Heaviest rain will try to push north of the area this morning, it will start to lighten up just a bit, later this morning, but this has to work its way through first, so Sussex County getting heaviest rain, kent county, new castle will county, up to i95, Chester County, heaviest rain north of the turnpike and moving into berks county and lehigh valleys west of the northeast extension, but that lighter rain, it is now pushing to the east, and philadelphia there darker shaded green indicating heavier rain moving right through center city right thousand. This is all moving south to north and will continue to push through the area, now, the heaviest rain, pick up by computer forecast and moves north but again, additional rain in this area, highlighted indicating we have a Flash Flood Watch all day to day, flood warnings all of delaware because it seems so much rain here in the past 24 hours, additional rain on top of that where we are seeing 12 inches of rain. Flooding autopsy and down the
Dangling wires. This was the landscape in the wake of a terrible mishap. And tonight the central question, why was the train going so fast when it entered the station and crashed through the barrier at the end of the line . Thursday night, the big story on action news tonight is the latest in the probe into the deadly train crash in north jersey. One person was killed. A woman waiting on the platform identified as 34yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon of hoboken. 108 people were injured including many passengers on the train. The engineer has been identified as thomas gallagher. He has worked for new Jersey Transit for 29 years. The last 18 as an engineer. He is out of the hospital. Authorities are having trouble reaching part of the wreckage because the canopy of the train shed collapsed on top of the lead car. With more information tonight, action News Reporter Christie Ileto live in our satellite center. Christie. Reporter jim, ntsb is focused on the locomotive with the event recorders
Lead car. With more information tonight, action News Reporter Christie Ileto live in our satellite center. Christie. Reporter jim, ntsb is focused on the locomotive with the event recorders and video cameras and hope they will explain what went wrong. The lights went out. And then the roof just came down on it. Reporter immediate chaos followed as new Jersey Transit train 1614 plowed into the hoboken terminal. Multiple walking wounded. We have serious structural damage. Really loud. Flew in never stopped. Reporter surveillance cameras caught the train 30 minutes before crashing. More than a hundred people injured and a woman identified as 35yearold Fabiola Bittar de kroon was killed by falling debris on the platform. Witnesses, the terrifying seconds that followed. A man, one eye was gone. Only one side, the blood everywhere. It was not going as fast, but not slow enough to come into the station. Reporter its unclear if the engineer tried to slow down. But ntsb is eyeing one of the two
Of that snow they made over the weekend is melting to you. And to add insult to injury, in addition to the rape we have pockets of low visibility, not widespread like early this morning but wilmington is stuck in the fog the last two hours, visibility remains at a half mile and reading 2 miles and the poconos a mile and a half, double scan live radar showing there is more rain on the way, we have the conveyer belt of moisture and in the meantime, from you traveling, more areas dealing with worse weather and this squall line is causing Severe Weather in the midwest, tornado watches are in effect and then the wrap around cool air is creating some snow near minneapolis, so if you head out of town, heading to the airport do pack your patience because there will be quite a few delays. Philadelphia International Airport reporting close to 2 hour delays and chicago ohare, a half hour delay and newark, new jersey, more than 3 hour delays, well talk about what is to come. All the details are ah
Overturned vehicle. This time it is the the north bound lanes have of 295, right here near Florence Columbus interchange. Look at this guy on it side with the tires facing us. This is northbound accident between Florence Columbus interchange in burlington county. Just watch it as we go to the maps the the roads are wet and slippery. Heres another crash, just along route 202, at the sumanytown pike, you can see, the reflections from the road surface even the school buses are, probably a little slower than normal this morning. Just factor that into your commute. North bound lanes of the boulevard an accident near whether it the kerr this one also involving an overturn vehicle by the cemetery and shopping plaza, there is the scene of the accident that we just showed you from sky fox northbound 295 at Florence Columbus to look out there. Good news, broad street subway had equipment problems but southbound trains are getting back to normal. They are making all stops, so by the time you grab