Home tonight and thats an area that has the potential for severe storms later today and into the evening. Thats why we have the first alert out for that. There is the potential for some severe storms with damaging winds and maybe even a tornado or reports of large hail in parts of the area. The relative Severe Threat is relatively low for the flooding, but pretty high for lightning and high winds and a good bit higher than normal for hail, for example. That highest risk is for much of delaware and southern new jersey. The farther north and west you go, the lower the risk of any kind of storms, let alone severe storms. You can see the lull now is just nothing on the radar, but the future weather computers are suggesting we do get some buildups. Later this afternoon, after 2 00, 3 00 for the most part. Some of them very heavy and generally farther south. Theres one approaching the shore and then a few more later on this evening. But very little north and west of philadelphia. We are into
Homeowners in pleasanton are hoping that Emergency Repair work will save their homes. At least two houses are dangerously close to falling into a creek. Kron4s Charles Clifford spoke to the homeowners and has the details. Natswednesday afternoon, arroyo creek here along the western edge of pleasanton was flowing peacefully. Thats welcome news for neighbors who have watched for weeks as high water in the creek tore away at edges of their property ginger belshe says that her family is terrified that if the creek rises again, they could lose their home. The questions now is how will this problem get fixed. On wednesday, we reached out to the city of pleasanton for comment and they said they are doing what they can to get work started here. When asked exactly whos responsible for the work they suggested contacting the zone 7 Water District and the army corp of engineers. We reached out to the Water District and have not heard back. We also contacted the army corp of engineers and no one wa
Feet plus in one day. Our life, right now as we know it, is hell darya its unclear when repairs will begin. But heavy machinery is parked in the area and crews were out surveying the creek yesterday. mark still ahead on the kron four morning news. An outbreak of yellow fever in brazil is raising concerns in the us this morning. Well tell you about the warning for travelers. advance and a man is behind bars for posing as justin beiber. And talking to little girls. Well tell you the charges hes facing. And the Warning Police have for parents this morning. advance plus. Some relief as many people are filing their taxes right now. The irs says they are doing a better job at catching Identity Theft. Well tell you about the changes they made coming up. In the Weather Center with rebecca tracking the forecast. rebecca dry weather conditions along with temperatures above seasonal averages will persist through the upcoming weekend and potentially into early next week. A live look outside right
Storm tracker6 live double scan right now does have some showers that are popping into philadelphia. We had some earlier stuff overnight. Doesnt look like this is going to be around that much longer as it shoots towards the coast but probably by about 6 00 or 7 00 a. M. Well see that by the coast. Then well look at clearing. See the clearing out by pittsburgh, thats going to move across the state fairly quickly as well and we are going to wind up with some sunshine reemerging across the region and it should be bright for most day t also going to be a little bit on the windy side. Temperatures currently are mild. 61 degrees in philadelphia. Just 53 in allentown. But even in the cooler spots like reading and lancaster youre already in the upper 40s and that is already around the average high for this time of year. Winds are a little bit of a factor this morning. Its breezy. Theyre coming up from the south and southwest, though, so thats bringing us some mild air today but a 15 Miles Per
Lawmakers on two key committees in the u. S. House of representatives have been working through the night on a gop healthcare reform measure. Fixing the Affordable Care act. But its facing fierce opposition from democrats and many republicans. Abcs lana zak is in northwest with more. 1013 3438 too quick 120125 128end President Trump is appearing to mend last month, the president claimed maryland congressman Elijah Cummings skipped a meeting the two had scheduled. Cummings flatly denied the accusations. Finally after some backandforth, the two met for an hour wednesday. Cummings said he and the president discussed ways to give the government more authority to negotiate drug prices. Afterwards, the president sent out a tweet, saying the two had a great discussion. One of the biggest items on President Trumps agendarepeal and replace the Affordable Care act. As part of the white house effort to gain osupport for their new plan. Vicepresident mike pence appeared live on abc 7 last night w