live in philadelphia, wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news."k to you. >> hopefully the kids could be doing sledding today. that would be nice. >> reporter: with the visibility poor blowing snow and severe windchills make sure you he let the kids know it's hard for drivers not only to stop, but to see you. be careful crossing streets and cover them up because the windchills will be in the single digits there i've ruined all your fun. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing the snow is filling in a be. as we look yo the heavier bands of snow in atlantic city, surf city and cape may. a little bit of that in chester county. the bulk that's coming through southeastern pennsylvania it's more on the light side it's in the process of defeating dry air. once we get past 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. we'll see the snow intensify in those areas. the show is we'll get the most. i-95 is basically wet after all the brining and salting. the foot bridge going across i-95 has snow on it. in darby one inch of snow on the ground new castle delaware, is reporting about a h

live in center city, wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news." >> thank you wendy.e are tracking a winter storm impact across the area. >> taking live look at the starbucks, gas maybe a whopper. been a while since i've had a whopper. farley service plaza they are clearing out for all the parked cars our "action news" winter storm coverage continues in just a moment. >> welcome back usually when you see this shot, sky6 live hd outlooking out over dill werth plaza and the rothman ice rink. the ice is covered in snow this morning. you can see the snowflakes coming down on the plaza. 453 and 25 degrees. >> when snow and ice come together. >> reporter: then it is not fun right? you know, people have been asking should i go out. if you can stay home you should. if you have to venture out use caution. we're seeing a lot of accidents. this is delaware county i-95 past 420 it's kind of hard to see the road from here, you're looking through the trees you get the idea with the flashing lights there's a truck accident with big restrictions. expect delays south of the airport in

live in center city, wendy saltzman channel 6 "action news.". >> go get in the van an enjoy that as much as you can. if you have to traveling the driveway or sidewalk be careful it can be a workout. the american heart association says take breaks and avoid eating a heavy meal before and do a warmup before you shoveling by marching in place for several minutes. lift small amounts of snow rather than huge shovel fulls. we'll b right back. taking a the here, mobile making its jersey shore. as you can our jn is out there. it has picked up. coming down forfully windshield wierpts goes over, it's like it. >> you have blizzards that are like whoa. >> reporter: you have 35-mile an ho, not or blowing snow, we have notet,g the coast. radnor township, tam will say boom then. salt trucks went the trucks space and time they areelng us o. as they move through, people are moving okay. you have a truck off to the side in radnor township. state road an accident involving a vehicle ran into a ditch inde. dave. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live down scan on the b

. >> wendy saltzman is live in center city this morning, wendy tells us about the conditions you're seeing. >> reporter: so far the city has really missed the brunt of the storm. the flurries started at 2:00 a.m. that's all we've had is light flurries, you can see the roads are closure, we don't safety snow sticking on roads. the city did declare a snow emergency last night. they started treating the roads and towing cars in the way of emergency snow routes. they started working around the clock last night. trash has been suspended today and the city has issued a code blue. one of the big concerns is with the wind and with the temperaturesg that we could have issues with the roads freezing over even if you just get a little bit of moisture on the roads, we run the risk, but the city started early, and they have 375 pieces of equipment they are prepared to get on the roads. they started the treatment, so far so good in center city we're not seeing any major problems just some pretty winter flurries. wednesday we know channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> remember if you have to go out

investigative reporter wendy saltzman has been following the story for us. >> rick, this is what theracks looked like eight months ago, ground covered in syringes and junk but by september, just three months after our original report, conrail purged the area of all remnants of the drug users who once called it home pushing hundreds of the homeless on to kensington street to an area call the emerald city among piles of trash you would see feces and used needles but residents of philadelphia's emerald city, camp spread out under three bridgeness kensington, shares nothing with the famous fantasy land in oz but a name. this is harsh reality of life asiana dick on philadelphia's street. >> it is really bad. it is not like back in the day where we used to get down to the track. you didn't have to worry about getting robbed or dying. >> when track where is clean up, cleared out late last year melissa and other drug users had no where else to go. >> i never in my entire life would think i would be living under a tunnel. >> but this is what the 34 year-old former delaware county resident cal

live in frankford, i'm wendy saltzman channel6 "action news." ck. >> all right, wendy, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are hoping to identify a man and woman caught on camera following a postal worker and then trying to steal deliveries from the person. they say the thieves did this at least twice back on december 28th, then again on january 2nd. they took packages from homes on the 2200 block of south ninth street and then on the 900 block of tree street. anyone with information is asked to call the authorities. they >> health check tonight. we are three weeks into a new year and a lot of those fitness resolutions may be fading. >> tough to keep. however a local fitness challenge might keep you motivated. health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman has the details on how you could win money by getting in shape. >> what's this. >> that is an added bonus. the klagg is called commit to fit. and it aims to help people improve their health and lose weight but also make their new habits stick. inside fit academy in brewerytown a small group of

wendy saltzman giving you a sense of what things are like in philadelphia itself. >> first up, weather traffic with david murphy and karen. good morning. >> reporter: a lot of roads seem passable but things are changing roads around here are getting tough on the highways. >> reporter: we'll show you storm tracker 6 live in a second, i want to start you with a series of winter alerts. a blizzard warning is in effect in coastal counties in south jersey and delaware the heaviest snow and the strongest wind gusts and the poorest visibility where you see the red. winter storm warning in all counties on the delaware valley. fairly significant snowfall and drifting snow. it gets less in the purple counties. even there where you get snow you have to slow it down. the nor'easter is getting clong in intensity starting to push the snow bands through the western portions of the region. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scab, you can see we're seeing snow fill in more as we were expecting we would. in the western suburbs we're seeing the cut off, we light snow roads covered q w will push to