>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m., on this monday april 27. developing this morning. >> a climber records it is terrifying moment a wall of snow, ice and rocks slam into his camp on mount everest. the death toll for saturday's earthquake is soaring. >> philadelphia police say a mother went to extremes to punish her children and now she is under arrest. >> afternoon showers follow today cooler temperatures. >> karen rogers is off, david murphy is here with weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we have clouds off

to the north we'll squeeze out more sunshine before we get more cloud cover. 48 degrees in philadelphia. the 43 in reading and wilmington. 46 in sea isle city. the winds are out of the northwest, but light to start out. as we head out the door to catch the bus we'll be up to 50 degrees by 8:00 a.m. partly cloudy on the cool side. as we roll through the day, it will be a little below average. 58 degrees by noon, 3:00 p.m. 63 that's the high at 3:00 p.m. we'll be back down to 60 by 6:00 p.m. notice that there are a couple of spotty showers possible really anytime after lunch and straight into the evening, but they are going to be pretty widespread and pretty light for the most partly, the way things are looking now. also matt, the pollen count is running high today. what about roads? >> reporter: roads are not too bad on monday morning, this is the way we like to start the

week david. as we look live at the vine street expressway, light construction and light volume. headlights are coming eastbound through the construction pattern, but moving fine, i-95 through the great northeast no extra construction, moving well in both directions. heading into bucks county on the turnpike, construction taking out the right lane. we have a ruptured fuel tank on a truck street road bensalem. we have a crash that knocked out the power in the area, a bunch of traffic lights are out along 40. if you're heading to william davies school, that might be an issue. the center bridge over rancocas creek is blocked indently. they found problems with the

bridge. 295 or 130 as the alternates as you head out on this monday morning. >> new this morning a fast-moving fire damaged a house in north philadelphia. a quick thinking neighbor helped save the family. this broke out at north 18th street at 2:00 a.m. a neighbor smelled smoke and saw the house on fire and helped a man and woman escape. a young boy suffered smoke and needed oxygen at the scene. no word on a cause. philadelphia police rescued four young children from the basement from a home in the kensington section. police say their mother locked them down there as a punishment. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: matt, the mother was brought to special victims unit for questioning. the children showed no visible signs of injuries. they were taken to saint christopher's hospital for

evaluation. >> i'm surprised and shocked. >> reporter: surprised to hear that their neighbor would lock their children in the basement for 12 hours. detectives were called to the scene on the 1900 block of east atlantic street. >> she also quiet, kids come out and play all the time. never did i see her disciplining her kids in front of anybody. >> one of the trapped children called 911 around 1:30. investigators say the mother locked them in the basement with no food and no access to a bathroom. firefighters climbed through a second floor bedroom and opened the door for the police who got into the basement. they discovered a 1-year-old -- 13-year-old boy and sisters age 9 and 10 and 9-year-old brother. a friend reported seeing the mother and daughter arguing on saturday afternoon. >> i was like what type of person does this to your kids.

>> reporter: the neighbor said the alleged accidents are out of character for the single working most of them. >> if it is true, she made a mistake and needs counseling. >> reporter: as to whether something like this happened to the children. that remains under investigation. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> developing this morning the number of those confirmed dead from saturday's earthquake in nepal has soared to 3700 people. rescue workers are struggling to reach survivors. >> reporter: when you look at the rubble behind us you can see what they are digging through. the magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered an avalanche on mount everest. it sent people at the base camp running for their lives. rescue teams are heading toward

nepal. >> right now the distance is killing me. conducting my normal life when everything is crazy around there. it's helpless. at least three americans are confirmed dead including a doctor at the base camp, marisa eve girawong, four students are safe, howell posted on facebook his path to cat -- katmandu is blocked. two people were found dead after a sailboat regatta. driving rain and winds hit before the regatta was supposed to start flipping boats and leaving many struggling in the

water. 18-year-old jameer bullard was walking with a friend along mechanic street when someone opened fire. he pushed himself to safety and realized he had been shot. he died at cooper university hospital. he was a linebacker and running back at woodrow wilson high school. his family said he had dozens of college offers including one from temple university. a philadelphia congregation remembered a long time neighborhood friend who lost his life to senseless violence. the african church in overbrook held a special service for james stuhlman who was shot and killed while walking his dog last month. three teenagers are in custody facing the charge of killing him. >> david murphy is here with

accuweather. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we're starting out dry, as we look outside, not too bad out there. the airport is dry not are a whole lot of wind, so the camera is not bouncing around all that much. generally speaking we're starting out fine if you have a little coat to grab. 43 in wilmington, 46 in allentown, 46 in millville and down the shore at this early hour. we'll see sunshine early, bus stop the clouds thicken up by noon. dry across the region, but as we get into the afternoon there will be showers pinwheeling around the area of low pressure off to the north. these could during the afternoon between 3 and 6:00 p.m. hinder a couple of spots. theythese do not look all that steady for the most part, but they are spotty. keep the umbrella around just in case. at 9:00 p.m. they are out of here and beginning to clear out.

in allentown cool and the spotty shower exists. 60 degrees is the high in allentown. down the shore only in the 50s along the water. in atlantic city spotty shower high of 56. a mix of clouds and sun. most of the showers holding off until later in the afternoon. as we look at philadelphia, clouds and sun a spotty shower most of these later afternoon lunchtime, maybe 2 3 4:00 p.m. 63 degrees is the high and the winds out of the northwest apt 10 to 20. the wind not that strong now but they will pick up in the afternoon. 48 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 56 and then we spend the rest of the day in the low 60s. saturday, high pressure gets closer to us, we'll see sunshine, but breezy. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today, cool, a spotty shower possible and 63 is your forecast high. tomorrow, sunny and milder, a

nice day high near 670. 74 on wednesday that's going to be a beauty. there's a coastal system on thursday and friday, bringing us clouds and showers temperatures cooling back to the 60s with winds off the ocean. looks like the storm is far enough off the coast and we get spotty showers we're back in the 70s for the weekend. >> all right, david. a driver and bicyclest get into a fight on the road. thanks to a helmet camera the bicyclist stays on the side of the law. >> we look at the funny moment at the would you also correspondents dinner. >> reporter: we're looking at commerce drive, looking good, nice and dry. we have an issue in atlantic county after the break. >> so drinking makes other people attractive, you know, well now they think that you

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welcome back you're taking a live look here on sky 6 out across atlantic city. you can see the camera bouncing a little bit. a little wind out there. 5:13, 49 degrees the high will be 62. the. >> matt pellman it's time for people to go to work own school. >> reporter: i thought you guys would like to get suburban on monday morning. >> okay. >> reporter: okay, let's do it,

coming out of the burbs headlights are coming eastbound away from 202 toward gulph mills. nearby a new work zone starts weekly road will close from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. between hughes road and gulph road. gypsy lane is a possible alternate. definite have on state road continues to close weeks days from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. through late may. valley forge road gets you around that. the work zone on the turnpike past bensalem is out of there. we have a truck with a ruptured fuel tank along street road at avenue. meanwhile, in hamilton township, atlantic county, we have an accident that caused a power outage, a bunch of traffic

lights are out along route 40, harding highway close to holy cross cemetary. time for the commuter report, brought to you by the waze app. there's a 0 pothole along trooper road. the. >> a road rage incident with a cyclist and commuter was caught on a helmet cam. the driver tried to block the cyclist later the driver claimed he was the victim that's when the cyclest said watch this helmet cam video and police arrested the driver and charged him with battery. >> security is stepped up near la due to isis related

homeland security say security has been increased over the last few months at airports across southern california. a woman who cleenld the inside -- cleaned inside of jet liners at jfk airport is accused of granulares. she swiped 7 ipads and 19 kindle and laptops and 19 bottle of alcohol. she was fired and arrested. cole hamels will get the start tonight. ryan howard hit his second homer in two games. they beat the braves. the phillies took two of three in the series. labron james and the cavaliers finish the the sweep of the yesterday. they face the bulls tonight. coming up what someone paid

for michael jordon's shoes he wore through his rookie season. a little cool this morning, we have sweatshirts on the kids, maybe the hood up, this afternoon a light jacket works a slight chance of a spotty shower around the kids may or may not want some sort of rain gear. when we come back we'll give you it is forecast and day planner locally.

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of it tonight channel 6 "action news." >> reporter: let's try some roadway recognition. if you're hopping on the westbound turnpike, construction zone is gone, now we're getting reports of a crash westbound approaching willow grove we'll keep you posted on that, the wreck in trevose that caused the fuel spill ray long street road. and i want regional rail line on time. >> reporter: 51 degrees by 9:00 a.m. we're in the 40s right we'll improve today. 58 by noon, 3:00 p.m. 63 degrees. during the afternoon in particular there's a chance of a spotty pop-up shower. generally speaking not too bad.

winds blustery at 10 to 20 miles per hour, but not too bad. we have a lot of action in the central states especially by dallas. precipitation in the panhandle of florida. best chance of severe weather outside of miami slight chance there, along the gulf coast looks like areas near new orleans could see a thunderstorm today. maybe large hail and quickly your local travel destinations don't have such issues, we have all green aircraft and no rain reported in the most frequently traveled areas. >> researchers link children's tv viewing to absent. obesity. no link was found between computer use and unhealthy weight. the american academy of pediatrics advises parents to

avoid all screen time if your child is under 2 or under. and limit screen time for orderly children to one to two hours a day. breast mammograms 3d mammograms they found no difference in finding problems, but more research is needed before 3d could replace your average mammogram. >> gas has jumped 10 cents more on america's money. >> reporter: topping america's money, gas prices on the way up. the average for a gallon of regular, 2.53 that's 8 cents higher than last week and 11 cents more than a month ago. analysts expect a rise to continue for a little while long

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>> developing right now disaster in nepal the death toll continues to rise as rescuers try to reach the most remote devastated area. >> cell phone captures tornados form lg -- forming over texas. >> a kensington mother is under arrest after police find four children trapped in a basement for hours. >> good morning everyone, karen is off, we have matt pellman and david murphy. >> reporter: good morning, everybody, we are off to a partly cloudy start the farther south you go, the more sunshine you'll have early on. temperatures in the 40s, 48 in philadelphia. 46 in allentown. 43 degrees in wilmington. as you survey these numbers not a lot of wind out there but obviously enough for a jacket. cool enough for that. catching the bus between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we'll