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Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program. The arctic cold did not stop the annual mummers parade from stepping off as planned on this new years day. Thousands of performers dressed in colorful costumes marched and performed through philadelphia to entertain the crowds who bundled up to continue with tradition, all of this despite being in a deep freeze. It is monday, new years day. Brian taff is off on assignment. Rick joins us today. The big story is our accuweather alert. Were starti...

The College Football playoffs live up to the hype with a Double Overtime thriller. So who will play in the championship as tickets for that approach super bowl prices. A good Tuesday Morning to you all. We begin with the bitter cold weather gripping most of the country even the south. Yeah, the overnight low in tampa, florida, is 37 degrees where cold weather shelters are now open for the homeless and anyone who lives in a home without adequate heat. Chicago called off the Polar Bear Plunge due ...

Start the new year. We have this accuweather alert that just seems as though it will not end. Dave murphy has more on that and karen rogers has your traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Im so excited. All four of us together. I know. Starting a new year. Yay nice. Its been awhile, too. I wish the weather was nice. Yeah. Lets take you to the weather center. Well get plenty of sunshine. You can see cloud cover off the coast. Another little batch coming in from the west. That will probably pretty m...

In trenton, 10 allentown, 13 philadelphia, 12 degrees in wilmington and millville and 16 in cape may and the wind chill factor, the big important number today as it currently feels like its 3 degrees below zero in philadelphia. Very similar to yesterday morning actually. 3 degrees below in allentown and trenton, 4 degrees below in reading, zero in wilmington, two below zero in millville. Five in cape may. Again these are your wind chill numbers. This is what it feels like as you step outside. Te...

The jumbo lottery prize jumping even higher this morning. Plus, the wild video of an owl attacking a woman and her dogs and why the chickens cross the road, bringing this freeway to a halt. We do have a lot of wild animals and wild weather on this wednesday and say good morning. Im kendis gibson. Or diane macedo. We begin with the storm thats being called a winter hurricane taking shape in florida and will spread snow, sleet and ice all the way up to the Canadian Border by the end of the week. Y...

In pink right now and they are basically the coastal counties. Farther inland, though, some of these lightly shaded blue counties are also in an advisory. That would include Burlington County and areas right up to the Delaware River in south jersey also central delaware. So, later this evening in through thursday were looking at the potential of snow that could pile up enough to give you real travel problems. In closer to philadelphia were also looking at slippery conditions potentially for the ...

The poconos close to 30 degrees below zero. The way it felt on your body. Allentown 11 below. Philadelphia 8 degrees below zero. Wilmington nine below. Atlantic city airport reporting a wind chill of 7 degrees below zero and they really havent recovered much. Wind chills hovering very close to zero. Philadelphia feels like one below, cape may feels like three. Lancaster feels like 5 degrees below zero and the poconos currently the wind chill 19 degrees below zero. Now, the National Weather servi...

Below zero tomorrow morning and on the extreme southern Cape May County the shore line and sussex county, five to 10 below zero there. So, were also talking record low air temperatures likely tonight and again tomorrow night and the coldest temperatures weve seen since 1994 and then to follow this on monday, late in the day in the evening, there could b wintry mix developing with our next system. But that wintry mix will be the door that opens up some very warm air to follow. Well chat about tha...

Earlier this afternoon as people tried to head home from work early which was a good idea. When i walked out of my house this afternoon my neighbors car next door covered in ice. So, if you dont have a garage, you dont have an overhang to park under your car, too, will be covered in ice and of course you need to clean it off before you try and hit the roads. Luckily at this point most of our roads are not covered in ice, at least not if theyve been treated and of course all the highways have bee...

So, zooming in on philadelphia right now, you can see this is generally freezing rain, little bit of sleet mixed in. Manayunk where weve got the hills could be a big problem. I95 its falling. Fortunately most of the major roads have been treated. The secondary roads definitely concerned. Its a little bit heavier in northeast philadelphia. Also through jenkintown and frankford. As we zoom in, its beginning to migrate east of the new jersey turnpike. Very slowly. Its very light but do notice out i...