death toll continues to rise as rescue workers try to reach the more remote devastated asia. >> asia -- area. >> storm chasessers -- storm chase errs catch a tornado forming over texas. >> a mother is under arrest after trapping four children in the basement for hours. >> good morning everybody karen rogers is off, we have matt pellman and david murphy. >> reporter: we have cloud cover overhead. we have a couple of breaks here and there. take a look at satellite, you can see how it's coming down from the north. 49 degrees currently dry in philadelphia. the wind not that bad just yet. 47 in allentown. 46 in wilmington, 47 in sea isle city. welcome back to school kids, on the smart phone, storm tracker 6 live app shows 48 degrees, by

noon 56 degrees, 3:00 p.m. 63 degrees that's the high. there's a chance of a shower during the afternoon and evening hours. the pollen count is up there. we're adding birch to the list of tree pollens in the high range today and medium range in the next several days. matt, what are the roads looking like? >> reporter: not so hot. i-95 we have an accident in delco involving a pick up truck that's facing the wrong way. the good news they have a tow truck in here, hopefully they can get the crash cleared out shortly. it's unfolding northbound near the commodor barry bridge as you head toward curlin street. this is the northbound backlog starting at the delaware state line going to the scene near the commodor barry bridge. that 24 minute travel time 3 times what it should be stay

local through chester on route 13. we're watching a crash on the boulevard extension, northbound lanes of route 1 approaching broad street. all of them both of them are blocked. as you come northbound through the fox street overpass it's a parking lot through this point approaching broad. there's a tow truck in the northbound lanes trying to clear the vehicles out. hunting park avenue lincoln drive a -- alternates. an accident involving a box truck caught fire and a truck carrying sewage all over the road. enjoy your breakfast. we're beginning to follow the latest from nepal. the death toll 3700 and that is expected to rise.

many people are still trapped there in remote mountain side villages. climbers and guides are trapped on mount everest. you see devastation that devastation killed a new jersey doctor, marisa eve girawong she is among three americans killed so far. a vigil has taken place in her memory. >> it's tough to see the devastation and -- >> four study abroad students from muhlenberg college are there, but okay. local money is raising money, 40

natives at nepal at nine locations in philadelphia and south jersey, you probably have been to one of the popular restaurants. they will be donating 5% of all fooled sales through next sunday. and the benefit reception will be held on friday at tashan. tech giants are stepping in to help. facebook safety check and google are checking on the status for loved ones. apple is making it easy for itunes to donate to the american red cross. >> chopper 6 is live over a bad accident that matt pellman has been talking about, we are live over lower providence montgomery county this is the aftermath of a truck accident two trucks ran into each other the location is south park avenue and crawford road. one truck was carrying a load of ink. the other truck was carrying

sewer waste and both of those materials sewer waste and ink is leaking on roads. there's an intense fire going on right now. you can see all the wreckage spilled all over the place a severe accident here in montgomery county, matt pellman will have an update on traffic. we're trying to figure out if anybody has been injured an update is coming up in a few moments. developing overnight an area northeast of dallas, texas is under a tornado watch right now after a night of severe weather that involved with several tornados. this is new video into "action news" from storm chasers the national weather service confirmed several twisters touched down. baseball size hail fell year stephenville. the tornado watch for wood county texas is up until 10:00 a.m. authorities say a local

mother went a a bit too far when it came to punishing her children locking them a in a basement for hours. katherine scott is live outside special victims unit with more on the story. >> reporter: that's right, police say it was meant as a punishment that the mother locked four children in the basement for more than 12 hours with no food and no access to a bathroom. she was taken to the special victims unit for questioning. her kids showed no visible signs of injuries, they were taken to saint christopher's hospital for valuation. you can see the detectives as at the kensington home located on the 1900 block of east atlantic street in kensington. the siblings are between 9 and 13 years old. one of the trapped children was able to call 911 at 1:30. firefighters climbed into the second floor bedroom and opened the door for police who got into

the basement. a friend of one of the victims saw the mother and daughter arguing saturday afternoon. neighbors were stunned. >> it's a shame. i love kids i have two of my own, i could never imagine the kids being in this situation regardless. it breaks my heart. >> reporter: overnight authorities were working on figure out who these children would stay with for the time being. the woman's name has not been released by police. live in hunting park, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> sorry about that, mics were not on, thank you katherine. david murphy has accuweather. >> reporter: we're off to a cool start, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows us we're dry. as we look outside, we have sky 6 sun coming up over the horizon, we have clouds sweeping down out of the north that will be the pattern with a few clouds building in as the day goes on. 49 degrees and cool to start out

in philadelphia. a lot of suburbs in the mid 40s. winds are picking up a bit at 9 miles per hour. overall during the afternoon we're looking at a ten to 20-mile an hour a little bit breezy today. in terms of of the cloud cover clouds will fill in a little bit as the day goes on. noon there's a little bit more of that, we have a blustery breeze coming down out of the northwest. after we get past lunchtime we'll be on the look out of sprinkles and showers to build down. model had has this in the northern an western suburbs, i would allow for a little south. we'll have spotty shower now and then. it's around for ten tore 15 minutes. at 8:00 p.m. we're starting to clear out. temperatures 49 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 56 by 11:00. we'll spend the afternoon in the low 60s high of 63 at 3:00 p.m. again, spotty sprinkles and

showers in the afternoon a little bit of a breeze blowing. high temperatures across region. bit of a range 60 in allentown low 60s in allentown and reading. 50s down the shore clouds and sun, spotty shower chance. tomorrow, the low that's giving us the clouds and the showers moves way high pressure replaces it, far enough away to keep us breezy, but bringing in lots of sunshine tomorrow. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today cool high of 63. cloud at times with spotty shower around. tomorrow the sunshine breaks back into play big time and we wind up milder high close to 70. 69 at the airport. wednesday a nice and warm afternoon this is about the perfect day for me, partly sunny, 74 degrees, humidity behaving itself that's going to be very nice. thursday and friday we cool down to the 60s, 65 thursday, 63 friday, that's because of a coastal system pass be by

pushing in cooler air off the ocean and keeping us damp with a spotty shower around thursday and friday. we think the storm will be off the coast where we won't get anything but showers. the storm is gone by the weekend, 70-degree range mid 70s by sunday, make your weekend plans people! >> 6:40 we continue to follow the breaking story a fiery crash in montgomery county. matt pellman is watching it and updating it, matt. >> reporter: what a mess in lower providence, the fire continues along south park avenue there's debris along the roadway. we'll talk about big crashes on i-95 when "action news" continues on this monday morning.

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remain closed for a while. closure points eagleville road and falcon road. instead of south park which is blocked off and appears it will be for a while stay by egypt road by audubon elementary. we have a crash in plumstead township, 611 at silo hill road. we're watching a crash on the boulevard northbound side, all lanes are closed. i see a tow truck leaving right now. maybe they are in the process of wrapping this up. at this point no northbound traffic is getting through on the boulevard extension. starting at ridge avenue you're hitting a wall of traffic. nothing is moving. use hunting park avenue on northbound lincoln drive as alternates. i-95 northbound from the delaware state line through this point at highland avenue. look at that, can you see the traffic is just starting to move

in the northbound lanes of i-95 delaware county because the crash that we had right here, northbound involving the vehicle facing the wrong way by the commodor barry bridge is now gone. as you can see all northbound lanes just reopened. you're still seeing the backlog i showed you a minute ago coming away from the delaware state line. things are loosening up on the northbound side of i-95. southbound side in the northeast, typical volume there speeds in the teens and 20s. burlington county, as of thursday the centerton road bridge is closed. 295, 130589 naits around -- alternates around that. >> freddie gray will be laid to rest who died from a spinal cord

injury. president obama's young men of color representative will attend the funeral today. 6 police officers involved in the arrest on april 12 have been suspended. >> they are extremely upset they want answers from the police department, but right now their primary concern is burying freddie gray. >> gray's family is calling for calm after saturday's protest erupted into violence, a small pocket of rioters smashed store fronts and burned cars. police arrested 34 people. >> 6:46. we're keeping up updated on a breaking story two trucks one carrying ink and one carrying sewage smashed into each other causing a spill. >> reporter: sweatshirts for the kids this morning there's a

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devastating earthquake in nepal that triggered an avalanche on mount everest stranding hundreds of climbers. we'll talk to a man in the base camp. we'll see clips from diane diane sawyer's special. we'll hear from jenner's first wife and college sweetheart. amanda berry speaking with robin about their captivity in the cleveland house robin will give us a sneak peek into the tuesday special the powerful women behind the story that captivate the america. patrick determinecy is speaking -- dempsey is speaking out about his shocking end on

the show. >> let's see if they can talk him into making it a dream amy. >> reporter: the pictures from chopper 6 is worthy of hollywood this morning. this is insane, two trucks one carrying printer ink and one carrying sewage. what a mess, south park avenue is closed because of the mess between eagleville and falcon road. egypt road to the south gets you around this mess. the boulevard let's check the backlog it's substantial on the northbound side. as you go to the camera shot, jammed solid from the ridge after on-ramp toward broad street where the crash has cleared out. you can see sizable northbound jamming. sun glare david. >> reporter: we have layered clouds overhead. the temperatures at the surface are cool. we're in the mid 40s the closer

you get to center city and chester low 40s north ran west, 30s showing up in south jersey and buena and hammonton. 40s cinnaminson and low to mid 40s up and down the state of delaware. if you're running errands it's dry and cool. 58 degrees the reason i say this part of the day the reason it gets milder after 6:00 a.m. after 1:00 p.m. or 2:00 p.m. we'll have showers moving in. they will be spotty for the purpose of the most part but a possibility for the afternoon. on the people scene the annual day time emmy awards the group from the chew informative and talk show hosts. the kelly ripa and michael strahan were named outstanding talk show hosts.

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our top story horrible crash in providence

township two instruction spilling it's cargo all over the roadway. there are homes nearby allot to be concerned with at the accident scene. >> reporter: a lot unfolding at south park avenue. it's going to be out of commission eagleville and falcon road. go to egypt road to get around the closure. the bull very good an improving situation. locked up on the northbound side from the schuylkill expressway to broad but the crash is gone. the crash on i-95 northbound by the commodor barry bridge has cleared. but a backlog through delco. >> reporter: we're in the 40s 51 by 9:00 a.m. 63 is the high at 3:00 p.m. during the afternoon or early evening a spotty sprinkle or shower is possible. not a washout but something to look out for. >> those are the updates we'll be back in 30 minutes you'll have a busy morning.

we'll go to "g.m.a." don't forget we're always on at 6abc.com. for karen rogers, matt pellman david murphy, platt -- matt o'donnell, we hope you're off to a good start with a great week. >> have a great monday!

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good morning, america. new this morning, race against time after that deadly avalanche on mt. everest. the frantic efforts to rescue more than a hundred climbers stuck on the world's highest peak. supplies dwindling fast as scenes of absolute devastation emerge from that massive earthquake thousands stranded. the death toll rising. happening now high alert. twisters huge hail, flooding tear through the south as the monster storm system threatens to wreak havoc on millions this morning. an abc news exclusive. what happened when you went into the house? kidnapped and held hostage inside this cleveland home. amanda berry and gina dejesus speak out for the first time about their lives as