one, meteorologist cecily tynan is at the big board wtd latest. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing it's all about location right now. areas north of philadelphia were clearing out but we still have showers south of philadelphia in parts of delaware and new jersey, and the high of the concentration of steady showers now south of millville and wilmington just on the edge between the rain and the clearing skies, medford lakes some rain and lightning strikes associated with the mass of showers now, this has pushed the heat to the south, it's currently 72 degrees and washington 85 and richmond 86. actually most of our region was in the 90s. still humid though, dew points in philadelphia 64 degrees, if you look up to the north though, dew points in the 40s, that is very dry air, this air will be moving in, in the overnight

hours, but last night in the overnight hours, we had strong storms moving in and they did cause damage, doylestown, highland township and hockessin, delaware, homes were struck by lightning and also philadelphia we had wind damage that brought down trees. and west depford lightning causing a house fire and the same in vineland and millville more trees down and the gusty winds continued to the shore, atlantic city reporting 55 miles per hour wind gusts. i'm tracking wet weather for part of your weekend, i have details in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. in the meantime, a man from sussex county, delaware, died of complications from the heat. an autopsy will determine how the 65-year-old man died. he had an underlying medical

condition. residents in one mercer coin town spent most of the day without power. most of the kufgt mers here in hope well lost power from the overnight storms, a lightning strike -- several businesses along route 29 were affected. power was restored at 2:00 this afternoon. rain, traffic and music, that is on the agenda tonight for the thousands attending the firefly music festival in dover, the four day event kicks off in less than an hour, and traffic has been a problem all day, "action news" reporter, chad pradelli is live in dover, i imagine you got caught up in the traffic mess, how long did it take you to get there? >> it was brutal. it took us over 3 hours to get from from philadelphia to dover, the gates will open in a minutes or two, and people are lining up and thousands will stream their

way into the festival. making their way here to one of the seven stages. the party is on in dover. a sea of -- around the dover international speedway, the firefly festival is underway, 80,000 people are getting their groove on to jack johnson and outkast, to just name a few. >> to have something this big in our little town, it's pretty amazing. >> it's all good. >> i enjoy the crowd and everyone is cool and nice and having a good time. traffic was touch and go here in delaware and that is the case for much of the weekend, firefly began three years ago and has tripled in size since making it one sts largest in the country. >> we exceeded our expectations

with 30,000 people and now it's continuing to grow. some found themselves setting up camp, in the middle of these power thunderstorms. >> we have on site meteorologists constantly monitoring the weather and the threats it may pose to the festival or our attendees. >> and add the shore traffic and the traffic is expected to be terrible during rush hour tomorrow, have you to give yourself plenty of time and people are making their way into the festival, it is now on and the sprinkles are beginning to fall. it looks like these festival goers are getting wet. i'm live in dover, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> already chad stay dry out there. whether you are at the firefly festival or at the shore, no matter where you go stay on top of the stormy weather, with the

6 abc storm tracker app, and check the live radar when storms are heading your way. now to a developing story from south jersey, a school bus fight ended with one girl being sent to the hospital, it happened late this afternoon when school let out for the day. john rawlins is live outside of pennsauken high school with the latest word from police. >> reporter: hi rick, an uncharacteristic and so far unexplained violent occurrence here, happened between a 15 and 16-year-old girl on a school bus here at the high school. the motivation remains a mystery and one girl was sent to the hospital and one is with police, they know each other and they are school mates, it happened shortly before 2:00, the investigating lieutenant describes what occurred. >> one female student 15 years

old when another student entered the bus and sliced her face. officer on location took the actor into custody immediately after she stepped off the bus and started first aid on the victim and she was transported to cooper hospital. >> the last the lieutenant heard she was in surgery in cooper. and they have not recovered a weapon, it could be a razor knife or box cutter, there is no word of what sparked this insdidn't. no exchange of words prior to the incident. there are numerous witnesses, the bus had 42 children on it at the time. >> john, thank you. the united states is edging back to a military role in iraq. president obama said today is he sending as many as 300 military advisers to help put down the rising insurgency there and more

options could be chosen as well. karen travers live now with more from washington. >> reporter: good evening sharrie, president obama insists he is not sending forces back into combat in iraq. the first of those up to 300 special forces, very soon, they are embedded in the senior levels of the iraqi military. >> president obama says there is no military solution in iraq not one led by the united states, instead -- >> we are prepared to take targeted and divisive military action if and when the situation on the ground requires it. >> the u.s. will lead a diplomatic effort to lead to stability in iraq. >> the threat like to isil will develop partnerships for local forces like iraqi, take the lead.

>> u.s. fighter jets are flying servers missions across iraq and searching for armed militants but this morning republican senators blasted the president. >> president obama has always been a reluctant commander and chief, the president of the united states goes for fundraising and golfing and now is fiddling while iraq burns. >> they say there is gaps in intelligence and launching air strikes without civilian casualtys challenging. this illustrates why, determining the isis militants is difficult nearly improbable. >> it's not like looking at a convoy and immediately striking it. >> president obama said that the u.s. will coordinate diplomatic efforts to stabilize iraq but the best response from extremists will be one where the iraqis take the lead. reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action

news." >> thank you karen the coverage continues on world news with diane sawer. they will have more from president obama and the possible threat to the u.s. that is at 6:30 right after "action news." back here a north philadelphia funeral director charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly woman. his attorney says his client loved the victim like a grandmother and they are outrageous in their scope and misleading in their presentation. they say he stole $300,000 from an elderly neighbor that suffered memory loss after a fall. the niece and nephew noticed the missing money and reported it. lets go to the traffic center for an update thursday night. >> a lot of people are saying enough of this, ready for the weekend and getting out early.

we see delays both ways on 95 heading towards the walt whitman bridge and it's crowded the length southbound, they are shore bound, this is the southbound delay headed to the bridge and the northbound side is backing up on the screen here from tasker to cotman avenue, big backups on the roosevelt extension, coming up the schuylkill up to broad street and one lane is getting by and the right lane is blocked because of the accident we showed you during the last half hour, that causes heavy delays on the schuylkill jammed in both directions, columbus boulevard is still blocked at penn's landing where a dump truck took down wires and the water main break approaching 47, this is the blue route 476, a crash mostly off to the side and causing delays from the mid county toll plaza and in dover, big delays because of firefly music festival. they want you to use exit 95 not

98 or 104 off of route 1. we'll check it again in the next half hour. still ahead on "action news" at 5:00, residents in south dakota are trying to pick up the pieces after a twister tears through their town leaving behind a path of destruction. >> and sitting behind your desk too long could lead to deadly diseases. those stories and cecily is back with the word from accuweather. all of that and much more when "action news" at 5:00 comes right back.

er. some incredible video footage is released for the tornadoes last night. 25 homes were destroyed address well as 10 businesses and a dozen houses, a timely warning was issued and only two people were hurt. ocs in gloucester township, new jersey, have created an initiative to help fight drug addiction. they announced the licensed drug and alcohol counselor to the municipal court staff.

they assist as an advocate for those that suffer from addiction and used county resources for help. people that sit at their desk may have a greater risk for heart attacks. ali gorman is live with more on this new research. >> depression can make medical problems worse, but when it comes to heart disease, the number one killer of women, this show for young and middle aged women this is a risk that needs to be addressed. they found women 55 and younger with depression were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or die from heart disease compared to their healthy peers. the same association was not found in men or older women. depression can lead to poor diet and lack of exercise and sleep and that can raise your risk of

heart disease and doctors say it's associated with inflammation and young women should be screened and treated for depression. >> and if your job has you sitting for long hours and you spend time binge watching tv. according to the national cancer institute. eight hours of sitting gives an increase for colin cancer and lung cancer. it was not found a link for prostate or breast cancer. researchers and nurses like myself say it's more evidence of the benefit of being active. it was a proud day for the class of 2014, the seniors from mastery charter school graduated from high school. more than 1400 students will receive their diplomas in separate ceremonies held today

and tomorrow. and the seniors from the career education high school got their diplomas today as well. family members of loved ones gathered in north philadelphia for the graduation ceremony.

philadelphia's newest museum is under construction and received a boost today. they were happy to receive a half million dollar check in bank of america, the bank will be corporate founder of the museum. former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell who helped choose the site was part of the check presentation. from our delaware newsroom a surprise from a woman that was about to board a flight from wilmington airport today. she was recognized as the 200,000 and passenger to fly from the airport on frontier. canaly lombard is visiting family and she receive aid $500

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it's a bit of a wet day, the weather is improving and we are clearing out from the north to the south. stormtracker 6 live double scan

showing a concentration of showers over south jersey right now, from tuckahoe, mays landing and millville, they are all moving to the south and east, a drier air begins to move in from the north and this is clearing us out tonight. this brings sunshine today, with the clouds and thunderstorms, we were in the 90s and now 72 in millville and wilmington 72 and sea isle city 73 degrees, a bit of a tradeoff, we had the sunshine and heat yesterday and today the clouds and showers and much cooler. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the boundary that moved through the violent thunderstorms has shifted to the soung and all the focus of the severe weather is down across virginia and the carolinas, and north of new york city, it's dry, and this dry air is moving in through the course of the evening hours, lower humidity, clearing out the clouds and

tomorrow is going to be beautiful. future tracker showing at 7:00, the showers moving past philadelphia, and by 10:00 a few clouds across cape may county and delaware, things will be clearing. early showers mainly across south jersey and the humidity is dropping in the early hours, can you finally open up the windows and let the breeze blow in. allentown 54 and dover 63 degrees. future tracker showing as we head through the afternoon tomorrow, temperatures in the 80s, 82 by 4:30 and we have low humidity tomorrow and a good amounts of sunshine, a comfortable day, the last day of spring, i think you'll enjoy it. the get away forecast in philadelphia, plenty of sunshine and low humidity, a nice day and 84 degrees, if you are down the shore, the poconos sunny and pleasantly cool tomorrow with a

high of 75 degrees, the five-day at 5:00, shows on saturday, the front comes back, and this brings clouds and showers mainly south of philadelphia, early in the day, 77 degrees is the high and sunday definitely the better of the two days, 83 degrees and the sunshine is back and monday seasonably warm and 84 degrees and tuesday more clouds and more humid with a high of 86 degrees and the possibility of a few showers. meteorologist, melissa magee is braving a few showers in brigantine. you look good melissa. >> thank you, i am trying to represent, this is part of the -- that doesn't work. a lot of fun here, the clouds moving on in down at the shore, in brigantine. we'll have all the hot happenings this weekend down at the shore.

fishy, fishy, fishy you think i'll get something? >> wade out the water with the pants on. >> thanks melissa. still more to come on "action news" at 5:00. a lucky coincidence targets a vandal that targeted a dealership. and a ticket bought in our

investigators catched one of the armed men targeted with robbing the 7-elevens. and a child pornography bust in burlington county. if you bought a cash five you may have just won a boat load of cash. >> and now an arrest in a stream

of convenience store robberies. the thieves have -- a handful of stores. "action news" reporter sara bloomquist is live outside of a 711, in gloucester township. >> sharrie, 31-year-old charles walls of collingswood is charged in connection with six more armed robberies in pennsauken that ends with the shooting of the store clerk. investigators believe that charles walls one of these men, committing the string of violent armed robberies, at 7-eleven stores in south jersey, right now walls behind bars charged th