christi for an update on the historic floods. many told the president that recovery is just beginning. >> recovery is a slow process but rest assured we are doing everything we can. >> in houston a rescue efforts continues ash the clock to rescue people from floodwaters. and this man waited for crews in a dingy for crews to spirit him to dry ground and shelters are filled beyond capacity. >> emergency shelter in downtown houston was meant to house 5,000 people and almost now double that beyond capacity beyond 9,000 and growing and they promised more are coming and promised more cots. and reservoir dams are now overflowing their levee adding to the rising floodwaters. and flood dams are releasing water at twice their normal rate trying to release the pressure and the five consecutive days of

rain set a rainfall for one tropical system. one place reported 49 inches of rain as of tuesday morning. >> more than a trillion gallons are dumped here on harris county. it's enough to fuel niagara falls for 15 days. >> thank you we turn now to chad pradelli also live in houston, chad you spent hours trying to navigate this flood ravaged city today. >> very difficult sharrie, we are in what is called rescue row, the hardest hit area of houston in the northeast section of the city and moments ago these law enforcement trucks were brought in trying to make their way into a neighborhood. again, this is where most of the search and rescue operations are occurring right now, they are occurring throughout the city and this is where the heaviest concentration are taking place.

the coast guard is launching their boats from here. and we were suppose to go out 15 minutes ago. here you see the heavy trucks. the not just law enforcement trying to help out. every day citizens launching their boats as well searching their neighborhoods. to see if anybody needs to be moved to higher ground and we won't know the numbers for many daze. look how deep the water is see the cars, we were eight miles away and it took us two and a half hours just to get here because we need to get to this higher highway but the lower sections just have waist deep water is what we have seen. the vehicles try to and a half get and get to the higher highway. this is belt 8 and it's completely under water. some of the observations in the last hour, hour and a half. so many stranded animals it's

heart breaking to see. authorities are working to rescue people but the animals that need help is tremendous as well. the rain has picked up here within the last half hour to an hour. when we arrived here coming from the western part of the state from san antonio, it was not too bad in the past half hour it has picked up and the wind is blowing and a difficult situation out here to navigate and report. and for people like this just trying to get around and get where they need to go to get warmth and shelter. the convention center is housing some 9,000 people. the line to get to the convention center is backed up for seemingly miles. as you see conditions worsening here from what we see here in the past couple of hours. and a lot of effort still underway as authorities wait for harvey to finally move out. i'm live in northeast houston, chad pradelli, channel 6 "action news." >> an incredible scene.

great to have you there. be safe. and officials in louisiana are dealing with problems from the storm and preparing for another landfall there. this was the scene if lake charles this morning as residents were rescued from their flooded houses and take tonight shelters. organizers are asking for doe thingses from clothing and bedding to baby essential. and they are making sure that pumps from hurricane katrina are functioning. we are keeping a close eye on harvey at home here and the record breaking rainfall. >> and we are looking at rain coming to our area. meteorologist, adam joseph, tracking it all for us. >> we look at harvey a tropical storm and drifting near houston south and east of the city. you see the heavy bands of rain, they do extend into louisiana and the panhandle of florida, and moisture continues to flow in off the gulf of mexico. and houston now still dealing

with steady rainfall. we see brightening reds coming in east of the city, wrapping back if here. the back edge of the rain here pivoting to the north and east and east of houston. cedar bayou dealing with heavy rain that is where they sell the a new record for any tropical system that made landfall ever in history. it never produced this much rain. five days 50 inches of rain and that number continues to climb and the previous record was 48 inches of rain from amelia in texas as well. back in 1978, over 10 inches of rain every single day in that part of texas. right now you see it did make landfall north of corpus christi and did a loopy lou, and moved back over to the water. and moving northeast at 8 miles

per hour. and making the landfall south of lake charles in louisiana late tomorrow. and then it slowly drifts towards our region for the upcoming weekend bringing us some rain not flooding rains here but some rain for the beginning of the labor day weekend. speaking of rain we are dealing with some steady rainfall, wilmington and philadelphia and trenton especially to the south and east drier as we head up to the lehigh valley. in addition to the rain today and clouds and a chilly wind. hammering the shore line here with swells and beach erosion in cape may. 13 in philadelphia. we'll have much more when our rain lifts out of here coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> dozens of first responders and volunteers are now fanned out across the flood zone across the gust coast, including two red cross workers deployed today. they left from the organization's philadelphia headquarters, they are heading south in a van equipped with

food, water, clothing and other emergency supplies. >> it's difficult to watch and see what is going on down there. but now knowing that we'll be there and be able to hopefully make a difference in tease people's lives and alleviate the suffering going on, it makes us feel a little bit better. >> the pair will first drive to the staging area in louisiana where they will be assigned to a specific area that needs help. abc is hosting a network wide day of giving, and 6 abc is join that effort. on thursday we'll host a phone bank to collect your donations for the victims of harvey and all proceeds goes to the american red cross. right here on "action news." >> so much generosity out there. as we see harvey's damage along the gust coast. it's hard to fight back memories of what hurricane sandy did it our area. when the storm rushed to shore

almost five years ago. nora muchanic spoke to some survivors today. nora for them the scenes in texas are too close to home. >> they really are brian. and the sandy survivors here in jersey can't help but feel for the people going through that now. they lived through this nightmare and they stel me that the folks in texas are in for a long difficult ordeal. >> i was in their situation so i know what they are going through and know what they are about to two through. >> joe is with the new jersey organizing project a nonprofit made for sandy survivors to deal with all kinds of post storm issues. the folks in texas have no idea what they are in for. >> they will foolishly think like me we'll get our house in order and be home in six to eight weeks. every step of the way is a fight. >> fighting with insurance companies and fema and shady contractors to name a few.

>> chuck griffin just got back in his little egg harbor home last week. rebuilding was delayed by a contractor taking $50,000 and not doing the work. >> he gambled it away he is now in jail but what good does that do me. >> the texas flood victims should document everything from all the items they lose in the storm and every conversation with a recovery official. endless paperwork and phone calls and they need patience. >> they want things to happen quickly and they will find out that things happen very slowly. >> one thing the texas flood victims may not be prepared for is the emotional toll. some people her are still dealing with that five years later. they get the calls from the sandy survivors as they watch it on tv. >> they have a hard time coping and reliving the trauma of seeing their own house.

>> and the project is a survey for increase anxiety and depression and post traumatic stress among storm survivors, losing their home is an ordeal and this ordeal is just beginning for harvey victims. i'm nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. we have expanding coverage of the devastation at 6abc.com/harvey today. you'll find photos of recent rescues and live streams from the sister station in houston and more information on how you can help. time now for the "action news" traffic report. >> lets go live in gina gannon in for matt pellman. >> reporter: hello guys, we are starting off with a major problem on the blue route. we had an earlier jackknifed tractor trailer. it's up here and they have since uprighted the vehicle however we have police activity in this area and it looks like they are blocking the ramp. and just the right lane was

blocked and this issue definitely being a mess traveling out on the blue route. we should wait for the vehicle to get out of wait and traffic starts to move again. with this being out here, the schuylkill up here is moving along fine. just allow more time if that is where you are traveling. and blackwood, new jersey, an overturned vehicle on the 42 freeway on the acx, you see that on the grassy area here and that could set you back. more time needed for this afternoon and with the rain not helping. in sewell, new jersey, an accident on the northbound 55 off ramp to 553 and so be careful there. on the big picture single digit speeds and rain, and you can see it's 6 miles per hour on the northbound side of 95. 7 on the eastbound side of of the vine street expressway and 14 and 10 on the schuylkill. more time need this afternoon for sure. >> thank you. next on "action news" at 4:00, exclusive video as a man

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the man suspected in a deadly center city hit and run has turned himself in. only "action news" was there today as 35-year-old brandon hey surrendered at police headquarters, police say he was driving the white jeep that struck ann broderick on august 6th. the vehicle left the scene and

broderick died and his client said he had no idea he hit anyone and the charges are too harsh. >> he was driving the vehicle and didn't know he struck anyone. this was not a criminal act, he did not leave the scene of the accident knowing he struck and killed anybody. >> he is charged with homicide by vehicle and involuntarily manslaughter. a police officer inadvertently caused a sheltner place alert at the university. they issued it online and on social media. it was a plain clothed officer escorting a group on a museum tour, the officer had his badge on and his gun in a holster and never told museum staff members he was there and it was lifted in 10 minutes and the officer is cooperating in the investigation. the white house is responding today to north korea's latest missile test

saying all options are on the table. in a short written statement. president trump said that yesterday's launch by north korea signalled his contempt for its neighbors for all members of the united nations and minimum standards for acceptable behavior. it flew over japan landing in the northern pacific ocean and speaking in geneva the disarmsment envoy is hoping for a diplomatic solution. >> my hope is that north korea ends this provocative behavior. >> both the united states and japan have now called for an additional emergency meeting for the u.n. security council that was expected to happen at some point that afternoon. look at the closing numbers this afternoon and two green arrows here. the dow notching up 57 points on the day and the nasdaq up just about 19 points and despite what you see there. no change, or a minor change,

the s&p 500 is up 200 poithts on the day. pittsburgh airport is getting ready to do something that has not happened since the aftermath of 9/11. the first airport to allow none flyers, to go through the security and access the gates. it's sponsored by the tsa. starting next week people without plane tickets can go through the screening process to escort loved one who are flying. one day your pizza delivery could come without a driver, dominoes is partnering with forward to test this idea. where pizza is undeniably unpopular in a college. town. home to the university of michigan. could have a driverless car drop off their orders, to grab their pies, they can put a four digit

code mounted on to the car and that could open up a back window revealing your pizza waiting in a heated compartment. >> it's so much bet toward be a college student now than when we were there. >> couldn't afford pizza. >> how about the accuweather forecast. it's a soaker no matter where you are. we take a look at the center live now, the large swells crashing against the shore line. the propgation from the northeast to the south and the east. that is carving into our shore right now, any time we get those northeasterly winds,that our sh positioned. it really starts to eat away at the dunes and sand and the rain drops are falling and the flags are really blowing out there this afternoon. as we look at the radar here on stormtracker 6 live double scan most of the area south and east of philadelphia, seeing that wall of water, it does dry up as

we head farther to the north and west. encountering the dry air in the lehigh valley and reading and wet drive for the evening rush through chester county, delaware county and all of philadelphia county up through trenton and mercer county along 95. you can see a lot of rain falling and the wet roads around most of the day. definitely slowing that evening rush hour and temperatures are extremely cool. and right now 56. up in the poconos 63. 66 philadelphia, more than likely it's the coolest day we have had since the end of may early on in june when temperatures were only stuck in the 60s. depending if we hit the number on the off hour and 69 philadelphia and millville and 70 or so in atlantic city. all of this rain is due to low pressure working off of cape hatteras and as it continues to

move away. more than likely we will not name this irma. the wind creates hurricane forces. as it moves away that continues to push away highways. and rough surf our way. it moves out and waves 6 to 10 feet. winds gusting 40 t5 miles per hour. and dangerous rip concerns. even though it's sunny tomorrow. listen to the lifeguards as you listen to the shore. show the rain and philadelphia south and east and breaks apart at midnight and the clouds start to fall apart to the north and west. and as we wake up tomorrow morning, sunshine and cloud cover and into the afternoon tomorrow, a pretty nice day on tap with sunshine ruling and temperatures much warmer today add at least 10 degrees in the afternoon as we hit the upper 70s with low humidity. as we look at the four day

forecast 78 is the high warm with an isolated storm late in the day on thursday and dry at 85. hello september, 73 that is it on friday with sunshine and rain develops as the remnant low of harvey starts to pass through saturday. we'll have more on that coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> all right thank you. we have got an update now to a harvey fundraising effort and a 5-year-old that set up a lemonade and sweet tea stand raised more than $100 and he is not done yet. jet and his mom plan to be out until 6:00. it's not pouring rain and they may reschedule and the family is originally from houston. and they are donating all the money they earn to the red cross. >> such a star. doing good work. "action news" will be right back.

fathers and care givers had a chance to set good examples for their children. they hosted the million father march this morning complete with music all wait into their classrooms. the goal is to get involved in the young one's education. >> i'm so happy we have dads and the kids are happy. thank you to everyone. really souper. >> this year's event exceeded expectations, more than 100 dads committed to volunteering at the school this year. and a phillies player is making a positive difference for people in need. cameron rupp kicked off his first ever big league fantasy football challenge. rupp held a life draft challenge

at citizens bank park, giving them the unique experience of playing fantasy football against him and his teammates. it goes to the global initiative that provides clean water and medicine around the world. >> you know who you don't want in your fantasy football league? >> i try. i play to win. >> more to come, including a look how harvey may be impacting you in terms of high gas prices. >> from you looking for a way to help out hurricane harvey victims. that is coming up in what's the deal.

"action news" continues with ongoing coverage of the heart break and humanity from hurricane harvey. as re cues workers rescue thousands trapped. we learn more about those that did not manage to escape. a police officer died after becoming trapped in his patrol car going to work on sunday. that brings the the death rate to 8 with a family of six still missing that sad news comes a few hours after president trump and the first lady stopped in corpus christi texas to get a briefing on the disaster. meanwhile the efforts continue around the clock as people wait to be pulled to safety by boat or air. all day we watched survivors

arrive at shelters across the city overwhelmed and exhausted. >> we just got rescued out. this is the first time we have seen how much water it has been. it's crazy. that is all i can say. >> to make matters worse dams in the city are close to overflowing causing to release pressure adding to the rising floodwaters and that means more rescues are likely ahead. >> rescue workers are working to rescue animals from the storms and it has mobilized its sister shelter and weigh station sister program. they will welcome 100 shelter dogs from texas to their campus in madison, new jersey, after the dogs eat and rest. many will be transferred to partners throughout the northeast including shelters here in our area. we bring in meteorologist, adam joseph now, and one thing

are you talking about is the devastating slowness with which this story is moving. >> it made landfall friday and barely moved and drifted out and back over the open waters and friday, saturday, sunday, monday tuesday making landfall again tomorrow and then quickly escape circulation is just just to the southeast of houston over the open waters and you see the bull's-eye of red that continues to develop north of that center which is if houston, points to the north and east. and it extends fow into the panhandle of florida. with the feeder bands coming in from the gulf of mexico. and dealing with heavy rain and additional rain over the next three days. an inch or so in houston. as the system is stag to depart and east. bringing heavy rains and flooding into parts of louisiana up through arkansas and then heading into the tennessee valley. there is the path that it went through south of houston and as

it moves into wednesday, thursday and it goes into louisiana and then into tennessee as we get into the end of the week it continues to weaken to a remnant low and approaching west virginia and parts of pennsylvania as we get into the upcoming weekend, winds are not an issue here and flooding rains, not an issue here, even though it's tracking towards us we'll have some remnant rains with this over part of the labor day weekend. we'll chat about that coming up in the seven-day forecast. and we'll deal with the beach erosion coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> harvey is not just a problem for people and property in team. but it's starting to effect people in parts of the country with higher gas prices, about one quarter of the refinery cap asities is knocked off line. walter perez is live at the wawa in hatfield with more on the

impact at the pump. >> reporter: experts say that harvey's level of the gas prices will not reach katrina levels. when it comes to gas prices in the delaware valley, so far aaa says so good. >> we see minimal increases here in and delaware and new jersey but analysts tell us we have not seen the manifestation of the price increases hit just yet. >> when the price increases do kick in we see an average increase of 10 cents to 20 cents per gallon. for an increase of 25 cents per gallon according to industry experts, as of this morning five refineries in the houston area and six near corpus christi are closed all together and another seven in the region operating at

reduced capacity. but other factors minimalizing the impact. the summer driving season is winding down decreasing the demand for gasoline but experts are quick to point out that summer is not over just yet. so expect the gasoline price hikes late they are week. >> just as with we head into the labor day weekend, the final last hoorah of the summer season. >> the national average is $2.38 expected as high as 2.50 a gallon over the next week or so. and it looks like prices will go back to normal in two to four weeks maybe a little more. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and this reminder you can find that story and all the stories we have done connected to hurricane harvey on a special section of the website, visit 6abc.com/harvey and watch live

broadcasts to the the sister station in houston. plus, photos and video from the flood zone. police in montgomery county are looking for two men that robbed and attacked a woman in hatfield township. investigators say they jumped her on the 3100 block of penn street as she was walking home from work by herself friday night. the victim says her attackers knocked her to the grown and took her belongings before running off and she was treated at the hospital. >> police are working to track down a thief who didn't bothe ordering his fast food he just stole it. the suspect parked his bike at wong choy chinese. the man approached the woman pointing something at her back and stole her phone, debit card and food she had just gotten and fled on his bike. if you know this guy or anything about the crime you are asked to call southwest detectives xs.

it's back to school time today students in south jersey got a big boost to start off their year the right way. "action news" anchor, melissa magee -- is live in the newsroom. >> "action news" is on hand for the big backpack give away in camden. the much needed supplies in the hands of students and the people that made today's event possible. and new in health check new insight into potentially food habits what they found out about routine practices changing the way you think about your food. we have more coming up at 5:00. we'll see you then. >> monica thank you. there is a new effort to keep commuters safe in philadelphia. mayor kenney launched the chester street transportation project. protected bike lanes on chester street and west philadelphia.

and painted pedestrian areas to protect those that get around on foot. the mayor is planning similar projects in the coming years. families at jefferson university hospital got much needed messages of hope. volunteers from the march of dime delivered greeting cards to the nicu meant to encourage the nerve yours parents keeping watch. created at local macy's stores during the shop for cause campaign. >> so important for those families. >> yes, osteen under fire the pastor of a houston mega church is responding to critics online with words and actions. >> and the marching band has taken the state song off the play list. the lyrics the school is not comfortable with anymore. >> and some say cute and others say creepy. and everyone can agree that the viral horror movie makeover is

creative. how a mississippi teen transformed his brother into a killer clown and what their mom thinks about that. >> it's hard to turn away from it somehow. meteorologist, adam joseph will be back with the if you go forecast from ac weather.

>> some reads are tooking desperate measures to escape the floods. check out this video from a home in houston, that family pitched tents on the roof to block the rain as they waited for rescue. those that are saved are crowded houston's convention center way beyond capacity. after getting word of the critical need for beds, a business owner stepped in to help. he closed his mattress store.

he has done this before and gave 200 people a place to stay during hurricane harvey. >> a church owned by joel osteen opened its doors to people. after not doing it sooner. many on social media media disputed that and criticized osteen and the church responded by posting flood water in and around the church and this morning the church said that the the water had receded and that it would provide shelter to several hundred people. joel osteen sent a tweet out today say that victoria today care deeply about our houstonans. and we are are receiving anyone that needs shelter. lakewood church says it is also working with the city to serve as a donation center. sharrie over here at the big board with the big talkers and we begin with the growing

discord over maryland state song. one university band is refusing to play it on campus. the university of maryland band used to play maryland my maryland before every football game. school officials put a temporary end to that. why? well the song contains what they view as pro confederate lyrics referring to the north as scum and blasting abraham lincoln. on campus the reaction is mixed. >> when the marching band plays the song there is no words. it's hard to say if it has that connotation. >> to make all students feel at home and welcome. >> how far do you want to go to evaluate everything. >> maryland lawmakers including the governor have called for the state to adopt a new song. that one getting a lot of attention today. >> now, to a warning for a museum in england that goes

without saying don't put your child into an 800-year-old couldin so you can get a picture. that is one one family did at essex last week. a big surprise, they ended up damaging that art fact. the sandstone relic is chipped and further damaged when the child accidentally kicked the coffin off the stand while being lifted up into it. the family fled the scene without reporting the incident. the museum had to watch surveillance video, and fortunately repairs to the coffin should not caught $130 still it's the point. >> finally, precious adorable or sweet. that is what onae adjective a child can use to describe that, this is 3-year-old louie, the same mississippi toddler dressed

as the tiny twin of steven king's clown. the creative teenager used his makeup and photography skills to turn the toddler into the star of "it" the only thing photo shops is his forehead. the mom knows it's creepy but louie loves clowns and was not scared by this. the creepy cute sibling photo ship has gone wildly viral as you might guess wrapping up thousands and thousands of shares. check out more of them on movie makeovers by going to our website at 6abc.com. and find a slideshow of the pint size penny wise. or perhaps you are too well lately. >> that is artwork and maybe they need to recast and use this little one instead.

>> time for a check of the roads right now this afternoon. gina is here with the update. >> reporter: you know what it's a tuesday and raining and because that we see an accident on the roadway, this is the route 30 bypass in downingtown over 322, you can see within the acceleration, police are on the scene. it's out here blocking the acceleration lane. traveling in the area back to route 30, to route 322, expect the accident out there on the southbound side. on the big picture we see a lot of teens and single digits on the map like on the northbound side of 95 on the vine street expressway. crowded on the schuylkill had and the earlier jackknife has cleared out. a live look at the vine jammed in both directions. this is the westbound side. it's wet out there. you see approaching 76 you are slow and the eastbound shade is jammed the entire way out to 95. also we have a waiting line here

through the roosevelt boulevard, from 76 to broad street, a southbound delay. approaching the schuylkill expressway. giving yourself more time there. an accident here on the route 9 northbound to 95. and gina thank you. >> having a live look outside this afternoon. sky 6 hd giving us the dreary view over center city philadelphia cutting owe off the tops of the towers there. meteorologist, adam joseph there standing by with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. coming up next.

dreary out there today. stuck in the rain. dreary and chilly and temperatures only in the 60s. i wore a long sleeve. first time all summer long but

friday -- we are getting into fall. i'm getting excited. long sleeves and sweatshirts and pumpkins and i'm depressing a lot of people. we do have a flood advisory for a good chuck of the area. especially along i-95, the entire state. delaware and extreme parts of new jersey, we have not seen a ton of rain a half inch to inch of rain, and pour drainage areas, a puddle here or there. and on the deep side and definitely don't want to hydroplane. traveling around into the evening hours. we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan a little green on the radar, and steadier of the rain and a hit there in newcastle county. cape may county and the back edge of that drying up lancaster county up into the berks county

and the poconos. as we look to the south we see that river of green so to speak. all wait from milford and cape may through glass bro and into the city of philadelphia. a pocket here working into the atlantic city expressway. that will fill in from the south and giving it a few hours and much of this will stop falling and that will move to the east and a drier night is ahead. 63 allentown. 66 wilmington and 69 in millville. so far in philadelphia our high has been 67 degrees. as you look at the radar here, over the last few hours. drying up to the north and west and that erodes to the south and east. low pressure is to the south. and really starting to ramp up here. a powerful storm off the coast, as it moves off to sea with hurricane force winds. that continues to churn up the waters as we get into the day

tomorrow. above the sky will be approving and 8:00 tonight. rain around and midnight, a few left over showers and dry it up here tomorrow morning and any cloud cover early, temperatures tomorrow upper 70s. 78 for philadelphia for allentown and 77 millville and 76 at the boardwalk, it improves weather wise very dangerous rip currents for the day tomorrow. as we look at that tropical storm harvey that continues to spin to the south of houston that will kind of finally move over to the north and east. tennessee valley and ohio valley and target through the area. a remnant low. an inch of rain on saturday, and not flooding rains, and the weekend started on the wet side. the accuweather forecast nice tomorrow and 78. warm humidity and 85. late storm on wednesday and

september starts out beautiful and low 70s and low humidity and rain develops and that system passes through of 70 degrees. early showers on sunday. and sunshine and 80 on labor day. and tuesday 85. okay some important advice if you plan on donating to those impacted by harvey stay with us.

no matter where disaster strikes generous people here at home answer the call for help. before you donate to the ever growing number of hanky victims we have guys. >> hey guys this is so important. we look at these pictures of

unprecedented flooding so many of us feel compelled to help. there are ways to do that now. text the word harvey to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the red cross or uw flood to 4114 to the united way relief fund but before using other methods listen up. the best piece of advice for giving wisely is donate to charities you know and truth. organizations that have a proven track record with dealing with disasters, don't give to charities that seemingly sprung up overnight. when you donate designate the disaster where you want your funds to go. and that way it won't end up in a general fund. don't click on links that report to solicit donations, you could end up wasting your money and

installing malware on your computer. also, do not assume charity messages posted on social media are legitimate. you need to research organizations yourself. and when texting to donate check with the source first. >> and before you give to any nonprofit. give to a site like charity navigator. give to a list of charities responding to harvey and it's a great website to use. providing food and shelter, we have a link at 6abc.com. and abc is hosting a network wide day of giving and 6 abc is joining the effort. 6 abc is hosting a food bank for favrery and all go to the american red cross. again that is thursday starting at 4:00 here on "action news." and many here at "action news" are answering the phones and taking your donations. >> always helping us do the right thing the right way.

that will do it for "action news" at 4:00. for alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff we hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00. >> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. i lost everything. and everything in my house. >> we have waist high water in my house. >> my neighbors were stranded and everybody was stranded. >> this is the evacuation route. everybody got stuck here and some people had to push their cars back home. >> the evacuations continue around the houston area, as harvey continues to spin over texas. tonight floodwaters are spilling over reservoirs, and more neighborhoods are in danger. >> this was epic proportion, nobody has ever seen anything like this. >> meantime president trump and first lady melania, landed in

texas, tonight the president is under fire though for what he did and did not visit. >> i want them to notice the red cross is on the way and we have a lot of training and this is wa we are ready for. >> meanwhile, relief on the way with thousands of people in need in the southeast. help is continuing to pour in to the hardest hit areas including new medical assistance in the delaware valley. as harvey continues to battle the gulf coast. it's still pouring in some of the hardest hit areas. so far abc news has confirmed that eight