at the moment they are dealing with snow-covered side roads in absecon, atlantic county. we'll have the latest weather and traffic reports on "action news" at 4:00 p.m. a reminder as the snow moves through, keep your devices open to 6abc.com/weather you can find street level forecasting from storm tracker 6 live 6. follow our team of meteorologist also on facebook and twitter and other social platforms. >>> turning to other news now, firefighters in delaware county spent the morning battling a house fire that sent a person to the hospital. chopper 6 hd was over the scene of the 500 block of strathmere road in havertown. again one person was rushed to the hospital. no word on their identity or condition. no other injuries reported, but it did take fire crews several minutes to bring things under control. the cause of the fire under investigation. >>> another fire in norristown forced more than a dozen people out of their homes late last night. the flames sparked in a rowhouse and spread to the neighbors on both sides. the bitter cold made it difficult for firefighters to b

this is our live picture absecon, in urge new jersey, gorgeous start to the day there with just few clouds,

three over absecon, tidal flooding along absecon boulevard left roadways, parking lots under several inches of water. >> and, from flooding to this. here we go again. tracking snow on storm scan3, another winter storm is set to bring more snow to our area. so we're wouldn't they are noon what casino of punch will this pack, katy? big fan of sandwiches but not a snow sandwich. >> yes, and you know the first system thankfully more of coastal issue, at least, you know, certainly caused problems down there, but the entire region wasn't involved in it. that said there is another on the way, that's the one that will have little more widespread impact, however, we've got really well defined storm system to track here, the one that was affecting the coast with the flooding we showed you moment ago, we turn our focus first, start it off with a view of storm scan3. look at that really well defined center of circulation out over the open ocean water. lead to certainly more every new england issue, but here at the local level, you're finding is retreating system at this point. so we had winter w

nearby absecon on the white horse pike police blocked a lane of traffic. on the black horse pike in egg hard pour township police shut down the road after two vehicles tried to wade through and needed a tow to get out. many are thinking about damage done weeks ago even though the next two days are expected to be minor compared to that weather event. >>> every street is so flooded. >> reporter: danielle wants to get back and forth to work. >>> i'm late, sorry, i'm coming in now. >> reporter: residents and people in atlantic city will have to watch and wait and see to get to the -- late in the day, the next high tide is tonight. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> former eagles player lesean mccoy is under investigation for an alleged assault on three philadelphia police officers at a nightclub. two officers were hospitalized as a result of the incident. the fight happened at 2:45 a.m. at the recess lounge in old city. according to sources mccoy and three other nfl players were involved in a physical altercation with the off-duty officers over a bot

both boats drifted near the absecon inlet and due to the strong winds and tied the coast guard has suspendedtions until tomorrow. they say no injuries or pollution have been reported. >>> and we are now able to hear the may day call from helicopter crash in hawaii on thursday that was caught on camera. >> teams of val salvage workers removed the helicopter from the water yesterday. five people were on board the tourist helicopter. one person was critically injured. workers from the ntsb and the faa are investigating exactly what caused that crash. >>> at least one person is dead in figi after the strongest tropical cyclone on record in the southern hemisphere slammed into the island today. authorities say the storm was packing winds of 180 miles an hour when it made landfall. that's the equivalent of a category five hurricane. figi low lying regions have been evacuate. they're prone to sea surges and flash flooding there. that's unbelievable. 180 miles an hour winds. >> 185. now the strongest tropical cyclone in the southern hems fire second strongest to make landfall ever in the entire glob

. >>> let's take a live look mobile 6 is in absecon new jersey, along route 9. they are expected to get the brunt of this 3 or 4 inches. >>> we have a rainy commute in this location. in other places we're seeing snow. let's talk about the team coverage we're taking a live look storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. in they are, team coverage, david murphy and karen rogers. >>> we have katherine scott and annie mccormick. we start with david. >> reporter: i see snow over katherine. we have wet snow over the central portion of the region. if you've been following this forecast over the last day and a half it's getting farther and farther inland and more snowy. it is wet snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches as we go between now and 10:00 a.m. by then it should be off the coast. the closer you are to the shore, more rain you have. but we expect a change over to snow from the northwest to the coast later on. mainly wet roads. as we look at current temperatures there are spots getting close to the freezing mark. trenton, millville, 34. in some areas we may develop slush o

meanwhile, take a look at the snowy scene in atlantic county, new jersey, there is enough snow in absecon to clean off the cars. the roads were covered in snow, but drivers were getting by just fine. let's check in walter perez live at the penndot yard in norristown where officials are talking about how they are tackle this round of winter weather. >> reporter: hey, rick, always david mention thement changes in temperatures is not expected until later and you can feel it, it is cold out here. the snow just getting started 20, 30 minutes ago, penndot officials want everyone to realize because we're in the expecting a tremendous amount of snow in general that does not mean commuters should let down their guards. penndot has 10le -- 108,000 tons of salt. >>> our pavement temperatures are cold so they can continue to ice after the temperatures have risen above freezing. >> reporter: penndot officials say there are two factors working in their favor with the storm storm. it is snow changing over to rain. if the rain came first it would have washed the brine over the roads. secondly it's a holi

this is absecon boulevard in absecon, new jersey. the snow is whipping through the frame there.ure. >> the cars are having trouble getting around it the there, they have one lane. >> it is close to getting cut off here so be very careful as you know. >>> valentines day gift for under $50. i'm all over this. >> here's the thing, you have look expensive. >> it has to look expensive. >> this is the thing it has to look fancy pants. you nest he how to make stuff look fancy pants without breaking the bank. >> no question. >> okay. first of all lets begin with this one which one of these two because i asked mike anal he can. they both said this was the one that was more expensive, and. >> it is not. >> okay. >> it is these, they are only $36. >> you are get getting getting amazing look. it can be alone on your arm or part of your arm party. >> arm party. >> so all of these, each under $50. >> so is arm party here to stay. >> here to stay. >> not a question. >> and now you are doing little thingys. >> has. >>> does that look cool hanging off of it. >> i think so. >> and, this is fun be

the tugboat lost power near the absecon inlet saturday morning.e that it was towing drifted and hit a nearby jedi. no one was hurt. >>> the allentown planning commission is holding a public hearing tonight on plans to repurpose an old factory building at 10th and turner street. the owner wants to transform the building into a high-end apartment complex through the ç city's ad dadaptive reuse progr. >>> a new survey shows most consumers are concerned about the security of their personal data on their cell phones. landon dowdy is here with more in this morning's cnbc business news. good morning, landon. >> hi there, tracy, good monday morning to you. many consumers feel they have little control over personal information on their smartphones. a new survey finds 75% of people don't even trust well-known brands to take care of their data. nearly a third say they're unwilling to share any personal information which could spell trouble for marketers trying to tailor ads based on location of mobile phone users. meanwhile on wall street, the markets could

absecon, beautiful sunrise coming up this morning. got a picture this morning. this can't be real.at that shot. from annie. not postcard. actual picture this morning great looking sunrise. get up, get out enjoy the nice comfortable start. we're into the 40s right now. 42 degrees a light breeze south west at 3 miles an hour. a lot of events happening today. want to bring in sue and talk about weekend wendy she's getting a little culture this weekend. >> you got to love weekend wendy is wearing today in honor of the new exhibit at the barnes foundation. it is picasso. the great war experiment mentation and change. this is the first day and it goes all the way through may but you know how these things go. you think off lot of time and then suddenly it's gone. so make sure you go sooner rather than later just like weekend wendy to enjoy picasso at the barnes foundation. >> getting in the spirit there. great looking day except here comes this rain maybe a few showers by about 3:00 o'clock. temperatures still into the 50s just shy of 60. 6:00 o'clock there's some rain coming down but we'

. >>> people gathered to talk business today including mayors from absecon, egg harbor township and they discussed the economic alliance, created to attract new businesses to the county and keep them there. >>> new affordable housing is available in wilmington. governor jack markell celebrated the opening of the lost, there are 80 units in the warehouse and totalled $60 million and is paid for in part by state funs and low income housing credits. coming up a check of the accuweather forecast. looking live at sky 6 hd, meteorologist, cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast five-day forecast. don't put the umbrellas away just yet. >>> on this cluster of thunderstorms, this is not severe but moving into chester county, we have three lightning strikes and heavy rain associated with that, you can also see this band of yellow, that is heavy rain crossing the pennsylvania turnpike and all of this is racing to the north at 60 miles per hour, that is an indication of the tremendous wind energy with this system. also 422, reading right now heavy rain heading up to i-78 and down to the

. >> absecon. > absecon, new jersey. i'm glad you guys told me because one time i said something wrong and i got a million tweet about how to say things. you have to give me some credit. i had to learn skull kill, conshohocken. june yacht a. i saw your forecast. man, 16-degrees at 3:00 or something like that. that's just the temperature. you have to factor in the wind. we've been great before, but it's never really been this low. we're looking at pretty bad weather here tonight and tomorrow morning. because of the wind here, this wind chill actually fairly dangerous. you want to certainly take precautions. get everything covered up that you can with the hats, the gloves, the scarfs because it will feel like it's down blow deer on. frostbite can happen quickly if you're outside for a long period of time. keep that in mind. the artic air is moving in, teens and 20s now. the wind will really start to increase and the temperatures will drop. combine those two and you're looking at wind chills down blow deer on. wind chill ad

trump taj mahal still opened for now and absecon light house. is there our live truck with the headlights on safely beyond what looks like a bun of tumble we had. we can call this atlantic ocean tumble we had. they are bushels of sea weed. we will give awe lie at the back pay as we head out that way toward the end of the show and give you an idea how bad it is for people dealing with that for two days in a row here on the new jersey shore, guys. >> bunch of sea weed man, boat load. >>> lets check with dave kinchen live from wilmington. he has seen a lot of snow flakes, big snow flakes. >> still coming down. >> is it sticking is the question. >> reporter: at least on the hat it tend to stick. it has been increasing in the last hour or so. we will show you we are downtown here on market street and people are making their way long the road. you can see glare where it is wet and snow is coming down good as well. salt on the roads, no major accident. we have not seen one time struggles to get trucks. i will pad over pot right where journalist chris f

♪find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar.com♪ >>> good morning, absecon, dill will bob kelly >> yes. >> well, a dream come true for britney spears. she got the chance to shake hands with hillary clinton, in vegas last night, you know, they have that caucus out there. the two met back stage at brittany's show, at planet "plat hollywood". the singer gushed all overhill hill and called her an inspiration, and she thought hillary clinton has a beautiful voice for women around the world. and what she meant was not singing voice. >> yep. >> but a voice for women. >> so fun when you see celebrities when they meet other celebrities, they take pictures, that casino of thing. >> if they took pictures why didn't they post the pictures? >> they did actually post them on stain gram. not sure where the pictures are. >> well, we will put it up. >> there was one imposing, uncandid one every them talking. >> avenue good idea. couple of guys in philadelphia written a song basically for our show, we should roll it on friday. it is happy friday. >> it is a happy friday. >> why don't we do that?

. >>> a snowstorm is still inching its the way off the the coast, bye-bye, snow, absecon, new jersey, found out what mike will give up, for lent. >> bye, so long. >> yes, no more snowstorm. >> let it go, let it go. >> get out of here. >> we were talking about lent and mike, you just decided what you will give up. >> forty days without saying the name... >> kardashian or jenner i guess. >> yes. >> anyone related to the kardashian clan. >> starting right now. >> so, now, you do have a kardashian story that means turf read it. i will be reading for next 40 days. the ken dell jenner is using an famous icon to encourage young people to vote. yes, rosie the rivet or in campaign for rock the vote and independent journal review. she once said she doesn't know much about feminism but in the photo and video she can be seen wearing the shirt, bandana, flexing maybe it inspired her to learn a little bit more. >> what a dope, because i don't know rosie the riveter was considered a feminist. it does she know why she had to go to work. >> world war two. >> men were all overseas. >> women had to hold

happened near the absecon inlet. the tug lost power north of the inlet.an aground on the side. everyone is okay. the coast guard has no reports of pollution from the incidents. >>> tax season unfortunately is open season for scammers. pennsylvania congressman pat meehan says his office has received 300 scam complaints in just the past month. he says con artists are altering phones and letters to make it appear as if they're from the irs. remember the irs will never call you to ask for money and they will not ask for payment to be sent in a certain way like credit or overnight payments. a taxpayer bill of rights is available online to protect you so take a look at them. >> absolutely. >>> time for a check of traffic right now. let's see what's going on out there. >> hopefully not too taxing ohio ways and by ways on a monday night. >> we want to warn you about some delays on the schuylkill expressway. what day aren't they there? there always are delays on the schuylkill expressway. this afternoon rick and monica eastbound especially heavy from that montgome

. ♪ >>> and welcome back with live look at absecon. of folks are seeing snow but people in this part of our area could also see some flooding. more snow is about to fall as well season falling in certain areas. the fox 29 winter weather authority has got you covered all night, of course. at least 10 people have died in a head on crash between two commuter tapes in southern germany. investigators are now trying to figure why multiple safety measures failed before the collision. the drains were supposed to pass one another at the station. safety system is moved to brake trains if they end up on the same track. crews are going through the recovered black boxes to find out all that went wrong. >> it's a terrifying picture at the crash site. shocking how the two trains are wedged into each other. one train literal drilled itself into each other and tore apart the cabin of the second train. >> safety systems had just passed inspection last week. >>> president obama sends his final budget to congress in the $4.1 trillion spending plan is a re

they drifted near absecon inlet. to strong wind and tide, coastguard suspended operations until today they say no injuries or pollution has been reported. >>> and just continue is back with the forecast, very popular man in the studio. >> so, spring like weather. >> yes. >> we hit 60's. today we might have a shot at 60 if the sunshine can hold off. we will be in the the 50's which is great this time of the year. good 10 degrees above average. we have some rain coming this afternoon and tonight. not so much, spoil tore day. >> yes. >> cool down this week, we had that big storm. people have been talking about over past week. the it looks like it will be mainly rain. we will time that out in the seven day. lets take you out identify. we have some clear skies over us, and it is just about a full moon a lot of moon light coming into center city to day. look at that sunrise in a half an hour to 40 minutes. some good color to deal with this morning. we're looking live from our roof camera in center city. so in problems this

. >> live look at absecon new jersey tonight. oh, my producer blake said it was beautiful shot.what a drastic change from yesterday with temperatures jumping way up. the rain has fallen for most of the day of course. winds have been a problem, too. fox 29 winter wet authority has you covered with what's going on. >>> president obama just spoke a short timing a and responded to calls by some republicans that he let his successor fill the open seat on the supreme court. conservative justice antonin scalia died suddenly on saturday. after giving his condolences and paying tribute to scalia, president obama told reporters less than an hour ago he'll follow the us constitution and name a nominee. >> there's no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. that's not in the constitutional text. i'm amused when i hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constituti constitution. suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. there's more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way the record of a nominee that

the tugboat lost power near the absecon inlet saturday morning. >>> the allentown planning commissionng a public hearing on plans to repurpose an old factory building at 10th and turner streets. the owner wants to transform the building into a i had-end apartment complex through the city's adapative reuse program. it's designed to find new uses for buildings that no longer serve their original purpose. >>> good morning. it's jessica boyington with your first alert traffic right now we're out in doylestown watching on route 202 around easton road. not a lot of volume out there. we are starting to see volume in some spots. i am going to check in with that coming back at 6:30. for now, let's check in on today's forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds already breaking. check out this great view from the mellon bank building in center city. cool to start with but a nice warmup for today. your hour by hour forecast just ahead. >>> i'm matt delucia, live in the digital operations center. bill cosby's wife is orred to answer questi answer questions in a defamation suit. what's happ

. >>> no snow yet but coastal flooding is also again a concern as we take a live look at absecon, newady taking on water earlier today. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. another winter storm as you've heard is coumarin way. what can we expect from all of this? chief meteorologist scott williams and kathy orr they're track it all. let's begin with scott. >> hi there lucy and iain a lot of information to digest. with our latest bout of know snow. take a look at ultimate doppler right now. we're dry, we're quiet but off to the south and west the green that is some rain and the white that is illustrating light snow breaking out through the central and western part of the state. but this is isn't like the prior system that is we've seen. this one is going to be coming in multiple pieces. take look at this broad area of rain and snow that's going to pinwheel its way toward our area over the next day maybe day and a half continuing through wednesday morning at 6am. we have advisories in purple. in pink those are the winter storm warnings. so the areas in pink this is where the

. >>> let's take a live look mobile 6 is in absecon new jersey, along route 9.ion. in other places we're seeing snow. let's talk about the team coverage we're taking a live look storm tracker 6 live double scan

in absecon portions of the white horse pike also covered in water. police crews blocking off traffic there and in egg harbor township parts of the black horse pike also shut down, some cars had to be towed after drivers tried unsuccessful to pass through water. always remind you about that. and of course snow is in the forecast so coastal flood advisories remain in effect there at the shore. down in delaware deldot crews are busy preparing brining bridges and roads ahead of the weather event. the delaware department of transportation says it's mainly focusing on new castle county where the majority of this weather event is expected to hit. >> we're making sure all of our snow fleet such and running and we're going to start probably loading some of our vehicles little early. we are looking at the time that the storm is going to come in. >> everyone preparing. at 5:00 nora muchanic takes us back to the shore as they prepare for tonight's weather and walter perez will be live on "action news at 6:00 with penndot preps. brian. >> alicia, thank you. >>> i

it happened saturday near the absecon inlet. 135-foot barge drifted and ran aground slightly south ofa 77-foot tug lost power and ran aground slightly to the north. officials say no one was hurt here and no injuries have been reported nor has there been any pollution in th in the water thus far. >>> show down over urbanization and the future of a family business on the main line. monica malpass with the details on this. >> hi, brian. waterloo gardens sit on lancaster avenue for decades. it has now closed and there is a big fight over what to do in developing that property now. developers are eyeing it as the site of a potential new residential and retail complex but many neighbors are now fighting that plan. coming up new at 5:00 tonight john rawlins breaks down the developmental show down in devon. >>> in health check it is the question that many folks trying to lose weight have asked themselves, how often should i get on the scale. >> well, tonight ali gorman has the results of an interesting new study and why several experts are quickly trying to debunk its findings. we'll have tho

. >>> welcome back, absecon new jersey, gorgeous sunrise that we're watching this morning, thank you for joining us, we're up 7:30 with all of your local and breaking news from overnight. in headlines right now, philadelphia meek mill going to be spending more time in our area after violate his parole. a judge ordered mill, whose name is robert williams, to serve a minimum of three months house arrest because of the violations related to a 2009 drug and gun case, meek mill also must serve another six years probation during a three-month of house arrest. the rapper is in the allowed to work and can only leave home for community service >>> authorities in delaware county are trying to track down this guy. take a close look. they say he shot a convenience store woke during a robbery. when the man demanded the clerk hand over money, the clerk refused. that's when the guy pulled out a gun and fired it twice. the clerk was shot ones in the leg and other employees were locked in a freezer. investigators say accused gunman ran out of the store empty handed after all of that. >>> chinese new

this is our live picture absecon, in urge new jersey, gorgeous start to the day there with just few clouds, and little bit of sunshine. but, hey, guys, you know what tonight is? >> tell us. >> the oscars. are you aware of the new category? >> tell us. >> best non-moving animated character in a news gathering business. >> weekends windsy? >> what do you think, sue? >> the nominee. sue? >> weekend wendy, look how beautiful she is on the red carpet with her award and her beautiful dress. she is going to celebrate at the hollywood awards party tonight at the ambler theater t starts at 6:30. and it goes until that awards show is over whenever that is. it is going to be so much fun. red carpet reserved seating awards, you can vote on your favorites, a great time at the ambler theater tonight. >> a lot of parties going on tonight, that's ambler right on butler pike. beautiful part of town there. so you step outside now. it is into the 30's, but it will be much warmer tonight. these temperatures will climb to up near 06 degrees, with the sunshine, so looking good there. now the ultimate doppler sh

us down the shore and see what it is like down there if i wanted to go check out the lighthouse in absecona little chilly with that wind that we've had. >> so there's a picture, nice shot this morning. the sun is out at least, but there's chill in the air and the wind chill is still in the mid to low 20s. temperature down t in wildwood and atlantic city blow freezing. grab a coat before you head outside this morning, you won't need by the end of the weekend. you'll need it right now. vet nor, a butt schall shot of the sun. h coming from michael. always sends us some great pictures along the beach. ultimate doppler is clear. so no matter what your plans are today, don't worry about some rain or snow. not many times we can get buddy and wendy together at the same event. this is one of them, right sue. >> it's going to be so much fun at the lee kora center this afternoon. temple plays central florida at noon, but it's also hooters' birthday, hooter the mascot of the temple owls and he's having a bunch of other mascots come and help him celebrate. among them, bus stop buddy, that's right, a sp

this is absecon, new jersey. a frigid start to the day valentine's day.e warren is it going to warm up any? >> yes, it will warm up just a little bit. just little. it's dropped all night here and these are the coldest temperatures that we've seen so far. thank it waited for us by the time we get up this morning this is what it feels like on your skin. bundle up said it all last night and think morning. the coats, the halves, the scarves put them on before you step outside. lowest -- coldest wind chills we've seen down well below zero pretty much where. cold arctic air is to the north and these are the current temperatures only into the single digits. record is two. not quite seeing record low temperatures here in philadelphia but these numbers will stay right about the teens maybe not even making it up to 20 degrees this afternoon. cold winds here but look at this headline. storm develo developing. it will get a little warmer now we have to watch for some rain and snow. it will be snow initially as the storm develops here. this area of low pressure will b