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"acti news," daware valley's leading news program with jim gardner. the hot ticket ite tight at lowes in voorhees, ice melt,

sn shovs a o guyalked out with a beauty of a snow blower. in northeast philadelphia, they are already puttingrine on t roads at cottman and t boulerd, yet they are preping for a b one. andt loo le a big o is at we're going to get. wedsday ght, the b story on "acon news" tight is 12-18,s in inches, as in snow. we've got meteorologi cecily tynan and adam joseph with all of the latest fts a figures. let's begin with cily at the >> jim, thas what we expect ll be on the grod in philadelphia when this storm morning.nds down on sunday in the antime, we have a ttle bit of an aetizer before the mn even some sw showers, light south of philadelphia. but i do want to menon this becau d.c.ot a coating to an inch. roads untreated and it caused hundreds of accidents tonight. use caution.

thereould be slick spots with the temperatures. and bger news, water vapor agery showing the storm system to the west will drive or texas, gather moisture from the gulf of mexico and then from t atlantic and this wl cau a major winter storm wh far-rchg impacts. winter storm watch a warnings from west of membe mem through the tennessee valley, the carolinas and viianto our region and north jers. he we are looking at the watches going into eect friday night through sunday morning. and also blizzard watches for the d.c. area for the baltire i wouldn't be surised if we ve near-blizzard conditions here at the height of the storm. for the detai on the storm and how it will devop and the meline we head over to adam joseph. >> cecily, the storm hav't

ev formed at this point. tomrow afternoon wll start to see the storm setting up shop inasrn texa northern parts at that time it will start to pull the moture. the win off the gulof mexico feedingnto this primary low. "primar meaning the rst lowo devel because there wilbe two. as we get into friday morning, stl dry here, some sunshine in the mid-atlaic. moisture spreading in snow wh charleston, west virginia and roanok virginia. and the primary low fls apart and transfers itsnergy to the coast where a new low develops along the barrel clinic zo where you have the warm ocean ter and it will bomb out. it will ridly delop o of the carolinas and pullore isture inff of the atlant. the storm will be so big, it wi spre thatoiste all the way to the north. thiss 9:00 friynd we start to see the first flakes falling and points soh.io philalphia

so most fday it is dry, it is friday night. in dition to this, becausehe storm will wrap upo quickly and innsify, it will throw very song winds out ofhe et-northeast. major coastal flooding, bea erosnn saturday. winds me thehore can be in excess of 60 miles per houwith that snow, which wl be very heavy and we so as we look at e timeline here for philadelphia specif, overnight onriday the snow arrivals from south-to-north around 9:00, 10:00 for philadelphia. during the day on saturday, tt is the heart of the stor winds pladelphia 40 miles r hour and it wra up and moves out surday night and earlyuay morning just aft about the midnit hour. when meteorologist cecily tynan comes back, jim, she will have the expecd first-call swfall map in the full auweather forecas >> thank you, adam. live to "action news" reporter dn cuelr at th re station in philalia. dn, how are folks get rea

forhe stor >>t may seem like the calm before t storm until you go to grory or hardware stores, and you realize pple are taking no chancesnhis one. many fks do not want to be caug unprared. in cherry think the race is on. getting read yl f ready for it? >> am. the regular things, bread, milk, e, butter, cheese. >> and it seems t tra has left t stati and sff flying off shees matter than ey reock. >> they didn't even have the milk i wand, just plain skim >> at lowes they are stocking up. in fact snblowers gng like ng busters. >sling 10 to 15 last nigh

plus an additiol five or six over the intert net in the half 36 hours. >> ordering his online. >> am ready. i hope it snows a lot after what i paid for it. >> nothing wse than not getting use out of it. >> and wanti to me sure he iseady before t lastinute rush. >> you are set and battenedown the hatches. >> i am batti tm dn for good, want plenty of rock salt. >> saying she is staying home until it passes. >> you will stuck. into it's the weekend, might as welltay home. >> might as well enjoy the ride. >> that what i am goi to do. >>o the countdown is on for the first major snowstorm of the sson. get those snow shovels ready, h we go. liven university city, dn cuellar channel 6 "action news." >>hank you, dann. philadelphiale international

airport, up two feet of snow poib air lines are planning major alines iued wvers r the weekd, allowing passengers toebk on earlier or later flights without palty. you can find round-the-clock coveragef the pending storm on 6abc.com androving constt updates on the 6abc "action news" febookage d, of course, on twitr. ice hasaken or t fe scene from last night's blaze in center city, philadelphia. investigars have yet to be able to get into the structure totart gathering information about the orin of the fire. meanwhile,action news" rerter back at 22nd and locust tonight. of course, it goes without saying this is priri atory about the people who lost so >> that's right, m. this was once a home to dozens of peoe. now it is an ice-lock structe deemed too unsafe to

enenter as sits behind a maze of yellow ta. >> i grabbed myurse and my jket, my coat, and that's a i grabbed. >> althea simeo left with nothing but the clothes on her ck when the smoke detectors blared. she left thinking it was a false alarm. >> i call ba at 6:30 and the wholele was on fire. >> the fast-moving flasipped through the four-story building causi the roof to cave. the structu so uafe it even foed residents next door out of tir homes. >> tried to come back to get her stuff, wanting h passport and >> what wathe condiolike in the home? >> not bad. >> t rescue group retriev th cat in the evacuating building. >> thes first floor aptment, a ltle bit of water damage, a little smoky heut it wasn't bad at all. she was iide of an enclosesity

and she was safe. >> lni says wn they can enter they will assess the building. but the g iss is this weekend's weather. it is a challge already f fireghters retrvg fzen equipment. this laddehad tbe saw in two. >>lmostike out of a book. >> residen c't help stping to stare at the frozen apartnt. >> and they are tryg to pick up the pieces. >> i don't kw we wl ever get in. what i am assuming.royed, that's >> the city ordered a paral demaolition of the building and rk likely continug tomorrow >> thank you. invesgatorsay a 28-year-old driver struck a red light and struck a plalphia police commander who was in an unmarked car. the car happened just after 6:00

tonight at e interseionf belmont and mtgomery in two children in the striking vecle sufred minor injuries. they were taken to chdren's hospital for treatmt. the officer suffered a minor g ather plalphia police officer crashed tonight while rsuing a speed carjacke at university. andhey were chasi a taurus stolen earlier today. one patrol car smmed io a third unrated hicl there are no serious injuries, andhey are sll looking for the suspect carcker a stolen car. > it was on you -- unimous they are asking the may to step wn. aer the f.i.ped an investigation into government

coracting practices. three city leaders and one other person already pleaded guiy to federal crimes. healled e council's actions a "snt." sll come, amazon offering refunding to anyone who bought a hover bod. ahead federal oicials a urging oer railers to do the same. and weapons of violence ansformed into somei gd tonight at the unirsity of pnsylvania. we have a little snowovg through tight but a lot more onhe weeken what u c expect whereou live in theccuwther forecast. plus,he possible discovery of evidence that there is a n planet in r solar stem. and it's bi "action news" continues in just a moment.

here is aonsumer alert. if you bout a hover boa from amazon you can retnt for a full refund. federal officls are urging every retair to do the same. today the consumer product safety coiion announced it's trying to find out why hover boards can catch fire. investigati 39ires in 19 states. the agency urging anyone who rides a hov board to do with a fire extinguisher nearby. > ather bumpy ride for inveors on wl street today. stocks cered some after a dramaticlunge early. the pce of oil suffered its worse one-dayrop since september, fueling the down marke theow closed down 249 points, but it wasownver 500 earlier in t day. the nasdaq lost just 5. the s&p

>> layg off workersrom the two facility in philadphia, beginning in may. employing 2500 people in the city, it an auto parts and one day after endorsing donald trump sarah palin spoke out for h son. arrested for domtic violence after allegedly punching and kiing h gifriend. palin says her son sfe fm pst and lks suprt from presidenobama. and prosecurs sayill cosby is asking for speci treatment getting his case thrown out before the first hring. and a response to the motn to dismisthe sex assault case against him.

sele's team alles that cosby may have been commied silar cres for decas, using h lebri to aid consequences. and cosby has not yet enter add plea. they he the power to take away a life, but tonight guns forged into tools to help a life ow. raw tools, from a colodo-based aivist group at the unirsity of pennsylvaa. weans wereelted down turned into garden implements. organirs s t mission is to reduceiolence by showing the power of change. dvers who tvel the fls bridge in fairmount park need an aerna oup. and preparing for a major rebitation project. february 1 the bridge closes to all vehicul traffic. and they expect to fish the project in april. bersnd walkers still have

access to sidewalks on the bridge. one of the fee -fiats that was used by t pope auctione and the diocese may auction that one off to no doubt that is a distinct poibility mu the proceeds from the sale will benit catholic charities. we made the point that we have aajosrm on the wa a lot to talk about a get >> even gting a little snow tonight. not from the storm, fm another eve. but some "actione" viers say they are brining the recoad tt is good, having a lot of accidents in d.c. because of the and they are notll th intense and mostrealling south of philadelphia.

they are quick-move but moving io ce may county and the is rson they are salting a roads. it is a weak disrbance moving throu, it is allone by tomorrow. there cld be slick spots tomorrow morning on untreated surfacesnd you want to it is cold enoh for snow teach temperatus are below freezing. and the radar showing the fast-moving sysmhat will be ouof here by tomoow. and tomorrow a pre - pretty pleasant day. and feeling a lot better an earlier this week. 7:00, 27. by 1:, 36. by 7:00 p.m. downo 30 degrs. and friday wl be quiet as well during e day. satellite 6, along whctions darhowing e ingredits out to the west. you look at this and you are like wow there nothing there. it doesn't look ke aig de. tse are t pieces that will be becoming together and will

form the coastal storm. and this is going tbe a big mess over t weeken futuretracker showing though i thkhe timing is great as fa as people getting safely kids from scho. 4:30, a lot of clouds and temperatusround freezi. is dry. aund t 9:00 hour this is when the snow showersreak out main sth a west of philadelphia ov spreang the region by 11:00 or midnight. and the storm real crank up d bombs out and intensifiesn and it continu thrgh the night. i wanted to mention the rain-ow li. and thisodel sws it reaching the i-95 coidor. i d't think it will get that far north and we. i think it wi stay closer to the coast. but talng a lot of snow. and what i expe the swfall by sunday morning, good 12-18

inches fm the pnsvania turnpike through interr south jersey. and theorthn suburbs, iis a southern storm,ot getting quite as much. but still talking 6- inches of snow. as you get along t coast this t wild card. how mh ming will t. calli for 3-6 incs at the immedie coastline. that mayhange based on how quicklyhe change overhappens. but i don want t people on the coast to think you are not getting batter by the storm, you may have the worst of it withhe winds. talking winds along the coast, 50-60 miles per hour. major coastal flooding and beach owe -- erosion. a nice aer morrow, pofltly spoflt ly >> mostly sunny. and saturd a gre day to hunker down. heavynow and high winds. a very wet snow and i think we

could have a lot of power outages. 34 deges t high. suny the snow ends and bumping upo8 degrs. the good ne, we havaui melt next week temperatures in the 0's and the -- in the 40 d sw should not last long and more information beginning at 4:. thiss a red carpet trite to local hos tonht at the cemark. men and womenf t u.s. military a local police officers and firefighters the newovie "the finest hourf erue story of a dgerous resc miion, and it is produced by disney, the parent companyf 6abc. could tre be another at in our solar syem? two scientists from the california i institute of technology say yes, there could. they are calling it plat nine sayi it is 10imes more massive than earth.

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