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you can see the water gushing from the ground 52 and wymissing avenue. officials got the call this morning. major water main break. take a look at how the water is rising turning that street into a river. cars are parked and submerged several homes have been reported flooded, as well. crews from the water department have been called to shut down the water main. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates all morning but then there are you have it, some cars almost completed drenched in water. >>> developing news this morning, authorities in camden county are searching for the parents of a toddler who was found alone at a park. police found the 3-year-old at clementon lake at 8:30. they took her to the park office and called police. they tried to find the little girl's parents and no luck. they called philadelphia and camden for reports of a missing child which produced nothing. officers with the division of child and family services took the little girl into custody. she also described as african-american 3 feet tall, green dress pink b
you can see the water gushing from the ground 52 and wymissing avenue. officials got the call this morning. major water main break. take a look at how the water is rising turning that street into a river. cars are parked and submerged several homes have been reported flooded, as well. crews from the water department have been called to shut down the water main. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you updates all morning but then there are you have it, some cars almost completed...
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. >>> an incredible scene the water started gushing at the intersection of 52nd and wymissing avenue. annie mccormick is live at the scene. she's been there since after it broke this morning. annie, the water is starting to recede a little bit. >> reporter: significant progress has been made, thousands of gallons of water is almost gone. you can see the street in the 500 block of north 52nd street is dry. take a look you can see the cars, that's what's left over, the cars are in the roadway the roadway actually seems to he up downer water main break. i want to show you what's happening on the scene. pgw is here to check the gas lines to see if any water got in the gas line. they do not feel like there's any danger at this point. the parking authority is out here because they need to tow the vehicles out. take a look at the video. this is dramatic video from early this morning after getting reports of the water main break at 4:00 a.m., when the water department the fire department and the police rushed out here. the water department had water rescue ready with boats on hand. police hel
. >>> an incredible scene the water started gushing at the intersection of 52nd and wymissing avenue. annie mccormick is live at the scene. she's been there since after it broke this morning. annie, the water is starting to recede a little bit. >> reporter: significant progress has been made, thousands of gallons of water is almost gone. you can see the street in the 500 block of north 52nd street is dry. take a look you can see the cars, that's what's left over, the cars are in...
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it could be a while until life is back to normal on 52nd and wymissing. annie mccormick has been on the story all morning and joins us live on the action cam. >> reporter: nydia, this morning, north 52nd street was filled with water. all the water has receded. there's a lot of work ahead. you can see the crumbled blacktop. utilities are shut off always city officials and crews work to make repairs and number of people in the area are out of their homes while the repairs are underway. water looked like a geyser shooting high in the skies busting out of the street and merging cars. the 36-inch water main break is located in the middle of the 500 block of north 52nd street and it caused the street to buckle and left a gaping hole where the cars became submerged. at least 13 homes were evacuated. police and fire crews helped people out of their homes and away from rising waters. >> somebody banged on the water and all i seen was water shooting up. >> reporter: she walked out to see her car under water. >> it was shooting up on all three of them cars. >> repor
it could be a while until life is back to normal on 52nd and wymissing. annie mccormick has been on the story all morning and joins us live on the action cam. >> reporter: nydia, this morning, north 52nd street was filled with water. all the water has receded. there's a lot of work ahead. you can see the crumbled blacktop. utilities are shut off always city officials and crews work to make repairs and number of people in the area are out of their homes while the repairs are underway....
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huge water main break from this weekend stick to the other numbered streets between westminster and wymissing. >>> new this morning septa trolleys routes 15, 101 and 102 are not running you're on the buses that means extra time and patience in different boarding locations lots of changes on the septa trolleys as we kick off this monday morning. >> a house fire in montgomery county left four people injured it broke out on skippack road lower salford township at 2:00 a.m. katherine scott is on the scene look for video and update from her later him. >>> an armed robber is in custody following a high-speed chase that ended in a crash that injured two pennsylvania state troopers. state police say they were called in to assist reading police regarding a stolen car they began chasing it on 422 heading east. troopers positioned their vehicles in front of the suspect's vehicle and the driver ran into the trooper's vehicles. the troopers were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the suspect daniel vazquez was taken to reading police to face assault charges. >>> there's a massive cleanup underway i
huge water main break from this weekend stick to the other numbered streets between westminster and wymissing. >>> new this morning septa trolleys routes 15, 101 and 102 are not running you're on the buses that means extra time and patience in different boarding locations lots of changes on the septa trolleys as we kick off this monday morning. >> a house fire in montgomery county left four people injured it broke out on skippack road lower salford township at 2:00 a.m. katherine...
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the 3-foot water main break at 52 and wymissing. the street and several cars were under water and residents forced to evacuate. john rawlins live at the scene with the latest on the cleanup that's going on this afternoon. john. >> reporter: rick, if history is any guide this cleanup will go on for days and weeks as people make claims against the city. as far as water department's concern what caused the break that's been under the street store a long long time.
the 3-foot water main break at 52 and wymissing. the street and several cars were under water and residents forced to evacuate. john rawlins live at the scene with the latest on the cleanup that's going on this afternoon. john. >> reporter: rick, if history is any guide this cleanup will go on for days and weeks as people make claims against the city. as far as water department's concern what caused the break that's been under the street store a long long time.
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the 3-foot water main break at 52 and wymissing. the street and several cars were under water and residents forced to evacuate. john rawlins live at the scene with the latest on the cleanup that's going on this afternoon. john. >> reporter: rick, if history is any guide this cleanup will go on for days and weeks as people make claims against the city. as far as water department's concern what caused the break that's been under the street store a long long time. workers dug down and got a 36-inch transmission main a wide gash that allowed for the geyser and flood. the question is why did the break occur. the cast iron main was put into service in 1885. >> it's a large piece of main that has come off. today they will attempt to remove at least the broken part possibly remove the entire section that's broken, if not just the one piece that blew off. we'll do diagnosistics on -- diagnostics and determine a calls. >> reporter: the water damaged cars and filled homes. >>> there was an additional 26 homes that were evacuated due to the los
the 3-foot water main break at 52 and wymissing. the street and several cars were under water and residents forced to evacuate. john rawlins live at the scene with the latest on the cleanup that's going on this afternoon. john. >> reporter: rick, if history is any guide this cleanup will go on for days and weeks as people make claims against the city. as far as water department's concern what caused the break that's been under the street store a long long time. workers dug down and got a...
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the wymissing native is arguably the hottest act in the world especially among the little ladies. >> a walk around the link parking lot before the concert and you were bound to hear. ♪ that's what people say ♪♪ >> i'm really excited. >> she is really nice and she likes her, too. >> reporter: being a swiftie isn't just for the girls. jeff is a fan, as well. the concert was a christmas gift for the family. >> big fan. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you like? >> bad blood. >> reporter: emily dougherty has spent the last 6 months in the hospital with a blood disorder seeing taylor was a wish of hers. >> i like her because she sings good songs. >> reporter: what's your favorite song? >> shake it off. >> it's been a long road and to be here is amazing it's very emotional. >> reporter: katie and mike are such switch fans they decided to get hitched outside the concert yes, there is no bad blood here, just a lot of fans of the 25-year-old singer. >> we love taylor swift! >> reporter: it was a great evening for all the fans at the linc, if they want to do it again they can do it later on tonig
the wymissing native is arguably the hottest act in the world especially among the little ladies. >> a walk around the link parking lot before the concert and you were bound to hear. ♪ that's what people say ♪♪ >> i'm really excited. >> she is really nice and she likes her, too. >> reporter: being a swiftie isn't just for the girls. jeff is a fan, as well. the concert was a christmas gift for the family. >> big fan. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do...
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you can see the blacktop of the street on 52nd at wymissing. the water has receded there.half-hour we're seeing the blacktop. this is video from 5:00 a.m. this is what alerts went out that something was very wrong. water was geyser busting out of the street and submerging cars and water main break is located in the 500 block of north 52nd and buckling the street and that was causing the cars to submerge. at least evacuated, crews believe that break is 36 inches. the evacuation spans four blocks multiple blocks are flooded at this time. we caught up with a neighbor that described when they realized something was wrong. >> i was taking a shower and everything cut off. may neighbor called me and said we got a flood we got a flood so you don't don't be thinking when i first looked out the water was not that high, you could see the water shooting up the street. next thing i know i got dressed. this is the 4th time this happened around here. >> reporter: and now this is what you will see as the water recedes. you can see a trash bag or pot that was floating a half-hour ago, at t
you can see the blacktop of the street on 52nd at wymissing. the water has receded there.half-hour we're seeing the blacktop. this is video from 5:00 a.m. this is what alerts went out that something was very wrong. water was geyser busting out of the street and submerging cars and water main break is located in the 500 block of north 52nd and buckling the street and that was causing the cars to submerge. at least evacuated, crews believe that break is 36 inches. the evacuation spans four blocks...