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<\/p>\nIce buildup on Pittsburgh rivers threatens barge operations<\/p>\n
Ice accumulation on Pittsburgh’s rivers is causing significant challenges for barge operations<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHIS IS PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS. ALL RIGHT. WE DO WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THIS BREAKING NEWS. WE ARE TRACKING SOMEONE RIGHT NOW. WALKING ON THE ICY ALLEGHENY RIVER. SKY 4. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER SHOWING US THIS LIVE. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE HERE. THIS IS THE AREA OF THE FULTON BRIDGE NOW. UNCLEAR WHY THIS PERSON IS ON THE RIVER. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME POLICE PRESENCE IN THE AREA. OUR NEWSROOM IS ALSO, OF COURSE, REACHING OUT TO AUTHORITIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT LED TO THIS. WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF THIS SITUATION AND BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE LEARN THEM. AND THAT IS ONE OF SEVERAL MAJOR STORIES DEVELOPING OVER THE LAST 90 MINUTES BREAKING RIGHT NOW IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, A SHOOTING INVOLVING A POLICE, ALSO INVOLVING A DEADLY FIRE AS WELL. AND ALSO, WITH THE WEATHER CONTINUING TO BE A MAJOR STORY HERE AS WELL. BELOW FREEZING AT THIS HOUR OUT THERE MAKING TODAY AN IMPACT DAY. AND THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO CANNOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THE ROAD CONDITIONS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL RIGHT. A LOT GOING ON WITH THAT. WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I\u2019M KELLY SASSO I\u2019M ANDREW STOCKEY. LET\u2019S GET RIGHT TO THE BREAKING NEWS. UP FIRST. ALL RIGHT. ARE INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP. THIS IS HAPPENING AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN THE PENN CENTER COMPLEX. WE ARE TOLD RIGHT NOW THIS IS AT THE BRENTMOOR AT PENN CENTER. LET\u2019S GET RIGHT OUT TO PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI, WHO WAS AT THE SCENE AND JUST TALKED WITH POLICE. SO, MARCY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEARN AT THIS HOUR? WELL, ANDREW, I JUST SPOKE WITH ALLEGHENY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT CHRIS KEARNS HERE AT THE CHURCH HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ALTHOUGH THIS SHOOTING, AS YOU MENTIONED, HAPPENED IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP, SUPERINTENDENT CURRAN SAYS THE THREE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE CHURCHILL POLICE OFFICERS. HE SAYS ONE FILED A NOT FIRED A NONLETHAL ROUND. THE TWO OTHER OFFICERS THEN FIRED THEIR WEAPONS, STRIKING A MAN MULTIPLE TIMES. WE\u2019RE TOLD THAT MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NOW, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOU TO THE SCENE. THIS VIDEO YOU\u2019RE LOOKING AT IS VIEWER VIDEO. THEY CAPTURED THIS VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING. LOOKING OUT, YOU CAN SEE A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE. SUPERINTENDENT KEARNS TELLS US THIS STARTED AS AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN A RESIDENT THERE AND A MAINTENANCE WORKER AT THAT BUILDING. HE SAYS IT THEN WENT INTO THE GARAGE. WHEN POLICE WERE CALLED. THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE, ACCORDING TO SUPERINTENDENT KEARNS, THEY FOUND HIM IN A GARAGE. THAT\u2019S WHEN KEARNS SAYS A POLICE OFFICER FIRED A NONLETHAL ROUND. HE SAYS THAT DIDN\u2019T HAVE ANY IMPACT AT THAT POINT. HE SAYS THE SUSPECT THEN PICKED UP HIS WEAPON AND FIRED IT AT THE OFFICERS. CURTIN SAYS THERE IS BALLISTIC EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS HE FIRED AT LEAST ONE ROUND. THAT\u2019S WHEN KEARNS SAYS THE TWO CHURCHILL POLICE OFFICERS FIRED BACK AGAIN, HITTING HIM MULTIPLE TIMES. NOW, WE TALKED TO THE WITNESS THAT CAPTURED THAT VIDEO AND SHE HEARD THOSE SOUNDS. THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD US. WE HEARD A SERIES OF GUNSHOTS GO OFF. AND THEN I TOLD HIM, AND THEN WE LOOKED. AND THERE\u2019S POLICE EVERYWHERE. SO HE WENT DOWN BECAUSE HE DIDN\u2019T KNOW IF THE FIGHT THAT I HEARD EARLIER WAS RELATED. AGAIN, THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS US THAT THE THREE OFFICERS WERE CHURCHILL POLICE OFFICERS. HE SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING BODY CAM AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE THIS INVESTIGATION TO THE D.A. BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT MAN SHOT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM CHURCHILL MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, MARCY, THANKS SO MUCH. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO MORE BREAKING NEWS. THIS FROM WEST DEER TOWNSHIP. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE CONFIRMING ONE PERSON DIED IN THIS FIRE. IT STARTED AT 11:00 THIS MORNING ON TRUMP ROAD. NOW, WE DON\u2019T KNOW YET THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO WAS KILLED, BUT WE SPOKE WITH SOME NEIGHBORS WHO TELL US THEY WERE VERY SAD TO HEAR ABOUT HIS DEATH. I\u2019M A LITTLE BIT OF A LONER. YOU KNOW, KIND OF A UNIQUE, UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. BUT AS NICE AS COULD BE. IT\u2019S TERRIBLE. IT\u2019S A TRAGEDY TO HEAR THAT OF HIS PASSING TODAY. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. LET\u2019S TURN NOW TO PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION WEATHER ON THIS WEDNESDAY. AND WE\u2019RE FEELING THE ARCTIC CHILL ALL AROUND US. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AND IT\u2019S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER ANYTIME SOON. THAT IS A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW. IT IS ROUGH OUT THERE. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN JUNIOR IS HERE NOW WITH A LOOK AT THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. NO FREEZING ANYWHERE ON THE NO. WE GET CLOSE NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW IT DOESN\u2019T LOOK LIKE WE GET TO FREEZING THOUGH. AS WE HEAD INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. SO WE ARE STAYING COLD. TOMORROW IS ANOTHER IMPACT DAY FOR US, AS WE WILL STAY COLD. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THOUGH, ARE BOTH SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAYS AS WE WILL LIKELY RIVAL OUR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES. CURRENTLY FORECASTING SEVEN BELOW ON FRIDAY, EIGHT BELOW SATURDAY MORNING. THAT WOULD BREAK THE RECORDS OF MINUS FIVE. BOTH OF THOSE WERE SET BACK IN 2019, AND AGAIN THAT SATURDAY MORNING COULD BE THE COLDEST WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR THIS SEASON, OUR COLDEST SINCE THE END OF JANUARY LAST YEAR. COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT AGAIN TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AGAIN, EXPECT WIND CHILLS BETWEEN ABOUT -10 TO -15 AS YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. CURRENT TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW ARE SITTING IN THE TEENS AS 12 AT THE CURRENT AIR TEMPERATURE IN PITTSBURGH. YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND, THOUGH. WE FEEL LIKE WE\u2019RE NEAR ZERO. SO IT\u2019S GOING TO FEEL. AND WHEN THAT WARM-UP FINALLY GETS HERE, THAT\u2019S IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. AND WE DO WANT TO GET RIGHT BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE\u2019RE TRACKING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THIS NEWSCAST. WE ARE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD LIVE. SO WE TOLD YOU HOW WE WERE TRACKING THIS PERSON WHO WAS WALKING ALONG THE ICY ALLEGHENY RIVER. WE\u2019RE GETTING THIS VANTAGE POINT FROM SKY 4, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER. THIS WAS NOT FAR FROM THE AREA OF THE FULTON BRIDGE. AND ANDREW, JUST IN THE PAST FEW MOMENTS, WE SAW SOME POLICE OFFICERS COME IN. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. POLICE OFFICERS CAME ON THE WATER, APPARENTLY, AND THEY HAVE DETAINED THIS PERSON. I THINK THEY HAVE HIM UNDER ARREST AND JUST TAKE HIM OFF THE ICE TO SAFER GROUND. BUT THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES AS AND THERE ARE THERE ARE HANDCUFFS ON HIM, WE UNDERSTAND. YES. HAND HANDCUFFS ON HIM. AND ONCE AGAIN, POLICE HAVE HIM IN CUSTODY AS THEY TAKE HIM OFF THE ICE. WE DON\u2019T KNOW WHY HE WAS WALKING OUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE KNOW HE WAS WALKING FOR QUITE A WHILE AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE AREA OF OAKMONT, NEAR THE HULTON BRIDGE. YEAH, WE\u2019LL KEEP FOLLOWING THAT. UNCLEAR IF HE WAS POTENTIALLY EVADING POLICE AT ONE POINT. EXACTLY WHAT FOR? WE DON\u2019T KNOW AT THIS POINT, BUT WE WERE JUST TRACKING THIS IN REAL TIME. WANTED TO BRING YOU THE UPDATE. WE HEAR FROM POLICE MORE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THIS SITUATION. WILD SCENE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE ALLEGHENY RIVER. MEANTIME, A PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH STREETS ARE STILL UNPLOWED AFTER A MASSIVE WEEKEND SNOWSTORM. IN FACT, THIS IS DAY THREE OF THE CLEANUP HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE AREA. AND JUST IN THE PAST HOUR, MAYOR COREY O\u2019CONNOR GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY\u2019S SNOW REMOVAL. AND WE WANT TO BRING IN ANCHOR KRISTEN POWERS WITH MORE ON THAT. WHAT KIND OF PROGRESS ARE THEY MAKING HERE? YEAH, BECAUSE EVERYONE\u2019S WATCHING THAT PRETTY CLOSELY AT THIS POINT. SO MAYOR O\u2019CONNOR SAYS THAT THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HAS 47 PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES ON THE ROADS CLEARING THE SNOW. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE DOZENS OF CONTRACTORS WE TOLD YOU ABOUT HELPING IN THIS CAUSE. AND THEY\u2019RE FILLING THE GAPS WHERE THAT\u2019S NEEDED. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IT\u2019S JUST WHERE WE\u2019RE SEEING A GAP AND WHERE WE\u2019RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, SNOW PILE UP IN SOME AREAS AND, YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S PILING UP EVERYWHERE. WE\u2019RE NOT NAIVE TO THAT. BUT IF THERE\u2019S X AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE WHERE IT\u2019S IT\u2019S PILING UP TOWARDS THE BUSINESS DISTRICT, TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN. THINGS LIKE A LEFT HAND TURN, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. I THINK THAT\u2019S WHERE WE\u2019RE LOOKING AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE CLEANED, BUT NOW ON THE EDGES, THEY\u2019RE PILING UP. O\u2019CONNOR SAYS THERE IS NO TIMELINE RIGHT NOW FOR WHEN ALL OF THE ROADS WILL BE CLEAR. BUT HE DOES SAY THEY ARE GETTING A BETTER PICTURE OF WHERE THIS PROGRESS STANDS. HE SAYS HIS ADMINISTRATION IS TRACKING PLOW ROUTES. I MEAN, WE SEE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY GO BACK. YOU KNOW, WE COULD GO BACK 12 HOURS EVEN FURTHER ON SOME. AND WE DO SEE LIKE A LOT OF STREETS HAVE BEEN HIT. THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES, WE\u2019RE HITTING THEM AND THEY\u2019RE NOT GOING ALL THE WAY TO CONCRETE, AS YOU SEE ON SOME OF OUR MAIN ROADS. SO MAYOR O\u2019CONNOR DID MENTION CHAIRS POPPING UP IN THE STREETS OF PITTSBURGH. I KNOW I SAW THAT DRIVING AROUND TODAY TO HOLD PARKING SPACES AFTER PEOPLE DUG OUT THEIR CARS. HE DOES ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER. ANDREW KELLY. KRISTEN. THANK YOU. NOW BACK TO MORE OF OUR WINTER WEATHER COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR THIS GARBAGE TRUCK IN SHARPSBURG. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS THE AREA OF 10TH STREET. A LARGE TOW TRUCK WAS NEEDED TO HELP GET THE GARBAGE TRUCK UNSTUCK. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. NOW, WHILE IT CAN BE A TOUGH JOB, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN ALL THE SNOW OFF YOUR VEHICLE BEFORE YOU DRIVE THAT VEHICLE. RIGHT. I\u2019M SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN SEEING, DRIVING AROUND CARS THAT LOOK LIKE SNOWBALLS, RIGHT? WE\u2019RE TRYING TO AVOID. AND IN FACT, IF YOU DON\u2019T CLEAR YOUR CARS, YOU COULD ACTUALLY BE BREAKING THE LAW. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM JOINING US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON, NOT FAR FROM THE PARKWAY EAST IN EDGEWOOD. SHELDON, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE RULES AND WHAT CAN THE PUNISHMENT FOR THIS BE? WELL, HERE\u2019S WHAT\u2019S GOING ON. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL DRIVING AROUND TODAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ON THEIR CARS. NOW, STATE POLICE SAY THAT SNOW SHOULD BE REMOVED WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER SNOWFALL TODAY. YOU SEE PLENTY OF CARS ON THE ROADWAYS WITH SEVERAL INCHES STACKED ON TOP OF THE ROOFS OF THEIR CARS. NOW, STATE POLICE SAY THAT POLICE IN ANY JURISDICTION CAN PULL YOU OVER AND ISSUE A CITATION. THE FINES CAN RANGE FROM $50 FOR DRIVING WITH SNOW ON THE ROOF, OR THE HOOD OF YOUR CAR, OR IF THAT SNOW HITS ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSES AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN DEATH. THE FINE CAN RANGE FROM 200 TO $1500. HERE\u2019S MORE FROM STATE POLICE. IF YOU\u2019RE DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE DOWN THE ROAD AND A LARGE CHUNK OF SNOW OR ICE COMES DISLODGED, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY STRIKE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING NEARBY YOUR VEHICLE. IT COULD STRIKE ANOTHER VEHICLE, COULD RESULT IN A CRASH CAUSING INJURY OR EVEN DEATH. AND SO THE LAWS FOCUS ON PREVENTING INJURY AND DEATH AND KEEPING THE VISIBILITY GOOD FOR THE DRIVER. NOW, STATE POLICE SAY IT IS THE SNOW ICE LAW, AND IT ALSO PERTAINS TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND THE REAR WINDSHIELD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CLEAR SO THAT THE DRIVERS CAN SEE IN FRONT OF THEM AND THROUGH THEIR REAR VIEW MIRROR MIRRORS. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN EDGEWOOD, SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL GOOD ADVICE, SHELDON. THANK YOU. WE\u2019VE BEEN STAYING ON TOP OF SALT SUPPLIES ACROSS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. BEFORE THE STORM EVEN HIT, THERE WERE MULTIPLE PLACES SOUNDING THE ALARM THAT THEY WERE RUNNING LOW ON SUPPLIES. NOW, LEARNING TODAY, IT IS STILL NOT EASY TO GET SUPPLIES HERE. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER CHANDI CHAPMAN IS FOLLOWING UP THIS AFTERNOON FROM CARNEGIE. I\u2019M HERE AT THE CARNEGIE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, WHERE THE UPSTAIRS IS ACTUALLY A 24 HOUR WARMING CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC. NOW, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP, MAKING THAT SNOW CLEANUP EVEN TOUGHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE\u2019S A SALT SHORTAGE. CARNEGIE IS PART OF A PURCHASING CO-OP CALLED THE SOUTH HILLS AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT THAT BUYS AND SHARES THE SALT SUPPLY. PATRICK CONNORS, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SHEA, SAYS THERE ARE 23 MEMBERS AND THE SALT SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING 99 COMMUNITIES. HE SAYS RIGHT NOW, FIVE BARGES OF SALT THAT COME ALL THE WAY FROM LOUISIANA ARE NOW ALONG THE RIVER. CREWS HAVE UNLOADED SOME BARGES, BUT THE ICY RIVER IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO UNLOAD ALL OF THE BARGES SO SALT CAN BE DELIVERED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND BOROUGHS. THEY\u2019VE UNLOADED ONE BARGE YESTERDAY AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UNLOADING TWO BARGES TODAY, SO THAT\u2019S ABOUT 4500 TONS OF SALT WITH THOSE THREE BARGES THAT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 1500 TONS A DAY CAN BE DISTRIBUTED WITH THE TRUCK SYSTEM TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE PITTSBURGH REGION. COMING UP HERE, MORE ABOUT HOW THAT SALT SHORTAGE WILL AFFECT THE ROADS COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN CARNEGIE. CHANDI CHAPMAN PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. AND IF YOU ARE NOT IN FRONT OF YOUR TV BUT YOU WANT TO STAY UP TO DATE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE WTAE APP DOWNLOADED. YOU CAN USE THAT TO TRACK THE FORECAST HOUR BY HOUR. AND ALSO GET ALL THE LATEST ON CLOSINGS AND DELAYS AS THEY COME IN. ALSO, BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION POSTED ON WTAE.COM. AND PLENTY STILL TO COME HERE AT FOUR ON FOUR INCLUDING TRACKING THAT RIVER ICE WHERE A LOCAL LOCK AND DAM SHOWING YOU HOW THEY\u2019RE WORKING TO KEEP WATER TRAFFIC MOVING. PLUS THINKING WARM THOUGHTS. WE ALL NEED TO DO IT. THE FIRST JOB FAIRS WERE JUST ANNOUNCED FOR KENNYWOOD, IDLEWILD AND SANDCASTLE AND LATER SOMETHING TO DO INSIDE ON ONE OF THESE FRIGID COLD DAYS. THE PUSH FOR A PITTSBURGH THEMED LEGO SET. AND IT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER COLD DAY FOR US TOMORROW. ANOTHER COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS WILL START SUBZERO AND STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE WORST, THOUGH, IS STILL AHEAD. I\u2019M DETAILING OUR BACK TO BACK SERE WEATHER ALERT DAYS. WHEN WE COMEALL RIGHT, WE\u2019RE COM HERE ONCE AGAIN WITH THE BREAKING NEWS WE\u2019VE BEEN TRACKING SINCE THE TOP OF THE HOUR, BECAUSE WE\u2019RE STARTING TO GET SOME UPDATES HERE. SO AS A RECAP, IN THE PAST FEW MOMENTS, SKY FOUR CAPTURED POLICE APPREHENDING A MAN WHO HAD BEEN WALKING ON THE ICY ALLEGHENY RIVER. THIS HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME. HE WAS CAPTURED IN THE AREA NEAR THE FULTON BRIDGE. WE SAW POLICE PUTTING THIS PERSON IN HANDCUFFS. WE DON\u2019T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER DETAILS OTHER THAN TO SAY WE DID LEARN. THIS STARTED AS A PURSUIT INVOLVING CITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICE, SO THEY WERE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL. WE WILL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS ON THIS STORY AS WE GET THEM. IN THE MEANTIME, POSTAL WORKERS BRAVING THE ELEMENTS TODAY TO DELIVER YOUR MAIL. BUT AT WHAT POINT DO OBSTACLES LIKE SNOW AND ICE PREVENT THEM FROM DELIVERING THE MAIL SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY? I\u2019VE BEEN WONDERING THAT SEEING THEM OUT AND ABOUT THIS WEEK FOR SURE COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR US ON PITTSBURGH\u2019S NORTHSIDE. REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON SHOWS US HOW THIS STORM IS IMPACTING OUR MAIL DELIVERY. WELL, THE WEATHER CAN CERTAINLY CAUSE DISRUPTIONS TO MAIL DELIVERY, BUT TONIGHT, MAIL CARRIERS WALKING ME THROUGH WHAT THE CUSTOMERS CAN DO TO TRY TO EASE THOSE DISRUPTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS MAILBOX IS BLOCKED BY SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW. PERHAPS A PLOW CAME THROUGH AND PLOWED THAT SNOW UP AGAINST THE MAILBOX. OR PERHAPS THE SNOWFALL JUST HASN\u2019T YET BEEN CLEARED. THAT MEANS A TRUCK CAN\u2019T PULL RIGHT UP TO THE MAILBOX TO MAKE THAT DELIVERY. BUT LET\u2019S SAY YOU CLEARED A PATH TO YOUR MAILBOX. WELL, THAT\u2019S GREAT, BUT MAIL CARRIERS SAY THEY STILL CAN\u2019T PULL A TRUCK RIGHT UP TO THE MAILBOX. THEN IT LEAVES IT UP TO THEIR DISCRETION. DO THEY WANT TO WASTE THE TIME TO GET OUT AND MAKE THAT DELIVERY BY FOOT? AND IS IT SAFE TO DO SO? WITH THAT, WE GOT SECONDARY PROBLEMS WITH IT COULD BE ICY. A LOT OF TIMES HIDDEN IN THE SNOW MIGHT BE SOME OTHER KIND OF LIKE A SHOVEL OR A SLED GETS HIDDEN. YOU GOT OTHER OBSTACLES IN THERE, ICY STEPS, THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW, THIS THIS CUSTOMER MADE MADE THAT EFFORT. I WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE THAT DELIVERY UNTIL IT BECAME SUPER COST. LIKE TOO MUCH TIME. THEN WE JUST WOULDN\u2019T BE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO MAKE ALL THOSE DELIVERIES. WHAT MAIL CARRIERS IDEALLY WANT TO SEE IS THIS A CLEAR SPACE SURROUNDING THE MAILBOX SO THEY CAN PULL THEIR TRUCK UP AND MAKE THAT DELIVERY EFFICIENTLY? SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR MAIL CARRIERS DELIVERING ON FOOT AND FOR THEIR FLEET OF DELIVERY VEHICLES. TONIGHT AT 5:00, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. APPARENTLY, OUR THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE MAIL CARRIERS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS TO BE WORKING IN THESE CONDITIONS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS BECAUSE REALLY, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST TELLING IMAGES OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE INCREDIBLE ICE BUILDUP WE\u2019RE SEEING NOW ON OUR RIVERS DRONE FOR GIVING US THE BEST VIEW OF THIS SITUATION. AND OF COURSE, WHILE WE LOVE LOOKING AT THEM, THOSE RIVERS ARE HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING ALL SORTS OF MATERIALS, AND TOO MUCH ICE CAN CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ IS IN LEEDS. DALE WITH WHAT? WORKERS AT A LOCAL LOCK AND DAM ARE DEALING WITH, WITH MORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES FORECASTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, A BIG ISSUE BECOMES ICE ON THE RIVER. WELL, LOCK AND DAM DOING ABOUT THAT ISSUE. MILLIONS OF TONS OF EQUIPMENT MOVED THROUGH HERE ON THE OHIO RIVER. BUT YOU CAN SEE ICE IS STARTING TO COVER THAT RIVER, AND THAT CAN PRESENT A BIG CHALLENGE TO LOCK AND DAM. TOO MUCH ICE CAN BLOCK THE RIVER. THAT MEANS POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT AND MILLIONS OF TONS OF ITEMS. DON\u2019T MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION. SO IT\u2019S AN ALL HANDS ON DECK SITUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN\u2019T HAPPEN. ALAN NOGI, THE OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THESE DAMS, TELL ME THAT RIGHT NOW THERE\u2019S REALLY NO ISSUE. BUT THAT COULD CHANGE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IN THESE CONDITIONS, IT GETS VERY DIFFICULT. WE\u2019RE DOING OKAY RIGHT NOW. WE\u2019RE STILL OPERATIONAL AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES. BUT IF THIS PERSISTS, WHICH JUDGING BY THE FORECAST, IT\u2019S GOING TO, WE MAY RUN INTO A SITUATION. NOW COMING UP, WE\u2019LL TELL YOU THE NATIONAL EFFECTS THAT WILL BE FELT IF THAT BECOMES THE CASE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN LEEDS, DALE RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. WE\u2019LL KEEP WATCHING THAT. YASMIN THANK YOU. AND MANY EYES WILL BE ON PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS TONIGHT. TO REOPEN THE DISCUSSION ON CLOSING SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT. NOW, IT WAS JUST BACK IN NOVEMBER. THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED AGAINST A PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE CLOSED AT LEAST NINE BUILDINGS. NOW, WHAT WE DON\u2019T KNOW YET IS WHETHER THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT ORIGINAL PLAN TONIGHT OR A DIFFERENT VERSION. THE MEETING IS SET FOR 630. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT COMES OUT OF IT AND THINKING THOSE WARMER THOUGHTS. NOW. KENNYWOOD. IDLEWILD, EVEN SANDCASTLE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE 2026 SEASON. JUST EVEN SEEING THE VIDEOS. NICE. ACTUALLY, KENNYWOOD IS LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 1500 PEOPLE TO JOIN THEIR TEAM. SANDCASTLE AND IDLEWILD LOOKING TO HIRE ABOUT 500. FIRST JOB FAIR WILL BE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH. THAT WILL BE FOR IDLEWILD. IT WILL BE HOSTED AT THE LIGONIER VALLEY LIBRARY. THE FIRST JOB FAIR FOR KENNYWOOD AND SANDCASTLE WILL BE SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH AT KENNYWOOD PARK. AND SPEAKING OF THE WATER, AS WE TURN TO PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION, WHETHER WE GOT A CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW COLD IT REALLY IS OUTSIDE FROM THAT VIDEO, THAT GENTLEMAN WALKING ON THE RIVER. IT\u2019S THAT COLD FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT WAS NOT BREAKING ANYWHERE. METEOROLOGIST BRANDON JUNIOR STANDING BY. OF COURSE, WE DON\u2019T RECOMMEND THAT, BUT BRIAN, REALLY? AND EVEN SEEING THE DRONE VIDEO OF OUR RIVERS, IT IS SO ICY OUT THERE. YEAH. AND OUR ICE WILL KEEP THICKENING UP AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK AS OUR TEMPERATURES STAY ON THE COLD SIDE. THERE\u2019S NO BIG WARMING TREND ANYTIME SOON. WE WILL TRY TO GET CLOSER TO NORMAL AS WE START FEBRUARY. TOMORROW WE\u2019LL GO BACK ON IMPACT DAY AS WELL AS WE\u2019LL BE WATCHING FOR SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS ON BOTH SIDES OF ZERO, STARTING IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THEN SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WE COULD SET RECORD LOWS BOTH MORNINGS. SATURDAY MORNING COULD BE THE COLDEST WE\u2019VE BEEN IN JUST OVER A YEAR, AND THE COLDEST OF THIS STRETCH. BEFORE WE START HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AGAIN TONIGHT, A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WILL LAST UNTIL 10:00 TOMORROW MORNING. AGAIN, IF YOU DON\u2019T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE EARLY, WIND CHILLS WILL BE SITTING GENERALLY BETWEEN ABOUT TEN AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. STARTING THE DAY, AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE REALLY STRUGGLED TO WARM TODAY, EVEN THOUGH WE\u2019VE GOTTEN SOME SUNSHINE WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND FRESH SNOWPACK STILL, THAT REALLY MAKES IT STRUGGLE FOR TEMPERATURES TO TRY AND WARM. WE\u2019RE SITTING IN THE TEENS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD. FRANKLIN\u2019S AT NINE, DUBOIS IS AT EIGHT, SOMERSET ALSO AT NINE. WE FACTOR THE WIND AND IT FEELS LIKE IT\u2019S ZERO AT THE AIRPORT. THREE BELOW IN GREENSBURG, FIVE BELOW IN FRANKLIN, ONE BELOW IN KITTANNING. FEELS LIKE IT\u2019S ALSO ONE BELOW IN WASHINGTON. AND AGAIN, THESE WIND CHILLS AGAIN WILL GET WORSE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. BY THE TIME WE GET TO TOMORROW MORNING, EXPECT WIND CHILLS GENERALLY BETWEEN ABOUT EIGHT AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. SO ANOTHER COLD START TO THE DAY. IF KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TOMORROW, MAKE SURE THEY ARE BUNDLED UP AND WIND CHILLS SLOWLY IMPROVE. JUST LIKE TODAY. BACK TOWARDS ZERO. BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. AND THEN WE GET EVEN COLDER AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY. WILL GO ON SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY AS WIND CHILLS WILL AGAIN SIT BETWEEN ABOUT TEN AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE VERY COLD ON FRIDAY MORNING, SO WE\u2019LL START AT TWO TOMORROW. WE\u2019LL FINISH AT 15, THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS AGAIN. RECORD LOWS AT SEVEN BELOW AND EIGHT BELOW. THE RECORDS. BOTH MORNINGS ARE FIVE BELOW. WE SHOULD BREAK THOSE. WIND CHILLS SATURDAY MORNING COULD GET TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WITH HOW COLD IT\u2019S GOING TO BE. WE\u2019LL GO AN IMPACT DAY ONE MORE TIME BACK TO 17, AND THEN FINALLY A MORE SEASONABLY COLD STRETCH. STILL COLD, BUT CLOSER TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE. 24 MONDAY 28 TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE BREAK FREEZING, BUT 29 IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE A HEAT WAVE COMPARED TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. SO IT IS STILL COLD AND IT IS ICY OUT THERE ON ACTION. CAM 12 IS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE. WINDS ARE SOUTHWEST AT NINE. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT AGAIN, WIND CHILLS WILL DROP THROUGH THE NIGHT. MAKE SURE YOU\u2019RE BUNDLED UP.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Ice buildup on Pittsburgh rivers threatens barge operations<\/p>\n
Ice accumulation on Pittsburgh’s rivers is causing significant challenges for barge operations<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:59 PM EST Jan 28, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n