a number of emergency workers blocking off the roads in west philadelphia. 52nd and locust street. chopper 6 live on the scene. as we go back to the maps. it's not only a fire location in north philadelphia. erie avenue between 17th and 18th, as well that's a two-alarm building fire. looking outside live on 422 we are better we had an accident eastbound at oaks. that's cleared. the main roads are dry but expect slick spots on the sides of the road and the secondary roads this morning. an accident at ruth road at stall road. a few things going on when we expected light volume on the roads this morning. >> chestnut is usually a sleepy place at night but overnight into this morning an explosion destroyed a building and sent residents into the cold air. let's go over to annie mccormick. >> reporter: good morning, tam its freezing cold this morning. i meant to give you an-year-old how that is effecting how crews are able to respond to the gas explosion. you can see the iced over streets. if you're familiar with chestnut hill you know the roads are hilly. over to the right, you can see th

we have a fire in west philadelphia. it is on the 200 block of south 52nd street between spruce and locust. you can see fire fighters up on the ladder trying to battle that blaze from above. again 4 degrees outside. as sue mentioned it is tough, chris when water comes out of those hoses it is freezing when it comes out what we hope is whoever was inside that building was able to make it out okay before this fire started burning. it looks like it is burning bad and big up there. it is it may be an abandoned building. sometimes that happened in temperatures because people try to go inside to stay warm. these temperatures are so dangerous. it is so cold outside. >> hats off to those fire fighters, with the hoses going, guy up in the lad there are has got to be freezing. they have a ton of gear on. my goodness. we will continue to follow this developing story and breaking news out of west philadelphia a for you. steve keeley is on the way to the scene. >>> switching gears two people accused of helping a danish gunman carryin

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philadelphia. we think there's a chance of that over the next hour and half or so. winds west/northwest at 15 miles per hour. the windchills that's the story feels like 14 below in philadelphia. worlds in the northern and western suburbs. this is the sort of windchill conditions that can cause frostbite in a hurry so bundle up. the windchills are with us all day, although they get better in the afternoon. satellite shows a lack of significant cloud cover but it will be blustery and cold all the way. we'll creep our way 11 degrees by 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m., 17 is the high, we'll be back in the mid teens by 5:00 p.m. when you look at high temperatures, keep in mind it will feel like below zero all the way today and this morning it's well below zero. but for what it's worth, 17 in philadelphia. 24 in april kay. 14 in allentown. it will feel like 15 in philadelphia. in the poconos we have a windchill warning it's an advisory until 11:00 a.m. clouds increase as the day goes on. by 2:00 p.m., the northern and western suburbs places like allentown and reading will have to be on the loo

and we have an accident in west philadelphia. 63rd and chestnut. take 62nd at your alternate. >>> and the philadelphia school district is open but taking precautions in this brutally cold weather. this morning bus crews get to work an hour early to make sure they start okay and are ready for the road in freezing conditions. other workers will get their early to make sure that the buildings are warm for the students. >> we believe we could have warm inviting schools where students can feel relaxed and be fine. >> meantime on the city streets in philadelphia, outreach workers spent last night checking on the homeless. experts say this type of weather can cause frostbite in just 30 minutes. and when it is this cold outside, it is really a danger for everyone. >> especially for senior citizens. there's a greater risk of cold-related injuries and even death. we have seen a few of those already in this area. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside an older adult center in the longhurst neighborhood. what is some best advice in this cold weather? >> reporter:

. >>> fire and ice, this is the of aftermath of the the two alarm fire in west philadelphia on monday, while some are calling this the the ice castle there is a danger lurking. >> yeah, the it is is licenses and inspections department is war that i had building may collapse. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from south 52nd street with more on this story, jan. >> reporter: ukee and erika, good morning. as you can imagine this ice building has become quite at tracks here in west philadelphia, even gaining national attention but now as you mentioned l and i has deemed it dangerous. the ice weighing so heavily on the structure that it may collapse. police are still securing the scene as l and i works with the own tore try to get this building demolish. since monday folks in philadelphia have been stopping by 52nd and locust streets to take pictures of the building. the it is eriely beautiful but the building was encased in ice as fire fight's tacked a huge fire on monday. the flames took more than two hours to contain and crews remained on the scene for the remainder of

fire crews are battling 25 alarm raging fire in west philadelphia steve is on the scene right new. they goes. we will there been in a second. >>> if you don't have to be outside today then just stay at home. seriously. it is below freezing. wind chills are making it feel even more unbearable. sue serio has your full forecast and it the gets worse before better. we might break a railroaded today. >> below freezing it is 25 below, freezing. >>> check this out u.s. coastguard called into rescue a father and son on the sail boat. where they were sailing when they had to call for help g day, it is monday february 16th, 2015. i'm glad it is a holiday. you can stay in the house. by the the way, elementary kid were going to go to school catholic schools now they are not willing either. everybody is in public school in philadelphia and parochial school in philadelphia, stay home. >> people having to work and be outside today. >> fire fighters. >> and they could very well have a snow day tomorrow. and make it a five day weekend for these kid. >> we will have to have an alarm go off or someth

this is in west philadelphia with a live look at the scene there. >>> and flames spread quickly in northlphia. and skyforce 10 is over this scene. we just got word that this fire is now under control. and the cold weather is making it hard for firefighters at both scenes right now. >>> and we're breaking cold weather records throughout the morning. we are dealing with subfreezing temperatures. if you don't already know that. >>> and along with the subfreezing temperatures, we're tracking snow. we'll get the first alert forecast hour by hour. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we'll get right to bill henley with this cold weather. what can you tell us? >> it's going to be a very cold week. and we have seen records tumble this morning. and the temperatures are still falling at this hour with clear skies. that's a live clear view across the delaware. it's a first alert weather day because of the dangerous cold. now, record cold for our area. windchills have been running 15 to 25 degrees below zero. and we're tracking snow that is on track

we do have a few things to talk about though, building fire out in west philadelphia on 52nd street. ce and locust, take 51st to get on by that clean up scene for the time being. another building fire out in north philadelphia. on erie avenue between 17th and 18th. take venango street or butler to get on by. that will that's also affecting septa route two bus that will be detoured around the area for the time being. out in lower salford bruce road and stall road, an accident pushed over into the shoulder. and currently no problems on the ben franklin bridge. down to 35 miles an hour on the commodore barry east and westbound due to high wind. so far no problems either, just for new jersey transit but we are running on modified schedule. no problems for septa or patco. but the buses trolleys, running on modified weekday schedule for president's day. but, we don't want you to forget. when on the road get updated information about traffic backups, with the new your drive app. download the app for iphone and android devices by going to cbsphilly.com/your drive. >>> ♪ ♪ >> highest grossing

building on fifth second and west philadelphia caused fire monday. fire fighting efforts ended with that scene of all that ice. officials think the building could collapse under the weight have of that ice. we will bee right back. >>> flyers take on the buffalo sabres tomorrow night continuing their playoff push as hockey season enters the stretch run. last night, michael dellzotto's goal tied the blue jackets at two in the final minute of the second period . the nicely done. but the blue jackets scored three unanswered goals in the third period and won this one, five -two. the fly guys are six points behind the penguins for the final playoff spot. >>> sixers are back i action friday night but announce something changes for next season. this video on the sixers web site shows wilt chamberlain billy cunningham and the doctor. sixers say next years new uniforms will help three legend become one. no official details yet on the uniform but here's it is supposed to be cool. another part of the sixers new uniform, new look new sixers campaign is a new slog

philadelphia. but that front is on the move. let's watch the clock. you can see by 8:00 p.m., we're watching some of those snow squalls moving in from the west. and you can see approaching philadelphia by 9:00, 10:00 o'clock moving into south jersey. not a whole lot of moisture with that activity but it could reduce visibility and also provide a possible quick coating to an inch in some spots that we'll see the snow. but look at the temperature drop drop. 27 by 8:00 o'clock. 13 degrees when you wake up tomorrow morning. but feels like temperatures will be below zero. that arctic front will be moving all the way toward the mid atlantic and the southeast but watch future feels like temperatures. you can see by 10:00 o'clock it will feel like 13 in philadelphia. but by 7am, it is going to folic 4 degrees below zero so that's how you should dress. so here's the bottom line. the timing for the snow, 8:00 p.m. to midnight, and then blustery winds creating those feels like temperatures below zero. when i come indoors we'll talk about the potential records that could fall as we move ahead to friday morning. oh yann and lucy, back to you. >> all right

." >>> we continue to follow breaking news from west philadelphia. look at this live picture of a serious accident involving a taxi. you can see the taxi there just torn to pieces. and another vehicle which is at 63rd and chestnut in west philadelphia. the cab driver had to be cut out of the taxi and had to walk in to the hospital. >>> and experts are telling us why this ice palace building is in imminent danger. >>> and we are following a suspected case of measles at a local university. the action princeton is now taking to stop the spread before it starts. >>> and a frigid start this morning, if you feel well below zero in the pocano mountains. i never feel cold. but it feels very cold out there this morning. >>> right now it is 16 degrees below veerzero right now, and coatsville quakertown the windchill is 20 degrees below zero. it feels like 16 degrees below zero in northeast philadelphia and wrightstown. wildwood is colder at 17 below zero. look at temperatures in delaware. it is a frigid start this morning. we will see plenty of sunshine today.

the advicery for philadelphia and points to the north and west, until noon. this is for a lesser accumulation. a bit of the upside down storm where we see less's accumulation to the the north and higher numbers to the the south. future weather shows the snow moving up at a good grip of where it is right now moving toward the north and east. by nine or 10:00 in wilmington. by midnight it is in philadelphia. it moves through the entire region with the heavier snow moving through overnight. 7:00 o'clock hour we are seeing moderate snow in philadelphia heavier snow toward atlantic city and wildwood with where we will see higher accumulations. it clears out late morning. the 9:00 ape midnight it moves n heaviest overnight especially during that morning rush and then tapers off during the noon hour. snow accumulations one to three to the north and west of the city i-95 corridor three to four. those higher accumulations toward millville, atlantic city between six and six to nine as you head toward the south and toward the east especially through cape may county. we

we are following breaking news in west philadelphia. this started in the past hour. this is a lyeive picture rising from the roof of the building. no injuries reported. we'll continue to get new information on this. but you can see that is fully involved. we'll get new information to keep you posted on air and on the nbc 10 app. >>> well, we are also following breaking news in philadelphia. emergency crews are on the scene of an apartment explosion. and nbc 10's matt delucia is live on the scene at chestnut hill. matt, what happened? >> reporter: well, tracy, we are still getting a whiff of natural gas out here. and pgw has been out here for three hours. you can see the damage caused by this explosion. windows, doors, even the wall portion of the front of this structure was blown out. now, just to the right here you can see this other part of the building here with that door open. we just saw about five or six workers go into that building right there to conduct their investigation. and this of course is still ongoing throughout the morning, but ten people including

west. philadelphia points to the north and west under a winter weather advisory until tomorrow at noon. future weather shows obviously cloud here and there is the snow moving in getting a real good grasp on this. then watching it moving through wilmington by 11:00 o'clock. midnight 1:00 a.m. and point to the north and east and then some heavier snow moving in overnight and then by the noon time hour it is out of the delaware valley. this is what we expect by 2:00 a.m. snow is every where. steady snow between three and 7:00 a.m. it will be very heavy in that period of time. very slow moving commute with snow covered road and that snow whip taylor off between 8:00 ape noon. one to 3 inches, philadelphia about three or four. higher numbers as you head toward extreme south jersey and central and southern delaware where we expect six to 9 inches of snow. coming up, we will zoom in on those neighborhoods and talk about the snow accumulations and then more brutal cold to come. for now, jessica, back to you. >> kathy, thanks very much. >>> eyewitness weather team is on your side with weather tr

garcia guilty of second degree murder for the november 2013 shooting death of christian massey in west philadelphia. sentencing was delayed, after garcia got in the scuffle with the deputy sheriff. he faces mandatory life in prison. >>> authorities have busted a businessman at philadelphia international the airport on 25 counts of child pornography. delaware county district attorney, jack whalen says 50 year-old ivan zubiaga of north carolina was returning from the business trip from germany on saturday. during a baggage exam authorities say they discovered a cashe of child porn video on his lap top and storage drives, prosecutors claimed that he has confessed and he is being held at delaware county prison on $250,000 bail. >>> a philadelphia family is trying to cope with two losses tonight. the loss of a loved one and the loss of jewelry that meant so very much. "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live at thee piss pennsylvania pal campus of temple university hospital. kenneth, what happened here. >> reporter: jim, it was two weeks ago today when a kensington man said he brought his mother to

but again, this is a two alarm fire burning right now on south 52nd street in west philadelphia. and firefighters are on the scene, police officers are on the scene, not sure if that is endangering any other homes in the area, especially with the embers flying down the block as you see they are. but once again live from southwest philadelphia, right now, that 3-story building continues to burn. we'll continue to follow this throughout the morning. >> well, chester county high school is mourning the loss of two siblings killed in a valentine day crash. downingtown west high school junior charlotte hand began and her brother miles died saturday night after they were ejected from their family's mini-van. police say thomas mure of media, delaware county, was behind the wheel of the pick-up truck that hit them on route 100 in uekland township. >> all i can say he was flying through the intersection, with it being red light you can't help but notice. >> the family probably was just doing something enjoyable, and one second, everything is fine, and then the next second, you know, i can'

live in west philadelphia deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> tragic. count on nbc 10 news to get answers in this story as we uncover new details in the investigation of this toddler's death. you can update on the ten news app. >>> philadelphia is the picked city for the first time in nearly seven decades. philly will host the democratic national convention. >> it will be here where the party will nominate its choice for president in 2016. it was a whirlwind morning for local leaders and we brought it all to you live on the air and on the news app as it happened after getting word from the national democratic party, city state and federal officials started sharing the details with us. >> we literally put our heart and soul into this. >> this whole process has been nearly two years in the making. >> now that philadelphia has beaten out the two other finalist cities new york and columbus, well the real work begins. >> organizers have their work cut out for them as they prepare for a big moment on the national stage, of course. here is the early schedule o

live in west philadelphia nbc 10 news. >>> new at 6:00, a shooting inside a home in south philadelphia leaves a man in critical condition. police say someone shot the 54-year-old victim twice in the chest inside a home on the 1900 block of south 22nd street just before noon. no arrests have been made. >>> a fire killed two cats after sweeping through a north philadelphia row home this morning. another cat was hurt. the fire started just before 8:00 on the 2700 block of newkirk street. officials say the fire spread to an abandoned home next door. >>> check out the smoke and flames pouring from a house at the juniorsy show. this is what crews found when they responded to a fire just before 9:30 this morning. officials say everyone made it out of the building safely. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> a new terror threat. finds out which group is calling for attacks on malls in america. plus, words of grief from the father of murdered american hostage kayla mueller. why he's criticizing the government following her death. >>> plus 46 hours of dancing pays off. how much

. >> new safety concerns at the site of this ice palace in west philadelphia. local engineers say the ice gripping this vacant building is preventing the property from now collapsing. investigative reporter harry hairston went back to the frozen building tonight. >> you spoke with the engineer who says the city should be taking action now. >> well, you know that's right. when i talked to the civil engineer he is concerned. he would rather see action taken sooner than later because there can be danger here of what looks pretty now can be awful dangerous later. >> onlookers amazed by what had he see. >> right now it's just an oddity. >> drexel professor joe martin tells me once the temperatures start to warm this sunday dangerous thawing will take place. >> there's nothing about it that's good. >> the out outer walls are covered with a thin sheet of ice. >> the strength will tee dearate from the outside in. >> the melting increases the chances of the building crumbling. he's not certain if it will fall but is sure how it would fall if it comes down. >> i'm pretty

a 2-year-old boy was hit and killed by a septa trol ney west philadelphia. pened near 51st and lancaster avenue. he was crossing the street when he stepped in front of the bus. hear from witnesses in a live report in 15 minutes. >>> philadelphia city council approved a paid sick leave law today. employees now get up to five paid sick days a year. the law affects 200,000 workers in the city and will mainly help workers in the service industry. philadelphia will host the 2016 democratic convention. the chair of the dnc called mayor michael nutter this morning to make the official offer. leaders say the event would generate hundreds of millions in of dollars in economic activity. the convention will be held the week of july 25 2016. >>> it beat out brooklyn and columbus ohio to host the convention. how do they feel about losing to philly? according to andrew sif, they're fine with it. >> reporter: getting dumped two days before valentine's didn't break the heart of these brooklynites. >> i'm very glad. there's enough traffic here and enough stupid people. >> it

. >>> happening now, fear of a collapse in west philadelphia. incredible scene but also dangerous. a burned out building covered in ice. water from fire hoses froze instantly yesterday morning and the weight of it could bring that building down. fox 29's dave kinchen is live near the building at 52nd and spruce tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, it's quite a spectacle but quite a danger as well we're standing on south 52nd street because police have blocked it off. they are worried of course that not only could ice fall but the weight of the ice could actually bring this three-story building down. >> the whole place is icy. >> reporter: latest attraction in west philadelphia. >> it looks locate something out of vertical limit or something man. >> only time i seen this when i seen the movie frozen. >> reporter: three-story building on 52nd and locust is now a towering house of ice. water from fire hoses instantly froze on contact when philadelphia fire crews balanced a two harm early monday morning blaze at the locust medical center in 3-degree weather. facing a wind chill of 16 belo

but for now live in west philadelphia, jan carabeo "eyewitness news". >> see you shortly. so breaking, a gas main rupture in philadelphia's chestnut hill neighborhood to tell you about. it happened around 1:30 this morning, on the 100 block of benefit street. no injuries to report. some of the tenants were allowed to go back inside. their aoun vet been ventilated. no serious damage. those forced to evacuate are staying with others right now. pgw still working on fix that gas main. >> developing right now. egypt is striking back after the beheading of egyptian christians at isis has been holding hostage for weeks. susan macinnis reports, the latest executions commas congress debates military force against isis. >> egyptian war planes bombed libya overnight targeting camps, training sites and weapons storage depos retaliation, after the release of another gruesome video sunday mandrels in the black marched christians along a beach near tripoli. one addresses the camera in english before all of the egyptians are be headed sometime tape justly. >> convened emergency meeting of

. >>> and from fire to ice, the aftermath of monday's big building fire in west philadelphia may now be a ticking timebomb. we are live on the scene this morning with more on this morning's concern over that building. >>> plus a threat to everyone this morning as we head out. ice on sidewalks and streets all because of that bitter cold freezing all the slush outside. >>> and then as we take a live look at i-95 in south philadelphia, we are getting ready for another arctic blast. dangerous, near record cold moving into the area soon. believe it or not, this is the one daybreak. we are at what 13 degrees now this morning. good morning on this wednesday, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris cato. let's go to meteorologist bill henley now and the first alert forecast. bill? the snow of yesterday gave way to sunshine, actually. >>> it was a nice sunny day. yes. a lot of melting occurred even with temperatures cold during the day, but it is frozen solid as you mentioned this morning with temperatures plummeting overnight. you can see the ice flow on the delaware in front of center city.

he joins us from west philadelphia. bruce, what you got?> reporter: yeah, lucy, this particular road hazard was very difficult to avoid and for thousands of motorists each day that meant a risk of physical injury or expensive damage their vehicles. a viewer alerted us to the problem. so i came out to take look. it's not actually a pothole per se. more of a 10-foot by 10-foot asphalt mine field that catches and punishes drivers who fail to slow down as they pass over. >> feel my wheel about to fall off when you hit the hole. >> reporter: you've gone through it before and bottomed out? >> yes. >> reporter: our fox 29 news van gives i was driver's eye view of the shimmy and shake. what occurs when you drive over this lunar surface at 63rd and mark. it appears the ground beneath an asphalt patch job that may have followed utility work became loose. portions of the street began to sing. >> it's terrible. it run into a few times myself. >> reporter: you've driven through it. >> yes. >> reporter: what's it like. >> the not pleasant that's for sure

monique braxton from west philadelphia.back to you. >>> and i'm katy zachry live where some people are waking up to snowdrifts and slippery sidewalks and streets. look at this they have not yet been plowed but it's a double whammy for this fox chase neighborhood. so tudor street right now gets worse the farther down you go. people tell me that plows over the last several storms have not done an adequate job clearing the snow, therefore it freezes overnight. again snowdrifts are along the side of the street. and this adjacent park across central avenue all day, i'm told, have significant amounts of snow blowing. you have some stretches of this drag that are still not clear of snow. we are live katy zachry "nbc 10 news." >>> good morning, i'm jillian mele. this is the route 30 bypass eastbound at route 322. very slow moving there traveling the pennsylvania turnpike this morning. we have pockets of volume but the drive times are 22 minutes between ben salem and valley forge. keep in mind we're following the accident out of rou

. >> building inspectors are watching a fire scene in west philadelphia that remains frozen solid. they fear the weight of the ice could cause it to collapse. >> good morning, it's 5:30 now on this wednesday february 18th. let's head over for accuweather from dave murphy and traffic from karen rogers. good morning. >> we're off to another cold start. you'll see that in a moment. also looks like you'll need sunglasses early behind the wheel because we're looking at a fair amount of cloudless sky cover across the region right now. thicker clouds rolling in as the day goes on. here are the numbers. we're off to a 14-degree start in philadelphia and just 3 degrees in allentown 4 degrees in reading 6 degrees in lancaster 2 degrees in millville and eight in trenton so a fair amount of single digits out there. we are not looking at a whole lot of wind this morning, which is nice. 19 trees by 9 o'clock, 27 by noon. 31 by 3 o'clock and then your high today is going to be that 32 and i think we'll hit it kind of late in the day maybe 3:30 or 4:00 before dipping back to 28 degrees by 6 o'cloc

. >>> there is a new danger after a fire in west philadelphia department of licenses and inspections is very worried about what is left of that building may collapse. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us from south 52nd street in front of what some are calling the ice castle jan good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning. this building has gained national attention over the last couple days. obviously it is beautiful in its own way. even this morning people continue to come up and take pictures. it won't be that you go on its own anytime soon. as you mentioned l and i says the isis too heavy and the entire building must come down. over the last few days west philadelphia has become symbolic of the bitter cold that is gripping the region as life continues, around, 52nd and locust streets this building and immediate surroundings sit frozen in time. >> it is amazing, i have never seen anything like this happen in this neighborhood. >> reporter: but now wonder a has turned to concern for neighbors. department of licenses and inspections has deemed the building dangerous wit

philadelphia. we may go down from there. winds west/northwest at 16 miles per hour that's giving you severe unusually cold windchills. feels like 16 below in philadelphia. 16 below in allentown. 19 below in reading, 18 below in wilmington. the best number on the map i can find is beach haven and that's dangerous cold. frostbite an issue this morning. cover up as much skin as possible especially if you're out for more than 20, 30 minutes. satellite shows you lack of cloud cover, it will be sunny today. temperatures will not treat us well. 3 degrees by 8:00. 11 by 11:00 a.m. the high is 17 degrees, we'll have windchills a little below zero. 14 in allentown. 24 in cape may. everybody dealing with bitter cold and strong blustery winds. morning windchills are the issue. 20 to 25 below in allentown. we're a little below that right now and anywhere from 15 to 20 below in the heart of the region. bundle up, things get better after 11:00 a.m. or 12:00. but it's still not great. february has been an unusually cold month around here. the blue day

accumulations, and it depend where you are but this time south of philadelphia, you will get more snow, then if you are north and west. so, keep an eye on my fox philly.com and, of course, us here at fox 29 when we give you updated forecast especially tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and ten. >> it sound like a milk, bread and eggs kind of storm. >> yes. >> slow going on the schuylkill expressway within the city limit but a lighter than normal rush hour. been that way all morning long. brake taps at that girard avenue interchange working your way in to downtown. septa having a rough go route 11 a and 36 trolleys running with delays because of some problems in the tunnels, fox chase line, services suspended all together because of equipment problems. it has been this way since early this morning. the rest of the regional rails running with 20 minute delays and if you are going to use mass transit today bundle up and be prepared for a little extra time in between buses, everyone is running on a holiday schedule, the city buses, trains and trolleys running on a holiday trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com

at least from philadelphia west we will. you'll get that little burst. everybody's going to get this, the cold air. it's going to feel like single digits north and west by 10:00 tonight. by tomorrow morning, it's zero or below zero for the feels like temperature. and during the afternoon, it's still going to feel like it's below zero. of course, the wind is going to continue to increase. and the temperature is not going anywhere. by friday morning, we're in the 10 to 20 below range. in windchills. even into the philadelphia area. and that arctic air that is coming down, it leaves for one day on sunday for the storm to come in. and then returns. the rest of the month it's going to be bitter cold. tonight the snow showers after 7:00. 14 for the low in philadelphia. 12 north and west. the wind really picks up toward day break. tomorrow, 20 to 30 gusts to 40. that will be a big deal especially with temperatures only in the teens. chance of snow flurries coming down. there's that near record low. friday would be a record -- could be the coldest temperature in

west. philadelphia 13. icy spots on the roadways.rrow evening an area of snow in the middle of the country will be moving in into tomorrow, not much snow just passing through. the future weather here keeps us dry for the morning commute. tomorrow evening at 6:00 we will see snow approaching to the west. in the later evening hours, snow showers move through. any accumulation should be less than an inch or so. it leaves just in time for thursday morning's commute, and this wind could blow in lake effect snow showers. we could see that as we go into the afternoon on thursday. but the wind is differently going to make it feel colder. look at thursday morning, 7:00. the feeling like temperature with the wind five degrees or so below zero. through the afternoon, it will struggle to feel any warmer thursday, 3:00 in the afternoon, and then watch as we go late into thursday night. 10:00 thursday night, we'll feel like minus 12 to minus 18. pocono could feel like 30 degrees below zero. by friday morning, record low temperatures as well. very

we have a couple of fire locations, west philadelphia, 52nd and locust. a building fire. we have both streets blocked. north philadelphia, erie avenue 17th and 18th street. we have a building fire there. >> breaking right now an overnight explosion blew out the windows of a building in chestnut hill neighborhood, somehow ten people inside managed to walk away. annie mccormick is live on the scene with more information annie? >> reporter: yeah, right now you can see pgw trucks are making moves out here, they have been out here for hours assessing the scene since it appears there was a gas explosion early morning. you can see the side of the buildings, that's the building where they believe the explosion may have curled. take -- occurred, take a look at the video you can get a look at where the glass windows were blown out on the bottom floor. what we were told there are five people that live in the building. they woke up to that. there were adjacent buildings initially evacuated, those people were allowed to go back in. the people in this building were not able to to go bac

crater popped up near 63rd and market createing a bit of mayhem for drivers in west philadelphia.s not just drivers getting out of the way also folks walking in the are a. >> so all the traffic why isn't anything happening to fix it? our bruce gordon headed out to get results. >> reporter: even our fox 29 news van shutters the thought of passing through the intersection at 63rd and market. it's a tire trashing rim rocking frame fracturing lunar landscape that has everyone around here complaining. >> moves and go off balance it's very very very dangerous. >> driven through it. >> i've driven through it. >> what is it like. >> it's awful. it's bouncing up and down. it's terrible. >> reporter: not actually a pothole per se. instead it appears a 10-foot by 10-foot section of asphalt was patched perhaps after underground utility work. the ground below may not have been compacted properly. resulting in syncing spots that caused those in the know to veer around the danger zone. >> i got to avoid it like my life depends on it. the car will fall apart fit hits -- >> reporter: low sports ca

result of the vote says the president of the philadelphia area -- yet -- >> two charters were approved in north philly one in the northeast and two more in west philly. >> does this change the landscape of education in philadelphia? >> it absolutely does. >> she was one of the smaller groups for the charters. >> the charters know that those are doing well continue to do well. those that have work to do have to step it up. >> the governor is expressing serious concerns about new charters in philly. our questions posed, what's the financial impact? >> it will be very limited in the next few years after that as a consequence of continued closure of nonperforming charter schools. >> they weren't able to tell us the number of charters schools that need to close yet. a number we have the four people arrest ds philly police say they were charged with disorderly conduct. reporting live keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> and just moments ago, we received this statement from pennsylvania governor tom wolf's office. it says in part the wolf administration continues to believe that the district's financial situation responsibly handle the approval of new char

west philadelphia flames broke out at 4:30 52nd and locust streets. the aftermath of the fire shows the building covered in ice. it looks like it could be a scene from the movie "frozen." doug is live in the neighborhood with a closer look. doug. >> reporter: exactly. firefighting is one hardship in this sort of weather. it's the aftermath. this firefighter chipping off the ice from ladder 169 here which has been one of the primary firefighting tools for this three, four-story building fire that broke out around 4:30 this morning. it houses a doctor's office. there's some retail in there. firefighters said of course the more water they put on this in these conditions the greater the layers of ice get. of course they have to be concerned about the extra weight of the ice on just about everything from the hoses to the buildings to their own equipment. firefighters told us just a short while ago that fighting fires in the 30 degree range is one thing. fighting fires in the 20 degree range is one thing. down near 0 is a completely different animal. >> wel

. >>> armed robbers are at work in west philadelphia a trio is -- surveillance footage captured one robbery, it shows a woman entering her apartment and shortly thereafter the three bandits followed her in. >> we understand it's cold and the head phones on and the hoods up and sometimes not paying as much attention as you should, do not live in fear but live with aware and. >> police were able to identify one of suspects a 16-year-old. >>> philadelphia police are trying to track down a missing woman at this hour, mildred rooem was last scene at her home in the winfield section, she suffers from dementia and often wanders away from home, she are concerned she is outside in the frigid temperatures. >>> new at 12:30 organizers of this year's world meeting of families say they are well on their way to meeting their fundraising goal organizers want tods raise $45 million for this event this includes pope francis francis's first visit to the u.s. they are two-thirds of the way to their goal and that begins september 22nd and the pope is set to visit four days later on the 26. >>> rebuttals begin

right now we're looking at 63rd near arch street in west philadelphia. you can see the debris all over the roadway. a serious accident, the driver of the car was trapped and then extricated, avoid this area altogetherring -- altogether, stick to 62nd. there's a water main break in strawberry mansion west lehigh and ridge avenues. the water is off that quickly turned to ice. be stick to allegheny. looking live in south philadelphia, vehicle off to the side. we expect to see a lot of disabled vehicles out there in the extreme cold. we've got one guy stuck on the side right here. otherwise, i-95 southbound at broad street moving okay. we have an accident in chadds ford, in fact 202 southbound is shut down between hillman and marshall road. use creek road as the alternate. it's cold out there already matt and tam. >> indeed it is, tam that cold is a shocker. it's making the trek to school a dangerous journey today. let's go over to eva pilgrim boy we hope you have on multiple layers today. >> reporter: i feel like a snow man, but that's what you have to do i

now, by about 6:00 north and west of philadelphia there could be a snow shower building but i t

. >>> ice on the streets to what looks like an ice castle the scene in west philadelphia. firefighters balanced flames at this home on 52nd ands have streets this morning. after all was said and done, no one was hurt. but clearly serious damage at that house. our hearts go out to that family family. no word yet on what started the fire. you can get another look at these images on myfoxphilly.com where you'll find a slide show. >>> in weather like this, a lot of people are doing whatever they can to stay warm. >> authorities say fires can be an unfortunate side effect. fox 29's brad sattin live tonight from temple hospital in north philadelphia with more on that. brad? >> reporter: lucy and iain we can tell you that these emergency room doctors starting to get busy. not just here at temple university but all the local hospitals as a result of weather related problems. we can also tell i was lot of people working to prevent those emergencies not just in people but in animals as well. there's a reason there's busiest time of year cold weather leads to fires and keeping firefi

philadelphia. flames broke out at one home on the 1700 block of west eerie street.n went on to damage three more. a total of 13 people have now been displaced. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> delaware superior court has a new top judge tonight. the honorable jan jerden took the oath to become judge -- shall i try this again. an investiture ceremony in wilmington. governor jack markell was on hand to congratulate her on her new post. i apologize to her for messing up her story. she was first appointed to the state's highest trial court back in 2001 and since 2008 she has overseen the mental health court. >>> channel 6 very proud tonight to have taken part in a sizable gift at children's hospital of philadelphia. "action news" reporter annie mccormick was there and has the story. >> reporter: mickey mouse and mini mouse spread their special disney cheer to patients and their siblings at the children's hospital of philadelphia on monday. but before the fun the two iconic characters gave a check worth $250,000 with the help of 6abc's president an

we have a road closure in west philadelphia. this is from an earlier monday morning building fire there is structural fire damage. fifty-second is closed between locust and spruce. the septa's route 52 busies detoured around the area for time being. the on the schuylkill expressways westbound from the vine street expressway to the blue route, it is slow there about 22 minutes. pennsylvania turnpike from veil forge into bensalem, a 33 minute trip there heading eastbound. looks of the delay is on 422 westbound from 422 to oaks that will take you 19 minutes. currently for septa route 15 trolley is having some power problems, and amtrak is running on a modified schedule wednesday through friday due to weather conditions, chris back over to you. >> jessica, thanks very much. >>> here's something you don't see every day along mlk drive an ice goddess take a look at don harrison putting final touches on the ice sculpture in the tunnel on mlk drive. "eyewitness news" caught them in action after someone called our news room to say someth

suburbs north and west of philadelphia, close to 5 to 10 degrees below zero.philadelphia up to trenton and surrounding suburbs in new jersey, you could feel like a minus 5 friday morning. south jersey and delaware feel like temperature anywhere from zero to minus 5 for friday morning. now, that we go into the weekend for saturday we're tracking some snow. area of low pressure moves across us. i think the second half of the day saturday that's when we start to see snow falling. the heaviest unfortunately, does look to be in new england. locally we could get a couple inches or so out of this. as we get closer we'll have a lot more details on it. so far though it does look like a pretty good chance for snow for part of the area for saturday. for tonight, though mostly cloudy and cold. temperatures dropping into the tense. 20s. tomorrow a chance of light snow showers. winds increasing through the afternoon. you will notice that high temperature anywhere from 37 to 40 degrees. pretty decent with the temperatures until friday morning. feeling below zero highs in the

. >> west philadelphia firefighters battle fire and ice as well. a burning home becomes a wall of ice. if you stepped outside so that the popular story all day has been bone-chilling cold. >> ahead this hour we're not alone with extreme weather. we'll take you to boston florida and los angeles. right now, snow is moving in our direction. nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the snow and when it will arrive. >> it will arrive in just a matter of a couple of hours in our area for tonight and into tomorrow morning for a snowstorm that is going to be moving in mostly while you're asleep. heaviest of that snow delaware and extreme south jersey where we'll have a high impact on the morning rush. some of the heaviest snow falling around 6 a.m. 7 a.m. can you see how large this storm is. covers from pennsylvania down to the gulf coast. the snow is in the white. blue is the heavier snow. it has snowed in washington for the last couple of hours. it is now into baltimore and continues to get closer and closer into our areas. some f

this is 62nd, stick to that instead of 63rd in west philadelphia. looking live at the vine street express way at 7th street. roads appear ton dry but watch for areas -- to be dry but watch for black ice. 7th street we have an accident. no problems on the vine. we have a problem here, disabled vehicle we've seen a lot of them in extreme cold, knifer road, lots of problems this morning matt and tam. >> we keep talking about the cold as karen did because today it's a shocker. it's making the commute to work and school a dangerous journey "action news" reporter eva pilgrim is live at the septa fern rock station. good morning eva. >> reporter: good morning, tam this is dangerously cold outside you do not need to be outside for very long. we've been showing you this science experiment this is one where you throw the hot water and it turns into snow, i'll do it quickly here, one two three! whew, there you go, i got a little bit on my hand. it shows you how cold it is. it doesn't take anytime for the hot water to turn into snow. the temperatures make it dan

. >>> happening today crews will be back out in west philadelphia demolishing building dubbed as ice house. >>, woulders started tearing it down yesterday. that building that housed a doctor's office on corner of 52 and locust caught fire last week. firefighters doused it with water taken froze all over creating that. after the fire was out that building was deemed unsafe and officials said it had to be torn down. >> the freezing temperatures are back katie it is miserable out there. >> so cold. so far the wind is easing up it's always something. >> it's really cold outside. >> this is brutal stuff. we should be at 46 for highs by this point. >> should be. >> doesn't that sound amazing. >> isn't that crazy? that's one of the coldest typical lows we have all yearlong. it sounds amazing right now. that tells you something. >> yes, it does. >> how is is affecting our perception what feels mild these days. and i think the 7-day forecast may be the same number here. we will ease up a little bit. not necessarily for seasonable territory for most of it we'll start you off in the live neighb

in west philadelphia, keep that in mind this morning.ing in on the schuylkill expressway, two disable vehicles kind of sitting offer to the shoulder with a rag kind of tucked in their windshield, maybe ran out of gas or battery dimes on the straight away between conshohocken and belmont avenue. chris, lauren, back to you. >> this is hard to watch elderly driver who hit nine cars in a parking lot will not be ticketed. police calling this complete accident. >> huh? >> the driver was 92 years old, he pulls out of his spot, see that? his foot gets stuck he panicks, he loses control ya, he does not stop. people were in two of the nine cars at the time they were hit. thankfully though, no one was hurt. >> can you imagine coming out of the store and you have your kid in the stroller whatever loading your car up with the groceries? >> he just backs up -- >> could have been deadly. >> i know. >> no ticket? >> no ticket. >> so the guy will keep his license? >> he doesn't drive any more though. speaking of cars, new app promises to diagnosis any pr

. >>> well, now to a sad developing story out of west philadelphia tonight the community there is in grief when a two-year old is hit and killed by a septa trolley today this happened this afternoon at acorner of north 51st street and lancaster avenue. our pat ciarrocchi spoke with eyewitnesses at the scene to find out more. >> reporter: just beyond yellow police tape you could sianni hear the anguish. a two-year old girl had been struck by a septa trolley just before 1:00 along lancaster avenue at 51st. trolley passenger asia houston told us that the toddler ran out into the street. >> i ran over, her body was between both of the trolleys wheels. >> reporter: septa officials have learned that the girl was with a female guardian. >> i don't know how he got away from them but his body was just lifeless. >> reporter: when fire rescue arrived bat tall beyond chief michael richie said they had to work quickly and carefully. >> they initiated a careful process which did not take licensing to get under there and see an evaluation of the toddler. >> reporter: it didn't take long for paramed

philadelphia. colder in areas north and west. so stand by for a blast of cold that will be with us through the day. gusty winds to 30 miles an hour. and a brief snow shower is possible today. then tomorrow one would tie the record for tomorrow's date. 17 degrees, the high. and another cold morning on saturday. but big warm-up during the day on saturday. saturday will see some snow late in the afternoon. briefly before it changes over to rain. and then a rainy day on sunday with a high of 46. temperatures in the 40s will not last into the workweek. high temperatures from the 20s for monday, tuesday and wednesday. and looks like we'll get some snow wednesday. >> bill, get us out of february. let's look forward to november here. and this year philadelphia will get a veteran's day parade. leaders announced plans at city hall yesterday. congressman bob brady says other cities in this area have veteran's day parade. philadelphia should, too. if you'd like to put it on your calendar now, veteran's day parade is scheduled to happen novem