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>> one person had to be rescued after the high winds sent a tree crashing into a home in delaware county. >> funk we've got it -- if you think we've got it bad try living in boston, the city has set a new snow record. those stories, but first let's head outside to chris sowers in the cold. >> reporter: we're seeing low digit numbers in the single digits and low teens. 8 in reading, 13 in reading and 13 in millville. and 12 in wilmington. that is what it feels like when you step outside. feels like 17 in the below in the poconos. 8 below in philadelphia, and 8 below in wilmington. high wind warning looks like it's just been canceled by the national weather service about a half-hour ago it was in effect until 2:00 p.m. for winds

gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. looks like it's been set to expire. peak gusts in philadelphia, 43 miles per hour at this hour. reading, 37 miles per hour. wilmington 40. atlantic city at the airport, 39 and millville, 37-mile an hour wind gust at midday. forecast for today bitter cold, 16 degrees that's the forecasted high for philadelphia. areas north and west, you're probably not getting warmer than that. windchills range anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees broa zero. look -- below zero. overnights tonight this will be the coldest air we've seen in two decades. these are the coldest temperatures we've had to deal with. january 20, 1994 two degrees that was the record, looks like we may tie it or break it overnight tonight. it will get worse tonight before the numbers get better. that's only partly of the accuweather story, when i step back inside, the latest computer information has a half foot of snow? parts of the area monday into

tuesday. i'll talk with that when i see you in ten minutes. >> the whipping winds will be blamed fore knocking down a huge tree on a house. >> it happened in newtown delaware county, while a family of four was inside the home. annie mccormick is outside it is home with all the details. >> reporter: talk about a massive tree, it is estimated this 90 feet tall. it's one of those old oak trees. that's only one part of the house it fell on, it fell all the way down hitting for rooms of the home and fell on top of the minivan. all four people inside are okay. >> i was sleeping in that bed right there. empg came crashing down, somehow it me. >> justin quickly swawkd us through the destruction in his newtown home, just before 2:00 a.m. a 90-foot oak tree

came crashing down. he was in the master belt room, his wife and daughter were in the tv room. >> the couch right there my wife and 2-year-old daughter was sitting right there. it sounded like an avalanche coming down, i heard them screaming and crying, help help. >> reporter: and his son in the separate bedroom where the tree trunk is. after he started crying, five, ten seconds, looked like a tree trunk came crashing down on him. >> reporter: terrifying moments attributed to heavy winds. snow continued to fall. it was a busy night with freezing temperatures and high winds and snow squalls affecting roads and power outages and falling branches. in east falls a tree branch came down through the ceiling.

>> a branch came through the bedroom window and everybody knows what that's like at 2:00 a.m. on valentine's day. >> >> reporter: the quickly's master bedroom, they are waiting for the insurance adjuster to come out. the contractors were taking down other parts of the tree to make sure nothing else can fall, because they are expecting the heavy winds to continue. for now reporting live in newtown square, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> the wicked winds are making it tough for flights in and out of philadelphia today. sky6 live hd taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. there have been cancellations due to the winter weather here in new england and the midwest. summer, if you have a flight scheduled for today check to see if that's going out or coming in on time. you can call 1-800-phl-gate or check with your carrier to get the latest on your flight. >> sky6 live hd taking a live look now, at the ben franklin

bridge. the high winds have forced officials at the delaware river port authority to reduce the speed limit to 25 miles per hour. the speed restrictions is in effect for all drpa bridges which means the slower speeds for it is commodor barry bridge, walt whitman bridge, and betsy ross bridge, as well. >> the whipping winds have caused power outages across the delaware and lehigh valleys. peco has 25000 households without power. ppl2600 outages. delmarva has gone from 4,000 to under 600. atlantic city electric under 400. pse&g 70 without power. the high winds were blamed for bringing down utility wires. it happened at bridge and thompson. fire crews were called at 6:30 when the wires went down. there have been no reports of outage also due to these down wires. the high winds caused

problems for septa. regional service between lansdale and doylestown was temporarily suspended due to overhead power problems, the problems have been fixed. service was restored before 10:30. in addition to the dangerous cold and high winds we got more snow overnight. the action cam was in cherry hill as the bobcat cleared a parking lot at kings highway around midnight. how would you like to have this job? we found a man picking up trash as the winds blew the snow just before 1:00 a.m. at the cherry hill mall. he was barely visible to our camera manld in the blinding -- man in the blinding snow. the action cam was along route 90 in pennsauken. traffic was moving okay at midnight. as you can see the road was covered with snow and the wind was blowing the snow around making it hard for drivers to see. new england was hammered with snow so far this winter. old man winter is not letting up.

a blizzard warning in effect for coastal communities from rhode island to maine. the governors of rhode island and massachusetts are urging residents to stay off the roads. >> i certainly share the same frustration that other people feel with respect to on going blizzards of15. >> february is the city's snowiest month since 1872 when record keeping started. snow totals hit 45 inches. firefighters had to battle the bitter cold temperatures as well as a fire in germantown early this morning. it didn't take long for the water to free freeze on the hose on berkeley street. the hose eventsly burst causing water to shoot everywhere.

two homes were damaged forcing seven people into the cold. the red vos -- red cross is assisting them no word on what sparked the fire. >> wedding bells were ringing this valentine's day weekend. we'll show you. and looking to lose a few pounds before spring arrives today's "healthcheck" shows you how your cell phone can help up. >> reporter: it's colder tomorrow morning i'll have the details, plus the snow heading this way in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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whitley county. a semi was slowing down and what it rear ended by a car. it led to a chain reaction involving 20 cars. the highway was shut down for four hours while crews cleaned up the wreckage. it reminds you how dangerous the whiteouts are. >> reporter: we got lucky even though we saw the snow roll in here. it rolled in after the difference hour, the squalls came in around 9:00, 10:00 p.m. we caught somewhat of a break yesterday evening. we're not catching a break with the cold. 13 degrees dewpoint, minus 7. winds out of the northwest at 28 miles per hour and gusting to 45 miles per hour. because of that we have a windchill advisory in effect for the entire area until monday morning, windchills will range anywhere from 5 to 15 below today and 15 to 25 degrees below zero overnight tonight. it's worse for the poconos.

again, up until monday morning this is a windchill warning 20 to 30 degrees below zero. this is 13, an actual air temperature. 11 in allentown. 8 in reading, 9 in lancaster windchill minus 5. minus 18 for the poconos. minus 14 in lancaster. it's a lot of time since we've seen numbers like this in the midday hour where we've seen windchills ten to 15 degrees below zero. ten below in allentown still below zero for philadelphia. gets worse tomorrow morning. ment temperatures get colder. even though the winds let up a little bit the actual air temperatures drop off. so we're dealing with ten to 20-degree below-zero windchills first thing tomorrow morning. fortunately it's president appear day and kids have off

from school, so they don't have to deal with the elements waiting for the bulls. hurricane force winds on the western side pulling that cold air down into the delaware and lehigh valleys. until they also winds shift direction we'll continue to feel that cold canadian air. opportunity look like that will happen until tuesday and then we have to deal with this. monday night into tuesday, here comes this system, the reason the winds shift is because this guy gets involved and we'll see moisture overspread the delaware and lehigh valleys. with temperatures below freezing this will fall in the form of snow. this is steady to heavy snow flying across the delaware and lehigh valleys. right now the latest forecast models this will be not a significant event, but not a minor event either. right in the million dollars 5.6 inches for the nam. european has ten. 6.6 on the rpm. if you take all four modeled be you average them out you get a

3 to 6-inch snowfall for the city. lighter amounts north and west because this is a southern storm. it might be south jersey that's the jackpot area. the lehigh valley is looking for 2 to 4 inches. the european showing higher inches. i'm not buying into that model right now. birpt cold today -- birth cold today. -- bitter cold today. windchills 5 to 15 below zero. overnight tonight, 2 in the city. 3 below in allentown and reading. windchills colder 15 to 25 degrees below zero. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 19 degrees for tomorrow. partly sunny skies windchills close to zero once again. monday night into tuesday that's the snow. tuesday night into wednesday it's birthly cold again and another arctic shot moves in thursday and friday still

holding 19 degrees thursday, i got a feeling thursday will be like today. i'll have to watch monday night closely. we know the cold is there, how much moisture gets involved that's the big question. >> time for 6abc loves the arts, a man suffers a terrible loss and endures several other struggles his personal journey is coming to the stage, karen rogers has a preview. >> reporter: after a soldout 18 season theater exile is back about the whale of a tale, it tells the story of charlie a 600-pound man who is struggling with his past, presents and future. >> charlie feels like the weight of the world isen on his shoulder after the death of his partner, he beaches himself on the couch and nearly eats himself to death struggle with loss explores how people deal

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>> sports now the cats beat the dogs in a thriller, jeff skeverski says a few teams are getting hot as march madness approaches. >> reporter: 6th ranked villanova fell behind time and time again to but the about her. darren hillard gets them out of trouble. the bulldogs upset. second half, darren hill yard one of his 8, 3 pointer. less than a minute later hill yard again nova up 2. who else darren hillard with one second left on the clock.

hillard and company hug out. nova wins, next up seaton hall. nobody is hotter than the temple owls, they are fighting to get in the ncaa tournament. they are making a strong case. they were in east carolina on hooters birthday. all he wants with a win he got it. 2 of the 17 coming on the steal. temple never trailed in the game, and ended the half on a 10-1 run. jesse morgan, three from downtown. simple won 56-53. their best stretch. season next up, a date with larry brown and slu. the flyers can get within five points of a wild scarred spot with the win in buffer low the worst team in him hockey.

flyers are playing their best hockey since 2011. they are upset they blew a late goal lead in columbus and leaving a point on the the ice with ray emory playing so well. >> we have to wake up and figure first thing it out especially when a guy is working like that, he is doing a heck of a job. >> with michael raffle expected to come back from pneumonia scot lauten was sent back to the lehigh valley with only two goals. mo'ne davis hanging out with kevin hart. curry wins a 3-point contest

with a second 27 points in the final round making 13, 3 pointers in a row. lavine winning the slam dunk contest with dr. jay among the judges. how about that. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski. >> australia's oldest living man is making a name for himself, by helping to save penguins. he is 109 years old. he loshes to in knit. last year, penguin foundation needed people to knit jumpers that keep the animals warm and presenter them from keeping toxic oil off themselves. he said he couldn't resist because he never says no.

>> the faa is set to release new rules for commercial and private drones we'll have the details. >> if you've ever doubted the bond between people and their pets this story will make you a believer. next you mean when "action news" continues.

>> happening right now on "action news," police in denmark say they have killed the man behind a terror attack targeting

a free speech event at a synagogue. >> the push is on to clear the chicago little league team skewed of cheating to win the national championship. >> today we'll deal with high winds and subzero windchills and this week we can see more snow. >> let's get to the accuweather forecast and outside to meteorologist chris sowers. >> reporter: good afternoon to you guys you're just in time. the wind so slowed down i'm actually able to stand here and not shiver for once. it's bitter cold out there. look at fleetwood february 15th, 6 degrees above zero. quakertown, 9. warrington, 12. and pottstown 11 degrees, sow south and east we go, it's better glassboro 12. buena, 13, seaville 16 and dover 15 degrees, you factor in the winds and yeah, it feels horrible out here. 14 below is it what feels like in reading.

8 below in philadelphia. but it is a little bit better numbers wise than they can't say first thing this morning. the satellite and radar be you can see the counter clockwise swirl that's the area of low pressure that produce the the snow squalls overnight. the same area of low pressure that continues to wallop new england, boston is seeing over a foot of snow. they have 90 inches of snow for the season so far. it's the third snowiest city in the entire country behind buffalo and erie. no break for those folks up there. for us, windy birthly cold, 16 -- bitterly cold. 16 degrees. it will feel like 5 to 15 below zero. what's important to realize most of the heat that your body produces it escapes through your head. if if you wear a hat it prevents heat loss, dress in layers, limit the time you spend outdoors and don't forget about

your pets they get just as cold as we do. when i step back inside i'll talk about the snow that's on the way monday night into tuesday, the modeling is impressive, some areas could see 6 inches or more. >> whipping winds are blamed for knocking down a huge tree into a house. >> it happened in newtown conveyer, delaware county while a forearm of four was inside. annie mccormick joins us live outside the home with the details. annie? >> reporter: nydia and eva a very lucky family in delaware county today. i meant to give you an up-close look at the oak tree that fell. it's 90 feet tall. not only did it fall on this portion of the house but it fell hitting all four rooms and even reached as far is as hitting the family's minivan. luckily, all four family members got out okay. justin quickly walked us through the destruction in his newtown

conveyer home. quickly asleep in the master bedroom, his wife and two-year-old daughter watching tv next-door. >> my wife and two-year-old daughter were sitting right there when it happened. it sounded like an avalanche coming down. >> reporter: his 5-year-old son asleep in the bedroom. quickly astonished his little boy survived. >> as soon as we got clear of him down here, i started crying holding my son, i thought i lost him. >> reporter: emotional over the family's survival and the loss of their home, the 90-foot oak tree came crashing down. it was a busy night for first responders with freezing temperatures and snow squalls affecting power outages and falling branches. in east falls a similar situation with this resident. >> it was flight or fright.

i flew. branch came blowing through the bedroom window and everybody knows what that's like at 3:00 a.m. on valentine's day. >> reporter: and back out here live in newtown square, contractors are working to cut up the tree. it's going to take sometime it's a beautiful oak tree, they are beautiful standing up but not pretty when they fall down, as for the insurance adjusters are waiting for them to come out. but for now the family is looking at it like a total loss. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> high winds led to power outages across the lehigh valley and delaware valley. >> joining us on the phone is liz from peco. good afternoon liz. >> good afternoon. >> can you tells how many people are without power.

>> we have scattered outages reported across the region. we have two thousand right now. we opened occupier emergency response organizations last night in advance of the high winds, and we brought on additional crews and additional support staff so that we could dispatcher crews and restore service as safely to customers as quickly as possible. >> any advice for customers? >> safety is our number one priority. stay way from downed equipment trees or barges in power lines do not touch them or go near them. customers experiencing any issues including outages call (800)841-4141 or on their mobile device at peco.com or peco smart mobile on the go which is our enhance it is mobile website.

don't assume that your neighbor has called in the outage, let you say know about the outage and that helps us dispatch crews more effectively. >> can he this tweet you too? >> yes, they can tweet us or post something on facebook, as well. the best way however is to go to peco.com or to call (800)841-4141. that's the best way. good to go, thank for you joining us this afternoon. >> thank you. >> denmark is in shock two people are dead and several hurt in what's being called a terror attack in copenhagen. police say they shot and killed the man suspected of carrying out two deadly shooting in the capitol city when he opened fire on police at a train station. the shooting left two people dead and five police officers wounded. this is a picture of the suspect as he ran from the cafe where a

freemp -- free speech event took place yesterday. officials say lars vilks was most likely the target because he portrayed the professor if -- prophet mohammed as a dog. >> lars vilks was not hurt. there's nothing to suggest there were other gunmen involved. >> the mother who was shot during an parent case of road rage in las vegas has died. she was teaching her 150-year-old daughter how to drive when she had a close call with another driver on the way home. the suspects followed her and her daughter home and opened fire outside the house. police are look, for the suspect and two men seen in the car with him. >> two people were killed in a crash on a snowy chester county road. it happened before 7:00 p.m. on northbound route 100 on north

ship road in exton. a minivan carrying 6 people were saturning -- turning right on to north ship road when it was hit by a pick up truck. two teenagers were thrown from the minivan and killed. the driver of the truck was arrested. >> there's a push to restore the little league team that was strip of the title. jesse jackson is fighting to get the championship back to the team. chicago's jackie robinson west team was stripped of its title over allegation also team officials recruited players who did not live in the area. >> continue to fight until the boys have had their dignity restored and championship returned back to them that doesn't belong to anyone else,

but them, because they earned it. >> chicago mayor rob emanuel asked the little league president to reverse its decision several other local political leaders have spoken out against the decision. >> hooping today the federal aviation administration is releasing new reduce for commercial and private drones that would make it easier to use them in our skies. faa says drones waying no more 55 pounds will be allowed to do a wide variety of activities, including taking photographs an monitoring crops and mapping areas and suspecting cell towers and bridgeses. they believe it will be safer in the sky by eliminating the need for manned aircraft to do the same work. today is the last chance to enroll for 20150 coverage under the forrable care act. you do not have to completely the application, but you must start to fill it out by the deadline. federal officials say the

technical problem that was interfering with the sign up has been ticketed. to make a case for exemption taxpayers must apply for coverage through the insurance exchange. >> much more to come on "action news" sunday. tax season is in full swing and hassers are on the look out for new victims. what you need to know next. more americans are turning in passports an renowning their u.s. citizenship. we'll tell you why. a live look at sky6 live hd meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's a frigid one when "action news" continues.

>> frigid temperatures an more snow. >> reporter: possible, yeah. let's go live on sky 6. monday night into tuesday where we're tracking another storm system and obviously with this kind of cold in place it would be in the form of snow.

it's cold out there right now there is the philadelphia international airport. we have temperatures hovering in the low to mid teens. we'll not going to climb too much higher than where we are right now. pitman, new jersey you let the pack with the event 5 inches of snow. ewing, 4.4. barnegot 5 inches of snow. cape may 62-mile an hour. hurricane force winds start at 74. brandywine in new castle county. 61. the delaware, 61. 13 degrees in philadelphia. dewpoint minus 7. winds sustained at 28 gusting to 45. 2 in the poconos. trenton, 13. philadelphia, 13. windchill of minus 8. look at the poconos right now

minus 16 you have a windchill warning up there for windchills overnight tonight into tomorrow morning, that will range anywhere from 20 to 30 below zero. far western suburbs 20 degrees below zero, as well. you can see the extent of the cold. it extends all the way down here, the deep south the heart of dixie 26 degrees. atlanta, 33. cincinnati, 15. an area of low pressure is sitting here, getting ready to develop across western texas that will undercut the cold air and make a beeline toward the virginia capes. that will draw in moisture and that means we'll be on the look out for snow. this will get better organized and shoot due east off the virginia capes. the forecast motels, tracking snow monday into tuesday, you can see how this develops. this is a good swath of snow, this is almost a foot of snow,

the purple shade it extent into western portions of virginia. you see more across south jersey, that would be cumberland and cape may and atlantic county of south jersey, future tracker 6, today's close up, overnight tonight, partially cloudy conditions, we get into monday, sunshine increasing clouds, monday night into tuesday no morning, here's the steadier swath of snow over the heart of the delaware valley. that will linger for the first part of the afternoon. as far as snow totals this is a preliminary estimate. this is the forecast motels, the this is the nan it has 6 to 12 across south jersey including cumberland atlantic, cape may county delaware dare. 3 to 6 for philadelphia. again it's a southern storm this time it's the southern areas that will see more than the northern portions of our viewing area. this model is our in-house rpm

model, 6 to 10 across south e the banged is farther northwest this time it does include the city and 3 to 6 in the far western suburbs and the lehigh valley. a shift in either direction 25, 50 miles will make a huge difference in how much snow you see in your neighborhoods. melissa magee will have another update on "action news" at 6:00 p.m. very windy bitter, out there today, 16 degrees if philadelphia. millville, 17. dover the same, allentown shooting for a high of 11. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 19 degrees for tomorrow. 29 for tuesday morning snow and then a lot of clouds during the afternoon. the next arctic outbreak arrives thursday into friday. 19, 22. next weekend 35. that's cold. guys? >> thanks, chris. well, tax time is upon us and hackers are calling it open season. they only need two things for tax fraud your name an social security number. once they have those they can

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you can see the wind shaking our camera there. sky6 live hd taking a live look over camden on this sunday afternoon and oh, my goodness is it cold outside. 14 degrees right now. >> unoccupied homes that have fallen into disrepair are an all

too common problem in the city of philadelphia. they can cause major problems for their neighbors. the "action news" troubleshooters got such a call. and we're calling this one rat house rescue. >> oh, look, oh, look. >> reporter: rodents like this in the center family home has the centers worried about their health and safety. they moved out of their south philadelphia home. >> all my neighbors on this side of block have all these rats running around in their houses also. we need help. >> donald said the rats are coming from the unoccupied house next-door. >> i had to built this to attack anything moving. it worked well, because i caught one at least is big as a boot. >> reporter: but they began seeing so mean rats they contacted the "action news" troubleshooter we called a pest

company to assess. look what he found on his visit one mouse and two rats, this gets pulled out of a drawer. >> look, look. >> reporter: it's definitely a health rick williams. philadelphia troubleshooters contacted licenses and spections. construction specialist met us at the house. >> we need help. >> reporter: l&i issued a violation notice for the unoccupied house specifically for the pipe in the back that's giving the rats access to the property. they give the homeowner a month to respond and then get a judge to order him to fix the problem. >> they put the traps underneath, i've reached out to

them again today. >> reporter: l animal -- l.and i is asking for quart -- court order. >> they are not back in their home. >> we'll follow through and get you some resolution,. >> reporter: you can bet we'll continue to follow this one, if you have an unoccupied house go to the troubleshooters page for a link how to get help e-mail the trouble shooters about any issues, "call for action," 866 monday through friday. >> a 20-year-old circus performer was marked a milestone in philadelphia. last night jenna kerr bee --

kerby was shot out of a cannon for the 100th time. >> it's hard to describe what it feels like to get shot out of the conunanimous. it's it is most intense ride you've ever tried to ride on times ten with no seat belt. >> 104 feet at 66 miles and landing on a air cushion never gets old.

>> recapping our top stories on "action news," a mom and dad and

two children narrowly escaped injury early this morning when a tree fell on their newtown conveyer -- newtown square home. firefighters had to pull the woman from the rubble. the house is a total loss. a blizzard warning has been issued for coastal communities in new england. officials have under drivers to stay off the roads. ment area has been hit with more than 6 feet of snow in the past week or so. high winds in our area have knocked out power to more than 4,000 houses and businesses, utility crews from lancaster county to the jersey shore have been working through the night to restore the lights and heat. >> cold weather continues. >> reporter: that's right the winds not only are they causing power outages, it is blowing snow back on the roads especially the secondary roads. bitterly cold, 16 degrees, overnight tonight 2 in the city, that would tie the record low. north of the pennsylvania

turnpike below zero. bitter night coming up. monday night into tuesday, we're watching a southern system, 3 to 6 inches of snow for the city, maybe more south and east. >> finally a sweet story out of iowa, where a dog stopped at nothing to visit her sick owner. security cameras caught sissy wandserring into the -- wandering into cedar medical center. they can not figure out how she found her way but they believe she ran away for a reason. >> she missed mom she knew to come and see mom. >> the hospital is 15 blocks away from the family home. family members say they have never taken her there to visit nancy, but she does work next-door and she had been there before. very cute. >> dog jack is next on channel 6. >> "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> for eva pilgrim and chris

sowers and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han. have a great sunday, we'll see you next weekend. trading-in or selling your car, truck

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