cecily tynan is live now at the big board with an answer on that and cecily?> the rip currents are a factor right through tomorrow. they will begin to ease on thursday, the reason why we have tropical storm bertha, like i have been saying for the past several days, it's not a healthy storm, the center is right around here and you can see its movement, it is moving away from the eastern seaboard, this is no threat to land, the problem though is it is creating the large swells and rip concerns, wave heights at the center of bertha, around 17 feet and around the coast getting clipped by 5 foot waves, when this happens, it piles the water on shore, you get all the force of the water heading right into the beach and then it has to go some place. then you get the rip currents, pulling the water out quickly. and like nora says when you gets caught in one think of it like a treadmill. don't fight it you have to jump off. if you get caught in the rip current, let it pull you out. and then swim parallel to shore and then feel it ease, and don't fight it, because that is

cecily is in for adam tonight. i amtrak a front that has thunderstorms associated with it. it will bring a change in our air mass. >> cecily thanks. >>> police arrest aid passenger that made a fake bomb threat on a plane. qatar airwaves made an money landing and it moved to a designated area and police arrested the suspect. all passengers and crew members on board were unharmed. >>> time for sports and one of the flyers star players is facing a tough medical battle. jaime apody is live with more on this. >> reporter: what a scary situation, flyers fan favorite kimmo timonen is being treated for blood clots in his legs and both lungs. the defense man had a pain in his calf but because of the fact he had a blood clot before, he weren't to the hospital and is thankful he did, he cannot travel for three weeks but the gm says it could be a long-term situation and his health is the most important here. >> as an organization we'll plan to have him out for a while and we don't have a definitive time period and we'll do what we have to do to make the team better. could it end his ca

>>> thanks, cecily. the director of the centers for disease control told a house committee today that east bowl a out break can be controlled but doctors tom freedan says it will be a long fight and even small lapses can be deadly. doctor frank glover a medical missionary said liberia urgently needs more doctors and massive amounts of protective gear. he said three-quarters of the doctors left this spring to go back to their home countries. >>> it was a somber scene earlier this morning at dover air force base in delaware, a c17 cargo plane landed with the body of major general harold green. green's family asked for and was granted special permanent mission to board the plane to personally thank the flight crew. general green was shot and killed the day before yesterday in afghanistan by an afghan solder, 15 others were wounded, he was highest ranking american officer to be killed in combat since vietnam. >>> a concerted effort is underway tonight to drum up support for philadelphia's bid to host the dem

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he fell twice. ♪ >> coming up, cecily tynan with the forecast.p -- >> except for wednesday afternoon, that's the blip in the forecast. we like to see the sunshine. i was in the poconos this past weekend, great for running. i want the sunshine back. let's go to where the action cam was today, it was a really nice day to get out. put the sunscreen on, play a little bit of mini golf with the kids and enjoy the return of summer weather. the accuweather line-up shows you things heating up tomorrow before a front rolls in bringing you showers and thunderstorms. and clears us out the second half of the week. stormtracker 6 live double scan, we did get rid of the showers we were dealing with over the weekend. temperatures really not that warm interesting 87 degrees the normal high this time of year. philadelphia currently 83. trenton 84. millville 83. allentown 82. at the shore a little cooler, winds out of the southwest off the ocean, so temperatures in the mid 70s. satellite 6 along with axe radar, we in between systems, a front is stationary off the c

take a look at the shore and poconos 7-day forecast. >> jim. >> thank you, cecily.olice shootings are ng investigated in the delaware valley tonight. both proved fatal by the men shot with officers in north east philadelphia. two armed men forced their way into the home in the 900 block of wakeleing street 1 a.m. triggering automatic alarm. and when officered knocked at the door one of the homeowners signalled something was wrong. the officer went inside and the suspect tried to shoot him. >>> camden county police also shot and killed a man today. it happened in winslot township, 9:00 this morning. 43-year-old daniel peaer had a confrontation with three officers at his home, 40 block of new degree come to proceed. it hit pierre in the head and torso. no officers were hurt. >> rain did not dampen the passion of protesters in center city philadelphia today. they demonstrated outside governor tom corbett's office on south broad demanding funding for philadelphia schools. parents, educators and students learned yesterday that the budget crisis will not be solved by bein

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. >> and cecily in for adam. >> and the summer heat returning. 84 degrees today, but heat and humidity hon the way. details in the accuweather forecast. >>> and jamie apody withing details in sports when we come >> the search for survivors underway in southern china following stunned's powerful earthquake killing almost 400 people and injuring 1800. rescuers began to dig through shattered homes in the province and 12,000 homes collapsed when the quake struck. rain and thunderstorms in the area come mra indicate -- complicated efforts to find them, and bringing supplies to those homeless. >> rescue and recovery efforts after a ferry sank in bangladesh. this is how it looked when capsized. two dead, another 44 rescued or swam to shore themselves. some same there were more on board and the total number of missing passengers tonight not yet known. >>> leaders from the u.s. and africa are meeting in washington, d.c. for a three-day summit, the first event of its kind. the theme, investing in the next generation. secretary of state, john kerry] those they will use it to improve trade. >> wha

it is a swing and a miss, jim. >> all right, cecily. >>> philadelphia eagles first preseason game is now in the books. the eagles lose to the chicago bears, 34-28, and there is a lot that they will be working on, all this coming week in practice. jeff skversky has the game story and highlights. >> good thing season does not start for another month begins jacksonville in the opener. they have some things to work out. nick foles had one of the greatest seasons last year in nfl history. well, if they are going to do it again, they better work out the problems. >> preseason game, not too much. >> lesean mccoy, chip kelly and could not so in the world tonight, but early mistakes. nick foles throws two interceptions in the first quarter against the the bears tonight. eagles starting offense commits four penalties in the first three series of work. but not all of the bird played poorly tonight. right before the half, how about rookie josh hough, the third rounder from oregon, he flies across the field, 102-yard kick off return, it is not good enough, eagles lose 34-28, we will have much mor

cecily tynan. >> the sun is back. temperatures back in the 80s.tormtracker live double scan showing rain-free conditions out there now. going live on sky 6, taking a look at cape may, new jersey where it was not a very pretty weekend. we had the clouds, the showers at the shore. now the sunshine is back. the kids are out enjoying the weather. and mostly this week will be pretty nice. the weather headlines show you that tomorrow temperatures will be heating up and then we will be feeling the effects of hurricane bertha. futuretracker tomorrow afternoon temperatures soaring up to upper 80s. i wouldn't be surprised in some areas 90 degrees tomorrow afternoon. definitely on the warm side tomorrow. and then tomorrow and wednesday tracking hurricane bertha. not affecting us as far as weather. however, it will be close enough that if you are at the beaches, if you are at the shore, the next two days will be high waves and also a moderate risk of rip currents. they need to listen to the life guards and be safety shore the next couple of days. in philadelp

. >>> renewed worry a at ukraine border as russian military might makes aggressive moves, cecily. >>> great night for sleeping, temperatures dropping down to 65 degrees in philadelphia, 50's in the suburbs, i'll let you know how long we will stay in the comfort zone coming up in the accu weather seven day forecast. >>> well, offense wake up phillies against astros tonight jeff skversky with highlights when "action news" continues. what's up, george? massage chair. my little indulgence. dunkin' french vanilla swirl, my little indulgence. indulge in the sweeter, creamier taste of dunkin's new french vanilla and hazelnut swirl coffees and lattes -- try one today! these are from dunkin'. granny! i have a life, you know. [ phone rings ] oh, that's for me. ooh! dunkin's chicken biscuit sandwich is a tender breaded chicken filet on a southern-style biscuit. grab one for $2.99 today. america runs on dunkin'. >>> we'd like to think this would happen here, dozens of australian commuters rushed to aid a man, whose leg got trapped between a train and a platform. while boarding a man slipped and c

. >>> renewed worry a at ukraine border as russian military might makes aggressive moves, cecily. >>> great night for sleeping, temperatures dropping down to 65 degrees in philadelphia, 50's in the suburbs, i'll let you know how long we will stay in the comfort zone coming up in the accu weather seven day forecast. >>> well, offense wake up phillies against astros tonight jeff skversky with highlights when "action news" continues. so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings. heck, i saved judith here a fortune with discounts like safe driver, multi-car, paperless. you make a mighty fine missus, m'lady. i'm not saying mark's thrifty. let's just say, i saved him $519, and it certainly didn't go toward that ring. am i right? [ laughs ] [ dance music playing ] so visit progressive.com today. i call this one "the robox." >>> we'd like to think this would happen here, dozens of australian commuters rushed to aid a man, whose leg got trapped between a train and a platform. while boarding a man slipped and could not move so the other passengers worked together to tilt the the train, so

cecily? >> stormtracker 6 live showing showers and thunderstorms developing out to the west. i'll let you know when they arrive in the accuweather. >>> and chip kelly talks about mccoy's help and then he talks about the ice bucket challenge when "action news" continues tonight. >>> a new of democracy led to rockets and bombs in israel. three palestinians were killed. the fighting broke out a couple of hours before a temporary cease-fire expired. >>> normally arid dry arizona would not handle the monsoon rains. 8 inches fell around phoenix flash flooding stranded drivers this their submerged vehicles. the rushing waters carried a tractor-trailer away. people were trapped in their homes. one desperate man waving a white towel. he was reached by a helicopter that landed on the roof. so far no deaths reported. >>> rick perry was booked on a felony charge. he showed no signs of worry. in austin he would be charged of abuse of power. this is the governor's mug shot taken during processing today. perry is accused of coercion and opposition to promise to veto a grand at the da's and

. >> there are so many parallels, her determination and not wanting to give up on something, she cecily tyn sets her eyes fo watch out. >> she has landed on the cover of the new "sports illustrated." chad pradelli will have live reports from williams sport tomorrow as the taney dragons take on las vegas. >> while the philadelphia school district continues to face enormous financial challenges, one local organization is making sure a school is ready for students when they start the new academic year, lisa thomas-laury has that story. >> more than 150 volunteers were busy at dunbar academy, making improvements to the school building inside and out. >> this is part a planter and we'll stack them in the pyramid shape to enjoy the color of the flowers we put in them. >> the fence will be painted since it has got and rusty over time. >> and to make sure that the students can enjoy a game of hop scotch on fall afternoons. the people helping them is the charitable arm of the goldberg group. part of php's volunteer and adopt a school programs. >> we do a community event every month, and employee

t cecily tynan, and jim gardner. i woman that allegedly kidnapped and assaults her. and fire destroys a home in camden early thismorni shockingo icti pulled from the schuylkill river and asmsafety. >> and now the latest the gang members. david henr live. >> reporter: police say that this is not a random robbery an of them kills and a bruta. it's frie silriver. men w abductedin ea overnight d

if you ever wonder what cecily's backyard looks like -- >> here it is, here it is.is a lot of lawn to mow, too. busy every day this is actually a view taking a look sky 6 over northwestern chester county near honey brook. the sky not as blue as yesterday. a milky white fire because of fires in canada. the smoke is up in the atmosphere creating high cloudiness. nice, trenton 81. millville 79. the boardwalk 79 degrees and wilmington currently 82 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing rain not far away from us. low pressure over the tennessee valley creating rain as close to us as west virginia and virginia. what is going on, strong high pressure over toronto. this is forcing all of the moisture just off to the east. we will see a little bit in the form of clouds from this, but the rain should fly to the south. what this will do is open the door for somewhat up-tick in humidity. dewpoints tomorrow comfortable, 56 degrees. heading into sunday and really the rest of the week the dewpoints in the low to mid 60s. that's not oppressive, but you will notice an

cecily. >> tracking heavy rain moving our way.etails what this means for the weekend including shore and poconos and information on newly formed tropical storm bertha in the accuweather forecast. >> and plus ducis rogers with phillies dead even at the deadline. when "action news" continues deadline. when "action news" continues tonight. >> a witness recorded this frightening sniingt san diego. the plane tried land in a nearby air field and it crashed into a costco parking lot. it suffered serious injuries while mother who was a passenger died. investigations underway into the cause of the crash. >> the embattled department of veterans affairs is on the way to the president's desk. they easily approved the 16 billion legislation tonight and measures in response to scandal over delays in care and allegations of a cover up of those delays in the va. >> not exactly a celebration more like relief it's over. dow dropped 317 points this final day of july. wiping out all the gains for this year. and today's plunge was second worst drop fo

. >>> for cecily tynan, rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm monica >>> "action news" news delaware valley's leading news program with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >> thursday night and jim is off and i'm monica malpass, preparations are in full swing for this weekend's made in america's festival. and investigators pick through a north philadelphia home filled with trash. >>> but the big story is the discovery of a missing new jersey student found dead in jerusalem. they have confirmed the body of aaron sofer from lakewood, ocean county, was found dead in the woods where he vanished. nora muchanic has more on that now. >> it's a devastating blow to his family and the community here in lakewood, new jersey. thousands of volunteers were looking for him and they found his body but it's not yet clear how he died. >> we tend to believe this was accidental. and not in any way related to foul play. >> lakewood committee man made the announcement that the body of aaron sofer was found in a shallow ditch along the roadside in the jerusalem forest.

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i hope cecily tynan gets her arm ready. she is on vacation who will throw the ball to you? >> we will have to get melissa to do it. >>> the final day of the third annual isiah thomas basketball camp in philadelphia. not named after the hall of famer but a local coach and mentor of same name. the week-long camp for families provide not just basketball fun but mentoring and life lessons. and the college students and local coaches volunteered time to prevent community spirit and nonviolence. i do and much more ahead on "action news" tonight. >> a look at one labor's way to get time to pass more quickly while at work. >> that's fun. >>> and stepping outside looking at penns landing. melissa magee warming up her arm melissa magee warming up her arm and the forecast is it already to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator this is crazy like i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match

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cecily tynan is taking a look at temperatures with kind of a steadily increasing throughout the day.re warm, typical august weather, on the cool side the past couple of days, stuck in the 70s, but currently in philadelphia, 88 degrees, allentown 86 and wilmington 86 and trenton 87, and cooler on the beaches, temperatures in the upper 70s. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that we are rain free right now and if you look up to the north and west, you see this line of showers and thunderstorms about 400 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes, with this. this is a cold front heading in our direction and it will be arriving here, probably late morning tomorrow, not a lot of moisture with it. but a piece of energy will get involved and that will bring us scattered storms, future tracker showing tonight mainly rain free, we have a little pocket of storms that could just clip the northern lehigh valley and the poconos tonight. heading into tomorrow, tomorrow morning you wake up areas south and east of philadelphia, more sunshine north and west, and as we head into the afternoon a pie

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outside our studio, we will go to meteorologist cecily tynan and the early word from accu weather. >> temperatures have been cooling off since the middle of the week. on tuesday and wednesday we were above normal which is unusual for this august. the thursday we dropped down to 83. today, the the high in philadelphia only 79 degrees. that 6 degrees below average, and tonight, already some areas dropping down in the 60's. in millville 67. trenton 65. allentown 69. philadelphia is at 70 degrees. wilmington 71. it is in the really a cool crisp feeling because dew points are still slightly humid. dew points in the lower 60's but dew points will be dropping as we head through the weekend. we have a bit of the change in ohe the air mass. dsc gi itself to fit any screen from lap top to smart phone. >>> it took a very long time but the the city of philadelphia and district council 33 finally have a tentative agreement on a new contract. 10,000 blue collar workers, including sanitation employees have been working without a contract since the last one expired in 2009. but years of hard negotiat

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i want to bring in our chief meteorologist cecily tynan from philadelphia. you were telling me the rains in the west were not in the clear yet. >> that's exactly right, david. the monsoonal moisture is pushing up to the north so the border of nevada, idaho and utah could get two to three inches of rain, could cause more flash flooding and mudslides. in addition, there's a cold front slicing through the middle west. so parts of iowa into kentucky, locally four inches of rain, the potential for severe weather and flash floods there. >> we'll be watching that. you're also tracking two hurricanes and a tropical storm tonight. >> this is really a remarkable event for hawaii. two tropical systems heading right toward the island, the first one major hurricane iselle. this has maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. as it pushes toward the island it will be encountering wind sheer and dryer air so it will be weakening. it looks like it will be hitting the hawaiian islands as a tropical storm over the weekend, followed by julio. >> meantime in the east we were

with the latest from double scan radar is meteorologist, cecily tynan. >>> we are showing we have pocket was heavy rain in the north and west suburbs. you can see the focus of a torrential rainfall is across south jersey. it has been pouring for several hours now. zoomed in, when you have the area of red that is rain falling at 2 inches an hour. and lower bank and millville. we are also seeing some of those cylinders south of millville. that is an indication there is likely going to be wind damage as well. we have been looking at torrential rain that continues to fall. theynñ issued flash-flood warnis across most of atlantic city until 2:30 in the morning. and this is the area where we have got several inches of rain. accumulated rain showing the focus of the heavy rain well south of philadelphia and south of the annapolis, maryland, over 6 inches of rain at the millville airport. new castle, delaware, 2 to 3 inches. and stormtracker 6, you see there is a cold air to the west. it tracks to south jersey in the early morning hours. more information when we will be clearing out in the seven

. >>> meteorologist, cecily tynan is here now with a clotheser look at the weekend which is just around the corner. that was me running by the way. >> i was only out there for five minutes but i looked good. >> i want proof. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan looking pretty good, not a lot of rain out there. but i want to zoom in on a couple little showers right now in gloucester county, you can see moving through franklinville and it's a sprinkle crossing 55 and 40 moving to the south and could survive a little bit longer but really not producing much. this is the only shower out there to survivor from low pressure over new england. temperatures are comfortable. philadelphia 81 and wilmington 82 and trenton 81 and 84 degres today, that is 2 degrees below normal. satellite 6 showing the reason why, the front moved through with showers and clouds and that is the low pressure that is tossing the isolated sprinkles over south jersey now, and that moves away and high pressure is firmly in control and this high pressure is great timing, low pressure developing over the tennessee valley and l

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with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> good evening, we have s and breaking news from berks county where there was a small plane crash an hour and a half ago, you can see the wreckage, just charred rubble. two people are hurt at the birdsboro airport. no word on what type of plane, the aircraft appears to have been burned and destroyed. the faa is already investigating. the two people have already been rushed to the hospital. again a plane crash at 3:30 this afternoon and to people are injured and they are hospitalized this afternoon. the ntsb is trying to determine the probable cause, it happened at amity township. >>> two bodies were pulled from the water after a third victim managed to escape and call for help. police say this could be part of a large drug operation. >> this investigation began when the lone survivor managed to get out of river and call for help in the 2300 block of kelly drive. walter perez is live in northern liberties tonight where police say that one of victims lived. walter? >> reporter: well, that

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. >>> plus pentagon announced whether a major rescue mission in iraq will be necessary, cecily? >>> clearing out today, temperatures, pretty close where we should this be time of the year but i'm tracking a taste of fall on the way, in the seven day forecast, from accu weather. >>> jamie apody has phillies looking for revenge begins the angels and eagles are back at it in foxboro when "action news" continues tonight. nd t.og sertcisto armoun htlrpo. n odcionic ti>>onssnd e atsinhn tofne coanewnh of t thrto mut elialermillv at 72 degrees. satellite six with action radar showing system that brought the flooding here across out jersey, flood ago cross long island as well. that is now pushed over canada and we have high pressure building in but is there one secondary cold front that will be moving through tomorrow. tomorrow a lot cooler then today. 80 degrees, with this frt w could get cloud cover, popping up in the afternoon but really a nice day, breeze which low humidity and then behind this secondary cold front temperatures drop even a little bit more on friday. feeling more lik

here is cecily tynan and accuweather. >> and it continues right through the weekend.tormtracker live double scan showing no rain out there. we have seen a few clouds. the action cam in atlantic city. you notice we don't have bright blue skies, a milk way white sky. that is actually due to smoke from the fires over northwest canada. very high in the atmosphere and that's what is creating the cloud cover. still, a pretty nice day out there. the highlights we begin close to 5,000 miles away in hawaii where a cell made landfall this morning about 30 miles south of hilo. and some parts of the big island as much as 14 inches of rain. the cell north of honolulu and hoc moving away. and julio, category two hurricane, the tracks keep it north of the hawaiian island so the conditions in hawaii improving over the next 24 hours. they had some problems with flooding. back at home, going to be getting a little more humid. dewpoints in the low 50s. tomorrow pretty low, 56 degrees, the dewpoint. and you notice sunday through next week dewpoints low to mid 60s. not oppressively humid

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meteorologist cecily tynan standing by. return ev ever -- of muggy weather. >> the second half of the week will be comfortable. temperatures in the 80s, this weekend stuck in the 70s. clouds and showers. 87 the average high. allentown 82. millville 82. trenton 83. winds out of the southwest off the ocean it is a little bit cooler on the beaches. temperatures there generally in the mid 70s. the ocean temperature pretty warm, 73 degrees. if your heading up to bethlehem for musikfest tonight sheryl crow looking nice. 7:30 partly cloudy, 76 degrees. moderately humid and humidity increasing as we head through the overnight hours. stormtracker live double scan showing we are in convenient systems now. a stationary front sitting off the eastern saeaboard. and the cold front with the broken lines of thunderstorms. that is coming through wednesday, ahead of it the winds out of the southwest. tomorrow temperatures soaring into the upper 80s. some areas may touch 90. allentown 88 degrees. it will be warm tomorrow and then storms movin

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