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with a comprehensive second opinion. and because time is of the essence, we do it a single one day. explore your options with a one-day second opinion. learn more at cancercenter.com/eastern. >> breaks now on "action news," two pennsylvania state troopers are injured in a police chase through multiple counties. >> developing overnight a natural gas line bursts rocking a tiny town in texas the massive fireball can be seen 20 miles away. accuweather is calling for a steamy and stormy day keep umbrellas handy. >> good morning david is off is here along with -- karen is here along with matt. >> reporter: it's steamy and muggy, storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have rain moving through the area. heavy rain in cape may and atlantic city. we have more rain forming south of wilmington right now and through parts of delaware county
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and chester county you're getting particularly wet. this is approaching philadelphia. so be careful as you're heading out with the high humidity we have good downpours with the storms, 75 degrees currently if philadelphia. feels awful out here it's warm and humid, 73 in allentown, 73 in millville. fog is an issue, as well. 1.5-mile visibility in trenton. 3-miles at philadelphia international and we have delays forming. 2.5 in wilmington and millville. so be careful as you're heading out with the downpours in some areas it's hard to see too. 88 degrees for your high. 9:00 a.m., 78. by noon we'll be in a lull, at 3:00 p.m. they fire up. as far as the risk assessment we're under the risk for severe weather, the greatest threat is the downpours and strong winds and lightning with the storms. that's what we're watching for
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today. i've got my umbrella handy. you should take yours too as you head out matt. >> reporter: we need to get you bug spray, as well. a couple of things that is buggingousen the roads downed trees closing the 30 bypass in chester county. we're seeing a delay with the westbound traffic being forced off. eastbound there are restrictions, you can see eastbound traffic is getting by just doing so slowly. however, if you're heading westbound on 30 in the morning stick with business 30, lincoln highway or bail at # 22 and use that -- 322 and use that or stay organ the pennsylvania turnpike. i-95 southbound side past academy through cottman past the betsy ross bridge into girard you're looking at speeds in the teens. many speeds on the schuylkill expressway have dropped in the 20s, westbound by belmont
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21 miles per hour. still have that fire location to avoid in germantown along sherman street at washington lane 52nd is block because of the huge water main break of this weekend. those of you who ride septa trolley routes, 15, 101 and 102 you're riding the shuttle buses through the remainder of the summer through labor day weekend because of construction projects. and septa is saying allow an extra 15 minutes or so to ride the buses tam. and we're going to start with breaking news, a fire in montgomery county that has injured four people. katherine scott is live near the scene this is lower salford township, let's go over to her now, good morning katherine. good morning tam the fire moved quickly in the end four people were hurt. so far there's no official word on their conditions.
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this road remains closed off crews are working on the site. you can see the smoke and haze that is is that two story home firefighters were called to this morning. the fire broke out at 2:30 on the 100 block of skippack creek road. fire crews were met with heavy smoke when they got here. crews needed water tank iers to fight the fire. authorities have not released conditions of the injured we're hoping to hear the official update. the road is closed as crews work to put out hot spots. the cause is under investigation, live in lower salford township, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> also breaking a fast-moving fire damaged three homes in mount airy section. the blaze broke out on sherman street at 4:30 a.m., it spread from one home to two others. no reports of injuries. an armed robbery suspect is
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in custody following a high-speed chase that ended in a crash and injured two pennsylvania state troopers. state police say they were called in to assist reading police early this morning regarding a stolen car. they began which a i saying it on 422 heading east. two state police tried to stop the car and that's when the suspect ran into them. daniel vazquez was taken to reading police to face assault charge. the search is upon or a shooting suspect. philadelphia police are looking for a second suspect connected to gunfire officers arrested one man who jumped out of the getaway car near germantown and brenner street. the man shot two men during an argument on north carl lyle street. one is stable the other man is stable, have you critical. we're following a developing story in texas where
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crews are letting a massive pipeline fire burn out between san antonio and houston. a natural gas pipeline that belongs to energy company exploded. seven families in the area have been asked to leave. the energy company will launch an investigation once the fire bushes out. the prison worker charged with helping two convicted prisoners escape will be back in court today. joyce mitchell supplied the men with tools to help them break out. david sweat and richard matt found their way to a manhole which has been sealed shut. route 374 has been closed during the on going search. all outdoor activities have been suspended. mayor nutter will the
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recipient of the martian anderson award honoring artist who use their talents for the betterment of society. can't wait to hear who it is. >> reporter: yeah. >> reporter: you have to be careful as you head out today storm tracker 6 live double scan showing some of the heavier storms that we watched through delaware and new jersey are off the coastline. storm tracker 6 live double scan we can show you we have a heavy downpour approaching philadelphia not far from chester pike also in chadds ford route 1 media bypass one crossing through chadds ford. one along route 40 getting heavy downpours in red and yellow. woodbury, getting cells there
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as well. along the coastline you can see lightning almost off the coast wet in sea isle city right now. sky6 live hd looking live peeking outside let's see what's going on, we have fog through the area and you can see that on center city skyline. there's some reduced visibility. it's impacting your flights this morning. be came as you head out half-hour delays, # 5 degrees for the -- 75 degrees is the current temperature, it's horribly humid winds are out of the west, southwest. we have your always on day planner to help you through the day. satellite and radar showing the storms in motion, we had them last night and have them firing up this morning we'll get a lull as we see the patch batch to the west approach us, you can see that future tracker 6. 7:30, we are seeing storms, it's through the morning commute
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we're seeing storms. a bit of a lull, late morning early afternoon, not a whole lot happening shower or thunderstorm here or there. later this afternoon they fire up again at 3:30 we're looking at cells popping up here or there, 11:30 p.m. is probabliment last of it. the storm prediction said we're at the risk of severe weather gusty winds and severe downpours. warm and humid out there 9:00 a.m., 78. maybe a shower or thunderstorm around. noon, 83. not a whole lot happening. maybe a shower or two. 3:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. that's when they start to fire up again. a few showers or thunderstorms move through the area. here's a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's busy this week, humid today, uncomfortable thunderstorms around, 88 degrees for your high.
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tomorrow, clouds and sun 89. still humid still the chance for thunderstorms. wednesday, we're giving you a one daybreak, less humid, high of 86. thursday clouds, showers and thunderstorms around that will hold the high down to 81. friday, partly sunny skies looking dry during the day and evening. 87. friday night into saturday, another chance of showers and thunderstorms around clouds and sunshine 85. even hotter on sunday, 90 for your high, humid showers and thunderstorms. so a rather unsettled week and for most of the sunday period humid, as well. >> 6:40 we have more brand new stories up next the message hackers left on an electronic construction sign? fishtown. we have rare wack to back shark attacks on same north carolina beach. >> reporter: scary stuff. we have a cracial on -- crash on
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along the coastline. >> let's head over to matt pellman anticipate see what the commute is look like at this point, i see a lot of redlights. >> reporter: a lot of redlights and flashing lights, we don't like to see them, but we've got both on the vine street expressway in center city, westbound side is where there's a crash temporarily they blocked all the westbound lanes of the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill expressway. we've seen a lot of emergency crews on the scene an ambulance and fire truck and at the moment they are holding the westbound traffic, they are starting to move in the left lane as we watch live in center city. you're seeing brake lights and bag log coming westbound from broad street to the schuylkill expressway. if you stay local or the local vine or the local streets or the schuylkill expressway to get around it, although there speeds have dropped in the low 20s westbound of south street.
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i-95 the normal delays forming like 16 miles per hour southbound by girard avenue. word of a crash on the admiral wilson boulevard in pennsauken close to the airport circle by lee avenue. watch out for restrictions. we have the closure in chester county the westbound side of the 30 bypass, now some stacked up traffic waiting to exit at 340 for thorndale all the lanes are blocked. eastbound is getting by slowly, westbound is closed if you're heading westbound stick with business 30, lincoln highway or # 22 or stay on the pennsylvania turnpike as alternates. we have a crash to watch out for in upper merion 202 at henderson road. skippack creek road is closed in lower salford castle road will get you around that. >> thank you matt. new this morning police in delaware are investigating a deadly shooting on north jefferson street in wilmington,
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someone shot a 27-year-old man in the chest and later died at the hospital. no arrests have been made. two teenagers have been injured? separate shark attacks in north carolina. both attacks happened on oak island. a witness snapped pictures as people on the beach tried to help a 13-year-old girl who was bitten. two hours later and a little bit away a 16-year-old boy was by then as well. >> i saw what was left of his bloody hand. >> reporter: both teens were flown to the hospital. a hospital spokesperson said each teen had an arm amputated and the girl may lose part of her leg, as well. officials at oak island stay such attacks are rare. people will be allowed back in the water although officials are recommending they might want to spend more time on the beach. someone hacked a
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construction zion in philadelphia -- sign in philadelphia the sign featured derogatory message in fishtown section. police could not immediately reprogram the sign. >> 6:47, a lead singer of a boy band ended up with a trip to the hospital. >> a road is shut down in central pennsylvania because of too many bugs.
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it's what makes a subaru a subaru. time to get a look at what's coming up on "g.m.a." >> we turn to "game day kickoff" at the "g.m.a." studios, good monday morning to you, amy. >> reporter: good monday morning to you, as well matt an tam. shark attacks in north carolina leave two teens serious injured with three incidents in less than a week and two on sunday alone. experts are wandering if one killer shark is behind the string of attacks. the two conviction on the run from the prison break on the run for ten days, the prison worker is behind bars and due in court this morning we're live on the scene. now to the bizarre story of the naacp leader pretending to be african-american, we hear from her adopted brother and her
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parents are speaking out. we celebrate dad this morning, one deserving dad is about to get a surprise of a lifetime from his daughter it's a very moving and powerful story coming up next. >> looking forward to that. thank you, amy. >> reporter: thinking of moving, we're not on the vine street expressway, we have a crash taking out two lanes it's a parking lot. the left lane is squeezing by. changes for those of you who ride septa trolley routes 15, 101 and 102 beginning today and lasting the rest of the summer you're not riding the trolleys you're riding the buses instead. allow to extra time. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we have showers in the city, glassboro route 55 heavier rain south of wilmington starting to enter into south jersey and salem you're about to get hit with
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this. we're seeing lightning strikes frequent with this and good downpours that could create the ponding on the roadway. 1.5 have its ability in trenton. 3-mile at philadelphia international and 2.5 in wilmington and millville, 2.5 visibility in wildwood. fog is an issue of as you head out of town we have a ground delay because of low ceilings, 26 minute delay currently call ahead. a problem in central pennsylvania is bugging people. millions of may flies are buzzing around the veteran's memorial bridge. so much they had to shut it down, there's a coating of dead bugs an inch thing in spots. witnesses say the swarm of flies when they are live looked like a blitz. five seconds this summer had to cut their concert short in london on saturday because
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pennsylvania state troopers suffered minor injuries when an armed robbery suspect ran into their cruiser during a high-speed chase. they were assisting reading police as they cased a stolen vehicle on 422. the robbery suspect is in custody. a house fire injured four people no word on their conditions. skippack road is the scene in lower salford. >> reporter: head forecastle road to get around that. 30 bypass westbound side stacked up because of the closure 340 for thorndale because of a downed tree. stick with business 30 or pennsylvania turnpike. >> reporter: we've seen gusty winds with any of the storms that come through. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing showers heavy rain in northern delaware heading into south jersey, we have a chance for storms early in the morning commute and then later on in the afternoon and evening.
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good morning, america. new this morning, double attack. two shark attacks barely an hour apart. a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy gravely injured. >> attacked by a shark. they said the head was about that big. >> terrified beachgoers try to save their lives. tropical threat. a major new storm forming right now. a warning from the national hurricane center as the big new system takes aim at the gulf coast. major cities from houston to new york warned about heavy rains and flash flooding. living a lie. the naacp leader accused of pretending to be african-american. her brothers say she's been living a lie. ♪ you will remember me
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