chad? >> reporter: rick this fire broke out before 3:00 a.m., joyce craig lewis and three of her fellow firefighters were the first to go into that dwelling it doesn't look like one of the worst fires we have seen but will go down as one of the most tragic in this city as joyce lewis craig lost her life. they said it was like walking down a chimney with the fire in the basement. the commander decided to pull back and go in at another location. >> they realized that firefighter lewis craig was missing and they went to search for her and were not able to get her out before she passed. >> a decorated 11 year veteran with the philadelphia fire department. one of 150 women serving in the fire department, who put on the uniform each and every day.

>> craig-lewis has a teenage son and a 16-month-old daughter. she describe her as a decaded firefighter who wanted to be at the busiest stations in the city. they brought her body from einstein medical center to the medical examiner ez office. >> i did know joyce and i can tell you she was bee loved in this department. >> fire department brass says there is an investigation into her death and she was wearing a personal alert safety system, a beacon that goes off when a firefighter is down and not moving, officials say it's unclear if it went off but they reveal there was a may day call. >> begin emergency activation. we are getting emergency activation, they say they are trapped in the basement. >> we understand there was a

call, she did call at some point and indicate she was in distress. >> an elderly woman did live alone at the house and she was rescued from the fire, the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. >> i am live in west oak lane, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> chad, thank you. >> our coverage of this tragedy continues at 6abc.com, we'll update the story throughout the evening with the latest information and can you see video of this morning's procession and the news conference following the deadly fire. it's all there at 6abc.com. we are following a soggy forecast that brought flooding rains to the insure. we are not out of the woods just yet and depending on where you live you could see snow before it's all over. we have team coverage tonight, and we'll begin with david henry in ocean city. we'll start with the latest from

accuweather, meteorologist cecily tynan standing by. >> hello we are tracking a soaking start to our day on this tuesday. can you see on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, a lot of heavy moisture pushing to the east through areas in lancaster, lets go in tighter on stormtracker 6 live double scan street level, some rain from trenton to philadelphia even intolmington. now the nor'easter is just off the coast of central new jersey to the south of long island and it continues to press to the east. heavy rainfall is moving across areas in southern new england, we are expecting wrap around moisture, so with that said you get winds from the north north

west and that helps to drain down colder air and into the day on wednesday. checking out the current wind speeds, sustained from 9 miles per hour in reading and 14 in philadelphia, the wind direction is no longer in the northeast but north-northwest. that means we have colder air along the way tonight and tomorrow. a winter storm warning with the cold air in place, we have that up through carbon and monroe counties, changing to wet snow, that is what is to come with the colder air on the way. meteorologist, cecily tynan, has more on that. >> that is exactly right, as expected this was a rain storm and not a snow storm, we have a tight gradient of totals, areas west of wilmington, you didn't see much rain at all less thank an inch, and i-95 corridor an inch to inch and a half. but the target zone across south jersey where they got 2 to 3

inches of that rain in edition to that earlier today, you have winds from the northeast piling up the water and that caused the coastal flooding, in philadelphia 36 miles per hour and allentown not quite as intense and they really dropped off farther away from the storm. wildwood 44 and tuckerton 54 and lbi a wind gust of 55 miles per hour this morning. the winds are diminishing tonight and as we said we'll get the winds from the northwest. the wee hours of the morning at 2:30, there are snow showers and some of these could sneak into our viewing area, and some from the north and west and tomorrow afternoon the system reloads up through northern new england, it won't amount to much. here is where you get the accumulating snow. here is what to expect the nor'easter is out of here but still affecting us, we'll have on and off showers and it will

be dreary and it stays on the windy side and late tonight tomorrow, some additional rain and snow showers, and the accumulating snow in the poconos, and the lehigh valley, you could take up a coating to inch on the grassy surfaces, i'll let you know when the sunshine finally reappears in the accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily, that rain caused moderate flooding at the insure today. we saw rough surf and cars kautd in high water but for the most part the waters have receded, david ry -- live in ocean city. >> this is west avenue in ocean city, that entire area of the road was covered in water an hour ago and it has since receded, the water came close and never reached what you would consider major flooding. >> this could be another foot higher than this and that would

be a ten-year event. >> many streets had high levels but nothing typical of a nor'easter, ocean city lucked out with the timing of the storm. the heaviest rain fell overnight during low tide, by the time

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harrisburg and will not accept the governor's salary of $191,000 next year. the dow dropped 51 points and the nasdaq was up 26 and the s&p was mostly flat closing down a half a point. an executive of korean airlines is under arrest after forcing the plane to turn around because of a bag of nuts. she was served macadamia nuts in a bag instead of a plate. choe was in charge of in-flight service for the airline and the daughter of the ceo. investigators are trying to figure out if what she did violated federal law. >> now it's time for the "action news" traffic report. lets go to matt pellman in the traffic center. it's slick out there but is it

affecting the roads? >> it's slowing us down a bit, the weather outside reflecting the mood in philadelphia today, with the loss of firefighter joyce craig-lewis, and we watched a procession go by on the schuylkill expressway, with a vehicle carrying her body. the westbound lanes now are reopened here now by girard and we are watching heavy traffic heading out towards the roosevelt boulevard and then the procession continues on the northbound side of the boulevard to route they have reopened the lanes and the procession reopened on broad street. the lanes are pretty severely backed up to broad. also, watching a whole bunch of accidents on the slick roadways, one involving a building on west coventry, kind street is an alternate and another crash at 724 at lynnfield road and downed

poles and wires at 413 and stump road and an investigation approaching center squared road and speeds in the 10's and 20's there. lets do the commuter report this tuesday. lots of incidents, including this one, a crash along kim berton road. >> thank you matt. well, there are now just two weekends left before christmas believe it or not. only one weekend before the first night of hanukkah, people are starting to feel the stress of the holidays, melissa magee is in the newsroom with how you can handle the stress coming this time of year. especially while buying my gift. >> it's pretty quick, doesn't take long, same thing as last year. the holidays can mean for most folks, shopping and eating cooking more and it can add up

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time for a closer look at the changing accuweather forecast. melissa magee is here tracking it for us. >> can you see on stormtracker 6 live double scan radar, on the

center of that low area of pressure off the coast of central knowledge, the heavy rain moving off areas of southern new england and we will move many tighter back at home. we'll take you north and west of the i-95 corridor. also, we have light rain as well if are you along route 100 south of allentown into pottstown, moving over into 309 and slatington, route 209, just to the south and west, it was light precipitation moving through. at least the bulk of it moves out through the day and lingering affects on the backside. rainfall totals in philadelphia, .65 with the heaviest in with the soaking rainfall in south jersey, mays landing, 2.25 inches of rain and 2.40 in chadded worth and cape may 2.33 and more than 2 inches in manahawin.

you had a soaking rain from beach haven to sea isle city. 40 in lancaster, 46 degrees currently in wilmington. the call from accuweather for the rest of tonight, showers and windy with late flakes north and west. i am showing you because we are tracking showers north and west and everyone will be above the freezing mark, we won't find anything sticking on the roads, the roads will be wet and 34 in allentown and 30 for the low in cape may, as we go throughout the day, lingering affects of the nor'easter, and light showers in philadelphia and wet snow mixing with northwest suburbs and some snow in the poconos. as well as we continue to advance this and go into 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. light showers are around for the poconos which is why we have the winter storm warning in carbon and monroe counties, check the moisture coming in from the

other direction north and west with the colder air draining on down, just a grassy coating from lancaster, northern chester and montgomery and up through berks and lehigh county and roads should stay mainly wet, and 2 to 5 inches from carbon and monroe counties. tomorrow rain and a snow shower around, high temperature of 42 degrees, the best bet of finding that activity is snow showers north and west of the i-95 corridor, and a high of 39, clouds and sun and 42, and saturday sunshine and clouds and a high of 44, chilly tomorrow and if are you looking for snow showers and accumulating snow, you have to travel to the poconos to find that. >> accumulating at least. >> thank you. a delaware county soldier walked into a rowdy celebration in brook haven later today. army specialist george jaime

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moment when a pint size menace puts a disney villain in his place. a heart shaped locket. a south jersey mother pleads for help after her daughter lost her locket, this one held her father's ashes. but first more on the nor'easter moving out of our area and into other parts. the heavy rain and high winds die down and the insure is no longer bearing the brunt of the storm. the same can't be said for areas to the north, for more on what else we can expect from the system we turn to meteorologist, melissa magee at the big board. >> we are tracking the nor'easter and the heaviest of rainfall is tracking to the east and stormtracker 6 live double scan is showing you the area of low pressure south of long island and it continues to lift to the north and because of that the heaviest drain is to the north and east.

we go tighter to stormtracker 6 live double scan, you can still see rainfall north and west of town, and the wins are coming in out. north and northwest. earlier today we had strong winds at the shore, as high as 55 miles per hour, in coastal communities. current wind gusts 21 miles per hour in beach haven and 16 miles per hour in wildwood and the good news is they are coming from the north northern east rather north-northwest rather than the northeast so you done have a coastal flood concern like you did earlier today. you can see the tarmac, check in with your carrier, the temperature is 45 degrees, the dew point 45 and the windchill is making temperatures feel like the upper 30s. if you are traveling up the eastern seaboard. boston is 50 minutes and delays

in newark and jfk and la guardia. we have a winter storm warning up near the poconos and with that the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> as we said at the top of the show, the jersey shore bore the brunt of the storm, as much as 3 inches of rain, the risk of coastal flooding ran high. nora muchanic is live now in brant beach on long beach island, with updates on those conditions. hi nora. >> reporter: good evening, long beach boulevard is one of the main drags here in town, it's flooded tonight now and no one can get through parts of it. can you see what is going on because it is being diverted right now at 30th street, police have blocked it off and they are moving traffic and there is water on the road in certain parts of it.

but lbi is not the only place dealing with flooding, we were in atlantic city where they are dealing with this nor'easter too. that is the assessment of officials in atlantic city. it's no surprise when you watch the surf slamming into the boardwalk of atlantic avenue, it was destroyed during sandy and still taking a beating. >> you can see the water but not the waves like you can today. the waves are really big, i can't even believe that. we have extremely high tides and 6 to 10 foot surf and flooding in the usual areas in atlantic city. this is what it looked like in fairmount, california, this morning, streets were swamped and this bus flooded out when it tried to plow through too much water and water rose up the steps of homes in one spot. >> the rain was coming down hard

for a while and i took a walk to the dunes and looked at the beach erosion happening there and it was looking pretty bad. the win at the shore today was ferocious, with gusts that could almost knock you off your feet and tides in the back bay were kept from receding, it had nowhere to go. >> we'll start to see it come back tonight and hopefully not as bad as this because the wind will help with it. >> so atlantic city is dealing with flooding today and so is long beach island too. right now you are looking at long beach boulevard and traffic is being diverted to ocean boulevard. there is still too much water on the road, if you want to head down this street it's better are you in a boat rather than a car. coming up at 6:00, i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action

news." >> "action news" viewers are posting pictures of the nor'easter from our facebook page, and get all the day's updates by liking our page. go to facebook.com/6 abc action news and check the like box. two men of accused of setting church fires were not just arsonists. alex harrington jr. was arrested yesterday, investigators believe they set fire to the healing hands church and laws mennonite church last tuesday. delaware state police arrested them on burglary and theft charges, they believed they burglarized the church in saint james the night before the arsons. a woman that grew up in brick township is one of the victims of the private jet crash. mary gable was in her home when

the jet slammed into her home. there is a go fund me website to raise money for gimel's surviving daughter. can you find a link by going to our website at 6abc.com. a south jersey teenager is still reeling from the sudden loss of her father is now dealing with another heart break, this is 15-year-old dominique wearing the same heart shaped locket that has been around her neck since her dad's death last spring that, locket contained his ashes, after the chain broke she placed it in her mom's purse and that is when someone broke into dawn's car in laurel lake stealing her bag. the suspect was actually caught nearby minutes later, dawn recovered her purse and credit card but the locket and ashes were still missing, thanks to

the generosity of friends a $500 reward is offered for information on this locket. a philadelphia musician is dealing with the loss of something irreplaceable this week. someone stole a viola that dates back centuries from a powellton home. sara bloomquist has the details on this. >> the thieves swiped this beloved viola right here on hamilton street in the powellton section, it's valuable likely worth thousands of dollars, but more than that musicians become very attached to their instruments and this one meant quite a lot to its owner. >> it's precious to me, and it's going to be hard to replace. >> nancy dry is talking about her viola, her baby she call its, she say community member in the university of pennsylvania orchestra, she plays alongside

the students and has owned the viola since 1978. >> it shows a sign of age and a distished career you would say. i played it in the penn orchestra and chamber groups since that time. >> the viola possibly made in paris in 1790 is gone. yesterday she left to go out to dinner and within the two hours she was gone, someone broke into her home on hamilton street and took the instrument along with three laptops, someone found the case discarded a few blocks away. >> my viola is out there unprotected. it's a wooden instrument and you hate to think of that. i am worried about how it is fairing out there in the wild. >> if someone is trying to sell the instrument to them they should give us a call.

>> dry played the final semester with a borrowed instrument and she is pleading for its safe return. >> this had what i really liked and i loved playing it, and i played it for a long time and i hope it comes back. zblm now this viola was last appraised back in 2008 and it came in at $9,000, it's likely worth more possibly much more at this point. if you see it posted for sale on the internet or in a shop, you are asked to can't philadelphia police. live in powellton, i'm sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. high school students from across the city of philadelphia found common ground over the chess board today. players hoped to increase their national rating to become the contender, it was one of several between now and the spring time. top teams at each level are crowned city champions based on

their standing in march. still to come, the bidding for the best deal on instagram. saving with 6 abc is ahead. and why charcoal may be the secret to making you look and feel better. >> the little beauty versus the beast, a pint size princess takes on a disney villain and wins. and melissa magee is back with the full accuweather forecast. when "action news" at 4:00 continues.

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it was pushed to the shoulder and as we watched lives, the background on the schuylkill just 9 miles per hour, and you may want to think alternates still and get the delay thinned out like ridge park and conshohocken state road and schuylkill eastbound an absolute mess at this point. in north coventry, the building is blocking off 100 and kine street instead. and also still the crash and downed pole and wires in plumstead, buck county, at stump road. and gloucester county they wrapped up the police investigate on 295 southbound speeds starting to pick up there and now there is an investigation at carnie's point on the eastbound side of 40 approaching course's landing road. and winslow township. cross road is shut down and

chu's landing will get you around it. and high water spots in new jersey closing union road stay on 38 to get around the blockage. lots to check in the next half hour. >> thank you matt. meteorologist, melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather forecast.

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we'll go to street level, if are you traveling along route 22 in northampton county or north of slatington along 309, from quakertown to allentown thinning down to landsdowne. in south jersey we are picking up a light precipitation along the jersey turnpike close to woodbury and along medford lakes and millville, light rain showers are around and places along the shore picked up 2 to close to 3 inches of rainfall. we'll show you the rainfall totals, not a lot along it's i-95 corridor. .65 in philadelphia, and trenton close to 1.5 inch and atlantic city 2.27 worth of rainfall. outside 43 in millville and trenton 42 and along the coast in sea isle city 43 and the upper 30s there in the poconos.

satellite 6 along with action radar shows you that the heavy of that rainfall right now is lifting off to the north affecting the southern sections of new england and even some snow wrapping in on the backside, the winds will start to pick up out of the north and northwest. that will start to drain down colder air as we get into the rest of tonight and into wednesday, future tracker 6 showing you we have lingering affects of this nor'easter, 5:00 this morning wrap around snow showers affecting areas in the northwest suburbs and north of the poconoss where we have the advisory, the advisory has been posted for the poconos, it continues, that moisture that is, continues to wrap around in the morning hours tomorrow. a lot of it is confined in the northeast suburb staying away from the i-95 corridor. that doesn't mean you won't see a snowflake in the city but anything sticking will be to the northwest.

northern lancaster, north montgomery and northern tier counties of berks and lehigh county up to the north happen ton county, 2 to 5 however for the poconos is xpeblgted. wins come in from the north and west and wednesday afternoon, 2:00, temperatures feel like the teens in the poconos and 35 in the city tomorrow afternoon and it will feel like a windchill of 30. windy and tracking a couple of showers around and a few late snowflakes north and west. and nothing sticking on the roads, 36 in the city for a low and 34 in the suburbs north and west of town, the exclusive accuweather forecast, showing you on wednesday, a high temperature of 40 and rain or snow shower around and grassy coating accumulation north and west of the i-95 corridor, temperatures of 39 degrees, and as we get into friday, a few

peeks of sunshine and 42 and 44 on saturday and the eagles are home against the cowboys on sunday and 46, turning milder on monand 50 and the first night of hanukkah on tuesday and 48 degrees, a few more days to get through the lingering nor'easter and then we'll be in the clear. saving with 6 abc is up next. volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. an overnight storm caused scenes like this at jersey shore, when things dry out, there is more rain and the possibility of snow on the way. it's tuesday night and the big story is the lingering affect of a nor'easter that brought minor flooding. that rain could also turn to snow showers. and team coverage, david murphy is reporting, and cecily tynan and melissa magee has more on the storm that caused the flooding and what is to come around the corner.

lets begin with cecily at the big board. >> hi rick and monica, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the heavy, steady rain we had overnight and earlier this morning is out of here and we are getting the affects from the round of showers through the overnight and evening. this is raining now, in pottsville and the poconos. this is rotating in from the north and west as the storm system pulls away and pulling down cooler air and some of us will see snow showers. a view of stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the center of the storm system is northeast of new jersey and south of long island, this was a warm storm, to see accumulating snow have you to go to new england and boston and even dealing with heavy rain. albany, new york, this is a rain