a wider view of the destruction in salisbury township shows the building blown down looking more like match sticks. it's not clear how many of the 16,000 kickens can be saved or how many are trapped under debris. >> and the farmers are trying to add up the damage but overall the town of white horse, salisbury township is looking at $8 million in damage. >> what's amazing is the wind speed, the speed of the storms yesterday. glenn, have you seen anything like that before? i know you've seen a lot. >> not in this part of the country, outside of a hurricane, to see storms moving at 75 to 80 miles an hour. and a little bit amazed there weren't more tornados and even more damage than what we saw. that was an incredibly powerful system that came through last night. then it caused flooding as everything slowed down. we have light rain and snow moving through the area now. pales in comparison to yesterday. colder winds moving in tonight and into tomorrow. but we've got some weekend warming on the way. temperature is 43 degrees. been cloudy about all day. look at that, 31 gusting to 39 miles a

that's the latest from salisbury township, lancaster county. tim furlong, nbc 10. >> tim, thank you. now to lehigh county where heavy rain from the storm left three feet of watt ner this basement from salisbury internship. the butterfield family, they've got to pump out all that water and then clean up a soggy mess. we're also seeing damage in montgomery county. this downed tree blocked part of meeting house road in elkins park just before midnight and cars drove slowly through this flooding on old york road. advise you don't do that. and a family managed to get out of this car okay after it got stuck in flooding in montgomery county. the car was on high street in pottstown next to a swollen creek. the driver said the engine died out as the water continued to rise. the incident brought his 1-year-old daughter to tears. >> pretty nervous for my daughter. she was upset and crying and whatnot. any parent would be, so i had to call the ambulance and try to make moves before, you know, anything else could happen. >> crews diverted traffic around tha

chad pradelli is surveying the damage season live in salisbury township. what have you seen personally today? >> reporter: well jim, what we have is a lot of what you see behind me, you can see the barn right there and see it is a shelf its former self. you can see the roof has been ripped off and officials tell us that this tornado had a sort of snake like path. and if you look here this house is seemingly untouched. but talking with officials, 40 to 50 homes were damaged but this community is already rebuilding. >> the tornado ripped a path of destruction five miles long, roofs were ripped off and barns levels and even a one room school house was destroyed. >> it's rare to have a tornado

a confirmed tornado that touched down last night in lancaster county, the exact location is salisbury township. the twister was traveling 125 miles per hour when it ripped off roofs. sky force 10 flew over as members of the community assessed damage. to the rescue effort to save chickens, the animals were trapped under this collapsed chicken house. there were 16,000 of them. people made a make-shift factory line and pulled one live chicken out at a time. >> and there are still area roads that are dangerous because of flooding. over airport road in new castle the water covered both lanes. this suv even got stuck earlier today. remember, turn around, don't try to drive through standing water. the severe weather threat is over. >> we still could see more rain and light snow. glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us with his first alert forecast. >> this is quite a comparison to last night when we had all sorts of severe weather, warnings, floods, tornados. it's windy, it's getting colder, and there is a little bit of snow and rain on the radar. it's actually diminished over the last even 15 minutes or

headlights from four pickups trucks put the spotlight on the amish in the salisbury township. they are self insured relying on their fellow man. >>> it's amazing. to watch these guys work, hustle, the one time there was probably i don't know i couldn't count them, how many guys were here working. >>> a command center was set up at the local fire company providing warm meals water and assistance in the cleanup. >>> the other than of a coffee shop in southwest section of philadelphia has come up with a different way to confront theft. he has a message before they transcribing a third time. he wrote a note all of these a job to help at the construction site and attached a 20-dollar bill to the letter. >>> it is my only option is to appeal to their betterconsciencw there's another person on the other side of the note. >>> he hopes they will think about stealing from him again and take the job. >>> being an officer can be incredibly dangerous, but the philadelphia police department is sharing a story of a a man who threatened to kill them. >>> 30 u.s. sailors are trapped in antarct

. >>> a barn collapsed into a house in salisbury township. winds also brought down metal siding and scattered debris hundreds of yards. families told us they took cover in their basements and when they stepped outside, they were surprised to surprised to see the damage. >> it was sad to see this because this is our neighborhood. >> there are no reports of anyone getting hurt. >>> and this is the wind blown rain coming down in lehigh county in treks ler town last night. the trees swayed in the strong winds that accompanied that heavy rain. >>> and the nbc 10 app is a great tool to have before, during, and after. it sends alerts to your smartphone and tablet and it warns you when lightning gets within ten minules of your location. it's a free app to have. check it out. >>> it was certainly useful last night as conditions were changing rapidly, and we're seeing changing conditions again this morning. it's coming up on eight minutes after 4:00. we're still tracking showers, nothing like the heavy downpours and severe weather we had last night. so

lehigh county where heavy rain from the storm left three feet of water in the basement of this salisbury township home. the butterfield family had to pump out all the water and then clean up that soggy mess. >>> and a family managed to get out of their car okay after it got stuck in flooding in montgomery county. the car was next to a swollen street. the driver said his engine died out as the water continued to ride to knee level. the incident brought his 1-year-old daughter to tears. >> pretty nervous for my daughter. she was upset and crying, whatnot. any parent would be. i called the ambulance and tried to make moves before anything else could have happened. >> crews averted traffic around the area to prevent anyone else from getting stuck. >>> now to decision 2016. presidential nominee donald trump hit back. romney was the gop nominee in 2012, you'll remember. said in an interview that trump's delay on releasing his returns suggests that he has something to hide. trump endorsed romney for four years ago but has been deeply critical of the former massachusetts governor. on twitter trump say sa

chad pradelli is surveying the damage season live in salisbury township. what have you seen personally today? >> reporter: well jim, what we have is a lot of what you see behind me, you can see the barn right there and see it is a shelf its former self. you can see the roof has been ripped off and officials tell us that this tornado had a sort of snake like path. and if you look here this house is seemingly untouched. but talking with officials, 40 to 50 homes were damaged but this community is already rebuilding. >> the tornado ripped a path of destruction five miles long, roofs were ripped off and barns levels and even a one room school house was destroyed. >> it's rare to have a tornado particularly of this magnitude kind of on the ground that long and doing this sort of damage. >> white horse is amish country, the deeply religious commune was already cleaning up and rebuilding today. the amish doesn't obtain traditional insurance but count on their fellow man to help. >> it's amish aid, every neighbor come together and helps the other out. >> families

there's salisbury township. the rain is just to the west. that's light rain this morning but it's going to add to all the rainfall that came through overnight. the showers in the reading area and lancaster county, they're light. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast, we're calling for temperatures to come down in the lower 50s right now. rain showers will be light, but gusty winds. the winds are gusting to more than 30 miles an hour. a chance of a scattered shower for south jersey. there will be breaks before the showers pop up during the afternoon. wilmington, swedes breaux and philadelphia, we'll see temperatures in the low 50s. mostly cloudy skies and a chance of a shower, but there is sunshine for the future. wi even we've got to my seven-day forecast when we come back. >> all right, bill. we'll see you in a little bit. >>> nbc 10's jessica boyington has that. jessica, what are you seeing? >> we see this in the right-hand shoulder. no problems or restrictions because of that. we had flooding earlier. now, this ramp on 95 throughout delaw

ef2 tornado that was 7:30, 8:00pn salisbury township. wind of 120 to 125 miles an hour. the path of that tornado lasted 4.7 miles, damaging 50 buildings, and ef2, a very strong tornado usually when we see them around here we get ef0 or one. usually in the summertime severe weather season. ef2 is considerable tornado with wind speeds as high as 1235 miles an hour. that was not only damage from yesterday's storms in mount laurel trees down power outage, major flooding closed part of the 378 in bethlehem. we had part of the the schuylkill closed. tree fell in the preschool in vineland, new jersey. large tree on a house in the wind field section of the city. active water rescues three, feet of the water reported in berks county. so this storm was equal opportunity the entire region, pick up on some of it but worst certainly in the western suburbs where that entire tornado touched down in the lancaster area. in the wake of the storm we are looking at light rain and snow showers, is there still moisture around back edge. so a few sprinkles tonight. so not like what we saw last

this is also in salisbury township. see how much water the butterfield family is having to pump out tonight. >>> four people were trapped inside a car stuck in this deep water here. happened at the intersection of high street and pottstown. the driver said it stalled out in knee-deep water. incident brought the 1-year-old to tears. >> it was up to my kneecaps there. pretty nervous for my daughter. she was upset and crying and any parent would be and i called the ambulance to try to make moves before anything else could have happened. >> they're okay. the intersection right next to a swollen creek. crews had to divert traffic to prevent anyone else from getting stuck. >>> you see the candle light. >> viewer emily sent us this video tonight. the lights out at a restaurant in doylestown and not alone. jasper thompson sent us home video of his neighborhood in the dark. it's one of the areas hit hard by outages. >> almost 50,000 customers in the dark right now. >> 29,000 for peco. pse and g, 5,000 without power there. delmar

action news" at 12:30, the national weather service confirmed that a tornado touched down in salisbury township in lancaster county. we'll continue to look at the damage and destruction this afternoon. and caught on camera, a man's e-cigarette catches fire in his pocket. find out what happens next. >> this man sneaks into the rooms of female college students to steal according to police, the frightening way he knew he was not home. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >>> a kentucky man suffers third degree burns on his legs after his e-cigarette exploded in his pocket. security cameras caught the moment the man's pants burst into flames. he reaches into his pocket and then sparks erupted from his pant and a nearby cashier used a fire extinguisher to put the flames out. >>> many peop

skyforce 10 got a bird's-eye view of the damage in salisbury township.ked winds up to 125 miles an hour, destroying dozens ever buildings in its path, including an amish schoolhouse. >> there's nothing left. it's just a foundation. everything was completely on the ground. it almost looked like a bomb exploded the school. >> many nonamish people in town got the warnings on tv and their mobile devices, some ran over to warn their amish neighbors who don't use technology. the tornado also hit two chicken houses. we found workers sifting through the damage and removing live chickens from the scene. it's not clear how many of the 16,000 chickens can be saved. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 4:00. clouds are still with us this morning. but it is dry and colder. the wind is blowing the clouds through the airy. the wind has been gusting to more than 30 miles an hour. steady at 21 miles an hour, which is giving us a colder morning, we're 20 degrees colder right now than it was this time yesterday. so war

heading toward salisbury township. matt delucia, n"nbc 10 news." >>> it's 6:15. yesterday governor tom wolf say he's balling cancer. >> it's very treatable it's reasonable to know that this will be dealt with. >> governor wolf said he'll start his treatment in the coming weeks. he did not elaborate on the type of treatment but he did say there will be no chemotherapy. >> more than two dozen cadets left the ka data with a possible cheating scandal. 29 are gone. police are not saying much about the gg including what kind of cheating they suspect. internal affairs began in december. >>> newark police are cracking down on distracting driving and other offenses on the road. a new initiative means officers are cracking down on texters, speeders, swervers, and anyone else breaking the law. they document want to charge fines. they just want them to pay attention. >> if we wanted to make money, number one, we wouldn't put out where we're going to be. every day on facebook we talk about where we're going to be. it's not rev new-based. they're just trying to see it going do

sky force 10 was back over salisbury township today, lots of progress here as volunteers and construction crews fixed the damage on this amish barn. this is what it looked like hours after an ef-2 tornado ripped it apart. nearly 200 were inside when winds up to 125 miles an hour whipped through the building. >> i'm amazed that no one was injured in this, just looking around and seeing the pieces of roofing still stuck in trees, and all of the potential for damage and potential for injury it's amazing no one was. >> the tornado damaged about 50 buildings in the county costing around $8 million. >>> this just in. cyber attacks on the irs last year may have been much larger than initially reported. a new government review found that 390,000 more accounts had been compromised that would mean more than 700,000 accounts in total were impacted. privacy experts say this could lead to more fraudulent tax returns. >> coming up, somebody broke into his business action not once but twice. instead of getting angry a store owner took a different approach. we'll show you the unusual letter he wrote to h

sky force 10 over salisbury township earlier today.you can see more than a dozen workers framing up a house and what's left of a hen house. more than three quarters of the building completely torn to shreds. a different scene last wednesday. county officials say about 100 structures were damaged in the storm. the national weather service says an ef-2 tornado with winds up to 125 miles an hour was responsible for this. amazingly no one was killed or seriously hurt. >>> we've had some unseasonably warm weather the last couple days after some colder weather before that. friday and saturday. it's still going to be spring-like during the day tomorrow. a third day of temperatures way above average. we have rain moving in tomorrow night, and we have a chance of some snow. at least in parts of the area coming up on friday. we have a lot of sunshine out there now, there were some light showers earlier today. 59 degrees the wind 26 gusting to 33 miles an hour and as warm as that is the average high is 47 this time of the year. it's still five de

skyforce 10 was over salisbury township, this was about a half hour ago.ped roofs right off of several homes, as you see there. and check out the damage at this farm. a barn collapsed. and if you look closely you can see chickens running all around there. we have an nbc 10 ground crew on the way to the scene and we'll have live reports starting on nbc 10 news at 11:00. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. we're drying out after last night's storm. but let's get our first alert forecast from meteorologist bill henley. bill. >> we've seen some showers this morning too, but strong gusty winds have blown the first line of showers through. keep an umbrella handy because we'll likely get more showers into the afternoon. look at the winds blowing the flags on top of boathouse row. as far as showers are concerned not a lot of wet weather left. a few scattered showers in northeast philadelphia into the trenton area. 48 degrees colder than when we went on the air at 4:00 this morning. and the chill will stay with us with scattered showers this afternoon. >> all right. th

. >>> sky force 10 over salisbury township earlier, the rebuild continuing in lancaster county following last week's storms that caused millions in damage. a completely different scene last wednesday. county officials say about 100 structures were damaged. the national weather service says an ef-2 tornado with winds up to 125 miles per hour were responsible. >>> new video of crews cleaning up after a house collapsed saturday trapping a man inside. bricks, wood and debris continue to litter a small piece of south paton street. saturday some witnesses said they could hear the house collapsing, others say it dropped like a pancake with one floor collapsing onto the other. a man still inside the home was in bed. neighbors rushed to save him. he is doing okay. investigators now say water had been seeping into the foundation of the house causing it to collapse. >>> right now residents are taking to the streets in protest in one town, some middle town residents protesting along west main street against a proposed power plant along 301. the group says they sent a petition with hundreds of signat

sky force 10 was back over salisbury township today.lots of progress here as construction crews fixed the damage on this amish barn. this is what it looked like yesterday hours after the tornado ripped apart the barn. nearly 200 people were inside when winds whipped through that building. fortunately no one was seriously hurt. >>> extremely rare to see a tornado like that especially in the month of february. in the state of pennsylvania. we've got a cold night and morning. remember a couple days ago we were in the 60s. not feeling like that now. we've got a weekend warm-up sunday is going to be amazingly warmer than saturday. but winter is not over. we have multiple days in the 60s, but wait till you see the last part of the seven-day. right now we have 41 degrees and a lot of sunshine. it's windy, though, 24 gusting to 29 miles an hour. it feels like it is 31 degrees right now. it's in the 30s north and west, 25 degrees already in the poconos, one of these places going down in the teens by morning. and the warm spot philadelphia and at

it was an ef2 tornado which means max wind between 120, 125 miles an hour, it was in salisbury townshipnd it was, 400 yards wide and it traveled from 4.7 miles leaving a lot of the destruction in its path. this hardly ever happens in february. we only averaged about 16 tornadoes per year for the entire state of pennsylvania, and the last time, only other time we have a recorded tornado in february was in 1999 and that happened near penn state. so, today, it is cold air coming in from the northwest, high pressure will be building in over the weekend from the south, and once that happens, we are going to change our weather pattern and we will be warmer but in the this morning, very cold air moving in, you can see, lake effect snow not really making its way here but if you see a flurry or two north and west don't be surprised, it looked like flurries popping up here at the chesapeake bay. so we will keep an eye on that situation, a flurry is not out of the question but it is cold, 36 degrees in philadelphia but look what it feels like 25, dress for wind chills in the 20's, wind chills will

. >> tim furlong spent the day at salisbury township joining wisconsin a close ecloser look. >> reporter: you hear about this weather and how strong it can be and look at the damage. look at that was we push in. you can see how many buildings were destroyed, tarps on buildings, imazing stuff. roofs torn off homes. really it's amazing nobody was killed. >> they said it happened so fast they didn't have time to seek shelter. >> reporter: around 200 amish people were in a barn when a tornado ripped through. they don't use technology that would have given them a warning. seconds later the tornado leveled a small school thankfully nobody was inside. >> just the foundation. everything was completely on the ground. almost looked like a bomb exploded. >> reporter: the national weather service checked out the damage from a chopper, they say the tornado was 5 to 6 miles long and a quarter mile wide, they say the damage and debris field was impressive. >> particularly for february. it's unusual to see a tornado like this. >> officials tell me they estimate damage at around $8 million. about 100 str

tornado is how far it went, 4.7 miles and how bigot was, it was 400 yards wide so that was salisbury township in lancaster county it is very rare for this to happen. pennsylvania only averaging 16 tornadoes per year and that is the entire, large state of pennsylvania, and it happened in february, it is very rare. usually if we will get one it will be in the spring or maybe summer time, 1999, was last time we had a february tornado, and we have only other time so this is second one we have ever had and hopefully that is it. hopefully. right now we are looking at a result of the cold front that came through after those strong storms on wednesday, that is killed air from the northwest, and lake effect snow that stretches to about the central part of the state and as we look closer, you might see a flurry or two around as a result of that cold air but it is not likely as we look at future cast we don't see, anything in the way of precipitation for rest have the the day or night and not for the rest of the weekend. the it will be dry and we will see sunshine starting to day but today's sun behind

chopper three over the aftermath of the tornado in salisbury township.damage homes and other structures. the national weather service says it was an ef2 with wind between 120 and 125 miles per hour. >>> the strong storms last night led to damage all across the region. "eyewitness news" continues 59:30, hi everyone i'm jessica dean. >>> i'm ukee washington. heavy rain sent brandywine creek spilling over it banks. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us from chester county where drivers had to scrapple tomorrow find ways around flooded roadways, walt? >> reporter: ukee, the brandywine creek still looks a good bit like brandywine lake, although, waters are receding at this hour, not before, however, causing a number of road closures and detour is here that made it a very confusing day for drivers. the waters of brandywine creek ruled roads in part of the chester county. huge logs washing downstream creating a roadblock on route 926, nearby a truck that sat empty stranded in flood water while a driver facing a shut down of route one southbound lane h

you're looking live at salisbury township. this is a barn that was destroyed by the damaging winds. here's a look at what that township was dealing with yesterday. the national weather service has confirmed an ef-2 tornado did hit that area wednesday. and it was packing winds of up to 125 miles per hour. it destroyed dozens of buildings in its path including an amish schoolhouse. >>> drivers on a california highway probably thought they were seeing things when a unicorn ran into traffic this week. yes, you heard me right, i said unicorn. juliet is a pony who makes people's dreams come true by posing as a unicorn in photo shoots. on wednesday she got loose from a children's party while still wearing her horn. well, police captured juliette at one point only to have her escape again. finally a horse juliette is familiar with was brought in and brought home, they're making changes to make sure she doesn't get loose again. good thing. >>> happening this weekend hollywood celebrates its biggest night, but a number of african-american actors will not support this year's academy awards. th

it happened on wednesday in salisbury township in lancaster county. 400 yards wide this tornado and it ran for 4.7 miles and a lot of damage and destruction as we have shown you now. it shouldn't surprise thaw tornadoes are not that common in pennsylvania. we commonly get about 16 per year for the entire state and in february it is especially rare where we had only one other tornado happen in february in pennsylvania and it was in state college back in 1999. hopefully that is it. we have a different issue this morning. we are seeing lake effect snow flower that is we have been talking about all morning. solve that moisture making it into our area we have been watching little will activity on radar in new castle county delaware and montgomery county, in pennsylvania, and so, especially down around middletown delaware you might be seeing flurries flying around. maybe a tiny coating on the ground. the let us know is what going on. 36 degrees in philadelphia 30's just about every where else but this is what it feels like. wind chills in the 20's, we expect gusty wind around today that thes

this is what they have found in salisbury township, lancaster county. we're live over the scene.s uprooted right there. authorities tell us at least 45 properties are damaged including homes, businesses and barns. many roads are closed off as crews are working to clean up the debris. no one was hurt. we have an nbc 10 crew on the ground headed to the scene. >>> i'm tracy davidson. you can stay updated with the nbc 10 app and we'll have more news from 25 minutes. thanks for watching. ♪ i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms®. we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. (female announcer) shady brook farms®. no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. >>> this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody! guess what? >> thirsty thursday. february 25th. >> i just read the other day, i had no idea this is a leap year. >> it's a leap ye