In bucks county but live in allentown. They were plowing their properties starting at 2 00 a. M. And finishing about 15 hours later. Luckily, you know, the first responders, all of those guys cleared the roadways and it is nice and salted. We were able to actually get, up and down there with no issue. Reporter late winter storm residents are glad it is over so they can move on to springtime. It was kind of coming so fast you didnt want to get stuck and not be able to go back to bucks county and the nursing homes. Reporter you know, ukee and jessica, it is very peaceful out here. We saw neighbors helping out one another with some snow, some of that shoveling, driving on our way in but wind is big story and for those, students, teachers, other personnel working until the school district, allen town schools closed tomorrow for a second, day in a row. Reporting live in Allentown David spunt for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you. And right now residents in west reading, berks county are digging out from the storm. Drivers are taking it slowly, as the snowplows work to clear the roadway there. And doctors, at Reading Health system are seeing an up tic in weatherrelated injuries so they are reminding people not to exert themselves while digging out. In delaware del marva power tells Eyewitness News it launched Response Team to restore power to thousands of customers as quickly as possible. Storm pounded the state with the dangerous combination of snow, sleet, and rain. Eyewitness News Reporter greg argos is in wilmington with more on the situation there, greg . Reporter and, ukee, good afternoon, beginning. We just checked dell marv marv a powers web site, still right now, 23,000 customers here, in New Castle County without power. That is 11 percent of the total customer they even serve , essentially one in 10. All because of this. Isis coating all of the trees, and, also coating all of the power lines. In wilmington delaware snow didnt cause any issues but isis to blame for big problems sure, it looks nice but when it coats trees and power lines , thousands here were left without power. It has been horrible. We have our power out, i live, over behind the walmart here, and it is, a mess. Reporter melissa hitch is one of the 30,000 people, del marva power says that they who electricity this afternoon because of the storm. I had to come get some gas, to keep our generator going because we dont know how long power will be out. Reporter we found del marva power crews working to fix down line and dell dot crews worked to repair darken streetlight. Outages are widespread. Spokesperson for Power Company says crews are working around the clock to repair the damage but there is no set time that everything will be back to normal. Today has been a lot of work, down power lines, cold house, and shoveling wet, heavy snow. Reporter beside, those workers who had to work for del marva power the company says that they have also hired more than 100 contractors to help out, and 200 linesmen coming in from chicago to help restore power to more than 23,000 people, here, just in wilmington alone who are without it. We are live in wilmington, greg argos for cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right, thanks greg. Just a few minutes ago we understand governor christie lifted new jerseys state of emergency as part of the garden state continuing to deal with remnants from the storm. Eyewitness news in ocean city, Cape May County where some drivers pressed their luck driving through the flooded streets there the Atlantic City Fire Department had to rescue one driver who got stuck in high water near the inlet part of the town. Governor christie called this weather event a tail of three storms, some places saw a lot of snow, others, only saw sleet or rain. We have also deployed resources from the southern part of the state which was not hit as hard as we thought it might, to the north, to help deal with the greater amount of snow, that is going on in the northern part of the state but we have sufficient resources in the south to deal with the salting, to keep road safe down there. Reporter state of emergency has been cancelled allstate offices will resume normal Business Hours tomorrow what kind of weather will we be facing now that the winter storm is moving out. Meteorologist lauren casey in for kate bilo and she has the forecast from the cbs3 Weather Center. You have been in that Weather Center practically all day. Im ready for a nap as we are all, if you had to be out and about today. Conditions are starting to quiet down a bit. Center city philadelphia, of course, we have the snow, sleet pouring down this morning, and then we saw sunshine, and then a snow shower and then we have had some cloud. We are looking live at Center City Philadelphia overcast conditions. 33 degrees. Wind whipping out of the northwest at 21 miles an hour. It feels like 20 degrees. Storm scan three shows us we have moisture up wind but slow moving band of snow showers that could work in our western counties, abe could see a few flakes elsewhere but main energy of the powerful noreaster has, moved off to the north ande impacting new england right now but boy, that was, a storm, mount pocono picking up 24 inches of snow, 2 feet, allentown close to 14. Our latest total from philly international over 7 inches of snowfall despite that accumulating sleet. Wayne picking up six. Same case in king of prussia we had wind overtop of that, presip today to add to the misery. Wind gusting to the 40 miles an hour range earlier today along i95 gusting to 58 miles an hour in dover. Strong gusty wind down the shore. Wind speed, still elevated to 21, 25, 28 miles an hour, seeing higher gusts as well. We will still dealing with the windy conditions tonight, and then temperatures are starting to cool, now were the freezing mark in philadelphia sub freezing in wilmington and Lehigh Valley so everything that fell today will refreeze, as we head into the evening and overnight tonight, we will continue to see wind gusts up around 35 miles an hour, so that will yield sometime, of blowing snow, and especially when weaver those higher amounts, north and west of the city, and still a light passing snow shower in some areas but other white a concern for the wind tonight, and then, on those power lines , we have that snow and sleet that has accumulated, wind gusts still elevated, we could see more power outage ness to this evening and overnight tonight. We will talk about all of this fun and chance for snow squals , tomorrow, who is excited . Um, um, um. Okay. All right, lauren, thanks very much. Philadelphia lifted its snow emergency this afternoon at 1 00 p. M. Crews are still working to plow city streets, this view of the Spring Garden neighborhood from our brand new drone watch three, you can see that storm left several inches of snow and slushy mess on the streets. Eyewitness News Reporter alexandria movies live at art museum where a lot of people got to enjoy a snow day, alex. Reporter well, yeah, we will get to that fun stuff in just a moment, plus the sight that i really was not prepared for that unfolded behind me. But you know, philadelphia was not hardest hit area in our region but given the population, infrastructure and some of these high rise building we sure did feel the impact. The weight of moisture rich snowfall proved too much to bear for two West Philadelphia home front, residents were inside of the adjoining homes near 58th and arch street, when their shared porch suddenly collapsed around noon time. No injuries were reported. Right now im kind of scared because i dont know if my roof will fall, and my house is roof that is actually standing. Reporter sixteenth and Market Street all eyes were facing um ward, and flakes of ice looked like paper as they fell from frozen side of high rises. Again, no injuries have been reported but as evening presses on do keep a eye for areas where more ice may fall. Back on the street the Philadelphia Parking Authority lifted snow Emergency Declaration around 1 00 p. M. And resumed issuing violations at 4 00 p. M. Now is right time to check on the vehicles. On the lighter side of the heavy snowfall Art Museum Steps provided for some iconic philadelphia fun that was until this startling sight about a dozen, four wheelers took their turn down the steps , cannot really speak to the safety of that move. Yeah, you know, i wasnt ready for that sight, not one bit. Sledders regained control of the steps behind me having a great time. If you are wondering why im not sliding down there right now. First of all im no tori, i cannot pull that off with half as much class. Second of all we saw this sunlight coming out and it warmed some of the steps. You can see all of this expos ed concrete, a rocky ride if you ask me, yeah, pun was intended. What is a snow day without some pun. These people are having a great time. People let them get back to. That im alexandria hoff, reporting from the art museum, back to you. Rocky ride indeed, alex, thank you. Winter storm may force travel troubles in the area, when we come back a way Philadelphia International airport is feeling the effects of this blast from mother nature. And sleet from the city may be here, making shoveling a chore but why so many with this winter storm. Kate bilo explains Science Behind the sleet, leslie. How is villanova dealing with the snow. Im leslie van arsdal in buffalo new york with that Philadelphia International is like a ghost town. Check out baggage claim, empty the boards at philadelphia cancellation is filled with cancellation like and episode of the twilight zone. American and Delta Airlines do have some flights running this evening. Several airlines, including southwest, jet blue, frontier, alaska air, air canada, british airways, lufthansa and qatar air cancelled operations to day. Airport Officials Say Philadelphia International will be back to normal operations, tomorrow. That is crazy to look at. Meteorologist lauren casey with us, in for kate bilo and lauren, you have been quite busy today, as we wind down actual precipitation but it has left behind, a lot. Absolutely, yeah. We saw a lot of sleet, heavy sleet, you could hear it this morning. It was hitting windows. My dogs were scared. They didnt know what was going on. It was aing about part of the weather story to day. Large amount of sleet we got heavier at times. Meteorologist kate bilo breaks down science of how it develops. Im meteorologist kate bilo in the Einstein Health care Science Center. I want to talk about the storm and what made it more sleet storm then snowstorm here in philadelphia it those do with warm air aloft and center of the low place the. Lets talk about the low first and foremost. Heres satellite radar. Stop it at 8 00. You can see that center of the low pressure forming and intensifying off the coast but were already starting to see mixing. Center of the low right here is over portions of southern delaware, right along the coast. This allows warm air to intrude along the coastal plane and create that mixed threat f this storm would have went 20, 30, 50 miles to thee it would have been a completely different scenario with that cold air and snow being pulled into philadelphia and metro region which is why you have to allow for both scenarios either foot of snow or it is less than 6 inches. Of course we ended up with the smaller amounts. Lets talk about the dynamics of todays storm. Warm air intrusion in the upper atmosphere. Not at surface. At surface temperatures were sub 32 degrees. We were having sleet falling at 27 degrees outside. You cannot even go by surface temperatures, thin layer of warm air aloft, creating melting, sleet, ice, mixing moved further inland then any guidance has suggested and it was a prolonged, sleet bomb, hour or two of sleet change back to snow. This was hours upon hours of sleet. Heres how sleet forms. It falls as snow but then passes through this warm layer in the atmosphere, and once that snow passes through warm layer, it begins to melt. It then refreezes as it head town into colder air close to the surface but refreezes as ice, rather than as a snowflake. It starts as snow, falls as sleet. In addition to the sleet today we had freezing rain, few people asked what is difference between sleet and freezing rain. It is a similar process but what happens with freezing rain it starts as snow, falls through a thicker warm layer and it turns to plane old rain , and it stays rain, until it gets to the surface where temperatures are sub freezing and freezes on contact. That gives thaw glaze of ice. So, we had both. Sleet, ice pellets and freezing rain leading to more ice storm threat then a snowstorm, set up here in philadelphia today. In the Einstein Health care Science Center im meteorologist kate bilo. Thanks for that break down. We did have freezing rain that was heavier at times around portions of the area and that allowed for ice amounts to really accumulate, chest ill hearst in Camden County a quarter inch of ice, mount holly,. 19 of a case. Newark, delaware a tenth of an inch. Phl picking up a tenth of an inch of ice with freezing rain this morning what to expect . Yeah, we had sleet, we had frozen rain, on the ground. We had snow. It is all going to refreeze, as temperatures drop throughout the evening and overnight period, so that will yield hazardous travel conditions. So we will still have gusty wind and still sometimes of some scattered snow showers, and also, some blowing snow that is going to reduce our visability, locally and we are seeing that right now. Live look at Neighborhood Network cam, moving around are around because of the windy conditions and couple flakes flying by. Very snowy looking seen in reading where we did pick up 9 e daytoday. Storm scan three is showing us a snow shower overhead in reading right now add to go those flakes and the scene there we have some snow showers, mainly to the west, of our western counties, so that moisture could work its way through over next several hours as a passing snow shower but bulk of the precipitation, which was a lot has come to an end. Wind gusts are elevated upward of 40 miles an hour in wilmington. 40 miles an hour in millville. Any snow sitting on the ground , these wind speed will pick that up and reduce visibility with that blowing snow, visibility down to a half mile in mount pocono, down to 2 miles in wilmington. Also because of those wind we are dealing with these feels like temperatures, feeling like 16 degrees in wilmington. Feeling like 14 in reading. Two in mount pocono. And temperatures are slowly creeping toward that freezing mark, if they are not there already. Were at 28 in allentown. We are sitting on the freezing mark in philadelphia so a big concern for refreezing as we head throughout the overnight period with those 20degree temperatures. Ice, icy conditions, on untreated surfaces, roadways, sidewalks, try to limit your travel and just hang in doors. Overnight tonight, windy, frigid, few flakes possible down to 22 degrees. For our day tomorrow not the best of news, windy conditions , frigid, only 29 degrees with scattered snow showers, and snow squals as we head in the afternoon. With these temperatures sub freezing all across Delaware Valley we will not do much melting through the day tomorrow so road are going to be tricky but then as we head into st. Patricks day 38 degrees, sunshine that will start to melt that snow for us but then conversely we could see a few snow showers developing as we head into friday night even into friday night and saturday chance of rain and snow showers, things still looking pretty wintry as we head into the end of the weekend and start to jump up as we approach the official first day of spring next week. It has been a goodwin, okay winter. Not too bad. Dons up next with sports. It is an indoor sport they play on the hardwood and snow is still a factor. How noreaster is having an impact on the villanova wildcats as they get set for the tournament, a live report from buffalo is up next. All right. Don bell here, you said here, leslie is traveling with villanova as they prepare. They had to get out of here early. Yes, they did. Good thing tell did, however, still dealing issues. You can run but cant hide. Yesterday villanova left for upstate new york to avoid the storm, and they land safely but, mother nature, is still a factor. For more on the cats we will go to leslie van arsdal who joins us live from buffalo, leslie. Hi there don. We did come for basketball but it is buffalo so we have to grab wings. Remember an hour ago i had a huge plate of wings. Well, they were really good, what can i say. We are at anchor bar, birthplace of the chicken wings, yes, reason why we are here is villanova they had a practice ahead of the thursday , big game, match up, they will find out later tonight, who that will be but it is snowing here. It has been nonstop. It is not supposed to stop until tomorrow night. We asked them how they are dealing with the snow. They are taking it all in stride. Another beautiful spring day in buffalo. I lived up here. I lived in rochester for two years. I know what thinks. I wouldnt expect anything different. Six to 12 inches up here is a sprinkle. It doesnt bother anybody. Reporter does it help to get away early and to get away from the noise, on campus. Get out of school. Were used to being on the road, this time of the year. We just got back from the bige tournament on the road so just another road trip. Reporter players dont seem to mind snow and might even have some fun witt. Not too much distraction. I might go outside and throw a snowball. How about snow angels. No, because then you have to lay down and then you are all cold. Im good for one to two snowballs, hand get cold and i got to go inside. Josh, he is that type of person that would do Something Like that. Reporter are you in on that. I might throw one back. Reporter josh says he will throw some snowballs are you in on that. He hits me i will hit him right back. Guys, i had no takers for snow angels, but i have some feeling something tells me there could be a massive snowball fight aim just saying , back to youy think you totally instigated that, well done. Tommy joseph was hit so hard that the seems from the baseball left an imprint. Phillies bears are first base man left the game against braves with the bruised hand. He is okay. Seventh inning to the braves, phillies up five to nothing and here he has his fifth home run of the spring. Career minor leaguer is batting. 419 and making a strong push to make a 40 man roster. Film is win nine to nothing. Is that short sleeves. I know, i know. Were talking snowball fight and then we see those guys. Yes. Thanks, buddy. When we come back, we have been trying to cover every angle on this winter storm today. We cannot do it without you more photos from our viewers after the yeah. We love low prices. No bones about it. [ laughter ] great everyday prices and thousands of bonus buy savings. My giant. This march score the perfect basket. Buy 8 participating products in one transaction and get a fandango movie ticket. Up to 10 total value. Only at my giant. Check out cbs3 snow. All right, i love it. Been with us helping us tell story all day long with sharing your storm photos with the cbs3. Heress one from quakertown, if you look carefully at sliding glass door you can see variations between, the wet stuff and lighter snow as well. Yes. And chris mckay tweeted this photo, cheer us up with warm thoughts reminding thaws baseball season is just around the corner, yeah, just a few more weeks to go. Chris, thanks for sharing that keep them coming. Thanks for joining us all throughout the day for our special coverage, and also, for tonight on Eyewitness News at 6 00, we are back at 10 on our sister station cw philly. Back here on cbs3 at 11 00. Up next cbs evening news , in for scott pelley heres Anthony Mason from new york. 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