live in haverford township, john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you, john. >>> lehigh valley correspondent walter perez is live at penndot in south whitehall township. walter, what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, jim, as usual, for a march snowstorm, the snow pretty much gone already here in the lehigh valley, but even as the repairs and cleanup continue, round two is right around the corner. brandon ra dui i of allentown is still without power since friday's nor'easter tour through our region. we caught up with brandon as he bought some extra gasoline hierator goi. >> just try find ways to charge a phone and contacting friends and family to get a shower and stay warm and that kind of thing. so, doing the best we can. >> reporter: making matters worse, brandon's home will likely not go back online before this next storm arrives. still, officials from pennsylvania power and light say, they've made tremendous strides getting power restored to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the region after a storm they're

john rawlins is live at the jersey shore where they are expecting beach erosion and possible flooding. david murphy is live now with the latest. not bad out there now but the change is coming. clouds are building and still fairly bright. look at satellite and radar and rain is beginning to approach the region and a thin band tha afternoon and the bulk of the rain farther to the west and south getting its act together and late this afternoon and this evening. is when you see the stuff move in. beginning to build gh tide and and the lunar high tide is in play and the lunar and saturday evening high tide. down the shore coast at flood watch minor to moderate flooding and the back bays and how intense that system is when it starts to form off the coast. flood watches are in effect tonight and into friday night. this is basically from philadelphia to points north and over to the east. upper level support for heavier rain is really in these areas to the north and east and the south and west. although everybody will get rain and we have the high wind warning it has popped up to a warning fro

john rawlins joins us live from havertown where people are preparing for one storm and cleaning up from the first one john. >> reporter: yeah, it's a slow painful cleanup that's for sure, particularly if you're without power. the folks here say restore the power a as they c it's been a long, long process. >> it's the before round two, another nor'easter moving our way. the area around city hall at lunchtime. i won't be pretty by midweek, we think. let's get more on the next nor'easter meteorologist karen rogers in for david murphy. that scarf will come in handy on>> repor we're dealing with winds related to the last it's kind of a chilly breeze. the coastal flood advisory impacting people from along the coastline. minor flooding could be causing road closures around the coast from that flooding, we're not done with that just yet. the windchill with the gusty breeze up to 25 miles per hour at times. feels like it's barely above freezing, 36 in allentown. 40 in cape may. usually in march we hope to feel better than that, temperatures for the day 45. we're talking temperatures below the av

live in asn, john rawlins, channel 6 "action ws > you can visitc.com for breaking details on thenor'east rninhermovesntpd watches and through. ve states across the east coa nor'easter as well. anh de threatening high winds and snow and beach undeay at se places along the east coast. here is more from longach, in >> packing heavy rain and snow . with more than 70 million americans from the carolinas to maine in ie expect to >> more than0 are without power and hundreds of are canceled and it behind a tra of and sno in ohio and michigan.and officil e t seriously cause tre didn' dn not be really challenging. >> vacations are un of boston where the storm coincides with three high tide cycles. >> it's a heck of a storm and to take it seriously ater lcould worse than january's devastating e prepared. tigt. trying harder this time. here in long bea crews build up the massive piles of sandfis. they are desperately trying to fight against ion.ct homes that. >>> back here it is read acros america day in honor of dr. seuss and today camden's mayor part of the day reading is wif dr. seuss of colorsth

john rawlins joins us live from havertown where people are preparing for one storm and cleaning up from the first

worse for towns still cleaning up from last week's nor'easter our live coverage continues with john rawlinshavertown and preparations for the next one. >> reporter: hi monica they are mopping up from one storm and preparing for another. this is the 1200 block of manor road. most houses have power but four or five do not. a big tree over the road that snagged a wire was cut up a few hours. and across the delaware county area the priority is to get streets clear and get power back to people if possible. norwood borough for more than 72 hours this very big tree blocked urban avenue and kept peco crews at bay but bright and early this morning the foresters from the department of conssation and natural resources cut the tree up in 45 minutes. and the wait for utility crews to restring power lines. the goal restored power for dana cavanaugh and her neighbors. >> now you need a peco crew? >> that is the hope to see them soon. before the snow comes and we are stuck somewhere else. >> but by late this afternoon cavanaugh was still stuck in the dark. the forecast is on the mind of officials. friday's

john rawlins is live now with more on that part of the story. >> reporter: this is a race to get this done before what ever hits us here hits us. at the peak we had 637,000 customers out of power and yesterday evening 50,000, and they cut that number in half but still racing to try to get people back online as fast as possible. but that brings us to the story today. bringing in state crews from parts of pennsylvania to help clear out trees. >> the state foresters dozens of people pitched in in hard hit delaware county. the goalp peco reestablish power but given all the trees, so the state crews hit the ground running yesterday to supplement the private companies and township and borough crews clearing trees. and some people out of power still after 90 some hours. >> there is a lot of frustration in the community about the pace of recovery and restoring power but these folks are here to help us, they are not charging the residents and trying to clear driveways and streets. and the safety element is a concern and wires are a big deal but they are not here to take the debris with them. >

. >>> "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in ventnor where they are worried that the storm could cause beach erosion. what kind of precautions are they taking at the shore. >> people are urged upp down the shore to move cars out of flood prone areas and expect that there could be road closures and atlantic city is expecting large crowds because of the boat show and maker high school sporting event and urging people that come into the town to be patient as they navigate the roads. during the next 24 to 48 hours wind and coastal flooding and possible beach erosion good how are people reacting to that forecast? >> half and half. people take it seriously and some people don't. >> tidal flooding entering bay side streets. >> the highest tides are saturday morning 9:00 a.m. and we are asking folks to be ready to move vehicles to higher ground. >> ventnor -- >> a beach community. we are used to this. >> as in used to storm and tide related high water. the map in the city office is color coded. streets in yellow most at risk. the yellow zone to get around during flooding they use high wa

john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." back to you all. >> thank you. >>> the salt trucks were busy here in prices corner delaware this morning. the action cam was at kirkwood highway at route 141 as the plow trucks were busy keeping the roads clear and normally a busy thoroughfare. and many people just decided to stay home. >> we are following developing news and philadelphia police are searching for the driver that hit a mother and two children on the sidewalk. and then ran off in the city's mayor fair section. six bystanders worked to pull him off the girl. the 36-year-old mother and 4-year-old sister suffered bumps and bruises. we'll bring you the latest as more information becomes available. we'll have more of this coverage coming up in just a moment. >> taking a live look at the jersey shore and cape may. you'll find the heaviest winds at the jersey shore gust we winds a big factor there. as the nor'easter moves into the region. stay with us. >>> live on the "action news" cam this is naaman's road and society drive a

john rawlins is live at the jersey shore where they are expecting beach erosion and possible flooding. david murphy is live now with the latest. not bad out there now but the change is coming. clouds are building and still fairly bright. look at satellite and radar and rain is beginning to approach the region and a thin band tha afternoon and the bulk of the rain farther to the west and south getting its act together and late this afternoon and this evening. is when you see the stuff move in. beginning to build gh tide and and the lunar high tide is in play and the lunar and saturday evening high tide. down the shore coast at

live in havertown, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you. >> yeah yet another storm on the way. john, thank you. >>> a neighborhood in noor wood delaware county still waiting for power to be restored. chopper6 flew over irvin street near west garfield avenue where a massive tree fell. peco will work on the power lines as soon as the tree service can finish a different project and then it can get to this scene. >> and drone6 was overhead as crews worked to remove trees that fell on top of a septa bus in the west mount airy section of philadelphia. the trees fell on the 6400 block of wayne avenue last night. they also brought down wires and utility poles all of which came to rest on top of that bus. no one was hurt but the road was closed as everything was cleaned up there. >>> online we are posting the updated watches and warnings for this next major storm coming plus multiple live views of radar from storm tracker6. can check 6abc.com often as the next round of wintry weather quickly approaches. >> comedian bill cosby is in mont

we want to turn now to john rawlins. live in havertown. you talked to people worried about the next storm because they are still trying to clean up from the last one. >> reporter: the two go together. we are at the 1200 block. and there was a tree that brought down the power lines and such. that is gone and the crew clearing it is gone. this is happening all over the region. people are clearing trees that is an important step to get power back and get roads ready to plow if need be. progress comes slowly. more more than 72 hours this huge tree in norwood blocked peco crews. but this morning progress. this group of pennsylvania foresters give the green light to cut up the tree. and the way for utility crews to arrive to restring power lines. the goal restored power for dana cavanaugh and her neighbors. >> now you need a peco crew? >> that is is the hope to see them very soon. fingers crossed before the snow comes. >> before the forecasted nor'easter that on the mines of many involved in cleanup. here in havertown it brought down 75 trees. a

. >>> now, lets head to "action news" reporter john rawlins in west goshen. >> john, the sun is coming out. look at that -- >> reporter: blue skies and sunshine, we were not thinking we'd see it that soon. that is the case and talking to drivers driving the area here around westchester and they say that the roads are clear and in good shape. let me step out here route 3, we are in west goshen township and just wet. we have power outages here in the county and started with 900 people out of power from the last storm. and now that number about 3900 and most in east town. the snow arrived in chester county overnight pretty to look at but on trees and wires impacted some electric service. some man filling gas cans at 10:00 a.m. >> i'm filling up for my generate we lost power an hour ago. >> we lost it last week for 20 hours, right now we are out this morning i don't know how long. >> initially the roads are wet and clear and heavy snow began and visibility dropped and driving conditions deteriorated. >> a van face forward into the hill and the pickup truck went down the gully and into the

. >> lets head to new jersey where "action news" reporter, john rawlins live along the boardwalk in ventnor where people and officials are preparing for the big storm. >> reporter: indeed they are. we had rain and it stops nor now. folk as long the shore aware of the forecast. and some made preparations like figuring out where to park their car. >> the wide expansion of beach will the storm trigger erosion here. during the next 24 to 48 hours, rain and gusting wind and tidal flooding expected. what do people make of the forecast. >> half and half. there are people that take it seriously and people that don't. >> some people dismiss it. >> yes. >> other people take it seriously. because i don't want my car ruined i take it seriously. >> the potential for flooding at the top of that community is the concern. >> highest tides are saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. we are asking folks to be ready to move vehicles to higher ground. in ventnor the map in tim grables office is showing likely to flood and so on. >> the water comes if here first in these corners and then along the avenue. >> and it may f

. >>> "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in havertown.high valley. first meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily it seems almost unfair that as soon as we recover from one nor'easter, another one is expected to come our way. >> you're exactly right. well, what we really need is a full week of quiet weather. that's not going to happen. as you look at double scan live you can see the next storm system waiting in the wings. low pressure across the northern plain straits bringing blizzard conditions up there and this like friday's storm will transfer its low to a coastal storm. it will evolve a little bit differently but we're looking at the potential for some high snow amounts. so, winter storm watch has been posted for basically the

live in plymouth meeting, john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> and o region wide. thank you john. >>> and we urge you to visit 6abc.com for breaking details on this storm including multiple live views from storm tracker6. you'll also find updated watches and warnings as the storm moves through. "action news" tonight, there may be blizzard-like conditions outside but spring has sprung inside thewe'll give you the philadelphia flower show. >>> plus the sixers are looking for another win as theyornetsth the accuweather 7-day forecast ntinues.>> ♪ more and more student debt is keeping people from doing what they love. (horn sound) ♪ ♪ ♪ like buying a home. ♪ ♪ ♪ (knocking sound) traveling. ♪ ♪ ♪ even getting married. ♪ ♪ ♪ at citizens bank we can help you refinance both your federal and private student loans. so you can start saving and get on with your life. ask a leader in student lending how we can help you reach your potential. situatik alo locations across jeff video o k alongre slick andren't the bad weather chaoticiladelphia flower show. it may be wi outside but

"action news" reporter john rawlins live outside the peco facility in plymouth meeting and john crews working really hard right now to try to keep up with all the demand today. >> reporter: oh,, at this point i don't think they can keep up. i think mother nature wins this round. they will keep up once this is all over. as the storm intensified today the number of outages went up. around noontime we had 30,000 in the peco system that went to 40,000 by 1:15, by 2 o'clock over 80,000 and most recent numbers about 130,000 customers who are in the dark. the fast accumulating snow hit hard beginning at about 1 o'clock. but the gusting wind that seemed to paint that snow onto the sides of cars began much earlier. shortly after 11:00 winds took down this tree in the 300 block of wear road in pike creek new castle county. earlier aston delaware county, this large tree fell and blocked bridgewater road pulling down power lines. peco crews quickly swarmed the the goal, to restore a 7600-volt line and transformer. peco's storm room operations is directing a large number of crews including 200 pri

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