walter perez is live in richboro, bucks county which saw the most snow on the pennsylvania side of our region, and boy they didn't want it, walter. >> reporter: i got to tell you, matt, they got hammered in bucks county. 6 to 10 inches in bucks county in general. in richboro, 16 inches of snow. you can see the results big snow piles in the parking lot and roads. the major roads and secondary roads across the region are in good shape, but the back treats are in bad shape. a lot of people will have hard time getting off their properties. richboro was the epicenter in terms of snow, but power outages, this morning, 5% of customers in lower makefield are still without power this morning. that's actually down from 64% earlier this morning. 55% in lower makefield. 40% out inform bristol. 35 in falls township. the good news the numbers are improving. a few hours ago, 23% of customers across bucks county were without power. at this time only 20%. there are people struggling without power. some people have been without power since last friday's storm. they set up a red cross shelter at the midd

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 norristown courthouse for a new round of pretrial hearings on the drugging and sexual assault cancer against him lodged by former temple university employee andrea constand who testified the now disgraced show biz legend drugged her and then sexually

i'm walter perez. the big story is the effort to get the lights back on.o has 155,000 can yo customes without power. "action news" reporter trish hart ma is in upper marianne township. walter, this is one of the warming station in the upper marianne community center.>> mag for the powercer to come back o. >> a welcome break from the cold dark house. they are going on 24 hours without power. >> our whole neighborhood is down. pretty much every friend we know is out of power. >> so they to the gymnastic center for folks that needed warmth, a cellphone charge or to do. >> it's kee kids entertained. got back on to the internet. the kids danced and had a great time. >> high winds brought down tree to the area, many knocking out power. delaware county declared a state of doubling operation center and bringing in resources. the head of the county emergency services is urging folks without power to be safe. >> rigging electrical appliances off of a battery placing generators inside, all of these things can lead to tragedy. this warming center is open until 3:00 a.

walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you walter. bucks county hard-hit in pennsylvania. one of the hardest hit areas in south jersey would be burlington county. the action cam is live in medford where a large tree is down. this area declared a state of emergency because of all the trees that are down and all the power outages that they have, a lot of work to be done in medford, burlington county. >>> now this picturesque scene in south jersey took a sudden shift. you can hear the "action news" you're scream when several tree brambles crash to the ground under the weight of the snow. she took this video near silvan lake near burlington county. yes maybe you theard that the thunder snow lightning during the nor'easter. it was captured in galloway township new jersey. >> reporter: it is very rare when it happened, it shows you how intense the storm is. we had anumber of lightning strikes. it's kind of cool, but you have to be careful out there in the lightning. storm tracker 6 live we're dry and in the clear, let's go outside and looking at the philadelphia center city skyl

. >> walter perez is live in richboro, bucks county, a locale that walter seems to have gotten the silver medal in all this. >> reporter: the gold medal in pennsylvania, but the silver medal overall. richboro got hammered. yesterday afternoon i was reporting live from bethlehem expecting the lehigh valley to get the brunt of the school. but it was south in bucks that got pummeled. in bucks county, 16 inches of snow in richboro. the major roads and secondary roads have been plowed, they are in good shape. the back streets it's going to be a tough morning for people getting out of their driveways and back streets across this part of bucks county. while snow was the major issue in this part of bucks county, the power outages in lower bucks further south are very bad. 59% of customers in lower makefield this morning or without power that's down from 64% just a few hours ago. it's incredible. 41% of customers in bristol, 43% in falls township still without power this morning. it's a major problem. because of that, they have set up a red cross shelter nearby to help people in dire straits as a

lets send it back inside to you. >>> now, lets turn to walter perez. for storm preparations in the lehigh valley. >> the lehigh valley got several inches from the storm on friday and now they could be in for much more. >> that is right. as you mentioned a few days after the coastal storm clobbered our region we are getting ready for another one. 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: th

. >> walter perez is live in rich bore -- richboro, bucks county, a full 16 inches. >> reporter: here's the winner, richboro, pennsylvania, a tremendous amount of snow across this part of the bucks county. the major roads across richboro and lower makefield are clear, but the back streets are a mess, a lot of people will have a hard time getting out of their properties, even if they cleared the way, when the plow came through last night they pushed the snow on the roads to the foot of the driveways, people will have a hard time getting out this morning. the numbers are staggering, while 16 inches of snow fell in richboro, the number of people suffering power outages or dealing with outages in lower makefield is incredible. 23% of peco customers across bucks county are without power. 64% in lower makefield are without power because that part of bucks county has older trees many toppled taking you on power lines. the number in lower makefield 8,400 customers without power. the red cross has set up a shelter at the middletown township municipal complex. 3 municipal way in langhorne. if you

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 request that everybody postpones unnecessary travel especially when the storm kicks into high gear around mid-day. meanwhile at midnight tonight penndot imposes a ban on tractor trailers and rvs and all as snow emergencies are prepared preemptively in municipalities across the lehigh valley. and we caught up with people stocking up on snow storm essential. >> milk eggs and honey. and the honey do list in my back pocket. >> lisa is stocking up for an elderly couple she takes care of. >> i got them milk and eggs and basics i plan and spending the next few nights there. >> allentown averages 32 inches of snow per year so far this season they

reporting live from south whitehall township, walter perez, channel6 "action news." back to you. >> walter, thank you. >>> meanwhile let's check in with drone6. it was in west mount airy earlier today as crews were removing a tree from the top of a septa bus. the tree crashed onto the roadway, brought down wires last night along wayne avenue near lincoln drive. it was unable to move until this morning when crews were able to remove the downed branches and the wires. officials say fortunately no one was injured. but it certainly added big headaches to the morning commute. >> they were hard at work in springfield township, delaware county this morning. another area that was hit hard by the strong winds friday. "action news" was along the 600 block of thacter avenue as dominique used his chainsaw to chop up fallen trees on that block. he told us that this storm was the worst that he's seen in the past but he's happy to be out making money because there is no power at his home. >> that's why i don't mind working you know what i mean. it's something to do. like i said the

i'm walter perez. big story at 5:00 is damage that has some people still without power. it has been american 24 hours since that storm first blew through and we are still feeling effects and tonight we have team coverage. "action news" reporter trish hartman is in delaware county which was hit hard and remains under a state of emergency. but first we will begin with meteorologist medical wrist a magee with the windy remnants from that storm. >> even those that moisture is long gown in the atlantic we have blustery wins in the wake of the powerful nor'easter. peak wind gustness dover, coming in at 49 miles per hour , a gusts, earlier today in atlantic city up to 48 miles an hour. here in philadelphia clocking in at 46 miles an hour. same thing in reading, millville coming in at 45 miles per hour. current gusts, still pretty strong. 38 miles an hour in the city. thirty-five in the poconos. twenty-nine at the coast in atlantic city. we have a gust in dover come in at 30 miles an hour. moisture is departing but is there still a bit of concern at the coastal flood warning sta

o. >> reporting from north philadelphia, walter perez channel 6 "action news.", 65:12 a.m. police saythy ptured a man police say is accused of murdering his wife arena another woman mayfair section. they followed him to hung ton valley. he allegedly shot his 42-year-old wife and 71-year-old woman in the head inside a home on chippen daily -- chippen dadle avenue. >>> cherry hill is increasing security measures there will be increased of police officers through the end of the school year. all parents and guardians and family members must produce photo i.d. and student i.d. number before they are allowed into the school. all other visitors will need a scheduled appointment. all schools will be fire drill and security drill once a month. >>> daniel woodwth stabbing a university of pennsylvania student said his client is depressed in jail and feels remorse for his family. woodward killed blaze burnstein who went missing in january while visiting his family on winter break in orange county, california. investigators are trying to determine if he was a victim of crime

i'm walter perez.e's what's happening at trees remain on roads and homes and crews continue to repair power outages. also, the oscars are 24 hours away. there were terrifying moments at a ski resort out west when good aried ali huncovered a it g eht livesghe way. we see how dtructive th this house chipmunk lane had a tree fall on top of it in nobody was injured.also, a huges falling on along the front lawn of sycamore avenue. and reinforcements brought in for power. we caught up with crews working in wood payne county. they were working to restore utility poles that snapped. hada consider amount of debri said, e forecast with melissa magee. >> winds blustery earlier today are starting to diminish. the winds at 18 miles per hour, winds clocking in, in the city high as 55 miles per hour. there is improvement on the way tonight. 25 miles per hour in reading, nine in lancaster and 12 miles per hour in cape may at the coast. satellite 6 showing you this is what's left of the nor'easter on the screen here as

"action news" walter perez made the trip north to check in on the storm preparations there. but first lets head outside to melissa magee in for david murphy. >> the latest information is showing that the storm is trending a little warmer and delaying of the arrival of the coastal low, having said that however, this is going to be a significant storm bringing significant snowfall to portions of the delaware and lehigh valley. we have the winter storm warning up for philadelphia to points northern and west. tonight through wednesday. and we have a winter storm watch for interior south jersey and northern delaware. this is what we are tracking, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d we have an area of low pressure moving out

walter perez is live in allen tonight now with the latest from there. >> reporter: well rick and sara, when we first got here a few hours ago there was really nothing to report and the snow was coming down slowly and the roads were clear and snow was accumulating on the grassy areas across the region. but things changed. at 11:00 and 12:00 this morning it was really coming down and things changed. the roads are slushy and that say big difference from an hour ago and slowing down traffic to a certain degree, it seems like now we are in the thick of it. up until about 10:30 this morning the snow was gently falling in bethlehem and a little bit of accumulation of snow on the grassy areas and the roads were clear. >> if you drive carefully it's not bad a few slick spot here and there but nothing too critical but take your time it's not so bad. >> but whafference a few hours makes. as we move into the afternoon the roads are slicken and the snow is starting to pile up. >> it's picking up quite a bit recently here. and it seems to be slicker now. >> we found one man that had given up on a s

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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, these are the areas that deal with the heavy accumulating snow. we v an advisory in interior

walter perez is live in south whitehall township with how folks up there are getting ready. >> but first lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph live in the "action news" weather center. >> we are tracking and talking about the storm for days and now seeing the ingredients coming into play for a major winter storm to hit the area. >> this is a major winter storm for any part of the season but when you talk about march it's impressive and your location whether you see a foot of snow or

. >>> lets go to "action news" reporter walter perez in bethlehem. you have your umbrella so things tapering off a bit here frmg i was bemoaning the fact that i forgot. right now the snow kicks back in of course because it stopped a few minutes ago and a little bit of good news, pennsylvania state police shut down eastbound i-78 because of a multivehicle crash by the route 412 exit in hellertown and the accident is cleared and that has been reopened. no word now as far as injuries in the crashes. meanwhile, in bethlehem. fog has changed. over the past couple of hours. a live look here in bethlehem, if you go back to 3:00, 2:00, 1:00. you would have seen the conditions are exactly the same. the snow is coming down and hane really stopped but no accumulations, 3 to 4 inches on grassy areas and the roads are not icy and slushy and quite passable. we spoke way bunch of commuters that said it's not that bad. >> if you drive comfortably it's not too bad. some spots are slick here and there. but if you take your time it's not so bad. >> starting to pick up

"action news"'s walter perez is live in south whitehall township with cleanup efforts across the lehighwith the efforts there. >> but firs latest on this next nor'easter from are meteorologist cecily tynan. >> this is news people still recovering from friday's major nor'easter do not want to hear but double scan live showing that next storm system, the pieces already in the map. we've got low pressure the northern plains. that has been creating blizzard conditions and what this will do, it will transfer its emergency to a coast -- energy to a coastal low. that s intensifies and that brings us what is likely major snowstorm. we already have winter storm watches in effect for most of our viewing areas, essentially interior south jersey, the dllaw alathere will be some mixing along the that limit some of the snowfall amounts. the timing shows that low pressure continues to track to the east. coastal low develops by wednesday in the wee hours of the morning. wednesday morning, i think a lot of people may be caught off guard because the precipitation will be light to begin with. there will b