{"id":71423,"date":"2025-12-27T04:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71423\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T04:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T04:47:16","slug":"philly-area-weather-icy-roads-wreak-havoc-in-montgomery-county-drivers-warned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/71423\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly area weather: Icy roads wreak havoc in Montgomery County; drivers warned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5sowyzvjn92xvro7.jpg\" alt=\"Icy roads cause chaos in Philly area: Winter Weather Advisory\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Drivers in the area are facing a slippery challenge as freezing rain and sleet continue to fall, making roads and sidewalks treacherous.<\/p>\n<p>   Winter Weather Advisory  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jchlbhg62stwupma.jpg\" alt=\"Weather Forecast: Friday afternoon forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Philadelphia and its surrounding counties due to mixed precipitation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The advisory is in effect until Saturday at 10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The amount of snow and sleet may reach up to one inch and ice will accumulate up to two tenths of an inch.<\/p>\n<p> Winter weather impacts local residents\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/r7xtwrp7t7weugzj.jpg\" alt=\"Slick roads in King of Prussia Friday\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Residents like Elizabeth Toma are rushing to hardware stores for supplies like shovels and salt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;We just didn\u2019t have one at all last snow storm. Our neighbors were kind enough to shovel for us so,&#8221; said Toma.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Patrick Flannery of Red Hill is prepared with shovels and scrapers but admits he&#8217;s short on salt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;I\u2019m just shy on salt. I have everything else,&#8221; said Flannery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Emergency crews are busy\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Emergency crews have been responding to numerous accidents caused by icy conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">A car spun out on Route 663 in Upper Hanover Township, and multi-vehicle crashes have shut down parts of the Delaware Memorial Bridge and I-95.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PennDOT spokesperson Brad Rudolph said, &#8220;We have about 90,000 tons stockpiled around the region that coupled with more than 400 trucks, we are in good shape.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Residents are feeling the pressure to prepare for the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Emery Pollett of Pennsburg said, &#8220;My wife sent me out she\u2019s been telling me to get salt for weeks now.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">According to the NWS, if you are traveling, you are encouraged to slow down and use caution.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">For the latest road conditions, call 5-1-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from the National Weather Service, ennDOT and local interviews.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/transportation\/penndot\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PennDOT<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Drivers in the area are facing a slippery challenge as freezing rain and sleet continue to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139,3431,69,71,70,2155,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-71423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-penndot","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news","13":"tag-transportation","14":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}