Skiers delight. 2 feet of snow and allentown close to 14 inches and areas to the south there was mixing in with sleet and freezing rain that cut down the numbers. Royersford 7. 5, and Philadelphia International airport 6, and west depford new jersey reporting 4 inches of rain. A bigger problem is this, the ice accumulating on trees and power lines, chris posted this on my Facebook Page from warwick township new jersey, a. 10 to. 30 of ice bringing down the good thing with ice is it protects the plants, temperatures drop quickly. Currently the temperature feels like 22 in philadelphia and 18 in allentown and 13 in reading and 24 in millville. And tonight temperatures are dropping quickly and any slush is refreezing well have details in that coming up. Now to the Lehigh Valley one of the hardest hit areas by the storm today. Walter perez is live if allentown tonight. Reporter hey guys you know a little bit of everything here in allentown we went from snow to sleet to freezing rain couple
The sleet, they got two feet of snow allentown a brief mixing and farther to the south the sleet is consulting down on ant depford new jersey, 4 inches of snow. The bigger problem is this, the ice. And carol postd this on the Facebook Page from winona, new jersey, showing the daffodils that bloomed last week and the ice coating them and the coating the blooms will protect them overnight as the temperatures drop down to the teens and 20s. At the shore you didnt get the snow buteavy rain and high winds. These wind gusts Tropical Storm force wins, a buoy off delaware 64 miles per hour. And tuckerton 62 and fortescue 61 and Atlantic City 47 miles per hour. Caused the coastal flooding and caused significant beach erosion. Tonight we could have an isolated snow shower or two. Not accumulating, the winds will continue very gusty you do want to clean your cars, injure driveways and sidewalks, treat them because there will be a hard freeze overnight and temperatures stay brutally cold tomorrow
Fatal wound was fired and it brought him down itch police say hips and williams ran from the store where they met officer wilsons partner damien stevenson. He shot hips in the leg. Williams ran back into the store where he tried to blend in but employees and customers pointed him out. Both men are now charged with murder. Hips was arraigned bedside at the hospital where hes now wearing a officer wilsons handcuffs. Commissioner ramsey says officer wilson saved the lives of everyone in that store by maneuvering the gun battle away from innocent bystanders. When you look at the actions of the officer i think he redefined what a hero is all about. Reporter a hero who leaves behind an eightyearold and a oneyearold who will now grow up without a father. Both hips and williams have prior arrests records and they could both now be facing the death penalty. Live in north philadelphia, david henry, channel6 action news. Alicia. David we have obtained the Police Recordings from that deadly shooti
Speeding down the block. A bullet missed the car and hit doto instead. Shes a totally innocent victim just sitting on a step out there with a young friend and one of bullets from the top of the block comes all the way down and strikes her one time in the face. That young friend megan doto said he tried to help her but there was nothing he could do. The worst part was i knew that she was dead from the beginning the moment she hit the ground she was dead. Doctors delivered dotos baby girl by emergency csection and the infant did not survive the night. Somebody knows something out there i mean rarely does something happen and theres absolutely fwhoun witnessed it or has some information. So people need to come up and step up on this one. Reporter doto leaves behind two other children ages 4 and 6. Police acknowledge there is quite a big deal of drug activity in the area. Tonight theyre bringing in known drug dealers in the area pressing them for information. Again theres a 40,000 reward f