So good morning to all of you, thank you so much for joining us on this wednesday, already, it is august 23rd. I cant believe it. The year has flown by. Great to have you with us as we mentioned, lets get a check with the forecast, because last night it was a wild one, Scott Williams. Absolutely thomas and karen. We saw cold front move through the area a lot of heavy tropical downpours, prompting with it some flashflood concerns, take a look at several of the damage report toward berks county, Lehigh Valley, some report of trees down, some flashflooding, also, in and around the philadelphia area, as you move into cherry hill, sections every New Castle County and delaware, but look at ultimate doppler. Much improved. The heaviest of the rainfall now out to sea, still few left over pocket of sprinkles, we will kind of zoom in, see the heavy rainfall, with the showers, thunderstorms, exiting the jersey shore. In it wake, though, still have those aerial Flood Warnings from philadelphia, al
And they have actually popped up in south philadelphia. What you see popping through will not take long to get through your neighborhood and some of those brought white puffs of snow, could be there long enough to put a coating on the ground and youll want to be careful and slow it down on the roads, in case there is a slick spot. And hopefully this is not causing you major problems, up in the poconos where we have a better chance of hitting a slippery road condition, the live look shows clouds have indeed gotten thicker, and sunny breaks across the day. Temperatures in the northeast and along the midatlantic region all on the chilly side. 32 in philadelphia and 39 degrees in new york city and central park, and the sustained winds are picking up since this morning as expected. 20 Miles Per Hour wind and keep in mind the gusts we had in the last half hour, 36 Miles Per Hour. A day for coats and extra gear and hold on to that Steering Wheel as you drive along this afternoon as you could
Bag checks 20ton trucks loaded with sand will be used as shields to physically stop a truck attack. Not going into detail about philadelphias plans lieutenant stanford says the city has used trucks in the past to provide a level of protection. Weve used a number of those tactics in a number of different events weve had just more recently the dnc as well as our celebration we have during july 4th. Well have the same tactics in place. Reporter images of the european truck attacks that killed 98 people have been seen by pat but she understands her daughters decision to be part of the crowd here this weekend. Im not going to stop my life or have my kids stop their own because of Something Else another person is going to do. I want them to enjoy especially our community thats involved. Reporter so a big Holiday Weekend this week going to be opened to many public events. Expect stepped up security both seen and unseen. Live at dillworth park john rawlins channel6 action news. Back to you all
Made an arrest after two women attacked a wawa employee with hot coffee. This happened at the wawa on 69th street in upper darby yesterday afternoon. Police say the women filled a cup with hot coffee in that store and then purposely tossed it in the employees face. It is still not clear why they did this. In delaware, police have arrested a smyrna man for trying to rob a gas station and a liquor store. According to officials 25yearold philip harden confronted the female clerk at a valero in smyrna last night saying he wanted to rob the business. He ran to the back of the store. Hardin ran off and tried to rob rebas liquors nearby. Hes held on 6,000 bail. Firefighters still trying to determine what started a fire that badly damaged a home in bucks county. This viewer video shows smoke pouring from the home as crews torque get under control. The fire started at 7 00 a. M. On red cedar lane in levittown. Firefighters say two dogs died inside. No people were injured. Attorneys for Comedian
Im one of those people. I have never heard that. Happy valentine. A lot of times in philadelphia we approximate word. You take notice. So if you just joined us at 7 00, what are you thinking . You have to have Something Better on. I notice somebody said yesterday, happy new years. It is happy new year. Only mike would get annoyed by that. Yes. And then i get a text yesterday afternoon saying we will have party favors if you want to use it on the air tomorrow because most of the staff wont be there. Right. But, feel free to use these party favors to pretend like it is new years eve. This is what was left on my test being. Yeah. Celebration. Purple and black. Wow, wow, wow. Hey, good day, it is december 30th. It is in the new years eve. But it is another holiday. It is still hanukkah. It is also kwanzaa. It is your daughters day. It is nia day of kwanzaa, fifth day of kwanzaa and her name means purpose swahili. Okay. Why not the sixth day. There is another one. There is another one. You