That del dot can get out here and take apart the tree with the chainsaw that they can take it off the car and reopen barrelly mill road. At this point its closed between 141 and centerville road. The two people inside of that car remarkably walked away from this but they are still in the hospital with minor injuries, Annie Mccormick channel 6 action news. The rain was off and on but steady and umbrellas and coats came in handy for people walking in center city this afternoon as the hours passed the intensity of the storms picked up and so lets head over to the action news big board for the latest from cecily tynan and double scan radar. Double scan live radar showing the heavy thunderstorms and torrential rain falling up to 4 inches per hour that batch is moving up over new england and new york state. We have clearing behind it. But as we zoom in there is another area of showers kind of rotating in from the western suburbs and another area up from kent county and well see a few more sh
Somebody is here to help you out. Reporter while she does what she can, she watched philadelphia mayor jim kenney call for a drastic increase in action from conrail. Our administration is repeatedly asked conrail to clean and secure its property. But unfortunately we have not been able to come to a satisfactory agreement. Reporter kenney says conrail will face violations by l and i and the department of Public Health for not fencing off its property from drug users and dealers who hide from police and emergency services. I you were conrail to comply with these violations. Reporter last month fox 29 showed you just how severe the heroin epidemic is in the very same area. Conrail tells us it has productive meetings with Community Leaders both in fair hill and west kensington. But talks have apparently fallen off. A conrail statement says recently however the city has cut off dialogue with conrail and pursued a more adversarial approach. This is their life. This is a they do. They think t
Date. And it comes in response to the chemical attack that killed dozens earlier this week. Heres perspective for you. Syria is in western asia, bord thrg Mediterranean Sea. Theres a longlasting civil war. The president authorized the firing of 59 cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea to the alsherrod air field. Thats where it initiated the chemical attack that killed dozens of people. There have been no reports of any casualties, nor were any people or assets targeted. The pentagon was in contact prior to the attack. Rex tillerson said theres no role for assad to govern the syrian people. And President Trump said this was a quote Vital National security interest. Heres what the president had to say from palm beach, california. Previous attempts at changing assads behavior have all faild and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Pennsylvania congressman bo
Mixed start, we have clouds pinwheeling out of the west. Well have early sunshine, but this area of low pressure will dish a lot of clouds with a chilly breeze. 45 in allentown. 47 in millville. Very even numbers across the region. 20mile an hour winds out of the west southwest. Well see the winds shift out of the west northwest today and tonight. 43 degrees by 7 00 a. M. 47 by noon. 50 by 3 00 p. M. The high is going to be 51 well hit that at 4 00 p. M. A spotty shower is possible, but most of the day will be dry and the phillies will get their ballgame in today. Obviously you have to bundle up. Ill have more on the phillies call, as well as the weekend, things are better on saturday and sunday, next week we blow torch with those temperatures. What have you got going on now . Reporter we have Police Activity on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound lanes by the exit for girard avenue the exit for the zoo. You can see the Police Activity out here, looks like we might have a tow truck on
Satellite we have clouds see thm pinwheeling over an area of low pressure. Temperatures are 46 degrees in philadelphia. 44 in allentown. Pretty even numbers north to south across the region. Theres a breeze blowing 21 Miles Per Hour at the top of the hour in philadelphia. Some spots a little better, but youll get feel the breeze. It will build as we go through the day. So will the clouds. Noon, 47 degrees. 3 00 p. M. , 50, notice how im putting a shower icon here and there, there wont be a lot of rain today, but a passing sprinkle or shower cant out. High of 51. Windy conditions making it feel like the low 40s at the best of time. Matt pellman if youre heading to the phillies game, i would sitting there for a few hours could be a little bit raw. What you got on the roads . Reporter not a whole lot at this point, which is better than yesterday. Well take this instead. Live in philadelphia, i95 we st that was partially blocking the ramp from the southbound lanes to the walt whitman bridg