well, you know you've got to be real realistic. 202 at baltimore pike, don't forget we have baltimore pike southbound blocked you have this repeated in so many areas with downed trees and wires still dealing with tuesday's storms and dealing that baltimore pike southbound close the at schoolhouse lane downed trees and downed wires. here moving okay. let's take you to the maps, some of the areas you're dealing with closures and restrictions. pebble lane near orchard lane. pearl crossroad near wayside drive. lights out on 73 we have irs -- we have areas where rights are not working at major intersections. you have to take time here. harmony road closed near swedesboro road. 295 at 207 and 653 abbey 680. we have ramps connecting 295 gibbstown and paulsboro the trees are still down. the crews are working around the clock but there's so much to fix. one of the construction areas on 322, be careful of that. weather wise we have no big problems right now 69 degrees, that early rain is pushing through south jersey and off the coastline for the most part right now. we're left with the day most

take a look, baltimore pike. we drove the great lent of this. this is just closed all up and down it. good news, update on all of this, ten cars, just talk with the state police. that's the last car they need to get out of here, just managed to move the trees didn't get the wires off. calling the tow truck but you can see, they have the trees down on these wires all up and down this entire stretch of southbound baltimore pike, as we swing around, we can see the crews moved from that location, up here. these are the at the guys. they are the first line of defense of the the next line of course is going to be the line crews will come in, they will be the ones obvious lip to get the power back up. >> this will take a while. i would not count on this section of the road being open all day long. also check out as we went up there the stores and businesses power largely out of this entire community went out to wawa, got little wawa, news crew, be near a with a washings that's completely shutdown. very odd to see 24-hour wawa that's not open. we also h

i would think alternates, 13 through chester or stay on route 1 baltimore pike and the media bypass. elsewhere in delco a crash. fire location in sharon hill hook road. willow grove a cash at fitzwater town and 611. police are directing you through the direction. watch out from a crash harleysville pike at park avenue. new jersey turnpike, exit 2 for 322 a wreck is taking out the left lane. >>> nine people were shot and killed at a historic church in charles, south carolina. >> the fbi has been called in and calling it a hate crime. >> katherine scott has a connection with the church in charleston and erin o'hern has breaking news. >> reporter: just about a how are half-hour ago, there was a press conference police released this picture. they need the public's help. they believe this is the man responsible for killing the nine people. he has sandy-colored hair and wearing a distinct gray sweatshirt said to be between 20 and 25. if they can help identify the man they believe he is armed and dangerous, they want to prevent him from hurting someone else. let's look at another picture of

. >> the damage is widespread, and southbound route 1, baltimore pike, downed trees and cars trapped by the trees. >> tree after thee down hanging over the road. >> on the southbound side. >> and cars basically marooned. >> yes they must have gotten out of their cars yesterday and left them there. >> many without power today one lone exception d and i beverage with their generator chugging along. >> everybody needs ice putting it in their freezers to keep other food from going bad. >> good luck with that, 66000 that is the number of people still without power in delaware county and the thinking is it it may not be until friday or saturday, until those folks get power back. we spoke to the man in that story and he could not get ice from his supplier, it was just not available. >>> electrical service is not the only thing affected by the stom people are dealing with cell phone problems as well. specifically verizon customers the action cam found crews making repairs in wilmington delaware verizon says the storm affecting their fiber lines it has fixed the problems in delaware and chest

just behind me we're on baltimore pike just past valley road. if you're familiar with this area, this is where that wawa complex is. you can see there's a giant tree that's right here taking up one of the lanes of baltimore pike. you see some of the cars here just trying to use the left lane to get around it. this may become an issue later on this morning as we get into the morning rush. you have a lot of cars heading in this direction, they'll run into this tree that is out here. you see some of the utility lines were taken down by this tree as well. again, we have a lot of power outages out here as a result. you're seeing a lot of debris branches leaves that were taken out by the storm, a lot of heavy winds, heavy rains in this area. delaware county chester county really the hardest hit so far at least in terms of power outages. i've been on the phone with a lot of the counties this morning, especially here at delaware county. they tell me their efforts are winding down for this morning. they're going to leave everything now to peco and the lo

this is baltimore pike at valley road. big telltale sign of the damage at this point are the traffic lights that are out. we've seen plenty of these. traffic lights are out and streetlights are out as well. of course when we drive up and down these secondary streets we see a lot of the homes have generators running. i just got off the phone with a dispatch at delaware confy. they tell me they're pretty much winding down operations for the night on their end. they are leaving everything now to the municipalities and peco. we have a lot of power outages in this area and throughout the region as a result of what happened last night. take a look at video we shot earlier this morning where you can see some of the damage that was caused by this storm. really it's the trees coming down on those power lines, knocking out power to the surrounding areas and there is going to be a massive cleanup out here this morning. all the side streets in middletown township completely dark. however as we take another live look out here this morn

standing in the middle of route one baltimore pike down here in concord. you can see we've got crews i can stand here safely in the middle because i have all of these guys out here in reflective vests shutdown for miles in this direct, because there were so many trees down. now there is isn't eastern the power crew. this is just the tree crews out here. they say they've got so much work to do because there are so many trees down. this is before they could even get the power crews out here. the once down here, as soon as you roll down the windows beautiful cool morning this morning, is the sound of generators. if there are lights in this neck of the woods, it is because there are generators running. when these trees were coming down in the middle of the storm, there were number of people that got trapped some of them even had wires on top of their cars. listen to what happened to one guy. >> i honestly thought things were coming to an ends. i knew that if i put my foot outside that far car that that was not the thing to do. that could have been very deadly.

and concord township, one of the areas hit hard yesterday the baltimore pike, stub closed school house, down to thornton road. all of the areas dealing with the power outage, obviously there is no traffic lights, follow the local detours, in the neighborhoods, it is a combination of either the tree removal crews or power crews holds on the new jersey side with the power crews portions of south jersey, you know the neighborhoods, spots without the power, without the traffic light, also, the stretch three separate exit ramps here off 295 still block because of the downed wires and downed trees. >> cherry hill, springdale road power crews are still out there work being the media elwin line running again this morning. all of the regional railings back on track. in other words town -- norristown high-speed line back working and patco high-speed line, as well. left over work crew on the freeway coming in toward philadelphia. but all of the bridges look fine. mass transit again, off to a good start this morning chris, back to you. >> , delaware county officials declared state of emergency cal

and also, that stretch of the baltimore pike, still blocked, school house over to thorton road.ust got word from septa norristown high-speed line running with equipment delays inbound, so, give yourselves extra time there. the rest of the regional rail, those lines, up and running, the patco high-speed line running. remember it is a thursday, so they do that thursday construction deal, 26 minute gaps after the rush hour. with all of the local power outages, especially here, i came through this stretch last night, going to the soccer game, the traffic lights are out, at all of the intersections, some intersections did have police officers therefore that evening rush hour. but, follow the detours and pack your patience going through some of the areas this morning, mike, alex, back to you. >> let's keep the kids busy this summer. >> how about a lacrosse cam snap lacrosse camp for kids that are new to the sport and also for some elite players, they don't know what they are doing or they know what they are doing. be and then there is the coaches, guys like joe from syracuse. >> one o

lot of cleanup going on here in chester county, and 926, and yes the southbound lanes of the baltimore pike remain closed from downed trees from tuesday's storm and the route 1 is giving us issues. there is a crash on 202 at oakland road just north of painter's crossing this noon, in greenville the downed tree is closing barrelly mill road. and a crash this greenwich township, tons of downed polls and a lot of ramps remain shut down. and the atlantic city rail line for njt is still shut down, but the west trenton line. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday almost friday we are almost there and watching a crash reported by a member of our 6 abc commuter team on byberry road, check that out. >> thank you matt, check back in later more ahead on "action news" at 4:00, a recall involving a popular salad dressing why they say the bottle in your house is not what you think it is. >> and mayor michael nutter gets a lesson on handling papal crowds from his counter part what the mayor of rome says about the event and the surprising connection you may not know he has to philad

the closures of 926 and baltimore pike because of downed trees and wires from the storm. route 1 closure has been giving us problems, smith bridge road or 322 are the alternates. traffic light troubles southwest philadelphia batter tram and 90th -- bartram and 90th street. we have all the normal delays on i-95 speeds have dropped to the teens between the betsy ross bridge and girard avenue. in gloucester county, the clean up continues, as well. downed wires in greenwich blocking 44. we have a bunch of traffic lights that are out in turnersville along the blowers. and in pitman closing delsea drive tam and nydia. >> police in minneapolis are praising the quick thinking of a group of bystanders involving a serious accident involved a car and pedal public. >> reporter: the operator was not hurt. the driver of the car was taken into custody and could chase charges of criminal vehicular injury. >>> two victims of the charleston shooting will be laid to rest today. ame had bible started again last night. this was the same class that dylann roof was invited into before allegedly

and wires stretches of several roads remain blocked including the southbound lanes of route 1 baltimore pike. that caused huge gridlock, we expected it this morning against smith bridge road or 322 and possible alternates around that. >> this is new on "action news," a field trip for elementary students in kentucky ended in terror with a call to police because the bus driver fell asleep at the wheel. the bus carrying 40 children and ten chaperones when the driver slumped over her seat. police met the bus but did not arrest the driver. >>> this is new on "action news," terrifying letters forced a union county, new jersey, to three their new home. according to a lawsuit filed against the previous owners, the new owners said they are being watched in their west fieldhouse after being $1.3 million. they have received several letters from a mysterious person. they claim the previous owners 0 were aware of the man who calls himself the watcher. in the letters, the man asked have they found what's in the walls yet and other things. really creepy. >> i hope they get this guy. all new in the next hal

we have a crash blockerring multiple left lanes, you want to stick with 291 or stay on route 1 baltimore pikend the media bypass. 42 slowing eastbound it's westbound we have the construction from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at trooper road. watch out for a crash at harleysville pike and park avenue. >> reporter: the rain is light the problem we have downpours that came through earlier now we have the flooded roads. storm tracker 6 live double scan it's starting to break apart. it's moving to the east, it will take a little while. 67 in millville. 66 in philadelphia. a quick look at the forecast, 9:00 a.m., 70 degrees, at that point showers around, but not the steady rain we have lots of clouds. noon lots of clouds mostly dry. peek of sunshine, once again during the evening commute we have a chance of heavier rain or thunderstorm especially north and west tam. >> thank you karen. >>> now most of us know we should wear sunscreen but a lot of folks get confused trying to decide what bottle to get. how much spf do you need. many don't know how much spf they need to as to which early aging an ward off

we're looking at suburb traffic we have light volume, 202 baltimore pike from conqueredville or -- conqueredville or kennett square. i-95 construction is blocking the right lane, that will be your morning commute until 8:00 a.m. in doylestown they have emergency construction 202 northbound at 611 blocking the two right lanes crews will be out there until june 24. you'll be dealing with that a little while. look for that to cause a problem this morning. going to the commuter traffic report we're saying good morning togoyle16. thanks for informing us and being part of our team. 71 degrees in philadelphia. 66 in millville. doesn't feel too bad right now. temperatures today will be ten degrees warmer than yesterday. tieing a record high of 95. hot and humid spotty thunderstorm late in the day erin. >> thanks so much, karen. >>> developing right now officials in ukraine say five people have been killed in a fuel depot fire. five tanks exploded igniting 55 tons of petrol. they are trying to prevent the fire from spreading to another fuel depot and military base. >>> 36-year-old keith broom field from m

we have a down tree on the southbound side of the baltimore pike closing it at schoolhouse lane to thorntonoad. 322 is your best alternate. be careful in the neighborhood we are working to clear out that debris from the other night. ukee. >>> crews are working to restore powers in several communities out from tuesday's storms. right now there are about 58,000 outages from peco, more than 125,000 from ac electric and thousands more from pse&g and del marva. >> meanwhile corrections officer gene palmer is in custody accused of helping two murderers escape from a new york prison. prosecutors say palmer smuggled tools inside frozen meat. >>> philadelphia's mayor michael nutter and delegation to the vatican have met with the mayor of rome. the philadelphians are making final plans for the pope's visit this fall. we will be right back. >>> here we go, sixers start right now who will wear the sweet hat tonight when sixers make the third pick in the 2015 nba draft. wow, a lot of speculation and a lot of guests. steve, hold that for me real quick. lets get to it right now. most people expect timber

southbound lanes of route 1 baltimore pike are closed between school house lane and author ton road.th bridge --horton road. >>> in case you're wanterring, you won't see any delays on 70 eastbound because two right lanes are blocked at springdale road because of downed wires. 47 is blocked at pitman avenue, traffic lights are on the fritz on the black horse pike. treat it as a stop sign. in paulsboro we have traffic lights and downed wires we're not getting anything on the waze app. >>> winds and the seas and premonsoon rains are bringing relief to southern pakistan. a scorching heat wave have killed 883 people. the temperatures have dropped to 93 degrees temperatures have reached 113 degrees hours long power outages and little running water and people fasting had worsened the situation. >>> after two years of silence boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev has spoken saying he is sorry for the pain and the death he caused. he made the comments before being formally sentenced to death yesterday. the apology came three hours after gut-wrenching impact statements from victims and surv

baltimore pike southbound blocked between schoolhouse lane and thornton road. we have harmony road closed between swedz bore -- swedes borough road and 207. the ramps connecting the ramps with gibbs borough and paulsboro. east greenwich alone ten intersections without lights. treat it as a four way stop because there may not be police on all the intersections. tam and eva. >> thanks, karen. >>> new information on the breaking news from france, authorities there have opened a terror investigation following an attack at a gas factory in southeast france. we know one person was decapitated and others injured. now french officials say two men crashed through the entrance and hit gas canisters that caused an explosion. banners with arabic writing was found near the body. this is the work of a terrorist organization. >>> 8 people including a pilot are dead after a crash into a cliff they were from the westerdam cruise ship that left seattle for a seven day round trip. the passenger said what it felt like after the captain made 89 announcement after the deadly plane c

the family owns a bar in the 700 block of baltimore pike in upper darby township. >> three men are stilleing questioned by police. we of course will continue to follow this story and bring you latest tonight on fox 29 news at 10:00. >>> developing story right now. west philadelphia neighborhood cleaning up after a water main break sent millions of gallons of water in the street. amazeing to look at in the basement as well enormous mess and now water department crews are trying to figure out why the more than century old pipe burst very old so could that be a factor? fox 29's dave kinchen life in west philadelphia this evening. all right, dave, you got new information about just how much damage we're talking about here. >> reporter: that's right. new information as crews continue to work a busy day here. you can see the water department members here actually in the hole digging trying to get a better look at the damage here for an inspection. the water depth says 24 cars were damaged at least 24 claims regarding cars and 40 claims regarding homes that have flooding. water depth says they

baltimore pike is blocked use 322 to get around that. the route 1 at the pennsylvania turn, nice and dry and clear and smooth sailing. turnpike eastbound watch out for construction past bensalem. >> fbi is working on a profile of a possible serial killer in a small ohio town. 6 women have disappeared from the town of 21,000 people. four of the women's were recovered in creeks or streams. the most recent was found over the weekend. it's unclear if the cases are connected. but the victims life stories are similar they are all woman who had fallen on hard times. >>> two of the victims of the charleston church shootings have been laid to rest, there will be public viewing for clementa pinkney. ame renewed their bible study. this was the same class that shooter dylann roof was invited into before allegedly shooting and killing 9 people a week ago. the interim pastor led the group. the message of the session was the power of love. >>> the daughter of with it whitney houston has been moved to hospice care. bobbi kristina brown was found face do

are out it is a four way stop at those intersections, still closed on southbound side of the baltimore pike as you roll down toward route 202. and then 295 still, three of the main exits as you roll through paulsboro still closed here ramps to and from exits 15 16, 17, it is all as a result of the down trees and down wires and clean up operation that is still underway, as far as flying out of town this morning you will be good to go at philly international, at least for the morning however keep an eye with the airline if you intend to travel through the weekend especially tomorrow, sound like tomorrow could get crazy. otherwise mass transit looking good no delays, chris and lauren back to you. >>> it has been three days since tuesday's storms, which local officials are calling the the fifth worse in the history. >> some areas in philadelphia and across the bridge are still feeling effect of that severe weather. steve keeley live in the northeast with more on this. steve, what a mess. what is the latest now by way of getting the power back on what are the the estimates. >> reporter: look, th

nbc 10 along old baltimore pike in newark new castle county. you can see how hard it was raining then. it is still raining in parts of our area brittney but you're saying it's on its way out, right? >> improving conditions on the way for us as we head into the rest of the afternoon. we'll still see a few lingering showers throughout the morning. cape may the lenses are dry. not a lot of rain moving through that part of town. if i switch over to the radar, i'll show you where the radar is richland montgomery norristown, then to the south of philadelphia paulsboro, east greenwich, all seeing moderate rain right now. if we take a closer look at this radar shot. it shows how spotty it is. most of the area is still dry. as we head into the afternoon we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. the sun will make a return. 53 degrees in the pocono. 60 in reading. warmer along the shore, 72 in atlantic city. 73 in wildwood. today our temperatures will range between 78 and 81. early showers at first, then breezy conditions expected a bit later on this afternoon.

media, no problems here, baltimore pike no issues, either. no too many issues reported right there. monday morning we expect lighter volume today as we have no school buses on the roads through the area. teachers are staying home, as well. 66 degrees in quakertown, 69 in pots, 76 in center city. it is warm already it's a hot day today, 69 in hammonton, 72 in dover delaware, we're dry but watch out for the sun glare. >> thank you karen developing overnight, search teams in new mexico recovered the body of a beloved former white house chef. walter shibe went hiking in the mountains, he never came home. he served as white house chef under bill clinton and george w.bush. his family told investigators that the 61-year-old was in good shape, but an amateur hiker. he was found two miles from the car. there's no word on what killed the chef. of. >>> the search for the two fugitives in new york has shifted again this time to an area west of the prison from which they escaped. hundreds of law enforcement officers are combing parts of western new york for richard matt and david sweat after sev

baltimore pike blocked at thornen road. we have an accident landis avenue blocked in vineland, between maine and spring road. the big one down trees and downed wires in spots. >> we've got breaking news out of france a terror investigation is going on after an explosion at a gas plant. one person was killed, decapitated outside an entrance to the factory. one of the alleged attacker was arrested, we'll bring you more as it comes into us. >>> a violent video shows a group of teens beating a high school student this went viral when the police and public stepped in refusing to let this go. katherine scott is live outside of mlk high school in germantown. >> reporter: good morning, the school found out about the video and work with the police to find those involved. the victim suffered concussion and had stitches and major dental injuries. video of the attack on the 17-year-old martin luther king high school student was posted all over social media. police say the suspects were bragging about it. [laughter]. >> reporter: you ca

and southbound lanes of baltimore pike are blocked. smith bridge road or 322 gets you around that. crossing the river in gloucester county route 44 blocked because of downed wires stay on 295. there's a lot of ramps in the area blocked because of more downed wires traffic lights on out organ route 44 as they are in turnersville a lot of out altogether, when you come to a dark traffic light treat it like a stop sign. pitman without delsea drive and pitman avenue, use 561 to get around those downed wires. >>> an f-16 crashed in arizona the crash sparked a fire, but no damage to opens homes or businesses, authorities have not given any details on the status of the pilot. >>> a corrections officer is under arrest police say his action helped two convicted murderers escape the prison. this is gene palmer charged with promoting contraband and tamplerring -- tampering with evidence. he smuggled tools and art supplies into frozen hamburger meet. in return he got paintings from one of the suspects. >>> now you don't need facebook to use one one of its popular features that is in tech bytes.

things to his and places to go, time for the suburban traffic report, this is the blue route at baltimore pike. traffic moving nicely between i-95 and the schuylkill expressway. good shot of the roads no weather-related problems and it feels good out there too. westbound near willow grove on the pennsylvania turnpike we have construction blocking the right lane. you'll see crews slowing you down a little bit. gloucester county we have the ramps, harmony drive exit 17 they are closed because of downed wires. take 15, 16, just not 17 watch tore that in that area, i know it's causing lots of problems for people. we have dead eye man a member of our 6abc team talking about a hazard on 42 southbound near runnymede, if you're in there say hi to my brother who lives in runnymede and watch for hazards. 69 degress in millville. just a few clouds and we're looking good this morning as you step outside, we'll see sun glare later today. >> 15 people are recovering after they were hit by lightning while hiking on a colorado mountain. fellow hikers came to their rescue before first responders could get ther

declaration, the idea to help expedite matters to clear the roads, and these are pictures of baltimore pike, widespread damage here reported, chester, springfield and aston and brookhaven. >> it was apparent for everyone in delaware county this was not our normal summer thunderstorm we have significant damage as a result of the storm and speaking to the representatives of peco they likened it to a very severe ice storm. >> as you say quite a bit of pim pact here, thousands of peco kusts mers are are out of power, down to 68000 out now and it's a tough job to get everybody back online they hope to have 95% of people out of power to be back online by friday but there will be some folks who will not see restored power here in the county delaware county until saturday or possibly sunday. what is the situation in middletown township john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. lets give you updated numbers more than 300,000 customers are without electricity in our region at this hour. peco reported 130,000 outages, atlantic county reporting 360,000 customers are still in the

he hit another car lagy along the 500 block of baltimore pike. the wreckage plowed into desimone who was on the sidewalk. the jury acquitted him of homicide by vehicle while drunk but did find him guilty of driving under the influence. the offense carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail. >>> the july 4th holiday always puts philadelphia at the center of the celebration but with a terror alert in effect law enforcement will show a maximum degree of vigilance. "action news" reporter david henry is live on independence mall tonight. david. >> reporter: yeah, jim independence mall here and other sites around the city have been packed with visitors today and for the most part they say they are not deterred by any warnings of a possible terror threat. >> we're going have a beautiful day, this beautiful city and enjoy it. >> reporter: plenty of people were doing just that at a welcome america event at the franklin institute. and at the historic sites around independence mall. homeland security has issued a terror threat bulletin for the fourth o

this one here, southbound on baltimore pike, still closing a downed tree, schoolhouse lane, 322, yourest alternate. no delays at the airport. nicole? >> all right vittoria, thanks, still ahead on "eyewitness news", i know you know something about this, the sixers, have got new team members. >> that they do. jahill okafor is the new draft pick. find out what he has to say about joining the squad. be right back. >> you got some nice form there. >> thank you. >> don't ways it on me. >> i have got no legs, though. >> is a bumm prohibit cents use of substance passed house yesterday. supporters say alcohol in powdered form would be dangerous in the hands every children, could too easily lead to over convulsion. bill now awaits a sun at vote. delaware ace first medical marijuana dispensary will open later this morning, first compassion center located outside wilmington. governor jack markell signed the bill legalizing marijuana for medicinal use more than four years ago. officials say about 340 delaware residents carry cards allowing them to use medical marijuana. >>> well, now it is time to

we're on baltimore pike route 1. you can see, really again, no light out here just traffic cones in the distance. that's where we saw a tree down. at this point we're only seeing a few vehicles come down here. they're being merged to the left lane there. you see a lot of the brake lights because of the traffic issue that is going on at this point. just down the road here at valley road we saw many many trees down wires down on that roadway as well. just tree branches leaves everything out there on the roadways. a lot of that debris and hazards in the roads at this hour. we're going to be going around this area throughout the morning showing you the damage. again, this is what we're seeing out here this morning. we've been told that a lot of the work to repair and restore some of the services out here not going to happen until later on when there's some daylight out here. again, as we mention really not a lot of power. you can only hear the hum of generators as you drive through the side streets manly the secondary ro

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the raindrops still on the camera lens as we're looking in delaware county on the blue route at baltimore pikeue route drying out at this point. all opened this morning unlike yesterday morning which had to shut down for awhile the blue route northbound. things looking better with no problems between 95 and the schuylkill. we have flooding out here. david mentioned we'll see this in spots. what was we're seeing in it chesilhurst in camden county on the white horse pike route 30 westbound approaching hendrick street so watch for that. it's out there blocking the right lane. blocking the left lane we've got flooding here in franklin township in gloucester county right on harding highway that the route 40 at tuckahoe road so watch for that. in ocean county an overnight accident cleared on the garden state parkway southbound at waretown road and drying out on route 42 with light volume so far but you need to be careful matt and tam and expect flooded roadways still in some points. >> we're glad we have you here to help people get through it. >>> camden county fire investigators are looking for clu

there were this span that toppled trees along baltimore pike and this tree came crashing into a housethe 2100 block of lenny road. the damage and power outages prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency. >> we called in extra police officers tonight to patrol the area, make sure everything is done. we've got ahold of all of the emergency people that we can possibly get ahold of. >> we have every available peco crew in the fieldworking to restore service. in addition, we are going to have 200 local contractors joining our efforts again working with us around the clock to restore service. >> reporter: now we've switched our shot to the adjacent corner and you can see another tree was uprooted and there just looks to be a giant crater almost next to this house and again another power line down on this side of the street. now, peco says it will utilize crews from other states. it is hoping that most residents will get their power back on by friday evening. but some of the residents in the more isolated areas may not get power back on until this weekend. so, it is going to be a lon

there was this span that toppled trees along baltimore pike and this tree came crashing into a housethe 2100 block of lenny road. the damage and power outages prompted the mayor to declare a state of emergency. >> we called in extra police officers tonight to patrol the area make sure everything is done. we've got ahold of all of the emergency people that we can possibly get ahold of. >> we have every available peco crew in the fieldworking to restore service. in addition, we are going have 200 local contractors joining our efforts again working with us around the clock to restore service. >> reporter: all right, back here live take a look at the root of that tree. it was completely uprooted and actually it was just bordering the fence of this home and it obviously took down the power line along with it. so, this is a huge cleanup task for this neighborhood and it will be at least a couple days before residents in this area have power. in fact, peco says it will utilize crews from other states. but delaware and chester county were the hardest hit. so some residents may not even get t

one yesterday at ridge road and a pair of them in delco one in middletown township along 352 by baltimore pike and one at springfield road. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this tuesday afternoon, unone member of our commuter team talking about a vehicle stopped on the road at 617 in camden we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. more ahead on "action news" at 4:00, a music mogul gets arrested after an attack on a college campus and new information on the prison break in upstate new york, today we learned more details on how they managed to pull off their escape. and uber, what the ride sharing service is thinking of doing next and how one privacy group is crying foul. earth to tom! just day dreamin'. about an in-ground pool? yeah! i am! with a hot tub? uh-huh. and a waterfall! how did you know that? you've got that new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. oh yeah! super $1,000 frenzy. with top prizes of $300,000. [announcer] want to see your dreams come to life? you could scratch your way to instant winning. the pennsylvania lottery. bring yo

the side as you come down to the schuylkill and route 30 on route 1, there is a crash on the baltimore pike of 352 this is the ben franklin bridge getting off the ben you are looking at jammed solid traffic in both directions through center city and north on the new jersey turnpike, watch out for a truck fire past 7 a taking out the outer drive. this afternoon is not as bad but issued along 30 at the white horse pike, bellevue avenue and a crash closing 295 southbound to clarks borough paulsboro. >>> we'll tell you what lawmakers in the senate have decided. and they made it through four years of studying and hard tests and today high school students took a big step towards their future. >> it was a chilly dreary june afternoon, only 40s and 50s to the mid-atlantic and little will change in the next couple of days. i'll let you know when it returns in the accuweather forecast. and eagles return to the practice field that is coming up in sports when "action news" comes right back. ♪♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never ha

that starts at 7:30 for the next couple of evenings get to 95 via 73 instead and a crash on old baltimore pikeoon and not running through media because of dining under the stars. >> thank you sir. >> today was graduation day for students at father judge high school family and friends were there to snap pictures and cheer on these young men it was at the center at temple university. very nice. >> still to come on wednesday night, new fears that the shipment of live anthrax across the country is a bigger problem than first thought. >> and heart stopping moments of a skier here in the swiss alps it was captured on his go pro camera. >> hi rick and monica, i am lucking out sometimes i have lizards and snakes and this time cute animals, this is penny a lion head rabbit they have a mane around their head it makes them look like a lion. they are single maned or double maned like penny. they are originally from belgium and just recognized as an official breed of rabbit and that means they can participate in rabbit shows. isn't that exciting penny. i'll talk about improving weather for your weekend whe

nbc 10 along old baltimore pike in newark new castle county.ou can see just how hard it was raining. power crews are slowly restoring electricity to communitieses throughout our region. nbc 10 in delaware county yesterday where neighbors on mulberry street in upland watched crews install new power lines. >>> this morning thousands of peep in gloucester county are waking up to yet another morning without electricity. nbc 10's jesse gary is in greenwich township. >> we were showing how crews are out but can't be everywhere at once. we're showing you area right now where there are still some problems. let me hop out of storm force 10. this is mantua road and kings highway. there is a police car parked here. just off to my right, just bit off camera there's a sign that says live wire. so there's still live wires down in different areas around the county. so they posted police officers and closed the road to make sure people do not come in contact with those live wires that we've seen a couple of electrical crews out in differents moving around. one

and a bad crash in newark closing down old baltimore pike at 896 use polanski highway address your alternate about this. that is a parking lot -- watch out for a crash along route 30 the white horse pike at waterford road. >>> lets grab the ipad and do this commuter report on this tuesday afternoon. we are watching a pothole on west 53rd street and 52nd street remains shut down because of the water main break from sunday. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> chipping aaway at the work week. >> thank you matt. >> a popper larry tailer announces they are closing hundreds of stores and a deadly collapse at a college campus why the story is getting international concerns. >> and members of the air national guard pull ofz an accomplishment. some people go to greece and bring back a statue. me, i went to greece and brought back a pizza. the greek pizza is back. a large for $12. and try our new garlic knots or our new cinnamon knots for just $5 more. better ingredients. better pizza. papajohns.com. leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunri

southbound heavy villanova to baltimore pike.ds. 6 miles an hour near the boulevard and 12 eastbound near the curb and 11 miles an hour i-95 southbound at girard. they is a traffic pattern northbound girard. an accident out there 95 near 452 look at this tractor-trailer came through the median here and still blocking left lane. looking for slow traffic there southbound 420 on the maps in new jersey two accidents we have 140 to southbound brought down a light. and an accident involving tractor-trailer on the turnpike southbound near exit 3, tam. >> thank you karen. live to sky6 take a live look at penn's landing to pen franklin bridge. >> the rain is winding down. take a look at stormtracker 6 double scan, tam, you can see there's a little i batch of light rain in wilmington and heaviest stuff off coast of north jersey and couple more cells around reading and allentown. all this is in the process of improving. temperatures on the warm side 70 philadelphia, low 60s in spots north and this afternoon warm humid high of 83. break in t

seeing speeds like 6 miles an hour near baltimore pike.tractor-trailer still on 295 northbound at 541 erin. >> all right thank so much karen. >>> and dave murphy is outside. if we could bottle today's weather up and sell it we would all be rich. >> yes, today is the day to get out and enjoy it. it is going to start to get stickier tomorrow. for now 75 degrees in philadelphia warm, humidity much lower than it's been the last several days. and your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a warm-87 today but sunny and nice overall. we head into tomorrow. we're going back to the mid 90's tomorrow and friday and both days are on the sticky side erin. >> yikes. thanks, david. >>> coming up at noon new leads in the manhunt for two convicted killers who escaped a new york pries supreme court of new jersey we're following the search for a hit and run driver who left a man seriously hurt on the roosevelt boulevard. "live with kelly and michael" is next right here on 6abc. i'm erin o'hearn. have a fantastic wednesday. enjoy the weather. >> ♪♪ what's happen

. >>> and a meeting is from 6:00 to 8:00 at empire diner at 106 east baltimore pike, again, free to attend and learn more about summer safety. >>> wilmington delaware residents can meet with their public safety officials tonight as well. the state attorney general and wilmington police officials will meet with central baptist church on north pine street from 6:30 until 7:45. they will discuss the cities new foot patrol project. seven officers walked through high crime areas of the city from 6:00 p.m. until 1:00a m. the meeting will allow residents to give feedback directly to police. >>> 4:41. utility workers trying to restore power got a big surprise and they never saw it coming who stopped these crews working hard in their tracks,. >>> plus, almost a century old in mystery unfolding in south jersey why one woman is hoping you are the clue to figure it all out. >>> 4:44. monday, dark, really early but, dave's got some pretty good information for us in the weather department after a nasty, nasty weekend. >> yeah, after all that rain on saturday we are still drying out and we're doing it ag

there's a tree that is down here on baltimore pike. we are just pass valley road. it's takeing out the right lane and part of the left lane. the cars are slowing down as they try to get around this. we every now and then had a bit of a backup. there was a truck with a wide load trying to get through here a little while ago. really had a tough time. the cones right there, that's the only thing protecting the vehicles from running into that tree. it took down some of the utility wires as well. there was a lot of damage caused as a result of this storm. we have video. this is from new jersey greenwich township gloucester county. the gibbstown shopping center. you can see a lot of damage debris out there on the road. the heavy winds, rain, just caused a lot of issues for a lot of people throughout the region. we have a lot of power outages that are out here especially in ]eá we were driving around earlier this morning and we just saw a lot of homes using generators because they had no electricity. a lot of dark streets out here this morning but, again, fortunately bec

this is southbound baltimore pike still closed at schoolhouse lane and heading down to the dover beaches or delaware beaches through dover today we have a big music festival that kicks off at the speed way later today. chris and lauren, back over to you. >>> thanks very much. peco reporting more than 30,000 homes and businesses still without electricity this morning, but that is down from nearly 205,000 at the height of the tuesday's storm. >> if you are one of the 30,000, that number doesn't make you feel any better, here i'm still, afflict by all of this. atlantic city electricity says, 106,000 are without power, south jersey and delaware county continues to assess all of the damage in their neighborhood. fox 29's steve keeley live from the northeast with more on this, steve. >> reporter: keep in mind when you say those numbers that is not people, that is homes businesses so the average family being four people we're talking about a half million people living without power. that gives you a better idea how bad it is. if you have lived without power you know what these people are going

. >> reporter: the targeted family owns a bar in the 700 block of baltimore pike in upper darby township. police say four suspects hit their home on old cedar grove road just after 1:00. they broke in and immediately attacked a 17-year-old boy. >> struck him over the head with a gun. >> scared now. >> reporter: this man owns the store right across from the victim' bars in upper darby. >> try to protect yourself, make sure you keep -- try to see maybe being follow. >> reporter: suspect pointed a gun at the teenager's mother's head and ordered err upstairs safe. >> forced her to open the save, and they took the proceeds of the save which was cash and jewelry. >> reporter: responding officer spotted the suspect's get away car 10 blocks away. the four suspects jumped out and took off. three were captured moments later with the cash jewelry an loaded gun. >> i don't know whether they were followed that today or whether their previous employees or whether they were followed there before. >> reporter: police are talking to a new federal and local task force investigating other home invasions in

meeting from 6:00 to 8:00 tonight at empire diner 60 east baltimore pike in landsdowne. again, it is free to attend and learn more about summer safety. >>> in wilmington, delaware people cap meet with their public safety officials tonight. matt den and wilmington police officials will meet with residents at central baptist church on north pine street from 6:30 to 7:45. they will discuss the cities new foot patrol project. seven officers will walk through high crime areas of the city from 6:00 p.m. in the evening until 1:00 a.m. meeting will allow residents to give feedback to the police. >>> 5:25. still sitting in the dark a week after a bad storm rolls through our area, people living in one new jersey neighborhood, they are blaming the governor, why they are pointing the finger at chris christie. >>> a violent sunday night several shoot as cross the city more on where police are looking for those shooters. at subway, we begin with freshly-baked-bread; then combine tender turkey-breast, with robust, spicy, melty italian favorites; adding a splash of our new subway vinaig

blue route volume increasing baltimore pike. visibility dropping here, may have little fog and mist to deal with, little light rain, in parts of the city right now. new castle county delaware route 40 route one 95, no problem around chris tianah, 495 split is in good shape. if you are hopping the river over the delaware memorial to 295 or the turnpike, also running at the speed limit do. have fire in horsham outside electrical fire, limekiln pike at babalon road. that's a look at your ride this morning. >> unusual site in new jersey, flooding so bad look at this fish are ending up on the streets. >> city health off initials newark are having to issue a warrant, do not catch or eat those fish on the street. they aren't sure how the fish are affected by being outside of their normal emment, but just incredible site, imagine walking outside and seeing that, a fish, gasping for breath on the street? >> people there saw their fair share every flooding for sure. >> jan carabeo joins us a look at the conditions right now good morning.

we're trying to get things reopened because of the storms on tuesday but route one baltimore pike southbound concorde township. smith bridge road 322 alternates until that can be cleaned up. this is 95 in the great northeast southbound a disabled vehicle approaching cottman causing a crawl coming down from woodhaven. still have that crash now blocking the right lane on the northeast extension northbound by the lehigh valley. and a warning for the weekend. they're going to close the northeast extension between the lehigh valley and quakertown exits sunday morning midnight to 6:00 a.m. at that point stick with 309 as your alternate. and enjoy that weekend. rick and sharrie, back over to you. >> all right, thank you again. >> still to come on "action news" tonight a massive volcano spewing ash and fire into the air forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. we'll tell you where. >> and a surprise announcement by phillies manager ryne sandberg who just announced he is stepping down. jaime apody will have details in a live report and melissa is in for adam tonight. >> we're tracking unsettled wea

truck in concorde township along ivy mills road and unfortunately no positive progress yet along baltimore pike that's still blocked as well in concorde township. headed up to the poconos thicke this weekend watch out on the northeast extension approaching lehigh valley there's a crash on the shoulder. plenty of slowing if you're mountain bound on this friday afternoon. we'll check it again rick and sharrie coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> thank you. >> another look at that exclusive accuweather forecast when we come back. >> adam is back. the tall ships yesterday the big rubber ducky. you'll need a rubber ducky tomorrow. >> yeah, the rubber ducky is going to have a lot of fun. you need the rain jacket, poncho galoshes. >> television remote. >> inside is a good place to be. as you take a look at double scan radar all is quiet. we have a couple of sprinkles in southern parts of burlington county and a new near the lehigh valley but we've got a mixture of sunshine and clouds for the most part out there we've got a wind really starting to kick up off of the ocean out of the east. that's droppin

in newark watch out for a crash along old baltimore pike at four seasons parkway. we'll check it again in the next half hour. see what else i can give you. >> okay, thanks a lot. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00, flames are quickly tearing through homes in washington state. we have an updid it on the wildfire that force add thousand people from their homes. >> also the search is on for this year's health hero. ali gorman will tell us about the competition to find the person making biggest difference of the health in our community. >>> that's in health check. >> cecily tynan is back with the full forecast when "action news" continues in just a moment. >> a wildfire has forted more than a thousand people out of their homes in central washington. the fire which started yesterday afternoon has already burned more than 3,000 acres of land. it's also destroyed at least two dozen homes and brought railroad traffic through washington to a halt. firefighters say the blaze is fast moving and it's being fed by dry conditions and temperatures in the triple digits. the