up for a milder day tomorrow and well see rain, as well. Reporter all right, dave as you drive around its not raining, but the roads are wet from all the melting weve seen laterally. Outside live this is the schuylkill expressway at south street. Temperatures above freezing its damp out here. Looking okay. Both Ways Construction has cleared. We had the construct westbound shut down overnight hours at south street. Crews will begin tonight at 9 00 p. M. And gin the process of shutting that down
Spots. So heads up if youre near a flood prone area. Then saturday morning, were going to see some icing. Were gung to see up to 30 degrees falling in as little as two hours. Thats going to happen. The icing in lehigh u valley on the roadways if youre headed to the holiday weekend, beware on saturday and into sunday. Then the cold moves in. Those temperatures are going to be down right brutal across the area. This explains it all. Im going to the wide map to show you uhoh and wow. Right now a look at the 50s and 60s headed toward us. Were in the 50s now. And uhoh, look at the minus 1 in business mark. Thats headed our way early on saturday. Just download the free nbc 10 app. You can see the same tools as our meteorologists right in the palm of your hand. Happening now in logan square, saying goodbye to a hero. Hundreds are remembering a firefighter kill ed in the line of duty. He died after getting trapped inside a burning home last weekend. Aaron is live in logan square where thes fam