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attorney is expected to learn his fate today. we have details on the sentencing of sem williams. >> and hundreds of damaged head stones are repaired at a local cemetery following a massive outpouring of donations. and the next big story is the accuweather alert. there are heavy downpours and strong winds hitting parts of new jersey after the storm pushed through philadelphia. lets look live outside now sky 6 hd showing you the rain falling on the beach in cape may. david murphy is in the weather center with the first check of the forecast. we see sunshine this afternoon. and i think the farther west you go, here is the rain that came through earlier this morning. and nothing super bad. as you look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we have heavy downpours pushing east of trenton and pushing northeast and if you do get caught under something like that and in the aftermath of it. showers and backup and roadways

and another line of stuff coming up through atlantic city through the coast. it looks like through the rest of today and the focal point and additional showers are east of the philadelphia and east of the city another sprinkle but that is about it. a slight risk of severe weather but that is mainly to the east of philadelphia and at the coast. 71 in philadelphia and still ahead of the actual front. numbers are warm 72 in allentown un71 in millville and 69 in cape may. as we go through the rest of date you see how the model is improving things in philadelphia and the rain pushing to the east it looks like we could get sunshine back in philadelphia maybe a peek by 1:00 or 2:00 and by 6:00 a chance as well. i am posting the rain and thunderstorm chance that is the east of philadelphia by the shore. as we take a look at the severe storm profile, this is also an improvement.

the storm prediction center originally had us in the yellow zone and now just green from philadelphia over to the east. i would not be surprised to see this move farther east of the next couple of hours and just an isolated chance for a strong gusty storm. a big cool down in the accuweather forecast. as soon as tonight and tomorrow. >> thank you. we have new video of the damage from south jersey of the storms that came through this morning. strong winds brought down a tree at fiddlerville road in mullica hill and another tree on a mobile home there were no injuries. in burlington county a power outage forced the entire lumberton school describe to shut down. jeanette reyes joins us live with the details. >> reporter: well sara before this newscast i got on the phone with pseg and they said not long ago all the customers had their power restored but because of the power outages, the entire

school district shut down because of the howling winds bringing down some tree limbs on to power lines. i heard the win howling and leaves blowing all over my yard. >> and instead of heavy traffic -- >> a lot lighter like it's a sunday out here. >> residents inrton spent the morning without power. because of these branches. two of the lumberton schools were out of power causing a cancellation of classes. >> i was very surprised we didn't have school today. that never happens. >> julian cooper took it as an

early snow day without the snow or is the cold weather. >> how do you feel about school being out? >> happy. >> really happy. >> me and my dad are going to play a video game. >> a lot of those kids are out enjoying the day and fairly warm and we have seen spotty showers but with the power back on at two of the impacted buildings, school should be back in session tomorrow. >> do your hong the severe weather online 6abc.com there you can rea latest about storm dam power outages and school action cam aaction news" om around heeveloping story in delaware county. thed middle school in fterar the campus.herine scott is live now with th e latestck classes will rrrow but today the school is closed because of the police e and the scene has been red for hou butch ear district ys theyoo t tdvisementice out investigating a w and they were sent homethe detectives

were summiee after a dperson wasound.oa remained shut down as detectives looked opewoy and decided to close the school for the day. and teacherst werschool. and some were surprised. >> to hear something like this where oh my god on a quiet street. basically a quiet street. it's frightening. >> there are some surveillance cameras on the nearby school. it's unclear if itaptu thank an's d afoundtioga-nicetown. she was found with severe face and head trauma on the 1800 block of westmoreland street at 1:30 this morning. police have not yet identified the woman and waiting for the results of an autopsy. >> the major undertaking to repair head stones at the mt. carmel cemetery is complete.enneying. in february iwas discovered that 275

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and it's all moving to the east and well north of trenton and west of new york city someive lightning, there may ut i think done. look o out there. and every now and the we check out the sky 6 hhis is lockedn well right now. a wind advisory this morning that brought down trees and wires here and there in the region but the w easing head southerly wind at 1 per nothing like the gusts in the 40s that we had for a brief time this morning. 71 in philadelphia and 72 in allentown and 72 in wilmington. and we are looki dt cloud cover and the farming west the sooner you see rning sun a uture tracker that maybe sunny to philadelphia. the thing i want to point out. between 4:00 and the evening we may not be done down the shore and there is still a chance of a nderstorm rolling up across the coast fm way up until 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. and still an isolate the chance storm but remember when i showed you 20 minutes ago i would not be if this

pushed farther to the east. so areas trenton and lakehurst is where there is just a slight chance an isolated chance of a strong thunderstorm. if you hear thunder head indoors and lower floors and an isolate the chance of a tornado but better chance the farther north you go. the lehigh valley and clouds and sun. ther at the there i where you keep your eye out for additional showers and thunderstorm into early evening and areas from atlantic city north have the best chance of that 72 is the high. philadelphia and clouds eventually mixing with sunny breaks and mild with a high of 75 degrees and winds y earlier and i think they will ease back to 16 per hour. and easing down from the gusts and tonight mostly clo and cooler and how in center city. and still above average be and tomorrow afternoon we are close to ave and the cold front comes through and the rain is gone and t and y tomorrow with a high

of your exclusive accuweaer potentially mixing with sun the farther westgo and east the chance an isolate the thunderstorm into the evening and 6nd 61 for a high on thursday. and feeling like tumn. friday sunny and milder 67 and saturday still looks good 69 and partly sunny and pleasant and clouds move in on sunday for the next eagles home game and could be rain riving. and then on monday cloudy and stillh of just 57 andere asking about halloween i think we clear out in time for halloween and seasonably cool. afternoon high in the low 60s. >> not bad. >> thank you. can you now read steven hawkins hawkins thesis and highd the site to 60,000 downloads iness than a day. he wasnterest in his th >> i the movie. now i'm getting aheadache. ahead,on

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ews" is the 12:30 continues with rick williams sara bloomquist and meteorologist david murphy. >> we b12:30ith an accuweather alert. showers continue to parts of our region after drenching rainshrough. colder air is expected to move in tomorrow along with the rain came strong storms overnight into this morning. several trees were knocked down in mullica hill, and lumberton county a power outage caused the today. and sky 6 hd showing you center city the skyline there. hanging overhead the wind is still strong david muong -- outside with acker amter of philadelphia and a slight chance of a strong st orning tha str d a bn lets look at satellite the raincame i thr