Really touchy. Yes, so, expect that, we have a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, talking about how, yes, jim said it, cant seem to shake this pattern. We look at the month as a whole already. Five whole days, we didnt have measure measurable rain, already for the month over 5 inches every rain, we had over 2 inches that fell just this weekend along, a case of the mondays with all of this wet weather trust me looking ahead to nicer days down the road. Today, isnt horrible either. You have a disturbance, rotating by through the midatlantic, they are getting clocked with soaking rain, just on the northern outskirts of. That will variety of showers that you will see today guys is hit and miss. Most of you will see some sunshine. It is still some fog out there, as well. Will then with time, again, dont be shock if you do see shingle at some point here today. Key word there too, spotty, not horrible day. Upper offs for the resort towns, see some sun, as well, in the city of philadelphia, an
Careful out there. Monday night the big story on action news tonight is Winter Weather woes for the the tristate area and those wows can be deadly. For instance the the the conditions are partly to blame for at least one death tonight. Police say that high wind toppled a tree on to a car that was driving along sproles road in radnor delaware county. The driver of the white camry swerved in the opposite lane and hit a vehicle head on. He died at the hospital. The person in the on coming car was not hurt. The falling tree also took down electrical lines near sunny hill lane knocking out power to nearly 90 customers. Police expect the road to be closed through the morning rush. High wind also snapped several utility poles on park side avenue in the wind field section of philadelphia peco crew were on the scene near bryn mawr avenue making repairs and, expecting other poles for damage. Lincoln drivein philadelphia was shut down for a time tonight because of icy conditions. Police diverted
Driving this morning. Because thanks to the wind we did see a lot of drying out but there is still a lot of dangerous conditions as well. It is five out of ten for that reason. Temperatures are cold enough as they are, 20 degrees in philadelphia. Teens to the north of us. Single digits, 20s to the south of us. This is what it feels like single digit wind chills it feels like zero in lancaster. That is just, with the below zero wind chills you get frostbite being outside for 30 minutes that is all it takes for frostbite and not too much longer for single digit wind chills. That is why wind chills advisory in effect for mountains because of the below zero wind chills. For us it is a Winter Weather advisory and that means not that anything is falling from the sky but just so much is refreezing and that means potentially dangerous conditions. We had a wrapped freeze, last night. So clear skies helped that out, no precipitation. Is there your win. You can see cameras shaking. 15 miles an ho
Our top story this hour, Recovery Efforts under way in South Carolina after days of unrelenting rain across the state. Historic flooding caused 11 deaths. Two others were killed in North Carolina. At least one dam has overflowed leading to mandatory evacuation. Officials say so far 18 dams have breached or failed. Cnns Martin Savidge reports. Reporter desperate days. A man in columbia clings to a tree as floodwaters rip at his waist and threaten to wash him away. In South Carolina, the rain may be easing but not the danger. In many areas the water continues to rise. And so does the death toll. Many of those who have been killed died trying to cross through rushing water. He just made a mistake. This man nearly made the same fate when racing waters threatened to carry him and his truck away. It would become one of many dramatic res xups just outside charleston a mother and her 15monthold baby had to be rescued by a coast guard helicopter after floodwaters surrounded their home. Official