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 off the road in delaware county,

the city of chester was also hard hit, that came down in the street on to a car and another tree landed on this old house on providence road and many homes are left without electricity and traffic lights were out at hundreds of intersections leading to close calls like this one, the path of destruction covered most of the county and many are left wondering if they were hit by a tornado. >> it had to be a torn, i never saw anything like it it was scarey. >> mike watched as his car was buried by a tree. >> it was like the wizard of oz look outside and the tree is just coming over. >> you can imagine how scared the woman that lived here was she was home when the tree came down on the house people are seeking shelter because there is no power in this borough some

people are still being housed at the government complex. david henry channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. entire neighborhoods were damaged across the delaware river in south jersey several roads in the birchs development were blocked by downed trees or power lines the residents never expected the storm to be this severe. >> never seen a storm like this. >> sounded like a freight train was coming through and the roof and everything was shaking and i looked outside and the trees were probably at a 35 to 40 degree angle. >> the entire development is still without power. >> and meanwhile residents in nearby greenwich township woke up to major storm damage the storm tore a roof off a convent while nuns were inside. it it knocks trees in the drive ways and streets and that the

trees were snapping so fast they sounded like gunshots. now we go to meteorologist, adam joseph, with more on this. ever seen anything like this? >> it's been a long time since i have seen a squall line pass through our area like this and so widespread. the best example is when you fly somewhere, think about how high you are in the sky, commercial airlines, 30000 to 35000 feet up these storms towered up to 45,000 feet in the atmosphere and they have wins called updrafts, what comes up must come down and all the wind comes down in the form of down drafts in front of the storm and you get the rush of wind prior to the heavy rain and lightning and add that the speeds yesterday of 45 miles per hour and that is what created the straight line winds that was the wall of win that pushed through most of the heart of the delaware valley.

straight line winds they are the debris that falls in one direction, the trees are all down in the same fashion so to speak. and they with reach speeds of 100 miles per hour, the tornadoes we see in the area sometimes are ef 0's and they are around 65 miles per hour, top wind gust fz philadelphia 72 miles per hour, that is the fourth strongest wind gust ever recorded at the airport. the strongest was 94 miles per hour back in 1954 with hurricane hazel. temperatures better today upper 70s to low 80s around the region and comfortable humidity however this little break sharrie from the active weather, not going to last all that long, we have a couple of rounds of rain to speak of and we could see inches of rain by the weekend and we'll have the numbers coming up in ac weather. >> adam thanks.

meantime parts of camden county, took a big hit from the storm, sara bloomquist is live from cherry hill, and residents are in cleanup mode as well. >> hi there sharrie, you can see behind me a common sight in the cherry hill neighborhood another snapped in half in the neighbor's front yard, look at this tree uprooted and tossed across the sidewalk you can see the path in the street all the wires down and a transformer in that neighbor's driveway and a pole snapped right in half, this was some summer storm that blew through here last night and now neighbors are left to deal with the aftermath. >> street after street tree after tree, down along the sidewalks and down along sidewalks. >> this is a huge catastrophe we have no electricity and i don't know when we'll get it back but the rest of the neighborhood is pretty bad too.

>> neighbors watched as the storm rolled in last evening. >> it turned pitch black and the wind came shooting through like a freight train. >> we saw this wall of water i don't know what it was, we could see it woosh. >> transformers blew and ignite aid fire on this front lawn. >> we were watching the fire and the cops were telling us to back up and as we back up it explodes. >> today the sounds of generators and power saws echoed through the neighborhood as crews came in to start the cleanup. >> it's a big job but have you to start somewhere the only way it will get done. >> neighbors are starting a block party to use up food in the refrigerators making the best of it until the power comes back on. >> someone said maybe by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon.

>> you'll make due right? >> yes. we make due. >> now the camden county communication center took about 25 calls during a six hour period last evening that is approaching the number they took during hurricane sandy this is reminiscent of what they saw during hurricane sandy. and pseg pulled up to get a first look at these wires and poles down, but no word on when the power will be back they have opened up cooling senteres to get power and relief some of kind. you'll see the full list at our website at 6abc.com. sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. the storms hit hard in delaware as well, lightning struck a home in newark striking a home in the basement the homeowner heard a crack and then

smoke filled her home. >> i heard this loud bang like a bomb had dropped on the house and all the fire alarms went off in the house and this after none the home's basement is still unsafe to go in the lightning and fire did $200,000 in damage. we continue to cover the after imagine of this storm at 6abc.com right now we have dozens of photos and videos in the field and from you our "action news" viewers, send us your photos using #6abcaction. >> we have good news here, cellular service is restored in the tri-state area, the storm knocked out wireless service to residents in delaware and burlington county. some were off service for 24 hours. meanwhile patco is dealing

with limited service, trains are expected to run in 20 minute intervals until midnight when it is set to resume. some commuters had to be bused from the haddonfield train station. >> time to check on the "action news" traffic report. >> now from matt pellman, a busy morning as well. a busy day in general, an improvement, running every 20 minutes through midnight tonight like suspensions through the njt rail line, they are cross honoring their tickets on the septa buses route 7, 109, 17 18, 19 no service to chester, she have halted it it once again. the media rail line no service,

use the newark instead. 15 minutes delays across the board for the -- and as you look at the neighborhoods this is the kind of thing are you seeing a lot of downed trees and wires leaving us with the power problems ming we are not running on the mass transit agencies 73 southbound not passable row restrictions 70 eastbound as well. and gloucester county same deal with the continued closure of route 45 and route 47 delsy drive. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> more to come on "action news" at 5:00 the boston marathon bomber apologizes to the victims and families effected by the tragedy during his sentencing. >> and doctors are seeing more and more teen injuries.

what sports are causing the most problems in health check with ali gorman. and we'll have more on the aftermath of all of those storms coming up next.

dzhokhar tsarnaev apologized for bombing the 2013 boston marathon at his formal stepsing today. he expressed gratitude to godp thanked his attorney before apologizing to the bombing victims and survivors and admitted to carrying out the attack and was sentenced to death penalty as recommended by a jury in may, it left three people dead and 260 injured. a new study cast out on whether medical marijuana can live up to what supers claim. now ali gorman is at the big board with the details. >> 23 states allow marijuana for medical uses, new jersey has for several years and a drive to approve it in pennsylvania but a review of 79 studies, there is

little evidence that it works for illnesses that they have approved it for. for chronic pain and muscle stiffness for multiple sclerosis but little relief for sleep disorders and tourettes syndrome. now overuse injuries for young athletes are on the rise and the girls are getting the majority. ohio sports experts found the highest rates in girls field hockey, soccer and lacrosse. because of increased competition many had them are playing just one sport. >> when you play a different supports you use different muscle groups, that gives the other groups a relative break. >> the lower leg is the most commonplace for overuse injuries

followed by the knee and shoulder. >> also, today if you and your children are allergic to peanuts, you may get new you help a company is testing a drug if the form of a patch it's designed to increase an allergic person's tolerance for peanuts and have approved fast track testing for it. some people in the trials were able to eat four peanuts without a reaction and the drugs maker hopes to begin selling it in 2018, it's not intended to wipe out the allergy but could help to prevent aalllergic reaction.

and the delegation from philadelphia got a growthing personally from pope francis. they were front and center for the weekly general audience in st. peters square the pope approached a group with a message. >> smiling with three fingers up in three months i'll be in philadelphia and that is a great feeling. >> stay with "action news" for the full coverage of the the world meeting of families and brian taff is in rome this week and giving live reports, keep up with this on twitter, follow our special handle at 6 abc pope.

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now at the "action news" big board, adam joseph is joining us. >> nothing like yesterday, today the beautiful out there. sunshine and low humidity and temperatures just a little bit below normal. we just got an update from the weather service, they went out to assess the damage in gloucester county in east greenwich township they classified it as a macro burst straight line winds a small area 2 to 2.5 miles of macro damage, at 5:55 p.m. in that area of east green witch temperature, match winds were 85

miles per hour and it lasts between 5 and 20 minutes long, so another terminology that you just learned and we typically don't see in this part of the country. wind gusts elsewhere just as powerful 75 miles per hour in medford that is greater than hurricane force and right around the 75 miles per hour wind gust and the same for king of prussia and hammonton as well as glassboro, these winds were widespread across the tell wear valley. today it's 79 in allentown and 84 if sea isle city and trenton right now a temperature of 82 degree, a warm fronts is way to the west and it takes its time pushing in and high clouds streaming in at the present time and patchy clouds tonight and it will be very comfortable with lows in the 50s in the northwestern suburbs 62 in

trenton and dover and warmer at 65 degrees, as we look at future tracker 6 for tomorrow morning, sunshine and a few high clouds and warm and 75 if allentown and 78 in millville and the dew point will stay the same tomorrow like today and we'll see a jump up in the humidity for thursday the cloud increase in the afternoon and can you see a couple of sprinkles trying to break out to the south and west of the city in lancaster and southern chester county at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon the steady rain will hold off until thursday night and early on friday, your five-day at 5:00, sun and clouds tomorrow afternoon for your special here on channel 6, the parade of sail as the tall ship as arrive and 86 degrees, and a damp start to friday and a damp finish and this one is more potent on saturday we are looking at 1 to 2 inches on saturday and 72

degrees and on sunday, it should now kick out on time as the new information is showing and sun by the afternoon and 77 and that brilliant sun is back on monday still below average with a temperature of 80 degrees, we'll have the seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. still to come, our coverage of the cleanup from the storms continues we'll head to burlington county. and lawmakers from across the country descend on south carolina to honor a state senator killed in the church massacre. and the republican nomination for president just got more crowded. >> those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

"action news" continues with immediate get adam joseph jaime apody rick williams and monica malpass. hello again monica will be along at 6:00 and sharrie is joining us tonight. a massive cleanup efforts across the region following the severe storms that roared through the region last evening we are live

with more from residents and what they experienced at the height of the storm and a spectacle on the river more than a dozen tall ships set sail on the delaware and we have a special preview coming up. >> now coverage continues, the tri-state area was hit with fierce winds lightning and thunder. and residents on both sides of the river spent the day cleaning debris from their yards as power companies try to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. >> it was truly a commune effort across the area this was sent to us through jointheaction@6abc.com jointheaction@6abc.com. and they helped to remove a big tree that fell last night and a "action news" viewer in lyndonwald, sent us this video of a large tree that sliced into a home there, and the backyard was littered with branches and

viewer ed shot this video of large trees down across his property along the 200 block of sunny jim drive the biggest tree missed his house by just a few feet but another tree is resting on top of his roof tonight lets head now to "action news" reporter vernon odom, live in medford. >> you spoke with residents about last night's storm? >> i did speak with them late today like so many people here they were shaken by mother nature's violence and thankful no one was injured. the home hit hard by straight line winds jake saw it all unfolding and his dad was late getting home from work. >> i heard a giant thunderstorm coming and heard lightning and by the time i looked outside i saw these huge trees falling down. >> it took ed two hours to get home from his office in

wilmington because of the storms and traffic. >> today he and jake were doing their own cleanup work in the backyard unable to assess the cleanup. >> we had a tree fallen on the back of the garage that leads into the play room and we condition assess how bad it is because the tree is on it but it's pretty extensive. >> lynn knows how badly hers is damage, there is now a hole in the master bedroom suit from trees coming down on it. right now it's uninhabitable. we went up to the bathroom and bedroom and there is a giant tree and now i have no closet. >> three large trees hit that side of your house? >> the tree surgeon says they are 80 feet tall. >> the power came back on in this section of medford at 2:30

this afternoon but there is still lots of trees and limbs on the ground waiting to be cleaned up. live in medford, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. meantime crews in delaware also had a big cleanup to and tend with, and the stormed brought down power lines near the patnell school and had is near joe biden's home. they are diverting traffic until the mess is cleared up. and crews were back out in belmont and park side avenues, this section of roadway was closed to traffic last night due to debris heavy branches snapped power lines here and it was a similar situation at 72nd and city avenue where a tree snapped a power line there as well. >> lots of street blocking on cars. >> bad all over the town. >> all over the city we'll be

cleaning up for a couple of weeks. >> and in winfield tree removal crews were out in force row removing the splintered wood from the area. viewers submitted videos to us jiment this to #6abcaction. luckily nobody was hurt in this crash. >> and viewer lee set up his camera to capture the storm rolling through his backyard in brookhaven brookhaven, delaware you can see the sky getting dark and the clouds coming in and rain drenching the area. >> and city hall was also a target of the storm it took direct lightning hits, chopper 6

flew on top billy penn and it seems that the statue weathered the storm without suffering from damage. we continue to cover the aftermath of this storm at 6abc.com. right now we have dozens of photos and videos from the action news crew and from you the "action news" viewers, send us your photos with the #6abcaction. >> in other news tonight, a tell wear man remains in critical condition after he was shot during the height of the storm it happened on the 600 block of bloom street at the same spot where a delmarva crew was fixing a gas line. they shot a man in the back of the head. two people were taken to the hospital after a serious crash this morning on the new jersey turnpike, a driver lost control and when off the highway at 6:30 a.m. in the northbound lanes of

warwitch county. the firefighters was assisting with a fire that damaged three story buildings on the 64 hundred block of woodland avenue it happened at 12:15 a.m. and all the buildings are believed to be vacant and the firefighters were taken to the hospital in stable condition, they will be coming in from nova scotia and the florida keys. tomorrow starts the tall ship festival, a spectacular sight on both sides of delaware river. if you have dreamt of sailing the high seas here is your chance to get up close to these magnificent ships? >> 9 ship hindu we got a sneak peek they were making sure everything was in order for the sale. his captain, josh told us sailing is in his blood forever.

>> since i was 3 years old in my grandma's swimming pool my father got us a dingy and we had to learn how to short tack and sail up to the center board to make it to the shallow end. >> and if you really want the full experience, he needs eight volunteers to raise the sail but there are other ships to go aboard as well. from france germany and philadelphia's own gazelle. and there are cannon demonstrations and real sword fighting be sure to join us tomorrow for a special live forecast for the broadcast parade of sale, alicia vitarelli adam joseph karen rogers and myself will be on the air at 2:00 as the ships come along the delaware river. you can see it all right here on 6 abc. over to rick. >> looks like fun sharrie can't wait. >> time now to see how traffic is proceeding on a wednesday

night. not smooth sailing on your major highways. >> that is for sure rick, looking at the vine street expressway a long slow crawl maybe a tugboat or something, at the vine street expressways crowds on the schuylkill expressway westbound by south street there is a crash on the shoulder and it is slowing us down and the major cleanup efforts continue in the burbs with the downed trees and wires continue to close roads in chester county portions of 926, route 1 southbound still blocked and that is a busy one also watching a couple of overturned tractor trailers this afternoon, one is in buck county at pennsylvania avenue and the other in burlington county blocking the ramp from 206, exit 7 from the northbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike this is still what we are looking at portions of 45 are closed and i

chunk of 77 is closed and glassboro delsy drive remains closed. >> thank you matt. still to come tonight on "action news," dozens line up outside of the capital to pay tribute to the state senator gunned down in the church shooting. and other candidate throws his hat in the ring for the republican nomination for president. and just 70s to the north today but we are tracking a warm front before the week ends. >> thanks and jaime apody has phillies-yankees highlights coming up in sports. i'm whoopi goldberg and new york

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heards from across the country travelled to columbia south carolina to say a final good-bye to state senator, clementa pinckney, his body layed in the rotunda state house a large blake drape was flag

was laid over the window to block the confederate flag outside. today's move comes one week after the deadly shooting in charleston outrage over the confederate flag has been growing since then. they say it's a monument to confederate soldiers and alabama's governor called the flags a distraction. and louisiana governor bobby bobby bobby bobby bobbyginle president obama tweaked the government's policy on hospital ams today government agencies will now be a lowed to gauche

families will no longer be prosecuted if they decide to pay for their loved one release from hostages. world news tonight with david muir will have pour more on the u.s. hostage ransom policy and the battle over the confederate flag. turning to sports now, the phillies trying to sweep the yankees up the turnpike north of us. >> just about north of us. jaime apody is live now in the sports center with the story. >> okay the phillies almost made it look two easy the last two games against the yankees and today they were all brought back down to earth. cole hamels made an audition for

the yankees but it did not go well but it was not his fault, it didn't go well behind him. blanco playing third charged with the error on that play and in the fourth blanco unable to come up with this ball off his glove down the line, three yankees scored in the inning, and mark teixeira single made it 5-0 and hamels five walks and three strikeouts in five innings and the phillies were almost shut out. they lose it 10-2 and last night they lose chase utley which this year is not a big blow, utley was placed on the 15 day dl because of right leg inflammation. he originally sprained the ankle many mid may the second base

man is batting .179 the worst in the american league. they begin a series at home on friday. and the rays game marcusest marcusestrada makes the grab and the next batter logan forsyth beats the throw and the no no for the perfect game. and toronto beat them in the tenth. the all important nba draft is coming up and could be a part of the sixers destiny. nerlins noel worked on their play in the paint and their pick and rolls and jeff skversky

picked his brain about the third overall pick. >> how much you are looking forward to taking in the nba draft. >> i think they will make the right decision for our team and put us in the point where we can continue to progress. >> jeff will have more with nerlins and the kids coming up at 6:00. the nfl draft is on friday and father's day is on friday, but i have to showcase a dad with great hands check this out. a foul ball into the seats and adrian gonzales has a shot at this ball but so does the guy in the front row while feeding his infan son and didn't miss a drop of milk, he did not drop the ball or the baby but it was ruled that he reached over the tarp and interfered with a ball

in play. >> who cares that was an amazing catch but mom was probably not happy. >> thanks jaime.

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an "action news" viewer caught this on their cell phone in chester county, if you see news happening senus your photos and videos at 6abc.com or use

#6abcaction on social media. and be safe trying to shoot that. >> it's great to see the videos but you don't want to be at a window with a storm like that. safety is first -- >> maybe a big selfie stick would that work. >> no no the lightning is five times hotter than the surface the sun it's nothing to mess with. >> but the imables were incredible. >> yes. as we take a look now at stormtracker 6 live double scan. we see nothing but sunshine out there sky 6 hd live, ventnor and margate and very little in the way of cloud cover the national weather service just threw this our way, they were

out assessing the damage specifically in east greenwich township the straight line winds were called a macro burst just an extra push of winds out of the storm locally out of that area, five minutes before winds in that area, a 2-2.5 radius there, that lasts between 5 and 20 minutes long creating that tremendous amount of garage we have seen but that front that brought all the severe weather really busted the heat wave, heat wave number one is over and we are at 95 yesterday and 10 degrees today, it's 83 in millville and lower 80s at the shore, as we look at satellite

and radar with high clouds streaming in from the west, sunset pictures, high clouds streaming in which is ice in the clouds that will play-off the sunset this evening, it creates spectacular views the rest of the way tonight, 58 in the suburbs and 66 degrees for center city with low humidity the humidity stays low tomorrow and 86 degrees, we start with sun and end with clouds when a warm front arrives, and most of the rain comes in tomorrow night and early tomorrow morning, and a quarter inch tomorrow and some could pick up a half inch of rain and friday afternoon the clouds will linger and a few peeks of sun and out of here at 80 degrees and new pressure develops and creates a soaker of a day here on saturday. we could see 1 to 2 inches of rain. 78 degrees and sun in the morning and clouds build in the afternoon and any of those

showers or a thundershower will hold off until after dark down there. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 86 tomorrow and clouds build in the afternoon as the tall ships come in to philadelphia 80 degrees on friday and much drive in the afternoon after starting off with rain and then a soaker again, 72 degrees and not good for the union game on saturday, and clouds and sun give way for the sun and back into the 80s next week with a dry stretch of weather and not tracking 90s or weather like we saw last night. >> nice. another "action news" viewer joined the action and recorded this waterspout along long beach island in ocean county, jack works at island surf and sail, which suffered some damage the

waterspout was over in 30 seconds.

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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> it's the sound the day after wicked weather ripped through the delaware valley chainsaws and wood chippers were put to work today as folks began cleaning up the damage left behind and power crews were busy too and hundreds of thousands of people lost power at the height of the storm and it could be days before crews get everybody

back online. wednesday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass, and the big story is the extensive storm damage still across the region our crews have fanned out and john rawlins has more on the feverish work to restore power and first new jersey correspondent correspondent, nora muchanic is live. they are determining if the damage was caused by a tornado? >> that is what people think but after having the weather service surveyed the damage they determined it was straight line wind. this woman was outputting her recycling out when the storm hit. >> she felt herself being picked up by the air and this tree cracked and when over on top of