look at the lightening. dangerous included to ground lightning place. we will track this storm as well to see where it is headed, lets look at lightening first and foremost, 576 lightening strikes in the last frame of radar western berks county northern lancaster county moving east at 25 miles an hour that will take it to reading by 5:12, robeson by 5:39 and amonte by 5:52 tonight. storms will pop up across the region getting here to fill late this evening. severe thunderstorm watch all of these areas in yellow. that goes until 9:00 o'clock tonight. indication that any storm that pops up could produce localized downpours, hail and very strong damaging wind. we have got more problems as we head in the day tomorrow. do i want to tell but a flood advisory issued for poconos, strong storms up through poconos earlier this afternoon, flooding in urban and low lying areas especially for carbon and monroe counties and speaking of flooding as we head into tomorrow we have a flash flood watch to tell you

about issued for the entire region from friday morning to saturday morning. slow moving front. it is slows down by tropical storm arthur. that will impact area with heavy rain. i will tell you late bets threat for flooding tomorrow and latest for arthur, still a tropical storm as of the 5:00 p.m. update but inching closer to hurricane the status. we are also under a heat advisory for more on that part of the coverage lets head outside to meteorologist justin drabick live from media, delaware county, justin. >> good evening, kate. this is one spot where i'm at where they don't want to be dealing with high heat or chance for storms. we are live in media where tonight every wednesday for rest of the sum are dining under the stars where you can dine outside. they have blocked off parts from orange to jackson street, on state street itself and bring out tables, enjoy a nice night under the stars. they are starting to get underway here, a slow start here tonight but heat is slowing things down. they will set up tables out here and everyone will be able to hang out, enjoy good food.

at least we're dry, we don't have any storms to talk about in the near future but certainly it is hot. lets get to our graphics ape talk about what is happening as far as temperatures. today, hottest day of the year, 95 degrees the official high temperature, normal high is 86. record high is 103, setback in 1901. now temperatures that is half of the battle, factor in the humidity, right the now it feels like 101 in philadelphia, 104 in wilmington. eighty-seven allentown. cooler there because of the rain. ninety's down towards the shore points. we will have scattered showers and storms even here in media temperatures in the upper 80's and 90's with heat indexes in the 90's. we are looking better later tonight, nine or 11:00, partly cloudy skies but you very warm and humid with more shower and storm chances coming up tomorrow and again friday. we will have more on the forecast coming up in a few more minutes. live from media i'm meteorologist justin drabick.

>> justin, thanks very much. we are sweating it out. right now people trying to find creative ways to stay cool in this heat. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry is traveling to collinswood camden count which more on that, syma. >> reporter: well, chris and jessica, let me just tell you it the is cruel unusual punishment for me to be out here in this heat right next to this gorgeous pool and i cannot do anything bit. i have to be out here sweating it out while these folks are waving at us and enjoying the the water. now kids, adults, pets are doing everything they can in our area to keep cool in this heat. >> i cannot handle too hot. >> reporter: for abigail clapper and her friend best way to keep cool is making a splash, on a hot humid day the weather can be unbearable. >> when i first stepped out of the house it was like oh, my god it is so hot. really hot. >> reporter: luckily the community pool here in collinswood is the answer. >> i can cool off, chill out and have a fun time. >> reporter: being in water

isn't first choice for these hot dogs in philadelphia. the fury four legged friends forgo sprinklers to sit under the shade at the dog park at 11th and lombard. >> many other dog parks don't have shade, and i'm finding quite a few people are coming here just because of that. >> reporter: it can be a real drag for those out working like a dog in this heat. these contractors building a beer garden could have used a cold one while horses and their buggy drivers are on the clock until temperature hit 93 degrees. those that choose to be out like these tourist were having second thoughts. >> we came from washington and it is not very hot there. after coming here, i wanting to back. >> reporter: some came prepared, byos, bring your own shade, others not so much. >> i didn't bring a hat or sunglasses or anything. >> reporter: are you regret ago this decision now. >> kind of, yeah. >> reporter: so tell us how

you are staying cool. fine us on facebook and twitter at cbs philly.com. do you prefer this type of weather or are you missing winter. coming up at 6:00 o'clock most people are staying hydrated in this type of weather, but imagine, you cannot eat or drink sunrise to sunset. that is why many are doing because it is the month of ramadan. hear from one man who is trying to beat the heat as best as he can. for now we are live from collinswood, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". same, thanks very much. first responders are on the scene right now of a serious crash on route 55 in woodbury gloucester county. a car overturned here and wound up in the woods, you can see it there on the screen, chopper three over that scene right now. emergency crews have pulled one person from the wreckage but there is no word on that person's condition. authorities have now charged a philadelphia woman accused of leaving five kids in the car while she was shopping. karen thompson has been charged with five counts of endangering welfare of the

child and five counts of reckless endangerment. police say thompson a home day care provider left kids in the port richmond parking lot for half an hour. those children are age nine years old to six months are doing okay. take a look at these flames, two buses from the sticks and for inner concert tour catch fire in philadelphia chopper three over a parking lot at second and callowhill, flames started in the back of one bus this afternoon, quickly spread to a minoring bus, police say no one was injured but the cause of those fires under investigation. driver of this red car, suffered minor injuries after colliding with a new jersey transit river line train. chopper three over the the scene earlier today on haddon avenue knew and nickel boulevard in camden. transit official says the driver of the car tried to cut the train off, no one on board that train was injured. tonight we are learning what may have caused a food truck to explode injuring 13 people in philadelphia. this happened at third and wyoming in feltonville.

"eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live at the scene of the blast as she talked to a septa police officer who was among the first responders, jane. >> reporter: well, chris, this food truck was taken away today and was actually park behind me here just 24 hours ago now, engulfed in flames. as this investigation continues we are getting a better picture of what could have cause that had explosion. police now believe that one of the propane tanks was leaking, the neighbors enveloped the truck and gas grills inside probably spark the explosion. violent and fast, surveillance cameras near third and wyoming catch a feltonville food truck turn in the ball of fire. today those first on the scene to help were recalling and capturing the walking wounded. >> people in their underwear that had taken their clothes off from being burn and walking around peoples skin was hanging off their body as they were walking around. >> reporter: septa police officers were a block away at head quarters when a truck went up in flames. as part of the special operation unit their training

kicked in. >> two victims outside the truck, they were severely burned and pretty injured. >> i was able to get a blanket from one of the neighbors and it was take the other one, roll her in the blanket and get her down the street. >> reporter: they got injured away and kept everybody else back, still on fire they worried about a second explosion. >> there was a propane line hissing along the line. >> reporter: police say truck was equiped with two, 100-pound propane tanks both were full but only one was actual any use as the truck was opened for business. police say that the tank that wasn't in use had a leak and grills inside provided the ignition. >> i have never seen anything like tonight my life. >> reporter: family of the trucks owner olga gomez had been only in business for two months her daughter jaylen helped and until now the business was a dream come true. >> she was doing a very good job and it is crazy how this just happens. >> reporter: in all, 13 people were injured, police say five of those people are still in the hospital this evening, and in critical condition,

including that owner, her daughter tane other employees who are relatives. coming up at 6:00 we will take a look the at licensing process, process, for these food trucks and the the finding may surprise you. we are live from felt onville, jane carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". montgomery county officials have opened a joint investigation in the death of an 88 year-old man, on friday, body of jack ange was found wrapped in the tarp on state route 2036 in gibson township susquehanna county. ange is from plymouth township in montgomery county. official did his rule the death an homicide after an autopsy and we will have more on the investigation for you on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. developing right now flyers captain claude giroux is arrested in canada he reportedly spent the night in the ottawa jail cell after he repeatedly grabbed the buttocks of the police officer. chal is believed to be involve in the incident. the sources say giroux is

expected to be released without any criminal charges. ottawa police have not commented. flyers general manager ron hextall released a statement saying we are aware of reports surrounding claude giroux. until we have more information we will withhold making any further comment. let us know what you think of this story, connect with us on facebook or sent us a tweet and join the on line conversation. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" commuters in a pinch, caught on camera, a truck carrying 7,000-pound of lobster, crashes in to a bridge and catches fire. wow. also ahead tonight high school prom king just days from graduation, dies after overdosing on have caffeine, find out how, that could have happened. and tomorrow is one of the busiest travel days of the year, 41 million americans are expected to make a getaway for july 4th weekend, so three on your side jim donovan has some good and bad news for

a truck carrying 7,000-pound of lobster slams in the bridge and sparks a fire. this is video from massachusetts, driver of the 13-foot truck tried to clear, a 10-foot bridge. it then crashed and burned into flames. the entire load of lobster worth a hundred thousand dollars was completely lost. inspectors had to come out and take a look at the bridge to make sure it was still usable. well, despite the the recent up tic in fuel prices, 41 million americans are expected to make a getaway for the july 4th weekend. >> as consumer reporter jim

donovan find the fourth creates a three day week end that brings good and also bad news for travelers. >> reporter: even though fourth of july falls on a friday many americans won't be satisfied with just a three day weekend. data from travel web site orbitz finds travelers stretching to it four making thursday the busiest and most expense i have day for a flight. >> july 3rd is the busiest travel day, travel on july 4th should be about 30 percent less than on july 3rd. we are seeing that this strong demand is driving prices up over the the holiday weekend. >> reporter: both orbitz and triple a find slightly higher hotel rates over the last year. they suggest looking beyond city limits for deals. for example planning a trip to the nation's capitol look across the the river in arlington, virginia. >> often times, it will net you big savings especially when things are pretty booked to the capacity in the heart of the city. >> reporter: triple a says 80 percent of the travelers will go by car despite highest gas prices for the holiday

weekend since 2008. for those who don't want to hit to the road or take to the skies with the crowds it may be worth it to wait. >> we will be pretty busy throughout the remainder of july but come august, travelers should take advantage of the deals in these destinations. >> reporter: speaking of travel, coming up on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 it has been six months since government approval of the merger with u.s. airways and americans. while everything is being slowly combined, three on your side find you may be paying more than you have to when buying a plane ticket. i'll show you how to get the best price tonight at 11:00. >> there air lot of things involved, when to bike, how to book it, all those things. >> tune in the at 11:00. >> you will be here. >> jim, thanks. good evening, everyone. i will be tuning in at 11:00 for sure. lets take a look at what you are dealing w it is a holiday week. we are seeing speed sensors that are a little bit higher then usual, but, not if you are heading in to new jersey, especially south jersey and

beaches. take a look at 42 freeway, southbound on the 42 we are experiencing high volume from walt whitman bridge all the way down to 55. we are noticing this sign flashing here. we have two situations 142 southbound, just before this area at creek road we are dealing with an accident taking on the center lane. then moving beyond that point, 55 southbound at 47, the right lane is blocked because of an accident. so that southbound delay is trailing back toward the 42 and stalling traffic and stalling commuters. give yourself some more time. as far as speed sensors they are not awful. usually we will see more red at this time but we are in the yellow 306789's on i-95. schuylkill expressway. even traveling on 476. moving our way over into delaware 95 northbound mlk off ramp is closed as a result of the accident. we have an accident on the northeast extension be sure to follow me on twitter and i will have updates on that as well, chris. still to come here on "eyewitness news", routine use of the popular injection for back pain is being called into

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who doesn't want a free hoagie? >> um-hmm. >> "eyewitness news" at independent mall where wawa celebrated its 22nd annual hoagie day to day. give away 5 tons of meaty, cheesy goodness. the event also, honored america's armed forces, and philadelphia's police and fire departments, hoagie fest is part of the city's welcome america celebrations. never too hot for a hoagie. >> never too hot. >> but today, yes. >> it is close. >> it still is pretty steamy out there. >> you wouldn't want the toasted hoagie. >> no, exactly. >> but we have a lot to talk about in weather, not only do we have heat we felt but we have strong storms, now firing up across the region. if you are out and about tonight keep an eye to the sky. you are on notice. look at what is happening right now outside, this is in reading, at whitefield elementary school in the live neighborhood network. it is just pouring.

that looks like fog, but very heavy rain, all of the cars have their headlights on there and downpour rips across berks county. 75 degrees at whitefield elementary school here in reading. lets look at what we are dealing with on storm scan three. storms took their time, developing but now they are really starting to fire up and they have heat and humidity to work w new one popped up over northeastern, bucks county, moving into new jersey, but the strongest storm we have is over berks county and watching this new one, just across the border in maryland this could drift in chester county here over the next couple of hours. so none of us are spared from storms tonight, if any spot makes it out, without a storm it would be south and east of philadelphia, down across south jersey. look at the the lightening moving across western berks county and northern lancaster county at the moment. 783 lightening strikes in the past frame have of radar here in the past five minutes or so. the the storms are moving, relative liz slowly, and generally speaking we will see storms generally move 30 to 35 miles an hour. these are all moving 25 miles

an hour to the east and that means threat for heavy rain will exist, some ponding on the roads, upper saucon 6:03. pottstown it will get to you 6:10 this evening. we have the storms. we've got the heat. here is our severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00 p.m. there is one for lancaster county until 5:45. temperatures right now 94 at the airport. 91 degrees in wilmington. ninety-two in trenton. ninety-five # so far for the high, making it the hottest day of the year and feels like the hottest day of the year. now we will head towards the tropics, thinks arthur, latest 5:00 p.m. update just came out. it has strengthen, wind 07 miles an hour, sustain, pressure 992 milli bars, a little below hurricane status but it is expect to be a hurricane by 8:00 o'clock update tonight and area that will get hit hardest is outer banks of north carolina it will stay off shore for us but it will remain a category one hurricane. another round of heavy storms tomorrow with the slow moving cold front and arthur comes up the coast bringing bands of

rain early on the fourth of july, it will clear out later but wind will stick around. we are talking about as much as two or 3 inches of rain in spots across the area especially east of philadelphia. so, winds will continue to increase as we go through the the rest of tonight and through the the end of the week we will show you more in a bit. tonight showers, storms, humid at 74. for your thursday, showers and storms, warm and humid, 88. we will be dealing with the storms, rain wind from arthur and much better wet buyer saturday. you can keep track on the of the weather on the got with the new cbs philly weather app. down load it in the app store. it is available for apple

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here is your sports in a minute, let us start the clock. game two between phillies ape marlins. cole hamels gets the start. last night fightins were up five-four in 11 innings, it was ed lucas delivering the walk off hit. phillies scored just 12 runs. help could be on the way for phillies pitching staff, cliff lee threw a simulated game yesterday and said he felt fine f cleared by the doctors, cliff will have a rehab start sunday in clearwater. they could use him. phillies are 16-26 since lee went on the disabled list on may 20th. at wimbledon defending mens champ andy murray lost to his opponent straight six. murray had his serve broken five times, and he is the first bulgarian to advance to the final four of the majors. lesean mccoy received prestigious john want make's ward. the award goes to the athlete who has done the most through philadelphia through sports. last season shady led league in rushing. he joins chuck bednarek, bill

bergie, pete redflap i, reggie white and donovan mcnabb as the winners. that is your sports. right on time. now back to chris and jessica. coming up in the next half an hour, bracing for arthur, tropical storm building up steam heading up the east coast, and potential to ruin a lot have of fourth of july plans. we will have a full report from north carolina where hurricane preparations are already underway. also tensions increased between israelis and palestinians after reports of another teenagers being kidnaped and killed. new at 6:00 scientists will soon start conducting tests off the new jersey coast, what they plan to study and why it is making waves in local shore

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i'm chris may, here are the day's top stories for you a leaking propane tank is believed to have caused this explosion in, a food truck, 13 people were injured, when that happened, yesterday, near third and wyoming in feltonville. five people remain in critical condition. karen thompson now faces charges of child endangerment. police say the daze care provider left five children alone inside of this car in the port richmond parking lot to go shopping. the kids are okay. and two buses from the sticks and for inner concert tour catch fire in

philadelphia. this all happened at second and callow hill today. police say no one was injured in the fires, the causes under investigation. kate? and chris, it is hottest day of the year so far and now severe thunderstorm rumbling across the region. very strong storms developing in berks and lancaster counties. we are keeping an eye on this storm over northern maryland that will drift into southern lancaster and chester counties and new severe thunderstorm warning for this storm for north central bucks and hunterdon county new jersey. severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 9:00 tonight. any storm producing downpours, possible hail, quarter sized hail, damaging wind in guess of 60 miles an hour and these storms have a history of producing frequent lightening, as well. heat advisory also remains in effect, for more on that part of the coverage lets check back in with meteorologist justin drabick live from media, delaware county, hi justin. >> hi, good evening, kate. now tonight, dining under the stars is a hot night for it but the good news is we're storm free at the moment. we're on state street.

they block off state street, from jackson to orange, every wednesday night the through rest of the summer and bring out tables and chairs and if you joined us over the past half an hour, we are just getting things underway. people are out enjoying their dinner tonight, it is hot and humid but why not, get some good food out here, people starting to come in here and this table right here fighting for that shade, under the tree, because you will need it tonight. temperatures certainly very warm. lets talk about our headlines coming up for big holiday weekend, again tonight, we're talk about scattered showers and storms. we are talking about north and west of the city and even here in philadelphia and south jersey we could be dealing with showers and storms. tomorrow there will be a flash flood watch as strong storms will continue as a slow moving cold front moves through and friday we will get clearing skies for the afternoon. watch out for morning rain as arthur passes off shore and then the weekend, i'm telling you very nice, saturday and sunday if you have any plans you can hold off to the weekend, i'm telling you, it will be great.

the lots of sunshine. very comfortable conditions with low humidity. we will bring you back here live downtown media here dining with the stars with all of the heat around and storms in your neighborhood i'm telling you cool thing to do right now down load this i don't know if you can see that but that is our cbs-3 weather app. go to the i tunes store and down load it in the app store. coming soon to android. that is latees from media pennsylvania, now back over to you, jessica. keeping an eye on the weather now tropical storm arthur could soon become hurricane arthur. the the giant storm is already making an impact on fourth of july vacation plans in north and south carolina. cbs news correspondent craig boswell, reports from the out are banks. >> reporter: arthur churned up the surf and pelted central florida coast with heavy wind and downpours wednesday morning. forecasters say that the storm is picking up steam and gaining power as it rumbles north. it is expect to reach hurricane force by the time it the hits carolinas just in time for the start of the

fourth of july weekend. outer banks of north carolina could feel worst of arthur's punch, that is bad news for 250,000 tourist flocking to the barrier island for fun in the sun. >> don't put your stupid hat on, usually most injuries occur right before a storm or right after the storm. >> reporter: rod howie is vacationing from london and didn't expect his sand dig to be interrupted. >> unlucky really. >> reporter: others are digging in to ride out the the storm. >> we are here for the week, we are noting until they kick us out. >> reporter: arthur is already interfering with independence day plans. friday's fire works show have been postponed until later in the weekend. the national park service has shut down popular campground and attractions like the hat race light house and powerful rip currents could keep thousands of atlantic beach goers out of the water for several days. craig bos well for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". keep it here for continuing coverage of the tropical storm arthur, you can get latest updates on tv and

also on line at cbs philly.com. well, there is breaking news just in the news room and it comes from berks county, a three-year old boy there has been hit by a car and rushed to the hospital. it happened on pine forge road in pine forge, berks county. we're told the boy's father had to pull his son from underneath that car. the boy suffered massive head trauma the driver stopped at the scene. both the the driver and the boy's father collapsed there, and they too are hospitalized. we will keep you posted. well, a federal magistrate ruled that the suspected ring leader of the terror attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya will remain jailed until time. ahmed abu khattala appeared at a brief detention hearing in washington today. he is accused of providing material support to terrorist. the attack in benghazi killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. khattala was captured in libya

and transferred to the u.s. last week even. tensions between israelis and palestinians are growing after reports of another teenagers being kidnaped and killed. cbs news correspondent alex ortiz reports from east jerusalem. >> reporter: violent clashes broke out between israeli police and palestinian residents near jerusalem, following report that the young palestinian had been kidnaped and killed overnight bias rail is in an apparent retribution attack. hours earlier israeli mourners bid farewell to the three teenagers. their bodies, shrouded in flags. among them prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. police released the recording of a 911 call made by one of the teens at the moment that they were abducted. we are being kidnaped, the alleged officer and then kidnapper yelled keep your head down, before the line goes dead. fearing it to be a hoax israeli forces initially

delayed their search for the boys for several hours. two weeks later they found them dead, in the pile of rocks in a field near hebron. israel blames hamas for kidnapping and killings and crackdown hard the on the group. in the ongoing security operation more than 400 palestinians have been arrested and at least six killed, including palestinian children. alex ortiz for cbs news, east jerusalem. well to day marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act, a turning point in the nation's struggle against racial discrimination. lewis sue. ukman was known as the freedom riders. they would travel to southern states and join fight against jim crow and segregation. it was a show of solidarity both black and white together that drew activist in the south during the 1960's. >> the idea is when we got in the bus terminal in jackson the freedom riders wering to the black waiting room, the

have and then we would be arrested. it seemed like the right thing to do. he spent 40 days in jail. the struggle though did pay off as segregation came to an end in the civil rights act became law shortly after their foray in the south. the f.d.a. is highlighting the dangers of the caffeine following the the overdose death of a teenager. eighteen year-old wrestler logan steiner died just a day before his graduation in ohio. the coroner ruled the cause of death to be a lethal dosage of pure caffeine powder, unregulated supplement. if someone took one full teaspoon of pure caffeine, equivalent of drinking 15 red bull energy drinks at one time. >> the message is for parents, kid, adults, everybody to really understand that when you are using things not regulated you don't necessity how much you are getting, you don't know what else is in there. >> f.d.a. officials warn pure

caffeine proud er can be bought on the internet in bulk. good evening, everyone, if you are traveling on the vine street expressway, unfortunately we got sort of stuck with an accident but fortunately it is moved to the shoulder. thinks heading east bound on the vine approaching area have of eighth street. it is not too far from 11th. now this accident here again is on the shoulder but folks are still slowing down besides it. since it was just moved, we still have a delay sending back towards the schuylkill and in turn affect seven # six itself. here's the delay shot as -- it is just not good, in short, right. traveling on the westbound side of the vine street expressway we are heavy at approaching the area of the schuylkill. i think a lot of folks are heading down towards the the walt whitman bridge because of the shore points. keep in mind when you get to the walt whitman bridge you are jammed up and over and we will talk about new jersey in a second. lets look at these speed sensors. dropping down in the 20's on i-95 in the construction zones 306789 on the schuylkill. watch out for heavy delays eastbound around 476 and 14 is your average traveling on the blue route and that is

primarily because of 95 and media swarthmore. usual spots for rush hour. we have an accident in new jersey on the southbound side of 55 and 47. the the right lane is block, and it is trailing delays all the way back towards the 42. it is affecting the four two. and then on the 42 freeway southbound at 295 is an accident that is not helping anything. so heading down the shore using walt and jumping on the 42 is not going to be fun. due to thunderstorms, chris. >> good luck, vittoria, thanks very much. still to come on "eyewitness news" a popular injection used by millions for back pain is now called into question. our health reporter stephanie stahl is on your side with the results of the new study. trend to go day a school recital that is anything but boring thanks to this little boy doing a fierce performance of a lady gaga hit, you'll see it, kate. severe storms have cropped up across the region, we have a flash flood warning for berks county, i will tell but that. we will have the latest on tropical storm arthur and if it will impact your fourth of

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side of the bed trying to get up there. everyone is so exited to see a new baby and it looks like billy is just like the the rest of us. he wants to get up close and personal there. up next a one in a million catch in canada. this ace i blue lobster and a couple of guys fishing off of prince edward island caught the extremely rare lobster on monday. it is the first blue lobster they have seen in 20 years of fishing and that color is caused by a genetic mutation. very interesting there. do you think school finals are boring after you see one performer going gaga. >> ♪ >> i mean. >> wow. >> that is amazing. that is some sharp moves there, owning the stage this little boy stunned the crowd in his elementary school recital strutting his self to lady gaga's hit bad romance and maybe she needs a small backup dancer. >> he has got the moves. >> he has got the moves.

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head to cbs philly.com to keep track of the fourth of july holiday festivities. lower township has rescheduled its fire works to saturday due to the weather forecast and other areas could be making changes. be sure to check in there at

cbs philly.com as you plan your holiday fun. well, lots to talk about in the weather department. lets start off with the severe weather threat this evening. storm scan three showing a frontal boundary moving across portions of the eastern seaboard, strong storms across hudson valley in new york city at the moment and firing up in our western suburbs and these are moving, pretty slowly. problem with that is this cell has been sitting over berks county for past half an hour to an hour dumping heavy rainfall in that area. we have another storm just about to sneak in southern lancaster county and could impact chester county but worst one out there is one centered over, reading, and you can see red shading at the moment and look at all that lightening as well. because this storm hats been sitting in place for so long we have a flash flood warning. this goes until 9:30 for berks county, including city of reading. watch out for standing, water on the roadways. turn around, don't drowned,

flash flooding is occurring in spots. the that is what a warning means. be safe if you are in berks county tonight and watch that storm pushing eastward to see if we have more flash flooding concerns and gusty wind and hail possible with that storm. it feels like 101 still at philadelphia international airport. feels like 104 in wilmington. still very hot. very insufferable. it doesn't feel quite as bad in the areas you are getting the storms. we are trading heat for severe weather. then we are moving into tomorrow. flash flood watch already been issued. it will continue right through friday morning for much of the area it does not include the shore at the moment but does include philadelphia and all surrounding suburbs right now. so what does this mean? showers and strong thunderstorms will impact the area throughout the the day tomorrow especially tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. rain amount in any storm one to 3 inches. like we're seeing today these storms will sit over certain areas. not everybody gets flash flooding but any area that has seen a heavy storm overhead could be dealing with one to 3 inches in a short period of

time. watch for poor drainage and we will keep a close eye on those smaller streams and creeks. here is tropical storm arthur just a notch by low hurricane strength. i do expect it to be a hurricane by end of tonight by 8:00p in m update. here are impacts for us. flash flood watch not directly related to arthur but that front moving through will just get hung up. it can't push through because arthur is sitting off south east coast. arthur feeding moisture meaning we have heavy rain with any storm. very gusty wind, off the coast on friday, gusts to 50 miles an hour down the shore, high surf and dangerous rip currents. does not look like a great fourth of july down the shore. we will clear things out in the city but it will be breezy. showers, storms, humid. seventy-four is our overnight low. for your thursday, showers storms, heavy at times, flash flood watch in effect for the area, 88 the high for thursday. here is your seven day forecast and shore cast, some improvement, for fourth of july but again, very windy so that could impact some fire works displays out there and

not so nice down the shore with the storm off the coast, however saturday and sunday looking gorgeous, 80's with sunshine and back to the 90's, warm and hume mid to next week. tomorrow, it is orr at the shore. kathy will be down in cape may live at 5:00 and 6:00 o'clock probably not best weather down there but we will start to see if we will feel impacts perhaps from arthur as it moves up the coast, tune in for that tomorrow. on the healthwatch tonight, a common treatment for back pain might not be as helpful as once thought. >> three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the the new research. >> reporter: maria trail's back pain is so severe walking is a chore. >> ballroom dancing is a big huge part of my life and i'm in longer able to do it. >> reporter: maria has spinal stenosis. she has been getting epidural steroid injection toss reduce inflammation and relief pain. >> they inject me three times and all three times it lasted

less than a week before the pain started coming back. >> reporter: the new study questions the benefit of steroid injections for spinal stenosis. researchers found after six weeks injection that is combine epidural votes and the anesthetic lidocaine offered the same relief as lidocaine alone. >> this study it shows that the steroid is not the the reason why patients are getting significant relief, it could be just the lidocaine itself, these dots here are the nerves. >> reporter: spinal stenosis effects people as they age. spinal canal narrows and compresses the the nerves. >> with the baby boomers getting older we will see this problem more and more commonly. >> reporter: marie, hoist 51, says she has had enough with the injections and new plans to get surgery. over 2 million steroid epidurals are given to older americans each year, to prevent and relief back pain but the steroids commonly used to reduce inflammation can cause other problems like bone weakness. doctors say more research is

needed before they recommend lidocaine only injections to relieve pain from spinal stenosis. of course people should talk to their doctors about the different options available out there. >> or fine the right one. >> not much worse than back pain, thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" they were hand picked by legendary dancer, actress and choreographer debbie allen. >> and now these young dancers from our area are taking the stage under her guidance. we will have have their story, when "eyewitness news" continues.

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she auditioned young dancer and beginning tomorrow night you'll see four dancers on stage at miriam theater. pat ciarrocchi has more. >> that is the bell, of opportunity. emmy award winning choreographer debbie allen is

inspiring young men, to dance. >> the show is brothers on have the night featuring local dancer, between the ages of seven and 22. >> among the 350 who auditioned in philadelphia, mal conn, aaron and eugene were among the chosen. >> i'm basically born with the boom box. i was born to dance. some learn. but others are just born too like everyone here. >> go, go. >> the show is giving those born to dance, the stage. >> it galvanizees families and young performers, and who are really, vying to be professionals, to have have that moment in the light. >> reporter: aaron maiden from willingboro describes the experience as crazy. >> it is amazing. the best feeling ever. i have never done anything like this. just amazing. >> i see the whole family moving to los angeles. >> reporter: malcolm wallace in trenton knows brot others have the night business opportunity. >> this is a great opportunity

for someone like me, because debbie allen is big in the industry. so for me to be part have of it is amazing. >> reporter: arts education is disappearing without a trace all over the country. that is why debbie allen is calling the shots with the tail of young guys who dance, brothers of the night july 3rd through the fifth at miriam theater. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". so proud of them. >> born to dance, no doubt about it. >> awesome. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 we are tracking a double dose of extreme summer weather, kate. >> depending on where you are this evening, you're either getting hit by severe thunderstorms or triple digits. steamy stormy evening and we have more excitement as arthur moves up the eastern see game. latest information is coming up at 6:00. plus new information in the food truck explosion that badly injured several people, "eyewitness news" digs to find answer about safety inspections and in the mobile

kitchen. body of the montgomery county man is found in the remote area in northern northern pennsylvania, details on the death investigation that spans about a 150 miles. and studying the ocean, new research starts off the the coast of new jersey, but not everybody is jumping on board. eye witt the necessary news at 6:00 starts right now. right now at 6:00, dealing with extreme heat, the humidity is so high it feels like we're in trim digits and with hot, humid weather comes the chance for storms. right now storm scan three shows you what is going on outside, we're tracking thunderstorms and they are popping up all across the the area in fact the entire region is under a severe thunderstorm watch. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. our team of meteorologists is covering both of these big weather stories tonight. we will begin with meteorologist kate bilo, kate.

>> reporter: thanks, jessica and chris. we have very strong storms to show you on storm scan three. you can see the line extending from new england right down into maryland and virginia and we are right in the middle on have that with storms really breed nothing this hot, humid environment. they love heat and moisture. boy do we have plenty on have. that lets zoom in and see where storms are right now. these two cells almost starting to come together as one here, extending from berks county down to lancaster county this could form a line and move in chester, montgomery counties within the next hour or so. keep an eye on. that lets zoom in closer, you can see red and orange shadings show heavy rainfall. we are seeing a little break in the action right around reading proper but still a lot of heavy rain and frequent lightening across eastern berks county right now, 556 lightening strikes just in the past frame of radar there. so severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the entire area through 9:00 o'clock tonight. we are talking about downpours, possibleai