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we have the latest historic flooding in louisiana. more than 20,000 people have now been rescued. the big story on "action news" is the dangerous heat here. it is day 6 of the on going heat wave. parts of our area are still under an excessive heat warning. but it's not keeping everybody inside. the action cam caught several people trying to stay hydrated out and about in center city. karen rogers in for david murphy with the latest from accuweather. karen. >> reporter: sarah, the national weather service continues the heat warning through tuesday evening. this is day 6, but we are not done with it yet. we have two more days. 88 degrees in martins creek. 8 # -- 83 in pottstown. 89 in saint saint davids. 87 in center city. 86 in levittown. 84 in browns mills. 85 in cinnaminson.

you're sitting at 90 degrees in vineland and agendas beach, 88 in glassboro and 89 in smyrna, delaware. we have bright sunshine that's allowing the temperatures to climb. here's what it feels like when you factor in the humidity. feels like 92 in philadelphia. the heat index is 95 in millville. higher than that in dover, delaware. that has presenting higher numbers these past weeks. satellite and radar shows we have clear skies, bright sunshine. you can see the clouds and precipitation out to the west. the front not impacting us yet. we have a slight chance chance of an isolated thunderstorm. you'll need the ac on 4:00 p.m., 94 that's the high today. you'll be holding in the low 90s after that at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. maybe an isolated shower or thunderstorm south and east of the city. 7:00 p.m., 89 degrees. i meant to show you the heat

index tracker what it will feel like through the afternoon. we mentioned a high of 94, but it will feel like 97 or 99 degrees when you factor in the heat and humidity. sarah, it gets worse tomorrow. details in the just a few minutes. >> thank you. some people are beating the heat at the beach. this is a live look sky6 live hd showing you atlantic city. plenty of people are out there. anne -- and is live at low -- annie mccormick is live at logan circle. hi, annie. >> reporter: here at logan square you can see the water is giving a little bit of relief, when the breeze comes by making it cooler. we caught up with a number of people this morning who say this is the new normal and learning to adapt. commuters try to hide from the sun at the norristown

transportation center. this has a side effect. >> i'm losing weight in the heat. >> reporter: miles is dreading his two bus commute. early in the morning it's cooler. coming home at 5:00 p.m. it's tough. in center city philadelphia, the am rush is getting used to this hydrating every step of the way or finding shaled. then there's brut did the -- brutus. little dogs heat up quickly. >> i wet him down so he he is cool on the walk back. fortunately he is inside most of the day, in the evening when it's cooler we'll come back. >> reporter: people are changing where and when they exercise to avoid heat danger. criminals gets 20 miles in at wissahickon park an hour earlier than usual. >> shady, it's five to ten degrees cooler if you're out on

the street it holds the cool longer at night. when the temperatures drop it's cooler longer the next day, you have the stream it cools things off a little bit, plus it's plain gorgeous. >> reporter: now, we're not using the word "danger" lightly. it is excessive heat. the city of philadelphia has a great amount of resources to help people who may not have other means. they have on their website a map to let you know where there are cooling sisters for seniors and -- cooling centers for seniors and spray passion across the city. reporting live in logan circle, annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> philadelphia's corporation for aging heat hot line is open yet again today (215)765-9040. staff members are available to

answer your heat-related questions until midnight tonight. it will be open tomorrow, as well. in just about an hour, the berks county district attorney is expected to release information about the death of a family of five. police found mark and meghan short and the couple's three young children shot in a murder suicide. they found a suicide note and handgun near one of the adults, have not said which one. police on the scene of a shooting in the rawnhurst section. around 9:00 a.m. investigators responded to the reports of a shooting on the 2300 block of riply street. a 43-year-old man was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital in stable condition. the victim knows the person who shot him. police have not made an arrest. closing arguments are underway in the trial of pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane accused of leaking

grand jury evidence to the media and lying before it under oath. kane's lawyer rested their case without calling any witnesses. her lawyer said she can not be convicted based on the evidence presented by the prosecution. john rawlins is in the courtroom right now we'll have a live report at 12:30. today marks a final farewell to the man to generations as captain noah. a funeral was held for w.carter merbreier in ardmore. family friends and fans gathered to remember the man who educated and entertained children for decades. captain noah and and his magic k aired in the 1960s to 1994. he was 90 years old. you can look back at captain noah life on the 6abc app you

will find memories and clips from the show. it's a free download for your mobile device. a state of emergency is in effect in louisiana because of historic flooding. 6 people died and 20,000 had to be rescued. the water is expected to keep rising. kenneth moten with the latest on what's happening in louisiana. >> reporter: sarah, the governor of louisiana says rescue crews are pulling people out of the their home always they grasp the devastation as the death toll is expected to rise. the bayou state is underway. extraordinary water rescues caught on camera. >> please help me. >> reporter: this woman pulled from her sinking car just in the nick of time. more than 30 inches of rain in just a week triggered historic flooding and state of emergency.

6 people are dead, 20,000 rescued from the rising waters. >> even though it was an unnamed storm, it was historic levels of rivers and creeks rising we have not seen anything like this in the past. >> reporter: u.s. coast guard is in the air making daring high water rescues. 200 roads are closed or i am passable. >> we have road closures, the water is danger in terms of coverage on the roads. 12,000 people are in shelters, many grabbed what they could, others escaped with the clothes on their backs. >> we went out the back door there were spiders. we went out in the kitchen there was a snake. we finally got in the car, tried to leave, but we couldn't. >> president obama declared louisiana a major disaster. i can report that the weather is

improving, but the rivers are rising. water leaves are not expected to recede for two more days, kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. one person was killed and two other men injured in a rollover crash in the west oak lane section of philadelphia. it happened around 4:30 a.m. police say a passenger van and car collided on 66th avenue at 18th street. the van rolled on to its side a woman inside was killed. police say the driver of the car ran a red light he has been arrested by police. philadelphia police need your help finding these two men wanted for the armed break-ins at a dozen asian-owned businesses around the city. campbell and bowen are accused of threatening people who live inside the homes attached to the businesses at gunpoint in some cases tieing them up.

anyone with information call the police. joe biden is in philadelphia to show support forehillary clinton. biden and clinton are attending a rally in biden's hometown of scranton. the vice president is expected to promote clinton's plan for the economy and education. later today, republican candidate donald trump will make a foreign policy speech in ohio. else expected to layouted plan to combat isis and prevent terror attacks in the u.s. the plan is expected to include banning individuals from country with heavy terrorist ties. some argues that the u.s. government cannot adequately vet sees are -- visa documents. tensions remain high in milwaukee after several nights of violent protest, the national guard has been called in to restore order. a 4-year-old girl was saved

after being grabbed by a mountain lion. hear how her mother helped to rescue her.

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milwaukee's north side following the shooting of a black man on saturday. the county sheriff office said four deputies were hurt. this stems from a deadly confrontation who mr. smith whos killed during a traffic stop. smith was armed and refused to drop his weapon. the incident started widespread destruction throughout the neighborhood. >> it's not going a make a difference, it's going to make things worse, really, balls -- because, we're doing too much we burning stuff down. police have not said they will release the body camera footage. thousands of people fled a wildfire near two towns in northern california. the fire jumped a highway in lower lake and burned five square miles destroying ten homes, the fire is 5% contained.

a mother saved her 4-year-old from a mountain lion after the child was attacked on a family camping trimp over -- trip over the weekend in idaho. her mother put her down for a nap when she wandered away from the tent. kelsey's mother ran toward the animal and it dropped the girl and ran away. >> i look over and seeing if i can see anything wrong, i see the marks on her ribs, and i know she is okay. >> idaho fish and game officials say such big cat attacks are rare, when they happen small children are the targets. as for kelsey she is expected to make a full recovery. security measures are being increased near the olympic village in rio after brian lochte was robbed at gunpoint.

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that's who he is, and i'm grateful. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. the accuweather forecast on day 6 of the heat wave. one of my facebook follower also described it a teensy bit better than the weekend. storm tracker 6 live showing we're dry right now.

we're watching for a chance of a an isolated shower or thunderstorm. most of us stay dry. sky6 live hd has been taking beautiful shots looking live in center city. you can see just a few cumulus clouds out there peppered through the area. sunshine and enough blue allowing the skies to heat up today. the temperature 87 degrees, we're above the average high which is 86. the dewpoint is 70. over the weekend it is 76. anytime you get 70 it is oppressive. it was more oppressive over the weekend. the pressure is holding steady and wind switching to the south. the ocean temperatures cooled considerably, 65. satellite and radar showing clear skies bright sunshine. you can see the clouds to the north and west. we have two areas of low pressure riding along a front that will cross through the area on wednesday that will break the heat wave until then, we're in a heat wave. we're dealing with it today.

let's look at the numbers, we'll have a high today of 94 degrees in philadelphia. even in the lehigh valley, hitting the low 90s today. 89 for the high in lancaster. 92 in wilmington and dover. 93 for the high in millville. along the coastline it will be better if you're heading to the shore you'll be in the upper 80s sitting on the beach not as bad, 91 degrees for the high temperature in dover, delaware. at 2:00 p.m., 92 degrees, we hit a high of 94, 3:00 p.m. singt -- sitting at 4:00 p.m. today. it will feel like 97 and 100 degrees. it will feel hot when you factor in the human. 6:00 p.m., 96 degrees, maybe one or two places see an isolated shower south of the city. 6:00 p.m., 89 degrees. 10:00 p.m., lower 80s and warm and muggy overnight. future tracker 6 we have an updated model run showing at 4:30 a.m. we have showers or

thunderstorms moving through it. we have purple, and that's a good indication of hail. we advance this later, storms could pop up scattered through the area tuesday afternoons, as well. tuesday morning and tuesday afternoon we're watching for the chance of storms. the storm prediction center has the area philadelphia north an east, north and west of that area slight risk of severe weather because of the downpours we'll get with the high humidity. the potential of damaging winds and hail with any one of these storms that's tomorrow morning and afternoon that we're watching for the chance of that. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it's day 6 of the heat wave. it continues it's hot and humid, 94 degrees for the high. tomorrow, hot, even more humid. even though we have the same high tomorrow it will feel hotter. it's going to feel like 100 again. chance for storms in the early and afternoon that could strong

to severe. wednesday hot, that's the day the front comes through. it will be less thunderstorms than we'll see on tuesday, but you have a chance for that as you head to the ac air show. watch for that. thursday, less humid, not as hot. 88 we break the heat wave. friday, sunny, 89. saturday, sunshine, it turns humid again, 89 degrees, it was a short break that we got rid of the humidity. sunday, sticky, clouds and sunshine, 88 degrees with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. day 6 and counting a few more days, hang in there. >> funny when the 80s look good. much more ahead in the next half-hour of "action news." it's been a stable in philadelphia for 350 years and now the freedom theater is finding ways to shape and strengthen the community through the arts. singer adele addresses the super bowl half-time rumors on

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along a little bit later. here's some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 12:30. jurors will soon begin deliberating the fate of attorney general kathleen kane. four sheriff deputies in milwaukee were hurt overnight when demonstrators clashed with

law enforcement following the shooting of a teenager. there's good news coming out of louisiana after widespread flooding that is approving deadly. we begin with the latest on the sweltering forecast. it is day 6 of the latest heat wave. this morning action cam was in wissahickon where they found runners and bikers getting exercise early under the shade of the trees. accuweather says hang in there, just a few more days to deal with these oppressive conditions. meteorologist karen rogers in for david murphy this noon over at the bigger with the full details. >> reporter: sarah this will like think turn out to be an 8 day heat wave. many days what it felt like was over 100 degrees. the excessive heat warning continues until tuesday at 6:00 p.m. we expect the heat wave to continue through wednesday. here's a look at the numbers, 87 in martins creek. 86 in fleet wood. 90 degrees in saint