♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >> the state of texas a bracing for what could still be the worst of what is now tropical storm harvey. it made landfall 24 hours ago as a category four hurricane with winds topping 130 miles per hour. the winds have slowed down but the rain has not. a tremendous amount of rain is

falling which could result in catastrophic flooding. i'm walter perez, and the big story of the night is tropical storm harvey. the storm has spawned several tornadoes and now torrential rain could create the potential for life-threatening floods. we have the latest from lana zach in houston. >> good evening, rain hitting hard in houston. devastation throughout the state and region. things continue to get worse. >> harvey has moved in on the gulf coast and the storm doesn't look like it's going anywhere soon. >> the storm is not over. it's stagnated. it's a slow-moving storm. please don't come back to the areas. >> the storm flattened texas, ripping roof roofs off of build,

sinking boats and projectiles sliced through metal. the daylight revealing nearly all encompassing deaf station. many are now homeless. gathering in the elementary school. >> there are cots everywhere you look. >> the bulls eye of the storm in the path. >> everything went to hell in a hand basket. >> even after harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm, it continued its assaulted with eight tornadoes reported, two in louisiana and six in texas. all outside torrential rapes that could continue for days. >> we want to keep people out of rising water. >> the city of wharton under a

voluntary evacuation order because of the risk of flooding. the colorado river expected to reach historic flood levels. >> volunteers from our area are on the ground in texas to provide help. volunteers from the red cross are fielding calls for people in texas looking for shelter. pennsylvania has sent two representatives to texas to help in person. we spoke with one toed today. fred is preparing vehicles and will head to corpus christie. >> it makes you feel good when you see how you are helping these people and how lucky we are that none of these storms have hit us like other areas of the country. >> we are told the good people of delaware valley can help by donating blood. many hospitals will be low

expectedly in blood supply. harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm but forecasters say the system is not going anywhere anytime soon. it's moving very slowly which means those areas get a lot more rain before it's over. karen rodgers is here with coverage. >> that's right, walter. with that the last hour we have had an update from the hurricane. we are talking about 50 miles per hour. there were 130 miles per hour a powerful cat four hurricane. since the wind have decreased 130 to 50, why are we saying the worst is yet to come? it's about the rainfall. it's unprecedented. victoria expected 21-inches of rain. houston over 21-inches of rain. the national hurricane center says there are isolated spots in the area that could get 40-inches of rain.

if that happens, that's catastrophic to the area. that's why we are following closely. it's just over the next few days. it's going to sit and spin. i want to show you spaghetti plot models. this is what we are used to seeing. look at the circular motions. this is going this way, this way, come back around. the trouble is, it's sitting there stalling. it's moving at one miles per hour. it's not budging. that's why when we look at the cone. the cone is usually something we see shaped like this. a cold front or something steers it out. no this is shaped in a circle. the times here, this is through thursday evening we are talking about it not budging. we have wave heights as much as tracker 3d here, 7 feet. that's decreased in the past few hours, but nonetheless you have

a wall of water, storm surge hitting the area as well. big problems for texas. we talk more about this and our weather in the seven-day forecast. >> talk to you in a bit. with the evacuations, there are a lot of pets victimized by the storm. this is otis. someone spotted him walking down the street in texas. he's prepared for the worse. as you can see, otis is carrying a big bag of dog food in his mouth. >> police in delaware county are investigating a shooting at 8:30 tonight. police believe the victim was shot in the shoulder. we are waiting to hear how that person is as well as what led up to the shooting. it was a close call for ems crews last night in philadelphia when they found themself also caught in the crossfire. a stray bullet hit the ambulance

as it was on the way to the hospital. annie mccormick has the full story. annie? >> walter, this isn't the first time according to officials that something like this has happened. first responders and the patient in the vehicle luckily were okay and the first responders went back to work the same night. >> if the attendant would have been sitting in there, they would have been missed by mere inches. >> ray a trustee of the firefighter union is talking about the bullet hole you see in this picture. it happened just before 10:00 p.m. with the emt in the back attending to a patient. >> they got down on the floor in the medic unit and protected the patient they had in the unit until the gunfire ceased. at that time they called for police. >> gary loash is commending the

emt and paramedic action. a man pulled a gun during an argument in the street and fired. one shot hit medic 40 above the headlight. the other hit a man involved in the street fight. >> 52nd and market street is a busiy ente intersection. a number of people could have been hit. >> first responders arrived in another ambulance and took the patient to the hospital. >> it's unfortunate that our people are put into these positions. people hear firefighters take their lives into their hands everyday, our paramedics and emts take their lives into their hands everyday by the situations they are put into. >> the shooting victim was taken to penn presbyterian hospital in

stable condition. later he was arrested by police on drug and weapon's charges. as for the shooter who fired the weapon and bullet hit the ambulance, they are looking for the shooter. any information call police. annie mccormick, "action news" wphl-17. back to you. >> people came together to call for a cease-fire. the charles foundation offered a chance for survivors and activists to relax and enjoy themselves while speaking out in the name of making a change. it was organized 2011 following the mistaken identity murder of charles andre johnson. >> tonight was the second annual light up the night for the brain injury charity walk in new jersey. houlton's heros, a nonprofit organization helps children that suffer traumatic brain injury.

their son has been struggling to overcome a brain injury since being dropped by a nanny at only 11 weeks old. >> there is a sports dynasty taking shape in philadelphia, yes, the soul won another championship tonight. jeff skversky has the story. hey, jeff. >> hey, walter. what a dramatic finish by the philadelphia soul winning back to back arena bowls. this is the scene as they clean up arena bowl 30. confetti everyone where after a second straight title and third over all. owners, the former eagles hugging it out and celebrating thanks to an unbelievable come from behind win, soul down as

many as 13. dan playing with a partially torn knee. daiferious reynolds and another as hes' hobbling. soul win 44-40 for their second straight arena bowl championship. >> we want the confetti to come down in philadelphia and these guys made it happen. he played the second half with a torn acl. i tip my hat to every guy in philadelphia. we love you. >> got off to a bad start but hung in there. what does it say about the team? >> that's the kind of team we are, a bunch of fighters. we practice hard. we tell our guys, be ready at any moment. they answered the bell. >> yes, they did. he told me afterwards they were shooting champagne and celebrating their second title. he told me the knee is in a lot

of pain. he was smiling for winning another championship. he is one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of arena football. jeff skversky channel6 "action news." walter? >> thanks for the report. much more to come on "action news" tonight. president trump picked up a new wave of controversies after announcements yesterday. >> and later, it could be the last time the queen of soul performs in philadelphia after announcing her retirement. we'll listen in. >> and we head out to jeff skversky with more on the soul championship win when "action news" comes back. ♪ ♪

>> members of the lgbt community faith leaders and supporters marched in the streets of allentown to protest president trump's administration. they organized the rally to respond to what they call human rights set backs including the ban on transgender people from serving in the military. the trump administration maintains that they'll ensure the lgbt rights are protected.

this is just one of a series of announcements made by the president last night. hours after that order the president pardoned sheriff joe arpaio of arizona. arpaio was convicted for not stopping detaining latinos. plus, the top aid is no longer employed by the administration. >> patriot prayer tried to hold a rally in san francisco but was forced to council after a counter protest. the city's entire police force remained on duty as a precaution. city officials were worried about the potential for the kind of violence that broke out during a similar rally in

charlottesville this month where a protester was killed. >> there was violence in the wake of last week's attacks that left 120 dead and 115 injured. the slogan was, i'm in order afraid. ordinary people led the march. volunteers handed out tens of thousands of roses in red, yellow and white the colors of barcelona's official city seal. much more to come tonight, a complete check of the forecast and the queen of soul takes the stage at theman center which will likely be her final performance in philadelphia. we'll take you to the show when "action news" comes right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ end of throat surgery. guided you through recovery. joe tastes just as sweet to us, as it does to you. we join you.

>> time for a check of the accuweather forecast. karen in for melissa. we are jersey mites. it's been a long time. >> and low humidity too. temperatures in the 70s and low humidity. >> in august. >> it makes me feel like september. i'm not ready for summer to end. >> in penn's landing, what an awesome site. i have not been on that ferris wheel. tweet me. i want to know about it.

it looks like a great time. what a perfect night to enjoy the festivities around the area. we are dry and clear. feels like turning september. it's rare to have a dry stretch and such a dry atmosphere. dewpoints in the 40s. no more 90s in august. 68-degrees in philadelphia. 71 in beach haven. 67 dover. 64 this evening in lancaster. i think i said morning. you know what i mean. nothing happening out here. dry conditions, one or two clouds to the west. staying dry, staying clear for you overnight tonight. how about these lows for the overnight lows. 53 for the overnight low in

allentown. clear, comfortable. 54 in reading, numbers we usually see in september. 53 in cape may all thanks to the area of high pressure. today was a gorgeous day, officially the high of 80. tomorrow, 79. picture-perfect, humidity in the 40s. why not head to the shore. we expected to see the moderate measure of rip currents monday. be careful of the 74-degrees, ocean temperature warm as the air temperature. sunny with a sea breeze tomorrow. more of a northeasterly flow. poconos forecast, overnight fog in the morning, sunny skies. cool in the 60s, most of the day. 70 for the high. you hit that around 4:00. it has been a gorgeous stretch. we are talking about dewpoints

in the 40s. 50s on monday, tuesday and wents, it still feels comfortable. where is the oppressive humidity? not happening as you have seen lately. we continue to watch what is now tropical storm harvey. you see on the wider view of the radar how it's just spinning. you can tell from the infrared radar how much moisture there is to work with us. rain 15 to 25-inches of rain. major flooding concerns continue in texas. the high pressure bringing us beautiful weather is not helping texttexas, not moving it any. it's just sitting and spinning. monday, partly sunny and 79. tuesday, 73. wednesday, it starts to turn warmer, 78. chance for a shower wednesday and thursday. low 80s thursday with 82 for the

high. low humidity and 77 for the high on friday. saturday, nice and sunny. we hit 80, walter. >> not too shabby. the queen of soul herself performed before a packed house tonight at the man center for performing arts. ♪ ♪ >> is she amazing? "action news" was there as 18 time grammy award winner aretha franklin performed her greatest hits including a set list dubbed, great american classics. coming up next, jamie apody has sports. we'll be right back.

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>> let's g do it. always nice to celebrate a championship. better to do it at home. the soul captured another crown and you saw it right here on channel6. looking loose despite the fact that soul were down early, 13-7. in the second, dan taken back for a touchdown. hurt his knee on the play. he could barely move but gutted it out. third quarter, the come back. favorite target and cashed in giving the soul the lead. this one seals the deal on one leg. look at this throw. back in the endzone. time for a group hug. let the confetti fly, soul won back to back arena bowl championships, third total over all. jeff skversky manning the sidelines. jeff, you stayed alive and

brushed the co confetti off of r hair too. >> jamie, what a finish, a dramatic finish at the wells fargo center. the soul the first to win back to back arena bowls. the way it started, are they going to lose at home. owner ron never stopped believing this would happen and they dropped confetti here at the we als wells fargo center. this was about winning the championship in philadelphia. congratulations to everyone. phillies, we did it for you all. >> we banged up more than they let on. >> i'm proud of my guys. >> we got the goal.

>> and this is the scene in the soul locker room afterwards, popping champagne, celebrating back to back arena bowl championships. back live at the wells fargo, guess what in they are greedy, talking about a three pete. jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." jamie? >> great job out there tonight. >> alrighty, coming up, guess who did it again? reece hoskins. you have to see it to believe it. more when we return. reecreecereec