We didnt let him open it. You should once you get outside because the satellite and radar showing us weve got some good amount of rain moving through the area. You get the sense by looking at this this is a half day events at least. Weve got that cold front thats still well out to the west that needs to push through the area. So, this doesnt wrap up until one, 2 oclock this afternoon. So you intoed that need that umbrella for a long time. Keep it handy pelman. We have rain through the area and this is really the best way to get the view of whats happening in your region. We can see the rain blanketing most of the area right now but i want to go in a little tighter because the cells closer to philadelphia has been stronger. Werey were seeing some heavy downpours. Through media we have some heavy cells that have worked their way north and theyre on the schuylkill expressway and weve seen near willow grove lansdale as well some heavy cells there. A little bit ago i was seeing lightning st
Here with satellite and radar and we can see how that rain has started to move in. You get the sense by looking at this this is not just a few showers moving through. Weve got a cold front thats still well out to the west. All of that has to push through the area. Its really the first half of the day thats going to be wet. Its mild but its wet. Lets take a look right now at storm tracker6 live double scan. This is really the best way to get a view of exactly whats happening in your area. So, take a closer look here. We can see rain blanketing much of the area, right. You see all that green but what about the areas of yellow. Lets go in a little bit tighter and see those pockets of heavy rain that are really causing some issues. In lansdale, in willow grove, near jenkintown, in norristown, in malvern, in media, just south of media along i95 right now we have some heavy rain. So, while we can see just these pockets moving through over the last half hour we had some lightning strikes. Wer
One of the other box trucks, and when he attempted to merge back into traffic, from the right lane back into the middle lane, he lost control of the vehicle, and ended up going across the guide rail and struck a tractortrailer that was traveling southbound on interstate 87. Reporter two people, both in the truck that were trying to pass were killed. Two other people were injured. The accident led to enormous traffic jams in both directions, as investigators had to close lanes and divert traffic around the site. Ive got one hour to get myself to harman. It. Reporter some had been in the traffic for over an hour, and had barely moved on a friday in the summer. Were at a standstill. Its really tough, you know, and its hot, too. Reporter now, traffic is still awfully rough all around this accident. And again, the southbound lanes still closed. Two people dead. Both of them inside that box truck that tried to pass and lost control. Two other people were injured. Report live, jim dolan, chan
Trying to determine what set off a huge explosion at a high school, three construction workers were injured the force of the blast last night knocked out windows cbs 2 is life from the scene in marble hill, good afternoon. Were getting a better sense how bad the damage was from that explosion here last night you can see a lot of crews from the building city here, inspecting the damage but the schools chancellor says despite whats happened students will start class on schedule. Part of the 6 floor science classroom of John F Kennedy high school blown out, desks and computers untouched we know building just hours before. This is really scary, nothing to take lightly about, if this happened earlier, there was about 200 kids there at the school yesterday for summer bridge. Today, police turning away for that program. Telling me to go home. I make sure to kids dont come in thats what i was told, let me in. Investigators back at the school trying to isolate the cause of the explosion after 8
The area. Not totally done with the rain. You see orskpnge reaange and re it is south jersey that got the most rain. Steady rain moving into south philly, as well. It is a lighter rain over parts of the suburb. Dont have rain near what we saw in south jersey. Light rain moving through passing out of Burlington County and into ocean county. This is moving off to the east. So for the most part the biggest concerns have started to clear, but we still have to worry about the potential for flash flooding. The areas hit with the heaviest rain because after the rain has fallen that rain can accumulate and build up creeks and rivers. Flash Flood Warning in effect over Cumberland County and through 6 00 through parts of kent county. A Flood Warning across the shore line in effect through 8 15. We will talk about rain totals we picked up and look at the clearing trend in the days to come. Remember you can track heavy rain and storms using our nbc 10 app. It is free to download in your app store.