Fever reducing medication. Dr. Karyl rattay urged sick people to call their doctor rather than show up an emergency room antiviral drugs can be prescribed over the phone without the risk of affecting others and like pennsylvania, new jersey and other states, delaware is seeing a higher share of b strain cases than normal for this year. So, even if youve been sick once, get a flu shot if you havent gotten one already because it is possible to get sick again. And while School Absentee rates are higher than normal theres no reason for any of the schools to close because of this. And there are also other viruses going around this time of year. As for the flu we expect high levels of the virus to stick around for several more weeks so you want to make sure that youre washing your hands with soap and water frequently, wipe down common surfaces with a disinfectant and of course cover all coughs and sneezes with your elbow or with a tissue. You want to do what you can to protect yourself. Rick
Floodwaters below. Lets go over to dave and karen. When you step outside, theres a little bit of wind out there. Reporter when you step outside youll hear the winds mi had to pull the door shut on the building or it was going to whip open. High wind warning advisory from philadelphia to the north and philadelphia all the way to the short. Generally speaking the gusts are going into the 40 to 50mile an hour maybe 5 or 60 by the coast. We want you to be careful of trees and wires coming down today. On the way in this morning, route 1 i had a lot of debris, tree branches and stuff. Through the morning and into the afternoon, winds will diminish in the afternoon hours, you will see well get sunshine to start out, the clouds to the west are holding off for the most part, i think well experienced mostly sunny skies, 38 in philadelphia. 36 in allentown. 37 in wilmington, trenton and millville. Of course, the big story is the wind. Right now we have gusts at the top of the hour 46 Miles Per Ho
The road. I have twitter reports on other including the black horse pike among are tree branches and things 0 on parts of the roadways. High wind warning in south jersey and delaware. Southeastern pennsylvania and trenton, new jersey. Strong windy gusts 50 55. T your after sunup. Were looking at lack of cloud cover with additional cloudreaking a part before it gets here. 34 in rainfallen town 37 allentown, 37 in millville. Th story is gusts we have them in the 30s and 40s and 50 in dover well should feel these go through the day. Youll be up and down with stronger tough to minivan or truck or bus. 39 by noon, 43 is the high today and then we dip back to 35 by 7 00 p. M. The big story with how nice it looks out there is how blustery and windy it will ill have the sevenday u f reporter with wind gusts in the 40s, we have downed wires and downed trees. We have wires with amtrak. The Paoli Thorndale line. Youre waiting for 40 with the overhead wire problems. The schuylkill expre montgomery
Jersey Community Find disturbing messages promoting racism and homophobic views. Theres a live look at the Benjamin Franklin parkway the flags are flapping. Wind gusts could exceed 2350 Miles Per Hour today. David murphy is taking a look at the weather and karen rogers is looking at the commute. I was thinking on e way in its a northwest wind, on it is terrace its swirling around. Theres a high wind warning in south jersey and delaware advisory across southeastern pennsylvania and north jersey. This goes until 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Along the way well get wind gusts in the 40 and 50mile an hour range maybe stronger along the shore. Trees and wires are coming down across the region, be careful of debris on the roadways. Keep the sunglasses handy well get sun up over the horizon the clouds to the north and west will have difficult pushing in today. 36 in philadelphia. 33 in allentown. 36 in millville. Cold enough for winter coats. The big story the wind gusts right now weve got them in the
To go home from the hospital today. It was a very close call and he was clearly happy to be going home to his family. Feeling good. Reporter the eight year veteran of the force was shot in the up are right arm last night by a suspected drug dealer. The officer was given a Police Escort as he left the hospital and returned home to his wife and two young sons. His Commanding Officer was clearly relieved and proud of the officer he calls one of his best. Hes a hard charger, one of my bikes officers engaging in the community and addressing crime issues every night. He works at one of the toughest shifts we have 8 00 to 4 00 and hasnt taken a day off in over two years. Reporter the officer was on bike patrol last night when he and his partners approached a suspicious van in west philadelphia. When they go to stop them question the male he puts it in reverse and makes a uturn and just drives away. Reporter the officer later found the van on the 5100 block of kershaw street and saw the suspec