Reporting sites, and near 30 in philadelphia we have intense wind and then were combining it with this cold, temperatures right now, at the freezing mark, or sub freezing , 29 in allentown. 31 degrees in wilmington. Wind chill temperatures already Single Digits in the poconos. Teens in berks county and Lehigh Valley, 19 degrees your wind chill temperature in wilmington. Heading up to the bird game you have to bundle up big time kick off 31 degrees but still will be feeling like 20s and teens and that will hold true throughout the game. We will talk more about this arctic blast and how many game time High Temperatures we will spend in the 20s. That is coming up in your full forecast in just a few, jessica. High wind are believed to have caused a fire inside devon train station in chester county. Crews responded there around 12 30 this afternoon after the platform roof caught fire. Strong wind blew pieces of the roof on to part of the track and that led to delays on the line. Fire was pu
Gathering in the Northern Rockies and this heading our way for saturday. The timing and the coldest air to come in. For new years eve and new years day. The full forecast in just a bit. Heading out live to ali gorman out on the ben franklin parkway. And the potential health risks. Reporter it is bitterly cold i can tell you that my photographer and i try to spend as little amount of time as possible. Getting in and out of the news van, have you to listen to your body and take precautions. Skating around the rink dillworth park was the place to be despite the temperatures d dipping into the teens. Even with the gloves and hats its still freeing. Most came prepared dressed in multiple layers. Eagles pajamas under the pants and a couple of north face jackets and a hat and anything i could grab. I have four layers on. I had three pairs of cabin socks but couldnt get on my boots. At Temple University emergency room doctors say that emergencies could happen quickly. Cold weather like we have
Cold snap threatening letters that have stood for decades. The combination of snow and cold will thousands of kids out the big story on action news tonight, word from public and parochial schools. Theyll be closed for a second straight day tomorrow along with dozens of other school districts. All School Closings and delays are running on the bottom of your screen. We have the full store from cecily tynan in a moment. First, a developing story in Atlantic City where 300 eld persons have been chased into the cold. The culprit was fe. Clt christie, what happened tonight . Jim, fortunately all of the people were able to make it out again. About 300 people in the highrise are now displaced. It took firefighters two and a half hours to contain the flames inside. Thats not even dealing with the element they battled w outside, the fallingmperatures,d snowpacked the fire was on the 10th floor, 12th floor, 11th floor. A shaken willie foul says he darted for the stairwell of the towers. We were g
Tonight . Jim, fortunately all of the people were able to make again. About 300 people in the highrise are now displaced. It took firefighters two and a ha contain the flames inside. Thats not even dealing with the element they battled with outside, the falling m and snowpacked roads. The fire was on the floor, 12th floor, 11th floor. A shaken willie foul says he darted for the s of the towers. We were down the steps and looked toward the elevators and the panels fl and the fire m a 16 story building, residents racing to get out of harms way as the Atlantic City fire crews racing to fight the blaze up the utility shaft. One of t feeds in the building was overloaded and exploded. They are working to get him out. Hes in a wheelchair. Family members panicked not knowing the status of their loved ones. The complex home to seniors and the disabled. This photo was snapped as he helped seniors down the stairwell. Outside bitter cold hampered attempts to rescue. We have people in wheelchairs t
Freezing, we got to watch for some slipping and sliding possible. We do actually and sadly, i do have a graphic up, oh, good, because i hit a button wrong. Anyway, were looking at satellite and you can see theres a lot of sunshine out there and generally speaking were in fairly good shape this morning. We are below freezing however and some of those sidewalks that didnt quite get totally deiced yesterday could have a problem as we go into the morning commute with these temperatures 26 might have some icy patches on some sidewalks here and there. More on that in a second. Were at 26 degrees, winds out of the light north at 3 Miles Per Hour and here return are your numbers. Everybody is below freezing. 26 in philadelphia, 25 right now in trenton and wilmington and 21 degrees in allentown, just 22 in reading. Get your coat on. Winds are light. Here are your issues this morning. There are still some icy patches on sidewalks. Some icy patches on some roads and driveways but its overall bett