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philadelphia's most traveled roadways shuts down because of ice. after a day oflow temperature, a wintery mixaded our way. and it's just in time tomorrow night's commute the big story is an accu-weather alert. it was another day of bitter cold. today was even more brutal than yet. >> we got down to four degrees in philadelphia. and that tied a record and brace yourself as melissa cold out there heg four the old ralso four 2014 and today, very littlen at 17 increase hours here as you look at the windchills, one nugget of good news is that the winds certainly aren't as harsh as they wereer.
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so we'redig. we're no below zero. thewindchill nallentown, nine in reading, minus four in the poconos, changes however,o afternoon weather advisory has been issueas th moor the heart of the delaon is on the here's storm tracker 6 li double breaking out confrontation the northernplanes future track 6 shows we got know and west and a mixed bag in . talk about what we can expect and why we issued that accu-weather alert. lehigh valley in the northwest suburbs are light snow about a coating to inch in philadelphia and the i95 metro area some sleet and freezing rain they're in south jersey and delaware, we're just tracking mostly rain coming up we'll take a close look at the forecasn time r the ride more details coming up with the signature forecast. the frig conditions business easiestadelphiad tineer line break at a nearby garage turning the highway into a sheet of ice. bob brooks reports. >> reporter: it's a sight you rarely see, no traffic onvinee theo
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you itost arteries and freezing. it was closed till about 9: cause a water main break somewhere around oride the parking garage at 17th and callowhill >> the temperatures after a near record lows this morning, the water froze almost immediately >> we believe it's a water main break on an eight or possibly 12 inch main working to determine orter: that's the philadelphia water department. he said that everyone was seeing everyone could mean bigger problems >> s if we could find something further down towards 676, there c possible second l somewhere andgoing. >> reporter: mornings other errands had to be take carefully >> driving on it. but i icked their dogs up instead of risking an injured paw not good on their paws. >> reporter: they say just water main break broke, all that steam you from the initial main spring garden bob brooks, channel 6 action news with that said crews in philadelphia w night to fix a bro
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w o section. we caught up with them as they were trying to repair a 12 inch line that broke yesterday. be sure to tune in to action news starting at 4:30 a.m. tomorrow for the latest on the forecast as well as traffic and transit information you need to start the right way. we have breaking news now out of pediatric town firefigh are battling a this i along the 200 block of per kintown road. firefighters arrived before 43 this afternoon. it's still not clear whatnow washurt. as a member ooss o of their investigators are stillre out what sparked the fire that lieuten latourneau. today,eau was returned by his former the city and in his hometown of springfield. action report annie mccormick joining us live at the scene of that fire in north philadelphia with more tonight. hi annie. >>reporter: hi investigators
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spent most day out here they have wrapped up for the day police cruise, however did does remain in front of the home that was the scene of that double fatal fire. there's still a lot of questions since they're so very early in the investigation. investigators back at the scene of saturday morning's fatal fire that claimed two lives. including elantra matt latourneau. the firefighter died after falling debris hit him inside the home in the 2200 block of north colorado. latourneau an 11 year veteran of the philadelphia fire department is remembered with signs of respect. black buntings are coveri front of firehouses a city, inspringfield delaware county ringfield fiy,ember there is are theirt.here at thact,igtinues into h melvin oo in the house, bad. i h busting explosion like boom, boom and y shooting. i was like no that's not shots. i looked out the window. that's when i seen the flames it's fire busting the windows. >> reporter: the fire department is not releasing the name of the
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second victim. a civilian resident to the victims say he lived in the house where the fire began they shared this about him today >> fellow from the community, very athletic, i used to see him walking his mother, would he get up early and walk his mom to the bus stop and she would go to work, real good guy. it's crazy how that happened. they did a good job, as far as responding to the fire. >> reporter: and two firefighters that were also injured in that blaze yesterday have been treated and released from the hospital. likely a please cruiser does remain at the scene, the investigators could be back out here as early as dawn tomorrow. for now reporting live in north philadelphia annie mccormick, channel 6. frigid temperature made it tough for crews battling a warehouse fire in burlington county new jersey. firefighters were called to the 100 block of stoke road 7:00
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this morning, the f by t crews arrived the 200 foot fully >> we cold temperatur frozens. we just the water. surprisingly icing was an issue these was destroyed but nobody was injured. we're still waiting to find out hostarted. slick roads apparently played a role in an accident involving an suv in delaware county ov the action cam was on the scene here at 6200 block of baltimore in yaedon around12:30 this morning police say the dri traveling eastbound before losing control and then slamming into a utility pole. the crash brought wires down across that roadway. no on the extent of t driver's injuries. . much more on action news. first it was massive delays from the now passengersone of businessiestairports are a penn student haven't beeneen since tuesday wha investigators are trying to do. the eagles will take on yan in thens in the playoffs.
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identification no credit card no keys no eyeglasses >> orange county sheriff's department has been performing ground and air but so far, the case remains cold. blaze's parents say the premed student was happy and never seen him more optimistic a water main break at jfk international airport is adding more delays to an already bag logged system trying to recoverdelays. a gushing from the have been suspended and passengers who already arrived aeing processed at other terminals,s are not b > world n g with the cold coming up at 6:30 right after action news. the christmason drawing to a close, today was last day to enjoy foror holiday display at lawn woodgardens, da t thousands of trees, wreaths ather ions w come down to make room for the next seasonal transformation >> the mayor of wilmington said he saw runners in last year's ice kel run were crazy. but that was nothing compared to the 11 degree temperatures the
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breaking news now from conshohocken where firefighters are battling a house fire. the emergency had been busy on this day with f now live picture fro scene. the fire started just before ear the intersection near 5tenue.ou can see a dozen or so of firefighters appears to be a r some type of maythe fire we'll pass it along online jeff skversky we now know the falcons comin play the eagles. looks like a good match-up >> malcolm p perfectly you win one game and you're in the nfc title game at
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home. why not? since carson wentz went down last month eagles fans have lost faith. in givin shoe eagles are the first number one seed in n to be under dogs at home in the first playoff game. eagles two and a half under dogs to matt ryan and the falcons, the native they call mattie ice he's lost three of four four career, the eagles know they will be in for a flight >> biggest thing we want to stop the run we want to stop jones, we did a good job stopping them and we have julio in check for the most part. we got a new stops and that was obviously a good game for us. >> more on the eagles playoff game against the falcons tonight on sports sunday at 11:35. ron jaworski joins rogers in studios. the saints and panthers. the saints up
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29-nine half. shawn mcco playoffs for post post season the fourth down black with thewn. jag wars hang on to win ten-3 the first playoff win in ten years, they will face the steelers next. ice cold to red hot. just like are out of the playoffs thanks to 16 goals in the last three flyers fans? my goodness he will michael neuvirth. flyers down one flash flood warning, how abou shane gostisbehere two minutes last. we're tied at one a few minutes later. flyers again, power plays shawn couturier. flyers hang on to win the third straight four to one the final. now sucks days off >> momentum and it's a big win
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we haven't been successful about -- against -- andg able to get the win for us. sixers getting set to go to london for thursday's game. markel fultz is not expected to be ready in time. but fultz finally practicing five on five. playing five on five at sixers practice for the first time since going down with the shoulder injury in october. fultz who has been limited to four games is getting chose, stim no exact time table and date for his return >> i thought he looked good for not having done much obviously in past few months. to have him back with us and have him be part of me and the team it was a great -- it was a great thing to have him, you know, compete sweat. be around team mates. he's teaming at temple shoots one free put flow. first half.
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17 second half. ball wide open for the dunk temple loses 60-39 they score 39 points it is official straight loss, worst temple in five turn things next on action news, a chance for wintery mix could coming in forho accu-recast is next on action news. ...may be irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea or ibs-d. yove tried yle . ...a to treat ibs vibemedication you tak that helps proactively manage... ...both abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time. so you stay ahead of your symptoms. viberzi can cause ne do not take viberzi if you have no gallbladder, have pancreas or severe liver problems, problems with alcohol abuse, long-lasting or severe constipation, or a bowel or gallbladder blockage. pancreatitis may occur and can lead to hospitalization and death. if you are taking viberzi,... ...you should not take medicines that cause constipation. the most common side effects of viberzi... ...include constipation, nausea, and abdominal pain. stay ahe ad of ib.
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. important school closing information, i was thecity schools, all schools in atlantic city will be closed tomorrow. this is due to continuing clean-up from last week's blizzard in the area. once again students who attend atlantic city schools no school tomorrow. well the brutally cold temperatures have many wishing for warmer days but the way feels right now in sidney australia might much even for p the heat. it's summer down there and people are dealing with temperatures near 117 degrees. that's nearly a record for seen temperatures this hot since 1939. that's a final check of the accu-weather forecast. >> it's not 117 here. i know. we the deep freeze guys tracking some as we get into
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morr the picture outside sky e looking at a nice shot of the center city skyline on mond here's the 6 ln a lot of folksns landing andxrondlbed up ws as well. because temperature teens and we got windchills single it's stays frigid the rest of tonight. light wintery precipitation as we get into monday afternoon and evening, and then we're tracking in january thaw, it milder by the end of this week bit of a price, we're tracking rain. right now in philadelphia, high today of 19 it's 17 in the city, same thing for regular and allentown, the lehigh valley 18 down in dover 14 and 18 degrees in cape may you look at the windchills though and some improvements, the winds certainly aren't as harsh as they were yesterday so most spots are in the single digits and the teens. feels like just four degrees in philadelphia, nine in allentown. and reading, but minus four up in the poconos. satellite 5 along with action radar showing you we got a
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partly to mostly cloudy skies. widen out the picture because we're tracking some precipitation off to the west. this is why the nash weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for our region, mix precipitation moving into coma and we're temperatures are a little milder we're doing rain across the southern plains this moves in from the southwest to northeast direction. this cold will dip down to eight degrees in the suburbs and 15 in philadelphia for the overnight low. fast forward into monday afternoon and future tracker 6 showing you light snowfall already setting up in lehigh valley in our northwest suburbs lancaster dealing with mixed precipitation. by 5:00 in the evening you notice that line of mixed i95 metro area and by 8:30 9:00 tomorrow we got the rain moving into south jersey. and also into delaware. of we've issued an accu-weather alert. for the tracking a lot of precipitation, the problem be however, will be the timing of
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this event, begins at 2:00 in the afternoon ending by the 8:00 9:00 in south jersey and delaware. a coating to an inch is is likely mainly if you're north of i 78. mixed precipitation in philadelphia. and the i95 metro area, the precipitation little about a 10th of an inch. temperatures have been well below freezing, so anything that moves in will stick to the surfaces quickly and leave icy spots sequel. the exclusive seven-day forecast we got the accident oc high temperature tomorrow, 33 above freezing the problem however the presip is moving into already frozenday milder pacific air moves on in a high of 41 wednesday, sunshine few afternoon clouds high of 39. thursday, mostly cloudy skies evening drizzle but look at that high up to 48. milder on friday. there's that january thaw, high up to 58. but we will be tracking automoti on saturday.
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morning shower but dry out for the eagles playoff game on saturday. ok. >> melissa thanks. be sure to get updates on the factor and the wintery mix and check storm tracker 6 live on your phone or talk about the, it's a free download for the mobile device. there was a big celebration at drexel. mario the magnificent celebrated his birthday. school athletic center right before directly basketball game against william and mary. some fan signed. >> happy birthday. world news sunday is next here on channel 6. don't miss action news at0:00 on phl 17 and we're right back here on 6 abc at 11:00. forlliams versky, sarah bloomquist, the entire action news team i'm walter perez we'll see you b
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