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reporting live in montgomeryville, jeanette reyes channel6 "action news." tam. >> thank you for that jeanette. >>> a snow emergency is in that effect in philadelphia as of 8:00 this morning so starting in two hours. overnight the city outfitted sanitation trucks with snowplows. this also means all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and the courts, they're all closed today. a state of emergency has also been declared in other parts of pa and in new jersey. >> now, the last thing the delaware county community of havertown wants right now is another snowstorm. it took one of the biggest hits from last week's nor'easter. bob brooks is live for us at darby and eagle roads. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, matt. i can happily report that as of right now, in this moment the snow has kind of let up since we've been out here at about 3 o'clock this morning. so, that good news for the morning commute. we're just keeping our fingers crossed that it doesn't get too bad out here. this place got h
reporting live in montgomeryville, jeanette reyes channel6 "action news." tam. >> thank you for that jeanette. >>> a snow emergency is in that effect in philadelphia as of 8:00 this morning so starting in two hours. overnight the city outfitted sanitation trucks with snowplows. this also means all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and the courts, they're all closed today. a state of emergency has also been...
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she's live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette we saw the flakes coming down around bob brooks out in delaware county. what's it like where you are? >> reporter: well, tam, earlier about an hour ago we had much bigger flakes. now they've lessened a little bit and they're a lot smaller but we've been talking about this wet heavy snow and how kids are staying home from school. so, one way to keep them busy, have them shovel the snow. i didn't tell that you, though and don't tell them i said that but take a look right now. so far it hasn't really accumulated on the roadways. on the grass it certainly has. the less traveled areas. it will be slushy but again on the roads we haven't seen that stick yet but as karen mentioned at peak today it will be falling at one to 2 inches per hour, that snow. right now we're along bethlehem pike and hatfield. as we came up 76, 276 and route 309 it was mostly the same, just wet roads but we saw numerous salt and plow trucks at the ready and positioned along the ramps and shoulders, front en
she's live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette we saw the flakes coming down around bob brooks out in delaware county. what's it like where you are? >> reporter: well, tam, earlier about an hour ago we had much bigger flakes. now they've lessened a little bit and they're a lot smaller but we've been talking about this wet heavy snow and how kids are staying home from school. so, one way to keep them busy, have them shovel the snow. i didn't tell that you, though and don't tell...
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jeanette reyes is live for us along route 309 in montgomeryville. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, to you matt. we're starting to see some accumulation, not too much in the roads. take a live look behind me. look how much is accumulating on the grassy areas, completely different ones you step onto the roadways, you seat slush in the less travel areas but on the roads it's mostly wet. that will be the case for a little bit. it will change as we get later into the day by the hour. as we went up bethlehem pike and hatfield, actually that's where we are right now but seventy six and 276 also 309 weren't looking too bad. no accumulation really but we did see salt and plow trucks at the ready and positioned along the ramps and shoulders front end loaders also could be seen at large parking lots getting ready for the work that's ahead. now, you may wish you had heavy machinery once you go out to shovel this stuff. it will be the wet heavy stuff to shovel. but we did talk to a plow truck driver. he is in for at least a 22-hour day. take a
jeanette reyes is live for us along route 309 in montgomeryville. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, to you matt. we're starting to see some accumulation, not too much in the roads. take a live look behind me. look how much is accumulating on the grassy areas, completely different ones you step onto the roadways, you seat slush in the less travel areas but on the roads it's mostly wet. that will be the case for a little bit. it will change as we get later into the day by...
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we're headed to montgomeryville. in montgomery county. i have to say, on a positive note, the trees still look pretty good. everyone real worried. i no in my own neighborhood, i'll say it again, my house, in power friday to sunday. so steve and broked bring home all by themselves laundry and i went on ski trip because we're not dummies. and i have to say, that's what a lot of people are doing. they're worried about the power. they're wore i had that there will be no snow or school i should say. so they're headed up to the poconos. so we're headed to montgomeryville, just as amazing. >> just as amazing, i don't know why i didn't go to the poconos. so we will be with you guys, we will keep it to go, and again, we all know that the real serious part of this storm is between 11:00 and 5:00. so we will be cool then. but until then, we are going to act a little silly. jess? >> emergency room jess, i hope, she has great stories by the way, mike of random stuff that happens. >> oh, i love talking to emergency room personnel. >> because they've se
we're headed to montgomeryville. in montgomery county. i have to say, on a positive note, the trees still look pretty good. everyone real worried. i no in my own neighborhood, i'll say it again, my house, in power friday to sunday. so steve and broked bring home all by themselves laundry and i went on ski trip because we're not dummies. and i have to say, that's what a lot of people are doing. they're worried about the power. they're wore i had that there will be no snow or school i should say....
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she joins us along route 309 in montgomeryville. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, matt. boy, is it going to look different this afternoon. for your afternoon commute compared to this morning. right now one thing we'll be saying a lot is it's just wet. take a live look behind me. it is accumulating quite quickly on the grass but once you get to the less traveled areas you'll see the slush and on the main roads it's mostly just wet. that's what we've beencñ seeing on 76, 276 and 309 but we did see a lot of plow trucks and other trucks positioned and ready to go on the ramps and shoulders but you may want to hope for heavy machinery when it comes to plowing this snow. wet also comes into play as well. it will be that wet heavy snow that you'll have to -- it's suggested that you go out and plow it several times today to lessen the burden on yourself. take a light volume tone what one plow truck driver had to say about his workload and how long his day will be. >> usually when will we get a good foot of snow we're out
she joins us along route 309 in montgomeryville. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, matt. boy, is it going to look different this afternoon. for your afternoon commute compared to this morning. right now one thing we'll be saying a lot is it's just wet. take a live look behind me. it is accumulating quite quickly on the grass but once you get to the less traveled areas you'll see the slush and on the main roads it's mostly just wet. that's what we've beencñ seeing on 76,...
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coming southbound from montgomeryville and fort washington and the pennsylvania turnpike watch out for slowing and this accident. the road is wet here, as soon as you get into the right lane and shoulder you're seeing snow and slush and iciness that's unpleasant and definitely very slippery. aside from that, not too far off we're watching for a downed tree in plymouth township blocking walton road. jolly road will get you around it. new crash in chadds ford a vehicle slammed into a guardrail, route 1 baltimore pike south of painters crossing route 1 and 202. mount laurel, portions of elbow lane and hartford road and church road are blocked this morning. in syringe -- springfield delaware county. we have problem at route 68. princeton, not getting by 206. downed tree there. state on route 1, no problems reported in south brunswick. down the shore, garden state parkway, drying out by the cape may toll plaza. route 40 is blocked by flooding by the ac expressway. >>> a philadelphia driver was arrested after hitting a mother and two crowning daughters on the sidewalk in the -- young daughte
coming southbound from montgomeryville and fort washington and the pennsylvania turnpike watch out for slowing and this accident. the road is wet here, as soon as you get into the right lane and shoulder you're seeing snow and slush and iciness that's unpleasant and definitely very slippery. aside from that, not too far off we're watching for a downed tree in plymouth township blocking walton road. jolly road will get you around it. new crash in chadds ford a vehicle slammed into a guardrail,...
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. >> reporter: montgomeryville, bucks county montgomery county line, a winter scene out here with the crunchy stuff on the roads, snow and ice at doylestown road and county line road. back to normal scheduleses today. septa saying the trenton line inbound could have delays, njtac rail line is in the running because of signal problems, njt buses are back up and in service. >> reporter: this is owen in plymouth meeting, he loves, can you see in the snow, they wrote 6abc. they love the snow, too. did you hear the thunder snow? it's unusual, nearly 100 strikes mainly i-95 and east, it's rare to happen, let alone see 100 strikes. during the events where you had the snowfall we had 2 to 3 inches an hour, in ocean county we had a person and house struck. it can be serious at times. it's unusual that we saw it and we have clear skies today. >> going ton to "healthcheck," looks matter, babies who resemble their fathers are healthier. researchers studied 700 families in which babies lived with their mother, fathers spend an average two more days per months with the child the baby resembleses re
. >> reporter: montgomeryville, bucks county montgomery county line, a winter scene out here with the crunchy stuff on the roads, snow and ice at doylestown road and county line road. back to normal scheduleses today. septa saying the trenton line inbound could have delays, njtac rail line is in the running because of signal problems, njt buses are back up and in service. >> reporter: this is owen in plymouth meeting, he loves, can you see in the snow, they wrote 6abc. they love the...
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. >>> now let's go over to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes who is live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette what does it look like there? >> all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and courts are closed today and a state of emergency has also been declared in other parts of pennsylvania and in the state of new jersey. >> well, traveling on one of those snow emergency routes you need to get your cars off of, this is north broad street heading up towards north philadelphia and you see a lot of cars have been taken off or moved off of this road so that's good news. just rain here in philadelphia but that could change along with many other parts of the region. going to see more and more snow as the nor'easter moves through. "action news" reporter bob brooks gives us a live look in havertown, delaware county. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, matt. and just like everyone has been saying all morning, it is thick, wet heavy snow and we're seeing it come down at a pretty steady rate right now. behind me you ca
. >>> now let's go over to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes who is live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette what does it look like there? >> all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and courts are closed today and a state of emergency has also been declared in other parts of pennsylvania and in the state of new jersey. >> well, traveling on one of those snow emergency routes you need to get your...
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early reiser there is not many out there, montgomeryville 202 at route 309 looking very quiet in terms of any sort of vehicles, m out there but you can definitely see the snow, the droplets on the camera and how wet, slick, and sometimes, you just have to be careful it will in the refreeze and become black ice. that is when we will see problems. blue route at ridge pike another area where we are not seeing that many vehicles and we are seeing slush, snow, and wetness on the roadways, again i would be saying black ice all day because we do not want to see any, hydroplaning which is a real concern. now. >>> and in philadelphia when i got to my car, in philadelphia theres was a layer of snow flurries on it and as we traveled up here to allentown, a few hours ago, you know, things, have gotten progressively better but as we know, this area is supposed to be pretty hard hit, starting, you know, after that morning rush, still allentown schools are closed to day as a precaution but you can still see here this is downtown allentown, our usual, stumping grounds things are good, i know, kind of
early reiser there is not many out there, montgomeryville 202 at route 309 looking very quiet in terms of any sort of vehicles, m out there but you can definitely see the snow, the droplets on the camera and how wet, slick, and sometimes, you just have to be careful it will in the refreeze and become black ice. that is when we will see problems. blue route at ridge pike another area where we are not seeing that many vehicles and we are seeing slush, snow, and wetness on the roadways, again i...
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you go further south, amounts were lighter, but even dover, delaware, got almost 2 inches of snow, montgomeryville pennsylvania over foot. almost a foot in bethel township delco. east stroudsberg in the poconos with 10 inches, boyertown 7.4, exton 6.8. philadelphia 6.16789 so sort of rounds up. i put them on social media, too, in case you're interested. there is yesterday's storm, it is out of here, up in new england now, so really didn't go that far away. here's what we are all talking about for early next week, storm that develops here, see it is saturday. in the gulf of mexico. by sunday morning starting to make move off the coast. what it does after that is a huge question mark, but looks like it will proceed up the atlantic seaboard, will it give us anything? there is cents a chance but we certainly have a lot to do between now and then, to figure that out. 34 degrees in philadelphia right now. just little bit above freezing, right at freezing in wilmington, 30 in pottstown, 32 wrightstown, places where could you get some black ice this morning, and keep in mind, getting dressed, windchills a
you go further south, amounts were lighter, but even dover, delaware, got almost 2 inches of snow, montgomeryville pennsylvania over foot. almost a foot in bethel township delco. east stroudsberg in the poconos with 10 inches, boyertown 7.4, exton 6.8. philadelphia 6.16789 so sort of rounds up. i put them on social media, too, in case you're interested. there is yesterday's storm, it is out of here, up in new england now, so really didn't go that far away. here's what we are all talking about...
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montgomeryville pennsylvania, 13.5 inches of snow. bethel township delco, 11.8. here is the poconos, east strads berg, 10 inches, boyertown, berks county 7.4, exton, 6.8. and at philadelphia international airport, official measurement of 6.1 inches. in new jersey, florence, new jersey, 5.7 inches. mt. holly, 5.3. pennington, 5.3. i think actually i need update the new jersey totals, because they're not entirely accurate. so, we've got a low pressure system from yesterday. it has moved away. but not that far away. it is snowing in new england. and we've got calm conditions for today. might get little breezy. the biggest problem this morning, may be some slippery spots with below freezing temperatures, especially, in the suburbs. okay, so, now here we are, it is saturday morning, all right? here is the gulf of mexico. here is a storm starting to form down there. so it will affect the gulf coast over the weekends, mississippi, louisianna, georgia, alabama. then it moves off shore. and that is about as far as we can go with that storm for now. but, it looks like it i
montgomeryville pennsylvania, 13.5 inches of snow. bethel township delco, 11.8. here is the poconos, east strads berg, 10 inches, boyertown, berks county 7.4, exton, 6.8. and at philadelphia international airport, official measurement of 6.1 inches. in new jersey, florence, new jersey, 5.7 inches. mt. holly, 5.3. pennington, 5.3. i think actually i need update the new jersey totals, because they're not entirely accurate. so, we've got a low pressure system from yesterday. it has moved away. but...