was much better. lets get the latest from meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily? >> reporter: we start with stormtracker 6 live double scan, impressive storms are breaking out in the suburbs one line in southern lancaster county extending to lancaster 452 and berks county, they have been getting pounded. this region alone, the past 15 minutes, 330 lightning strike, as we zoom in just now east of the reading we are looking at heavy downpours, we have winds up to 40 miles per hour. with this line of storms, right now the main concern is the potential for flooding downpours, near birdsboro, it's raining at the rate of 2 inches an hour and 2 inches an hour in lincoln as well. the weather service has posted flash flood warning for central

berks county until 9:30 tonight. they have already received 2.5 inches of rain here, it's a good time to remind viewers turn around and don't drown, keep the kids away from floodwaters, they are very dangerous. this is ahead of a cold front out to the west and severe flood watches are in affect until 9:00 and more rain is on the way tomorrow and this will sweep out the heat and humidity and that will be a welcome change after today. for details on the oppressive heat lets head to adam joseph. >> not only oppressive, but the hottest day in philadelphia in just about one year, 96 was the high in philadelphia, the last time it was equally as hot was july of last year, this is 10 degrees above normal and the record is 103 set back in 1801, it felt like 103 and 94 in

allentown and reading and 92 in millville and 10 miles inland at the atlantic city airport 90 but along the shore, the sea breeze kep it beautiful in the upper 70s today. if you look at the heat index, the high of 79 at the shore, the heat index only 80 and 103 in philadelphia at the peak of the day and 105 in wilmington and the lehigh valley, feeling over the century point. when meteorologist, cecily tynan comes back she'll talk about the possibility of flooding downpours and the track of arthur and what it means for the 4th of july anywhere are you going to be. >> thank you adam. track the storms heading into your neighborhood with the free stormtracker 6 live double scan, it has hourly forecasts and live radar and warnings. >> and this developing story ton. a 59-year-old man from plymouth

township, montgomery county, is charged with the murder of his father whose body was found last friday in susquehanna county and his son is also charged in the crime. sara bloomquist is live at the victim's home in plymouth township. >> reporter: well, investigators have charged him with murderering his 88-year-old father, his son david jr. is accused of helping to dispose of the body, the three men, father, son and grandson, shared this montgomery county home where the murder happened. according to court documents, they told investigators exactly how and why he killed his elderly father. crime scene investigators carried evidence, including this large black bag out of the home in plymouth township. the elderly homeowner,

88-year-old jacques has been murdered. >> they are nice people, i don't see them outside a lot, i never thought anything about it. >> it doesn't make me feel good, there is a lot of sickness out there and unfortunately it's everywhere. >> he shared the home with his son and grandson both named david. according to court documents, david senior told investigators he was throwing him out and hit him on the back of the head with a flashlight, killing him. hid the body in the hall closet and stole his gold jewelry and sold it to buy gas and heroin. and got his son david jr. to help dispose of the body, they put it in a tarp and put it in the back of this car and drove it to gibbs bro, they identified

him using the serial number on his pace maker. a neighbor remembered him as a nice neighbor. >> he was a nice person, very intelligent. >> very active still this summer when he fell, he played golf until this summer. >> both father and son suspects appear before a judge in conshohocken and david senior is charged with third degree murder and he is held without bail, his son is charged with lying to authorities and abuse of a corpse and held on $50,000 bail. live in plymouth township, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you sara. this is the way it looked yesterday when a food truck exploded at third and wyoming in the feltonville section of

philadelphia, authorities think they know what caused the blast, live at the scene is "action news" reporter, david henry, have you the update. investigators are pointing to a leaking propane tank as the probable cause of that horrific explosion and it's hard to believe that no one was killed when this entire intersection was engulfed by the blast of that propane tank and it may have been a lot worse except forever the quick work of three septa police officers. >> heard the explosion and i looked up and saw the fire ball engulf the entire avenue. >> they were park aid block away when the food truck exploded. they rushed to the scene and found people walking in a daze and lying on the ground. officer don was there seconds later and the danger of another explosion. >> there was a propane hose hissing back and forth and another tank on the other side and maybe the gas tank in the

truck was still a factor in play here as well. despite the danger, officers started doing what they could to move the victimed away from the still burning truck. >> instinct kicks in and do you what has to be done and afterwards you start to think about it. 13 people were take and to the hop and five are still in critical condition, that includes the owner of the truck. and her 17-year-old daughter and her 13-year-old niece and another relative. an elderly man walking by is also in critical condition. one man was standing on the steps of his house across the street. >> i heard the fire and i ran and all i saw was the lady outside of the truck with fire coming out of her neck. >> he suffered burns on his arm and ear, there were two 100-pound propane tranks on the

truck and one started leaking and envelopes the truck in a cloud of gas, they believe it was ignited by the cooking grill. they show that the truck was properly licensed and inspected. victims feel lucky to be alive. >> i ran over there, because the fire was so intense, it just burned me, burned me bad. >> federal investigators from osha, atf and the philadelphia fire marshall are on the case and they say it may day days or even weeks until they know the exact cause of the leak. >> thank you david. the rock band styx may need to find another ride out of philadelphia, after their tour bus kautd fire today in a parking lot in northern liberties in philadelphia. this happened just afternoon. at the intersection of front of

callow hill. the second bus on fire belonged to the band foreigner. they are here playing at susquehanna. now repairs on the seaside park boardwalk by the 4th of july, the final board connecting seaside park to seaside heights could be nailed in by tomorrow. a fire destroyed the boardwalk back in september. dozens of businesses were decimat decimated. a center city theater may have to close its doors by the end of year. and canadian thortss arrest flyers captain, claude giroux, ducis rogers has the details. after the hottest day of the year, we are tracking downpours on the way and the latest on how arthur will affect the 4th of july.

trenton's full mayor spend the first day on the job saying thank you. mayor jackson gave their supand has a busy day ahead. tomorrow he plans to volunteer at a soup kitchen and tomorrow he will spend time with local service men and women. a local theater is forced to close its doors despite a successful season in 2013, the prince music theater in center city philadelphia is having difficulty raising money.

the announcement to close comes on a banner year for the prince music theater, more than 60,000 people visited it this year. for more than 200 pofrps performances and events and movies. >> we had soldout events, a hit for the family during the holiday was potter potter. >> all because of the herb lotman, the main fundraiser who died in february. >> he launched a fundraising that restored the bring. the stars of "about last night" were here and last night for "think like a man two" visited. and this building was founded as the american music theetder in 1884 and reborn as the prince

music theater in 99, won't be able to make a full recovery. >> to see how successful we were out of the first year and knowing we cannot continue here is upsetting. >> for now it has the funds only to stay open until the end of november. lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news." visitors to the national constitution center in philadelphia had a chance to rise with old glory this morning. the staff invited the public to join them as they raised the american flag, part of the celebration on independence mall, tradition dictates that the american flag is raised briskly and lowered slowly and displayed between sunrise and sunset. and further out on the lawn of the national constitution center a slice of the revolutionary

war, they set up a reenactment of the military encampment.

claude giroux was reportedly arrested last night in front of a bar. that he was arrested for grabbing the buttocks of a police officer telling him to stop. police won't comment because no charges were filed and that he was no longer in custody. the flyers are not saying much. they released this statement, we are aware of the reports surrounding giroux and we will withhold any other comments. eagles tackle thompson is allegedly suspended for failing

a drug contest and they talk about how far he has come and what losing him will mean. >> lane play well as a rookie, and he is in great shape now. the small things that you messed up and missed your first year you know where to pick up at your second year. that is where lane is. he has the play book down and that would suck to lose him for that many games. >> shady was in center city to receive the john wanna maker award. and it reflects philadelphia and the sports to which they ex sell. the phillies and marlins play again tonight. they lost last night's game 5-4 in the 11th inning, the phillies have lost five games in a row, nine of their last 11.

it's six yours sin the sixers had their center on the court. noel is past the knee injury. and he will join the sixers this weekend and talks about his goals. we have a young team and young coaching staff and young guys, and i want to build the culture here in philadelphia. make him feel welcome and keep building this organization into something that will be something to reckon with in the near future. >> are the sixers looking younger and younger, that is coach brown and his 9-year-old son sam. it will be years before we see sam in a game. at wimbledon former champions, federer and djokovic advance to the finals, but andy

murray does not. he goes down in straight sets and said murray afterwards, he was the better player from start to finish. >> that is a look at sports. a two day rowathon came to an end today in wilmington. they spend the last two days to raise money to support inner city teenagers in their neighborhoods. it took them from trenton to camden yesterday and on to

thousands of people lined up for a free lunch on independence mall in philadelphia.

the 22nd annual hoagie day, part of the wawa welcome america festivities, 12,000 shorties were handed out at noon and another 5,000 were donated to community shelt evers around the delaware valley. good for you. >> 6 abc is home for all the 4th of july fest visits. matt o'donnell and tamala edwarded hosts the celebration and parade. and join, rick williams, cecily tynan and adam joseph and karen rogers for the fireworks over the museum of art. we have advisories and we could get tumultuous weather. >> philadelphia is storm free and it's steamy and we have strong storms developing in the north and west suburbs, one cell is sitting over north central

buck county, moving at 6 miles per hour over bedminster and dublin. and it's tapping into high humidity and dropping a lot of rain, a flash flood warning is posted for north sensual buck county and already 2.5 inches has fall and in this region. this likely will cause flash flooding and that warning is in affect until 10:15 tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a strong line of storms working in lancaster county into berks county and birdsboro and lauer and hill, all in the path of this storm system. again, this is moving slowly at 15 miles per hour. berks county is under a flash flood warning until 9:30, all right 2.5 inches of rain and

could get 2 more inches and we'll see these flash floods popping up as we get heavier downpours in the night and morning. 93 degrees now, our hottest day so far this season. the place to be was the beaches, temperatures in the upper 70s, the heat index feeling like 100 in philadelphia and 104 in wilmington and the excessive heat watch is in affect until toebt. satellite 6 along with action radar showing these severe thunderstorm watch boxes in affect until 9:00, this line of storms ahead of a cold front that is sweeping through and it won't happen until during the day on friday, arthur is slowing things down, with arthur, this front is slow moving, tapping

into the tropical moisture, looking at downpours tomorrow, tomorrow nitd and friday morning, could drop 1 to 3 inches of rain and that could cause localized flooding. 4:30 tomorrow afternoon we'll begin to see storms firing up west of philadelphia. and friday morning is not a good beach morning, real heavy downpours in delaware and new jersey and things begin to improve into the afternoon and that moisture moves away from us and we are looking at drying conditions in time for the concert and fireworks. that is good news, tropical storm arthur is close to being a hurricane. another 4 miles per hour and it's a category one hurricane, the track still takes it as a cat one hurricane to the east early friday morning and out to sea. we get the tropical moisture and

the rip currents, at the jersey shore, and the delaware beaches do be care. rip currents are a big concern. drenching thunderstorms tomorrow and 89 degrees, looking grade for the fireworks and then we clear things out dram atcly, sunday 87 degrees and the heat and humidity will return early next week and temperatures are back up into the 90s. everything improves in time for friday night and until then it will be a bit of a bumpy ride. world news is next on channel 6, and "action news" continues tonight at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers and please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00 tonight.

welcome to "world news." tonight, breaking now, tropical storm arthur, gaining strength, barrelling toward the east coast, set to become a hurricane right before the 4th. our team is live along the coast line, swimmers rescued from rip current already. ginger zee with the storm track. breaking news, terror fears, u.s. authorities calling for new security at airports around the world. what are they so worried about now? the food truck fire ball caught on tape, families were lined up for dinner. tonight we've just learned what caused it and the urgent warning now for anyone grilling this holiday. and wimbledon in full swing, but tonight it's not the players nor the royals who are the real stars. it's this hawk. on a secret mission.