Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20180104 : comparemela

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20180104

Crash involving a train and a car but first lets start with your fox 29 Winter Weather authority. Live look at ocean city, new jersey, tonight. Many of the shore communities that took the brunt today are still dealing with all of this. Kathy orr is now tracking the latest on the storm. Kathy . Well, lucy, we are saying goodbye to the storm and as it continues to move toward the northeast and bomb out off the coast of new england, were seeing all right wind shifting to more northwesterly direction and the snow really ending just a few light snow showers left in philadelphia it is just cold and windy. Were talking about blowing snow now and some brutally cold wind chills lets talk about those snow accumulations. Cape may courthouse 17inches of snow. Thats a new high total for the area. Atlantic city nearly 13. Vineland six. Mt. Holly five. Chadds ford four. New castle, delaware, nearly 3inches of snow. Atlantic city 12. 7. Dennisville 12. 5. Toms river ten. Philadelphia range was four to six and there you go. 4inches of snow in philly. Langhorne 3. 8 and jenkintown 3. Lets talk about the winds. Still gusting to 44 miles an hour in wilmington. Gusting to 35 in philadelphia. Gusting to 44 in the poconos and just to relate that to tropical systems thats a Tropical Storm force gust. Outside right now, its 25 degrees it feels like its 11. Off wind out of the northwest at 18 miles an hour. Your feel like readings range from seven below in the poconos to 12 in trenton. But most of those wind chills will go below zero overnight tonight. Heres look at the overnight low temperatures. Philadelphia ten. Six in allentown. Three below in the poconos. And in pottstown it will be 5 degrees. So what is it like there now, . Last time i check, Scott Williams, those streets were still a mess. I know things are going to be slow in old city tonight. Reporter absolutely. Right here outside our studios, kathy, we are looking at Market Street. You can see very few cars are out and about. Its really just a slushy mess from todays snowfall across the area. Those temperatures are dropping and folks are bundle the up. Of course, the snow has come to an end, but the bigger story in the days to come will be the bitterly cold air mass that will move in for friday and the upcoming weekend and also when i come indoors, well talk about those frigid wind chills. Back to you. All right. Thank you very much, scott. Safe to say a rough day down the shore with all of that snow and all that win. Fox 29s dave kinchen live in margate. 16inches of snow, dave. Reporter whew, youre not kidding absolutely. If you can see it in the camera theres a little bit still coming down right now. We have not seen a stop to the snowfall since weve been here in margate. And you can see whats falling already on the ground and how high it goes up these sidewalks not even touched right here. And how far it goes up all the way to the doors and make our way very carefully you can see down the alley just one little pathway there but as we make our way over to these banks on the side you can see cars like this one here stuck not going anywhere. No chance of getting this vehicle out likely for awhile. Although the roads are certainly passible, cars like that suv take their time as they make their way down the road going very very slow. A state of emergency in effect including atlantic county, Cape May County as well. We also know that theres a travel advisory or travel restriction in place for places like atlantic county. Nonessential personnel not allowed to travel the roads kept clear for police and fire and other emergency vehicles as well. Take look at that big vehicle right there by the way. The authorities here have military style vehicles to get supplies in and out of this area. And around they bring those out. They keep them at the fire department. They bring them out from time to time so theyre keeping folks safe here but i can tell the snow is still falling. I was going to ask you. It look like its still falling there. And the streets pretty much are dead exempt for that one suv that drove past you, dave. Reporter yeah, definitely. I think a lot of that certainly the off season here. Theres few people who live down here year round. Thats part of it but also i think a lot of people staying inside because they were watching fox 29 and they knew this was coming. Exactly. Its still happening. All right. Thank you very much, dave kinchen there in margate. Problems for some drivers even before the snow started falling. The problem what youre seeing right there. Tickets. Along broad street in philadelphia for cars park along the snow emergency route. Now, the snow emergency took effect at midnight as we were telling you. Cars still on those routes at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow may get towed. At the height of the storm this morning, a deadly crash it involved a septa Regional Rail train an car in montgomery county. Fox 29s dawn timmeney is live in lower mooreland township, dawn. Well, lucy it happened on this hill right behind me. Conditions were treacherous. A car coming down the hill snow was falling hard sliding on the hill just as a septa train is coming by. It was a grim scene just before 9 30 this morning along red lion road near philmont avenue in lower mooreland township. Two women on their way to work coming down this hill by the Railroad Crossing unable to stop on the snow covered road. You can see the marks in the snow where the suv slid down the steep incline breaking through the gate and slamming into an oncoming septa train. The driver of the vehicle was able to exit the vehicle before the crash. The passenger remain in the vehicle and was later found outside the vehicle along the tracks. Reporter the police chief says the driver realized she was in trouble and told the passenger they had to get out. The driver jumping for her life. Sadly, her coworker could not get out in time. I just think thats obviously there was some snow and very bad weather at the time of accident. Reporter the badly mangled gm terrain suv towed from the scene. Septa says it hit between the third and fourth train car on its west trenton line. The train operator stopped at the next station after realize wagon happened. The some 50 passengers were taken off the train and shuttled to their destinations. The west trenton line back up and running around 1 30 this afternoon after being suspended for some four hours. The driver of the suv treated and released from the hospital. She has answered questions and helped with the investigation, been very helpf helpful. Reporter now, workers who are nearby say they are so saddened by this news. I did speak to a guy who works for Heating Company and he said he was coming down this hill this morning and it was extrem extremely slick. He heard a loud bang and then a scream. Police say they are not yet releasing the names of the two women involved until family is notified, lucy. Obviously heartbreaking. It absolutely is, dawn. All right. Thank you much. With snow blanketing the streets of philadelphia piling up on the roads and sidewalks its obvious al challenge for drivers and even people trying to walk. Look at that. This is live shot right now and you can see that wind bouncing our camera around. Now, the city says right now it has about 305 trucks tackling the snow. The Streets Department wants you to be obviously cautious behind the wheel. Were asking folks if you see assault truck or plow truck, please keep your distance behind them so that way your vehicles are not pelted by the salt. Were also asking folks not to push or purchase or shovel snow into the street. The Streets Department says its hoping to have the primary and secondary streets clear by tomorrow morning. We shall see. Sin the snow has stopped, people are hitting the roads not necessarily the best thing to do if you dont have to. In Delaware County this dam cash video shows drivers taking a nice and slow on the roads in springfield. Now, in the thick of it all in New Castle County, our jeff cole life now in wilmington. Jeff. Reporter lucy, weve got about 2. 3, 3inches on the ground here in wilmington. Weve got actually a very nice evening. Its been weve seen the sunset, the sky turn pink but i want to tell you something, it is absolutely bitterly cold out here. Its forcing people obvious toll bundle up and some simply to run for cover. 95 north in pennsylvania on the border of delaware and a tractor trailer has lost it. Stretched across the median with its cab pointing backwards motorists rubbernecking as they head for the delaware line. Troopers are here while traffic has slowed moving in 2inches of cut up snow coating the interstate. On a wilmington side street theres a moment of winter piece as wind chimes are tossled in the stiff biting breeze. Joe is getting a jump on moving the snow in front of his home but says it takes time for the city plows to pass by. Usually take little while. They hit the main streets first and they usually hit us, you know, usually when the snow stops for the most part theyll come by here late at night, um, and dig us out. Reporter delaware has 400 pieces of equipment on the streets says deldot at 500 workers on the job. Wilmington clears its own streets and public works plow could be seen working 12th street in the Business District where Andrew Charlton was badly the punishing winds awaiting the 12 bus. This is insane out here. I mean were all Perfect Place actually the winds are coming straight in from the northwest right to where were standing much its sane but got to get to work. Got to keep on moving and livi living. Reporter Miguel Morales used the gas heaters in front of a bar and grill to heat his hasnts. He had been hired to clear snow. He started 2 00 in the morning he was nearly 12 hours in when we found him. With the winds and the gusts it keeps piling up keep going back and hitting it over and over again much its a mess. Its been a mess out here. Reporter hes right. It was mess out here earlier. Here on naamans road, i want to tell you that deldot has done really pretty good job bought roads are clear and theyre moving clearly but further to the south in Sussex County governor here in delaware has declared really a snow emergency, and that snow emergency means that really non official vehicles are asked to stay off the road. Theyve been hit with large amounts of snow there to the south and they are working hard to clear it up. But so far right here in wilmington, delaware, were doing okay in terms of the road. Its just really cold. Im jeff cole in wilmington and i am cold, lucy back to you. Jury jeff cold. Youre only going to get colder. Yes. Thank you much. Live look at old city. The snow moving out but wicked weather isnt over. Well check back in with roar f ,000 in america last year. We need to stand up and say enough. The only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. Choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. Make sure that the lives weve lost will not have been lost in vain. Addiction is a disease. When you ask for help, help is there for you. Iand i like these awardwinning cheddar puffs. First place. Both events . Booyah were an awards family. Youll like them both but love our price. Awardwinning organic cheddar puffs from aldi. Simply smarter shopping. Live look down the shore. Wildwood slammed by todays storm. You can tell how windy it still is outside. Its going to take awhile for folks to clean up after all the winds and snow once it does eventually end with so many schools out for the day, for many around our area, the storm was a family affair. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in moorestown, new jersey, with how folks are handling it there. Dave . Reporter lucy, the snow has stopped but the high winds have not. We were up and down the route 38 corridor through Burlington County today from mt. Holly to hainesport, lumberton, mt. Laurel and moorestown. All over the place. Folks were just simply digging out. It was a father son Snow Shoveling Team hard at work on rancocas avenue in hainesport thursday afternoon Marshall Lawrence and his son nathan scooping up the snow as fast as it fell. Its not bad. No, not bad. Pretty light. Pitt see easy shoveling not heavy. Good stuff. Easy. Working on it. Report roar downtown mt. Holly looked like a ghost town except for a single shoveler at the robins nest on washington street. Snow crews were also hard at work along main street in moorestown thats where we found thomas mount and his coworker grinding it out. Bad. Push it and its covered right back up. Its bad. Stay home. Stay off the roads. Thats wailed do. Its cold and its very windy. The roads are slippery. But i like driving in the snow. So report meanwhile John Wisnewski and his family from westampton piled into the pick up for a quick trip to the super market in lumberton. The kids were off from school and celebrating john, jr. , so muchth birthday you got to have food for that. The roads are bad. So better safe than sorry. Reporter whats the best part, youre off from school . It look like maybe tomorrow, too. Yup. Reporter we also found carol or ren deck pushing a cart full of gross row across the snowy parking lot at this shop rite. She has lots of mouths to feed i got five kids so home off school today and looking forward to eating. Reporter probably off tomorrow it sounds like. Theyre hoping. Reporter for all the forecasts this time around carol gave everybody a thumbs up. Pretty accurate. Only they did pretty good this time. Reporter yeah, pretty good this time. The roads the main roads heres route 38 you can see down to the blacktop here. Cars moving fairly well. Walk around here, how much did we get . Well this is 8foot pile of snow about 20 of those here in the home goods parking lot my guesstimate for Burlington County five to 6inches. Lucy. Thank you much dave. Another round of water mape break this one massive in the northeast section of the city and 70 homes now dont have water. Crews got the call this morning. Castor avenue in rhawn street the scene. Spokesperson with the philadelphia water Department Says at left two properties have water in their basement and with the spate of breaks the Water Department has a key piece of advice here. Unfortunately, all around the ski were having water main breaks right now. Customers should at least, you know, get some bottled water, always have bottled water in the house in case of an emergency. Certainly right now with water main breaks happening at the rate that they are, um, everyone should have at least a case or so of bottled water so if there is a water main break they can get through the day Drinking Water and cooking and things like that. Words of wisdom much the depth says it expects to get service back up and running some time this evening. Now, a big part of the problem heading into the weekend is the bitter cold. Lets take live look right now, of course, thats the ben franklin parkway. The city of philadelphia Just Announced the snow emergency is going to be gone as of 8 00 tonight the city is lifting it by 8 00 tonight but because of the he can treatment cold, all City Government offices are closed tomorrow. So all City Government offices closed tomorrow. Now kathy, we could break some records this weekend. Not the type of records we want to break either. No. Were talking about record cold and you can see these temperatures, lucy, go farther north and it just gets colder and colder and thats where the air obviously will be coming from. Right now in philadelphia its 25. Not far from where we were last night. But look at international falls. Six below marquette michigan at three and milwaukee its ten and to the north and west 48 below zero in southeastern nan today 22 below. 13 below. We wont get that cold. But this air is going to be moving down toward the delaware valley. So by saturday morning, were talking about challenging record cold. Saturday morning in Atlantic City the record is four. The same in philadelphia. Wilmington seven. Trenton five. Georgetown six. We are going to be very close to breaking these records if not breaking them all. Also, another record cold day come sunday morning. Well talk more about that and the brutal wind chills with a wind chill advisory going into effect tomorrow. Thats coming up later in the broadcast. All right. Thank you much, kathy. Seaside heights strong winds have been blowing the snow around making it very difficult to see. It got slammed with blizzard that assaulted the shore. Host you can still see people driving. Its not just us. This storm battering the entire east coast. Foxs Lauren Blanchard shows us impact from Atlantic City, new jersey. Reporter rapid plunge barometric pressure delivering gusty winds and rough surf all along the east coast. Very cold. I cant feel my nose. Reporter from vehicles stuck in the snow in new jersey what would you say to possible out driving. Stay home. Reporter to male carriers in new england reporting blizzard like conditions slowing them down as they work to make important deliveries like medication. You cant see anything at a all. Its hard to work in this but i mean theyll go out and dry try our best. Reporter all as a brutal winter storm known as a bomb cyclone is now blasting the northeast with heavy snow, high winds and bitter cold. Its too cold. I go to school um up in ithica and this is cold. Reporter the system has already left tens of thousands without power, has canceled thousands of flights, and has claimed lives. This as the south is now dealing with frigid temperatures after the storm first hit their wednesday. Meanwhile with 70mile per hour winds forecast along the new england coast, blizzard warnings have been issued up through maine. Winter weather emergencies have also been declared including in new york city. Whats quite clear is this is a serious serious storm between the very low temperature, the strong winds, the driving snow, everyone should take this one very seriously. Reporter snowplow

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