The mercury is falling and falling fast. So get ready to freeze on new years eve. Speaking of the new year, people will still be out despite the cold and the city of philadelphia is ready. Police trying something theyve never done before to keep you safe. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Just look at the pocono mountains. Blanketed in snow. Doesnt just look cold, of course, it is, and you dont need to see the snow to know its cold just step outside or go anywhere near an open door it hits you hard. Thank you for joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Another night, another round of us telling was you already know. It is dangerously cold outside. And we have Team Coverage on the big philly freeze. We begin with meteorologist scott william. Scott . Hi there, chris and lucy. The snow it is headed in our direction. The instead yesterday tomorrow morning between 7 00am until about noon. Were looking at cold temperatures. It will stick instantly and were talking about probably a co
Meteorologist mike mass cowith a first check of the forecast. Good evening, joyce, this will be one quite stretch of cold weather we will be dealing with where were not even talking freezing mark. Were looking at teens and 0s for a Long Duration period. Still a couple of snow showers across the boards as you get to galloway and egg harbor and mays landing and delaware and snow showers out. There maybe another coating to maybe an inch in part of delaware. But most of the activity with accumulations are now done. Look at. Ac airport, 4. 5. King of prussia 3. 4 and wayne in pennsylvania, 3. 2. These numbers pretty impressive for the clipper that moved through. Now we look at temperatures in the 20s in most spots. Coldest in the pong noingz down to 12. Feels like its 2 below zero at this hour. And we already have wind chill aalerts for the poconos and lehigh valley. It will feel between 10 to 20 below zero for the next couple days. Were down to zero in the poconos for tonight. 16 in philad
In with about four and a half inches of rainfall Hopewell Township three and threequarters and laurel bend with nearly 4inches of rain this afternoon. Technically a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for philadelphia to the south until midnight but with the rain moving out more than likely this watch will expire a little earlier than expected this evening t well chat more about that accuweather forecast with some brighter days ahead for the week coming up in just a little bit. Sharrie. Adam thank you. Some of the strongest storms have been to our south. This is a picture of a car that are witnesses say flipped in a parking lat in maryland. Experts are working to determine if a tornado touched down. There are a number of downed trees that have damaged property and also knocked out power lines. Be sure to track todays rain and storms with the 6abc app. The images that we have there from across the region. The 6abc app is a Free Download for our mobile device. The search is on this after
Water worries are growing in parts of bucks and montgomery counties. Whats been found in the water and why many are afraid to drink it. Good evening everyone, im jessica dean. Im ukee washington. Chemicals typically found a Fire Fighting foam have been detected in ground water. Several municipal and private wells have been shut down. Reporter trang do is live in horsham where a lot of concerned people packed a Community Meeting to night. Trang . Reporter jess, hundreds of people came out to this meeting to find out just what is in their Drinking Water, and the possibility effects of it. Study linked these chemicals to developmental effects in fetuses and infants and also certain types of cancer. How safe is the Drinking Water in hour stamp, warrington and warminster . Not save enough according to residents. Were actually getting a filter on our house. Fluctuating numbers. We dont want to wait eepa finds its really bad for fetuses. People pack the Community Center to get answers. Whats
Types of cancer. How safe is the Drinking Water in hour stamp, warrington and warminster . Not save enough according to residents. Were actually getting a filter on our house. Fluctuating numbers. We dont want to wait eepa finds its really bad for fetuses. People pack the Community Center to get answers. Whats being done. The chemicals used in Fire Fighting foam are linked to the former naval base and air station in the area. Right now were in the process of identifying where we think the most likely places were it went into the ground water and best places where we can attack the problem and basically treat it. Reporter last week, epa lowered the acceptable levels for pfoa and pfos in ground water through township took eight public wells off line as a result. If you are getting municipal water from warminster, from horsham township or from warrington its safe to drink. I have a bottle of it there and im drinking the water myself. Reporter greg preston is a naval official overseeing th