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overnight hours. we currently have a urban and small stream flood advisory for new castle county, western new castle including red lion middletown down towards townsend and smyrna. be safe on any roads adjacent to the smaller creeks abe streams. we have one to 2 inches of rain, some spots could get up to 3 inches of rain. it will be heavy at times. poor drainage flooding, ponding on the roads here as we go through tonight and thunder is also possible, while we're not expecting much in the way of severe weather we do remain under a slight wrist this being evening and tonight the the biggest threat, will be and biggest rain. kate, thank you. up to dayton today's storms and all things weather with our eyewitness weather text alerts. just text cbs philly weather to 84816 to sign up. develop news right now investigators have just revealed shocking new details about how robin williams ended his life. the the legendary actor and
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comedian who grabbled with depression was found yesterday in his bedroom by an assistant. cbs news correspondent danielle nottingham has the latest. >> reporter: robin williams wife left the house monday morning thinking that the comedian was still asleep. his personal assistant grew concerned when he actor failed to respond to knocks on the door. >> personal assistant was able to gain access to mr. williams bedroom, and entered the bedroom to find mr. williams clothed in a seated position, unresponsive with a belt security around his neck with the other end of the belt wedged between the clothes closet door and the the door frame. >> reporter: preliminary cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging. officials also say that a small knife was found and williams had cuts on his rest. >> toxicology testing will be conducted to if mr. williams had chemical substance necessary his system at the time of his death. >> reporter: coroner's office says is there evidence that the actor had been struggling with severe depression and he
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battled substance abuse. just last month returning to a 12 step treatment program. news photographer dean kendricks said he attended aa meetings with williams. >> he really needed support at that time. >> reporter: fans are remembering williams as a comic genius with a special gift for improvisation. jeff bridges co starred with williams in the fischer king. >> i miss him. i'm sure you guys do too. what a gift he was to all of us. >> reporter: with that gift now gone investigators will continue to piece together williams last hours, and what drove him to take his life. danielle nottingham for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". we have all watched, robin williams over the years, on television or on the big screen. our ukee washington had the chance to work with him on his last television show the crazy ones. >> show aired last april and taped in february in los angeles. ukee takes a look back now. >> reporter: whether it was for a still cameras a film camera or just being in his
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presence robin williams made you feel g it was great to see him again. i have interviewed him over the past 15 years on various projects. the crazy ones was not renewed for another season and robin told me six months ago after a full day of shooting that ended at 2:00 in the morning a tv series is a lot of work. >> we drop our satellite you are so excited about returning to tv. >> it has been exhaust continuing though. >> reporter: how so. >> it is like a mini movie every week. it is pretty crazy g news is i have great backup. i'm not carrying whole burden. >> he loved his cast and crew from big brad to samantha and james, they all felt the same way about this entertainment icon. sarah michelle geller summed up their feelings. >> he is a legend but he is to us but not in his own mind if that makes sense. he is the kindes, most gentle soul, would do anything for anyone. he is man that would give you shirt off his back. >> reporter: boy did he give back to his audience.
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memory over the years for all of us on television, stage and the big screen. it was truly an honor to be included in his next to last small screen, performance. >> performing, something that robin could do on so many levels, i like many of you was stunned to hear the news. i had no words something that robin williams never had any problem w it will be missed. i'm ukee washington cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well tonight literal willly millions of people are asking how could this have happened? how could this man have taken his own life. it appears to have come down to depression. our health reporter stephanie he stall will take a closer look at depression addiction and the demons that millions face every day, that is at 5:30 tonight. keep it right here on "eyewitness news", we will have continuing coverage of the life and death of robin williams, you can share your thoughts with us on cbs philly.com or, on our social media pages. the gambles didn't pay off, revel casino hotel announce today it will close the doors for good next month.
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it is yet another blow to atlantic city's struggling economy. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us live with the details, jan? >> reporter: jessica definitely a disappointing day here on the boardwalk in atlantic city with news that the revel will close, taking witt more than 3,000 jobs. the hotel and casino is scheduled to close no later than september 10th and when it does it will be third out of four casinos in atlantic city toy close their doors just this year. it was a decision thousands here the atlantic city's new casino had hoped they would not hear but made official on tuesday. after failing to find a buyer, in bankruptcy court, revel will shut its doors for good next month. >> everything will be okay. >> reporter: trying to stay positive news has been especially tough for sarah mayes. >> she works full-time at show boat which is closing at the end of the month and part-time here at revel. >> i would hope someone would step in.
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>> reporter: after two years and filing for bankruptcy twice 2.4 billion dollars casino never turned a profit. company officials issued a statement that reads in part despite the effort to improve the financial performance of revel, it has not proven to be enough to put the property on stable financial footing. while we continue to hope for a sale of revel in some form through pending bankruptcy process revel cannot avoid an orderly wind down of the business at this time. >> the jewel of the boardwalk that ace mace ago this they would build something like that just to close it down. >> reporter: latest blow to atlantic city. the atlantic club closed in january, show boat and revel is next and trump plaza is schedule to close in mid-september too. >> it is sad. >> reporter: meanwhile revel was in line for 261 million-dollar in tax reimbursements, a plan back by governor chris christie but because revel never turned a profit it was never actually eligible to receive any taxpayer money. if all of the casinos go through with their planned closures that will be nearly 8,000 people who have lost
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their jobs here oath atlantic city boardwalk. ac mayor issued a statement saying late today as well expressing his dissatisfaction with the decision, here at revel. coming up at 6:00 o'clock we will also speak with the gaming expert has his predictions on what will come to the venue possibly the in the near future. reporting live from atlantic city, jane carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> horrible news for so many there, thanks very much. a south jersey police station is hit by gunfire overnight. police hope surveillance video will lead them to the suspects who riddled the west deptford police department with bullets. that station is on crown point road. noel mcclaren is their life with more on what happened, noel. >> reporter: perhaps biggest question here is why would anybody want to hurt the the people you're protecting them firing multiple shots at station doors and windows to find out police have up the award to more than $25,000.
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it is where seven officers report to duty, daily their mission is to go after the bad guys but this morning the bad guys went after the deptford police department. firing seven round at their headquarters. >> i definitely think that either a police officer or police officers in general fired. >> one fired directly in the office of deputy chief. >> went through my window. >> reporter: fortunately he said he was not inside at that early hour but another shift supervisor was just a few doors down. he heard the shot including the one that pierced the door where officer enter and exit the building. >> he did a great the job taking cover he didn't go rushing out the back door. he was vigilant, experienced officer with 19 years experience. >> reporter: police are working to enhance this grain i surveillance video. they say it shows suspect's dark colored sedan and they say it shows that same reek
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will casing out their nearby parking lot. it was enough to delay some neighbors from stopping by with the returned look. >> i was afraid to come here but i figure it was all over now. it is quite alarming. >> reporter: police say the area is now safe and has extra patrols as they work to catch their gunman. >> we're going to follow-up every lead we have and every contact that we have made, over the past couple of weeks. we're told they written failed several months ago. if you have any information that can lead to an arrest you are asked to contact the west deptford police department here. reporting live, from west deptford noel mcclaren for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> noel, thank you. three people are forced to jump from a burning home in montgomery county. fire fighters were called to the 900 block of yerkes road in norristown just after 3:00 this morning. one person was treated for smoke inhalation another suffered a broken shoulder. the condition of the third
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person has not been released. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. police are now looking for a white, pickup truck in the deadly violent hit and run. take a good look at this surveillance photo. police are calling this a vehicle of interest. armando lopez was hit on delsea drive on sunday night. police say lopez made ate cross all four lanes when he was struck just feet from the sidewalk. well, still to come here on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 a runaway stroller rolls towards subway tracks and then goes over the edge. a panic stricken mother is nearby and we will tell you how this ended when we come right back. and tensions remain high outside st. louis as the fbi investigates the fatal police shooting of an unarmed teenagers, now the officer in charge of that case is being threaten. a grandmother posts what she calls fun photos of her granddaughter have created a fire storm and now police are
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involved. that story and much more
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police in ferguson missouri postponed releasing the name of the officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager because of threats being made against that overs. crowds grew violent again last night, officer, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets until the crowd dispersed. five people were arrested but unlike sunday night when over two dozen people were handcuffed there was no looting. after a peaceful rally michael brown's father joined with reverend al sharpton to ask
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people to remain calm. >> i understand everybody has their own different pain on how they are dealing with the situation, because they have losses too but i need us all to come together and do this right. >> to become violent in michael brown's name is to betray the gentle giant that he was. >> the unnamed officer is on paid administrative leave pending the investigation's outcome. fbi has begun a probe of their own into possible civil rights violation. it is unclear tonight if the nascar driver tony tooth will race this weekend following the death of sprint cup driver, sprint car driver kevin ward. authorities questioned stewart twice but they say there is no suggestion of anything criminal. of course car driven by stewart hit and killed ward during a sprint car race in upstate insuring saturday night. ward had gone on the track to confront stewart after the two collided. stewart pulled out of nascar's path kins glenn race on sunday
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and expressed sadness about the incident. well, good evening everyone. anytime we have rain, it is always a good idea to anticipate the worst on the roadways, and to just to make sure you are practicing some extra caution out there if you take a look at i-95 this shot around the vine street expressway thinks southbound side right here southbound i-95 we are seeing delays through the the construction zones at cottman. making your way down toward vine street expressway north bound we are seeing delays approaching the vine out through cottman have avenue as well. it is a rush. construction zones don't help. also on i-95 we are traveling southbound between ridley park and 476, we're seeing volume there as well. we had an earlier medical emergency that just cleared out of the way. so again rush hour on top of that residual delay. look at the roosevelt boulevard heading northbound you're delayed from the schuylkill to the broad. southbound slow go approaching the area of the schuylkill. as you will notice anticipate delays all over the place, 18 is your average on 76, high volume eastbound practically from king of prussia down
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toward university and then westbound in the usual spots that we see a slow down. also watch out for delays on 476, southbound as you make your way between 76 in the area of media swarthmore. also an accident at kelly drive and hunting park drive. this accident here traffic is directed around it and it was involving a fuel spill, chris and jessica. >> all right, thank you. still ahead coupe ons are just for great mothers, it is i who have gone coupon crazy. three on your side jim donovan takes a closer look, beasley. mind of the professional soccer player is always on the feet maurice ado of the union takes focus to a new level. you'll see what i mean when leslie van arsdal features ado with lunch with leslie coming up
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well kate, you guys promised rain, and you made good on that promise. >> watered the vegetable gardens and certainly didn't need to. it will be another wet night as well. we have rain last night woke up to wet streets, this morning and as you wake up to the same tomorrow. good news is once we have get through this system we have some wonderful weather that awaits us later in the week. lets look outside, we will take you outside our studios where it looks gray and glummy but not all that bad in center city right now. it doesn't look like it is pouring. the there are a few drops on the glass.
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not a good beach day unfortunately. lets go to the live neighborhood network from the beach patrol headquarters in margate. you don't see that early august. everybody getting their rain day activities n it will be only one rainy day down the shore. nice weather returns by tomorrow afternoon. so here's the storm that is producing these problems. heavy rain especially to the south of us. you can see delaware really getting hit hard with heavy rain. lighter, just some clouds and showers to the north and western suburbs. we're tracking this line of storms in western pennsylvania, which could eventually move in later tonight. but because of the clouds, and the cool air and all of the rain we have had that stabilizes the atmosphere and i don't think we will have really enough moisture and enough lift to get any severe storms going at least until philadelphia, maybe far back west to the. watch for heavy rain across portions of delaware. new castle and kent county getting hit hard. dover seeing very heavy rain. you can see that red shading starting to make its way n yellow shading up in the area that is already under a flood advisory urban and small stream flood advisory for
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western new castle county including red lion, middletown townsend and smyrna. flooding could be occurring on roads adjacent to the smaller creeks and streams. how much rain have we gotten? look at these numbers 2.4 2 inches in new castle. glass co 2.2 36789 hoe kes even 1.23. swarthmore, three-quarters of an inch. glenn door a half an inch. delaware has been getting worst of it. that will continue through this evening. it will push into south jersey as well by 7:00 o'clock. and then notice overnight tonight here's midnight, a few rumbles of thunder. rain moving through. 4:00 a.m. still here. 6:00 a.m. it is still there by 11:00a in m clouds will dissipate. still under a threat for is he rear weather off to the west. any storm late night could bring heavy rain, damaging wind and threat for hail. because it is so cool out and cloudy, i don't think we will see that much of it at least tonight. temperatures only in the lower 70's. but once we clear this out beautiful weather returns tomorrow afternoon and end of the week looks fantastic. through tonight, periods of
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rain heavy at times, also a rumble of thunder, flash of lightening 70 degrees. for your wednesday morning shower breezy and sunshine returning in the afternoon. perhaps a stray instability shower in the afternoon as well. your three day forecast turning nicer by wednesday afternoon. and then thursday is gorgeous and friday, almost a taste of autumn as highs don't make it past upper 70's. beautiful weather once we get through rain. stay there we will
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well, professional soccer players take care of their feet. maurice ado has most pampered and protect toes in the sport. see what i mean in tonight's lunch with >> coming down. >> reporter: mid fielder maurice ado has been a great year, a player whose talent enabled him to play in europe and u.s. national team and yes, he has played in the world cup. >> sometimes it just seems like a goal a far out dream for you but when you achieve it and you are able to live out that experience, it is a
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surreal moment. ve but have you seen his sneaker collection. boxes and boxes line up in his apartment and yes, a photo of which paris insid>> it >> reporter: how many sneakers does he own. >> around 400 pairs i think. shoes are like my second passion i guess. >> reporter: wow. >> am i going go to ever see new a same pair of shoes. >> there is a couple i wear more than others but there are a few that i haven't really worn. >> reporter: his hidden talent. >> i started to take piano lessons but aim not an> expert, at that yet. >> reporter: is there anything at. >> i'm in the good at pink upon. everyone on the team is good at it except for me. it bothers me so much. i'm thinking of getting a table and practicing because i can't keep losing everyone. >> he wants to be the best. >> that he does, in everything. >> my goodness. >> collecting things, you know. >> nice enough to be on our air so i will keep my comments
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on investing in shoes to myself. >> yes. >> indeed. beasley, thanks very much. much more ahead in the next half an hour, we will take to you hollywood as the stars react to the death of robin williams. then our health reporter stephanie stahl will take a closer look at depression and addiction and disease that claimed the life of robin williams and so many others. a stroller rolls over the edge. we'vn6t dramau? take the ice bucket challenge. our health reporter stephanie stahl explains why this
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are. lifting through the first state. especially new castle and kent counties and heading for
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portions of cape may county in new jersey. we hollywood to the death of comic genius robin williams. >> we will get more from the insider's michael it has been the numb friend and co know, arnoldt sorrow at grea of consciousness. >> new could not be more stun by loss of robin upcoming night at the museum, heart, and soul and talent robin williams did have ar stephanie experts say suicide is you take on too. >> reporter: funny m about a third of people who are depressed also have matthew winterstein a psycholog more complicate substance abuse. the stress of reality in life and in combination with each annual liz two thirds are attributed to depro 65. doctors say it is important to talk about mental health issues and let people know that there is help. warning signs for depression include changes in eating or sleep patterns, and experts say people clock suicide prevention hot line, we have that number for you and a lot of resources, everythi >> some good resourcees there. >> exactly. >> thanks, stephanie. and, coming up at 6:00 we will take you down to
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middletown delaware where dead poets society was filmed 25 years ago. teachers at saintr, i the northern part of that times reporter. thousands of members of the community have fled to that mountain escape to escape is is militants. they are dependent on supplydrops for their survival. meantime the u.s. is sending weapons to kurdish fighters who are trying to rescue the trapped people. obamasoperation. caug in 2006 previous vi@s ago. but now mayor says he is ready to go. i asked renntion committee me the art new sue. columbus ohio,re traveling right now, anywhere, because of the slick spots due to the weather, just take it easy because you well run into a lot of volume and just folks just paying more attention to slowing down on theaveling in the eastbound direction between the schuylkill and itself. if you are heading eastbound you are delayed between 202 ofd si western suburbs. you are not catching a break at all boulevard and out through 401 so give yourself some more time. the construction zones and 95 approaching 476, that delay is
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at mcveigh recreational center in camden. goal, to double students entering fourth grade reading on grade level by the year 2020. well, it has been a messy day all across the area the rain is now picking up down the shore. here's a live look at the atlantic city b camera lens gettingat or umbrella here. no matter where you air cross the area even though we haveand rain will be with us right through overnight hours. take a look at storm scan three. you can see what we arein is lift get here overnight utdo right now you can see this ban of heavy rain and lightening and thunder there in eastern maryland this is moving in portions of delaware. delaware has got eastward the storms could intensify bringing heavy rain frequent lightening and even risk for hail. we are under a urban and small stream flood advisory for much of western new you castle county in delaware. that is only area that is warned or advised at the moment. very heavy rain around the the baltimore area today. you can see maryland got in a lot of rain as well. heavier rain in our area over 2 inches across southern
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and central portions of new castle county here.nurse glass co 2.24 inches. wilmington 1.2. only half inch in the philadelphia airport and not much across south jersey just yet but it looks like that heavy rain will start to move into south jersey later on this evening. the clouds and rain have have kept things cool today. we are in the lower 07's there. we will see heavy rhawn down the shore through tonight. here's 11:00 o'clock. still rain back to the west. that is pushing through overnight. we will start tomorrow morning on a wet note but by midday we will clear the the skies just a pop up showers in the afternoon, and that is bit, and then, maybe a instability showerain around at 11:00 a.m. but we will clear weather, look at u an we will have a enhanced area on the map as well as an area in glean shows us 2 percent or greater of a tornado probability, 5 percent or greater for severe hail or wind. enhanced area 5 percent or greater for a tornado and 15 percent greater for severe, hail or wind. so in effect right now we have three categories high,
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moderate and slight and coming october 22nd we will introduce new sub categories enhanced and marginal. this will give us a chance for severe storms. reporting from the studio, i'm meteorologist justin drabick. move other grand mom these days it is millenniums who are looking for seals and deals both in person and on line. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan takes a look at what is making this generation so thrifty. >> reporter: well, when plea an a brooks family went through some tough economic times she decided to grab her scissors and start clipping coupons. >> by the time we got to the store it was 50 percent. i was like this is actually kind of cool. >> reporter: one study found 96 percent >> we're living in a time when our economy is uncertain. where the the job market is uncertain and i think we're seeing where ever we can save a dollar or two or more we will take advantage of it. >> reporter: marketing expert and author liz crawford says retailers are coming up with creative ways to reach minute
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legal contractuals and give them coupons that they crave. >> a business that wantsps and social media sites that >> millennials are so trained to look for coupons and good deals that they have in mind what products or brand they would like to buy ahead have of time. then they will findat coupon sites. >> reporter: millennials known as generation y are being into >> technology, because a lot have of them are buying things on their phone and using computer anyway. they are typing in coupon code promos and they grew up during a recession too. so they are more focused on that if they are younger nothing wrong with saving a few bucks as you have always told us. >> thanksy don't know if you are coupon clipping. >> hey, i listen. i will figure out how to do it. >> paper pen and scissors. still ahead, 500 athletes take part in today, we will ta
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5ñ now through sunday hundreds of america's best wheelchair athletes, will compete in philadelphia. >> the national veterans
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wheelchair games are now underway and reporter steve of our sister kyw news radio news radio is in the middle of all of the action. >> reporter: games are opened to military vets who use wheelchairs for sports competition, due to spinal cord injuries, amputations or neurological disorders. the five days of competition for more than 600 disabled vets includes 18 medals sporting events like basketball, hand cycling and swimming. the kick off demonstration here at the pennsylvania convention center was quad rugby a full contact sport. there is a lot of trash talking between various branches of service. by the way they call quad rugby murder ball. >> i'm up high. >> reporter: may on simons of pine grove say object is to move the the ball across the grove by any means possible and players must dribble it at least one every ten seconds. >> full contact use your chair, for all of the contact but you cannot your hands to touch the opposing opponent. >> ball, ball. >> reporter: custom made chairs equipped with bumpers
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bang into each other up and down the court. mike of the department have of veterans affairs says adaptive sports are important in the therapy used to treat many disabilities. >> it a lot of dynamics of inner service rivalry as there often times is to get people from different services together. >> reporter: this years theme is philly where heroes make history. steve toa kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". well, that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now the at 6:00 rain and lots of it kate. >> yes, that is what we have seen all day and it doesn't look like it will lighten up anytime soon. we've got an eye on the storm with the latest on storm scan three at 6:00 o'clock. and there were high hopes for the most expensive casino ever built in atlantic city but now revel is shutting down, just a few short years after it opened up. children who crossed the border this year are heading for your schools find out how district will deal with it, it is an iteam exclusive tonight
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at 6:00. and the delaware town where robin williams, and one of his most famous movies was film, we will take to you saint andrews school in middletown where teachers will remember williams and what it was like to see him at work. "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now. heavy rain drenching the area right now and it isn't ready to let up just yet. take a look at storm scan three. you will see all of that green coming up from the south? well, that is rain, heading right for us. it could bring thunderstorms tonight. good evening i'm jessica dean. i'm chris may. meteorologist kate bilo is here tracking all of this from the cbs-3 weather center, kate. >> thanks, chris and guess contact it has been a while since we have gotten a soaking like most of the area has got tone day. heavier rain has shifted to the south and east and you can see heavy rain and thunderstorms moving over portions of eastern maryland. we will zoom in on that in a moment. but first let's show you light showers moving to the pocono
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region and strong thunderstorms back in the western half of the state, as well and all of this still has to push through tonight before we can get this system out of here. so zooming in an area i'm seeing how help put this skies hearing and kent county, delaware. as this line develops in eastern maryland it continues to move east. it is intensifying quite a bit as there is heat and humidity here. watch out for strong storms especially in southern kent county and portions of sussex county, delaware later this evening. the rest of the region is seeing heavy rain right here near dover at the moment and it is also, just poised to move into southern cape may county. in cape may, stone harbor, avalon, get ready for heavier rain to start up here this evening. maybe time for some seafood take out down the shore this evening. not, a great beach daze today. we have had heavy rain. but what we have not had is
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