In philadelphia to 30 degrees below zero up in the poconos. We do not see this kind of cold that often around here. This is a big deal. Right now at 4 00 in the afternoon, our air temperature in philadelphia is 17. The feels like is 1 below zero. Wilmington, delaware, lets see if its any better. Not really. Feels like 1 below here too. Its neighborhood by neighborhood and everywhere is the cold at this hour. 17 debelow in mount pocono. 2 below in reading. And Atlantic City feeling like 2 below zero. Er t want a ski of hours time. G nly t that. What you need to do layer up feels like temperature tonight. Minus 5 to minus 30. Actual air temperatures getting close to record territory. Htt, that wind chill will not get any better. Unfortunately, we still have more cold to go but there is a significant ch way. A january thaw is in the forecast, ill have more on that coming up here in just, guys . The dangerous cold is complicating the cleanup on side streets in philadelphia. Aundrea clineth
Over the roads. Lets take a look at our camera at the battleship new jersey in camden. The view across an icy delaware river. Make sure you layer up in this hypothermia and frostbite can happen quickly. Taking you to center city now, this is the view of broad street. The next 60 hours in many neighborhoods will be brutally cold. We cant say it enough. Stop and take a look at first alert radar now. Tonight the feels like temperature could be as low as 30 belown parts of our region. It looks like a tundra out there. Steve sosna kicks off our Team Coverage. Its been years since weve experienced cold air like this . When you look at the consecutive days, we havent seen cold like this since the early 80s. Unbelievable stuff. Its not just your imagination. It is way colder than normal. Thats why we continue the first alert for the entire viewing area. We continue it through 8 00 a. M. On sunday. The reason why, we mentioned 30 degree below wind chills in the elevations in berks and lehigh. 5
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Jr stone is live in at one of the worst hit areas tonight. San joses rock springs neighborhood. Jr, how is it looking out there . Natsflood victims quickly working to try and salvage their belongings that were damaged by water. Sot oh yeah everything still has water. Water levels are receding, leaving a trail of mud in many areas. Neighborhoods where flood damaged cars have been marked with xs. Frustration now building over what many say was a lack of notification before the flood hit. Sot they werent expecting thisthe water was pretty bad. Sot the emergency evacuation from the city only came after it was too late to go. Sot nobody messaged us anyway telling us that the surge was coming and that it was worse than it wasand that it was going to be really bad. If it had been then we would have moved more things upstairs and we would have been better prepared. San jose mayor sam liccardo addressed those concerns on wednesday. Sot if the first time that a resident is aware that they need t