"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. good afternoon rick is off and in the news this noon, a

firefighter and resident are treated for injuries after a blaze burns two homes in delaware county. and how temple's mascot and someone wrapped in bubble wrap are hoping to keep you safe when you cross the street. but the big story is potentially dangerous weather threatening a large part of the united states. the storms have spawned tornadoes and bringing down trees and reports of hail the size of baseballs 6700 people are told to stay on alert. here is more on the aftermath . >> reporter: good afternoon in the last 24 hours there are eight reports of tornadoes and more than 200 reports of extreme weather. hail wind and tornadoes tearing through the central states more severe weather than your average

april showers, today the big concern is the huge swath of states under tornado watch from illinois to texas. in missouri, the national weather service is on the ground today investigating tornado reports. >> they were like screaming out loud. >> this little girl was on a school bus when the storm hit. >> was freaking out and everything was going in circles and i saw a cloud going down in circles and i tried to get down low and tuck my head. >> in ohio 75 miles per hour winds ripped trees from the earth. >> look at the hail hitting the midwest. in kansas this windshield was shattered by balls of ice and in idaho six inches of hail filled the roads but in the midst of this severe weather a silver lining as a rainbow appeared in this tornado.

>> reporter: and in addition to that heavy rains and flash flooding is affecting a good part of the country and is headed to us. across the delaware and lehigh valleys, we are dealing with another chilly damp day sky 6 hd is looking at a dreary center city skyline. it looks to be clearing a bit this time but there are low clouds, meteorologist, david murphy, joins us at the big board with all the details. >> i would not call it clearing but we are seeing brighter patches in the clouds and ma may be the case over the next several hours that rough stuff with the warmer air in the central states staying out there today because we are still stuck in the cool air mass, we were not expecting much on stormtracker 6 live double scan and all we have really say is a

pocket of light drizzle. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows you showers falling apart east of the pittsburgh and there is a chance that this makes it across the state and bugs us a little bit late tonight. as for the weather to the midwest, the atmosphere is really primed to produce widespread thunderstorms as the system moves to the east it climbs out from beneath the support, what we wind up with is warm air and just a couple of break away thunderstorms popping up. a couple that could produce gusty winds, every now and then it gets brighter out there sprinkles and showers making its way east, during the daytime a little bit of drizzle. we are still chilly you can see how the winds come down from the northeast and the 41 degree weather in philadelphia is showing you how hard it is to raise the numbers, the low this

morning was 39 degrees so since dawn we only added 2 degrees to philadelphia. it's chilly with a high around 46 43 is the average for the overnight low it gets warmer and humid and perhaps a bit stormy we'll have the latest on future tracker 6 coming snup as warmer weather comes our way check in with 6abc.com/weather, the hourly forecast gives you a live look at the storm systems as they come and go and check out updated video reports from our team of meteorologists. >> we are learning more this noon from a south carolina police officer who is charged with shooting and killing an unarmed man, michael slager is a resident of south jersey eva pilgram is learning more. >> michael slager group in south jersey, he grew up and graduated

from lenape high school. the man now known as the police officer who shot an unarmed man. former police officer, michael slager sits in a jail cell charges with shooting and killing walter lamar scott. >> that policeman is from mount laurel graduated from lenape. >> we lived down in that area for a while in south carolina, so already felt a connection, and to find out that he is from around here is just crazy. >> slager lived in mount laurel and then joined the coast guard and the north charleston police department. they are now looking to their past police work, and he had two complaints and was cleared on the only charge of excessive force this stop ended in a nearby field when slager fired

his weapon eight times at his back. >> until that taser came to light, the north charleston police said slager felt threatened. and that scott took his stun gun. >> i can't believe it. there are good police and then there are police. i don't know what is going on. >> today we may learn more about what happened. the dash-cam was rolling and that video is expected to be released soon. >> slager was with the north charleston police department before he was fired his wife is eight months pregnant and city officials are letting her keep her health insurance until the baby is born. the philadelphia woman accused of trying to join isis, is back in federal court this afternoon, keyana thomas is

scheduled for 1:30. they say she planned to travel to syria for a possible suicide mission, only "action news" was there last month when the fbi raided her home in the spring garden succession preventing her from leaving the united states. a pottstown resident was injured in a fall trying to fight a small blaze. just before day break the fire chief tells "action news" that a small fire started in an electrical room and was quickly distinguished by an internal system and a firefighter suffered neck and back pain and was taken to west reading hospital for evaluation. a firefighter and resident was hurt when two homes burned in chest ever township delaware county overnight. it happened at 2:45 at the 2100 block of 10th street, the fire

began at the back of one home and the second floor and roof were damaged by flames and the firefighter was treated for burns and the resident suffers minor injuries, the cause of fire is under investigation. in bensalem, buck county police believe that alcohol and speeding were factors in this deadly crash on mechanicsville road. a ford mustang struck a utility pole while he was trying to pass someone. he was killed instantly and the roads were closed while crews worked to repair the damaged utility poll. temple university grads had a chance to talk to 160 employers both large and small firms, sent representatives to look for potential hires, employers are most interested in hiring employees with business

engineering and computer science. lightning tears a home in a plane during a flight but the passengers did not realize it. the story is ahead. >> a washington state family says that someone stole their entire cabin even the front steps. and meteorologist, david murphy has the details on a warm-up that comes with a price.

a broken water main flooded this water station in the east village last night. the 14th street station was soaked by the gush of water, service was canceled in both directions and hundreds of people evacuated from a subway train. some frightening moments for passengers on an iceland air strike after lightning struck and blasted a hole right in the nose of the plane the plane had just taken off in iceland and lightning struck and tore the protective skin off its nose, the passengers didn't know anything about is it and continued on its flight to denver. it landed safely. in northern california, 16 surveillance cameras were trained on a home when a burglar tried to break in. the homeowner heidi heard the

noises at 3:00 in the morning. >> turned on the app on my phone that takes about a second and i see outside my bedroom window that camera there is a man standing outside of my bedroom window she called 911 and hid in the bedroom and eventually got inside from a kitchen door, she yelled from the locked door the police were on the way, he ran off without taking anything. she installed extra locks on her home. there were clashes in panama city ahead of president obama's visit there this weekend for the summit of the americas. this was against cuban president castro, they pushed one another in fronts of embassy this morning. 12 people were arrested . president obama arrived in

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a popular brand of hummus is being recalled because of a serious health concern, saab ra dipping is recalling its hummus with a problem with listeria. it's a voluntarily recall it was distributed to supermarkets and other markets nationwide. the possible listeria contamination was discovered during routine inspections. the national highway traffic safety administration has a message for us living in a region where a lot of rock salt is used to clean the ice and snow off the roads wash the underneath of your cars, it can rust brake lines in older cars

and suvs. people rarely spray off beneath their cars. seventh and eighth graders learned about concussions a movie was previewed at the alexander school in fishtown students tried on goofy goggles to mimic the effects of a concussion this is the science and technology convention with events city wide. there is a lot of discussions about vaccinations to prevent common childhood diseases but in today's art of aging report tamala edwards says seniors need to stay on top as well. >> it was right on my back. the whole back part. the shingles are very, very painful. very painful.

his skin still feels itchy. >> it's been about three years, it may have prevented the suffering, but in adults vaccines are not among the top concerns tetanus and diphtheria boosters are needed every 10 years. >> infants are not protected against whooping cough. there are two shots recommended pour pertussis and for 13 more strains depending on your lifestyle, job or profession, people need shots for hepatitis a and b and if are you among the older adults traveling you may need additional shots as well. we have links on our website to stay up to date. >> the "action news" team is out working on news stories tonight

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a nice warm-up. stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us that we are pretty much dry and a little drizzle around here or there as we take a look outside there are clouds every now and then you may see brightening here or there. and occasionally you can't rule out drizzle passing through, 41 degrees is your temperature in philadelphia that is only a 2 degree improvement since dawn, winds from the east-northeast adding to the chilly feel you will want to bundle up a bit 41 in allentown in trenton. when you get the clouds you get even temperatures not much more in dover. future tracker 6 showing you how we stay cloudy today you won't see much precipitation on the model here because generally what we are looking at is drizzle wherever the clouds get lower every now and then there is a break in the clouds and it

doesn't last long, pretty much overcast with bright spots here or there. at 11:00 or so we may be looking at a shower or so coming in from the midwest and cecily tynan will have that tonight on "action news" at 11:00. adam maybe something at 10:00, we'll see, allentown cloudy and cool and spotty drizzle condition be ruled out. not a comfortable day in the lehigh valley spotty drizzle in atlantic city with a high of 43 degrees, philadelphia the same 46 is your high and cloudy and chilly and winds not as strong at 14 miles per hour but a chance of drizzle and i'm posting rain too that is more for later on tonight and cloudy and damp as we go through the overnight, rain and drizzle early and we should start to see clearing by morning still breezy overnight for the evening commute, drizzle on the windshield temperatures in the

mid-40s, between 4:00 and 7:00 not changing all that much and cloudy and cool, for the ball game, a repeat of last night as well. raw and chilly not quite as windy but a chilly breeze blowing at times and like last night we'll spend the day in the mid to low 40s and like last night i would recommend layers to the ball game and gloves would not be a bad idea. tomorrow a warm front shoots past us and we start out in the low 40s in the morning, we zoom to 75 for a high, the tradeoff is that a cold front is coming in and that will produce the chance for passing showers and late day thunderstorms and in some cases those could be gusty. during the day a couple of lighter showers possible by noon we may see something kicking in by noon and 4:00, we see the main line of precipitation come through and fire up a thunderstorm this spots. some could be gusty and off the

coast by 8:00 and the phillies can play baseball and they may be late getting that one started. a slight chance of severe weather moderate from philadelphia south and low up north any storm that forms could give you damaging wind gusts and a bit of hail. 46 and cool today and 75 and humid tomorrow with sprinkles and showers on and off through the day the main issue is late in the day and evening. for the weekend the sun comes back and 61 and breezy on saturday and decent for the union on saturday. you can watch the game on 6 abc and 65 degrees and sunny for the phillies on sunday and back to the 70s next week, a shower around sunday night or tuesday. >> thank you. a sheep in minnesota recently gave birth to octuplets, it delivered six girls and two boys, the owner expected maybe one or three lambs but definitely not eight this could be the largest ever

born in north america. new at 12:30 the research that links fracking to the rise in levels of dangerous gas in pennsylvania homes. it's road safety and not rocket science, the plan launched today by the city of philadelphia and penndot.

. "action news" news at 12:30 continues, rick is off and here are stories we are following for 12:30. meteorologist david murphy is tracking day two of a spring chill before temperatures skyrocket. and a police officer is facing charges after shooting an unarmed man in south carolina. he has ties to the delaware valley and ramping up calls for transportation. now the details on the unseasonable chill lingering over our area, and the thunderstorms we could see by the end of week, going live outs side at the ben franklin bridge from our temple university sky 6 hd camera temperatures hang in the 40s before soaring to the mid-70s tomorrow. but it comes with consequences and for more on that we turn to david murphy live outside of our studios.