Drinking the water. There are a lot of impacts. That plume that stretched out over 100 miles is now cleared. There is sort of a yellow sludge in the riverbed. That is being tested. There are epa crews at the site blowout. Ld king mine theyre trying to treat the water, which is traced with heavy metals, as much as possible before he goes on into the animus headwaters. Host you mentioned the gold king mind. That is where this took place. What got into the river . What are the chemicals and heavy metals that people are most concerned about . Yellow sortoranges of mustard hue comes from, my oxidetanding is, iron hearing there are a whole bunch of heavy metals that drain out of mind. Some of the ones that people were concerned about where lead, manganese, copper, arsenic. Us back toou take august 5, and why the Environmental Protection agency was at this mine, and how this all happen in the first place . They were working around the opening of the mine with a contractor. This is the high Sa
On the Atlantic Coast from the carolinas all the way up to new england. It has toppled cranes on skyscrapers. This is that crane falling today. Yeah, it has toppled cranes on skyscrapers, it has flooded the eastern sea board. It has messed up the president ial election. But this giant storm called sandy is not over yet. The storm making landfall just outside Atlantic City, new jersey, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. Forecasters calling sandy a post pos postTropical Cyclone which might sound better, but it isnt better. All it means is the storm has lost the characteristics of a Tropical Cyclone but still has hurricaneforce winds. We want to go near where sandy made landfall. Thank you for joining us. What can you tell us about the scene at the site of the landfall . Reporter things are a little calmer now than a couple hours ago as sandy came ashore just a few miles south of where we are. The winds have kicked up again, but the rain has stopped. The tide, which the high tide came in
Temperature for todays date 75. So well beyond that. Close to a record. Our record 96 back in the 1960 s. Temperatures right now, they are still quite toasty across the area where 90 in trenton. Ninety in philadelphia 91 in ac. But we see that 79 degrees. Wilmington due to thunderstorm activity and rainfall moving through over last couple of hours, you can see high level cloud from the thunderstorms over delaware, creeping their way in Center City Philadelphia we are contending with this thunderstorm activity and, a few cells could be a little bit on the high side working through parts of the delaware, bauers will see heavy rain just about to move in. We also this cell that is working its way through beach haven, couple rumbles of thunder and pea sized hail possible with these cells. We have a marginal risk of is he vee weather, not everyone will see storm activity but if you see a storm popping up it could be on the stronger side. We will talk about the thunderstorm activity when it w
Temperature for todays date 75. So well beyond that. Close to a record. Our record 96 back in the 1960 s. Temperatures right now, they are still quite toasty across the area where 90 in trenton. Ninety in philadelphia 91 in ac. But we see that 79 degrees. Wilmington due to thunderstorm activity and rainfall moving through over last couple of hours, you can see high level cloud from the thunderstorms over delaware, creeping their way in Center City Philadelphia we are contending with this thunderstorm activity and, a few cells could be a little bit on the high side working through parts of the delaware, bauers will see heavy rain just about to move in. We also this cell that is working its way through beach haven, couple rumbles of thunder and pea sized hail possible with these cells. We have a marginal risk of is he vee weather, not everyone will see storm activity but if you see a storm popping up it could be on the stronger side. We will talk about the thunderstorm activity when it w
Exclusive accuweather sevenday. The search this hour was called off for day for a teenager who fell into the delaware. It happened last night when four friend went for a swim. Less than an hour later, three of them arrived on the river banks. The fourth is nowhere to be found. Reporter Annie Mccormack is live on the scene with details. Annie . Reporter walter Philadelphia Police were out here, about an hours ago they suspended the search for today, weather permitting they will be back tomorrow. The Philadelphia Police marine unit focused in this section of the delaware at the ramp at linden avenue in the torresdale section. Police say after 10 30 friday night, a 911 call came in that a 16yearold went missing after swimming in the water. His friends came and knocked on my door and told me that my son was in the delaware and they couldnt find him. The missing swimmers father identified him as 16yearold antwon fox. Police say fox went in with three friends, a 17, 18 and 19yearold. His fat