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Daily Forecast March 12, 2020

Have a GREAT Thursday!

Thursday

Partly sunny, with a high near 55.

Thursday Night

Showers likely after 10pm Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 46.

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Greater Philadelphia Weather

Daily forecast Tuesday March 10, 2020

Take the umbrella today!

Tuesday

Showers likely this afternoon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night

Showers likely. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 41

Weekend Forecast March 7 & 8, 2020

Have a GREAT weekend! Remember to change your smoke detector batteries when you spring forward.

Saturday

Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 47.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 29

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

PS Sorry for anyone who was mad yesterday when we were sharing news about local schools being closed due to the virus. As we always have any major news in the area we will share. Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!

BREAKING NEWS: 5 Bucks County schools closed and two cases of coronavirus in PA.

Gov. Tom Wolf has just released a statement on the coronavirus in PA. the cases are reported in Delaware County and Wayne County Pa.

“In the last few hours we received confirmation of presumed – I emphasize presumed – positive cases of coronavirus in Pennsylvania. I’m saying presumed for a reason because the results have to be confirmed by the CDC. But we have two we have tested in Pennsylvania, so we are presuming positive. One is in Delaware County and one is in Wayne County. Both have been quarantined in their homes,” Wolf said.

Officials in Bucks County, Pennsylvania said a person from out of state, who is now known to have the coronavirus, attended a gathering in the county and exposed a number of people to COVID-19.

That exposure led to the closure of five schools in the Central Bucks School District on Friday.

In a news release, county officials said the decision to close the schools was made by Superintendent John Kopicki on Thursday night after learning that the person attended a recent private gathering at a residence in central Bucks County.

At the time of the gathering, no one knew the out-of-state individual was ill, including that person. The exact location of that gathering was not released, nor was the home state of the coronavirus patient.

At that gathering were multiple children and staffers who attend or work at the five schools that were closed, county officials said.

The schools that were closed are:

Butler Elementary School

Central Bucks South High School

Titus Elementary School

Tohickon Middle School

Tamanend Middle School

The schools are being closed Friday for deep cleaning of all impacted facilities, Kopicki said. The district is awaiting further information from the Bucks County Department of Health.

The people who were exposed are also being evaluated.

Information was taken from the AP above.

Greater Philadelphia Weather

Daily Forecast Friday March 6, 2020

Later tonight don’t be surprised if you see little snow mixing in with rain. Cooler weekend before temps rebound next week.

Friday

Rain, mainly after noon. High near 45.

Friday Night Rain and slight chance of snow later this evening, no accumulation is expected. Low around 34

Greater Philadelphia Weather

Daily Forecast March 4, 2020

Have a great day. Colder temps move in tomorrow!

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 35.

Tornado hits downtown Nashville, at least 9 die in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least nine people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville.

Daybreak revealed a landscape littered with blown-down walls and roofs, snapped power lines and huge broken trees, leaving city streets in gridlock. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began.

“Last night was a reminder about how fragile life is,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper said at a Tuesday morning news conference.

Residents of the historic Germantown neighborhood walked around in dismay as emergency crews closed off roads. Roofs had been torn off apartment buildings, large trees uprooted and debris littered many sidewalks. Walls were toppled, exposing living rooms and kitchens in damaged homes. Mangled power lines and broken trees came to rest on cars, streets and piles of rubble.

Gov. Bill Lee said the death toll grew to nine on Tuesday, with more people among the missing.

One tornado touched down near downtown and reportedly stayed on the ground for about 10 miles (16 kilometers), into Nashville’s eastern suburbs, following a path parallel to Interstate 40 and causing more damage in Mt. Juliet, Lebanon, Hermitage and other communities.

AP contributors include Travis Loller and Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, Rebecca Reynolds Yonker in Louisville, Kentucky, and Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama.