I had the brakes on. Got to be careful. Good morning. Im rosemary connors. And im dray clark. Thanks for being with us again. People are cleaning up and people saw the highest snowfalls in the yeah. This was the scene last night. Were off to a slippery start because of a leftover mess. That should help the streets. Steve sosna is tracking the conditions. Good morning, dray and rosemary. This is not a time you want to set a pr heading to your destination. Give yourself the extra time. Youre going to have to brush it off and then give yourself extra time. Road crews have done an excellent job with the main roadways. The back roads are tough. First alert through 10 00 a. M. And no National Weather Service Advisory but we continued the alert because of the slippery spots on the back roads, the sidewalks, all those areas that may not have the attention given to the main roads. Conditions get better everywhere throughout the course of the. A gorgeous one at that. Morning black ice but with t
Tomorrow, a first alert for dangerous cold. A look at the hour by hour in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington with first alert traffic. Were watching the schuylkill still, one of the only majors where were having pretty big problems. By problems i mean construction projects. On the blue route and eastbound side, they might be getting some of this out of the way because we had more lanes blocked a second ago. Now a lane is still getting by eastbound from that point to gladwyne. Were watching that work and watching the closure on the eastbound side between the vine. Right here, headed to south street. The eastbound chunk is still closed. Were seeing a westbound delay here. There is construction there. Its just lanes lost. Not actually closed like the eastbound side. Watching those things. Ill end with route 202 and drive times pretty much. Ten minutes both directions north and south from 30 to the schuylkill. Speeds into the 60s. Back to you. Thanks. We have breaking news to tell you a
Home. Good morning. Im erin coleman. They get the fire we are live thrs got here. We are told that a number of neighbors actually called 911 to report this large home completely consumed by fire. Inside a family of five including three young children. Firefighters found two young boys found dead and three others found alive. Fire tightefighters battled the. Neighbors say it took almost an hour to put this thing out. This neighborhood is grieving together. I woke to shouting outside which is very unusual for our quiet neighborhood. So once i saw some flashing lights i came outside to see what was happening and saw the flames shooting up off the house. Please pray for this family especially around the holidays but any time of year there is a horrible sttragedy. Reporter firefighters continue to deal with hot spots. State police remain on the scene. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Eyou can see the know machines are up and running. Meteorologist krystal klei is here with your
Losing one child, let alone two. Reporter a family friend says a text message alerted them to the news. His son played baseball with bryan jr. And they wanted to help. A gofundme page is bringing cash donations to the family so they have less to worry about as they try to recover. We hope god is with the family to carry them through this difficult time. Reporter after investigators sifted through the ashes in search of a reason why the fire started, those who want to do something are showing up and leaving trinkets as a memorial. They too are asking why and how. I just dont know what theyre going to do. I dont know what that family is going to do. Its the most horrible thing i have ever heard. People are dropping off flowers. One man dropped off a baseball glove and bat. Were also told by the School District that grief counselors were on hand as the Elementary School where the children went to help their friends with the loss. Reporting live in schwenksville, montgomery county, deanna
Icy patches on the sidewalks and the roads. First alert chief meteorologist tammie souza is tracking the frigid conditions out there right now and the rebound in temperatures later. Tammie. We are going to have a nice rebound and it is bitterly cold out there. Were in the teens and 20s across the area. Live look across the city. We do have clear skies. Its cold though. Its pretty, but it is cold. Lets take a look at the wide map. Im not showing you omaha and rapid city for no reason at all, the reason im showing you is all of the warmth. Look 40 right now in omaha. 38 in denver. You know when its warmer out there and colder where we are all of that warmth is coming our way. Thats what were looking forward to. So as we scoot to the east, you can see right now 21 in philadelphia, 31 in pittsburgh. We do have a nice warmup on the way. And that warm weather is going to stay with us for much of the week ahead. So were going to get up above freezing and stay there i think all the way until t