board hi, melissa. hi rick and monica. earlier we had a bit of a lull in the activity. the double scan radar showing you showers and storms. there is a cell we are tracking near northern ocean county with the thunderstorm we are tracking, there is a severe warning that has been posted for this region. it is up until 5:15 this evening. it north and east of lakehurst. there is more moisture where that came from. we have the severe thunderstorm to talk about the same region is underneath a flash-flood warning. it will stay up for a good chunk of time. they saw two inches of rain within the past two hours with the thunderstorm training and moving over the area. thunderstorms are at the risk tonight.

we are showing you the showers and storms we are tracking with the cluster heel. if you are in jackson mills we have the storie storms and showr you. and along garden state parkway we are tracking the showers and storms. let's widen out the picture. there is more moisture off to the i-95 corridor. if you can along route 222 and allentown. as you moof to the south and east malvern and coatesville we are peppered with the showers and storms. the risk is out there. it stays till eight o'clock tonight. there is damaging winds and hailstorms. part of the reason we have the showers firing up is the heat and building humidity. bringing it over to adam joseph with the latest on that. >> it's a perfect ingredients with the heat and humidity that

is fueling the atmosphere and giving it the energy to produce the heavy rain. it feels like 95 in wilmington and millville. it's oppressively humid. when you are above 70 degrees in the summer the atmosphere is moisture-loaded. we are looking at mid-70s in southern areas. that is why we have the flash-flood watch tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. from glassboro and camden and salem county all points to the north and west. when the downpours occur they il with be torrential. they could create flash flooding. meaning quick rising waters. on wednesday morning a good 1 to 3 inches of rain.

if you get update the training lightning storms you see an excess of 3 inches. rainfall of 2 inches of rain. less than an hour we saw this this afternoon. and possible flooding along the streams, creeks and the streets. a reminder that 6 of inches of water that is moving can knock you over your feet. you want to stay away when you are walking or driving over any flooded roadway. when we come back melissa magee will have the break and the exclusive timing in the accuweather forecast seven-day. you can use the stormtracker 6 double scan radar yourself on your smartphone or tablet. you can stay up to date even if your power goes out. we are following breaking news out the kensington section

of philadelphia. the police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body in a suitcase. the man made the gruesome discovery on north third street. the body is that of a hispanic female. we have the crew on the scene. we will bring you the latest at 6:00. at the jersey shore, 1100 workers at trump plaza will be laid off. they got notices today. you talked to people that got the ping slips today. >> hi, rick. the latest casino and employees fall victim to a sluggish economy and increased competition. getting the 60-day layoff notice is not at surprise. it will turn the lives of 100 workers upside down in a difficult casino job market.

>> god is going to make a way for me. >> do you think? >> yes. >> are you worried or concerned. >> they began to get official notices coming september 16th the casino will close its doors. they will be out of a job. it's a blow to louis. he worked on the job for 12 years. >> we knew at some point in time we would be changing hands. >> everybody is depressed. >> it's one of the city's smallest casinos making over $5 million in may. >> i am disappointed my daughter brought me down every year for high tide. i love t-- my birthday. where are they going to find

jobs. >> it's a difficult time for the employees losing that are jobs. quite honestly the properties that are closing are not totally unexpected. >>reporter:trump plaza opened in 1984. he has cut back lis investment to a 10% stake in trump resorts. i let them use my name. i have nothing to do with it. many mistakes were made by government, tremendous mistake no reinvestment in down. they would put it in places. i got out seven years ago. my timing was tremendous. >>reporter:back live not so tremendous is what the latest shutdown will do with the employment with the i ca atlant. 7800 people or the quarter of the casino workforce could be on the unemployment line very soon.

i am nora muchanic "channel~6 action news." thank you, nora. there is a plea to kill. the group called on the school reform commission to resend the sale of penn university. it hurts public education. in skippack, it was a gas leak that forced hundreds from their homes. and john rawlins has more. >> they confirm that the substance that was found in the sump pump pits was gasoline. we are going to flush them out with water and ventilate the houses so we can get the

residents back in there. >>reporter:they were brought in place to flush out the gasoline. it happened at 46 goreski lane. they were the first to alert the authorities of the odor. the end unite in the lowest part of the development. it appears that theirs was the hard hest hit. >> as long as we flush it and it stays gone. that is the hope it's a little amount. it will dissipate and not come back. >> the three houses here, the readings we are getting or not dangerous to life or health or combustible. it's a big inconvenience. it's an unpleasant odor. >>reporter:the residents were asked to evacuate. 16 of 161 of those units were gn

all-clear. the logans will wait until tomorrow at the earliest. a wilmington bridge has been named after a former mayor that served the community for years. the north market street bridge is now the james sills jr. bridge. he served from 1992 to 2000. he was a former state rep and a city councilman. >> it's a bridge that in it a pivotal wa way contributed to te growth of over city. i could not be prouder. and time to check in with the traffic center. and matt pellman has the latest. rick is back and so are the storm clouds. it's not my fault.

a coincidence. no. we are at 309 at the five-points intersection. heavy rain came down and knocked out the traffic lights here. you see in the bright orange the fire-police out here and helping you with the busy e enter. traffic is out in a few spots. we are dealing with ponding and puddling on the roadways. and a number of crashes at street and valley road. and rockhill and bucks county at acre road. the bus accident at arm and hammer has cleared. they are still worker ongoing the overturned vehicle crash approaching downingtown. the right lane is blocked. you have slowing there. at charleston road at sidney lane they are working on an overturned truck on river road.

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time to find out more about the moving thunderstorms.

accuweather and melissa magee has the latest. hi monica and rick. we are training the storms across delaware and lehigh valleys. they show you activity to the north and west. it's across the northern sections of the ocean county. north of the region in bucks county you see the showers and storms pressing to jamison. they are moving at 15 miles-an-hour. areas that they affect. 529 ric529 richborough. they will be in it woodhill at 5:26. and tracking the northern western suburbs at i-78. also route 222 and fleetwood. reading and berks county are

tracking the showers and storms. they are strong in the sense we are picking up a lot of rain in a short period of time. we are picking up 2 inches of rain. if you close to fleetwood you are finding the storms for you. and a 2-inch rate band in reading as well. we have a thunderstorm watch that is posted in our region. we have a flood advisory that stays up until 8:45 in the evening. as you get the thunderstorms moving through they train or move over a particular area in it a short amount of time. we have an issue with the poor drainage areas down to chadds ford and doylestown and lands dale. anlansdale. 94 in city.

feeling lie 95 in wilmington. as you move north and west we are picking up rain and cool air. 78 in allentown. 78 in reading. here is the double scan radar. we have the showers and storms across our region stretching from new england all the with a way topennsylvania. and areas of illinois and missouri i is not poised to move through. future tracker 6 has you covered until 7:00 tonight. they will not persist until the late day hours tuesday morning and then we get clearing as we get into wednesday morning. here is the exclusive seven-day forecast, we have soaking storms on tuesday. high of 87. wednesday is showers. sun and improvement on the way

mid-week. high temperature of 83. nice with low humidity on thursday. 83 degrees we stay in the 80s as we get into friday and saturday. watch out for the storm. we'll be tracking them all evening. we'll take a quick break. more news to

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