Over head. A spare the air alert is issued for today and tomorrow across the bay area. We will check in with the forecast with rosemary in just minutes. Obviously the smoke has really been a problem especially to those that have a breathing difficulties. I heard you guys talking earlier how you opened the windows early in the morning to see if you can sneak the fresh air in, but theres not a window so to speak. Right. Theres so much information online. I am watching the numbers, and once they drop below 100, im like lets open the windows. Open gain on sunday morning and then mike before 8 00 a. M. We had to close them again, so that the window so to speak is very in the house all day with no ac. It was hot outside. This was a tough weekend. Yeah, being stuck inside and knowing what is going on and children running around. They cannot go outside. I mean at one point yesterday i thought that i had a window and got out in the morning. I had to do something. I was going against the walls h
Philadelphia claims his life and a civilian. Good evening everyone, im nam natasha brown. Thank you so much for joining us that fire broke out just before 9 00 a. M. On north colorado avenue. Lieutenant letourneau died while inside the burning home when part of the structure collapsed. Eyewitness News Reporter Alicia Nieves is live in springfield where his career first began. Alicia. Reporter natasha, that fallen firefighter is from here springfield and he not only served in the Philadelphia Fire Department for 11 years, but he did also serve here at this Springfield Fire Company as a volunteer firefighter for 25 plus years. Since he was a teenager. You can see outside the firehouse there is black bunting put up by his fellow firefight firefighters here. Now in his memory. Today grief grips some of the bravest men and women in our region as they mourn the loss of one much their firefighter matt letourneau. 11 07 this morning, he was declared dead. And we are without words. Reporter phi
Plus years. Since he was a teenager. You can see outside the firehouse there is black bunting put up by his fellow firefight firefighters here. Now in his memory. Today grief grips some of the bravest men and women in our region as they mourn the loss of one much their firefighter matt letourneau. 11 07 this morning, he was declared dead. And we are without words. Reporter philadelphia fire commissioner adam thiel trying to hold it together outside Temple University hospital where the fallen firefighter was pronounced dead. Lieutenant letourneau called with fellow philadelphia firefighters 8 00 in the morning to battle this blaze on north colorado avenue in north philadelphia. As he was inside the smoke filled row home, there was a collapse and he was trapped. He was never alone. The rescue effort started almost immediately. Reporter for half an hour more than 100 firefighters trying to get one of their own out and they did but the 11year veteran of philadelphias Engine Company 45 had
Get trapped in because the access roads out of our neighborhood would be flooded. Reporter the problem thats developed here is quite simply an ice jam that forces the current to accumulate in isolated areas. The worst of it has been right here at the intersection of river road and ferry road in lower makefield. So, local officials are urging commuters to avoid the area. The river continues to be ice dammed along the calhoun street bridge so the river is unpredictable. The water could rise a little bit and even some ice flows could come up on the roadway. Reporter now, minor flooding in this area begins at 20 feet. Right now its right around 21 feet, maybe a little lower so obviously it could have been a lot worse. Also, parts of route 29 across the river over in new jersey were shut down today as a precaution but this intersection of river road and ferry road in lower makefield remains closed at this hour. Reporting live from lower makefield, walter perez channel6 action news. Jim. Tha
Melissa magee tracking the storm, melissa. Walter, we have a large area of precipitation that were tracking looking at Storm Tracker six live double scan radar 3d and see that snow press nothing to much of the pennsylvania and Delaware Valley. Little farther south and west through ohio valley we have mixed precipitation. We will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and we have light snow falling, there in philadelphia, and if you look off to the south we have got some snow across interior sections of south jersey, heavier bands of snow setting up in delaware but milk precipitation farther south. Would i not be surprised in a couple hours from now these areas to the south of philadelphia, mixed over and eventually change over, to rain. As far as the temperatures are concerned, we are getting that column of cold air that is starting to cool right now. It three is two in reading. Same thing in lancaster. Forty in atlantic city. 38 degrees in cape may. Thirtynine in philad