maximum speeds of 95 miles per hour, it touched down here off of talbot road. a temporary roof is on this born and another rof was ripped over over here and trees were uprooted and torn apart and fortunately no one was injured and talking to people that witnessed it they say it was a terrifying ordeal. >> here along talbot road, the tornado ripped up trees and tore off roofs and took this trailer off its foundation. he was not home when a nearby resident captured this video but his neighbor next door was inside of her mobile home. >> she experienced the trailer pick up and move on tried to get out and could not. >> it was snaking down like a tornado does and it was spinning. >> researchers out of mown holly

spent the day looking at the damage and interviewed witnesses and declared it an ef 1 tornado. >> it wasn't just a vapor deal coming down it was circling and the guys were, oh my goodness! >> raymond brew baker says it was 1,000 feet in the air and it was the first time he ever saw a tornado. >> it was white and it wasn't black and it wasn't super wide but you could see the rotating motion. the damage was minimal considering it was a tornado, cleanup has already begun and the amish were out in force helping their neighbors rebuild after mother natures most recent fury. the best thing is no one was hurt, and that is the most important thing. >> and the national weather

service tells me that the findings are preliminary at this point, they are working out the size of the tornado and the debris field and they will release those as they become available. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. the national weather service team is on their second stop in whitehall township and coplay, workers are working to clear trees and wires knocked over in the storm. >> i have been out here all morning since 6:30 this morning to get everything cleaned up and get it back to where it was. >> a state of emergency declared yesterday should help bring additional resources to help affected homeowners in whitehall township. lets go over to meteorologist, adam joseph live at the big board to explain what

made this storm system so damage itting. >> here is the latest from the national weather service for the tornado in honey brook an ef 1 rating it goes from ef 0 up to ef 5, those are the monster tornadoes we see in the midwest, it happened at 2:11 and the max sustained winds 95 miles per hour and the width was about a football field wide and a mile and a half damage with that particular tornado. here is the radar at the time the radar touched down near honey brook you can see the hook the hook we talked about yesterday, all the hail and heavy rain is north of the tornado and where you have that little inlet in the radar imagery that is where you got the wind to kick in and turn in the atmosphere. in fact, super storm cells are complex systems, all the rising air in the storm towering the clouds 40,000 feet in the

atmosphere and at the same time winds going up into the storm and dry air in the midlevels being syphoned into the storm and heading downward known as a rear flank down draft when you have the combination of the two and winds at the midlevels, you spin the atmosphere and the winds bring down the hail and the rain and eventually if the spin gets strong enough, it can bring down the wall cloud to reach the ground known as a tornado. today double scan live radar all the storms are in new you england. all is pushed away from our area and is quiet. but we have a little rain in our area for tomorrow we'll talk about that and the 4th of july forecast in a little bit. >> thank you any time you see breaking news we invite and encourage, to you join the action likes these viewers did during yesterday's storms, send

us your pictures using #6abcaction or email us at jointheaction@6abc.com. three people are dead and a fourth is in the hospital after a fiery wreck on the schuylkill expressway, now police are trying to figure out what caused the car to burst into flames and they are learning more how one victim managed to get out alive. vernon odom is live at the state police barracks with this story. >> reporter: hi alicia state police are not releasing the names of the four vick are tims of this horrific overnight car crash, the vehicle registered out of state rammed a median barrier and flipped over and then exploded. state police are trying to determine the cause of this fiery crash overnight on the schuylkill westbound montgomery avenue they are working on notifying the next of kin with maryland license tags, the one

survivor that was ejected was not wearing a safety belt he was dragged away by a passerby to safety. the person has had extensive surgery today and has not told police much about what happened. one possibility was the crash was caused by the heavy rain storm overnight. >> we have a significant amount of rainfall and we are looking at the weather conditions being a contributing factor to the crash, when have you weather like that the water begins to sheet upon the roadway and it's recommend that people reduce speeds in these types of condition. >> the vehicle, a black optima was cleared from the highway more than five hours after the crash, the speed of the car at the time the driver lost control has not been determined. brian, state police sources tell me they have made progress in notifying next of kin and may be abe to release far more

information very shortly. live in winfield heights, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. police in south jersey are asking for your help tracking down thieves that stole a credit card and use tropical disturbance to rack up thousands in charges. they gave us surveillance pictures of the three suspects, they say that the trio stole a woman's wallet while she was eating at the brio restaurant on route 83. they then bought items and charge tropical disturbance on the victim's considered. police are asking anybody that can identify the suspects to call them. the women's soccer team is heading to the world cup final after a win last night. and carly lloyd is not only leading them to victory, but taking time out from celebrating to continue to inspire budding soccer stars. the women in red, white and

blue, the so-called underdogs come out on top out scoring germany, 2-0, new jersey native rg carly lloyd number 10 helped turn the tide with penalty kick that put the u.s. on the board. the ladies are now trying to make history to be the first country to win the world cup three times. >> it's a satisfying feeling winning the game but also we know we have one more and we didn't come here to get second place, we want to win it. >> lloyd took time out to make a celebrity appearance. >> the girls soccer team from afteron grove high school was in canada to cheer the womens national team on when lloyd popped out of a van behind them cheers and selfies followed. >> i saw girls hanging out and heard they were from pa i

jumped out of the car to surprise them. they were hyperventilating and crying it was great to catch up with them. >> we were excited and overwhelmed to see her it meant so much to us that she took time. >> she meets a lot of fans, it may not been as big of a deal for her as it was for us it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for us and it was really special. >> they have the selfies to prove it. >> the u.s. play the winner of japan versus england. how cool is that carly lloyd. >> got to love her. drexel university laid off dozens of employees because their own policies led to a smaller incoming freshman class administrators knew the school would have to cut costs to make a conscious decision admit fewer freshman but the class size

meant less faculty. the move will satisfy the school $18 million, drexel's incoming class is now less than 3,000 students. it's time now for the "action news" traffic report. hopefully better today than it was yesterday. matt pellman is standing by in the traffic center how are we looking? >> definitely an upgrade, we still have a few issues out there, but it's better than this morning. we watched the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive because of that awful accident that vernon told us about a bit ago. everything is open on 76 and sluggish in each direction the westbound travel time is especially slow from the vine to the blue route. and in the neighborhood a bunch of crashes, one in haverford at eagle road and landsdowne along baltimore avenue and hamden

township, a crash at mcarthur road. and on the pennsylvania turnpike approaching bensalem a crash taking you the left lane and just in the teens with the gaper delay. and a water main break in moores town, and still have the downed tree from this morning in marlton at locust avenue by the wal-mart, stick with maple to get around that. and after a major mess with amtrak wire issues this afternoon the paoli thorndale rail line is back up and running but with 20 minute delays. and lets do the commuter report on this hump day, there is slowing on the schuylkill. and we'll check that in the next half hour. >> he put energy behind that hump day. thank you my friend still ahead normal big mild stone for the united states and cuba, what

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well, the for the first time in two decades, the u.s. is resuming full diplomatic relations with cuba. president obama announced the final step this morning, each country will reopen their embassies in the other on july 20th secretary of state john kerry, says he will travel to havana for the occasion and the president called this a historic step, a year ago would seem impossible that the united states would once again be raising our flag, the stars and stripes over an embassy in havana, that is what change

looks like. investigators believe that lightning may have sparked the fire an historic church in south carolina last night. the mount zion ame church was the second to burn. and it was destroyed by the klu klux klan in 1995, the evidence from last night's fire does not point to arson but they need to find the cause. there are some alarming conditions inside of philadelphia public schools, in a new report issued by city controller 20 schools scheduled for inspection had at least one issue domed unsafe or unsanitary, they had mold, fire safety hazarded including exposed wires one school

inspectors found a pipe with exposed asbestos in a hallway used by staff and students. >> if students are going to have a safe learning environment they need to make changes for everyone. >> they are adding all of these issues while students are away on summer vacation. greece is giving into some of its demands to creditors but it could be too little too late. they will go along with its creditors. european officials say there will be no deal before the greek referendum for budget cuts. greece's creditors are opposed to the vote. today we saw gains on wall street the dow jones picking up 138 points and the nasdaq gaining 36 points and the s&p

about 14.5 points up on the day, kraft share holders have approved the deal to sell the company to heinz they first announced the deal in march they will control 51% of the company along with warren buffet, and the new company will trade on the nasdaq. disney is the latest company to distance itself from donald trump after comments made. he said mexicans bring in drugs and he called them rapists. now they are ending the relationship, nbc and univision have dropped trump in light of those comments. >> we are talking about how wild the weather has been so far this summer. >> it's muggy out there and adam

joseph is tracking the latest. >> i'll take the heat and humidity, and the sunshine especially after what i was dealing with yesterday afternoon, a few, puffy cumulous clouds all is looking good from the ben franklin bridge and all looks good at the shore. as we look at june's review here this is the first day of july, philadelphia was the third wettest june in its history with 8.88 inches of rain and wilmington the second wettest and the same for atlantic city, wilmington breaking a foot of rain in the month of june alone and lehigh valley the fifth wettest temperature-wise 81 in allentown and 82 in millville and the shore temperatures in the lower 80s, a southwesterly wind across much of the area, keeping a land breeze at the shore communities. you see the spin off to the north that is low pressure that

helped to circulate some of those storms yesterday that is headed into northern new england now, and any showers developing near the mountains in the poconos are ripping apart as they work off to the south, so it remains quiet this evening and overnight tonight, 61 allentown and 68 philadelphia. and dover 67 degrees, it's quiet tomorrow morning and a decent amount to start. as we get into the afternoon tomorrow, there is a little ribon of rain that passes by southern new jersey this is 2:30 tomorrow afternoon it's dry across i-95 and much of our viewing area, that passes by in the afternoon and evening hours as we begin to dry out at the shore tomorrow and the sunshine returns and sticks around through much of the day tomorrow. your four day at 4:00, some afternoon showers developing mainly south of philadelphia and southern delaware and new jersey and 84 degrees, partly sunny

here and looking good and low humidity and 82 and saturday for the fourth of july, it's looking really good, warm and comfy and 81 degrees, the humidity stays low and it won't be super humid here for the holiday, there could be an isolate the thunderstorm a few spots in the afternoon most spots stay dry and we kick the heat and humidity up and overall friday, saturday and sunday looking good no matter where you spend the holiday. >> we love a comfy 4th of july. especially on the parkway. >> adam, thank you very much. wawa welcome america celebration starts tonight with rocky at the museum of art. kids were invited to go forth and learn about fitness this morning at the smith memorial

playground hundreds of those kids got a free book to promote reading this summer and of course 6 abc is so proud to be the official broadcast partner of wawa welcome america, that includes special coverage, join matt and tam for the celebration of freedom and the parade beginning at 10:00 a.m. on 6 abc, and then at night tune in for the party on the parkway cecily adam and rick hosting the july jam our coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. you do not want to miss it. largest free outdoor concert in america. >> we are proud to host it. a pizza deliveryman is beaten on the street and we want to find the people responsible. and we are putting meal services head to head to see which tastes the best. coming up at 4:30.

police in center city philadelphia are looking for the group that beat up and robbed a pizza delivery man, he was delivering an order from dominoes, and the group started following him. the group aattacked him and took the food he was carrying the deliveryman was not seriously hurt but police are asking anyone with information on this crime to please call them. >> a woman used a fake credit card to buy thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, they gave the surveillance picture of the woman inside of bernie roger's jewelers they say she bought a man's rolex watch in may, but she used a credit card that she got with false information, that watch cost almost $9000.

>> yikes. coming up we show you some of the dramatic viewer video from yesterday's storms where this was taken ahead. plus -- >> i'm nydia han, we told you about three meal in the box that come to the rescue today we put them to the it test for freshness and taste and more.

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. "action news" continues. >> the reason everyone is asking siri so solve a certain math problem today. >> and the prank that some are calling just plain mean. >> why paris hilton is now suing an egyptian television show for making her think she was about to die. >> and the next photos, these men mugged for may be actual mugshots. what they are accused of taking from a delivery driver and how they ended up incriminating themselves. and a story still developing at this hour. right now animal control officers are investigating a possible dog fighting ring. what officials found when they served a search warrant today. sara bloomquist has the latest details. >> reporter: that is right the

spca has just wrapped up here at this row home, 3613 lambert street in the german town section, the row home behind me with the brown door, several days ago they got a tip that some dogs were abandoned inside and they moved in with a search warrant, they found one dog alive and one dog dead and snakes in a filthy aquarium, the dogs were chained up in the basement in deplorable conditions they were emaciated and injured from trying to escape from the heavy chains one dog died because it gotten tangled in the chains. despite the deplorable conditions the investigators believe that someone was living in the row home and they have the homeowner's name and are working to get a warrant. >> they were left in there for

possibly a week, and there was some water but after a week it was not pal atable. the water was filthy and the dogs were standing in their own urine and feces, it was covered. the whole basement and authorities found illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, this is typical of dog fighting operations that they uncover around the city, the suspect they are getting the warrant for is facing felony charges. live in german town, i'm sara bloomquist channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. two delaware county theft suspects may have accidentally given themselves up by mugging for a stolen camera. upper darby police say these photos were snapped after a car and iphone was stolen because the driver used the icloud service, the suspect's pictures were sent to his computer his

car has been found but his phone is missing. if you recognize the suspects call upper darby police. meanwhile one man may be responsible for six burglaries throughout south philadelphia and center city. since may 12th the suspect has broken into four restaurants and a seafood store and a cricket cell phone store. the latest happened at 13th and pine friday night. the suspect gets in through a window or forcing open the locks. a north philadelphia woman will spend the next five to ten years behind bars in connection with the execution-style murder of a grosser, illana vazquez was sentenced for helping to kill alonzo the grocer was shot to death.

because she witnessed a murder, she was the last of four people to be sentenced in that case. a tense situation came to peaceful end in southeast philadelphia this afternoon. chopper 6 hd was over the 20 block of south 69th street at 11:30 this morning. that is where police were surrounding a home where a man shot a woman and barricaded themselves inside. when s.w.a.t. teams got in a few hours later they found the home empty and the incident is still under investigation. >> a former new jersey english teacher could face lawsuits following his arrest. >> the police announced the victims back in march and two additional students have retained attorneys and they are considering action against mayer and the school and the

school board. now videos are still rolling in from the storm. how about that, that is the sound of a large hail stone pounding coplay, lehigh county, she posted on our "action news" facebook page, she says that the storm took down a neighbor's tree and knocked out her power for a few hours. >> here is another video uploaded to our facebook page, storm chaser and photographer, james burkes caught this yesterday afternoon he said the rotating clouds eventually created a funnel over his head and called it amazing. you can submit your photos or video by using the #6abcaction. >> watching adam watching the video and study the clouds and watch them move. >> i remember seeing one as a child, and i was 6 or 7, and i

had my hands glued to the fence and my mom was ripping my hand as way. it's spectacular and scary but the funnel cloud did touch the ground in parts of chester county near honey brock as an ef one, ef 0 is the weakest to and ef 5, it had wins up to 95 miles per hour and the damage path was a football field wide and 1.5 miles long. we are look at honey brook now haze in the atmosphere and dew points in the 60s, and heading to atlantic city, a little sun there, 84 and look at that water temperature 75 degrees, like bath water we'll have the 4th of july forecast coming up

in the accuweather seven day. >> adam thanks can you stay ahead of summer's ever changing weather with the storm tracker 6 app. and follow the weather team on facebook and twitter. an entrepreneur in philadelphia has come one a device that can help people that either forget to take their medication or don't take it as prescribed. rick williams is live in the newsroom with more. hey rick. >> hi alicia this is an interesting idea the smart pill box was created by a local medical school student, nick lewis diagnosed with leukemia, while in medical school he had to take up to 10 medications a day. ali gorman explains why it works and how this creative and

helpful invention could be available to patients everywhere. that and much more when we return at 5:00. >> thank you rick. he has been called a veteran serving all veterans. this is former sergeant air policeman for the u.s. air force, today he received the quilt of valor at a special ceremony. he has been a volunteer for 14 years, to other services available to them. getting cozy with that coat of valor. some iphone users use their device to solve a particular math problem, siri's sassy response coming up. we broke down how much those meal in the a box meals cost and

how they work the freshness and how they taste. coming up in what's the deal. >> and paris hilton is not laughing she is screaming and suing an egyptian television show. what they did to her in the name of comedy she was about to die in a plane crash. when "action news" comes right back.

two airline pilots are out of their jobs now after they had too much fun in the cockpit. >> yes that was the voice of a model screaming after the pilots allowed her to guide the plane's throttle. and the pilots turned their back from the controls for a selfie session, the next day the pilots were fired and there are their pictures, the female guest was banned from the airline for five

years. in health check people associate varicose veins with elderly women but anybody can get them. it effects both sexes and anything that puts pressure on the legs and interrupts the blood for a long period of time. fortunately the solution is fairly quickly and easy. >> they are treated with a thermal ablation meaning we close it with heat. >> well, he has had a hard life but can make truly beautiful music. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> it is my passion, i like to make people happy out there when i'm playing. >> that is donald gould the homeless veteran that has taken to playing the piano on the

streets of sarasota florida, gould group up a musician. then a sories of events took him down a distruktive path. >> i wish he would come fine me. >> he lost custody of his son. the video shows gould performing has been shown 140,000 times on social media he hopes that one of those viewers has been his son. here at the big board with the big talkers, social light paris hilton has not been famous for eliciting public sympathy until now. you see here, hilton thinks she is about to die.

egyptian tv prankster takes her on a sightseeing plane in dubai, at the helm a stunt pilot and actors on board are all playing along and at one point he they throw someone off they don't know he is wearing a parachute. >> hilton is reportedly suing and calls this the scariest moment of her life and to boot she is petrified of flying. >> siri users turn to her for all answers but there is a math question she won't solve. >> siri what is 0 divided by 0. >> imagine you have 0 cookies and you split them among friends, it doesn't make sense and cookie monster is sad you

have no cookies and sad you have no friends. >> i tried that on my iphone sad answer no cookies for me and angry cookie monsters. >> the question are you real, she is advised not to discuss her status. she say smarty pants. >> for anyone terrified they will not drop a baby the baby holding play-by-play is hilarious and viral. dad, jordan shows off holds and some basic and some advance. >>ide your beer belly. >> i like this one show off to other kids. watson says no babies were harmed during the filming of this video. we turned to our own video brian

taff who demonstrates the hold of his twins here at the big board. the bird on a wire, football hold. thanks alicia. >> lets get a check of the roads right now matt pellman standing by in the traffic center with an update. >> we have traffic holding still in a few spots on the roadways slow movers at least on 95 southbound side from past the airport on down to 320 a great afternoon for the convertible. if it runs, this one doesn't here at ridley park and it's off to the i'd, they are just slow. a crash at brookhaven along 352 and state street closes against in media for dining under the stars, that takes effect in about 15 minutes, downed wires in east brandywine, at valley form road, stick with 28 creek road and here in bensalem that

crash cleared out and to the north in new town, bucks county downed wires closing white road and 452 washington crossing road gets you around that blockage and expect slowing from burlington county 295 speeds in the teens and single digits from 73 to the white horse pike, a crash is taking out the left lane and causing a northbound gaper delay spilling back to the 429 northbound, up to 295, and we are watching a crash in franklin township. and we have the 25 minutes delays on the septa thorndale-paoli rail line. but at least the line is running unlike this morning. we'll check it again at 5:00. thanks much, meteorologist, adam joseph is back with that exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. coming up next.

i know, miss foodie here wants to make sure it's dry. >> lets take a look. no one likes a soggy bun. double scan live radar all is quiet after yesterday's strong to severe thunderstorms and that confirmed tornado in western chester county. we have wins right now they are battling the southwesterly wins with the winds coming in off the ocean, at times they are in the low 80s and flip to the low 80s

and back to the low 70s, and avalon through long beach island in the upper 70s and sea isle city 85 degrees and wilmington 83 everyone inland in the 80s with an uptick in humidity. can you see the jet stream carving the nosh planes and off the mid-atlantic, this is another wave of energy that we watch and roll along that jet stream into the southern areas tomorrow afternoon, but for tonight, partly cloudy and slightly humid out there 61 in the suburbs and 61 in center he city and the upper level pattern, it's mechanism for the storm center the highway so to speak anywhere from the northern planes that dips down and low pressures develop along that jet stream while in the west a ridge builds with record heat and parts of the pacific northwest, and the jet stream

sinks to the south and we'll stay seasonable. north of that jet stream and the weak waves are just to the south that we have to watch and the first wave comes through tomorrow afternoon. future tracker will show we start with sunshine across the area tomorrow and southern areas are thicker in the way of cloud cover and a little bit of energy and showers and pockets of downpours will roll through the shore communities tomorrow afternoon while the city points north and west mainly cloudy and dry and that rain will pull off the coast moderate risk for rip currents remain and the ocean is warm at 75 degrees, it gets better into the week and upcoming weekend, on friday a mixture of sun and clouds and 74 and right now partly sunny and looking great on the 4th at the shore with a temperature of 77 the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll watch the afternoon showers for far southern areas tomorrow afternoon and partly sunny and low humidity and 82 and the

humidity remains low for the holiday warm and comfy at 81 there could be a slight isolated thunderstorm mainly southern areas in the afternoon but very, very scattered around the region and then sunday monday and tuesday and beyond it turns warmer and more humid and temperatures in the upper 80s and overall dry, and no 90s on the board for the next seven days. as we go into july. >> what is the deal with the meal subscription services coming up.

it is part two of the what's the deal with meal in a box subscription services and nydia han put three to the test. >> sick of meal planning and spending time food shopping yesterday we introduced you to

three services that claim to come to your rescue. today we see if they deliver. >> dana has busy in the kitchen. she ordered meals in a box from three services they come well packaged and on ice you have about 24 hours to unpack. >> everything was very fresh all organic meets. >> and they come with big beautiful recipe cards she orrered three for two people each week. >> blue apron was the least expensive. >> plated is $72 a week and hello fresh $69 a week and blue apron is $59.54 wokely. while all the ingredients

comproproportioned, they are not mixed. >> the carrots are not peeled -- >> so the time is a lot for people. >> 35 to 45 minutes solid from peeping to plating the meal in the end. >> as far as the degree of difficulty, blue apron and hello fresh were quicker than plated but liked the challenge of plated. and the directions are in layman's language for the none chef. >> everything tasted grade and all three services produced gourmet meals enough to feed herself and her husband and her daughter. would she use the meal in a box again? >> i absolutely would. >> she liked all the services but her personal favorite is plated. it's user friendly in terms of the directions and has the

prettiest website. >> i'm going to try this out. >> the prep can be significant. sometimes 30 to 45 minutes. >> but you learn something. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for alicia vitarelli and adam joseph. we hope you join us tonight and every night for an hour of "action news" at sock.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. a tornado is responsible for the extonguive damage done by storms that hit chester county and roofs were ripped from homes and trees were toppled in the town of honey brook and the big story is the confirmation from the national weather service that a twister did in fact touch down yesterday. lets get to cecily tynan with more details on the tornado. >> monica and rick, this is the 29th tornado since the 1950s that touched down in irvine this is morgan town, shooting

towards honey brook so from a safe distance because it was in fact a torn. the national weather determined it was an ef 1 tornado. the second lowest on the scale. it hit at 2:11, adam joseph was on the air with a warning, we had a 11 minute lead time thark is good with a tornado. maximum winds 90 miles per hour and the width was 90 yards long and that is the width of a football feel and stayed on the ground for 1.5 miles. and we had the hook south of the storm system with all the rain and hail to the north and that indicates the rushing winds han is why we take this seriously and take the tornado warning seriously so how does that form?