>> good afternoon, it is sunday june 28. i'm nydia han eva and chris are off to a charity golf tournament this afternoon it was a hair-raising rescue after

several people had to climb up trees to avoid flood water. police are looking for a driver who hit parked cars in manayunk. the clock is ticking fast for govern governor wolf to pass a budget. >> reporter: we have a clouds and sun mix take a look at satellite and radar all that tremendous rain we had late yesterday and last night is now gone there's no more flooding across the region, but i would caution you that the creeks and streams are running high, they are moving fast, stay out of the water don't go near it, because that can be a danger as we go through the afternoon. 78 in philadelphia. 74 in wilmington. 71 in trenton. 68 in allentown. 75 in sea isle city. humidity on the low side. it's your last chance to see the tall ships at penns landing. it's going to be a nice afternoon for that.

79 degrees by 2:00. 4:00 p.m., 80 degrees, that's the high. slight chance of a pop-up shower in the northern suburbs, clouds and sun by 6:00. 78 degrees not too shabby. i do want to remind you if you're going to penns landing or to the pool or the beach there's enough sunday out from behind the clouds the uva index is running high. tomorrow we have a beautiful start to the workweek and then the pattern becomes unsettled and we have thunderstorms on tuesday, that's coming up. >> the delaware and lehigh valleys are drying out from yesterday's torrential rains you can see from the brandywine river in walkers mill in wilmington, it will take a while. the river is out of its banks but no no evacuations have been order. remember if you see a flooded road turn around, don't drown. overnight in delaware three

people had to be rescued after being trapped by floodwaters and forced to climb trees for safety. officials say someone heard a cry for help around 10:00 p.m. crews found two men and one woman clinging to trees to avoid the water. they are taken to christiana hospital where they are in stable condition. stay in touch with 6abc.com/weather the "action news" weather team keeps up -- you up to date with the latest information. the tall ships sailed into philadelphia in a grand parade of rain, but the rain put a damper on the festival, but the good news the final day of their visit is likely to be the best yet. trish hartman is at penns landing for the final day of the tall ships. a wonderful day for the tall ships and all the spectators gathered there to watch.

>> reporter: exactly nydia the tall ships festival is underway, we have a great crowd out here. folks we spoke with are looking forward to soaking up the sun and setting sail. >> reporter: this family came to the tall ships festival in the rain, but they came back for one thing. >> mama duck had to be repaired friday and yesterday's weather kepter inside for most of the day. >> we decided to because of the rain, she was terrible. >> reporter: grandparents were among the many people waiting in line to take the ferry across the delaware river. >> we were coming yesterday in the rain we stayed and we have the kids for the weekend that's what we wanted to. >> plenty of grownups came out

with their grown up kids to marvel at the attractions. >> i love the ships and sails and this is an opportunity to sail on one later this afternoon. >> now organizers say they do hope to inflate mama duck, but right now it's a little too windy. the festival is open until 7:00 p.m., the fireworks and the concert from last night that were postponed are set to go off tonight at 9:30 p.m. trish hartman, channel 6 "action news." >> the week long party to celebrate america's birthday has started in philadelphia. today's edition of wawa welcome america features music and other fun at the samuel rec center in part richmond. tomorrow enjoy free admission to the at the franklin institute. don't miss out on all the action there's free admission to other

museums and more find it on the wawa america button at 6abc.com. it is day 6 without electricity following last tuesday's storms. atlantic city has 27,000 customers still in the dark many in gloucester county. peco reported 4,000 without power, more than half of those are in delaware county which was hard hit. the gooz -- the good news there's help for folks without power, red cross is returning to kingsley high school with ice and much needed supplies for many people who have been without power for so many days. >> no electric since tuesday. >> you don't know how much you need electricity until you don't have it. >> reporter: officials hope to have the power restored by everyone sometime today. police in lindenwald, new jersey are investigating a deadly crash early this morning the action cam was on the scene

at south white horse pike and united states avenue. the vehicle went out of control and slammed into a utility pole killing the driver. there's no word on why the driver lost control. in manayunk police are looking for the driver who slammed his vehicle into five parked cars, residents say they heard a series of deafening bangs, by the time they got outside the vehicle that had done the damage was gone. investigators hope surveillance video will lead them to the suspect. rain could hamper the search in northern new york for david sweat. police think he is not far from the area where richard matt was shot and killed on friday. the two men broke out of a maximum security prison 3 weeks ago. swelt could have a harder time alluding them on his own than when he was matt. another funeral is set for

one of the people slain at the charles church. yesterday services were held for three others. the community is sending a powerful miss message the mayor said. >> you the family, and this community of prayer and love has sent a desperately needed message to the world and that is you respond to hate with love. >> activist jesse jackson was among the mourners. the woman arrested for taking down the confederate flag outside the south carolina state house has been flooded with well wishes and help. hollywood producer is offering to pay her legal fees.

selma director tweeted that she is is black super hero. she is out on bail which was set at $3,000. overnight a website raised $90,000 for her defense. the confederate flag is back on the flag poll. the governor wants it removed but the state legislature must vote to do so. chris christie will get into the presidential race on tuesday, but his website is already up. the pundits say his low arrival rating and his budget problems in the garden state could mean his campaign will be a short one. pennsylvania state legislature needs to pass a budget in time for the budget deadline. house republicans passed their version on friday calling for

scale back of public pension benefits and privatizing state liquor stores. wolf wants public school aid and tax on the natural gas industry. there's much more to come on "action news" this sunday afternoon. residents in north carolina get a scare when they see this funnel cloud. we'll look at the damage. she made her goal of competing in an endurance race, a young mother is trying to regain her eyesight. the sobering lesson. plus, david murphy has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

>> a tornado tore through parts of raleigh, north carolina, one storm chaser caught this picture on a cell phone. a woman was holding a party in the backyard when she caught

sight of the funnel cloud and hustled everyone inside to take cover. the twister uprooted trees but nobody was hurt. it's monsoon season in phoenix arizona. police are urging motorists who get into dust storms pull over to the side of the road and wait for it to clear. they will get rain from thunderstorms tomorrow. >> reporter: tuesday they are adding a leap second, it will be a second longer than usual extra second to sleep or party. >> i'll take the sleep. >> reporter: me too, storm tracker 6 live double scan, no leap seconds to worry about today, nothing to worry about at all except for the heavy rain we had yesterday and the high water in creeks and streams.

taking a look outside sky 6 at the beach, cape may, atlantic city, this is our cape may shot. boy it looks nice down there doesn't it. looks like there's room on the beach in case you're watching us, after "action news" go down and enjoy it. the dewpoint is low for humid air that's good. sustained winds 15 miles per hour gust to 20. 68 degrees still rather cool in allentown at the noon hour, 74 in wilmington, 76 in sea isle city, 78 in ac. we'll look at the beach in a second, wind speed on the breezy side as i mentioned. along the coast it's breezy, 20-mile an hour sea isle city. 17 at the airport in atlantic city and similar winds on the beach, notice how it's coming out of the west that's a low humidity source region for us today. a lot of rain yesterday and last night, though, 3.55 inches in

atlantic city. wilmington, a record of 2.2 inches, the daily record prior to midnight was less than that, but that's record for the day. trenton, 1.72. allentown an inch 1/2. flood warnings are off the map. future tracker 6 shows us as we go through the rest of the day there's a pop-up sprinkle our shower here or there, most of you won't see that, jeerk -- generally speaking it's a clouds and sun mix. up north clouds and sun and spotty shower at times. down the shore again a nice beach day. in atlantic city, 80 degrees is the high, clouds and sun mild and pretty darn comfortable as we take a look at philadelphia. 80 degrees, clouds and sun nice and warm winds out of the west at 12 to 25 miles per hour, so yeah, a little breezy, overnights tonight, partly cloudy comfortable 62 degrees is the afternoon high. phillies in washington after the

rainout last night they will play a rare true double header. the second game might go to 8:00 p.m. you're going town to 75. clouds and sun a nice night for baseball. a true double header takes me back to my childhood when they cruised to do that all the time. high pressure is in play on monday tuesday, we have a guy out in the middle of countries marching on through and bringing us a heavy thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. we get an extra second to enjoy that. future tracker 6 shows you that's what we're talking about 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. there could decent downpours and maybe a thunderstorm mixed in. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast today's high, 80 degrees, very nice, clouds and sun, just a slight chance of a spotty shower. sunny and pleasant tomorrow, 80 the high. a heavy thunderstorm possible here arena there in the afternoon and evening on tuesday, otherwise it's warm and humid high of 86.

looks like a mix of sun and clouds on wednesday, 86 there. thursday, partly sunny, 8 # -- 83 a nice one clouds and sun 84 on friday. the fourth is looking humid but probably dry high of 86 that's good for fire boomers. as the fourth of july is around the corner a stronger economy and cheaper gas will encourage people to hit the roads. the most since 2007 before the recession, people will see gas prices 88 cents a gallon cheaper than last year. tips to keep your feet as care free as the rest of your body this summer. it's ahead in "healthcheck." we'll be right back.

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>> welcome back on this sunday, look at that sky, it is a beautiful day 12:20. 74 degrees, sky6 live hd taking a live look at center city through our temple university camera, enjoy it. a young texas mother has some advice about the popular fitness competition mud runs. she finished the mud run but by the next morning she couldn't see out of her eye. bacteria got caught in the eye in a scratched corn in a. it will cost about $1,000. 17,000 children and teens are injured by lawnmowers every year. children shouldn't be allowed to play on or near mowers. safety experts say they can't mow their lawns and watch their

kids. >> they are focused on cutting the grass they are not seeing or hearing anything around them. when they go back and forth what can get caught is the extremities. it's best to have the kids go inside when the grass is being mowed. what's better to have on your feet in the summer, doctors say mix up what you ware on your feet. >> flip flops can cause the arch to fall, once that knee starts to go in, your hills starting to, so it takes your posture and changes your posture. high heels can cause tightness in the back of the leg and the achilles tendon and mix

your he'll -- heel heights. weather problems turn into a pitching problem for the phillies and their manager. all your sunday sports coming up.

in sports this noon, the phillies and the nats vertibrae a double helder to -- play a double header to make up for yesterday's rain, while the skies are sunny the mood isn't. here's jeff skeverski. >> reporter: when it rains it pours, phillies can't do anything right these days, the interim manager and the players are ticked off they had to play the game when the forecast called for heavy rain.

both teams burned their starter pitchers, so the phils have to call up gone -- gone for the double helder. >> we have a certain amount of talent. it's easy to hang your head. you want to make excuses, you want to complain about the players and that but you vent in the coaches room, but at the same time when you take the field you talk to the players or the press or anybody you have to keep a positive frame of mind. >> it's tough to be positive. okofor scored the most points in college basketball he led duke to the championship, he could be the most talented player in the entire draft. what does he have to work on? he said all aspects of his game. the first round pick will suit

up for the first time in a few weeks for the nba summer league. he has big expectations for the city and the team he and himself. >> i would like to make the playoffs i would like to mete the teammates and get a feel for those guys, i want to be rookie of the year and work as hard as oik and make the city proud. >> reporter: hopefully he makes everyone proud. the sixers introducing second round picks. all right soccer players will play in anything in shorts, you can barely see the union taking on montreal on channel 6. 8th minute, the goal and the back flip. fast forward, 76th minute, union down one watch in front of the net. how easy is that?

the rebound union finish in a 2-2 draw in the rain. it is their last mls match for two weeks that's sports this morning, i'm jeff skeverski. have a great day! >> another half of "action news" is just ahead. here's some of the stories we'll have for you. a teenage boy is hospitalized after becoming the latest shark victim along the carolina coast. a rocket explodes over cape canaveral it's a big set back for nasa and the private space company. those stories and more, more rain ahead next week when "action news" continues.

>> happening now on "action news," yesterday was a washout today is a great day for the tall ships on the delaware. a teenage boy is recovering from a shark attack along the outer banks of north carolina. hundreds are still hospitalized following a fire at a water park in taiwan, more on those stories in a moment, but first a check of the accuweather forecast with meteorologist david murphy in for chris sowers this afternoon. gorgeous out there david. >> reporter: yeah, nydia it's feeling good the humidity is behaving i itself. the rain is gone, but there's cloud covering filtering through for the rest of the afternoon.

thankfully the heavy rain is over and we only have to be concerned about high running creeks and streams. 65 in new york city ascertain 77 in washington, d.c. 56 in philadelphia dewpoint. 61 in new york city, a tad humid there, but all the dewpoints indicate comfortable weather. 79 degrees by 2:00. the high today will be at 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. when we hover at 80 degrees, 75 by 8:00. 70 by 10:00 p.m. we'll be in the 60s after that. just a slight chance of a spotty shower this afternoon particularly in the northern suburbs, but most of us stay dry. if you're traveling out of town on vacation, afternoon flights heading to missouri and kansas might have some problems later because of the possibility of thunderstorms and tornado in the midwest. elsewhere it's the northern panhandle of florida and

southern georgia and coastal south carolina that might have a problem. at the airport no major delays, one has popped up in boston, we have had showers and thunderstorms there, so about an hour delay in boston that's just coming up on the map in the last 20 minutes sore so, everybody else is looking good. we have more rain and thunderstorm activity in the search day forecast, i'll run that down again coming up. >> all right david, thank you,. this promises to be the best afternoon yet on the delaware river as the tall ships festival is in its last day. frisch hartman is live on at penns landing. >> reporter: folks are soaking up the sun and crowds are enjoying things on penns landing. it's the final day of tall ships fast festival before things wrap up. the meyer family from cape may courthouse is read to set sale

this afternoon. >> my daughter gave me the gift for father's day. >> we lucked out that we booked it for sunday. >> reporter: thousands came in the rain to see more than a dozen historic vessels along the delaware. beverly selling pirate themed merchandise is ready for the sun. >> when i left thursday i was soaking wet and friday was a great day yesterday was a torrential rain. >> reporter: not everybody had hate for the rain. we had to go back in thyme. >> no a bit of water no my dear, we survived valley forge. >> reporter: organizers hope to inflate the rubber duck, it's

been too windy so we have to wait and see. the festival is open until 7:00 p.m. the fireworks and concert is set to go off tonight. >> the wawa welcome america bash has begun to celebrate the nation's birthday. many events are free and you will see them on 6abc. that includes the highlight of the week, the fireworks and concert on the benjamin franklin parkway. rick williams and cesily tynan will host the event on the 4th. 6abc is the broadcast partner for wawa welcome america. along the north carolina coast patrols are on the look out for sharks after the 6th attack. a 17-year-old boy is in serious condition after an attack along the outer banks. alica brown has details. >> reporter: a shark attack victim flown to the general

hospital from the outer banks. it's the second shark attack off the outer banks in two days, this one and one friday friday south in avon. the possibility of attacks increases in the summer because more people are in the water. >> it's not necessarily they are coming in closer to shore or doing anything differently. we are more at the shore. >> reporter: the park service said the attack happened around 4:00 p.m., the victim was swimming with several other people, but the only one hurt. the situation was described as very scary. first day of vacation no beach for us this week. there are same things you can do to decrease the chances of coming into contact with the sharks, don't swim around pierce or where people are fishing. >> the majority of sharks are feeding on fish and going with the fish are. >> reporter: the victim of the

attack doctors were operating on him into the night. the father was with him at the hospitalment the same place with the victim of the shark attack friday was treated. that was abc's alica brown reporting. to taiwan authorities have banned the use of the color powder that caused a fire at a water park. the president visited some of the hundreds hospitalized. an accidents explosion of powder set off the fire near a music stage and the flames spread to the crowd. ofrafts used at the water park served as makeshift gawrn -- gur knees to take people out. thousands of tourists fled tunisia hands plan to leave today. 38 tourists were killed on friday when a student armed with

an ak-47 and grenades open fired at the resort insse. greece government wants a no vote, but most greeks want to take the terms so they can use the euro as currency. we're learning details about the friday terror attack in france, authorities say the suspect took a selfie with the beheaded victim and sent it to a canadian cell phone number they are working to identify the recipient. investigators say yassin salhi crashed the truck into a chemical warehouse and hung the employer's head on a factory

gate. that company is oanldz by lehigh -- owned by lehigh valley based air products. thousands are celebrating the supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage coast to coast. but in san francisco a shooting near a gay pride event sent people running for cover. authorities say several grooms of men who had nothing to do with the event got into an argument near the united nation plaza. a 64-year-old spectator near the celebration was shot in the arm. police arrested several possible suspects. the episcopal church electedded it's first african-american bishop. he will serve a 9 year term. four flight attendants have

filed a suit against boeing saying there's a design flaw claiming toxic air gets into the cabin air. boeing says the air in its airplane cabinses is safe and meets -- cabins is safe and meets all faa standards. luggage theives are stealing bags from baggage carousels. police released the video to let travelers know. overall they say luggage thefts in seattle are down this year. there's much more to come on "action news," new trouble getting supplies to the internationals station after the spectacular failure of a rocket launch this morning. a plate that counts your calories it's a bright idea from a local inventor, we'll tell you what's the deal with smart plate. gorgeous shot of atlantic

city lots of folks on the beach, meteorologist david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" continues.

>> it was an explosive failure for nasa and the space x company an unmanned rocket broke apart after it was launched. the accident occurred 2 1/2 minutes into the flight from cape canaveral florida. in april a russian cargo ship spun out of control and burned up upon re-entry. coke and other companies have joined forces with richard branson's group to put hundreds ever small satellites into low or bet to bring high speed internet connections to remote areas of the world.

they hope to be in operation by 2019. new zealand and southern states have been treated to the special sky show for the past week. the southern lights have been more spectacular than usual. the brilliants show of pink, red and green is the result of solar flares crashing into the energy particles into the magnetic field. >> reporter: it's a beautiful thing it's a bucket list thing. storm tracker 6 live double scan we have nothing in the herchtion other than cloud cover mixing with sun. -- heavens other than cloud cover mixing with sun. the action cam sky 6 look at all the folks touring the tall ships. i believe that's the one from portugal, the reason i say that, i was standings next to the dock

when it came in. a beautiful ship that's one more day you can enjoy that. of course we have fireworks tonight and good time and good weather for it. 78 degrees in philadelphia. the dewpoint 56 degrees, notice the winds they are out of the west at 15 miles per hour so it's a little bit on the breezy side out there. as we take a look at the rainfall we encountered yesterday and last night 3-point a -- 3 point 55 inches. the creeks and streams are running high, stay away from them. wilmington, for the months 12.42 inches of rain. that's the wettest we've ever seen in june. lots of rain wilmington getting some of the records but everybody really get drenched by that. is of today just a couple of light sprinkles and showers possible, very briefly maybe in the northern suburbs forming

toward the east. for most of the us it will be clouds and sun the rest of the way, pretty nice weather to be outside at penns landing or the phillies double helder. 74 in lancaster. 80 in philadelphia and millville. close to 80 along the beach breezy, slight chance of a shower. up close and personal on the beach. 80 from surf city to ocean city. ocean temperature 69 degrees is the common temperature we've seen recently. low 80s in delaware and 70 in the ocean right around the mouth of the delaware bay. here's how twig the rest of the way, the -- it will go the rest of the way 80 by 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., 76. 9:00 a.m., 72. 62 is the cool overnight low. phillies playing a true double

header 78 degrees in a couple of minutes the first pitch game one, game two 75 degrees a mix of clouds and sun. that's a nice day for baseball. tomorrow we have high pressure and sunshine starting out the workweek in fine shape. on tuesday this system coming in from the midwest will increase the humidity and up the temperature and in the afternoon we could see a shower or thunderstorm out of that. tuesday afternoon and evening that's the time peppered -- period to keep in mind. clouds and sun 80 degrees, sunny and pleasant on monday, warm and humid tuesday thunderstorm channels. the union at home tuesday night they will halt the game if there's a problem. some sun wednesday slight chance of additional thunderstorm, 86. and then we get down to thursday and partly sunny 83. friday clouds and sun 84. the 4th of july is looking good, warm and humid

86 degrees, chris sowers has this thing he does full weather at the big board i'm walking out to join you over there. now i'm told is to stay there the fourth is dry for all of your festivities. >> i've looked back here, because i thought a reporter was in the video, i was looking back at nothing. a handshake is a key tool in politics and business. handshakes provide a good first impression, a palm down handshakes may signal strengthen and palm up may signal weakness. fewer people meet face-to-face and actually shake hands that physical contact is important and we should actually shake hands more. most of us wants to eat healthy, but tracking what you seat can be complicated and time consuming. a local entrapreneur has a

better idea. alicia vitarelli find out about the smart plate. >> reporter: we have smart phones and smart tvs, now a local entrapreneur has the smart plate. three digital cameras take image also of what's on each section. plate while sensors weigh it. the information is sent to a data base of 300,000 foods. the calories and other elements are calculated and sent back to an app in your smart phone. ortiz and his team say food is identified by color shape and texture, and cameras can see differences such as fried versus grilled. >> it can recognize food up to 99.7% accuracy. >> reporter: the data base expands as user upload details at home or away. ortiz believes smart plate can

watch macro nutrients, die diabetic also can check on carbohydrates. both smart plate and fitly his healthy meal service was inspired by his father's diabetes. >> we want to be there when they are ready to make that decision. >> reporter: for channel 6 "action news" i'm alicia vitarelli.

>> welcome back on this sunday, it is 12:50 74 degrees, sky6 live hd taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. don't go anywhere, it's a george to us day, the tall -- gorgeous day, the tall ships are here and wawa welcome america festivities are just beginning. a maternity gown worn by

jackie kennedy was sold for $12,000. the auction house sold photos of never before seen pictures. she wore the dress in 1960. she gave the dress and photos to white house nanny. the photos show the kennedys being relaxed and having fun. ♪ keep trucking ♪♪ >> the grateful dead, the group started its mini tour to celebrate its 50th anniversary back where it starred in santa clara, california. the dead known always the warlocks -- knowns warlocks played a pizzeria. the group heads to chicago for three shows. if you love the work of the impressionist there's a new look at them. it tells their story through the

man who helped make them famous, karen rogers has his story in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: popular french impressionists monet others may not have been so popular without murrell. he purchased the paintings in great quantity. >> he becomes a supporter of the artist, he offers moral support selling things he could turn around in a short period of time. he would by 90 works in a single day. >> reporter: nearly 100 works are on display at the philadelphia museum of art. the exhibition called discovering the impressionists. it shows the works.

artists he promoted. >> he takes it to germany and britain and america, he had a very international outlook in the 1880s he opened the apartment to members of the public so you could visit one or two days a week, and see the remarkable collection of works. >> reporter: philadelphia is the third and final stop for the exhibition which began in paris and london and offers viewers the opportunity to see the growth of the impressionist movement. >> from the early days in the 1870s and up to the triumph of the paintings in the 1880s and beyond is a treat. >> you can get tickets at the arts in philly.org or visit 6abc.com/6abc loves the arts for more on this and other area events. for 6abc attar arts i'm karen rogers.

recapping our top stories, a flash flood along red clay creek in stanton delaware, trapped three people, rescue workers reachedment victims who were clinging to trees to keep from getting swept away. some of the prettiest ships sailing the world's waters are right here in philadelphia. don't wait, go to penns landing to see the ships because they are setting sail. >> double helder for the phillies -- double header, for the phillies. >> reporter: comfortable weather for this time. year with humidity low the

high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s there's a slight chance of a spotty shower north and west, if it hits it will be very spotty and won't last long. 80 in philadelphia. and just about everywhere else in the central portion of the region. down the shore high temperatures 80 degrees and close to 7 in the water. >> finally the word sunday has a double meaning in the state of delaware because it's the celebration of the ice cream festival. a dozen ice cream vendors are all of these every possible flaimp. the action cam -- flavor, the action cam was at the park where many have come out on this sunday for this sunday. the best sunday on sunday day competition, good luck guys, the incredible dog challenge is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 6:00 p.m. now for eva pilgrim, chris sowers, david murphy thank you for joining us, and the entire "action news" team, i'm nydia han have a great sunday!

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