lightning may to be blame for this fire at paradise farm camp in downingtown. employees on the campground say they saw a bolt of lightning strike around 1:15 this morning. then, their meeting house went up in flames. that meeting house just destroyed by the fire, everything except the chimney, we're told. fire officials are investigate the cause of that blaze. more problems to tell you about. let's give you live look from the 1200 block of walnut st. in center city where authorities had to evacuate an apartment building. all of that rain overnight damaged the roof then the rain seeped in, flooding the building. thirty-six residents had to evacuate. this all happened around 2:00 a.m. check out the picture from inside the building right here, all of that water actually damaged the building's alarm system. and that's a violation there, so the residents will not be allowed back in until repairs are made. telling you, a loft damage out there. let's check in with katie. >> yes, good morning, guys. at least we can say that the worse of the storms had since

made its retreat. yes, just goes to show what nature can produce here, a lot of issues for us. and even though the timing may have been on our side, relatively speaking, we're not going to have to deal with heavy storms during the morning rush hour thankfully. all of the problems that came along with it, sleepless nights, being one of the least of them, but then all of the other issues with flooding and severe weather now possibly even lightning strike. let's go actually back in time. we go back to yesterday, at 5:45 in the early evening here, where some of the storms begin to fire up, a lot of lightning right along the pa turnpike there, and they really just held together very well across southeastern pennsylvania, right up until about 10:00 p.m.

and we were just talking about that location in downingtown, we can jump ahead to 1:00 a.m. yep it, looks like there were definitely some lightning strikes, right within that reach, now, thankfully, here we stand at 5:00 a.m. things are pretty much quieting down at this point. we can put things into motion. look at the last three hours, yes, things actually starting to clear out for you. it isn't completely over just yet. i do think there may be shower or residual rumble every thunder out there before the day is all said and done, currently at seven open degrees at philadelphia international. upper 60s, reading, allentown, mid 60s up toward the poconos. not completely cooling down, as it the day progresses, temperatures top off mid 80s, so relief from yesterday's heat, humidity, but not completely done with the front. not until late tonight we start to feel more comfortable air mass settling, in meantime, residual shower or under this earl storm, but, bob, the worse is now thankfully over. >> yes, thank goodness. 5:02, morning, everybody. everybody may be little grumpy from not getting complete night sleep with all of the thunder boomers. outside all of the roads damp and wet, maybe puddle, have to use the wipers once or twice, pulling out of the driveway. once you hit the majors, good shape. live look at i59, through the construction zone, just watch it, until the sun begins to

rise, during the time when we get some heavy rain. it is tough to make out some of the temporary lane markers here as you head south on 95, down toward the city. going out to bucks county, live look at route one, up near the pennsylvania turnpike, interchange, again, no problems at all. but again, the roads are just drying out this morning. that closure in center sit that i we just showed you live picture from, walnut st. block between 12th and 13th. so market street would be the best bet coming into the city this early on a monday, with the storm last night, knocked out the traffic lights, at the boulevard and mascher. so there is no cross-traffic permitted at mascher street. downed wires, along upper stump road that's blocked at callowhill roadment and respect all of the closures that you will find this morning, they are therefore a reason, maybe a downed pole, maybe a tree, maybe a set of wires, or if there is flooding, there could be road damage, really not too sure about, so go around the block if the barriers are up. route ten blocked as well as todd road chester county. ukee, back to you. >> thank you.

philadelphia police questioning two persons every interest in connection with carjack that killed three children. "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry joins us now from police headquarters as she will bring you up to date on the investigation. syma? >> that's right. ukee, right now police are questioning two men considered persons of interest in this case. one of the men was pick up by police, last night, on the 2900 block of north sixth street. this after a community spent a weekend mourning the loss of three siblings. right now -- >> community comes together in prayer over the weekend, a vigil was held where three children were struck and killed by an out of control stolen suv. >> very good kids. >> fifteen year old key era williams, ten year old thomas reid, seven year olds terrence moore were selling fruit friday morning at the intersection of germantown and allegheny avenues. the suv that struck them was carjacked moments earlier with the carjacking victim still

inside. >> they had the female carjacking victim driving, at some point they forced her into the back seat where the black male was the driver, and the male in the rear passenger seat where the carjacking victim was. >> children's mother, 34 year old keisha williams cents was injured in the crash. she is in critical condition while the carjacking victim remains hospitalized in fair condition. there has been a $110,000 reward in place. the two men in custody are not considered suspects, but many are hoping who ever did this will be brought to justice. people who done it, and that, you know, you know that closure can come. >> again, the two men being questioned are considered persons of interest. so far no charges have been filed. live at police headquarters, syma chowdhry, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> same, a also developing this morning, philadelphia police are hunting for the person who opened fire in feltonville, shooting five people, one of those victims

died at the hospital. investigators tell us this all unfolded around midnight on the front porch of a home in the 4900 block of north front street. a second victim is in extremely critical condition. the other three are suffering from non-life threatening wounds, no word on a suspect or a motive. developing right now, the united nations security council wants israel and hamas to agree to cease-fire. the council met in a emergency session late last night. but, as susan macinnis reports, both sides are fighting again. the united nations security council called forest ray he will and hamas to put down their weapons during emergency midnight meeting. >> the security council expresses firm support for immediate and unconditional humanitarian cease-fire. >> overnight there was relative calm. the lull came after both sides resumed fighting sunday after a brief trues.

on cbs "face the nation", israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's suspicious of any cease-fire proposed by hamas. >> israel is not obliged will not let a terrorist organization when and where it is convene injury for them to stop for a moment, re arm, and continue firing. >> charlie roads, leered of hamas said there can't be peace without -- >> you believe in the co-existence of people, there for, you believe in the co-excess tens of palestinians and israelis in the mideast. >> more than 1,000 palestinians have died in the fighting. president obama called israeli prime minister netanyahu sunday, reiterating israel has the right to defend itself, but again, expressed concern about the rising death toll. susan macinnis, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". in delaware county, police

still are not sure what caused a local man to go on violent rampage killing his own son chis mother. a vigil was held yesterday morning just hours after it happened. police say tyrone styles arrived at home in the crumb lynn neighborhood saturday night. he was thereto pick up his son, when he sotted endly opened fire, the child died at the scene. his mother, was also critically injured. >> i'm just so sore that i this happened. it doesn't sound real. i watched him grow up. i watched her grow up. so (he) he it hurts. >> "eyewitness news" obtained this surveillance video of tyrone driving away from the scene. police chased him down to a dead ends in sharon hill where he turned the gun on himself. just last night, we're told, he was taken off life support. >> forty-nine year old rich art plotts formally charged with the murder every his social worker theresa hundred dollars and attempted murder every his psychiatrist doctor

lee silverman, seen here on stretcher. doctor silver man suffered graze wounds, but returned fire with his own gun striking plotts on thursday, inside the mercy fitzgerald wellness center. plotts arraigned while still in the hospital bed over the weekend. >> happening today, tough new crackdown on teens and tanning in delaware. governor jack markell will sign a bill this morning banning everyone under 18 from tanning in a salon. right now teens can tan with a note from their parents, but new law will outlaw that. it also forces tanning salon to post health risks. also, today, getting close to the ends of the fight over los angeles clippers. closing arguments are schedule for today, and in donald sterling trial in california. the clippers owner is fight to go stop his wife, shelly, from selling the team after he was caught making a racist rant. if the team is not sold by september 15th, the nba could

ends up seizing control of the clippers. >> coming up on 5:10, heads up for eagles nation. today is your first opportunity to see the birds in action this season. eagles are hosting a open practice at lincoln financial field, starting at 12:15. this is your chance to see the gang, nick fowl, shady mccoy and the rest of the squad getting ready for the regular season. it is free to get in, and you don't even need a ticket. some lucky fans will even have a chance to get player autographs and go on the feel to take some pictures. doors open at 11:00 this morning. fly eagles fly. that time of year. >> are you ready to talk football already? >> i'm ready. >> i think football, i think snow. >> no, just think football. >> all right, stay there. 5:10 right now, we aren't the only ones dealing with some wild weather today. >> all thehe sudden answer big flash of light, a boom, and it felt like someone punched me in the back of the head. >> lightning strikes on busy beach catching many people off guard. now we're hearing from survivors. >> also, you will be talking about this one today, toddler crashes his mother's jeep into

his neighbor's house. but it is what he did next that is really surprising. katie? >> erika, thankfully, worse of the storms now making retreat. soap there is latest culprit really meant business. but it is not completely over just yet. we are still tracking residual wet weather. i'll tell when you to expect that all coming up.

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>> thankfully out of here. i have to show this, this was the stack of severe werth warnings came into us last night. so got to be at least 30, 35 pages here, so yes, we were all stuck in the thunderstorms yesterday. thankfully now i can report the worse is behind us. not completely out of the woods, still lingering shower, thunderstorm. first and for most, with the radar, satellite, a very well defined sort of comma shape to the system. classic mid latitude cyclone formation, as the coal front swept out to sea, may still just be lingering shower or thunder storage, but see even if you look here worse now pulling away so eventually going to get better with time here, but i want to walk you through future weather, expecting some sunshine around the region. still that left over shower or thunderstorm that will likely pop up. future weather ones we pick it up, rice right as the sun is going down, by tomorrow,

refreshing air mass takes over, this looks lick it will last us for little bit of time. so grasses, plane tape, nettle, three primary pollens, meanwhile, your eyewitness weather seven day forecast, we front loaded the forecast obviously with stormy weather to kick off the week here. now though we're starting to coast, time goes on we letter it out, tuesday, wednesday, even thursday and friday, all look relatively quiet no major storms in site, looks like pretty decent week overall. >> good morning, everybody, 5:15 on a monday, drying out from all of those storms we had to deal with last night. live look at chester county, route 202 in the work zone at route 29. no problems at all between west chester headed up toward king of prussia looking for something along the 422, 202 ramp configuration there in king every prussia the ben franklin bridge, we had speed restrictions across all of the bridges last night.

they've lit dollars the speed restrictions, here comes the zipper, green machine that gives us extra lane so four lanes coming into philadelphia, for the morning rush hour. new item just pop up here, downed tree along 35 it, blocked right near 452, right near the gannett run mall, so use route one, as you head out of the driveway this morning, traffic lights out. red lion and verree, and eastbound on the schuylkill expressway, coming into the city, we did some work over the weekend. uneven pavement between spring garden and into the tunnels at 30th street. and feel the un eastern surface, rocky ride in toward 30. with the flooded out building, walnut st. 12th to 13th, so market street would be the best bet through center city this morning. >> camp officials are blaming damage at downingtown's paradise farm on lightning

strike. just one area hit by last night's heavy weather. fortunately the storms are moving out. >> also, developing story police questioning two persons of interest in connection with friday's deadly hit-and-run in north philadelphia. three children were killed, three adults injured, near germantown and allegheny avenue. police say the vehicle that hit them was a stolen suv. >> search on for this hit and run, so far police have made no arrest. >> 5:17. what's the healthiest way to say hi to a friend? we have new advice on the best way to stop the spread of germs on the health watch. also this. >> i would hope most kids would look at that and learn from that experience, and not do what he did. >> viral video on facebook, almost kills a teenager. the lesson he learned on the social networking site. we'll be right back.

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>> three year olds boy accused of crash ago suv into him nay or's house. just reese leased pictures from the crash. blue only wear diapers when he found his mom's keys, got into the jeep, and then knocked it out of gear. he was not hurt in the crash but police say afterward he went home, watched cartoons like nothing even happened. boy's mother now facing charges, for failing to supervise him. >> deadly combination in florida, pass golfing lightning storm and beach packed full of people. this morning, one person is dead, and 13 others are injured. some struck, others on the nearby boardwalk and golf course, one victim explains what it felt like when he was hit. >> all the sudden big flash of light, boom, felt like someone punch me in the back of the head, went down the right side of my whole body, my calf sort of lock up, i fell over.

>> many of the vicks tim remains hospitalized, one in critical condition. >> destructive storms moved across the state of tennessee, flashes every lightning, loud thunder could be seen and heard around knoxville, the powerful storms destroyed, at least ten homes, luckily, no one was injured. and more wild weather to tell but from connecticut. tell you this. tornado that touched down outside hartford yesterday, the storm managed a few homes damaged rather, few homes, but told no one was hurt. >> right now, a 21:00, we saw of course our own fair share of wick weather. katie has your updated forecast, traffic and weather together together on the 3's,, that's next. >> and he is not your friendly neighborhood spiderman, superhero struggles with police, in a crowded times square. find out what spidy accused of doing to an officer that got him arrested. we'll be back.

>> so many people woken up from the storms. >> they are out of here, see them plainly over my shoulder, now out to sea, good news there, so our morning drive, no where near impacted as much as last night was, if you were maybe coming back from a weekend get away. rough stuff to drive through, right? but thankfully, again, clearing out, ending up with a pretty decent day overall, currently still at 70 degrees, at philadelphia international, flirting with 70 even in ac, the winds still coming out of the south most locations, but we're in transition mode, i like to call it here, as the day progresses ends up with some sunshine, will still be lingering shower, perhaps of rumble every thunder as the

cold front makes its full retreat. so by tonight, clearer, a lot more comfortable, it will be breezy, i'll give that you, but definately a far cry from what we had to deal with last night, then tomorrow, just looks awesome. bob, over to you. >> morning, everybody, timing right for storm like, that at least most every us were off the roadways, while it was going down, imagine what it would have been like if we had to drive through that for morning rush hour. outside, live look at 26 and penrose southwest philadelphia side of the platt bridge. the headlights headed in toward 26th street, which eventually will take in you toward that schuylkill expressway. the schuylkill to 95 looking good this morning, everything little damp, wealth, from all of the rain last night, so just keep that in mine as you step out the front door. accident out here in southampton, garden avenue, right at milton avenue. just off route 611 there in willow grove. then a downed tree, has route ten closed here at todd road. traffic using route 322, through chester county. if you are watching us down the shore again, those storms just moved off the coast, as katie showed us, so again,

still little wet, damp, especially for the folks coming back from the shore, right into the city, as we typically see an exodus thereon a monday morning. but we're in good shape on mass transit. here's ukee now with a look at sports. and talking some football, eagles putting on the pads today, also, fans will be able to get gook look add them, today the first of the birds open practices at lincoln financial field. parking lots under at 9:00 this morning, now the birds worked out at nova care over the weekend, and we understand it has been kind of spirited these days, shady mccoy, trent cole even mix it up a little after a little run and hit. but that's all right there. birds will also welcoming members of the military, to today's practice. baseball now, the phillies are in the big apple later tonight with a.j. burnett going for the phils. yesterday sunday game in south philly and the phils have struggled on sunday, but not yesterday. ryan howard, 16th homerun of the season, gave the phils an early lead, and then the big piece made a big defensive

play. great throw to second after a great stop. i'm sure many of you saw the phils beat the diamonds backs. just the phils sixth sunday win, they're six and 11 on sundays this season. erika, back over to you. >> ukee, thanknks. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", strong storms blow ooh the area, sparking fires and knocking down trees, some video of the damage some of the worse damage left behind this morning. syma? >> reporter: police are questioning two men about a carjacking and hit-and-run crash that killed three siblings, on friday. i'm syma chowdhry with that story coming up. and bob and katie return. they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's, back in just two minutes.

>> we're following developing news after last night's strong storms. fire officials tell us, lightning may be to blame for this fire at parkside or rather paradise tamp, employees on the campgrounds say they heard roars of thunder all night long, then saw huge bolt of lightning strike around 1:15 this morning. >> shortly thereafter, we had a young camper staying in our whitesell camp down the hill in a overnight program get up to go to the bathroom and she ultimately yelled fire. >> now, that meeting house is destroyed, except for the chimney. although lightning is suspected fire officials tell us they are still investigating the cause. it is also a rough morning for residents of this philadelphia apartment building, as well, flooding for 36 people to evacuate the building on the 1200 block of walnut around 2:00 this morning. there were no injuries, but the residents will not be allowed back in until the damage alarm system can be