the highway. that includes cutting up trees. you heard right, penndot crews carried on extra duties having to cut trees on major roadways including one on the schuylkill expressway. they expect to do that again this time around. when the heavy storm we get 10 inches and 8 inches and 12 inches. please don't pass the plow trains. we put three, four or five trucks together and go down and clear a highway. >> penndot says they have 70,000 tons of salt on hand. more than enough to handle the storm and others that come down the pike. emble and disperse beginning tonight. we are lt the penndot yard. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >>> walter perez is in south whitehall township for us tonight. folks i lehigh valley are stocking up. >> a wave of penndot trucks let to pretreat roads as the lehigh valley gets ready for the second coastal storm in less than a week. penndot crews spend the day in allentown gearing up and getting ready. >> we have contracts that automatically refill the salt if we get low. >> and penndot's preparation includes a

we have got "action news" reporter dann cuellar at the penndot beat in norristown. christie aleto is live at philadelphia city hall and walter perez is in the lehigh valley. but first we need to the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily i know this could be bad but just how bad are we talking about? >> it depends on your location. parts of the viewing area will see more than a foot of snow and other parts getting wind and rain. that is the nature of a march nor'easter. but there is plenty of cold air in the upper atmosphere and this first low the apparent low taps into the cold air and that begins to drive into the ohio valley and notice it looks ragged. and already starting to transfer the energy down to the low pressure moving off the southeast coast than is the system that has the moisture and tapping into the moisture from the gulf of mexico. and pulling in moisture from the atlantic and winter storm warnings are in effect. all of southeastern pennsylvania and mercer county new jersey and areas to the north, th

to start and treating the road, that is very latest live from the penndot yard in norristown chantee lans cbs-3 "eyewitness news". you. >>> tens of thousands of people in the philadelphia region are still waiting to get their power restored week's storm. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves is live where utility crew where is working to help customers before this next winter blast alycia. >> reporter: jessica, peco crews have been scrambling to try to restore services to as many people as possible, before this next storm storms through the region. unfortunately though those crew the are not going to be able to get power to everyone, in time. not yet recovered from one storm and another one is hours away. >> right new we have lessstil impac wery to of>> rtran12,000n k,illnt be cold, forrating but know.sr: solve breo. enfer. >>chtr generators, we have no propane.eel kind that we cannot help t hardware store in huntington valley area of montgomery county is like aloft just wiped out of the crucial storm supplies. >> in came out of the left field. we are in the process of gettingeady

gray hall is live along the schuylkill expressway with a look at what penndot and peco are doing to prepare. good morning, gray. >> reporter: it's not a friday morning folks want to paycheck wake up to we're getting buckets and buckets of rain, more rain in the philadelphia area than what bob brooks is getting down the shore. if you're leaving the house, use extra precaution because places like along the schuylkill expressway can flood easily. be careful. penndot an peco telling us they have been monitoring the system for the last couple of days, it's going to be a mixed bag of winds rain and snow. a big factor will be the heavy winds that can knock down power lines which, of course, can be a big problem for customers. penndot says hundreds of workers are on standby right now. they will be dispatched as needed. penndot and peco prepare for whatever mother nature brings. >> >> we work throughout the year to handle storms like this. we do tree trimming throughout the year and investing in the system to make sure it's the most reliable service for our customers. >> reporter: back out live we'r

this is the penndot salt yard you sigh how the snow from friday's storm is gone but snow emergencies have been declared in municipalities across the lehigh valley in advance of the pending nor'easter and winter storm warning goes into effect at 7:00 and remains in effect until 3:00 a.m. on thursday. we spoke with penndot officials who said if you have plans to take you on the road tomorrow cancel them if at all possible. >> the main thing to help the drivers do their work is for motorists to stay off the road. we had motorists on the road traveling it creates conditions where our plows can't do their jobs it's very important that they are partners on the road and avoid travel if at all possible. >> reporter: thousands of thousands of homes are still without power across the lehigh valley. many will remain without power through this upcoming storm. reporting live from south whitehall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we move across the delaware river now to a live action cam shot in trenton, new jersey, governor phil murphy is scheduled to hold a news conference at 1:00 this

right now peer at the penndot center here in media. and the salt trucks are going to be on the road the next couple of days throughout the week as they get ready for that storm later on. at this point, it's been a rush to try to get trees and branches off the roadways and also get the power restored. pico has been working to get that done. havertown, and a lot of people still without power this morning. although pico is working hard to get those numbers down and they brought in people from other states to help with those efforts. and here in delaware county, we're told that forest rangers have been working with delaware county emergency services to clear trees and debris on roads that could prevent emergency responders from getting access. the big push is to get the trees off the roadways and get the power restored. again, another live look here. quiet now, but, of course, with the next storm on the way, we're going to see things pick up a little bit more. we're going to continue to get more video of those damages we haven seeing throug

passable here so it looks like we are starting to see that change over and the key here is that the penndotrucks stay on top of that so that the roads stay passable, mike and alex, back to you. >> people asking about this atlanta station more boxes you put up, bigger story. they have a 25 box at their station, watch this, we now have a 36 box, watch this. hold up. >> take that. >> thirty-six boxes. >> you know how big this storm is if we go 36 boxes, all right, take that atlanta. >>> 9:35 now. >> these are people from out of town. >> put them in our boxes. >> they are determined. >> they came from out of town forget snowstorm. >> can you get them all, all 30 of them in all boxes. >> there is our employee right there. >> karen, by the way is in delco where a lot of people are still without power since last friday, and here we go, again. >> i know we have all of the leaves covered with the snow, good morning, we over here by quarry center. if you know where this is there is lowes over there people are getting their, this guy has his bread. go all the way to the supermarket and all you get is

and accidents like this is the reason that penndot is urging penndot to avoid unnecessary travel. joining us now on the phone is bob kent from penndot. >> how are the conditions around the region at the tomorrow? >> due to the severity of the storm we reduced speeds on the highways to 45 miles per hour. and our trucks have been out and an all hands on deck operation. we have a salting operation but counter noted as the storm intensifies we'll get our blades down and turn into a plowing operation as the afternoon goes on. and the snow continues to build. as we know the heaviest snow is expectd this afternoon. we are using all available resources this storm. more than 420 pieces of equipment and 70 thousand tons salt. >> we have been seeing video of the highways, and it looks like 95 is really getting hammered. is there one thoroughfare getting hit hardest so far from this nor'easter? >> the early part we saw really wet roads mostly rick, and as you said the heaviest bands have hit now, like you talked about i-95 and other roads are becoming more heavier and obviously as the scenes a

for the last couple of days or so, peco and penndot crews have been monitoring the system very closely. they expect to be dealing with strong winds and rain, possibly that heavy, wet snow. peco said the big concern for them is this wind. of course the wind can knock that could cause power outagesis they are concerned about that. penndot says hundreds of work workers on stand by are ready to go. penndot and peco are prepared for whatever mother nature brings their way. back out live, peco reminding all customers be careful because of the high winds, of course, power lines could come down, if you see active wire coming down in the neighborhood, don't touch it, call peco they will come out and repair the problem. penndot don't expect this to be a plow situation are urging drivers to use caution on the roads. gray hall channel 6 "action news" back inside to you. >> thank you gray, be careful out there. live look at philadelphiainternu have a flight scheduled today, check it out before you head out we've seen more than two thousand flights have been canceled nationwide. several airlines are

passable, this is right where all of the penndot trucks were all set up here right at the turn aroundt city avenue. here is a live look at i-95 in northeast philadelphia. again, starting to see visibility start to drop here. no problems on the freeways, coming in from south jersey some downed wires in pennsauken route 73, at route 130, right by where the old pennsauken mart used to sit there. over in new jersey, new jersey declared state of emergency, so keep that in mind, as you plan your trips today. the new jersey turnpike, up and down, as a speed restriction, but i don't understand they have a state of emergency, but the mouth laurel school distrit has half day of school. then parent teacher conferences. i don't understands a state of emergency but giving the kids an opportunity to go to school and the parent out there for the parent teacher conferences, mike and alex being back over to you. would you like to go to my parent teacher conference? >> i got you covered. >> they make a different decision later this morning. >> possibly like around 11:00 a.m., so watch for that. okay, s

, the penndot plow tracker. s live updates on the locations of their plows, you can see the area, it is blanketed with trucks, clearing the highways and byways. to check your roads near you or roads thaw plan to use, we have a lincoln our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> this latest blast of winter weather dumped snow on parts of the south jersey. >> "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is in moorestown where the road are a slippery mess and i'm worried about isolater on tonight, hi there, cleve. >> hi jessica and ukee. we had about 6 inches of snow in five hours that tapered off about a half an hour ago. these road where is completely a mess. we had a foot of slush that has been push over by some of the plow trucks, that go through and that slush has moved over to the side of the road where it belongs up but it is still difficult to make turns on these road because we have to go through that big bit of slush. looking down the street, this is south church street in moorestown and it is at bottom of the hill ther

so little bit of everything in the variety pack here this morning. and penndot mentioned, they couldn't put down the salt brine solution because the storm started as a rain event. so, just be careful. i think everybody made the right call. the they closed the schools from the get go. bunker down. let's just have fun one last snow day of the year here. if we want to call it that. here is a live look at the schuylkill expressway. right near belmont avenue. all of the salt crews are in place, they put down some salt they're ready to plow. where we've gotten the heavy snow, they have maybe hit it once, twice, some of the turning lanes, flooding on on the brooklawn circle because of high tide that set to officially kick in at 5:30, already the circumstance sell underwater. so police are blocking it there, they say maybe until about 7:00. before we can get traffic rolling again over there in westville. new jersey, under state of emergency, as a live look here , route 70 and 73, but i don't know about you, mixed messages, state of emergency in new jersey, stay off the

so back out live, the wind probably a big factor with the storm, penndot saying they don't expect this to be a big plowing operation, but they are ready, weather advice from peco, they say because of the wind expected with the system, please use caution. if you see the downed power lines, don't go near them, call peco because they necessary repairs. live on the schuylkill expressway, gray hall channel 6 "action news." >> those in new castle county are looking to prevent flooding from delaware river. delaware city put up retaining walls and installed two portable pumps to handle spillover and also a third pump is on standby. >> it's going to be tough getting through the day. >> reporter: the wind is going to be the big issue for people, especially in the afternoon as the winds pick up. the rain has picked up. we have heavy bands highlighted in yellow around philadelphia, i'll move this for you, there's the movement off to the northeast. we're seeing things dry out a little bit west of philadelphia. the lighter rain out by wilmington and lancaster is kind of spreading away from from us d

but the comwealth center activated yesterday the penndot area command came in also at the same time. then we activated the full comwealth response coordination center today with the state police, attorney general's office, civil air patrol, the public utility commission, the department of health, the american red cross, department of human service, department of environmental protection, the department of conservation and natural resource, vit transawears, ddap agency, as well as penndot and turnpike. and, again, you know, i think probably more than ig else at this point is the -- one fortunate things that happens when a storm occurs is that obviously people do heed at times stay off the roads an such. but then when they get out and the storm slows down, they believe they can travel. and we don't want that to occur. you know, our concern is the storm's not -- our role is not over until everything is back to normal. and so we're going to be engaged here for that event. i will say to you that we have resources available. you know, one of the most valuable resource if you're on a highwa

travel as long and traffic in all areas in the region is light today as people have heeded the warnings from penndot and local officials. >>> good afternoon our coverage continues here on "action news" at noon. the "action news" crew is fanned out across the tri-state area, as we endure a sec nor'easter in less than a week. penndot has announced speed restrictions across the region. our team of meteorologist, karen rogers and chris sowers keeping track of this in our region. kind of going into phase two and things are ramping up. >> you see the storm intensify. and we have said the heaviest time is 10:00 until 4:00. one sign of the intensification, the lightning strikes we are seeing, this area of low pressure and nor'easter is churning up the coast. we see several lightning strikes. six lightning strikes you see from that graphic from cape may. the snow is really coming down and we'll take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. here we see the heavy bands and we watch this area of purple first in south jersey with the narrow band and this is the band we are saying 1 to 3 inches of snow an hour

girard avenue disabled vehicle off to the side. penndots helpi all the lanes are open on the north side, construction has cleared out. but we are trying to recover from the situation on friday, still a lot of storm damage around the region. let's zoom into this area, we have traffic lights out at lincoln drive at rittenhouse, south of that there's an accident. southbound lanes are blocked off heading toward ridge avenue stay local in east falls on schoolhouse lane or midvale, instead. traffic lights on the frizz as you come off the schuylkill expressway on city avenue. they are not working along city avenue at 59th street. close to st. joe's and wynnewood road closed by the seminary. i have emergency construction this morning in burlington county southbound turnpike near exit 5, right lane out of commission there on this monday. >>> breaking this morning, a firefighter was rushed to the hospital after being injured battling a house fire in feasterville, bucks county. firefighters have placed it under control. bob brooks is live at the scene

show you where it happened and yes is not the only suspect officers are looking for. >>> snow accumulations are expect to be heavy and we're devoting all 420 penndote,. >> preparing for winter weather second massive storm in less than a week and thousands in the region are still in the power struggle, and days after the last nor'easter many customers still remain without electricity. >>> good evening i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm jessica

the rain was coming down overnight. more intense at times. and for that reason, penndot crews are standing by, they're going to be keeping an eye out for flood-prone areas. they have their crews ready to battle whatever falls from the sky. so, penndot is treating this as a winter storm, a snow event, with that said, they are realizing that they may be dealing with more rain and wind and flooding. take a listen. >> high wind it, will affect visibility. so conditions could be pretty bad out there. you know, with whole day of rain and precipitation, i expect driving to be rather slow. each county manager on our state highways system knows their flood prone areas, you know, to what's areas to check out. >> so, as you heard, there, penndot want you to take it slow, as you can see, those drivers here along kelly drive are doing just that this morning, and as you mentioned, jim and rahel, unfortunately, unlike in past storms, penndot wasn't able to pre-treat the roads this time around, because these wet conditions just made it impossible. nothing would stick to the roads. you k

. >>> now let's check in with "action news" reporter walter perez who is live at the penndot yard in south whitehall township tonight. >> walter, the lehigh valley bore the brunt of friday's storm. now they don't have much time to clean up before this next one hits. t's right, rick and ssual for a march snowstorm, as you can see, the snow pretty much is already gone from the lehigh valley but even as the repairs and the cleanup continues, here we go again. officials are pennsylvania power and light say the nor'easter that that pounded our region last week ranks among the top 10 most damaging storms they've ever had to deal with. >> we've experienced a lot of outages. based on the trees coming down and making the -- also the roads inaccessible in the northeast. >> reporter: service has been restored to most homes and businesses that lost power during the storm but that does not include brandon ofalntn. >> yup, still out. it's been out since friday. we're still running the generators. we're here getting gas to keep it going and just trying to cope with things. >> reporter: the worst par

david spunt at the shore and alexandria hoff has more on how penndot and peco are preparing and we start with lauren casey who is tracking timing of the storm where it all starts, lauren. >> reporter: thanks so much, jessie, we're seeing rain over spreading the area and it picks up in intensity rapidly. we were sokd in with the moisture all over the delaware valley. we'll have returns of yellow colors and orange colors and reds colors indicating it is heavier in chester to montgomery and upper bucks. lehigh valley, sent iser of this low is still well off in western pennsylvania. but during the early shows center of low was over ohio. so it is rapidly moving eastbound and it will continue to do so and merge with energy of another area of low pressure south and west and as it moves offshore we will rapidly intensify. bombing out or dropping by 24 milibars and less than 24 hours. rapid intensification as we head to the day tomorrow. impact already seeing it tonight and through the day tomorrow and particularly on the coast into saturday as well. seeing this rain threat. heavy at times and w

the winds. as well. >>> penndot crews are in position. they spent much of the day brining roads. one of the higher know stole thes by the time it's all said and done. >> reporter: in we went from tiny little pellets to essentially what you're seeing, we're starting to see a bit of accumulation on the pavement here but it's good to know that penndot crews have been out since 8:00 p.m. putting down layers of salt >> this is nor'easter, it's your second one in five days. we're expecting accumulation with wet snow. please be safe out there have not. >> reporter: from preparation to clean-up to preparation all over again. as exhausting it's been similarly taxing as those who work in other capacities >> you know, driving for my job i have to do a lot of driving, i'm sure there's mostly kids out there not >> i'm excited. >> reporter: this family once the rain and high winds. they hope to introduce their son to snow for first time. the prospect could bring out the child in some adults >> i grew up down south. here it's nice. kind of feel like i get to relive my childhood a little bit. >>

mainly because the conditions are just too wet to pre-treat roads. but, with that said, penndot is treating this winter storm as the snow event, even so they realize that they were mainly probably going to be focusing on rain and flooding today. take a listen. >> high winds will will affect visibility. so conditions could be pretty bad out there. you know, with a whole day of rain and precipitation, i expect driving to be rather slow. each county manager on our state highways way system knows their flood prone areas, you know, what areas to check out. >> so, as you heard there, penndot is warning early morning drivers, and even drivers throughout the day, as we see this steady rain, windy , blustery conditions, to take some extra time right now the rain is steady, the winds is not too bad. at least not here along kelly drive. but of course these conditions can change. now, penndot says if they do change over to snow, where ever you are, in your neighborhood, don't you worry, they still have 808 tons of salt to play with so to speak and get these road treated. that's the good new

david spunt at the shore and alexandria hoff has more on how penndot and peco are preparing and we start with lauren casey who is tracking timing of the storm where it all starts, lauren. >> reporter: thanks so much, jessie, we're seeing rain over spreading the area and it picks up in intensity rapidly. we were sokd in with the moisture all over the delaware valley. we'll have returns of yellow colors and orange colors and reds colors indicating it is heavier in chester to montgomery and upper bucks. lehigh valley, sent iser of this low is still well off in western pennsylvania. but during the early shows center of low was over ohio. so it is rapidly moving eastbound and it will continue to do so and merge with energy of another area of low pressure south and west and as it moves offshore we will rapidly intensify. bombing out or dropping by 24 milibars and less than 24 hours. rapid intensification as we head to the day tomorrow. impact already seeing it tonight and through the day tomorrow and particularly on the coast into saturday as well. seeing this rain threat. heavy at times and w

we're getting the warning sign there from penndot as you travel into new jersey and if you're coming the tacony-palmyra bridge, i wouldn't use 73. it's blocked here because of downed wires. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> let's get you out and get a look at what's going on around the region. let's go to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes. she's live in montgomeryville montgomery county. jeanette we saw the flakes coming down around bob brooks out in delaware county. what's it like where you are? >> reporter: well, tam, earlier about an hour ago we had much bigger flakes. now they've lessened a little bit and they're a lot smaller but we've been talking about this wet heavy snow and how kids are staying home from school. so, one way to keep them busy, have them shovel the snow. i didn't tell that you, though and don't tell them i said that but take a look right now. so far it hasn't really accumulated on the roadways. on the grass it certainly has. the less traveled areas. it will be slushy but again on the roads we haven't seen that stick yet but as karen mentioned at peak today

the winds. as well. >>> penndot crews are in position. they spent much of the day brining roads. one of the higher know stole thes by the time it's all said and done. >> reporter: in we went from tiny little pellets to essentially what you're seeing, we're starting to see a bit of accumulation on the pavement here but it's good to know that penndot crews have been out since 8:00 p.m. putting down layers of salt >> this is nor'easter, it's your second one in five days. we're expecting accumulation with wet snow. please be safe out there have not. >> reporter: from preparation to clean-up to preparation all over again. as exhausting it's been similarly taxing as those who work in other capacities >> you know, driving for my job i have to do a lot of driving, i'm sure there's mostly kids out there not >> i'm excited. >> reporter: this family once the rain and high winds. they hope to introduce their son to snow for first time. the prospect could bring out the child in some adults >> i grew up down south. here it's nice. kind of feel like i get to relive my childhood a little bit. >>

the roads. peco and penndot say they have been monitoring the system for the last several days that's expected to bring winds and rain, and heavy wet snow. peco said a b concern is the wind because it can knock down power lines and streetlights and power to customers. penndot has hundreds of workers on standby ready to be dispatched if they are needed. penndot and peco telling "action news" they are prepared for whatever mother nature brings. >> we're planning to use all our guys, they will be running their routes soon as any mixed precipitation or snow starts to fall. there are challenges with the storm we want motorists to know the winds are especially high. >> reporter: back here live, peco andenot theind. d major plow operation, but they want you to the winds there could be downedf power lines. if you see down power lines don't touch them treat them as if they were live and call peco and they will correct the problem. matt. >> those in new castle county are looking to prevent flooding from the delaware river. delaware city has put up portable retaining walls and installed portable pumps to el

we can tell you for the last couple of days or so, penndot and peco has been keeping a close eye on the system. in particular they are worried about the wind and the rain and david murphy said the possible heavy wet snow. the wind a factor because that could knock down power lines and trees and toss around other debris and cause power outages that nobody wants to see. penndot said hundreds of workers are on standby in case they are needed. penndot and peco crews say they are prepared for whatever mother nature may bring, they prepare for the storms throughout the year, so they don't wait until the last minute. back out live, we can tell you that peco crews reminding people to be extremely cautious, the wind is what they are worried about. the wind can bring down power lines that can cause problems. if you see the downed power lines in your neighborhood don't approach them, treat them as if they are live, call peco they will come out and repair the problem. live along the schuylkill expressway, gray hall channel 6 "action news." >> i want to take you to philadelphia international airport

so the camera operated by the folks over at penndot are looking for that. but as you see turn it, you see some of the delays. we're seeing delays southbound between wood haven road and the exit for the vine street express way. that will take you about 20 minutes. still, things aren't too bad on 95 southbound. 76 east and westbound looking pretty good compared to what we saw over the last few hours. and the blue route is looking good. everything in the green. we do have a downed tree. this is in bucks county, route 1 southbound there is a lane closure because of this downed tree. and you'll find that between the exits for 213 and 413. back to you guy, okay, caindic . >>> people jumped in to dig out a septa trolley stuck. this happened in the holmesburg neighborhood just a few hours ago. >> nbc 10's rosemary connors is live at 30th street station. rosemary, a lot of transportation issues, people are forced to really adapt to the changing situations. >> yeah, you got to go with the flow. be flexible. outside 30th street station in terms of driving, it's like a

that's where all of this rain is now sticking around on the sidewalks, and penndot is preparing for what ever falls they have crews on stand by, unlike previous storms weren't able to pre treat the roads this time around it, has been just too wet out here. however, they do have crews ready to go, they're treating this as a winter storm, a snow event, but they do realize that their main focus in many areas likely, may just be heavy rain and flooding. >> this is a winter storm, reminder not quite done yet, despite warm temperatures and the storm starting at rain, we're preparing for snow event so, while the storm comes in, as rain, we will be checking in each county manager, on our state highways way system knows their flood prone areas, you know, to what areas to check out. we will have all of our state crews out for the duration of this storm. so as the rain comes down it is forecast today come down heavy at times with blowing wind, talking about reduced visibility, so you have to slow it down, but you can see out here live this morning, motorists cents having no problem at all here alon

expecting one to 2-inches and then it's going to change over to the heavier, um, so we have the plows on stand by. p>> penndothe temperatures are going to rise during the day the salt will be more effective. >>> keep it right here on fox 29. kathy is back in little bit but be sure to wake up with good daytime of live team coverage starts tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. philadelphia police are looking for the guys in this surveillance video. it shows them robbing the little caesar's on the 7100 block of ogontz avenue in the west oak lane neighborhood much this happened sun date night around 9:00. they ordered a customer to lay on the ground and took money from the registers and from the office area in the back. if you know anything about this, please give police a call. >>> speaking of them philadelphia police are investigate a double homicide an officer involved shooting. police say last friday night a man shot and killed his wife and her mother at a home on the 3400 block of chippendale street in holmesburg. he was gone when officers got there. police found his vehicle a couple of hours later. he led them on a

we just got off the phone with penndot. tell me there's about 100 different trucks on the roads right now in montgomery county alone. right now we are near 76 westbound near lower merion township, like you said it was a parking lot earlier this afternoon as drivers had to wait and wait and wait. trucks are out all night. the focus has now shifted to the morning commute. there's concern about refreezing. >> do you know what happened? >> i don't know. >> reporter: late this afternoon it was an agonizing wait for hundreds stuck in traffic for hours of 76 westbound near conshohocken. >> traffic hasn't move for hours. >> reporter: we took to facebook live as it was going on to give you the latest updates. many got out of their cars to get a view of the jackknifed semi truck. this woman and her family sat for nearly three hours. >> the snow stopped and we're still stuck. >> reporter: good luck, guys. >> we're going a little crazy. >> you ready? >> reporter: if you ventured out today, you saw this everywhere. we tried helping shar

turned to snow, downingtown could see one of the higher snow totals and officials say crews are maximizing their efforts. >> we have been loading all 420 penndot trucks and pieces of equipment to keep our roads , safe, passable and handle any type of emergencies that come out on the high wait >> penndot crews have been loading up trucks and preparing with layers of salt since 8:00 last night we are told they have 70,000 tons of salt ready to go. >>> we're all ready seeing new power outages thanks to the storm's peco reports about 11,000 customers are without power, ppl reports 353 outages , ac electric reports six, del marva 184. pse and g has just over 500 right now. >>> snow emergency goes into effect at 8:00 a.m. in philadelphia that means if your car is park along snow emergency route it will be towed. city offices, courts will be closed to day, yesterday philadelphia hardware stores were, busy as people stocked up ahead of the storm. >> today has been very crazy, pretty hectic everybody coming in, and storm will hit heart. >> we have to prepare them for the residents. >> philadelphia's code blue is also, in effect, first responders and ou

keep on eye on the roads we have chelsea on the phone from penndot. chelsea you still working? how is it going out there on the roads? >> um, conditions seem to be imposing. >> um-hmm. >> we're still dealing with some trouble spots it seems in bucks and philadelphia, um, but the rest of the area, um, the roads are just wet right now. but again in bucks and philly we're still dealing with some slush covered roads. >> did you find that the most people in those areas heeded the warnings and stayed off the roads. >> i think for the most part they did. which is helpful because the plows for the most part were able to get out there and clear the roadways, um, and that's always the best when you give plows plenty of room to do their job. >> good advice. which see, thanks for stopping in and thanks for giving us that insight this afternoon. we appreciate it. meantime hamilton township, team work to help some drivers stuck on those snowy roads. our dawn timmeney talked with drivers having a hard tile and joins us live in hamilton. dawn, looks like the snow somewhat stopped there. >> repo

where we were the penndot trucks were mia. place this morning, there is the montgomery drive onramp, coming in from the right there. that's example of the roadways. going to the maps. because the snow emergency kicks in, at 8:00 this morning. no parking on the snow emergency routes. i put link up to that whole run down on the facebook and twitter pages. we got downed tree now, on septa's paoli line, right near the exton station. so there is no trains working, between malvern and the thorndale stations cents at the moment. amtrak, having some power issues, in trenton, and they've also made some service changes, for this morning's rush. patco running on snow schedule. no problems with njt so far. live look west chester, 202 and skiles boulevard. so roads are wet but again the slush, that heavy wet snow, as we start off here, but again, the heaviest snow, not expected to hit us for couple every hours yet. here is a live look, at the 42 freeway, in new jersey transit truck here, offer to the side. and really nothing plow. everythi

the road here. cars have listened to penndot pretty much stayed off the road for the most part.e have seen lots and lots of plows coming through the sidewalks, crystal clear, now earlier i spoke with a pizza delivery driver, he said that he was looking forward, to this storm. >> i'm very much a snow advocate so i was looking forward to it, so, you know, i was hoping for one big one before it was done for the year, but you know, i will take what i can get. i like it. i like it falling. it is nice, peaceful. mother nature. how can you be mad at mother nature? >> reporter: toshay how can you be mad at mother nature. she spared us this time in allentown. no reports of any outages or lots of them out here but penndot again wants to you stay off the road because whale it is slushy, the snow could freeze over and continue to be dangerous so just let crews continue to be on the road and get their jobs done. very latest live from downtown allentown shan take lance for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> good advice, thank you. >>> kate joins us now, she continues to watch this baby as it moves

the time. a couple of penndot workers stopped me and gave me a thumbs up and everything. >> penndot says a lot rivers did get the message, somehow and they stayed off the roads. >>> can i put that on my car too. >> ah, no. >>> snow emergency in fill has been lifted and the clean up is underway. we are live with the very latest on the storm's aftermath coming up next. my sinuses. i mean, could you be any more dramatic? i've had it. i'm taking mucinex sinus-max. it's got a triple action formula. carl? carl! mucinex sinus-max. triple-action fights pain, congestion & pressure. let's end this. >>> i'm trang do live in mobile weather watch other, with a, and before you head out your door. >>> as you can see from this live look at storm scan three, the storm has lifted out of our area, it is gone now but not without leaving clean up behind. it is thursday march 8th good morning i'm jim donovan. >>> i'm rahel solomon. is there a two hour delay for philadelphia school district and many others are also running with delays or they are closed. you can find that information at bottom of the screen or on cbs

if you don't need to drive stay home but some people still head out on the roads and then this happens. penndotameras caught a van that got stuck on the schuylkill expressway and then bob kelly was live on air around 3:20 this afternoon when our cameras caught this disaster on 76 at conshohocken looking east and today's storm caused another problems on the roads hike this tree along 76. so the moral of the story is, stay at home when the weather is to montgomery county now we find dave schratwieser. dave, your news truck even got stuck little earlier this afternoon. >> reporter: we did, iain, for about 90 minutes on germantown pike until my good buddy bob breck showed up with his pickup truck and towed us up the hill and got us out of there. props to him tonight. we have about 8-inches of snow here in plymouth meeting in this area right around norristown as well tonight the clean up is underw underway. roger lucas was hard at work wednesday night clearing snow from around his kia suv in norristown. he was busy scooping up what was left behind by his march snowstorm on airy street. >> coming alo

the rain was much heavier. and much more steady. penndot is ready for what mother nature throws our way. snow event, but they do realize that they may have to also focus again on the heavy rain and possible flooding. take a listen. >> this is a winter storm, not done yet, we're preparing for snow event. so while the storm comes in as rain, we will be checking in each county manager, on our state highways systems knows their flood prone areas to what areas to check out. we will have all of our state crews out for the duration of this storm. >> yes, live look right now, at the schuylkill river. you can see, the water droplet , the rain on the top of the river there, and it is slowing pretty good right now. as pendot said, they're going to be keeping an eye on flood prone areas. they say rest assured, when the rain does turn over to snow they still have 80 tons of salt to work w reporting live along kelly drive this morning, jan carabeo, cbs-3, " eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news" this morning, controversial statue depicting harvey wein

the wet snow combined with high winds could pose another challenge for penndot crews and for others butsay they are prepared and they have enough salt. >>> and airlines have already started canceling flights ahead of the storm. at last check nearly 2,000 flights have been canceled nationwide. some airlines are also offering fee waivers to or from certain cities on certain dates. and also be sure to check flight status with your airline before you come to the airport so you don't get out there in all of this for no good reason before you fly. >> this is what it looked like about an hour ago in ardmore, montgomery county. you see the roads are little slushy. and the snow is sticking to the trees and the sidewalks. in haddonfield, camden county, only a little bit of the snow was sticking when the action cam stopped by this morning. some parts of the region are seeing more rain than snow but that will likely change as this nor'easter charges up later this morning. >> when i stepped out this morning, karen, i was a little -- i mean i knew it was coming but when you see the snow out there alr

the next half hour. >>> meantime peco and penndot are ready for whatever the storm brings us. gray hall is live now. >> reporter: well rick, you have driven in the area and you know with a small amount of rain this area can quickly flood and with the potential of a lot of wind and rain on the way this could become one of those problem areas and crews tell me whether the here or anywhere else across this region they are ready to respond. >> as the region waits for the first effects of the approaching coastal storm. christina papas says crews are ready for whatever mother nature brings. >> we are ready to handle storms like this so nobody is scrambling and do tree trimming and making sure it is reliable for the customers. >> and the storm is expected to bring a mixed bag of rain, and snow and wind. and the possibly wet snow that could bring down limbs and trees and poles. >> the wind has the potential to take down trees and branches and some equipment. >> hundreds of workers are monitoring the storm and on stand by and will be dispatched as needed. he doesn't expect the system t

the affair. >>> up next we will check with penndot for a look at how area roads are looking right now, jan. >>> and the further we get from center city fill at more snow we see falling from the sky, and sticking to the roads i'm jan carabao coming to you live from the mobile weather watch in montgomery county, where you can see this snow is steadily falling now, not only stick to go those grassy surfaces but to the middle of the roads as well, and straight ahead we will take a closer look at road conditions throughout the delaware valley we will be right the ross spring dress event. it's here. where you'll find the perfect dress at the perfect price. whether you want to stand out from the crowd or dance the night away. from a weekend getaway to that special celebration. if you want to save big on dresses for every occasion, you've gotta get to the ross spring dress event, on now. ♪ you're gotta go to ross. their unlimited plans, but not all unlimited is created equal. sprint unlimited gives you more. it's the ultimate unlimited plan. get more of the tv you love with hulu, more music with the ti

the gas station down there. it was a long one. >> as a result penndot is ban ning vehicles from the interstate to prevent a similar situation this time, that includes tractors pulling empty trailers, passenger cars , pulling trailers, and motorcycles and rvs. >>> further north, new england , also bracing for second nor'easter in american 300 homes, massachusetts, south shore are in danger of being washed away but it left a gaping hole, causing flood ago this swamped homes, cars, crews have made a progress, repairing the wall but work is not complete and now the storm is fast approaching. most of the town has been with the power since last week. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news", stocking up on snowy sentences, milk and bread are must have but it noise the just about food. we will tell but key items all drivers should keep in their cars, jan. >>> well, i for one of more food and extra layers just in case we are coming to you live from inside a car, this is the mobile weather watcher and coming up after the break we will take a live look at the road conditions. we are coming to you from mayfair where you can see

the power lines. extra crews were on hand ready to respond to outages, penndot is also monitoring the storm and crews cleared drains to help prevent flooding and on stand by to plow if necessary. >>> "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

the next storm. right here, you have penndot salt trucks out there in the background. you can expect to see more of those on the road in the next couple of days with prep and plows. there's still a lot of damage in places like havertown. a down eed tree has been down f several days. it knocked out power and plenty are still wondering when their electricity is coming on. nor now, they're keeping the flashlights on and depending on those who do have power. >> if we can get power, a storm is not a problem, as long as we have power. >> very, very upsetting we feel frustrated and powerless, list really. >> reporter: if you're watching this on your phone and you know someone who still does not have power, delaware county community college will be operating warming centers at their campuses from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. we're told they're back out again this morning. for now i'm live in media, matt delucia, nbc10 news. >>> the storm cleanup is a nonstop task in around around philadelphia. nbc10 on lincoln drive at wayne after overnight. crews were clearing away limbs from falli

the scene just yet. we see police and penndot keeping a distance right now. he left lane they are allowing traffic to get by which surprises me as the flames shoot up 202 southbound west valley road heading toward malvern. that car is fully engulfed. we're fire crews on the scene eastbound near vare avenue. traffic is stopped and already jammed from 30th street to vare. don't take the schuylkill expressway eastbound near vare take the vine eastbound to i-95 southbound. >> reporter: we have rain on the way, most of it out to the west of us. won't be here until late this afternoon and early this evening. overnight friday into saturday, strong wind accompany the storm. gusts up 50 to 65 miles per hour the highest at the coast. broken limbs and weak trees may be coming down, and possible power outages and debris on the roads, as well. down the shore, moderate to minor flooding down the shore ahead of beach erosion. we have cloud skies, but not much rain until after 3, 4:00 p.m. mild high of 58. >>> an elementary school in colorado is taking an unique approach to d

kind of shot so i just -- i'd rather get a new one for the upcoming wednesday and just be prepared for next year. >> reporter: we spoke with penndot officials as well. they're encouraging everyone of course to stay off the roads, if you can, during the storm to clear the way for the plows and the salt trucks. good luck. reporting live from south whitehall, walter perez channel6 "action news." jim. >> walter thank you. >>> 6abc.com has the updated watches and warnings for our next storm plus multiple live views of storm tracker6. just check in often as the next round of wintry weather is approaching. >>> so it begins all over again for bill cosby. he was in norristown for a pretrial hearing today with jury selection for his retrial slated for march 29th. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside montgomery county court in norristown. vernon, what happened there today? >> reporter: jim, it was essentially inside baseball today. the lawyers battling and sparring with each other over which witnesses will be allowed to take the witness stand for both sides when this trial -- retrial starts next month. bill cosby back at the no

the traffic management center penndot has their eyes on the roads and they are prepping for whatever falls tr the sky. >> we want to make sure that no matter what comes down, we're ready for that. >> reporter: they are not taking any chances. crews were cleaning leaves from gutters before the storm rolled in. >> the rain can't get down, then we have probs. >> reporter: temperatures drop. >> we're supposed to get 3 to 4 inches of ask we're going to get a heavy snow. >> up further north more. >> no fan of the snow. she's heeding the warning. >> everybody said, go get your stuff done this morning because by 3:00 there's going to be a storm. >> reporter: she was right. it was about 3:00 when that rain started to fall here in the lehigh valley. depending on how cold it gets tonight, people in the lehigh valley and the poconos could wind up waking up with snow on the ground. steven fisher, nbc 10 news. >> thank you for that. the rain we see tonight will only be intensifying. this is a live look at city hall. philadelphia will be pounded by drenching rains over the next few days and with it

guys every time it snows if you don't need to drive don't go out on the roads but some people still go out and this is what happens. penndot cameras caught a van that got stuck along the schuylkill and then our bob kelly was live on the air around 3:20 this afternoon when our cameras caught this disaster on 76 at koch hock ken looking ea east. this tree fell on 76. also our fox 29 crews got stuck out there today. among them our dave schratwies schratwieser. >> reporter: shovel in hand roger lucas was on the move wednesday night busy clearing snow from around his suv on airy street in norristown. lucas was anxious to get rid of what was left behind by this march snowstorm. >> coming along well. a little wet, heavy, but i get ready for the morning time so i won't like freeze up. >> reporter: earlier in the day this was the scene on germantown pike in chestnut hill. during the heart of wednesday's big snowstorm. wet fast accumulating snow got packed down quickly. and left dozens of drivers stuck on these slick hilly roads. >> they're pretty bad honestly as long as everyone gets home safely that's all we care about. >> people

we had two on i-95 northbound, the second one on 309 north of the pennsylvania turnpike, a single vehicle lost control, penndot is out there assisting. it's off to the side on 309 northbound. in lafayette hill getting word of an accident involving a septa bus germantown pike by the general. perhaps that's why 13 of the different septa bus routes remain suspended to avoid accidents like that. otherwise we're back to normal schedules on the regional rail with delays on the inbound trenton line. >> in today's fitness tip shoshanna is redefining the workout to do at the office. >> reporter: i got a request for standing desk workout. it's a booty burner. bend into the left leg and push through the left heel, coming down, up, reaching the right leg back, ten of those, keeping the core tight hold it at the bottom. inner thighs and outer thighs and booty, get to that desk and work it out. >> we love her, thanks shoshanna. >>> sixers take on the heat in miami tonight. they split the last 6 road games and in 6th place in the eastern conference. >>> eagles have added three time pro bowler defensive lineman, michael benne