between gulph mills exphlt blue route. -- and the blue route. we have learned that one person is dead. police under drivers to stay off all major highways. this is a major pileup involving two dozen vehicles we're learning one person is dead. >> icy conditions are a problem in delaware. state trooper suffered minor injuries after his car was hit while investigating another crash. it happened on 495 northbound by naamans road. the trooper has been taken to christiana hospital to be treated for his injuries. because of the icy conditions most of the bridges across the rivers in the areas are closed. ben franklin bridge, walt whitman bridge, burlington bristol. tacony-palmyra is open, but speeds are restricted to 25 miles per hour. patco will honor nj rail passes between philadelphia and camden.

penndot is trying to get the roads under control. septa is reporting that buses trains trolleys and ctc services are operating with delays due to the icy conditions. septa is causing everyone to use extra caution while walking to and from stations and while the platform. we're seeing moderate to freezing rain. that's the international airport, major delays at philadelphia international. we're seeing a thin glaze under the underneath the water that's starting to pile up. national weather service i should the freezing weather advisorile at 7:00 a.m. it includes gloucester, camden and burlington and southeastern pennsylvania and new castle county in delaware. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing a lot of colors on the maps this morning. the yellows and the greens

that's representing the very heavy rain that's coming down in parts of the area. where we're seeing the blue color here, you see every now and then the blue color gets darker, north of this rain we're reporting freezing rain. freezing rain is rain that falls from the clouds but it freezes on contact with the ground because the ground is frozen. we have to get temperatures above 32 degrees, doylestown, a lot of work to be done here, 27 degrees pottstown 29. trenton, 32. norristown, 32. here's some good news here, northeast philadelphia up to 33. hopefully some of the ice will start melting there. philadelphia international 32. cherry hill, 32. south and east of that line, the heart of south jersey, delaware the temperatures have spiked into the 40s. that's the ocean air that will start charging north and west just like that over the next

several hours. we'll seal the icing through 9:30 10:00 a.m., hopefully by then everybody jumps above freezing. i've had pictures sent into me from my viewers on twitter and facebook. this is peter, this is the base of the ben franklin bridge on the jersey side. all the for examplars can't go into -- all the travelers can't go into philadelphia because the bridge is closed there. this is the ramp into the philadelphia international airport, andrea is having a difficult time she also -- she is stopped cold and can't get through, the ramps are frozen. we'll continue to deal with this over the next several hours. the magic number is 32. we have to get above 32 degrees to eliminate the ice. south jersey there's no problems in cumberland, cape may and atlantic counties. dover, 41, wilmington, 35, philadelphia 32. it's areas north and west of

philadelphia where we see the major icing proximate. freezing rain over the next couple of hours that will go over to to periods of rain by afternoon. 44 degrees later on. wind out of the north northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. once we get past 10:00 a.m., most of the numbers will climb into the mid to upper 30s. 11:00 a.m. 39 degrees, 1:00 p.m., 42. 4:00 p.m., 43 degrees, once we get past the ice poor drainage becomes an issue for south jersey and delaware,le i'll have more on that in the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a little bit. >> you can track today's weather by using 6abc.com. you can check it out by visiting 6abc.com. anytime anywhere. a ruptured water service line closed a busy street in the

tacony section of philadelphia. state road at long shore avenue, the water pipe broke around 5:00 a.m. when a construction crew on i-95 dug into it by mistake. the street department salted the road and the water department has cut off the water while they make the repair. avoid state road at long shore avenue the service line feeds one address in the area. but the area is closed down for now. a broken water main that caused headaches at a luxury center city hotel. the main ruptured between south and chestnut. 1th street was closed to traffic. pcw crews have repaired the main water and power has been restored and 12th street is open to traffic today. philadelphia police is investigating an accident that left a pedestrian fighting for his 4r50eu6. it happened at he -- fighting

for his life. a woman driving an suv struck a man and dragged him down the road. the man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police are trying to figure out why he was in the road. wilmington police are busy investigating the third deadly shooting in the city since the start of the new year. "action news" was on the scene on the 700 block of east 27th street. police say a man was a passenger inside this red minivan when someone opened fire around midnight. the driver sped off after the shooting and stopped here, the man was hit in the head and dialed. police are trying to determine where the initial shooting tombs and identify a suspect. police are investigating a double shooting that left two in critical condition happened on the 1500 block of adams avenue before midnight. a couple was shot here, but the woman managed to stumble out of the home and collapsed two

blocks away. the couple was rushed to two separate hospitals both in critical condition. tom wolf has announced appointments to his administration. ted dallas is the pick for human department services program. he called expanding the program coverage his top priority. stay with "action news" for this week's inauguration event we'll have live coverage as well as the inauguration party that night in hershey. happening today dr. martin luther king will be honored at the philadelphia museum of art. the museum is offering family- friendly events. tomorrow is martin luther king day, philadelphia leads the nation in service projects. 135,000 people will take part in

the service. five thousand will take part in the girard college signature project. the founder and director of the day of service will explain how you can get involved. >> "action news" continues we'll have more updates on the road conditions that have led to a number of accidents. now looking live through sky6 live hd. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back.

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news this morning you're looking at a live picture on the schuylkill expressway. look at this major pileup. more than two dozen vehicles involved and we have learned one person has died. both directions of the schuylkill expressway are shut down right between gulph mills and the blue route. again, more than two dozen vehicles involved in the now fatal pileup on the schuylkill expressway. be careful out there ice is causing a problem not just here, but all over the area. >> we're seeing ice all over the place. a gentleman tweeted me saying he is a mile from the broomall stop and he hadn't moved in 90 minutes, not only are they stuck on the interstate, they will run out of gas and not have heat. >> it took chad perdelli an hour to get to work today. >> reporter: we have at least an hour nach -- of an hour and a

half or two hours. jersey shore temperatures have shot up into the 40s, atlantic city wildwood and cape may. cloudy skies there periods of rain, as we go into the city, we go into philadelphia areas north and west that's the view in penns landing that's where we're seeing the freezing rain, temperatures are below freezing. national weather service i should a freezing rain advisory for all the areas highlighted in this lavender shade. as we flip it over to the graphics it includes gloucester, camden and northwest burlington county, new castle county in delaware. and southeastern pennsylvania. we'll continue to see the freezing rain through the next hour and a half two hours north and west. it will go over to plain rain as the temperatures get above freezing. we'll zoom into the north and western suburbs, this is the freezing rain. the philadelphia airport is

here here's the northeast airport, they have gone above freezing these areas bucks montgomery chester all seeing good freezing rain at this point. so again drive very, very slowly there's a lot of slick spots out there this morning. we'll zoom in a little bit tighter you can see the neighborhoods north and west of philadelphia. phoenixville norristown, malvern, exton downingtown heavy to moderate freezing rain. salem, elmer glassboro malaga moderate to heavy freezing rain. the ground is frozen, we just moved into this heavy batch of rain. you can see from the baltimore and washington d.c. and metro areas. richmond virginia reporting heavy rain, this slug, this wall of water all this will pull

north and east over the next couple of hours. looks like the heaviest is still to come him hopefully that continue to push in the milder air and everybody goes over to plain rain shortly. temperatures is playing a key role of what precipitation you're seeing. the magic number is 32 degrees. we have to get above freezing in order to see the ice melt. in south jersey, we've accomplished that. 50 in millville. wildwood, 48. atlantic city, 47. everybody south and east of the delaware river you've climbed above freezing, whatever icing you've been seeing in gloucester and camden counties it will melt. reading, 28 degrees, allentown poconos, 30. trenton, 32 at the freezing mark. philadelphia at the airport 32 degrees. same number for lancaster. we'll set it in motion for you. we'll show you how the numbers will play out. as the coastline system is winding up, the numbers are

shifting out of the southeast it will push to the northwestly. by 10:30 philadelphia 36 degrees reading 36. lancaster, 3. actually the only area at that point below freezing would be allentown. south jersey upper 40s and low 50s. the numbers climb into the low to mid 40s throughout the day. periods of rain expected from 10:30 on, some of it will be heavy at times you'll see ponding on roads reduced visibility thanks to low-level clouds and patchy fog. 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., the bulk will be gone and we're left over with clouds and patchy drizzle. one of the big concerns with all the heavy rain moving in would be the poor-drainage flooding with the frozen ground. i-95 corridor north and west, major icing problems right now. icy roads, parking lots, sidewalks, have glazed

completely over. take it slow over the next couple of hours. 10:30 as you saw on future tracker 6 temperatures should jump above freezing we'll see heavy rain and poor drainage flooding areas north and west. south and east, south jersey and delaware, periods of rain the heaviest between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. there's the possibility of poor drainage flooding and ponding on area roads. rainfall totals will remain anywhere from a quarter inch in allentown and lehigh valley. actually not much of anything at all. looks like the heaviest will shift into south jersey and delaware. philadelphia 1.16. atlantic city and coiled -- wildwood the rainfalls 1 nafer nafer -- 1 1/2 to 2 inches. reading, 44 degrees, millville 48. cape may, 49 and atlantic city, 48 degrees. the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast, 40 degrees for tomorrow. turning windy and blustery the 40 will feel like the upper 20s, low 30s. tuesday, increasing clouds, 42 degrees, another system moves in wednesday this is another fast-moving clipper system. tements will -- temperatures will be cold enough where we see snowflakes out of this. 35 degrees thursday, friday, saturday, temperatures in the 30s. right now it looks like going off future tracker and when i have seen on other forecast models probably 10:30. everybody will start to jump and the ice will melt. >> we're going to gene blum from penndot with an update on our icy roads. gene can you hear us? gene are you there? yes i am. >> again, can you tell us what the situation is right now? >> i'm here. >> hey gene, can you tells

what the situation looks like on the roads. >> the situation penndot 146 trucks out, we have a flat freeze situation where we have icy conditions and many motorists don't travel this morning until the temperatures rise. we want motorists to use extreme caution. >> we know there are a number of road closures and bridge closures can you update on what is closed and open? >> we have major roads closed, westbound 76 approaching the gulph mills interchange. i-95 southbound near allegheny interchange. southbound 76 near west chester pike. street road in bucks county. these areas have the flash freeze situation that curse the precipitation freezes on contact

and it's just, again anybody who has need to travel use extreme care and caution and travel at reduced speeds. >> you say you have 146 trucks on the roads. are they getting a handle on 9 situation? >> yes we brought crews in between 4:00 a.m. and 5 m, 146 trucks are spreading salt. it's a classic flash freeze situation, depending on pavement temperatures and roadway temperatures, the situation is right, rain freezes yoafer passes freeze because they don't have the insulation of the earth underneath them. it's the most difficult weather situation to deal with. >> westbound 76 in montgomery

county obviously it's blocked and approaching the gulph mills interchange. anyone who needs to travel, allow for much more time than normal. >> sounds the best advice if people can stay home. >> they will have to make that decision, it's the best and smart decision would be to wait until the temperatures rise enough when it's just a rainstorm and any type of threat of an icy condition is eliminated. >> we have heard that one person has died on the massive pileup on the schuylkill expressway is that the latest information you have, as well? >> i cannot confirm that. >> all right gene blum from

penndot anything you would like to add before you go? >> thank you. >> thank you. we'll be back in a moment.

>> welcome back on this sunday morning, sky6 live hd a taking a live look at center city. heavy, freezing rain is causing a major problem on the area roads. a number of bridges are closed including the ben franklin bridge and the walt whitman bridge. the tacony-palmyra has reopened. a major accident on the the schuylkill expressway has both lanes shut down, all lanes shut down in both directions between gulph mills and the blue route. one person has died in the massive pileup involving two dozen vehicles. elsewhere in the area we have multi-vehicle crashes. we invite you to send us your pictures using the hash tag 6abc

ice, do not take photos or send them to us while you're driving. we'll be right back.

>> reporter: welcome back everyone, 9:26 sunday morning freezing rain advisory continues by the national weather service for all areas highlighted in lavender there. includes southeastern pennsylvania camden, gloucester northwestern burlington counties in south jersey and new castle county in delaware. storm tracker 6 live double scan has the ability to show you what's going on up to the minute at street level. we'll make a couple of zooms and show you who is seeing freezing rain and whose seeing plain

rain. we'll follow the blue line, north and west of the delaware river. you can see areas east of the delaware georgetown, north western burlington county, riverside have changed over to plain rain. temperatures right there 34 degrees, which is a good sign we're above freezing. jenkintown looks like you'll switch over to plain rain. philadelphia international you're up to 33 degrees, medford sitting at 32. looks like it's just rain there. west chester looks like we're seeing freezing rain issues. same thing with mall verb and phoenixville -- malvern and phoenixville. farther north and west we go we're picking up the darker shades of blue that's where the heavy freezing rain is falling at this point. bedminster perkisie, lansdale and doylestown. this area right here this is northern and central porks of montgomery and bucks and chester and delaware counties. take it slow, we're seeing major icing issues north and west of

philadelphia. guys? >> we'll have a live report on our numerous accidents across the region. >> including this deadly crash that has the schuylkill expressway shut down. plus meteorologist chris sowers will be back with another the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

we have breaking news right now you're looking at the schuylkill expressway at gulph mills. this is a major pileup involving more than two dozen vehicles due to icy roads. one person has died. again, 76 is closed in both directions between the blue route and gulph mills. this has been going on since 7:00 a.m. this morning. there are number of roads closed throughout the area, bridges, as well. >> a lot of people in the traffic have been sitting there this entire time. we're getting reports of people running out of gas trying to turn around we're starting to see back ups and accidents on the side roads around the schuylkill, as well. be careful if you have to head out this morning. let's head to chad perdelli live along the schuylkill expressway with more on these accidents chad? >> reporter: well it's a nasty situation out here, i can report on the schuylkill expressway the conditions are slowly improving specially in the last half-hour, we've seen several penndot

trucks make passes over the road applying the salt. it appears the ice is meting. at this point here on the schuylkill expressway the road is wet. it was an ugly scene around 7:00 a.m. if you were out on the roads no matter you were you likely witnessed an accident. the worse at the gulph mills and it one person killed a chain reaction of cars. multiple accidents. there were so many people injured state troopers had to bring the bus in to bus all the injured to area hospitals. talking to state police they say they have a tough time responding to the accidents because the roads are so treacherous. to give you an idea how bad it was, in delaware, a state trooper was injured he was responding to an accident in claymont delaware, on naamans road. a car slid into him.

he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. there was an accident involving a fire truck it jackknifed and slit and involved in another accident. a spokesperson for the philadelphia police is urging drivers to stay off the roads if you can. you have many bridges that are shut down, have yet to reopen, because the roads are bad. philadelphia police, state police urging people to stay off the roadways, stay home if you can, a lot of accidents remain out here. troopers are trying to get to those accidents tend to the injuried and get them to -- injured and get them to local hospitals. two people were killed in an accident we're trying to get a crew to get footage of the accident. that gives you an indication how bad the roadways this morning. we have three dead with the schuylkill expressway and 476. i think looking here at the schuylkill expressway, that

conditions are improving. you have one and penndot getting out and apply the salt. you have the slowly increasing temperatures that chris sowers was talking about so it's making the roads wet and less icy in certain spots. hopefully that will continue in the late morning and early afternoon as the temperatures continue to increase. if you can, i would urge people to stay off the roads this morning and allow some of the state troopers and emergency sporngd to get to the -- responders to get to the accidents and get them cleared and the roads cleared. that's the latest from the schuylkill expressway, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> three fatalities two on 476 that's the blue route and one on the schuylkill expressway. heather from septa joins us on the phone. can you hear us? >> i can. >> we should expect people to have major delays on buses and trolleys.

>> busses are experiencing sliding and train platforms sidewalks are slippery, delays, people getting on and off the vehicles. services are experiencing delays of 60 minutes, they are trying to get out to get to the patients. >> all lines are open? >> we have 18 bus routes on detour right now. the 17 bus can't get to the navy yard because of the conditions. the 65 and the 105 can't get to 69th street transportation center because of the conditions, so we do have quite a few lines on detour at this point. >> as for the trains, how are they doing this morning? >> we have 150 minute delays posted for the regional rail lines, because the rails can be slippery and you've got people taking their time getting on and off and that adds to travel time. >> for people joining us, 17,

65 105 people are having problems getting to the destinations. >> call (215)580-7800. that's our customer service line. >> better for folks to go online right? >> absolutely. >> heather from september at that, thank you for -- from septa thank you for joining us. chris sowers is outside we're waiting for the ice to melt on the roads. >> reporter: i want to talk about what chad perdelli said the conditions are improving on the schuylkill expressway. earlier on this whole thing was a sheet of ice. it's icy out here, but as chad mentioned where they are dropping the salt and the sand and everything, it's no longer icy. you can see i can grip this. i still can't grip this.

we're still seeing some icy conditions out here, but not as bad as an you're a or an hour half ago. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing whose seeing the freezing rain and whose seeing the plain rain. the blue is heavy freezing rain that's falling north and west of philadelphia. yellows, reds that's a heavy soaking driving rain across south jersey and delaware. same thing with the green shade. the magic number, 32 degrees, we have to get above that. a lot of area is getting above 4 -- 32. would it is up to 34. doylestown, 30. you've got a few more degrees to go. quakertown 30 degrees, as well. the darker the blue shade is, the heavier freezing rain that's coming down. they are seeing moderate to heavy freezing rain central portions of bucks county working north an east towards central

and northern portions of new jersey. note the far western suburbs there's not much of anything going on for places like lancaster and reading quakertown freezing rain, allentown not seeing much of anything at all either. it's this small, little corridor small little conveyer belt stretching from richmond to new york city. the leading edge we're seeing freezing rain, the blue color the major is heavy rain from richmond, washington, d.c. to baltimore and south jersey and philadelphia and new york city. temperatures wise these are the reporting stations. philadelphia 33. millville, a much milder 47. hopefully we get the ocean air into the northwest of the city shortly. reading, 29 below freezing. allentown, 30, below freezing. the poconos wildwood close in on 50. temperatures in the city should be about up to 38 degrees so

that ice will be north and west of philadelphia. lunchtime, 40 degrees, seeing rain, some of it heavy at times. 2:00 3:00, 4:00 p.m. periods of rain, heavy. shooting for a high of 44 degrees. we have about another hour, hour and a half to go for this freezing rain. improving conditions on the terrace, but it's still very slippery out here. if you have things to do and have to travel and live north and west of philadelphia, hang tight if you can stay inside and wait it out another hour or so and travel when the roads get better. guys i'll send it back inside to you. >> you can track the weather by using the 6abc.com. the new smart design changes the lawout to fit any device including tablets and your smart phone no matter how large or small the screen. check it out anytime anywhere. >> we'll continue to cover the breaking news. a number of roads closed due to icy conditions.

including the bridges. we want to take a live look at ben franklin bridge. we know two lanes eastbound on the ben are open him we'll be back with meteorologist chris sowers, as well.

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>> icy conditions have shut down several roadways and bridges in the area. this is a live look at the action cam at the base of walt whitman bridge which is currently still closed, so you cannot cross the walt whitman bridge at this hour. the ben franklin bridge just opened two eastbound lanes open. 76 is shut down. if you're on the roads this morning and stuck in the traffic, we would appreciate it if you can send us pictures at hash tag 6abc ice. make sure you do not send the pictures while you're driving. if at all possible, everybody's advice is stay off the roads until the ice can melt. >> eva septa tweeted it suspended all bus service until

10:00 a.m. >> good information. >> temperatures are getting above freezing. this is going to sound funny but you would rather see it snowing right now, because you can get tracks or footing on -- traction, or footing on snow. it's very slippery out there and unfortunately a lot of roads were not initially treated because we were not expecting the moisture to move in so quickly and the ground is frozen. that's a deadly combination we are seeing right now. let's go to sky 6. penns landing we're seeing freezing rain in the city, but most of the area in and around philadelphia south and east has been gone over to plain rain. it's the northwestern suburbs that continue to see the freezing rain. freezing rain advisory it remains in in effect i should by the national weather service for the next 45 minutes or so. the temperatures are climbing as far as you see shaded is in the

lavender color. storm tracker 6 live double scan sending out a million wallets of power is -- a million was watts of power is going to street level i want to zoom into your neighborhood. i'm not going to go down to street level, i want you to get a from from -- prospective. there's the delaware river. the freezing lane was right here it it's shifted 350 miles per hour and north and west of manayunk. norristown we're seeing freezing rain. moderate to heavy freezing rain across central portions of bucks and manage counties, right over doylestown pottstown moderate raid freezing rain. 30 in doylestown, 30 in quakertown, 30 in pottstown, we have to get above 32 degrees

before all this ice starts to melt. as we expand the view and set it in motion you can clearly see what's going on. actually i'm going a little bit farther out. what's going on, we have an area of low pressure that's developing right here, right off the coast of the carolinas this low will continue to pull north an east. we have an approaching cold front right here, so the air has kind of gotten trapped in the low levelst like this. the that's where the cold air was trapped the ocean air will win the battle, and that process will take an hour or two. 33 in philadelphia, 47 in millville. 30 in allentown, 30 is the number for reading and the poconos. him so these areas right here, these reporting stations are below freezing, philadelphia, trenton, wilmington, all areas south and east, finally getting

above the freezing mark. as we set it in motion, 10:30 11:00 a.m. everybody will be well above freezing. the grounds is still sphroazen we're in the -- frozen. we're in the midst of a pretty impressive cold wave. we've had mornings in the single digits and teens. we've had highs above freezing. because we've had temperatures above freezing doesn't mean the ice will melt, because the ground is still frozen. later this evening as the cold front barrels through the numbers will drop back down. here's future tracker 6 we'll set it in motion all the heavy rains 'cross south jersey and delaware and the immediate northwest suburbs. the far western suburbs lancaster, allentown you might not see anything at all. 2:30 there's the cut off line in upper montgomery and bucks county. south jersey and delaware, heavy

rains, wouldn't be surprised if you have poor drainage flooding in the area with the frozen ground. not going to seacoastal flooding, this is not a huge nor'easter, the jersey shore will be spared of that, we won't see beach erosion. this is a heavy rain event once the icing eases up. 5 qul 30, clouds and -- 5:30, clouds and patchy drizzle. the main event will be gone. the i-95 all areas north and west dealing with major icing issues, roads ways sidewalks parking lots untreated a sheet of ice. it will go over to rain in the next hour or so. that's the i-95 corridor north and west. south jersey and delaware from this point on it's periods of rain, some of it heaviest at times, the heaviest moves in now. the big issue will be the poor-drainage flooding that develops. here's the ice risk the scale

it's high, heavy rain on the high side. gusty winds flooding shouldn't see any of that. closer to the shore will have one to two inches of rain. 44 philadelphia, wilmington, 44. millville, cape may, atlantic city 50 degrees. morning freezing rain going over to the heavy rain in the late morning by afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 44 today 40 degrees monday, turning windy, bluster and chilly. feeling like the upper 20s and low 30s increasing clouds thursday, 42. clipper system moves in wednesday, it could bring a bout of light snow to the rare. consumption accumulations minor temperatures, thursday friday and saturday, in the 30s. things are looking better.

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>> the action cam is looking at the schuylkill expressway near city avenue. you can see traffic is moving here, but the roads are wet. elsewhere on 76 you need to be careful. 76 the schuylkill expressway between gulph mills and the blue route is still closed in both directions because of a fatal multi-vehicle pileup. one person died.

more than two dozen vehicles were involved in the crash. him there were so many injured state troopers had to bring in a bus to take the injured to the hospitals. >> the ben franklin bridge is open. we can take a look at the platt bridge. traffic is starting to move across the bridges. most of the bridges have reduced speeds. if you have to go out and travel this morning deterrently take your time, it pays just to go a little bit slower. you don't know what the roads are going to look like. a lot of this black ice people are not seeing it when they hit it the. >> the commodor barry bridge is open. speeds are posted at 15 miles per hour. the good news all ramps are open and salted stay with us we'll have more to come after the break.

>> we begin with breaking news the schuylkill expressway between gulph mills and the blue route. a multi-vehicle pileup here has killed one person. the roads are very treacherous this morning because of ice. there are number of road closures and bridge closures throughout our area. we have been updating you since 7:00 a.m. >> let's go "action news" reporter chad perdelli along the schuylkill expressway with more

on these crashes and chad looks like the conditions are improving just slightly. >> reporter: conditions have improved in the last hour, hour and a half. you can see the schuylkill expressway penndot trucks are making several passes applying the salt. you have the slow increasing temperatures combined with the salt it appears that the icing has ended now the roads are wet. there are accidents all over the region. the worse one up the road on the schuylkill expressway the gulph mills exit three dozen vehicles involved a chain reaction of multiple accidents. one person was killed. there were so many people injured pennsylvania state police said they had to bring a bus in to get the people to area hospitals. we don't know how many others were injured state troopers are trying to tally the numbers. we're trying to on the find out on the blue route two others

were killed there. him penndot said it was the perfect storm in terms of. in terms of of the ice. it was what they called a flash freeze. le they said she had 140 penndot trucks on the roads but with the flash freezing it caught the drivers off guard. >> the trucks cannot be everywhere at one time. you have ice and frozen bridges and over passes can freeze more quickly because they don't have the insulation of the earth underneath them. this is the most difficult type of winter precipitation to deal with. >> reporter: and penndot says be careful on the elevated roads and bridges. many bridges in the area are shut down at this hour, as the roads get better they should be reopening shortly. this was an accident in claymont, delaware a state

trooper was responding to an accident when a car slid into him. he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. talking to the troopers in pennsylvania and delaware they say they have had a difficult time responding to the accidents. authorities are urging people to stay off the roads if they can. this was an accident this frankford section of philadelphia involving a fire truck. some of the treacherous conditions out on the roadways, again, authorities urging people to stay home if they can. the roads appear to be getting slightly better as the salt gets applied to the roads and the temperatures slowly increase and get above freezing. looks like a situation that is getting better, but still nasty out there and the troopers are responding to the injured. at this point three people have died on the highways because of the icy conditions. i'm live along the schuylkill expressway chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." >> back to you. >> the action cam is taking a look at the base of the walt

whitman bridge. it is still closed. you can see the walt whitman bridge has not opened as they continue to salt that bridge do make it safe for people as they begin to travel over it. >> now we want to look at the platt bridge. this is sky6 live hd looking live right now the platt bridge as you can see is open. we have good news, the commodor barry bridge has reopened, two lanes are reopened in each direction, speeds are posted at 15 miles per hour all ramble are open and salted. two lanes eastbound at the ben franklin bridge are open, but again, many bridges remain close, including the walt whitman bridge, as eva showed us is one of them. >> we have the turnpike commission on the phone with the latest conditions on the turnpike. >> basically the turnpike is closed from bored don town to the delaware river bridge new jersey line. we are are not allowing traffic to come south from the

quakertown interchange from the northeast extension until conditions improve that's the current at that status. >> what are you trying to do to improve the situation, i know penndot said they had salt trucks out. >> reporter: we have had heavy rains. it washes the salt away and the roadses. >> where is the turnpike closed right now? >> basically at morgantown east and closed to the delaware river bridge interchange eastbound and westbound between those two points european we're not ray allowing traffic to come south from the quakertown interchange on the northeast extension of the turnpike. thank you bill we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you goodbye. meanwhile, chris sowers is at the "action news" big board

with a look at the forecast. the temperatures are starting to rise a little bit. >> reporter: it's getting better eva. we have work to do north and west the majority of the region is above freezing. now we have a flooding issue on our hands for part of the area. the technology of storm tracker 6 live double scan clearing showing the dividing line where we are picking up the freezing rain. just to the west of new hope we're getting freezing rain, doylestown 30 degrees, still reporting freeze rain there, as well. pottstown, 31 below freezing there. upper montgomery, upper bucks county reporting moderate freezing rain. everybody south and east, jenkintown 35 degrees, willow grove, norristown area, 34. pennington, northwest of trenton, 33. again, everybody has to eventually climb over 32. actually you probably can't see that.

32 degrees that's the number. once we get above that the ice will melt. the ocean air is pushing this way the freezing line will advance southeast to northwest. by this afternoon everybody goes over to plain rain. this is the coastal storm, this is starting to intensify. cold air became trapped in the valleys, north and west of philadelphia. you have a cold front approaching. that air had nowhere to go. of the with this low developing here it acted as a block to the east and the cold front from the west acted as a block there. the result was freezing rain and lots of it in the parts of area. i showed you this earlier in the broadcast, i'll show you again this is peter one of my twitter followers, this is base of ben franklin bridge about an hour ago, the ben franklin bridge westbound was closed. two lanes eastbound are reopened at this point. i believe the westbound lanes

are closed. you can see how backed up the traffic is there. him this is the ramp rs -- ramps going into the terminals at the philadelphia international airport. lots of brake lights, lots of ice on the roads creating delays at philadelphia international airport and numerous travel delays as we see the bridges reopen. i'll have more on what the freezing rain gets out of here and colder changes in the seven day forecast. eva. thank you. you can stay on top of the weather by using the 6abc.com the smart design facilities -- fits any device no matter how large or small your screen. check it out at 6abc.com anytime anywhere. >> we'll have an update on the ice that led to three deadly crashes across the region. >> we have a very treacherous day today be very careful.

meteorologist chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back.

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the water and started repairs. while it's taking place it's a good idea to avoid state road and long shore avenue. the service line feeds a house in the area. a water main break at a luxury hotel has been fixed at south 12th and market and chestnut. water and power was cut off. and 12th street was closed off to traffic. pgw crews have repaired the main. water and power is restored and 12th street is open to traffic. >> philadelphia police are investigating an accident that left a pedestrian fighting for his life. it happened near the intersection of 53rd an baltimore avenue in southwest philadelphia at 1:45. police say a woman driving an suv struck the man and dragged him a block down the road. she told police a man was lying in the road when she hit him. the man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. police are trying to figure out

why he was in the road. >> wilmington police are investigating the third deadly shooting in the city since the start of the new year. "action news" was on the scene the 700 block of east 27th street. police say a man was passenger inside this red minivan when someone opened fire around midnight. the fire sped off after the shooting and stopped here. the man was hit in the head and died. police are trying to determine where the initial shooting took place and identify a suspect. in philadelphia, police are investigating a double shooting that left both victims in critical condition. it happened on the 1500 block of adams avenue in the city's frankford sceks before midnight -- section before midnight. police say two people were shot, the woman stamped out of the home and collapsed on fields street. they are both in critical condition this morning. tom wolf has announced appointments to his administration.

ted dallas is his pick fors human services. karen murphy a former northeastern pennsylvania hospital official is wolf's choice for the state department of health stay with "action news" for the inauguration events and live coverage of the swearing in on tuesday and the inauguration party in hershey she. dr. martin luther king will be honored today at the philadelphia museum of arts. they will be offering family-friendly exhibits and events throughout the day. the national holiday takes place tomorrow, philadelphia leads the nation in the mlk day service projects. 135,000 volunteers will work on service projects in time area. this is the 50th year of service. the signature project is at

girard college on south college avenue near girard avenue in north philadelphia. it kicks off at 9:00 a.m. go to our website to register for the signature event or any of the other community service projects that are taking place in and around the region tomorrow. >> we want the to go to heather redfern who who is on the phone. a little confusion if the buses are running or not. >> they are not running. we decided to hold off until 11:00 a.m. all our buses are suspended. >> bus routes suspended until 11:00. >> you have the latest information on the fire at suburban station. >> there was a fire at 15th street on the concourse. due to smoke we were unable to run our regional rail trains through center city tunnel to

suburban. service is stopping or starting at 30th street station. fire has been put out but there's smoke in suburban. can you tells us what's going on with the trollies and cct service. >> cct service is experiencing delays up to an hour. trollies would be suspended as partly of the buses until 11:00 a.m. regional rail we have a situation in center city. otherwise at the out outlying points they are running with delays up to 15 minutes. >> all trains and trolleys suspended until 11:00 a.m. >> let's get a check of the weather with chris sowers. ment ice is starting to melt as the temperatures start to rise. >> reporter: let's go live on sky 6 first and then we'll go over to storm tracker 6 live double scan. what you will notice the area of freezing are a inis exphawrl than an hour ago that's --

smaller than a hour ago. that's an indication that we're starting to win the battle and everything is going over to plain rain. that's the view at the philadelphia international airport. we have icing and we're seeing heavy rains and ponding on roads, you see the runways there, we're seeing ponding there. the visibility has become reduced we're seeing low ceilings and low level clouds and areas of fog. here's storm tracker 6 live double scan. the technology of double scans allows us to go street level to show us what's going on. we'll show you up to the minute what kind of precipitation you're picking up in the neighborhood. there's a clear dividing line stretching north of jenkintown and trenton and areas north and west of that, the line would run southwestward to doylestown and lansdale and norristown. this is the area that continues to see the moderate to occasionally heavy freezing rain.

one thing we're noticing even in places like quakertown you shot up to the freezing mark, 32 doylestown, 31. norristown 4 degrees jenkintown, northeast philadelphia, 35. starting to see the milder air move on in from the southeast. as we seth it in motion -- as we set it in motion, look at the freezing line, see how it's retreating to the north the cold air that's a sure sign that the milder changes are moving in. as this low gets cranking it's forcing all the warm ocean air in and this air is retreating to portions of new york and new england. some areas are close to 350 degrees, millville 47. atlantic city, at the airport 48. trenton, one degree above freezing, 33.

allentown you're two below. so this area here experiencing freezing rain, looks like you'll continue to see that over the next hour sore so. in the lehigh valley, temperatures will climb into the ho -- 40s. him we'll set it in motion, here's future tracker 6. 34, 35 lunchtime we're close to 40 degrees at that point. any icing in and around should melt quickly. wilmington, 39 degrees millville, 41. wildwood, 51 degrees and then later on throughout the afternoon temperatures climb into the 40s everybody. rain will come down very heavy at times with the ground still being frozen. the cold shot that we've experienced it's last for quite a while a week ten days, so the ground is frozen. you get a day like today and the temperatures shoot up into the 40s, that will help to melt the ice. you go an inch or two below

when the rain comes down it has nowhere to go. that means we'll see a lot of ponding on roads and we'll see poor drainage flooding across south jersey and delaware. there's the back edge, 3:00 p.m., far western suburbs maybe seeing drizzle and cloudy skies, we go east of the delaware river they are reporting heavy rain. that is pushing north an east into the evening hours and everything starts to clear out or the rain starts to shut off. major icing problems for the i-95 areas north and west, icy roads and parking lots, icy sidewalks it's in the process of changing heavy rain right now later this afternoon we'll see poor drainage flooding developing in parts of the area. for south jersey and delaware from this point on it's all rain heaviest occurring now at 4:00 p.m. big issue later on the poor drainage flooding. a little more than an inch in philadelphia, a little more than

inch in wildwood and in the heart of south jersey we'll see one to two inches of rain. that will be the bulls eye area where you see the most flooding from it. morning rain afternoon rain, some of it heavy at times. millville, 48. cape may 49, trenton 43 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 40 degrees tomorrow, with the windy it will feel like the upper 20s and low 30s. tuesday, increasing clouds, 32. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, back in the 30s for highs and overnight lows in the teens and 20s that's how we got to the mess right now. we had 7 to ten days straight of that kind of weather the ground is frozen. we're improving but we kneed more time. >> stay on top of the weather situation by cruising the new 6abc.com -- using the new 6abc.com.

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into us through social media by our viewers who were stuck in the accident. margaret sent in this picture of the car at the ben franklin bridge toll. it was backed you mean as the bridge was closed for a short time this morning. we got this picture in on twitter. 476 northbound completely shut down that's right there near route 1. you can see all the cars scattered throughout this picture here. finally sara sent in this picture on twitter. she said she was stranded in a driveway in langhorne while people were trying to get up and down the hill. major roads were closed down and traffic were being diverted. the cars were not able to get up and down the hills nydia because the highs on the secondary roads. if you're disuk in -- struck in the traffic we would love to see

where you are. use the hash tag 6abc ice. >> coming up next we'll have an update on the icy conditions. things are starting to improve. meteorologist chris sowers will have an update from accuweather next.

welcome back, the action cam is looking at the schuylkill expressway at city avenue. just up the road here, the schuylkill expressway is still closed shut down in all directions. both directions between the blue route and gulph mills. there is a massive pileup there. one person has indicted. so many people were -- one person has died. so many people were injured troopers had to bring in a bus

to take the injured to the hospitals. >> meteorologist chris sowers is here. >> reporter: we have haven't been able to talk about the visibility. we're dealing with heavy rain the possibility of flooding and low visibility. you can seem the blue shade retreating north into the poconos and upstate new york that's the milder air starting to win the battle here. storm tracker 6 live double scan technology showing the freezing rain line that blue line, areas north of lansdale and doylestown seeing the freezing rain. quakertown moderate freezing rain. upper montgomery and upper bucks county moderate freezing rain. philadelphia northeast philadelphia international have chaingtdz -- changed over to plain rain. it's a cold rain but we're not

seeing icing at this point. >> "action news" at noon we'll have updates on the several deadly crashes across the area. >> for eva pilgrim, chris sowers i'm nydia han again head out on if you have to. we'll you at noon. of sidney

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