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 event.

great news for the jersey shore, now with winds out of the northwest, the ocean is not getting piled up on the shore causing the coastal flooding. millville 12 miles per hour winds and they are diminishing but they are pulling down cool air. a winter advisory is now until tomorrow evening, we are looking at the possibility of 2 to 5 inches of heavy, wet snow in the poconos and this is a rain event and how much you got depends on your location, for more on that lets head to melissa magee. >> we got a big soaking in south jersey, as we look at the rainfall totals. this is where we had a good drencher, from lakehurst to wildwood, where we saw 2 to 3 inches of rainfall, from the i-95 corridor, we saw an inch, inch and a half, and just to the south of allentown, if you were

there you got less than an inch of precipitation. the heaviest of that rain was chads worth, pomona, and westward into vineland. as we look at the peak wind gusts that was another big issues gusting as high as 30 miles per hour and a gust as high as 44 miles per hour in wildwood but tuckerton and harvey cedars, wind gusts in the lower 50s at the height of this nor'easter now pushing off to the north and east. early tonight showers stick around and staying dreary and windy and later tonight into wednesday we are tracking rain and wet snow showers and the accumulating snow with the winter weather advisory is up through the poconos, cecily tynan is back and has more on the progression of this storm. >> thank you melissa. lets switch live now to david henry, who is live with the

minor to moderate flooding that residents received today. >> reporter: the rain stopped earlier than expected and so did the flooding, this is west avenue behind me right now, a busy road in ocean city, it was covered with water a couple of hours ago but the water has receded and gone with it a threat that caused a sleepless night for a lot of people around here. >> we live on the bay back there and it kept coming closer and closer and closer. >> it crept closer and stopped short of what is considered major flooding this is moderate flooding typical of a nor'easter, this one had the potential for major damage like the one that hit on veterans day five years ago. but it hit during low tide not high tide. >> it taper of this morning before the high tide event and it looks like a lot of the heavy

rain stayed offshore and we got lucky in that aspect. a few major roads in west avenue were covered in water but not enough to stop traffic entirely. it lapped almost entirely to this car and topping this fire hydrant but a pair of high water was all it took. the beaches took a pounding from high surf and long time residents have seen a lot worse than this and were relieved this didn't live up to its full potential. mike kept a watch of his gauge. >> sometime its comes up to the top of the bulk heads, but it was less than a foot from going over, when that goes over it's bad. >> the water never went over the

bulkhead, and it stayed below the high water mark that came with the veterans day nor'easter five yours ago that caused all the damage, a big sigh of relief here in ocean city. >> thanks david. >> you can get the latest on tomorrow's storm with the morning team, matt, tam, david and karen will have updated information and conditions. the city of philadelphia is mourning a hero tonight. an 11 year veteran was killed in the line of duty early this morning. joy craig lewis was the first woman firefighter to die in a blaze. as her team retreated she did not make it out alive. she is the philadelphia fire department's first female firefighter to be killed in the line of duty. vernon odom is live outside of

engine 54 where craig-lewis works with more on the investigation into this tragedy. >> she died this morning once again charging into harm's way, doing her job, in this case a basement fire, one of the most dangerous fires that can be found in an urban setting as people try to fight basement fires in residents. >> this is joyce craig-lewis, a 11 year firefighter the mother of a teenage boy and 16-month-old girl. she died fighting a blaze that started in the basement. they ordered the first responders to get out of the smokey dark basement and they scrambled to safety but craig-lewis did not make it. >> they realized that firefighter craig-lewis was missing and they went back to search for her but were not able

to get her out before she passed. >> she was working voluntary overtime when she was called to middleton street last night and flags were hung on her locker today. they called her able, courageous and hard working and they are not permitted to talk on camera. >> she loved her job and was a highly trained firefighter and served in some of the busiest stations in our city serving the residents. >> she was the first female firefighter to die during the line of duty. >> typically when they go into the station they are accepted as an equal with open arms. craig-lewis's equipment was gathered up and they are looking to see if everything was working, including her personal

alarm. fire radio indicated it could be heard this morning. thanks to craig-lewis's sacrifice this morning, other firefighters were able to save the life of an elderly resident that was trapped in another part of that dreling. vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. outside live now of engine 64, our coverage of this firefighter's sacrifice continues at 6abc.com. we'll update this with the latest information and see the video of this morning's procession and the news conference following the deadly blaze, it's all there at 6abc.com. final exams were disrupted for a while today at a buck county college. alvernia campus was swept after a bomb threat, they were given the all clear this afternoon and classes will be rescheduled.

>> time for the "action news" traffic report on a tuesday, matt pellman is in the traffic center, give us a low down on the slow-downs. especially 76. >> i'm glad we have your vest rick. 76 is an absolute mess as you come eastbound from king of prussia starting at 202 from this point at gulph mills to the conshohocken curves, aside from the wetness and heavy traffic was an earlier vehicle fire just past mel bont. the schuylkill is still looking pretty unpleasant. and the drive is slippery with the wet leaves and a crash on wissahickon and one on kelly drive. told you last half hour about the flooding in mount laurel closing off union mill road, and to use 38 but now there is a crash on 38 to watch out for.

and some flooding along route 9 and some along 30. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> it's a vest kind of day. >> keeps you warm. >> i'm invested on tuesday. an nfl star involved in a crash, details on the crash involving cam newton, coming up. are you feeling pressure of the holiday season and stress and holiday cooking, ali gorman has tips to help you cope. >> and we'll check in with meteorologist, cecily tynan and much more when "action news" at 5:00 continues.

the senate report on torture by the cia is out, and its as disturbing as expected. it focuses on 20 specific cases saying that detainees were subject to waterboarding and sleep deprivation and more. they were done by contractors and not cia agents themselves and it says they gained little information from it all. there is more coming up on abc world news with david muir after "action news." oming up on abc quarterback and nfl star cam

newton is in the hospital after being involved in a vehicle crash in north carolina near the panther stadium. much of the roof appeared to be caved in, the 25-year-old was in the truck when it collided with another car. the charlotte observer postd this photo of newton shortly after the crash. despite the doctors saying he has two fractures in his back and no words on when newton might return to action. doctors say it actually takes 4 to 6 weeks to heal and the qb is currently in the hospital and officials plan to keep him overnight for observation. >> okay. thank you sharrie. health check tonight, the ebola outbreak continues into west africa, and other areas are getting worse. ali gorman is at the big board with details. sierra leone has overtalk enbabeleer yeah with ebola

cases. in western sierra leone and eastern parts of guinea, officials say that treatment centers are opening in sierra leone, and they need trained staff. about 70% of patients are dying there. and that toll includes ten doctors and 6200 people have died in west africa so far. also, even though the flu vaccine is not a good match forever the strain of the virus this year it can offer protection against other strains and prevent severe illness, a new study shows that when it comes to kids, overall the flu shot helps, in 2008 doctors changed the recommendation for all kids over 6 to get the shot. the number of kids that get admitted to the hospital for flu went down. we call it the happiest time of the year but for many people

this is also the most stressful time of the year. there are gifts to buy and dinners to make and parties to fit into the month and for many it could be overwhelming and heightened stress can lead to unhealthy behaviors like eating too much and drivening too much and not getting enough sleep. >> first expectations you put on yourself, we cause ourselves more stress than anybody else does. and secondly, it's the cultural pressure to get the right gift for everyone. >> psychologists magee says give yourself a break, the holidays don't have to be perfect. and make a plan and schedule for shopping, this will make you feel more control, exercise can help and focus on parts of season that you do like. if that doesn't like, try carving out time for yourself to

get peace and quiet and 15 minutes has been shown to help stress. >> if that doesn't help go to the caribbean. >> thank you ali, still to come on "action news" tuesday night, amazon wants to help customers negotiate better deals we'll explain the new service they are offering. it'll come from my kitchen. the biggest surprise this season won't come from an upset, try our new philly cheesesteak pizza. a large for $12. add a red kettle cookie for $6 and a portion of the proceeds go to the salvation army. better ingredients. better pizza papa john's.

admiral thomas lynch was just named man of the year. lynch had three tours of duty including desert storm. it helps to pay for poor students to attend the valley forge academy.

time for accuweather at the "action news" big board, cecily tynan is here, the question wet or white is on our plate tonight. >> a little bit of both, but any of the snowflakes in philadelphia will not amount to anything, it's too warm for that. but it's a little bit wet and the steady rain has moved away from us and we have wrap around showers and this will continue through the night and even into tomorrow, and how much rain you got depends on your location. philadelphia a little more than a half inch and mays landing 2.25 and cape may harbor 2.3 and manahawin more than 2 inches of rain. and of course we have the strong winds piling up the water on the shore than caused flooding and beach erosion. this is 5th street beach at

ocean city, new jersey, just to put this into perspective. she took the picture at the same exact location, you can see the sand on the beach, is going to be an issue as we head through the winter months. millville 43 and allentown 43 and trenton 42 and wilmington 45 degrees. for taken the temperatures stay above freezing and you'll see snow showers especially north and west of philadelphia, but they will not be accumulating on the roads, 34 in allentown, reading 35 and philadelphia 36 and cape may 39 degrees, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the center of that storm system, the low pressure is off the coast of new jersey and it is bringing a lot of moisture to new england and what will happen as it pulls away, it pulls in moisture and pulls down

colder air and this is why the snow showers will turn to rain showers. future tracker showing at 1:00 this morning, can you see the snow across the poconos and there will be accumulating snow in the poconos as we head through the day tomorrow. we'll see some showers and perhaps some snow showers mainly north of philadelphia. the poconos 2 to 5 inches of snow and then northern chester and buck county and the lehigh valley and reading, we are looking at a grassy coating to an inch of snow. it will be melting on the roads tonight and tomorrow. tomorrow night temperatures are below freezing and that could cause a few icy spots. the five-day at 5:00 showing icily spots, thursday breezy with perhaps a lingering snow shower, a cold day friday, finally sunshine is back and 42 degrees, still on the cool side and sun and clouds 44 and sun mostly sunny and 46 degrees, dry

weather for the eagles game on sunday night. is there warmer weather waiting in the wings? melissa will have that answer. >> that would be nice. >> quick break and we'll be right back with more news.

"action news" continues with meteorologi meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. dam joseph, >> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. it's an all too common crime at the holidays, packages being swiped from your door, we have tips to keep your gifts out of the hands of crooks. >> and a knife-wielding man attacks a man at a synagogue. dramatic video. >> the plane crash outside of d.c. continues and we know that the young mother who died was from new jersey. and the nor'easter may be moving away from our area but the foul weather is far from over. shore communities like here in atlantic city have been hit with

flooding and a little snow is in our forecast and melissa magee is at the big board with a first look at double scan radar. >> the heaviest of that rainfall is moving off to the north and east and stormtracker 6 live double scan is tracking the area of low pressure off the coast of central new jersey to the south of long island and it's north of this area of low pressure moving across areas of new england but you get the wrap around moisture shifting out of the northwest. earlier today in the coastal communes during the height of the storm, winds with peaking as high as 45 miles per hours in 46 in beach haven and 24 miles per hour there in atlantic city. as we look at the air porlt delays it's probably going to be a big issue tonight. it's a little bit wet if are you catching a flight on the tarmac,

check ahead for weather relate the travel delays. we are dealing with 95 minute delays at philadelphia and delays in newark, new jersey, boston logan. there is wet snow showers north and west of the 95 corridor and we'll let you know for who in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. philadelphia is mourning the death of a city firefighter, joyce craig-lewis did not make it out of a fire this morning, the department says she was trying to rescue an elderly woman. this marks the first time a philadelphia female firefighter lost her life on the job, we have more coming up on this tragedy coming up on "action news" at 6:00. a suspected package thief is off the streets in center city, but this is only one person taking advantage of people this time of year. there are some things you can do to protect your packages.

walter perez is live with more on that. >> >> reporter: police officials say it's an easy way for thiefs to walk away with your purchases and it's easy to walk away, and we have packages in there every day. >> john is the manager of an apartment building in old city and over the years he has seen it all. we had one guy once with china food delivery comes in and we saw it on video and he tried every door. >> and packages have been reported stolen in the area. and this surveillance video was given to police. this man described as a repeat offend. and john rice of olney had a similar incident. >> i got my netflix stolen to my

house and i got a post office box. >> and john clark says that goatsing a p.o. box is one way to get packages delivered. >> they can have parcels held at a post office if they want, go online to usps.com, a form there and take it to your local post office and they will hold parcels. if you live in an apartment complex be careful letting people into your buildings especially during the holidays. >> use your dead bolt and know your neighbors and know who is coming into your building and have a nice holiday. >> other security measures include signing up to have a text message sent before delivery to give you a heads up or have the packages sent to where you work. walter perez, channel 6 "action

news." >> all right walter thank you. well, today we learned that one of the victims killed in yesterday's maryland's plane crash. marie gemmel as inside when the plane hit. the aircraft's black boxes were recovered. gemmel was a graduate of rowan university and grew up in brick township. a go fund me page raised $21,000 to far. >> and here is a video showing a new york police officer shot a man after an attack at a synagogue in brooklyn. calvin williams allegedly stabbed a man in the head, the police officers order ored the man to drop his knife and fired

when he refused. police say he has a history of menal health issues, the student survived and is hospitalized in critical condition. now they are looking to see if the police were justified in using deadly force. richard sherman iv was killed in that chase, the cause of death was uncertain, he was shot but also had a self-inflicted knife wound. >> a south jersey teenager hopes that you can recover a priceless piece of jewelry from her. 11-year-old dominique held this locket since her father died and it contained his ashes. sunday night the bag containing the necklace was stolen, the thief was arrested and the purse was recovered by the locket

remains missing. you can call the port norris police barracks with any tips. >> well, millions of people are expected to visit philadelphia to see the pope during next year's meeting of families and they will all need a place to stay. you can help out by hosting a family. >> we are so excited. >> marie says her church st. catherine of sienna, reached out to her congregation asking for volunteers for the pope's visit. she knew how she would wants to help. >> i would love to open my home to someone i don't know yet. >> unlike the papal visit of 1979 when pope john visited philadelphia as part of a larger u.s. chip. pope francis is coming for the world meeting of families.

>> we will have visitors to philadelphia from more than 150 countries. the world meeting will fill up hotel space rapidly. >> they are counting on more families like the bowings to help their homes for the event. >> we have to find places for them to stay. >> on our website at 6abc.com, you'll find a link to the archdiocese program, host a family to find out how you can volunteer. >> we have built our program online to describe what we have to offer, we put photos of our home and the room and of our family. >> next month, people around the world planning to come to philadelphia for the world meeting and pope's visit will be able to go online and find the perfect host family. >> the bowings will be able to host a couple and one child next september. the diocese is extremely

thankful and hopeful. >> the world is coming and we have to have somewhere for them to stay. >> all right, time to see what is going on on the roads, matt pellman with the traffic report. >> i have things to offer you guys this morning. >> one of my offerings is a crash approaching 252, taking out the right lane and giving you jammed conditions on the roadway coming south of 422, schuylkill eastbound heavy approaching the curve, and a vehicle fire near belmont is gone. bal ming oh road is closed because of a mudslide. in north coventry we are without north coventry and use kind as an alternate there. and downed wires along 413 and stump road and mount laurel, union mill road is still closed

and a crash at morristown at church street and regional rail 10 to 15 minute delays between 15th and 30th street station. i had a lot of offer. >> so festive. >> yes, so festive. still to come on "action news" tonight. an airline executive resigned after she made a plane turn around over a bag of macadamia nuts. >> students took a break today to meet a special pen pal in person. >> monica last night will and kate rubbed elbows with american royalty and you can expect to find fabulous fashion from kate. >> first, a holiday message from one of our troops serving overseas. >> hi i'm sam o'brien, here in turkey, i want to say hello to my uncle an all my friends in

the south jersey area, i miss you and merry christmas. hey! it's mister monopoly.

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airlines left her job today following an incident involving a badge of nuts. she was on a flight when the first class flight attendant served her macadamia nuts, they were served in a bag and not a plate, it out rained cho so much she ordered the plane back to the hangar, she was overseeing service and the daughter of the airline's ceo. today is the last full day of the british couple's tour of the united states, they are a big attraction everywhere they have gone and today stops on their tour may have been the most touching. this morning the duke and duchess of cambridge walked in the rain to visit the 9/11 memorial and museum. they paid respects and kate left flowers and a hand written note at one of the reflection pools.

67 british citizens died in the attack. and the royal pair were feeling the love last night, court side at the cavaliers nets game in brooklyn. there was surprising affection by lebron james, breaking protocol putting his arm around the duchess, and sending him home with these unique souvenirs, including one for baby george back in england. the fans loved it, the royal pair meeting with our royalty in some ways. and it will be more royal tonight for will and kate attending a black tie fundraiser at the museum of art. a successful trip. >> thank you. time to talk sports, jaime apody is live in the sports center tonight getting ready for the game. >> back to work for the birds

and now they got to move on from their worst performance of the year and to play their biggest game of the year. the birds have not lost consectico consecutive games. on to the cowboy, a must win game for both teams, i asked how they deal with such an emotional roller coaster after crushing the cowboys and then getting crushed a week later. >> it's the business of football, a big roller coaster per se, the highs are high and the lows are the lowest of lows. today was the first day to go out and fix things on the field and get back after it. >> expect a different team than the dallas that they annihilated on thank gaving day. the cowboys are better on the road and 6-0 the only undefeated

team in the league. >> you get wooped the first time and you want to play harder the next time. we understand we got the best of them on thanksgiving and they will give it their best shot. we always say we don't have to be the best team in the nfl, but we have to be the best team at the stadium. >> have you to wonder how much they will change things up having to face each other twice in three weeks. they say they can take stuff out. >> they came and did what they had to do to win the game. we did some things and had some success. that is how we have to look at it. control what we can control, that game is done with and it ain't coming back and the challenge ahead is what we are focused on. >> scarey situation in charlotte today. panther's star quarterback suffered to fractures in his lower back after being injured

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time to check the accuweather forecast with melissa, we are not quite done with the precipitation yet. >> some showers will turn into snow showers late tonight and into the day on wednesday. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan and still light rainfall for philadelphia, the 95 corridor and areas to the north and west. and we'll go in tighter on stormtracker 6 live double scan street level and light rainfall for norristown and malvern and coatesville and route 30 back towards lancaster, route 22 towards reading and to the west along route 4, north of lebanon we are picking up light to moderate pockets of rainfall.

it continues to linger across the region and as we get into the rest of tonight and a few showers are expects as well. trenton 1.43, close to an inch and a half and rainfall in atlantic city 2.25. 45 in philadelphia, trenton 42 and along the coast in beach haven 42. and the temperatures and precipitation are falling into the form of rain even for the poconos. here is satellite 6 along with action radar there is our nor'easter lifting to the north and east and the heavy rain in new england and heavy snow picking up the on the backside for northern new england and upstate new york. the winds are shifting and coming out of the northwest. and it's draining out the cold air on wednesday and with that northwest wind on the way, you

get the wrap around moisture as well. future tracker 6 showing you at 5:00 in the morning, we have a couple of snow showers to deal with. and especially for the poconos carbon and monroe counties find wet flakes in areas of allentown, i think temperatures for the most part are above the freezing mark, the roads are mainly wet and can you find a grassy coating or two, an inch i should say in the grassy surfaces and up in the poconos 2 to 5 inches of snowfall that is why we have the winter weather advisory up for the poconos, we'll get a change over eventually to wet snow. the advisory is at 6:00 in the morning for palmerton and mount pocono where 2 to 5 is likely. late snowflakes far northern and west of i-95 corridor. 46 for the low in the city and 34 in the suburbs. a few lingering affects with

this nor'easter, highs of 48 degrees and rain and wet snow showers around and thursday breezy with still a left over snow shower high temperature of 39 degrees, breaks of sunshine on friday up to 42. on saturday, sunshine and clouds and 44, and the eagles are at home at the linc against the cowboys and hanukkah begins on sunday at sun down. >> thank you melissa, as always you can fine melissa at 6abc.com. check out the radar and see the hourly forecast from the team of "action news" meteorologists, it's all there right now at 6abc.com/weather.eorologists, comedian chris rock shows a screening of his new film, called "top five" rock is visiting his top five cities

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. tuesday night and a judge raises bail for the man under arrest in connection with a body found in a car trunk and the nor'easter bears down on the jersey shore flooding coastal roadways. but the big story on "action news" is tragedy in the ranks of the philadelphia fire department, the city has lost their first female firefighter, 36-year-old joyce craig-lewis was fighting this fire in west oak lane. she was fighting fires for 11 years and this would be her last. said michael nutter, she will be deeply missed by her two young children, her fire department

family and the entire city. vernon odom is live outside of energy 64 in long crest, but first chad pradelli is live at the scene of the blaze, you have the details on what happened there this morning. >> reporter: jim, joyce craig-lewis was one of the first firefighters here on scene and she went into the burning building behind me trying to save a life and ended up losing her own. looking from the outside it doesn't appear to be one of the most devastating fires but one of the most tragic in city history. downstairs they encountered heavy smoke and a superior pulled them back and then her brothers in line realized she was still in line. craig-lewis got on her radio and called for help. >> 928 begin evacuation. we are getting emergency evacuation, they say