Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. This is the way it looks from space. This is Hurricane Matthew. And, yes, it is a killer storm. Now responsible for the loss of at least nine lives. Matthew has already left enormous destruction in the island of haiti. Already the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Said one hatian official, this is the worst hurricane i have seen in my life. It is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is the latest on Hurricane Matthew. After slamming haiti this morning with up to 40 inches of rain, the storm set its sights on the eastern tip of cuba, making land fall tonight with sustained winds of 140 miles an hour. The center of the hurricane was expected to pass about 50 miles northeast of the u. S. Base at guantanamo bay. Meanwhile, residents of the bahamas are battening down and boarding up in advance of matthews arrival tomorrow. And for us the big question is how will matthew hit the United States . Wi
Its expected to grow back into a category four. Thursday a big change in the forecast track that started last night anew model run from the National Hurricane center that just came out about 40 minutes ago spells much Better Weather for us this weekend with that storm making a change. Ill have he details on that and show that you track in just a couple minutes. Weve been feeling pretty good about that track. Good news for us. Lets take a look outside at i95. Were approaching allegheny. Thats your southbound traffic headed towards center city. No delay just yet. Youre looking good. No weather related problems. Visibility is good. Were dry right here and the overnight work crew has cleared he so all good news there. Vine street expressway is reopened as well. The construction crews have left the scene but theyll return again tonight at 11 oclock and shut the vine down. Live here in new jersey this is 42 northbound coming up from deptford or turnersville. No problems here but up ahead we
You head out the door. Winds little bit of a factor running about 10 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. Still 54 in allentown and trenton, 57 in wilmington and 60 down in cape may. We are going see a nice afternoon he though. 7 oclock 57. 10 00 a. M. , 66. Noon 66. By 66 clock down to 70. Hurricane matthew down a category three as it interacts with the lands mass on the eastern tip of cuba but it is expected to push up into the bahamas and eventually grow back to a category four skirt the coast of florida. It big change this morning is what happens after that. Now looks like the storm stays to the south and has less of an impact on us. Still three days out but that is the way it is tracking right now anyway. Well have that latest track from the National Hurricane center which came out just about an hour ago. Thats coming up in about six minutes. Karen what do you have on the roads early on. Well get you ready for the commute by checking the majors. Looking live at i95 this is southbound t
Ocean escaped the beach, that is where the ocean meets the bay, all over the jersey shore they are preparing for the worst, and we are on the hurricane watch with action News Reporters Trish Hartman and eva pilgram and meteorologists, cecily tynan and adam joseph. The path made a big jog to the east than is really good news, part of the reason why is this is an extremely strong hurricane, a cat four extremely dangerous hurricane, packing sustained winds at 135 Miles Per Hour and you can see how the eye wall is deepening and a storm like this, its hard for an upper level low to capture, im talking all week how this storm would have to be captured by an upper level low and pulled inland, when have you a strong storm like that, its like a boulder rolling downhill, and trying to change the path, its difficult to do, part of the reason why its moving to the southwest and it could miss the connection with the trough all together, you look at the spaghetti plots all over the place, we had mos
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