Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20151229 : comparem

Transcripts For KYW Eyewitness News At 6 20151229

Ourselves on land. And there is a very well defined, very clear cut demarcation line between the green and the pink indicating the rain versus the icing. So, we have been hearing from our eyewitness Weather Watcher Networks up in this area of the poconos, that yes, there is sleet falling, there is icing taking place, and if this is where your travels take you, slow down. Thats all you can expect, that you are going to get slowed down, and if you can, wait it out. Because eventually this will get turn over to rain for you too. Meanwhile, besides from Winter Weather advisory that lasts until 11 00 a. M. , just a lot of rain to track. May be few little breaks along the way even through 7 00, 8 00, 9 00, 10 00 a. M. , will still be wet weather to track locally, then just oops gets out of here, basically by lunchtime, things are really starting to wrap up. So, you will still have some ponding on the roads, certainly some spray from vehicles, but it will at least have sees today continue falling from the sky. Look at the temperature change in the last 24 hours. It is colder in the poconos in allentown than it was this same time yesterday. But it is almost ten to 15 degrees warmer across southern new jersey, that tells that you transition is happening as we speak. Youre at 48 degrees in philly, 29 in mount pocono. And heck, youre in the 50s, in ac right now. So it is solo case dependent, but everyone can eventually bank on all of this wet weather, whether it is ice or rain, to be just straight up rain. Then it is out of here later on today. The wind will be whipping for us, it is a little milder later on. But at least there is a light at the end of this proverbial tunnel meisha, a but i know you are in the midst after lot going on right now. A lot going on right now but yes, good news, we dont have the freezing ice at least right around center sent i and the surrounding areas. Looking good, just looking wet. I will say the good news is that the accidents that weve had, they are like i said getting cleared out of the way nice and quick. So this is a look at 95 south, girard, seeing it heat up fairly quickly, still traveling at posted speeds. But i would imagine that that will not last for too much longer. Here at the blue route, this is near route one, looking good as you move in the northbound direction, thats where you are going to see the bulk of the volume level starting to build right now. The schuylkill eastbound, at city avenue, this is an area i have been keeping my eye on, we had string every accidents there. Theyve all since been cleared, but still see very busy right now for just pushing into the 6 00 hour. The roadways are wet, and theyre slick, and theyre getting busy out there. Give yourself couple of extra minutes. Accident in new jersey, brooklawn circle at south hannevig avenue. Police still on the area here. Also right here new jersey turnpike southbound approaching jamesburg, that right lane is still block in and around that area. And another accident, route one, near route 41, police are on the scene there, as well. Another update coming up in about 15 minute, erika, over to you. Thank you, new this morning, single car accident is under investigation in montgomery county. Investigators say car hit a wall at lancaster avenue and lankenau drive in wynnewood. An eyewitness took the driver to the hospital. No word yet on the extent of their injuries. This morning, people in the Lehigh Valley as kathy and meisha have been you can about, waking to up first taste this morning, driving around north of philadelphia, justin finch, what are you seeing . Reporter erika, good morning, so far so good. Out here on the roadways, a lot of rain, has been mentioned by our weather and traffic report earlier. Not seeing too many cars on the road at this time. But perhaps you can see all of the rain building on our windshield, the rain coming down steadily, and that can be a problem if youre not ready for t so far we are here just off ninth street here in center city, allentown, slow to rise so far in terms of traffic, people are getting up, the cars are starting to now hit the road. On the way up here the rain was much heavier. It was still very quick moving on the northeast extension, some trucks and cars going a bit faster than they probably should have given the heavy rain coming down at some point. You will find some ponding out there, also, ponding here, as were seeing here in some part of the Center City Allentown. So just casino of give yourself a bit more time. Be mindful that it is not so much an icy event out here, were seeing, but a very, very wet one, that can be very tricky, when you are out here navigating your car or perhaps over estimating your ability, in some of these pocket of extreme slickness, and wetness, seeing lot of patches here on the blacktop here, just showing you how wet and saturated dollars these roads are. So as you are making your way throughout our area this morning, nicole, rather, erika, sorry, you do want to be very careful about how youre getting around, what you are seeing on the rolled, as well. Live here in allentown, back over to you. Better safe than sorry, justin, thank you. Even though the wintery mix is hit being north of philadelphia this morning, penndot says it is keeping a close eye on the city and the immediate suburbs. Eyewitness news was at penndots control center yesterday. Penndot tells us, it has new equipment in trucks to better monitor their locations on area roads. Also, they can tell just how much salt they have to spread. Penndot of course is fully stocked right now with a 120,000 tons of salt. And, with weather like this, make sure to have the cbs philly weather app on your phone, you can track the storm and get the updated forecast from our team of meteorologists being download the app now for freon itunes and google play. Now, the same storm system that is hitting us right now has claimed at least 24 lives across the country, bringing the total weatherrelated fatalities over just this past week, to 43. Forecasters say, there is more bad weather to come, too. Kim hutchinson takes to you s hardest hit areas. Reporter the Severe Weather system thats already caused tremendous damage, bringing blizzard conditions to the west, and more flooding to the middle and plane states monday. In missouri, rain continued, sending already swollen rivers surging over their banks. Im worried. I dont know what to do. Ive been sick to my stomach. I cant take my medicine. Im just i just dont know what to do. And it is still supposed to come up higher. Oklahoma residents forced to cope with both flood and blizzard warnings, one man had to walk to safety through freezing water. I get my things, i make the trek for about half mile or so. The cold temperatures and high water are a bad combination. Stood in that water for about three hours waiting for him to get here. Hypothermia could have set in at any time. Reporter the list of weatherrelated fatalities is likely to grow longer. Two men have been pulled from water in georgia, the widow of one clearly grieving. Im lost without him. The storm is expected to move eastward tuesday, likely to leave yet more misery in its wake. Kim hutchinson, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Sources tell Eyewitness News, that pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf expects to sign part of the budget bill that cleared the Legislature Last week. He plans to announce his decision at 10 30 this morning. That bill authorizes hundreds of millions of dollars less than what wolf wanted for schools and social services. Pennsylvanias been without a state budget since the current year began july 1st. Still ahead this morning, the teenager at the center of International Manhunt is behind bars this morning. Well tell y where authorities finally caught up to the socalled afluenza teen. Also ahead, new developments in a case that rocked the archdioces of philadelphia. This morning, were hearing from the lawyer of monsignor william lynn about his overturned conviction. And, some scary moments for some pennsylvania resident. When a car drives through, through, several houses. Well hear from those stunned homeowners, when we come back. Blame it on the rain if you are little late to work this morning, just blame it on the rain like millie vanilli. But dont blame katie. Not her fault. A look at the area roads. Kately let you know when the rain will finally get out of here when we come back. 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And we put that same camera behind me. And you cant make out even a glimmer of the top half of the skyscrapers here. So, certainly, a lot of wet weather to deal with out there. The sheen off of the road surface, and it certainly is a very soggy beginning to the day here. We get it. So hard when that alarm goes off to give yourself any kind of extra time, right . But just sort of walk out the door knowing you are probably going to get slowed down by this, it may mean you have to get late for work. Much rather you arrive safely and ten minutes late than try to roll through quicker and just, you know, ends up with a accident. So please be careful out there. Do expect that the weather will slow you down. Looking next, storm can three, this storm is a monster. Weve been tracking this now for days. When it broke out with all of the Severe Weather across the deep south it, extends anywhere from across the canadian border, straight down to the gulf of mexico, the entire seen seaboard included here, still obviously difference in temperature, the further north you go. Thats why the change in precipitation obviously, and we do actually sit right on the edge of where the changeover is taking place, specifically in the poconos, thats where youre still finding a little bit of icing out there. Hearing from our Weather Watcher Network off that way telling us there is a the least eighth of an inch of ice on the ground, specifically came from keith in saylorsburg. Thank you for those reports. This is really just location dependent at this point. But it is primarily rain for most of us. And the temperatures tell that story. You have got the 20s mount pocono, versus mid ooh east in wildwood. That spread is really where the difference in precipitation is coming f but look at this difference. Charleston, still in 73 degrees right now. Clearly the cold front has not crossed through yet. But that warmth is getting pushed our way. Thats why we expect to actually rebounds to the 60s today. Now, in terms of rain amount, it looks like it is basically done by lunchtime. But we are already seeing half inch plus on the gown, could easily add to that, especially, right now, this model trying to pinpoint that portions of the shore, shore towns, end up with upward of additional inch of rain. So, we are going to have to see how we do here regardless expect that the rain is going to slow you down. Morning drive specially. Afternoon, evening, though, really just left over with some clouds, maybe pasng shower, but certainly far less of a problem than what we are finding out there right now. So, we drew the short straw with the morning drive. Right . It is turning cooler in the meantime. We have new front that will be crossing through, another warmfront tries to lift in later on on wednesday, so that will likely bring us some showers once more. By thursday, though, High Pressure starting to rebuilds. And we ring in 2016, granted on chilly note, but sunny note. So it is looking better and better with time. Just cooler and cooler with time as well. Today, it is absolutely the headliner it comes to wet weather. Rest of the forecast actually looks pretty good. Just turning colder as the days progress. Evening commute should be okay . I think a lot bert. Might still have couple of puddles, but speaking every whats out there right now, we will have time to dry things out. Right to meisha. Our hearts go out to our morning commuters this morning, right . I mean, literally since 4 30 a. M. , when i got in, it has been string of accidents, downed wires, downed polls, there has been spin outs, been people in ditches, there has been overturned vehicles, thats actually what we are dealing with right now. We do have overturned vehicle, bring your attention outside. This is the blue route southbound at mcdade boulevard. The left lane on the southbound side is compromised because of the vehicles, the overturned vehicle, and the other vehicle, also some emergency vehicles. On the other side, on the northbound side, it is also being compromised. That left lane, that is where you have the firetruck pulled in the northbound direction, right here, they are here to help the southbound side. Whats happening is you are having people walk over this archway right here, and it is causing slow downs, gaper delays, you have got loss of lanes, you can see on the southbound side where the accident is. It is back all the way. So youre just literally not moving in and around this area even though the left lanes are the only ones compromised, again get that gaper delay. Specially get that on the northbound side. Not so much the southbound side. Very, very slow moving there again, thats the blue route southbound at mcdade, northbound or southbound, not off the hook. Going to be slow there. The boulevard moving southbound headed toward the schuylkill, once on the schuylkill looking a lot like there is looking very slow, ben franklin bridge looking wet. You can see that glistening, thats letting you know that it is slick out there and wet. We have three accidents, ill tell but coming up in about ten minutes. Dont go anywhere. Erika, back over to you. Meisha, thank you. Still ahead, off initials western pennsylvania are on the lookout for an inmate who escaped prison. Wait until you hear who Authorities Say helped him break out. 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Incredibly, no one inside either home was hurt in the accident. Neighbors describe what they saw. Must have been a high rate of speed coming from there. And i believe they said there was not even no tracks there. So must have beenirborne from this point. The family of the driver says hes recovering in the hospital. The two passengers that were in the vehicle with him have been released from the hospital. A manhunt underway for an inmate who escaped from western pennsylvania jail. Police think he may have gotten help from his sister. Way land broke out of the green county prison in wains berg sunday. State police say hanlon climbed a fence, then road to his sister vans a home. Allegedly gave her brother a change every clothes. Vanessa is now under arrest. State Police Believe hanlon might be in a 2004 black honda civic with pennsylvania tags, jtt6241. Now, if you see that car, or hanlon, you are asked to call 911 right away. Coming up authorities caught up with the socalled afluenza teen overnight. This morning, were seeing his mugshot plus well tell you where he was found coming up. Also, mother and her five month old son are rescued from their car when it plunges into an icy river. Now were hearing from the Good Samaritan who helped save them. Katie . And erika, ice not as much of a concern for most of you. It is mainly rain this morning. And then we actually have pretty pleasant pattern that unfolds, all be it cooler. We will breakdown all of the events leading up to the end of 2015, how we ring in the new year, in the weather department. Texas prosecutor the socalled afluenza teen now in custody in mexico. Ethan couch and his mother were arrested in Puerto Vallarta yesterday. Cbs correspondent don champion has more. A newly released photo shows 18 year old ethan couch with died hair, shortly after he was detained in puerto val art owe mexico monday evening. District attorney officials confirm, his mother, tonya, was also with him. A week ago, authorities released pictures of a pickup truck they thought the two were driving. There is a possibility that she o

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