>> happening now on "action news," rain storm tracker 6 live is helping you get through a wet morning commute. >> vandal target a church in bucks county, it has happened to the church before. >> tim tebow is staging a come back and he will do it as a philadelphia eagle. >> a lot of folks talking about that, good morning 5:30, karen is off matt is here with david. good morning. >> reporter: we have rain out there it's causing problems on the roads. storm tracker 6 live double scan is showing it's through the heart of the region. every now and then we see spots highlighted in yellow that's the heavier stuff coming through. use caution allow for extra time considering the fact we have steady to heavy rain coming through and ponding developing on the roads.

some of the spray shooting all over the place it's slowing you down. 52 degrees a breeze coming in off the ocean for the second straight morning. cooled us down yesterday, 56 in millville. 48 in allentown and 52 along the boardwalks. these winds will shift out of the south and warm us up later on. 56 by 6:00 p.m. 60 by 8:00 a.m. welcome back to school kids we're looking at a warmup this afternoon and we'll dry out a bit. rain right now 52, 60 degrees by 8:00. still on the rainy side. noon, 68 a scattered sprinkle or scattered shower. we'll see sunshine returning temperature of 74 and the high will be 76 degrees late in the day around 4:30 or 5:00. once we get past 5 or 6:00 p.m. we'll be on the look out for the potential of strong gusty storms

that's goes later into the evening as well. some of these could produce damaging wind gusts i'll have that coming up in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. matt what is going on behind you. >> reporter: not welcoming the storms or the rain making a mess of the morning commute. this is a crash along the boulevard extension right on the southbound twin bridge approaching the schuylkill expressway a lot of emergency crews a ladder truck a ambulance, several tow trucks, police officers all on the scene and the two right lanes are still blocked on the southbound side of the 1 past ridge avenue that's the off ramp for ridge avenue into east falls. the left lane getting by, we're seeing delays, you may be better off coming down hunting park avenue or southbound lincoln drive. on the northbound side of the boulevard there's a crash approaching the outer drive a vehicle ran into a light pole there. if you want to use i-95 it's looking good as is the

schuylkill expressway, believe it or not. a couple of issues in delco we have fire act activity in newtown township at goshen road. >> thank you matt. it is tebow time for the eagles. we're at the big board to breakdown chip kelly's latest off-season move. tim tebow is expected to sign a one year deal with the eagles today. the heisman trophy winner has not played a regular season nfl game since 201. the signing doesn't guarantee he'll make the eagles roster. that has not discouraged these fans. >> very excited about that. in chip we trust. >> i think he'll be a good locker room presence. he'll bring a missing piece to the team. may they need that locker room

cohesion a little bit more. >> reporter: tebow joins murray. ron jaworski talked about the tebow deal and you'll hear about that in the next half-hour. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest on the tebow signing. our sports team will breakdown how this quarterback will gel with the eagles offense. in other news, the fire marshal is bills busy in bucks county this morning trying to figure out who set fire to a local church. dann cuellar spoke with the pastor. >> they through the gasoline here. >> reporter: the pastor showed us the damage caused when someone threw a molotov cocktail through the bathroom window

causing significant damage. you notice the wooden cross on the front lawn was on fire as well as the wooden playhouse in the church playground. >> something woke me up, there was a fire all over, i ran and got to my phone and called 911. the church's marquee sign was smashed time over the weekend possibly by the same person or persons responsible. >> it seems like it was a direct attack against us. seems like they tested the window to see if they could get through the window and two weeks later, ten days later they break the window. >> reporter: ten days ago vandals broke another block window and the church did not report it. >> this seems personal, there are a number of other churches in the area but you're the only one that was attacked. >> reporter: the congregation is

part of the grays point baptist in newtown square where two years ago someone tried to torch propane tanks and failed. he thinks someone is trying to prosecute them because of their faith. >> around the world our brothers and sisters are being prosecuted worse than we are heads chopped off and machine guns to the face and here we are facing a little prosecution. happening today funeral serve e serve -- services for the little girl who was hit by a hit-and-run car. police have recovered the striking vehicle and say the car's owner was not hind the wheel. officers say it was a relative of the man's girl who remains at loss. hundreds were on board a

smugglers ship when it capsized off the coast of will i libya. coast guard searched survivors. one claims there are 900 people on board. grief counselors will help students deal with the death of a young football player over the weekend. a mass was said yesterday to honor ryan gillyard. the 15-year-old freshman was at a conditioning practice when he collapsed and could not be revived. the investigation into a delaware state university triple shooting will not impact campus operations today. that gunfire went off on saturday. the three victims are not students. they are in stable condition

witnesses told "action news" a bunch of fights broke out during a barbecue. there was a shooting at the university complex a few hours later. >> students at delaware state university know how to conduct yourself properly. when you bring other people outside of the university and they don't know hour core values and don't know how we operate that's when it becomes a problem. >> there are no arrests in either one of these cases. >> parts of the country are recovering from a weekend of wild weather. a woman died in cincinnati, ohio when a tree came crashing down on her car. more than 4 inches of rain fell in alabama where trees were uprooted and destroyed homes. the system sent country music fans running for cover at an out door concert in arlington texas. >> let's talk about the rain and what to expect tonight. >> reporter: heavy rain this morning and we might get strong

storms later today and this evening. there's rain everywhere across the region and i like to give you that bird's eye two dimensional view, you can see how the rain in pockets is relatively heavy with not only yellows, but organs showing up in wilmington and -- oranges showing up in wilmington and parts of chester county. it's pushing up from the south and at the same time sliding slowly toward the east. chester, county, a little bit of that in delaware county and philadelphia in and out of it it's heavy enough to create problems on roads with ponding and puddling. farther to the south we have more of this coming up through parts of cumberland county, new jersey, around smyrna, delaware and dover. all this is pushing toward the north, so it is in our future. as we go out wide, allentown with the moderate rain, but some of the steadier stuff will be up in your direction, as well. in gettysburg it's moving toward

the east of the most of the morning commute will be bothered by the rain. as we look outside, we have cloudy skies, of course, the camera is bouncing down shore because it's wet and breezy. the winds out of the east in the city at 22 miles per hour. getting blown around a little bit there. the latest run on future tracker 6 shows you that the rain heavy at times will be popping through the region between now and toward the tail end of the rush hour by 9:00 a.m. its possible that it's getting past philadelphia and the rest of the afternoon looks to be a lot drier in fact we might return sunshine to the picture for a while with just a couple of sprinkles. this is the 3:00 p.m. view. we get into the evening hours we look out for a cold front arriving, ahead of that, a thunderstorm. some of these storms could produce strong, gusty winds as they roll through. i would allow for them after 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. by 11:00 p.m. we're seeing the action die down.

if however if we do see i'm sorry if this says the next few hours, that's an old typing from when the same graphic was used prior. we're talking about this evening. moderate chance for storms that could bring wind gusts and that could bring down trees and wires. there's a chance of hail from storms across the region and this is a bit of a concern a low chance but in the western suburbs, maybe an isolated tornado. so the bottom line, this afternoon and this evening, you need to take cover from any storms that form because they could dangerous. you can see that we're going anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half or higher. ponding and puddling on the roads an issue. 66 by 11:00. 73 by 2:00 p.m. 76 is the forecasted high at

about 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. it will be a late day high. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high 76. rain in the morning, a lull in the afternoon and in the evening we'll see mostly likely a chance of strong storms. 68 on tuesday, sunny and breezy, 63 with increasing clouds on wednesday. thursday 59 degrees, friday, sunny and cool. 57 degrees. the weekend will be cool around 60. >> gone without a trace the mysterious disappearance of a mother afternoon 14-year-old daughter in new york city has have the authorities concerned. we have new developments coming in. >> police officers pull a woman out of her car moments before her car burst into flames, we'll show you the evolved. >> reporter: if you're heading up island avenue be advised that

elm wood is closed because of fire activity. we're watching a crash on the boulevard and talking construction when "action news" continues on this monday morning.

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welcome back you're taking a live look here, out across penns landing. you can see the rain drops dancing on the lens of the camera there. that's the story this morning

for your morning commute. leave a little time because it might take a little while to get where you're going because of the rain. you'll be dealing with later this evening as we deal with some storms. >> matt what are you dealing with bad problems on the roads. >> reporter: i have a plethora of problems on the boulevard. boulevard southbound side approaching the schuylkill expressway have this bad crash. looks like the tow truck is moving around hopefully getting ready to pull it out of the way. the ambulance is there, as is the ladder truck. the left lane is squeezing by, mean you're looking at stacked southbound traffic from fox to 76678 again stick with hunting park avenue or lincoln drive southbound as alternates to the boulevard. now we head to the burbs and talk about a construction project in schuylkill township chester county. it'sle up coming closure of

route 23 that's valley forge road, the bridge over pickerring creek. we were out there on friday afternoon, the action cam was be looking at the bridge and the structural deficiencies that are necessitating its long term closure. now is a good time to download the waze app. let's talk about the alternates. take egypt road. 29 to 422. i would expect a little extra traffic along 422 between phoenixville and valley forge national park. one more thing to watch out for is a downed tree in northern delaware closing route 100 close to wilmington country club, stay on 52, kennett pike. charges are pending against a white house fence jumper. the secret service spotted the

suspect late last night. agents took the jumper into custody. the package turned out to be harmless. officials said they may now top the white house fence with spikes to discourage these types of incidents. the baltimore police department is investigating the death of a man who was injured during an arrest. he suffered broken vertebrae on april 12. protests broke out when activists learned hissed death. they will look into any criminal conduct by gray and whether any argue officers should face criminal charges. the fbi will update it's results of an homegrown terror investigation. several young people were arrested in minneapolis and san diego yesterday and suspected isis sympathizers.

they had either trafficked to syria traveled to syria or plan to go there. isis beheaded more ethiopian christians. police found the mother and daughter who vanished at the same time that the mother was involved in a dispute over her husband's will with her step children. no charges are expected in their disappearance. >> we have intense audio from the rescue of two children from a house fire in maryland. >> we're following a developing story, dramatic pictures overnight show a deadly earthquake rattle an island nation overseas.

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>> developing overnight one person was killed in an earthquake off the coast of tie with an. the shaking caused electrical transformer to explode in a residential building. a tsunami warning was in effect for one hour. it has since been canceled. >> reporter: brace yourself it's a rough ride on the boulevard. stacked traffic. it's slow on the southbound side of the boulevard because of the crash approaching the schuylkill. hunting park avenue or lincoln drive southbound or i-95 southbound at this point would be better bets. also some fire activity in southwest philadelphia closing elmwood avenue between island and 73 there's a power outage that means the local trolley is being detoured to woodland avenue. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan we have rain in

the center portion of the region. we're looking at drying down by baltimore. we're look at the drying reaching us toward the end rush hour. we'll start out at with rain at 9:00 a.m. noon drying. 674 degrees by 3:00 p.m. high of 76 degrees at 4:00 p.m. late this afternoon and evening matt be careful for strong, gusty thunderstorms, you want to take cover from those. will do, thanks david. new this morning a 13-year-old boy maryland boy kept his sister calm as he made a call to 911. three adults escaped the house fire yesterday morning in prince georgia's county the children wered a trapped on the second floor. the boy's directions helped her guide the firefighters who safely rescued the kids. 5:53, police arrest a woman

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>> police dash cam in north jersey recorded two officers as they rushed to save a driver from a car crash. ment police officers rushed to the scene after they got the 911

call. they found the car flipped over and found the driver strapped into the front seat. the officers cruised a knife to cut the belt and drag the woman to safety. you see it there. not 24 seconds later the car burst into flames. the victim is in the hospital and expected to be okay. preliminary case of a police officer accused of criminal homicide. lisa merkel is accused of killing an unarmed man in dolphin county. the video from the camera attached to the officer's stun gun showed how david cassock died. the driver who strikes two teens and speeds away has a change of heart. later tim tebow is expected in town to ink a one year deal with the eagles. more on the off season stunner

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good morning, it is 6:00 a.m., monday, april 20, the accuweather team is working hard this morning. we're tracking a heavy soaking rain for the morning commute. >> problems on the roads including an update on a crash that backed up traffic on route 1. >> family and friends gathered to grief the sudden death of a football player at saint joseph's prep. >> karen rogers is off. matt pellman has traffic. let's go outside to david murphy good morning. >> reporter: take a look we're in the middle of the windy extreme wet pattern, you see the