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imagine loving your numbers. good afternoon. happy fourth of july to you. rick and sarah are off. i am alicia vitarelli. the rain postponed many parades. the big story is hurricane arthur. and cape may, new jersey and wet weather. strong rip currents are keeping people out of the water and off the beach for now. it was a miserable morning in atlantic city along the beaches. you show the action cam the waves crashing on the shoreline there. many are heading to the jersey shore for the holiday weekend. instead they were stuck inside

this morning. we are heading over to the big board david murphy, the latest from accuweather. it's not going to look like that all day right david? >>reporter:no, it's not. they didn't cancel their plans. we are excepting improvement this afternoon. now at the noon how are things are going according to schedule. the rain, the heaviest of it is off the coast. the last of the rain along the jersey shore is beginning to break up and beginning to be not as much of an issue. it could hang in for another hour or more. you can see it push away from us. philadelphia is in the process of drying out. obviously, big time improvement. the wide view with satellite, i'll point out the back edge of the cloud cover chasing the storm away is getting close to battle. places like gettysburg to our

west and harrisburg sees sunshine returning. it's thinner cloud cover. we expect the sunshine to make a run back at us west to he's as we roll through the afternoon. the flash floods are cancelled expect right along the coast where we see the showers. this is going off the board before too much loncker. ri-- longer.if you get caught ip current, which is the water pushed ashore and then escapes. you swim north or south parallel to the beach you will get out of rip current and then you will be able to travel no problem. stay near a lifeguard. 71 in wilmington. 66 in allentown.

the cloud cover is thick. we had the rain and suppressing temperatures for now. center city is up to 80 when the weather improves. we have wind gusts. the center of the storm is close to the coast, at least relativelrelatively speaking. if you are driving around the region for the next several hours in a minivan or a box truck or something larger an r.v. you want to watch out. take it slow and hold onto the wheel steady in case the gust comes along. i would be careful on the ben franklin for example. the rest of the weekend is coming up. as david mentioned hurricane arthur hit hard when it made landfall

still being felt. >> we have storm surges and our sounds and rivers further inland. >> many people in the outer banks remain without power this afternoon. rainy weather may have kept them out of the ocean. umbrellas an porchos were necessary to walk the boards this morning. nothing as you can see, could stop the families from the fourth of july celebration down at the shore. they were prepared to enjoy a stroll, even if was pouring rain. eva pilgrim has more on what people are doing in atlantic city. >>reporter:the normally crowded

atlantic city boardwalk is almost empty today as the brunt of hurricane arthur is not expected to hit the jersey shore, the rain is keeping people inside. a few people braved the beach this morning. but for the most part the waves poured onto the beaches in atlantic city instead of the people today. >> i left early. i figured there would be traffic. there was no one on the highway, no one. >> i was hoping to see the sun out. it's not going to happen today. >>reporter:the group of friends came into atlantic city hoping to catch the fireworks. >> i was going to pick any week i want. i am going to see the fireworks. it's supposed to be the top five of the country. >>reporter:it forced cities up and down the jersey shore to postpone their fireworks. it's rescheduled for sunday night. newly bought umbrellas in hand, this group is making the most of it.

>> all the casinos and restaurants are bummed too. we are here to enjoy ourselves. we are going to have a great time as always. >> we always have nun atlantic city. we love it here, we love it. >>reporter:for a full list of all the fireworks shows that have been rescheduled head to our website 6abc.com. and severe thunderstorms dealt another punch across the delaware and lehigh valleys last night. trees toppled cross philadelphia and its suburbs. the action cam found arcing wires sparked by a fallen branch at gifford street in the summerton section of philadelphia. the peco crews are making repairs. the storms knocked power out to tens of thousands of homes. the most still without power is peco customers. they have under 50,000 customers still in the dark. chester county was hit the hardest. peco is working to restore power

to 25,000 customers there. from a vice-presidential visit to patriotic parties people are descending on philadelphia to celebrity independence day in american birth place. and john rawlins has more on the festivals wawa welcome america is well underway. a little rain is not damping the spirits out here, john. >>reporter:it's a little damp. the parade went up chestnut a right on 9th and making a way on market right now. the folks are gathering there. they are in a bit of a lull. they are ready to morning down one unit. it rained on the parade. it didn't dampen spirits. joe biden is in town today. he jumped in and rode into the parade for a few blocks and them he left. he spoke at the morning ceremony. >> the landmark events that we

celebrity today make it clear that narrow-minded and reactionary forces of past and the present will never prevail in america because in the end, there is no way to overcome the basic core decency and honor of the american people. >>reporter:the ceremonies began with the fife & drum corp. this place where they found the voice in 1977 the place to be on this fourth of july. among those are recently returned air force pilot. >> it's july 4th, philadelphia. what better place to be than right here. [♪ singing ] >>reporter:organizers of the event focused on how some americans from blacks to gays had to battle the system to gain the right was the founding fathers. the mayor spoke of the brown

versus boyle decision 60 years ago. >> the chief justice warren wrote "in these days it's doubtful that any child will reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of education, such an opportunity that a state has undertaken to provide it, it's a right that must be available on equal terms." >>reporter:back live now. the fourth of july festivities continue on the mall. the parade, as i say, for some reason is in a stop mode at this point in time. they will get going. they have a quite a bit of a parade route to come along. 90 units we understand. they continue on the mall. you can talk about the colonial times and times. rebel yon. the bands are moving behind me. down on the parkway tonight the

jam with all the concert and all the music and then the fireworks. so live from the mall, john rawlins, "channel~6 action news." alicia. it's an exciting day, thank you, john. when vice president biden wrapped up his speech at the mall from floats to bands to military groups they made their way through historic philadelphia. and nina davellorei was part of the parade. there was a big concert and fireworks show. half a million people are expected to gather for the nation's largest free concert followed by an aeriel extravaganza. tonight at 6:00, rick

williamsage karen rogers will bring you the fourth of july jam captured by the fireworks over the philadelphia museum of art. a large crowd was on montgomery avenue to watch. uncle sam was there standing tall among the marchers. medal power was on display. they took part in a parade. there were lots of fire trucks manned by volunteer responders. they thank them. >> the list is broken down by state and county to help you find the fireworks show closest to you and update you on any that may be rescheduled today. still to come on "action news at noon" david murphy has your full accuweather forecast. they send out a warning

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phillies atlantic county are investigating a deadly shooting. they found a man in his 30s shot twice in his neck and head. he was found next to a running vehicle on 9th near jackson late last night. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. new jersey stat state police are investigating. it's an amazing video showing the inside of the costa concordia. there was haunted images of a disaster frozen in time. 32 people were killed when a ship slammed into a rock in shallow waters. the vessel will be floated to a nearby port and scrapped. it's a tragedy at sea could be the final haunting pictures from inside that deadly wreck. a remarkable sight in arizona. huge clouds of dust it's known as a habub and flights were held

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today. the events run through 2:00 this afternoon. we'll be right back.

it was a damp and dreary start this fourth of july but it's look up with david murphy. >>reporter:stormtracker 6 double scan you see that a lot of the western suburbs and philadelphia are in the process of drying out. the big issue is down at the shore. there are heavy rain bands that are pushing back into the coast. the problem is that the center of the storm that is producing these is starting to pull away from us. the dry air is coming from the west. you have battleground going on

right. over the next hour or two you will see cape may don't dry up a bit. it takes longer north for that to happen. it's a day of improvement. if we go out wide we do have a little lingering rain in the northern suburbs. this is not very much. it pushing out of buck's county before too much longer. as we take a look outside, sky6. not a lot of action on the beach right now. things at least dry out and brighten up a bit. we'll see a few more bodies down there. 71 is the temperature currently. we had trouble getting the number to rise a bit with the clouds and rain. it will start to jump up over the next couple of hours. up to 80. 61 is the dewpoint. an occasion tha indication thats drying out. 66 in allentown. 68 in wilmington.

71 in wildwood. and 61 in trenton. and out to sea for arthur as asw accuweather suggested. future tracker 6 from now 2:00 to 4:00 is when we see a lot of this go away. the steady rain is going to be down. you see a lack of cloud cover out in the west this afternoon as well. that sunshine may dig all the way into the coast late today. allentown it's going to feel good this afternoon. afternoon improvements. sunshine is coming back. high of 77. on the breezy side. cool on the water on the beach high of 76 with gradual drying over the next several hours. in philadelphia there is a shot we get up to 80 once we get the rain farther away from us and

get the breaks in the cloud. the morning rain is done in the city. 62 is the overnight low. we have fireworks tonight. for the big show in philadelphia it is looking pretty good. partly cloudy. clear by the end of show. there will be a breeze tonight. 77 at 7:00 and 70 at 11:00. not a bad weekend. mid- to upper 70s on saturday and sunday. down at the shore, we are stuck in the mid 70s today. clouds giving away to late daybreaks. weighs go through the weekend we are looking at lots of sunshine. highs in low 80s saturday and sunday. that is nice. yes the answer is yes, that is nice. we are going to see clearing this afternoon. a high of 80. 83 tomorrow with lots of sun. sunday is 87. it's comfortable with lower humidity. hotter on monday. hot and humid again on tuesday,

wednesday and thursday. >> thank you, david. a huge chunk of highway collapses right now a world cup venue in brazil. we'll tell you what the investigators are saying about the tragedy. plus, a new report on sunscreen how to make sure you are buying the one that protecting your skin. i am alicia vitarelli. have a safe and happy july 4t july 4th. i'm j-a-n-e and i have copd.

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