Entire island of puerto rico is still without power. So puerto rico is in very, very tough shape. Their electrical grid is destroyed and it wasnt in good shape to start off with. President trump is promising puerto rico federal funding to help with recovery as the Prime Minister of dominica the caribbean island made an emotional plea for help. If anybody is listening to me Helicopter Services is critical to get the supplies to people. The Damage Assessment is continuing but the Prime Minister says the situation there is dire. There is no electricity and some villages are only accessible by boat or helicopter. And as you can imagine authorities across the caribbean say that rebuilding first from Hurricane Irma and now maria will take months if not longer. And President Trump says that in addition to government aid he will personally visit puerto rico. Im Elizabeth Herr channel 6 action news. Now cecily tynan is live at the big board with the latest on the track of maria. Hi rick, maria
Quiet, in the Weather Department for the mess part. Today features at lee some cloud, might see a sprinkle here and there because we have departure of the larger storm system. You will not need an umbrella as we mentioned it is chilly outside. We will see that in a second but already a few speckles near baltimore area, picking up, on the radar dont be shocked if you do see a sprinkle on your windshield at some point today but again you will not need an umbrella but dress for the weather because it is chilly in the mid to upper 40s in most spots, and mount pocono checks in at 38. Worth a mention there is enough breeze that the current temperature readings in the low to mid 40s from allentown and lancaster feel like more so in the 30s. It is chilly, 44, willow grove and doyletown, 47 in palmyra, 47 in mount holly. Today still looks good, it is fall, late october, what you expect so we will be generous and give you a b plus and then daytime high hits 60s, mess of the day will be in the 50
Sky6 live hd looking live from the Temple University sky wham. 6 00 a. M. Right now 33 degrees. Gray hall is off, Alicia Vitarelli is here and chris sowers is with us with a look at your accuweather forecast. Another chilly one, chris. Pretty arctic yesterday in my opinion. The day before with those gusty winds it was worse. The last couple days have been really cold especially considering its still the beginning of november. It shouldnt be anywhere near this but things will slowly improve over the next few hours. And temperatures are already a little bit milder than they were the same time yesterday when we had wind chills down into the teens and temperatures down into the low 20s. So a little bit better. Millville 29, freezing in philadelphia, down to 32, allentown 27, 23 in the poconos, trenton 26 but heres the big differ difference. The winds have gone calm. Calm and that means theres no wind chill to deal with which is good news because as mentioned earlier that wind was blustery
Of what promises to be several days of summer like heat. Stay with the prelude with warmer conditions and sun, over the next few days, were in for a presummer season heat wave. Action news reporter, Annie Mccormack. Melissa it was certainly a warm one day, but tolerable across the delaware and lehigh valley, were coming in at 87 in philadelphia after high today of 88. 86 in lancaster, same in reading, poconos little cooler in at 75. At the coast in cape may coming in at 74 degrees. Here is satellite 6 along with action radar. We got spotty showers moving across the poconos with the weak disturbance coming on through. But all in all. Most of us should stay dry. If youre stepping out, its mild, comfortable tonight. 7 00 p. M. Were in the 80s, 9 00, 81, partly sunny sky, partly cloudy at 9 00. 78. 76 at 10 00 and 11 00 weve got a number of just 75. So the heat is on. Were set to sizzle as early as tomorrow. So this will be heat wave number two for the year here in philadelphia. And it sta
When we arrived and transported to the locational hospital. A firefighter suffered minor injuries and taken to the hospital. A shooting in Delaware County ended with one dead and two others in the hospital. A violent crash that happened as a result of the gun fire was caught on camera. Katherine scott has this story from chester. What started as a shooting in chester ended with a crash in eddie stone. This shows the headlights and the collision debris flies into the air at 11 30 last night. It looked leak armageddon. It shows the cars smashing into open either and spoke in the air. And one car was on the sidewalks five vehicles including the drivers was damaged. I heard boom boom boom and i said no, no, and ran outside and it was both my cars and my neighbors car and another car down at the red light. I opened the door and the cars were every which way and smoke all over the place. I was too shaken to call 911. It happened at sec on brown street in chester. Two people were shot and jos