These people in north philadelphia were like many others. They needed a little push to get out of their parking spots, frozen in place. Were dealing with strong winds today as well. Heres a live look outside our studios. Winds will increase as the day goes on, and we could even see some snow showers later today. Good morning, im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Dont let whatever sun you see fool you. You wont see a lot of snow and ice melting today because of the frigid conditions outside. That heavy ice and wind knocked down trees and power lines across our area. More wind today. About 16,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity. We have Live Team Coverage as crews work to clean up the storm damage and deal with the icy conditions and the bitter cold thats around. Lets go to tim furlong live in wilmington. Reporter were in the wilmington newark line. You look at the sidewalks here. If you come over here and look at the roads, they did a pretty good job plowing the roads
As we head towards the shore. Now, the visibility tells us how heavy the snow is. We have some fairly heavy snow in hazelton, but reading is in good shape. Pottstown, coatesville, quakertown, doylestown, visibilities are decent in most of pennsylvania. Philadelphia international, 1 1 2 miles. 2 1 2 in northeast philly. 2 miles in atlantic city. So, we have seen some accumulation in parts of the area. That will continue only for another couple of hours. Because as the sun goes down, these snow showers will start to fall apart. Then we just worry about the refreezing as the sun goes down and the temperatures go down as well. Ill be back talking about another chance of some snow coming up in a few minutes. Maybe you heard that today, the sounds of spinning tires echoing across neighborhoods in the Lehigh Valley. The deep freeze making it tough for people to dig out from the biggest snowfall this season. Randy gyllenhaal is live for us in allentown. The streets there seem surrounded by tho
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Codes people need to find a chair here in the room or go to the overflow room in room 408 so if we could fill in the empty seats approval for the minutes of the march 17. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The is have it. Item 5 directors please be advised no closed session at the end of today is agenda item 6 unfinished. Excuse me. Ladies and gentlemen, please okay. Go ahead. Item 6 introduction of new business by Board Members. Approved. Thank you just hearing from the Disability Community a few others around the communities have advised concerns about the private counterpart shuttles on charge i do not and thank yous some Movement Based name those contribute to people getting around town, however there are concerns about the lack of accessibility for people in wheelchairs and guide dogs perhaps get a report on what necessary deal with mta at all whether they use our stops to comply with concern laws would be really good for us to know. Director reiskin can you
So item 3 commissioner, back to you and may be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items cell phones cause microphone interference so the board respectfully asked they be turned off and for people standing because of the fire codes people need to find a chair here in the room or go to the overflow room in room 408 so if we could fill in the empty seats approval for the minutes of the march 17. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor, say i. Opposed . The is have it. Item 5 directors please be advised no closed session at the end of today is agenda item 6 unfinished. Excuse me. Ladies and gentlemen, please okay. Go ahead. Item 6 introduction of new business by Board Members. Approved. Thank you just hearing from the Disability Community a few others around the communities have advised concerns about the private counterpart shuttles on charge i do not and thank yous some Movement Based name those contribute to people gett