reporting live in brigantine at the sea wall, david spunt, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. this storm is proving to be picky for penndot and rain is falling before any snow and high winds are expected. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff is overlooking the schuylkill expressway with more on preparations by penndot. alex. >> reporter: significant rainfall has been here over the past few hours philadelphia and westward. combined with high wind and possibility for snow accumulation you're dealing with pretty dangerous recipe on the road. >> there is no getting a round or fast forwarding it. >> if you are from the area march has a surprise for us. >> march kicks off with wet and blustery start and with that penndot crews are on standby to remedy road conditions where they can. >> high winds affects visibility. conditions could be pretty bad out there and with whole day of rain and precipitation i expect driving to be rather slow. >> unlike other snowfalls we've seen this season, preceding wet conditions will not allow penndot to pretreat roads. wheel they're treating that

reporting live in brigantine at the sea wall, david spunt, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> david, thank you. this storm is proving to be picky for penndot and rain is falling before any snow and high winds are expected. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff is overlooking the schuylkill expressway with more on preparations by penndot. alex. >> reporter: significant rainfall has been here over the past few hours philadelphia and westward. combined with high wind and possibility for snow accumulation you're dealing with pretty dangerous recipe on the road. >> there is no getting a round or fast forwarding it. >> if you are from the area march has a surprise for us. >> march kicks off with wet and blustery start and with that penndot crews are on standby to remedy road conditions where they can. >> high winds affects visibility. conditions could be pretty bad out there and with whole day of rain and precipitation i expect driving to be rather slow. >> unlike other snowfalls we've seen this season, preceding wet conditions will not allow penndot to pretreat roads. wheel they're treating that

reporting live from love park, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, you need to put on a hood rule number one in television is protect the hair >> protect the hair, the hair is getting wind swept right now so the hood will be coming out. but i took the hood off i forgot the hood, the hood need to go back on and will be on later thanks david. >>> storm is affecting people trying to leave or even get into the city. >> our anita oh has a hat on live at philadelphia international airport with more on flight cancellations and delays, hi there anita. >> but let me tell you this weather is wreaking havoc on travelersiving and departing flights have been cancelled, leaving manykup plan. inside philadelphia international airport we saw line or to find a place to stay for the evening, we also spoke to one man who said he was headed to columbus, ohio for a business trip be 10:30 a.m. and his flight had been cancelled. >> well, i was originally supposed to get a flight out of hartford. i came here because i had family here. i thought if i got stuck i would be able to stay with them

. >> "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt spoke with neighbors in bensalem who are hoping the crews can get power back on quickly. >> reporter: neighbors cut through this large oak tree on magnolia avenue in croyden that fell a few hours before, thanks to the wind and heavier snow. >> we will be there for 46 years. >> reporter: teresa compass says her mother was inside when the old tree came crashing down but thankfully she was not hurt. >> it was very quick, not loud at all. >> reporter: few blocks way neighbors on garfield street cleaned up from the march snow while crossing their fingers for the power to come on. >> i have a one year-old daughter and it is very cold outside, so it will be cold in the house. >> reporter: power went out here mid afternoon, when a neighbor heard transformer blew. >> i saw this big, blue, long light, and then, 22nd later there was another ball have light and it was flames. >> reporter: now it is a waiting game to get lights and heat on as soon as possible. >> just reality of what it is, you know, like to see it get fixed quickly but we will wait and

we will have that story at 6:00 reporting live from center city david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news> all right, david, yikes. >> not a pretty picture, lauren. >> this is crazy just sitting inside watching i was mesmerized the snow has been going sideways all day long, what a system, man. >> doesn't feel like all. >> not yet. >> we will deal with heavy wet snow next couple hours and winds as well so we will get you over tour live look at bethlehem, northampton county, snowy scene there, and, it looks good on the roadways but not a lot of people out and about and that is, the tto do, e are dealing with the heavy wet snow and, of course those damaging wind making for very hazardous travel conditions, and the snow continues to fall on storm scan three in and around bethlehem area northampton county, up in the lehigh valley, poconos and we are seeing snow, really just all snow across much of the delaware valley, not even seeing that rain mix that we saw earlier in the day. we had this pocket of very heavy snow, center city philadelphia, down into portions of chester county and starting t

reporting live tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> big shake-up at the whiteuse, communications hope hicks is resigning, she's one of president trump of most loyal aids. the announcement comes one day after he testified. hicks admitted to telling what amounted to white lies for the president. president trump said hicks is pursuing other opportunities. >>> mixed emotions in parkland florida as students return to marjorie stoneman douglas high school for the first time since the mass shooting. volunteers handed out flowers as students return for half day of classes they continues to mourn the 17 classmates and teachers killed two weeks ago. about 150 grief counselors were available and the principal tweeted a photo of students therapy tooks brought in >> you kind of can't help but feel sad and happy because there's so many people here. >> it's weird to go to school a and everybody you look is a police dog >>> president trump meantime met with members of congress to discuss ways to prevent future school shootings. he urged the bipartisan group of lawmakers to qui

reporting live tonight from center city david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. keep track of the storm right from your phone when we are not on the air go on the cbs philly weather app down load it at app store and google play. >>> still ahead keeping the lights on has been a huge task for peco energy crews. >> where power is still a problem for people in our area and why it is taking so long for crews to resolve the issues, don. >>> dave hakstol doesn't need any sympathy, flyers head coach with an honest, and straightforward assessment, after last night's loss. that is later in sports. >>> our weather coverage, continues, tonight, as this nor'easter barrels down, on us , cbs-3 mobile weather watcher is carefully rolling down ben franklin parkway right new a reminder to anyone braving the roads tonight take it slow and watch out for other drivers. >>> in a mix of snow, sleet, ice, rain since this morning power has been a problem for people all over our area. >> down trees are part of the issue because of the wind crew s have had a hard time making necessary repa

reporting live tonight, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> big shake-up at the white house, communications hope hicks is resigning, she's one of president trump of most loyal aids. the announcement comes one day after he testified. hicks admitted to telling what amounted to white lies for the president. president trump said hicks is pursuing other opportunities. >>> mixed emotions in parkland florida as students return to marjorie stoneman douglas high school for the first time since the mass shooting. volunteers handed out flowers as students return for half day of classes they continues to mourn the 17 classmates and teachers killed two weeks ago. about 150 grief counselors were available and the principal tweeted a photo of students therapy tooks brought in >> you kind of can't help but feel sad and happy because there's so many people here. >> it's weird to go to school a and everybody you look is a police dog >>> president trump meantime met with members of congress to discuss ways to prevent future school shootings. he urged the bipartisan group of lawmakers to