With a heat index of 100 degrees. And we begin to be concerned about showers and storms. Flooding threats and damaging inwind concerns are back with us today. Especially with the heat were going to have. Between 10 00 and 1 00 watch for storms to bubble up. Eastward through Southern New Hampshire possibly even toward the north shore and then well watch into the ear a few storms may start to organize. Especially from where the sea breeze organize from the atlantic here. Well keep an eye later on this evening. Back more with the heat index in your neighborhood and the worse of it coming up. Catherine last night, storms knocked out power to thousands of people. Jason Stephanie Coueignoux went to arlington where crews are working to get the lights back on this morning. Reporter the reason why a lot of people here in arlington take a look. You can see that one of these transformers, the line is down here, and the Fire Department was telling me that lightning struck this transformer, causing
Parkway, post post opinions varied on how the city faired. In old city, cuba libra chef wasnt too happy about the city allowed so many streets to be closed. We had no foot traffic down here. Nothing. Like a dead zone. Some who live near the parkway decided to get out of town. I kind of wish i would have stayed to be part of it. It was such an mazing kind of event. This uber x driving was hoping to make little cash driving around pilgrims. This weekend was a bust. People who work at this corner deli say the business was packed. There was countless numbers of people. Mayor Michael Nutter responded oh some of the criticism. No matter what we do, no matter how we do it, im always thinking in my mind, was there one more thing . Was there a better way . Reporter so Going Forward it will be interesting that see just how city officials apply what theyve learned here from the popes visit to philadelphias next big event that of course being the Democratic National convention. Reporting 35 night
The one spot, todd, where cars still arent allowed. Reporter yeah, jessica for the most par the streets in around the city are back open this evening but as you mentioned with the exception of course the ben franklin parkway. Take live look behind me here. You can still see a number of barriers and barricades still remain in place as does part of the stage. By the Art Museum Steps steps it will still be another couple of days before the parkway is fully back open. Reporter from the heavenly highs of angelic voice to the down and dirty job of clean up and the clear up along the parkway, post post opinions varied on how the city faired. In old city, cuba libra chef wasnt too happy about the city allowed so many streets to be closed. We had no foot traffic down here. Nothing. Like a dead zone. Some who live near the parkway decided to get out of town. I kind of wish i would have stayed to be part of it. It was such an mazing kind of event. This uber x driving was hoping to make little cas
Most local roads are just a mess and very dangerous. This is Baltimore Pike in media delaware county. Cars are trucks having a hard time navigating those roads. Looking life right now at Market Street in old city. That snow turning to a mix of sleet and freezing rain about an hour ago. You can see city streets are not in Good Condition at all tonight tonight. It is definitely slippery out there. G evening, im dawn timmeney. Im joyce evans. This water storm is causing lot of travel problems tonight. We have time could have ratch and it begins with meteorologist david warren. The snow is about done. No more snow coming down from philadelphia to the south. The ice is the big problem. Snow on the ground anywhere from four to 6inches right along the city close to i95. That was the heaviest snow was up to allentown 1. 5inches of snow. Temperatures the key now. Look at these numbers. Climbing up to 32. Thats good thing because were seeing that snow change over to sleet or freezing rain. We ne
Roads also underwater for second consecutive day. Eyewitness news in south philadelphia where rising waters came right on to the underpass. And thing got off to a soggy start at the ballpark tonight. Eyewitness cam video shows the torrential downpour at Citizens Bank park earlier tonight. Good evening, im jessica dean. Im charisma. Another messy day. Another round of rain, and were not done with it yet. Meteorologist kathy orr is tracking the storms, the flooding and kathy now the fog, too. A little bit of everything, chris and jessica. Right now on storm scan3 were seeing drying conditions but earlier today, we saw that heavy rain torrential downpours falling in this warm humid air mass and more is to come. Right now were just seeing some cloudy skies out there but the rain amounts were really incredible. Take look at these numbers. Sewell, new jersey, nearly 3inches of rain. Over 2. 5inches of rain very short period of time at Philadelphia International airport. Thats why we call it