caused the destruction. nora muchanic is live now in clarks bro, it's no tornado but the damage is just as bad. >> this is just one example, we have utility poles and trees sheered off and knocked over, this area of gloucester county was hit hard. the chainsaws are running at the house on democrat road in gibbs town but the backyard is still covered in 80 foot trees that snapped off in the storm that landed on to vehicles demolishing the sedan in the front yard. >> the tree came across the car and landed on the roof and all the trees snapped off overhead here and it was wild, never saw the winds that bad in my life. >> cathy ran out in the middle of it to rescue her dog bebe. >> i had to shove the screen and go down on my back and around the corner.

>> neighbor bill collins helping them clean up but it will take a long time to get the trees up off the backyard. >> it sounds like gunshots going off all the trees snapping. >> a string of utility poles are blocking the roadway and there are trees down everywhere, some uprooted and others snapped off by the wind. >> the most devastation i have seen in my area in my whole life. >> to be it's a disaster it's terrible you look around and you say it will never be the same. >> these to nuns were inside of the convan when the storm hit and the roof blew off. >> i ran up to their door and they came out and i wanted to get them over to the school it was lower grounds, the roof was flying through the air it was very dangerous.

>> it shifted 15 feet. >> you were inside? >> yes inside. >> you feel lucky? >> yes. >> you said your prayers? >> yes prayers before during and after. >> they were lucky to get out not so the woman caught under this tree. this is twice as high as i am an amazing site, she is hospitalized and we'll have more on that story at 6:00, we are live in clarksboro, nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> the heavy rains left a mark in nearby washington township, an uprooted tree crushed a volkswagonon on shady lane and more trees toppled on sherwood drive and one was ripped into on westminster boulevard, one said it sounded like a freight train coming through when the train hit wednesday night.

in edition to the downed trees the power problems are also widespread and in some places the power went off in dangerous ways. >> oh my god. wow "action news" viewer, stephanie sent us this video and you can see why she and her family were caught in a scary situation when the power lines outside of the home arced and sent sparks flying. peco has 126,000, a.c. electric is reporting 167,000 and pseg says 16000 still in the dark. and john rawlins has more on the outages is he in concord township. officials there declared a disaster emergency today. >> indeed they did they said they got clobbered here, and big trees on roadways here like the

last one this is u.s. 1 southbound federal highway it's still closed and that tree is still tangled in power lines. >> it's a slow process to get the lights back on in delaware county, first peco crews have to fine and assess the problem and then the tree you cutters move in and clear entanglements only after that can new polls and wires be installed. peco then gave them this timeline they hope to have 95% of service restored by midnight on friday they anticipate they will have several thousand customers in delaware county whose service will not be restored until the weekend. >> the damage is widespread, and southbound route 1, baltimore pike, downed trees and cars trapped by the trees. >> tree after thee down hanging over the road. >> on the southbound side.

>> and cars basically marooned. >> yes they must have gotten out of their cars yesterday and left them there. >> many without power today one lone exception d and i beverage with their generator chugging along. >> everybody needs ice putting it in their freezers to keep other food from going bad. >> good luck with that, 66000 that is the number of people still without power in delaware county and the thinking is it it may not be until friday or saturday, until those folks get power back. we spoke to the man in that story and he could not get ice from his supplier, it was just not available. electrical service is not the only thing affected by the stom people are dealing with cell phone problems as well.

specifically verizon customers the action cam found crews making repairs in wilmington delaware verizon says the storm affecting their fiber lines it has fixed the problems in delaware and chester counties and the issue is still on going in new jersey. lets head over to meteorologist adam joseph live at the big board you were on the air during the worst of this storm? >> it was a long night for many of us the worse squall line i have seen in many years pass through, the reason why these storms were damaging because they grew to levels of more than 40,000 feet in the atmosphere, think of a commercial airline they are between 30000 to 35 thousand feet. they are higher than that, fueled by intense winds called

updrafts, what comes up must come down in the form of down drafts ahead of this storm. in addition to all of that air have you the storm speed they were moving at 45 miles per hour the speed of the storm with the powerful down drafts what sent the winds in access of 70 miles per hour, creating the straight line wind damage. here is the latest they could be in speeds of 70 to 100 miles per hour, debris is spread around and an ef 1 tornado we see around here every once in a while, straight line winds could be worse. today the strongest wind gust in philadelphia history, 72 miles per hour, the first was 94 miles per hour from hurricane hazel, this came from a thunderstorm not even a tropical system. but today we can all take a

breath because we have the cooler winds from the northwest. 83 philadelphia and 81 allentown and 80 in sea isle city, with lower humidity and not a good respect time to clean up and the weather is cooperating and more rain is heading our way. we'll let you know when it begins in the accuweather forecast. >> adam thanks, with so many downed trees and wires even trying to get around town for the last few hours that includes public transportation, patco service is partially restored. the storm knocked it out of commission last night and that made it unavailable for today's morning commute, trains are now running every 20 minutes and should be up to full speed by midnight and septa had problems and was mostly back online by sock this morning. time to check the traffic situation for a wednesday afternoon, hump day and what a hump day it is. >> we are ready to be over this

hump that is for sure. we have issues to contend with after last night's storms that is for sure rick and sharrie, patco is running up like this morning but only every 20 minutes, those trains are not going as frequently as normal and njt's a.c. rail line is not running whatsoever, so the nc buses are cross hoppering tickets. septa buses up and running once again including to the chester transportation center. on the septa regional rail, media elwin not running and fox chase has resumed service but across the board expect 15 to 20 minute delays because of signal sish yous and the high speed line is not running between radnor and 69th street. on the highways though we are trying out but crowded like most

afternoons here on the vine street expressway and the schuylkill ease of headlights and taillights, eastbound and westbound, we have so many downed trees and we see more from john on the closure of route 1, that remains shut down and 322 to the south are possible alternates, this is kind of what you are looking at in the neighborhoods, scores of downed trees and wires 70 eastbound at spring dale road much of the day. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. on the ramps north of wilmington there is a pothole and a crash on the northbound side. we'll check it again rick and sharrie coming up in the next half hour. >> of course we have much more ahead in our live team coverage shred is in burlington county where we see downed trees and houses there. david henry is in brock haven

with more on the hardest hit county and sara bloomquist is in williamstown where we found more than one house totally crushed from yesterday's storms right now at 6abc.com we have dozens of photos and videos from our action crew in the field and from you the viewers. send us your photos on social media with #6abcaction. still to come, the philadelphia delegation in rome got up close and in person with the pontiff we are there when mayor nutter meets the pope and a live report from rome. >> we are just one day away from the tall ship festival. and the rubber ducky quoit a spectacle on the dealt wear river tomorrow.

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philadelphia delegation in rome with a personal greeting from the pope himself. after they planned out every detail for the world meeting of families. brian taff is live, the welcome from the pope was the highlight of the day there? >> reporter: yes i would say so hard to believe anything could compare to that and trust me when i say it was an incredible experience rick, i was fortunate to be there a few feet from the pope, it was a remarkable moment. it's that kind of experience t you on the ben franklin parkway and be broadcast all around the region and today after the meeting with the pope, the planners of the world meeting of families took that message to the families that will send it beyond our borders. >> amid the roar of the faithful in sane peters square and amid occasional rain drops pope

francis emerged for his general audience, and there were philadelphians, front and center. >> how many thousands of folks out there. and in st. peters square. >> the feeling is amazing. >> for some this n-this delegation, this ways second chance to personally greet him unlike last year when they approach the him with an invitation for the world meeting of families, today the pope approached them. >> he said three months i'll be in philadelphia. >> the family from pottstown philadelphia happens to be in rome on vacation this week for them seeing the pope there this week this morning made the idea of seeing him at home that much more exciting. >> no matter what your

denomination is it's exciting. >> highlighting philadelphia as a global destination for them this week is as much about planning for pope as telling the world why he is coming and why they should too. >> this is our time to shine it's an incredible moment for this city, we are on the rise and the national stage and we'll do this exceedingly well. >> back tonight with a live look at piazza center of rome, the crowds are beginning to thin out as it gets late here after 10:00 at night here in rome, these are the types of crowds that come to rome to see the pope or some of the historic sites. and mayor nutter is set to meet with the mayor of rome and we expect these sights back in philadelphia and these crowds if not more when the pope arrives

they will share information between the two how to deal with that. we'll be at the meeting between those two men and we'll have more tomorrow on the last day of meetings before the world meeting of families three months from now. rick back to you. >> thank you brian. our live reports from rome will continue tonight and tomorrow and don't forget can you keep up with all the details of the pope's visit on our special twitter account, follow on 6 abc pope. >> we have something special happening here tomorrow. it has been 15 years since the tall ships sailed into our harbor. tomorrow the majestic sight returns, the tall ships set sail down the delaware river with the world's largest rubber ducky sailing alongside it. >> this is the biggest collaboration of tall ships on the east coast this year, right now more than a dozen towering

beauties are resting up for tomorrow's procession a parade of ships. >> all the tall ships will sail down the delaware and make a large trip and dock some of them will do day sails. >> this is hindu right now it's docked by the philadelphia independence museum and they is docked in key west, florida, and a look at the 549 ton wooden wonder that also docs in florida. >> this is the only one like this one sailing right now around the world the visiting vessels come from all over the world like laura neon. famous for carrying the marquis doe lafayette in the war of 1870. and the largest rubber duck is

61 feet tall and weighs 11 tons and is hanging out on the new jersey side. >> it will make the delaware river its bathtub. >> you like that right a great big bathtub join us for the televised special we'll all be there at 12:00 you can see it all here on 6 abc, and it's a great day along with the parade of sale is a great festival happening through sunday. join us tomorrow. >> we are looking forward to it. should be a great day out there. and nice weather as well. we'll hear from adam, he is standing by now. those tall ships coming in should be a nice way to set sail in philadelphia. >> and if it does rain i'll blame sharrie. clouds are increasing and the rain should hold off until tomorrow afternoon sky 6 hd in

center city, this is a beautiful sight, the atmosphere is exhausted after the storms that rolled through yesterday here are the wind gusts with the straight line wind damage with hurricane force in medford at 75 miles per hour and near hurricane force in delaware county, and king of prussia 70 and same for hammonton and glassboro, and the wall of wind arrives with the line of storms. right now 83 in philadelphia and same for millville and same for allentown and wind from the northwest and no sea breeze this afternoon and beautiful at the shore and temperatures in the low 80s, satellite and radar the brilliant sunshine out there and a few high clouds streaming through and the cloud cover will set up for a spectacular sunset this evening and clouds are increasing not late tonight but during the day tomorrow as a warm front arrives. 66 tonight in philadelphia and 60 in millville and upper 50s to

the north and west and comfortable with a few patchy clouds, future tracker shows tomorrow morning, sunshine be high cloud cover and warm temperatures in the mid up toer 70s and then as we get into the afternoon the warm front approaches this time tomorrow at 4:00, it's cloudy across the area, and 86 in philadelphia and 82 in allentown and out towards lancaster, you can see a couple of showers breaking out and the rain arrives mainly thursday night early into friday morning. your four day at 4:00 sun giving way to clouds and 86 degrees and the humidity remains low tomorrow and it's a damp start to your friday as the warm front lifts through and a drier afternoon at 80 degrees and then a wave of low pressure develops along the boundary and pulls through on saturday and saturday right now almost looks like a washout and miserable and cooler and rainy and a half inch to inch of rain here for the beginning of the weekend and now

the system could pull out in time and the sunshine returns for the second half of the weekend and temperatures at 77 degrees, so tomorrow we are holding the rain off for us. >> i think we blame rick. >> just pass the buck. >> we blame the meteorologist, he took the tests and all of that other stuff and got the seal. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 earth's mightiest heroes come to philadelphia for a special show, and we'll continue our coverage of the fallout from yesterday's weather and vernon odom has a report from another hart hit area.

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. "action news" continues. >> the reason why so many are talking about a mother of four's so-called perfect body. >> and a head-on collision a motorcycle flies around a blind curve, how the biker says he survived. and a virginia man undergoing a route each procedure, but he accidentally captured what he said about him while sedated. >> they came in fast and ferociously but for many of us the effects of last night's

storms will be felt for a long time. tree after tree tossed into yards and into homes and uprooted by winds that gusted at hurricane force "action news" reporters are surveying damage in burlington county all day. vernon odom is live now with the aftermath. >> reporter: hi there the story here in medford, lots of trees knocked down or bent over or leaning sideways and lots of limbs down as well. some power out and lots of damage to resident property. let me go down theoad to sham shamong where it's just as bad, it wiped out the once beautiful backyard belonging to brenda she and friend laura smith just finished dinner. >> we watched the wind take the trees down total devastation here in the yard.

>> like a train coming towards the house, the windows were shaking and it was this awful noise and we ran from the back bedrooms out to the back of the house and saw nothing but utter destruction everything landed in the pool and trees are twisted. >> the tornado like winds cut a straight line from the backyard into the woods and badly damaging the pool and amazingly nobody was injured and the home was not damaged. >> we feared for our lives and i yelled to every to get in the hallway because we don't have a basement. >> and she and her husband were wrapping up dinner and watching weather reports. >> my husband was never so frightened. it was black. >> and you were scared too? >> you better believe it. absolutely. >> i will be back at 5:30 with

some up close and personal looks at the problems that developed here in medford. live in burlington county vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> pennsylvania did not get hit quite as hard as south jersey, the storm left its mark on parts of delaware county. take a look. >> ryan mckenna grabbed his camera as he took shelter in a giant store and watched it take the roof of a cart return and he has never seen that before. ♪♪ ♪♪ that was the sound of a transformer blowing and part of a tree came crashing down on to the road and sent debris

swirling and on to cars stopped at the light thanks to casey for sending this video as well. here is what is looked like today. denise collins captured this video driving through baltimore pike, tree after tree lined the southbound lanes and many of them tangled up in power lines peco says the debris and damage rival that of a severe ice storm. >> it only lasted 20 minutes but left its mark across the city, crews are working to row move downed trees on belmont avenue today and they faced a detour on city avenue after a tree fell on the light and blocked traffic. if it wasn't for adam joseph's forecast, her deck would have been a mess today.

the camden county woman said she had a full eight minutes to secure her furniture before this hit -- >> look at that. oh my gosh, that is crazy. >> well, it's coming right forwards her dolly upload that to our facebook page last night it showed strong winds kicking through her neighborhood and nothing happened thanks to the advanced warning and adam you were on the air for a while doing a great job. >> the doppler radar really pinpointed it when and where. >> it's that technology we are able to now give that advanced warning and that is the biggest compliment that anyone can give someone, you warned us far in advance before the storm came in, thankfully for double scan live we got the advanced warning. it's beautiful now in center city 83 in philadelphia the

dew point nice and low and dry at 55 degrees and winds from the west at 8 miles per hour. northwest chester county the sun is shining and a few clouds and northwesterly wind at 9 miles per hour, and one more stop in atlantic city, a breathtaking view looking southbound a few puffy cumulous clouds and a west-southwestly wind at 11 miles per hour and the ocean temperature is coming in at 67 degrees, mother nature can be nasty and beautiful and she changes her mind quite frequently we have another system we are watching. >> called mother nature's hang over today. quiet and calm. >> exactly. >> adam thanks. >> we continue to cover the aftermath of this storm at 6abc.com, right now we have dozens of photos and videos in the field and from you our "action news" videos remember to send us your videos on social media with the #6abcaction.

fire officials say a carbon monoxide leak senfive people to the hospital in northeast philadelphia this morning, the first reports came in at 6:is an along north caster avenue they found extremely high reading in the home and they found three adults and three children unconscious, and they were all rushed to the hospital fortunately all are expected to be okay. officials are now trying to figure out where the leak was coming from. >> a 35-year-old stabbing victim walked into this wawa asking for help overnight and police say the man was attacked on sheffield avenue at 1:00 a.m., he was able to walk around the corner store at frankford avenue and asked someone to call the police, medics took the victim to the hospital in stable condition. the convicted boston marathon bomber is sentenced to

death but not before statements of survivors and relatives of bombing victims. monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more on that. >> hi rick, that is right 24 survivors and family members spoke in court and very poignant moments there. the final sentence dzhokhar tsarnaev apologized. he prayed for the victim's relief and healing, what those affected by the bombing had to say to him. >> more and more doctors are seeing teen athletes related to overuse even at that age. we have more stories coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. >> she is the best friend and therapist to dozens of people and does it all with no pay this is gigi the inhouse pet at the nursing home in hatfield

she gives smiles to everyone in the building so the residents and staff wanted to return the favor by throwing gigi a party to celebrate her 9th birthday all the therapy dogs dined on special birthday biscuits. >> still ahead her message, i don't have a perfect body, why a mother of four says things are not always how they seem. >> and a man wanting to document his post operation instructions instead he captured something that made him go to a lawyer. what his doctor said about him while sedated. >> he held on to his baby but almost lost his seat, why this catch almost got him kicked out of the stadium. when "action news" at 4:00 continues in just a moment.

a california motorcycle rider survived a high speed collision and captured the whole thing on his helmet camera, jessie lopez was wearing a go pro, and slammed into a los angeles fire truck traveling in the opposite direction and the firefighters radioed for help and air-lifted lopez to the tram trauma center, lopez was lucky to survive his careless driving and had a message for other drivers be cautious when riding and don't do what i did. lopez was treated for leg fractures and an open arm and it was like watching a movie with someone else. a man in china was counting his lucky stars when he saw a saw blade crashing through his truck.

a blade fell off the back of a nearby tractor trailer trailer, ripping through the engine but stopping short of the windshield, more amazing he managed to keep the truck on the road, if the man had been driving faster or if the blade was traveling at a different angle the man most likely would have been killed . there so many choices of summer shoes what is the best choice? it's better for your feet to mix it up flip-flops and ballet flats are good for a short period of time and wearing them for a long time could cause knee, back and hip pain. >> it causes the legs to turn inward, once it's knee starts to go in and your hips start to go. it takes your posture and changes your posture. >> well, high heels can cause

tightness in the back of your legs and achilles tendon, wear them sparingly and mix up the heel heights. last night's cubs dodgers game is tearing up social media. look closer talk about multitasking this guy kevin hardly grabbed the ball with one hand and with the other is he bottle feeding his infant sun he claims he was trying to protect 7-month-old isaac and when the ball came at him it fell in his hand. >> his wife freaked out a bit because he thought he would drop the baby. >> and first base man gonzales did not think he should get the boot. in case you were wondering chicago won.

>> and nowent bullying. a man under sedation heard the team mocking him while he was under sedation. >> the "washington post" obtained this audio from the patient's phone and he had said it to record post on instructions before he was put to sleep and forgot to turn it off so he heard the team including the thesia -- we know that no one is perfect and moms will appreciate just how real this one is keeping it this is south carolina musician kimberly she

was so tired of hearing people say she has the perfect body especially after four pregnancies, and she posted this an unedited unphoto shopped picture of her stomach on facebook. she struggles with her body and used to have a six-pack after babies, but she is over it she wakes up to four smiling faces and they are worth the flab and stretch marks she says and i quote, we are moms and we are superheroes and we rock and that is better than any six-pack. >> telling the truth. >> i get tired of people saying that about me too. >> the perfect body. >> don't follow that up with a facebook picture you know what i mean. >> thanks alicia. time to get a check of the highways lets check in with matt pellman in the traffic

center. >> perfection is not what we are seeing on the roads lets start and give the illusion of perfection on 95 looking better than yesterday and the sun is out and the road is dry and we can see the road from the camera unlike last night when the storm rolled through. but as we get into the burbs we have major issues with downed trees and wires out there in chester county 926 is still closed close to 202 and pleasant grove road is a possible alternate and the busy lanes of south route 1 and baltimore pike is busy all day, stay down on 322 as another alternate. crossing into delaware some closures here, barley mill road is closed down and business 13 out of commission and brandywine boulevard a possible alternate and gloucester county where the

closures are plentiful 44 on a couple different spots and the ramps connecting with harmony road remain closed because of downs wires and harrison township portions of 95 are blocked and 87 is out of commission and in glassboro 47 and delsy drive is closed and same thing in camden, okay on 295 and the turnpike and you get off of them on 73 and 70 are you experiencing a lot of issues because of those storms. we'll check it again coming up at 5:00. >> thanks matt. >> still ahead what a difference a day can make, looking live at sky 6 hd meteorologist adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast next.

meteorologist, adam joseph is back now with a closer look at the accuweather forecast a little nicer than what we have seen over the last 24 hours a huge improvement from this time yesterday we follow the storms working into chester county and we see all the damage video and we take a look at this, we have seen this across the area, a tranquil picture and puffy cumulous clouds and blue sky and humidity is lower when the sky turns white in appearance and more humid and a breeze blowing the fountains around all is quiet this afternoon, from the shore to the city, from the lehigh valley to the poconos. we are below average for this time of year, that is not a bad thing, 81 allentown and same for millville and dover at the shore no sea breeze today and

temperatures on either side of 80 degrees, the humidity has dropped big time yesterday, it's oppressive and that is what fueled the storms with the dew points in the 70s, when it's below 60 it's comfortable out, slightly humid in southern areas but not that bad. satellite and radar a few ribbons of storms passing through ahead of a warm front coming through tomorrow afternoon, a few patchy clouds and around and 50s in the suburb and then the warm front arrives very late tomorrow and we start with sun and end with clouds in the afternoon and then it turns wet at night most of the rain should hold off until after sunset at 86 degrees and humidity remains on the low side tomorrow a wave of low pressure develops and moves through some we have early rain on friday and a lot of clouds in the afternoon with peeks of sun and 80

degrees, and the boundary that snakes its way through the ohio and tennessee valley, new low pressure develops along it and it's set to arrive on saturday and this has a lot of moisture with it and we have a true soaker here for the beginning of the weekend. tomorrow 67 your ocean temperature a decent day at the shore and late day clouds developing and a late evening shower or thundershower and temperatures in the upper 70s, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, clouds built in tomorrow and it looks to be pretty dry with a parade of sale special on channel 6 and 86 degrees and a damp start to friday and dry at 80 degrees and right now saturday looks to be a washout here, we could see is to 2 inches of rain on saturday and cool and miserable and 72 degrees, right now that low could be strong enough that it moves out in time for sunday to give us sun especially in the afternoon of 77 degrees and

plenty of sun on monday and 80 and good tuesday into wane and temperatures average in the middle 80s and we are not tracking anymore 90 degree days at least for now.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. from pennsylvania to delaware and new jersey the damage from last night's storms are widespread and the power remains out for hundreds of thousands of people in our region. it's wednesday night monica malpass will be along at 6:00 and sharrie williams is joining us tonight. the storms hit hard and fast. >> we have team coverage and adam joseph has the latest from accuweather and sara bloomquist and david henry are live with the major cleanup efforts that are underway.

david we start with you in delaware county people love their trees in delaware county in the suburbs but some are now having second thoughts, take a look at the size of this oak industry, the house was no match for it and half the house was crushed and the people that live here don't know if it will be condemned. others are in the same situation. >> it's har if iing to get a phone call like that, my son is upset. >> john's son was home alone when the storm hit, this giant oak came crashing into what was his bedroom, he left the bedroom earlier to get a look outside of the front door. >> and it kept coming and he just ran out the front door, just got out of there in time. the tree caused extensive structural damage and the building inspector have now condemned the home and dillworth and his family are camped out in the driveway. >> they are clearing the trees of