Covered, you can get frostbite in 30 minutes. In the poconos, Lehigh Valley, 15 to 30 below zero. Aside from the dangerous windchills, record lows fall tonight and tomorrow night and by tomorrow night and sunday morning, well see the coldest temperatures in the city of philadelphia in 24 years, and to begin next week, another wintery mix coming in. We chat about that and on the flip side, a warm up, january thaw in the sevenday forecast. Thank you, jim. Lets go live to South Broad Street in philadelphia where jeff chirico has discovered the biting cold has had an impact on businesses. Jeff, what have you learned . Hey, jim, i dont think im the only one that would rather eat a frozen dinner on my couch than brave the frozen tundra to go out to dinner. Thats not good news for restaurants unless delivery is your gig. In this weather, you can make cold, hard cash. On this night, happy hour in center city is an intimateaffair. The management says of the brutal cold that lingered more than a
So, zooming in on philadelphia right now, you can see this is generally freezing rain, little bit of sleet mixed in. Manayunk where weve got the hills could be a big problem. I95 its falling. Fortunately most of the major roads have been treated. The secondary roads definitely concerned. Its a little bit heavier in northeast philadelphia. Also through jenkintown and frankford. As we zoom in, its beginning to migrate east of the new jersey turnpike. Very slowly. Its very light but do notice out in the northwestern suburbs where they generally got the snow, that is shutting off right now and as far as the snow, the snow will really be ending. Its generally just the freezing rain and the rain. Sole,. So wilmington light freezing rain, salem new jersey also bridgeton. Its continuing to push to the east. So weve got Winter Weather advisories in effect until 9 oclock for essentially philadelphia, the northwest suburbs again allentown reading and lancaster its over for you but it will take lo
Scattered high clouds moving through. I am tracking some showers moving through virginia and heading towards maryland. And well likely see a few of these this morning, but most of that is going to fall apart before it heads into our area. 31 decrease, right at the Freezing Point for the Lehigh Valley, and just above it in the suburbs. 37 warms into the 50s. A mild one all around even the Lehigh Valley. Wont be in the 50s but up to477 degrees. First Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Our cameras right around trooper road not seeing any problems so far. Usually by now were starting to see a lot of volume heading in that direction, but not so much right now. Not seeing any delays so far on 422. But theres a crash in hatfield right around garfield avenue. Obviously the fire is under control, but the closures still in place. Chestnut between second and market and between second and fourth will be redirected around the scene there. Breaking right now a fire rips through a salem
Investigation on site. Customers still not being allowed back in the store. Weve been asking Atlantic City police as well as well as the atlanta county Prosecutors Office how Many Police Officers were involved in the shooting and how many shots were fired. We dont have those questions answered just yet. The Prosecutors Office says theyre still piecing together this investigation for is suspects name and how hes doing if he survives has not yet been made clear. Live in Atlantic City cydney long nbc10 news. Every parents nightmare. Thats how Chester Countys District Attorney describes a private School Principal accused of having inappropriate contact with a student. George simons worked at the Concept School when police say the crimes happened. This isnt the only local school where hes worked with children. Drew smith is live this afternoon with the allegations and the schools response as well. Drew . Reporter we found out the school board here at the Concept School has fired George Simo
Convention is trying to change. Hearing from some of the top africanamerican prosecutors and sharing their insights into the Justice System an how it relates it justice inequality. Things that happens from ferguson to new york seemed it drive the discussion. And delegates were reminded that voting for the right people in their districts is needed. We should want prosecutors who call it like they see it based on the efd evidence. Also insisting that diversity is crucial and 95 of elected d. A. S are white. I think in this diand aej we have to change that because we need different perspectives p. We need women, latinos, asians all types of folks. We want the same type of justice as others. Thats all we he ask. As we mentioned, president obama will be here tomorrow addressing the convention late in the afternoon. And president bill clinton will be here on wednesday. Nbc 10 on air and on our news app, complete coverage of president obamas address of the naacp convention. Ending a controver