>> breaking now on "action news," tragedy strikes on the schuylkill expressway. a car bursts into flames with three people still inside. >> strong storms move through the region overnight. accuweather is updating when this should all clear out. >> and funnel clouds form in the western suburbs as wild weather began moving n the national weather service will be out there today to determine if we saw a tornado. >> good morning out there. it is 6:30 now on this wednesday, july 1st. dave murphy has your accuweather. but first up let's go over to matt pelman who is in for karen rogers. it has been a really difficult morning on the schuylkill. >> it sure has we continue to watch the scene as that overnight crash and vehicle fire, guys, here in the westbound lanes right by montgomery drive. they have what's left of that vehicle attached to a tow truck. so we're hoping they can wrap things up and get everything cleared up before too long but this has caused a major backlog on the westbound side of the schuylkill from just west of south street through

this points at montgomery drive. you're barely moving. you want to stick with the river drives, the mlk west river or kelly instead as you're doing so i would advise staying towards the center lanes of those roadways. outer lanes have big puddles and could be dangerous. westbound schuylkill delays spilling onto the westbound vine which is now a solid line from eighth street out to 76 and i expect these delays to start to spill back onto the ben franklin bridge. so, it's just a domino effect. really a mess as you work your way through center city over to the schuylkill expressway this morning. we've also had big issues this morning on the regional rails with some amtrak power problems. the airport line is running again. some residual delays. wilmington newark is running again but with up to hour delays and the thorndale paoli regional rail line still halted because of downed wires. amtrak northeast corridor delays between here and d.c. and no service at this point between here and harrisburg again because of the effects of the weather. over in pennsauken there was a crash that happened early this morning. action cam is still out there

on the scene. the crash brought down a traffic signal in the southbound lanes of 130 here at drexel avenue but good news as we look live from the action cam now all those southbound lanes headed down toward route 38 have reopened. so check that one off the list. looking better in pennsauken. how is that weather looking outside. mr. murphy? >> matt we are starting to see some brightening in the skies over the terrace. we'll see some sun returning into action. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan most our sprinkles and showers have moved off the coast and the thunderstorms that kept some of you awake overnight are now all the way over toward the east end of long island and behind these storms we're not really looking at a whole lot of problems. we'll see some sun returning. it will still be warm and humid today and there's the slight chance of another pop-up shower or thunderstorm later this afternoon or early this evening. from aston pennsylvania lee marie tweets in this picture to "action news." flooded intersections and we may still see some of that as we're driving around in places where storm drains are backed up and we have not been able to get rid of all that water. and you're also looking at

some damage around the region. mike in whitehall township shows a collapsed porch. there's a lost trees and wires down in the lehigh valley and its also parts of chester county, delaware county and in toward philadelphia, parts of montgomery county as well. so careful driving around this morning if you run into any of that. 70 degrees in philadelphia right now on the muggy side and as we roll through the day it's going to be warm and humid. a high of 87 around 3 o'clock and then 84 by 6 o'clock. again, some scattered very spotty showers or thunderstorms possible during the afternoon. nothing severe on tap for today. matt when i come inside we'll check out the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast and what's ahead, the next chance of precipitation that's all coming up. >> see you then. thanks, david. back to that breaking news. the schuylkill expressway remains a mess right now where two people lost their lives in a dramatic and horrifying car fire. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live at the state police barracks in wynnefield heights with more. katherine. >> reporter: matt, that's right, this is a violent crash. two people lost their lives a

third person was rushed to hahnemann university hospital. state troopers from the belmont barracks here were called out to that scene on the schuylkill expressway. let's go to that video from early this morning. the crash happened around 2:30 this morning in the westbound lanes of the schuylkill approaching montgomery drive. as you can see these flames were intense. somehow this car lost control it flipped to its side and burst into flames. here's what the car looked like after the fire was extinguished. it was just a burned out shell. we don't know yet what led up to this crash whether the wet roads or storms were factors in this accident. but the driver and a passenger died. another passenger was rushed to the hospital. fire and rescue crews and state police were on the scene. again, traffic is backed up but so far has been getting by slowly. we are live in wynnefield heights. katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> thank katherine. new this morning police tape surrounds a shotup minivan in north philadelphia. the driver is wounded is that hospitalized. the action cam was o along the 2800 block of north stillman

street where the vehicle came the a stop around midnight. police say the driver was shot in the leg three blocks away on chalmers avenue and kept on driving. at least six bullets smashed out windows and flattened a tire on the van. it is unclear who fired the shots or why. >> it was a loud night for most of us with thunder lightning and heavy rain and then did a tornado touchdown in chester county? erin o'hearn is live at the big board with more on the wild weather. good morning. >> good morning, did it or didn't it, that is the question and this is incredible video shot by an "action news" viewer yesterday. joel urbine was behind his business just before 2:30. he was shooting towards the area of lancaster and chester county line which is right near honeybrook. now, this is not a confirmed tornado but the national weather service is sending a survey team to the area today to determine what exactly it is. now, take a listen to this viewer as he shoots video directly from honeybrook. >> you see it's moving, guys, it's picking up into -- it's spinning. you see it? >> reporter: again, this is

just another funnel like formation spotted yesterday as the area was slammed with severe weather. frightening to be so close to that formation. let's turn to the lehigh valley now. the national weather service says it may travel there today as well to inspect damage near the lehigh valley international airport. now, this is the scene in whitehall township. downed trees and crushed back porches after a fast moving storm packed powerful winds and hail moved through the area. according to residents there the sky went dark and then a funnel cloud -- at least what they thought was a funnel cloud formed and that's when they took cover. >> peeled the roof right back. my siding is all dented up. my screens have holes in it. my shed back here has holes in it from it. so yeah, i got quite a bit of damage here. >> we went down in the basement and heard a loud color and it was the patio roof coming down. >> reporter: so again the national weather service will be out to these different areas today to determine if, in fact there was a tornado in

honeybrook and again it may head out to the lehigh valley but residents certainly know that they have days of cleanup ahead and a memory of a very frightening experience. tam. >> thank you, erin. and the frustrated residents of south jersey who went a week without power have finally gotten some relief. atlantic city electric completed its restoration yesterday. the company reports that last week's outages which reached 280,000 exceeded those from super storm sandy. and any time severe weather happens be sure to check the free 6abc storm tracker six app. get live radar and severe weather alerts for your neighborhood and for anyplace that you're going. >> 6:37. pennsylvania enters a new fiscal year today without a budget. governor tom wolf vetoed the state legislature's entire spending plan. it is the first full budget veto in pennsylvania in more than 40 veers. the democratic governor says the republican backed $30.2 billion measure is packed with gimmicks that don't add up. state funded agencies have begun planning for the possibility of a prolonged

delay in getting state funds. the wolf administration told state workers back on monday that they would continue to work and be paid. >> time now to turn to dave murphy. boy those storms are something else. >> yeah. >> rain is not technically completely out of here. >> yeah, i mean we still might get a little pop-up shower or thunderstorm activity another wednesday, another day of trees and wires on at least some roads around the region. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you that the active showers are now pushing off the coast to the east and as we take a look outside we still have mainly cloudy skies but there are some holes in the clouds here and there. not so much at the shore but over the station right now you can see some blue and we are going to see the return of some sunshine as we head through the morning and into the afternoon. the temperature currently is 70. your dewpoint up in the mid 60's so it does feel muggy out there and winds are out of the southwest at 9 miles per hour. here's one of the many photographs we have been bringing in from our social media followers out in "action news" viewer land and that is a major thunderstorm that was right over the delaware river from ray skywire and you can see what looks like a wall

cloud. this is a mess so cyclone rotating storm that sometimes can produce a tornado but almost always produces strong blustery winds at the surface and this one also ruled some hail. we also had a hal produce interwhitehall township nearly a town. jessica showing us this one. that's about golf ball size hail enough to certainly ping the car and pink your head if you're out there trying to make it through a storm outdoors which is never a good idea. storm reports from across the region and basically these counties that you see highlighted are the places where you may see some down und trees and wires have to turn around or slow down. we'll seat national weather service investigate a possible tornado out near honeybrook on the western edge of chester county and across the border in lancaster county, near southern berks county as well, chester montgomery delaware and philadelphia with 64 miles per hour wind gusts, flash flooding, quarter sized hail or a mix of that sort of issue. the other area that saw a strong thunderstorm was the lehigh valley. right through the center of lehigh and northampton counties we had funnel clouds, golf ball sized hail as you

just saw on that viewer photograph that was tweeted in. 61 miles per hour gusts and some homes damaged particularly where trees came down and ripped off siding or maybe the winds just came through and knocked some posts off of -- some porches. we've seen some pictures of that sort of thing. as we go into noon, clouds and sun, kind of humid out there and then through the afternoon a slight chance of a pop-up shower or thunderstorm popping through. i do expect all of this to be over with by about seven or 8 o'clock tonight and i do also want to point out that the chance of severe weather from the storm prediction center has now pushed to the north and east of us so we are not looking at severe storms today. you always head indoors though if you hear thunder because in the very least there could be lightning. your seven day, 87 is today's high humid conditions, a slight chance of a spotty thunderstorm or shower. sun to clouds tomorrow, 84 with an afternoon shower possible mainly down south of philadelphia. and then clouds and sun on friday after a morning shower or thunderstorm. we should dry out and we get a

pleasant high of 82 with lower humidity. the fourth of july overall isn't looking bad. clouds and sun 84. we may build the humidity back a little bit. there's the slight chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening and that's something everyone will obviously want to keep their eyes out for for picnics and fireworks displays. i think in most cases you'll probably be okay and then it's sunny and dry and very warm on sunday. >> okay, thank you david. 6:41 now and search teams continue to sift through the rubble of yesterday's plane wreck in indonesia. we'll give you an update next. >> someone who put up a tent in his backyard for rent on an online site is actually seeing some surprising interest. matt. >> not seeing any delays yet matt here on our good buddy ben, the ben franklin bridge headed westbound towards center city. but they could form because we have big delays ahead on the vine street expressway and the schuylkill expressway. we'll talk about them when "action news" continues on this wednesday morning.

>> ♪♪ >> 6:44. low cloud cover over the ben franklin bridge live on sky6. 68 degrees on city avenue getting up to 87. look out for the chance of more showers today. >> let's go to matt pelman and matt it looks a little bit better there on the schuylkill. >> yes, little bit of improvement. you're very astute, which that is for sure on the westbound side they have everything pushed off to the side. that's the good news here matt and time by montgomery drive. we were without several lanes for several hours here on the westbound side of 76 but now the activity is confined to the shoulder. all three westbound lanes reopened. you're still dealing with a pretty substantial jam coming away from south street but things are starting to improve and at this point the travel

time on the eastbound side is a little bit slower and that's just with the normal morning volume kicking in. we've also seen a lot of puddles, a lot of ponding out there as well. no delays yet on the ben franklin bridge headed towards center city but once you get on the vine street expressway, things are jammed solid from eighth street on out to the schuylkill and that's because of those jams on the westbound side of 76 itself. if you're headed to brugers bagels in haverford a crash along route 30 at haverford station road. also getting word of a new one in hatboro montgomery county along byberry road at mason's mill road but no issues so far this morning on the westbound side of the pennsylvania turnpike. unlike yesterday morning speeds are in the 50's and 60's. so, that's a welcome change for sure. warning for you though, if you travel through gloucester township starting in just about 15 minutes they're going eclose church street today for some paving work. clementon avenue can get you around that blockage. still have a downed tree in marlton along north locust avenue by 70 by the wal-mart.

maybe use maple avenue instead and we had the issues this morning with the accident that brought down the traffic signal here in pennsauken camden county along 130 southbound. southbound lanes are reopened but as you can see if we zoom in traffic lights are still out of commission so be careful if you travel through this intersection especially if you cross over 130. matt. >> thanks matt. rescue teams continue to search the wreckage of the downed military plane in indonesia today. crews say there is little hope of finding survivors. they have recovered 141 bodies so far. more than one air force personnel their families were on the plane. it crashed shortly after takeoff and slammed into a residential building in medan. >> new jersey governor chris christie will be back on the campaign trail. christie has a stop planned in portland maine and we'll meet with the governor. christie is the first 2016 presidential candidate to campaign in maine. after his big announcement yesterday in new jersey, he wasted no time in getting up to new hampshire which will

hold its all important first in the nation primary next february. >> 6:47. a live preview of "good morning america" is next and also ahead not your garden variety crash. well. on seconds thought maybe it is because the pennsylvania road was littered with tomatoes and cabbage. david. >> storm tracker has been showing you storms the last consecutive two tuesdays and now on wednesday, northampton mark tweeting us a picture of some of the storm damage left over with trees down, siding offer the sides of the building and out in chester county in through delaware county and even parts of montgomery county we also have some trees and wires down here and there so be careful this morning. i'll be back with your day planner forecast. that's coming up next. >> ♪♪

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>> halfway through the week, halfway through the year. as we start july. >> we're moving right along. >> some of these trains they're not moving this morning. we've got delays on the airport line, exactly and up to hour delays on the wilmington newark line and still halted on the thorndale paoli regional rail line because of some downed wires. amtrak implications as well. no service between here and harrisburg. on the keystone line. and if you're trying to get down to the nation's capitol this morning d.c. amtrak service down there is delayed. also getting word of a new crash on the ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to the blue route. one of many this morning. david. >> temperatures in the 60's and 70's with showers now off the east coast. and 75 degrees by 9 o'clock in philadelphia with some sun coming back. it's going to be a warm and muggy day today.

83 by noon. your high today will be that 87 at 3 o'clock and while there is the chance of a spotty shower or thunderstorm this afternoon, very few of you will see that. if you do take cover. it's not going to be severe weather today but of course you are going to have the rumble of thunder and the related lightning. down the shore one issue nice in the water not bad on the beach but for the second straight day rip currents a real threat especially along the south jersey coastline. matt and tam. >> thank you david. let's get a preview of good morning america. >> let's go on over to our friend amy robach. we know you're starting with some breaking news, these church fires that keep going on. >> reporter: we are, tam and matt, great to be with you. and this is our breaking story. that fire that broke out at a prominent african-american church in south carolina. as many as 50 firefighters battling this blaze. no one was injured but this was the same church 20 years ago that burned to the ground by two teens insightd by the kkk. investigators are looking into clues as to what may have started this fire. we are live on the scene. a shocking scene caught on

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>> ♪♪ >> welcome back. here's the top story on "action news." a car burst into flames on a westbound schuylkill expressway this morning. two people didn't make it out alive. a third person was taken to the hospital. >> all the cleanup activity is confined to their shoulder here on the westbound lanes by montgomery drive but still really a slow go from the vine out to this point and septa's thorndale paoli regional rail line still not running david. >> all right matt. overnight showers are gone. some roads might be damp. warm and humid today with a high of 87 and there's another chance avenue pop-up shower or thunderstorm this afternoon but in most cases you'll stay dry. nothing severe today. lot of debris and branches on the roadways though and maybe

some flooded areas where storm drains are backed up. use caution on the roads this morning. >> "gma" is next. for matt pelman, karen rogers, dave murphy, tamala edwards i'm matt o'donnell. have a great wednesday everyone and a great second half of 2015. >> yeah. >> that's right. >> starting today. >> ♪♪ binge eating disorder, or b.e.d., isn't just overeating. it's a real medical condition. and while the exact cause is unknown, certain chemicals in the brain may play a role. b.e.d. is also the most common eating disorder in u.s. adults. hi, i'm monica seles. when i binged, i wasn't in control. i never felt satisfied no matter what the quantity was. afterwards i felt so upset with myself. to learn more about b.e.d. go to bingeeatingdisorder.com and talk with your doctor.

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