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quickly. it allows us to up radar storm tracker6 radar wherever we are to show us to give us a sense of the storm. we got here so late that we didn't have time to pull it up but we're going to pull that up for you at 6 o'clock and show how wide r this storm is and like you said storm is just snarling traffic everywhere. is not pretty. penndot is urging drivers if you don't is to be on the roads pleasethat's n option commuters.ck your patience as you make your way home thisve iexprou t wehely after 11:00 gust t le blocked cremoni ht,re t dig the fortunately hurt. our noou in jto te the stay wi

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center city philadelphia through our live camera atop temple university in north philadelphia. a snowy scene as you can see rooftops covered in snow and it is still blowing out there very well. >> residents at the jersey shore are also getting walloped by this nor'easter tonight. >> chad pradelli live in atlantic city with that part of the story. good evening, chad. >> hey chad. >> reporter: hey guys, as you can see the snow is little bit light right now. snow. the precipitlong the she has been thisway for much of the day. now it wasow much like the some minor flooding around our area. trenton and albany you had some street flooding there. police were putting up barricades at high tide around morning but those waters finally the army corps of engineers was in longport to minimize some of the mpact been the strong winds that have been creati he we've been talking to emergency management officials and they're keeping a close eye on this storm.ill be doing so throughout the we>> nothing major. i mean it's a serious storm so the wind -- the continued wind gust after a

ill just cause additional damage and the will get higher so we'll see additional street closures. >> reporter: and officials say there have been more downed tree limbs as this storm has progressed. at left check ac electric said a little more than 21,000 people here in this area were without power. for now live in atlantic city, chad pradelli channel6 "action news." back to you guys. >> thank you chad. of course visit 6abc.com for breaking details on the nor'easter including multiple live views from storm tracker6 and updated watches and warnings as this storm moves our area ♪ to hands below ♪ as thank you forhanc pick your free yogurt at chobani.com

>> you are taking a live very srport righ our and d experience, delays rightmake su c ye you head mentioned widespread power outages already from this storm. more0 peopleed i are pecokeswomanmson joins us on the

phone. >> i'm here. >> what is the situation right now. >> we're at more than 200,000 outages across the area. we have continued to see our outage numbers crime steadily and fairly swiftly. this is all of course due to the severe winds the severe wind gusts, the wet anticipate that those numbers may continue to grow through this evening whstorm is still in thea. >> walk us through how many crews do you have out right now, what are some of the challenges? i know wet heavy snow is the worst kind for pulling down power lines and back up a going.nitely the wi issuenot only damaging lines but as you mentioned bringing down tree limbs andtual trees. are still in assessing damage and i believe it will be for some folks a multi day frustration effort. >> what are so we ran down the numbers. was chester county the area with the mostisactually montgomery

county is seeing about 78,000 outagesllowed by delaware, then bucks county, then chester. >> and what can residents -- >> but it is -- >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> i'm sorry, i was going to say it i's hugin the n >> is this type ch worse what range of difficulty is this for you? >> yes, definitely certainly safety is alwaysimaryor our employees and of course our customers. then present an thety of our working in bucket trucks. we have to be very careful and mindful of that. of course any sort of wet snow, icy road conditions, can certainly slow us down and be an issue for usso i will are -- we have been planning for this.with . all pectors are on system. we have everybody available to restore service safely and as quickly as possible and we will continue to do that 24/7 until everybody's service is

restored. >> all right, liz, thank you for that join and us on the phone. we'll c monitor the progress of peco on the air a evenine'll be right back after a sta with >> okay

. >> welcome back to "action news" as we continue to track the nor'easter that's been bringing us the high winds the heavy snow. double scan live showing that we are getting some drier air pulling in in the northwest putting an end to the snow. there's stillhis on sit band there over philadelphia about two and aal down tg s o.er you can ngton, route 40 crossing i-95 and hasrett innse snow t.king at rate of a about one to 2 as drier cont to decrease we have snow down coas got kind of the shades lighter just flurries. this system will gradually wind down as we head through the evening hours. what you will not feel a big difference though is the wind gusts.

wind gusts really don't die ton now reporting a wind g0 miles per these intense wind gusts bringing down a lot of te the but you factor in the winds it feels like thewinter -- i don't want to sayd. wind chills generally above freezing overnight. we're not going to get deep freeze but some of the have overnight. satellar showing storm. you can see it's cod. inues to d it's been stalled there for awhile but gradually it will begin to move a little bit farther to the east and that will put an end to the snow. so 8 o'clock tonight we still have some snow.iladelphia later this around 11 o just a lingering snow showers along the coast and then tomorrow morning the sunshine is back but we will continue to have some very gusty winds through the day tomorrow. so, the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow clouds giving ne.tery, 48degrs but wind chills in the 30's. sunday the better of the two days this weekend. 48 degrees, breezy but not as windy as tomorrow. monday sizeable 47. wednesday our next system with

a mixture of rain and wet snow, a very messy startrch carhank you. eak. more news when we come right back. stay with us. >> ♪♪

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