troops had to repair and service their equipment as best they could, but facilities were badly overtoppedrce in many trucks were deadlined for weeks at a time. at the start, troops working on the highway had only tents for living quarters. by the beginning of 1943, most of them were living in quonset huts. they could be erected in a few hours. following behind the soldiers who built the pioneer road came civilian contractors to turn it into a permanent, all weather road. they established their own camps along the route. ♪ >> there were public roads administration surveyors to relocate and improve the alignment of the road. they were skilled crews with power shovels to widen the road and cut down grade. there were crews with trucks to haul gravel. ♪ >> their were dirt moving machines as well as trucks to tilde the road -- two build up the road. there were bulldozers to pack the gravel. and to dig ditches. they were motor graders to smooth the turf. there were skilled structural workers and carpenters to build permanent bridges, replacing the temporary ones from the engineers. as ice formed

. >> reporter: this is spring garden street overtop the schuylkill expressway and mlk drive, there you see the snow melted and refroze overnight. we have new construction coming to 47 of. >> a raging inferno in north carolina is under control, but boy was it a ranger for a while -- rager for a while. and it spread to nearby buildings. we'll show you more. >> this is developing news out of raleigh, north carolina, a massive fire has been burning for nearly 7 hours, flames consumed an apartment building under construction. look at that, that huge fire could be seen from miles away. it spread to a building next-door. firefighters soaked the nearby buildings hoping the damp would keep the fire from spreading further. why did that go up in flames? not yet known. >>> turn to matt pellman, i friday, st. patrick's day, do you think many people are go to work, matt. >> reporter: i think people go to work on st. patrick's day. you have to be careful out there, there's a lot of slick spots that already led to a crash in norristown. let's go outside to the burbs in plymouth meeting, the blue route

. >> reporter: in february, nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated as an auxillary spillway overtoppedafter one of the wettest winters on record, rapid snow melt this season could mean more flood danger across the west, a new norm for the region that once couldn't get enough rain, now bracing for more. steve patterson, los angeles. >>> we've heard a lot about president trump's order to ban muslims from six mostly muslim countries. another part of that order would halt and reduce the flow of refugees into the united states. among those pushing back, some small u.s. cities that have come to rely on refugees. nbc's ron allen reports from one of them. >> reporter: for this family, chicken, yogurt and bread, they are refugees who have fled syria and have been in the u.s. just six months. their new hometown, erie, pennsylvania. what did you take when you left? >> clothes. >> clothes. >> reporter: only your clothes? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: when people find out i'm a refugee, they say welcome. as president trump seeks a 120-day halt to refugees entering the u.s. and then a significan

same case in king of prussia we had wind overtop of that, presip today to add to the misery. wind gusting to the 40 miles an hour range earlier today along i-95 gusting to 58 miles an hour in dover. strong gusty wind down the shore. wind speed, still elevated to 21, 25, 28 miles an hour, seeing higher gusts as well. we will still dealing with the windy conditions tonight, and then temperatures are starting to cool, now we're the freezing mark in philadelphia sub freezing in wilmington and lehigh valley so everything that fell today will refreeze, as we head into the evening and overnight tonight, we will continue to see wind gusts up around 35 miles an hour, so that will yield sometime, of blowing snow, and especially when weaver those higher amounts, north and west of the city, and still a light passing snow shower in some areas but other white a concern for the wind tonight, and then, on those power lines , we have that snow and sleet that has accumulated, wind gusts still elevated, we could see more power outage ness to this evening and overnight tonight. we will talk abou

. >> reporter: the oroville spillway disaster overtopped levees and localized flooding, all things mother nature has thrown at us. with the bad we also saw the good. major drought relief across the state and most importantly, our natural reservoir the sierra snowpack built to astounding levels but it won't stay that way forever. >> we know that the snowpack is again near 200% of average so that the resulting runoff from that high volume of snowpack is going to be well above average. >> reporter: a lot of water runoff means a lot more water making its way into an already stressed flood control system. >> we are concerned with the snowpack above our reservoirs particularly we're concerned with the central valley reservoirs on the san joaquin river system. >> reporter: lower lying areas within the san joaquin valley have already seen localized flooding but now the department of water resources says it is mainly concerned with having to manage a lot of runoff through the particular set of reservoirs. >> those reservoirs include don pedro, new exchequer, bryant and pine flats and others. >> re

. >> reporter: the oroville spillway disaster, overtopped levees and localized flooding, all things mother nature has thrown at us on this wild ride of a storm season, but with the bad we also saw the good, major drought relief across the state and most importantly, our natural reservoir, the sierra snowpack, built to astounding levels, but it won't stay that way forever. >> we know that the snowpack is again near 200% of average. so the resulting runoff from that high volume of snow fact is going to be well above average. >> reporter: a lot of water runoff means a lot more water making its way into an already stressed flood control system. >> we're concerned with the snowpack above our reservoirs. particularly we're concerned with the central valley reservoirs on the san joaquin river system. >> reporter: lower lying areas have already seen localized flooding, but now the department of water resources say it is mainly concerned with having to manage a lot of runoff through this particular set of reservoirs. >> those reservoirs include new malonas, don pedro, bryant and pine flats. >> repo

both girls put dresses -- their mother had in their carry on bag on overtop of the leggings so they couldoard the flight. tricia arquette and chrissy teigen among those who tweeted about the story t arquette said the airline shouldn't have targeted young girls. teigen says she has traveled with just a top as a dress. next time i'll wear jeans and a scarf. >>> orange is the new black star wiley married her partner in an elegant ceremony in palm springs. the couple started dating in 2014. while lee's parents officiated the ceremony. >>> then there were four. the 2017 ncaa men's basketball tournament comes down to the final four south korea gonzaga oregon and the university of north carolina will square out of an saturday. i don't know if you watched it wisdom they'll be hard-pressed to get a game as good as that kentucky-carolina game. >> that was a doozie. i don't know if i've ever seen anything like that before. >> it was good. it will be g i'm excited. >> clearly you know i didn't see it. okay. go south carolina. >> one maryland city debating a new strict antismoking billy. >> leaders co

morning, definitely left over snow mound, icing still a concern and i'll throw these current conditions overtop of this. even though we will not have additional snow squals or showers to worry about it is still cold, windy, so that continues to be a running theme for us, meisha and it looks like, we will warm up, too much in the next couple of days. >> it is a bummer. after the snow we were moving would it move out of our way but we are seeing that stay, lots of ice, still, and we will stay all morning long. take it very easy to day. everything is still frozen. katie and i almost went through a stop sign. this is a smaller road but i will let you know how much black isis still out there we have an accident not in the camera shot but right around blue route northbound mid county toll place, police are blocking a few toll boats and lanes letting you know how slippery, jim, over to you. >>> coming up next on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live as crews worked around the clock to restore power. >>> plus we will tell what you brought dignitaries like justin trudeau and ivanka trump together in new y

this is knights road overtop woodhaven road in the great northeast.odhaven you can see wet surface near philadelphia mills and franklin mills in the eastbound lane headed toward 95. up top the road is completely snow covered. delco along 95 near the state line and there, too, we are seeing a decent amount of snow coverage as we flip that camera over to 95 by the state line. well, take my word for it. there we go. yeah and raindrops on the camera lens as well. there's some freezing rain out there. that's what i drove through on my way in this morning. matt and tam. >> and that a you matt. >>> let's see what things look like. there's our annie mccormick she is in one of our "action news" vans heading up the northeast extension. good morning, annie, what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, tam l our goal was to be up in allentown awhile ago. however, the road conditions are he will rely bad. i'm going to flip over my ipad here so you can see the conditions. we're on the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike and we're passing about -- ab

satellite and radar along action radar, lots of sunshine expected today, high pressure sitting overtop of binghamton, new york, the air sinks underneath the areas of high sinking air is imo get any clouds. we are expecting bright blue skies the rest of the way. it will be blustery and cold mostly sunny that is the call from accuweather, better than yesterday, but still on thechils around 39 or 40 degrees, when i come back in just a few minutes we're talking warmer numbers in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, many of us into the mid 50s tomorrow, mid 60s by tuesday. of lower more handle township where parts of the pennsylvania turnpike remain closed at this hour after a tractor-trailer accident and fuel spill. the turnpike is closed between the willow grove and bensalem and exits, state police say the driver lost control in the westbound lanes at 9:00 a.m.ment the truck went over into the jersey barriers into the eastbound lanes. the driver was not seriously injured, but think the tank was punctured that caused an estimate 300 gallons of fuel to spill. "action news" is live

. >> reporter: in february nearly 200,000 residents were evacuated as an auxiliary spillway overtopped. after one of the wettest winters on record, it could mean more flood danger in the west. a new norm for a region that couldn't get enough rain, now bracing for more. >> a lot of tough weather. we have had our share of. that but we are getting less rain this month. >> for the month of march, 1 to 2 inches of rain missing but we're about to catch up on that. not so much happening right now but what's going to happen over the next seven to ten days going from a dryer than average stretch to the next two weeks you can see monday, tuesday, wednesday, friday, and saturday and next monday and tuesday the opportunity for seeing rain back in the forecast. right now we're seeing clouds. not much rain. you have low clouds off to the west. and the view is mild with south winds and cloudy skies. cooler in the sierra. look at that view. squaw creek 37 degrees. the snow levels will be close to 7,000 feet. high snow levels tomorrow and by tuesday, the snow levels dropping closer to 6,000 feet. right

overtop of 320, 95 on the northbound side. we can only see delays. the accident actually was cleared away. on the northbound side, away from delaware, heading more towards the blue route or the philadelphia international airport. now, you can see delays remain. the lanes are open and traffic is struggling to get through for right now. it's starting to clear right now. it was at a dead stop earlier. watching nicely right around chester. and we're also watching 95 throughout the northeast. this is 95 at cottman avenue and southbound side, towards center city doesn't need any help jamming up. we had several lanes blocked a few minutes ago. there's still problems in the left-hand lane with a few vehicles involved in an earlier crash. one, two, three lanes getting by, part of that shoulder as well. watching the slowdowns on 95. we'll check in with the rest of the roads when i come back. >>> it is the day of reckoning for the gop's american health care act. the house will vote on the repeal to replace obamacare. the latest count shows it may not have enoug

much as 25 to 30 feet so they lowered the water level down in order to reduce the risk of it being overtopped. devin fehely, kpix 5, morgan hill. >>> the bay area was pounded with rain in the early-morning hours. this is video from the south bay. you can see it was coming down good. a break now but more rain is on the way. chief meteorologist paul deanno is here with that. paul. >> good rainfall totals once again this morning with more rain, the wettest storm coming up this week. an inch of rainfall in the los gatos hills. .75 livermore. two-thirds hayward. one-third mineta san jose airport. radar clear. time lapse mode you can see the showers have been somewhat numerous in the east bay especially in the higher elevations also the north bay napa and sonoma county a few isolated showers but the storm itself is moving out. on the left-hand side of your smartphone or television screen that's the third storm of the week. it is on the way and it will bring more steady soaking rainfall to the bay area. we'll talk about that and your impacts for your weekend coming up. >>> only on "5," the alameda c

xo lounge that's sky force ten was just overtop of a few moments ago. watch for delays there. especially seeing delays already through the secondary roads and center city area because of the snow and storm from yesterday. >> breaking news live over it. xo lounge on south street. fire started about a half an hour ago. wow, you can see firefighters getting water on it. fire in the roof and upper floors of the building. no reports of injuries. we'll continue to follow this. get you updates on air and nbc 10 app. >> following more breaking news in philadelphia. fire forced several families out of apartment building and into the cold overnight. this is in the city's mount airy section. nbc 10 katy zachary live on the scene with new information. what have you learned. >>> hi, just can you imagine in these brutally cold temperatures this morning, eight families, some with kids. came pouring out of this apartment complex behind me on the 7500 block in mount airy. that's because there was a fire in one of the apartments here and here we're focusing in on some of the debris and items to

coyote creek overtopped their banks flooding the low-lying neighborhoods. and the district says theirout let below the dam wasn't designed for floods. >> the outlet to this reservoir was built in 1950. it's not a very large outlet. >> after it is rebuilt, it will be further out. >> reporter: as a part of a $400 million project that began in 2012, the district plans to rebuild the dam making the existing outlet pike larger and the concrete spillway higher. both improvements the district says will help reduce floodrisks. this project is expected to break ground in four years. in the meantime the district is setting coyote creek to a slow measurement, looking at temporary flood walls. the city of san jose is implementing a new warning system. >> you are in panic mode because you needed to get out. because i was walking in the streets to try to save my car and walking in knee-high water in the streets. >> reporter: her home is yellow tagged and the basement flooded. she is happy to hear about the proposed changes to the dam as she still searches for answers. >>

satellite and radar high pressure pretty much sitting overtop of us right now.re. the winds kind of blow outward try to high. the cold air is kind of locked in the mountain is right here, the cold air is locked in on the eastern side of the mountain. it's going to be a chilly day we should be close to 50. it will be chilly compared to the 60s and 70s we've been enjoying for a couple of weeks. sunny and cold, 39 degrees is the forecasted high. alicia. >> thank you. >>> our overnight frigid temperatures are blamed for sending a woman to the hospital with hypothermia. that woman in her 50s was found outside near a septa bus stop at 46th and market in west philadelphia. she was rushed to the hospital where she was found to have a body temperature of 86 degrees. the normal body temperature is 98.6. she was believed to be homeless. this incident serves is a reminder if you see a homeless person when the temperatures drop like they need call authorities. >>> now to breaking news out of delaware county nurses and technical employees have hit the picket lines outside of

hop overtop southwest philadelphia check out the travel time on your majors coming up. >> ♪ >> welcome chopper6 is over this breaking news we have been telling you about. you're taking a look at all of these emergency vehicles, police vehicles here in hamilton township, mercer county. this is the westbound i-195 near route 130. we're told that this has been the site about half hour ago of a really serious accident. a number of people hurt. we're not showing it to you but at one point somebody was seen laying in the road but they've been transported to hospitals. but you can see that road is pretty much shut down with all of those vehicles so we're keeping an eye and listening out for the status of the people who were hurt in this very serious accident. >> looks like it's our big accident of the morning, karen. >> yeah, we've been talking about it awhile and chopper now really showing us the scene and getting a better look at how many people here h you see all the police officers right here blocking off i-195 westbound. this is in hamilton township mercer county so they're forcing every

covered roadways this morning like here in fort washington this is pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike overtopsnow coverage on both of these roads and that's the case on most of the highways especially the secondaries north and west of the city. in south jersey it's mostly wet and slushy. a crash on the ramp from 295 southbound to national park in gloucester county. that ramp is partially blocked. also some downed wires in pennsauken township along marlton pike at waldorf avenue. right there is the ben franklin bridge. let's look at him live. yeah its mostly wet here but speed restrictions are still in place. matt. >> thank you, matt. hundreds of flights in and out of philadelphia are canceled today. some airlines do hope to start flying again once the storm tapers off. maybe in the evening. we'll see. officials at phl say they are stocked with plane deicing solution and they have around 500 employees to clear the runways and taxi ways. >> plows out in chester county clearing snow packed roads. the action cam along route three and stratford road in west goshen. crews were also busy cleaning up

oregon pulled off a upset overtop seeded kansas, giving them their first final four bid in 78 years. look at that dunk. >> so much fun, other end of the bracket, south carolina game cox will be playing the gonzaga bulldogs. so over weekend they beat florida. now game cox have been the surprise team in this entire tournament thus far, they have the biggest test yet when they go against the number one seed >> this is really interesting because for south carolina this would be the or will be the first time in the final four in their school history, karen. so there is a lot of excitement in south carolina as you may know i used to live in south carolina i moved here from there. i brought out this throw back picture. this was when i was in south carolina, i went to missouri. i wore my shirt, they call him cocky. they are making history for that school. villanova out and if you pick one for final four i have to say i will root for south carolina there is a lot of people i still keep in touch w i'm happy for them. >> i will band wagon that one. we will also talk about gonzaga, they make it

one of the key areas this nation has ignored is residual risks below dams and they will either go overtop or fail. if maps are available federal government policy is not to release the maps to the public. we don't quite understand that. no one knows how the risk is, or if they're in a risk zone. it is not appropriate they find that out at 2 a.m. when law enforcement knocks on their door and says you have to leave. we must figure out how to solve that problem and be forward thinking on national standards. we need standards for dams and levees both. you in congress have set up programs in the corps to develop levee standards and fema to develop dam standards. neither of those are funded and we must get on to that. add to this standard the fact we have mapped and built flood infrastructure to yesterday's flood and not tomorrow's flood, i'm pleased to hear i think california is doing more of that all the time and the rest of us need to do that, too. we need to figure out how to keep those lower hazard dams from becoming higher hazard dams because development occurs down stream. a couple of st

areas that will flood when structures either overtop or fail. however even if a dam failure maps are available, the federal government policy is not release the mouse to the public. we don't quite understand that. no one knows how the risk is, if there even in a risk zone. it is not appropriate that they find that out at two am when law enforcement noxon the door and says you've got to leave. we must did you how to solve that problem. and we must come before we think our national standard we need standards for dams and levees both. you and congress have set up programs to develop levees and develop them standards. neither of those are funded and we must get on with that. add to this the standard the fact that we have met and built like infrastructure to yesterday and that gym or slip and i'm pleased to hear i think california is doing more of that overtime and the rest of us need to do that, too. we need to figure out how to keep those low hazard dams from becoming a high hazard dam because it will all occur downstream. there's couple of states