cecily tynan? >> we have a few lingering clouds across delaware with showers. i'll let you know when and where to expect storms and talk about big changes in the forecast. >> ducis rogers has the latest in the pete rosa ga when "action news" >> a small western pennsylvania town remains evacuated at this hour because of this highly, firey freight train derailment. csx doesn't know when anyone will be home or how long the clean up will take. it started in behindman a hundred miles southeast of pittsburg when 32 cars went off the tracks. some had hazardous material. several of the train cars are still burning. one has molten sulfur. a mother describes how she was awakened by a freight car hitting her home. >> we had to climb out the window. my neighbors got a ladder and brought me and my daughter down. >> this is what's left after an explosion that left seven people dead. >> the 81-year-old janitor is missing. contractors were working on a gas line that sparked a leak and exploded. several students were playing basketball in the gymnasium at the time. they were no

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let's turn to meteorologist cecily tynan with a word from accuweather. a lot of action in a short period of time. >> it was. our atmosphere was loaded with rain. the storms are moving on. double scan live showing the last edge of the storms just beginning to exit the coast.f i. what happened? it was a moved through. this brings a big change in the atmosphere tomorrow. when the storms left, we had a lot of sights like this over should, a lot o people asking, why is the sky yellow. e sun reflecting off of the water vapor in the skies. the storm report, cars stuck in water. two and a half inches of rain in less than an hour. bucks county, wind gusts, mount laurel also with wind damage. as we head through the afternoon, dryer air moving in. still warm. i'll talk about that and have an update on the eclipse forecast in the seven day. jim? >> thank you, cecily. >> police in spain are on the hunt for suspects after 13 people were killed in barcelona and one more in the resort town of cambril and in boast cases a van was the murder weapon. we turn to dann cuella

now for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. have a good night tonight.

be a massively destructive ept, cecily. >> jim, this is a possible worst case scenario. we have a strengthening hurricane slowing down dramatically. i want to switch to weather one and show you the storm system. we have the infrared satellite. this storm was a suppression yesterday. it ramped up to a category one hurricane today. now you can see it continues to spin 250-miles south of corpus christie. if you look at the cloud tops, we have a lot of convection north of the center. once it comes together overnight, it should ramp up, continue to strengthen lieu the overnight hours. part of the reason why, you look at the gulf of mexico, it's like bath temperature. temperatures in the water, upper 80s. that's feeding the storm. there is not a lot of wind sheer and the storm will make landfall likely corps corpus christie asa category three hurricane and essentially stall. it will be so close to the coast, it won't weaken much. we are looking at the potential for major flooding, 15 to 25 to perhaps 30-inches of rain. we have the local forecast later on. jim? >> cecily, thank

with this little one cecily. >> i am. because i'm holding asha an african pygmy hedgehog. what is interesting about this guys they feel threatens they have muscles, incredibly tight abs and they can pull themselves into a ball. she is not feeling threatened at all just stretching out here. exciting news they got a whole bunch of hedgehoglets. not yet on display. also, with we have some really cute baby goats here live when "action news" continues. so cute. from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. >>> we are breaking news we are following here at 5:00. chopper 6 hd flying live in delaware county. authorities are on the scene of what

meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the "action news" big board with the latest. >> cecily. >> stormhe good news. you can see how that real heavy rain has now pushed off the coast. we still do have some showers around. it's still a wet evening commute. double scan live zooming in showing especially along the i-95 corridor we've got some of the lingering showers but they shouldn't really be much to cause any flash flooding but we have been seeing quite a bit of flash flooding parts of kent county delaware, cumberland county where you can see this band of more than 5-inches of rain. most of that fell the first half of the day and that could cause a lot of flash flooding. so, we still have

cecily tynan is joining us here this afternoon. cecily you said it would get hot and humid.ou mention you are extending the thunderstorm warnings east. a line of severe thunderstorms working in from the west. they are still far away from us and the national weather service issued severe thunderstorm watches from the north and west counties from 9:00 to midnight and the storms moved in past sunset and they will weaken and double scan live radar showing the system i am tracking and you can see quite a bit of red and yellow, those come with intense wind gusts and heavy downpours and a threat of tornadoes up to the north generally across northern pennsylvania and new york. future tracker 6 showing around 10:00 this isly when the poconos and berks county see the storms, they really do fall apart overnight and just clouds by 2:00 in the morning, but what this front will do is act like a heat and humidity buster. the heat index now close to $100s. big changes once the system pulls through and the taste of fall once we head into the weekend we'll talk about that in the full accuweat

we have team coverage for you tonight beginning with meteorologist cecily tynan tracking harvey's path. cecily. >> just got the latest update from the national hurricane center and harvey continues to strengthen maximum sustained winds up to 125 miles per hour. hits 130 it becomes a cat four hurricane and this storm was just a tropical depression two days ago and now you can see that sharply defined eye, it's only 60 miles east of corpus christi. it's moving northwest at 10 miles per hour so if it continues that track it will be making landfall along the southeast coast of texas within the next six hours. now, this is the 3-d imagery and you can see that this is a massive storm. it's very strong. we have very good symmetry. we have that deep eye. it's also 280 miles across and it's already starting to rain very heavily from houston through corpus christi and it will be raining here likely through next wednesday. we've also been seeing some tornado watches and warnings cropping up which is typical with the outer bands. so, this is one of the buoy reports here. shows a wind gust just to

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jim. >> and cecily this reminder. you can get the updated forecast any time on your phone or tablet including realtime views from storm tracker6 live. the 6abc app is a free download for your mobile device. >>> james collins of sharon hill was sentenced to prison today for selling drugs that resulted in an overdose death. collins pleaded guilty last month. collins sold heroin laced with fentanyl to a 28-year-old man who died last october. a judge sentenced collins to 19 to 38 and a half years in state prison plus seven years probation. delaware county district attorney jack whelan says the narcotics task force is continually working to track the source of deadly drugs and prosecute dealers. >>> president trump has left washington for a 17 day vacation at his bedminster, new jersey, golf club. with the president there, the secret service has imposed flight restrictions within a 10-mile radius of the club. and that's having an impact on a small airport in bucks county. "action news" reporter john rawlins was there today

by the weekend. >> thank you cecily. of young off their fancy 65 boys andirls from winfield center took part in the dance showing off their moves at the recreation center for family and friends. the kids spent all summer attending dance whew eagles like to do another team. this year the a different l by the time the eagles meet the dolphins they'other well. today they took part in a practice. they'll do so again tomorrow morning. coach peterson made it clear if they s it would cost them money. >> i can't lose that money. i'm not fighting out there. one thing can trigger a fight between both teams. we try to keep it cordial. we ain't trying to fight. we ain't trying to get anyone hurt. at the end of the day, we are trying to get better. >> byron maxwell remember him? >> former prior to the 2015 season. maxwell admits he was shocked when he got fired but no hard feelings. >> i was surprised. i'm happy. made that choice. worked out for both of us. we are good. >> eagles made a trade withseat still ahead in >> the dolphins a

meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the "action news" big board with the latest. >> cecily. >> storm tracker6 live double scan showing this is the good news. you can see how that real heavy rain has now pushed off the coast. we still do have some showers around. it's still a wet evening commute. double scan live zooming in showing especially along the i-95 corridor we've got some of the lingering showers but they shouldn't really be much to cause any flash flooding but we have been seeing quite a bit of flash flooding parts of kent county delaware, cumberland county where you can see this band of more than 5-inches of rain. most of that fell the first half of the day and that could cause a lot of flash flooding. so, we still have the flash flood warning in effect -- actually it just expired on the air. we had it in effect south of dover. the national weather service has now lifted that but we do have aerial flood warnings near dover and much of south jersey continuing into the evening. so just be careful if you live in these areas. turn around, don't drive. do not drive through flood

cecily, what's the story? >> we have changes on the way today and yesterday. our temperature on target, the high 86-degrees. the morning low, a couple of degrees below the normal low. satellite and radar showing we started the day with a lot of sun. clouds rolled in, in the afternoon. there is a void in the clouds across central pennsylvania. there are more streaming in through the day tomorrow. tomorrow will be mainly dry. clouds will limit sunshine. instead of dewpoints in the 50s, dewpoints in the mid 60s. it will be noticeably more humid, temperatures rising to 8. i'm tracking wet weather for part of the weekend. i have details on when in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you, cecily. >> the judge in the penn state hazing case could rule again tomorrow whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. the decision follows bombshell testimony in the court today. a police officer believes one of the fraternity members in the death of piazza intentionally deleted footage from a security camera. >> the revelation that videotape existed in

♪ >>> meteorologist, cecily tynan is back with the forecast.ods as far as precipitation. >> we have two areas of thunderstorms i am watching and tomorrow again and this weekend we'll get a break. looking at the center city skyline we have a good amount of sunshine and building cumulous clouds as the atmosphere begins to destabilize in the heating of the day and we have a flash flood warning until 8:15 for parts of kent and sussex county delaware this is where they are inundated with rain. this system is moving slowly. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that this band of of showers and thunderstorms slowly moving over delaware bay. they update on the air and you see how it's creeping toward the east-northeast at 15 miles per hour. it will be moving into southern new jersey and very slow and they are getting rain now in sea isle city and also in cape may. this is also a cell i am tracking that moved now toward the trenton area and actually blossomed. we only have one lightning strike a half hour ago and now up to 10, bristol crossing i-276 h

meteorologist cecily tynan joining us in studio.talking about this when the next one rolls around. >> my kids are talk about the 2791 because they're young. they'll probably be around for that. weather for the most part cooperated. we had a little bit of cloud cover here or there. temperatures not bad but that's going to change because tomorrow things really, really heat up. in fact, we do hav excessive heat advisory in effect for tomorrow between 1 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the afternoon for really the highly urbanized areas along i-95. this is where the heat index, the combination of the heat and humidity will make it feel like 100 degrees. so fortunately we didn't get that kind of heat and humidity today. it was a lot more comfortable outside. we're live on sky6 right now taking a look in center city and there's a little bit of a haze out there as the humidity begins to creep up, we had dewpoints in the 50's yesterday. now it's getting a little bit more muggy. the temperature 84 degrees. that dewpoint 66. winds out of the south at

meteorologist, cecily tynan.nd jim gardner. >>> wednesday night hurricane gert turns up a rip current threat at the jersey shore and a worker is sentenced for pushing a child down the stairs. >> and an adrug end of president trump's advisory councils after an exodus by corporate ceo. campbell based ceo denise mar son became the eighth to quit the manufacturing council after the first statement about charlottesville and trump just pulled the plug on both groups. here is trump's tweet. i am ending both thank you all. >> meanwhile more than 1,000 people packed a theater in charlottesville this morning to honor heather heyer the 32-year-old woman rundown and killed by a white supremacist driver during the protests on saturday. and this was her mother today. >> they tried to kill my child to shut her up. guess what? you just magnified her. trump called heyer a beautiful and special woman and rem

. >> cecily, thank you. a 10-year-old boy took a bite out of crime. he bit a shooting suspect in the arm after the man broke into his home. shots fired near kensington street. the suspect entered the boy's home but took off after the encounter. >> the male bus bleeding from the arm, possibly from being bit by the ten-year-old bow protecting his mother and home. a handgun was found near the lot. the victim from the shooting scene is in the hospital and in stable condition. >> eagle fans are unsure how to people about the bird's first preseason game. we have mixed results. a good ending. >> brian, success in the preseason is not flashed in wins and losses, you have to pass the i test. we'll give them an incomplete for now. alshon jeffery with 23-yards. first team offense failed to score a touchdown. this is a good sign, new comer ronald darby comes up with an interception, returns it deep in the buffalo territory. second quarter, corey clemons, guy from glas glass glassboro, . >> i see it in practice everyday. i know what they are capable of doing. we d

as i have been saying all week, not a wash out. >> thanks, cecily. a couple of special guests attended the police party with pizza tonight. a couple of canine officers were there. a chance to get to know the >> over all the phillies road trip was not a success. the portion in atlanta is. the phillies continue to dominate them. scoreless in the third inning, herrera three innings last night. a triple right center. 2-0 phils. same count in the fifth inning, freddy galvis up, a man on, rbi double. phillies 3-2 the final in this one. >> eagle preseason schedule starts tomorrow night against the packers. birds have landed in green bay and so has jeff skversky. >> there is not a vince lombardi trophy on the game, but eagle back quarterback carson wentz is excited. this is a big opportunity for him at landow field. in green bay the eagles are expected to play tomorrow night at 8:00 against the packers. it doesn't sound like wentz will have his top sever. everyone else, they can't wait after two weeks of training camp to finally hit someone else. >> anytime

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cecily? >> i'm tracking the return of thunderstorms and humidity.l let you know when i know in the seven-day forecast. >> ducis rogers says the phillies taking on the braves usually ends well. does it tonight? that and more when "action news" continues. ♪ ♪ from the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. he wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. right now, quinton's goal is to be a doctor. it's not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. but my son will be an amazing doctor, and he'll help people that are less fortunate. no matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. > ♪ ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy. >> one of america's iconic singer-song writers has died. glen campbell was nope for his hits in the 1960s and '70s. he had his own television show and received a global recognition for his show alongside of john wade, "true grit." he was 81. taylor swift and a d.j. she accuses of groping her came face to face in a colorado courtroom to

back to you guys. >> all right, cecily, we'll check back in later.hank you. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> let's go live to gina gannon in for matt pelman this evening in the "action news" traffic center. hi, gina. >> hi, rick, hi sharrie. it's rush hour its a monday. we have delays especially if you're heading out on 95. here's a life look right at the vine street expressway. so, 95 at the vine you can see the northbound delay still piling up there and i would say you're delayed from callowhill street out through to allegheny. and you can see it's just about 20 minutes. typically without any delays it's 14 so just about an additional six minutes out there. you can see southbound not a problem at all. let's show you the big picture. construction on the westbound side of the walt whitman bridge around the downside. the vine jammed both directions. we have delays on the schuylkill. 13 miles per hour there. the roosevelt boulevard is heavy. and i want to show you the roosevelt boulevard because there we have some delays as we take a li

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cecily?ft ankle deep water on long port, enough to be a nuisance for some but a novelty to kids and the family dog. now cecily tynan at the "action news" big board with a look at the start to the week. >> double scan live showing the atmosphere is trying to dry out. we had heavier rain off the coast of new england. there are more thunderstorms developing across virginia. that should stay south. we don't need more rain. today's rain focused on cumberland county, millville, five inches. dover, three inches. cape may local lieseized floodio inches. we got half inch in philadelphia. it caused ponding of water on roads. tomorrow will be a lot nicer. we wake up with clouds by the afternoon, sunshine is back, temperatures in the 80s. i'll let you know how long the dry weather sticks around in the accuweather forecast. >> the storm that blew through salisbury maryland was most likely a tornado. >> powerful winds hit this afternoon topples cars on top of each other in a parking lot. today's rain has a

for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team. i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >>> tonight, as we come on the air, phoenix prepares for the visit. president trump supporters lining up. thousands gathering at this hour. despite the mayor's request that the president delay his rally, president trump landing in arizona. the republican governor will not attend. we're on the scene. >>> also tonight, the tornado watch right now in the northeast across several states. severe storms moving through. already deadly flash flooding. a family and their dogs strantded on their roof to have. >>> the grim discovery aboard than u.s. navy ship in flooded compartments after that second major collision. bob woodruff is there. >>> and the manhunt at this hour. authorities say they are armed and dangerous. inmates breaking free. >>> and the very close encounter

turn to cecily tynan with from accuweather.ot of action in a short period of time. >> it was.our l with the storms are moving on. double scan livehe last edge of the storms just beginning to exit the coast. that's the last of it. what happened? it was a cold front that moved through. this brings a big change in the atmosphere tomorrow. when the storms left, we had a lot of sights like this over my shoulder, a lot of people asking, why is the sky yellow. the setting sun was reflecting off of the water vapor in the skies. water. two and a half inches of hou bucks county, wind gusts mount laurel also with wind damage. as we head through t afternoon, dryer air moving in. still warm. i'll talk about that and have an update on the eclipse forecast in the seven day. jim? >> thank you cecily. >> police in spain are on the hunt for suspects after 13 people were killed inn the resort town of van was the murder weapon. we turn to dann cuellar to bring us up-to-date. >> extremists plotted to combine vehicles and explosives to target touris

cecily, thank you.ome middle school students will spend this week learning what it takes to make cars go. "action news" was at the automotive technology center in west philadelphia today. these kids are taking part in the community college of philadelphia's first stem summer camp. over the next five days, the boys and girls will explore the technology, science and math behind car mechanics alternative fuels and more. it's all about cars. >>> abc's "world news tonight" with david muir is next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams adam joseph and ducis rodgers. then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel6. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, amid growing pressure, president trump calls out racism. 48 hours after the deadly attack, the president now says racism is evil. and then calls out the groups by name. the kkk, neo-n

. >> reporter: and cecily we have asher he is 20 months old. he is participating in the 108th annual baby parade this is mom and aubry. hold this up. this is what asher received for the participation trophy. we'll have more on that and the accuweather forecast. >> thank you. and friends, those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >>> in other news tonight something is wrong with the swimming pool at the enormous lifetime complex in king of prussia. they had to shut it down but nobody is explaining it's specific source of the problem. >> reporter: this image posted on the membership facebook page it shows one corner of an inside pool in the complex in trouble. an estimated 30 feet of coping and deck collapsed suddenly last weekend. sean scott estimated the amount of drop involved. >> a foot and a half to two feet. >> the pool locationed inside of this come problem west of king of prussia. according to a corporate spokesperson it seems the collapse eroded the soil beneath the pool deck. the pool is drained and scheduled for the

for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner.hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪ >>> tonight, breaking news. the white house shakeup. steve bannon is out. president trump's chief strategist says he resigned. what happened? and, this photograph. everyone on the president's team pictured here, now gone, except for the vice president. >>> also developing tonight, the second terror attack. another car plowing into a crowd. the hero policewoman who took the shot. reportedly killing 4 out of 5 suspects. and in barcelona, the american husband who was reportedly shopping for souvenirs, separated from his wife in the chaos. what we've learned. >>> then, word coming in today of another gruesome and deadly attack. the man wielding a knife. we have new reporting tonight. >>> severe storms hitting in the northeast as we come on the air. we're tracking them. rob marciano is live. >>> and, after the cancer returned, the new message

cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast.changes when "action news" at 5:00 continues. >>> time for the accuweather forecast. >> cecily tynan is here with all the details and hopefully sunshine soon cecily. >> the sun will come out tomorrow. bet your bottom dollar. i'm not singing it. lets head over to the "action news" weather center and show you we are live sky 6 hd taking a live look at city hall and you notice haze out there and moisture in the air and you can pretty much see it and the flags barely moving at all. the winds stay light tonight, patchy dense fog developing due to the facts that we have so much moisture and rain today. double scan live radar showing nothing more than a few scattered showers around philadelphia and wilmington but heavy downpours near cumberland county. we can zoom in millville you are getting in on the action. riding along route 49 right now. no thunder or lightning but heavy downpours are continuing to push to the east and it's now leaving delaware and working over the delaware bay. and we a

cecily? >> we have a fall like preview of the seven-day forecast. >> confederate monuments in charlottesville are covered grit. some have it, some don't. when the odds are stacked against you, you either hide or stand up. at strayer university we've seen it in our students for 125 years. and if you ever think of quitting, our success coaches will be there to pick you up and work with you every day to put you on the right path. it's time. strayer university. let's get it, america. >> a concert in the netherlands was called off before it even started after an unspecified threat. police in the area detained a driver of a van with a spanish license plate. there were aumber of gas tanks inside. spanish counter terrorism officials say the van is not connected to the attacks that killed 15 people in spain last week. >>> the u.s. navs dismissed the commander of its seventh fleet. the removal of theander follows lving a.sil tanker and destroyer, u mccain. officials will continue in their search and re

cecily? >> we have a gorgeous weekend. i have the detail on what to expect including the shore and the poconos in the seven-day forecast. >> phillys in colorado. we have highlights when "action ne >> other news tonight, evacuation orders have been lifted in mayor, arizona after monsoon rain and flooding led to mudslides. you see how quickly it moves across dry land. the danger has now passed. >> seconds from disaster, video just released "today shows" a fire ball erupting from the engine of an american airlines plane as the 767 axel brate accs down the runway at o'hare. last october passengers scrambled to the emergency exits. 20 people were hurt. we are seeing the first glimpse of the emergency response as the firefighters doused the jet. investigators believe a fractured fan disk punctured the fuel line. >> martin ver shkreli raised the cost of a drug 5,000 percent. a jury took five days to convict him of three counts he was facing. he said that was a victory. he live streamed from his home sending this defiant message.

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has the first look at accuweather tonight cecily. >> nice to see the sunshine tomorrow after today'sy weather but double scan live showing the rain has moved out and how much rain you got really depended on your location. philadelphia only about a tenth of an inch of rain but if you look to the south near millville more than 3" of rain and we even had some flood advisories there. now the rain is out of here but there is plenty of moisture in the air. you can see this with the dew points especially along i-95 corridor areas south and east and dew points in the 70s that is tropical and with dew points in the 70s with calm winds and with the fact that the ground has a lot of moisture from today's rain we are getting some fog developing, millville a third of a mile visibility the same in trenton and wilmington, lancaster reporting less than a quarter mile visibility this likely will cause some problems for your morning commute more details on that and when to expect your next chance of storms in the accuweather seven-day forecast jim. >> thanks cecily a drag net out for the gunman who sh

now for cecily tynan, jeff herndon, sharrie williams and the entire "action news" team.k williams join me next for "action news" at 6:00. every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to steve sweeney and chris christie. here's the sweeney-christie record eight years of underfunded schools. huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. and homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. don't believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> we continue to follow breaking developments in the deadly terror attack in barcelona, spain. a van careened down the popular district hitting locals and tourists. it's an all too familiar scene of terror. the big news is terror in barcelona. 13 people are dead and 80 others were injured after being mowed down by that white van and police have taken two peopl

let's get a look at accuweather from meteorologist cecily tynan. >> double scan live showing showersnorth and west suburbs. they are on the light side migrating chester county, montgomery county. you can feel the atmosphere has changed. this time last night, dewpoints in the 50s. it's cool. it's refreshing. 60s and 70s to the south. that's an indication of moisture moving in. plenty of cloud cover with this. part of the reason we are getting this tropical air mass, there is a hurricane off of the southeast coast. this is hurricane gert, the second hurricane of the atlantic season. we'll talk about what to expect in the full accuweather forecast. jim? >> the cape may prosecutor says the opioid victims no now bounds. a 14-year-old boy overdosed as after result of heroin and fentanyl. they are urging families to educate their children about the danger and report any known drug dealer. >> the fbi is releasing photos from this afternoon's bank robbery. he had a tee shirt that said 24/7. he held up the freedom credit union in philadelphia. this was right at 4:00. the thief made off with mo

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now to cecily tynan. >> i want to show you the radar.de landfall 10:00 on the dot on san jose island. you see the barrier island four miles east, that's san jose island. you see the thunderstorms around the eye wall. we have reports of wind gusts at 140 miles per hour in rock port. the storm is about 300-miles across. it's been a long time since texas was hit by a category four hurricane. two days ago it was a tropical depression. it ramped up fast, pressure is slow moving northwest seven miles per hour. it will continue to weaken. maximum wind gusts 160 miles per hour. talking about a category 4 hurricane, this can cause tremendous wind damage, storm surge damage and since it's stalling, it will cause a lot of rain damage. 130 miles per hour over san hoe day sield, rock port reporting wind gusts 140 miles per hour. it's slowing down and it will essentially stall over the coast of texas for the next several days. the spaghetti plots go out until next friday. the high pressure trapping it, lost its steering current. you can see how there

and cecily tynan is focusing on the forecast. >> we are getting pop-up storms on schedule. trenton prompted a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:45 and this area getting more than 3 inches of rain and likely flooding as well. i'll have the seven-day forecast. >> thank you. more "action news" when we come right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a man hanging upside down in the air for 30 minutes was finally rescued after a fair ride malfunctioned and the man was dangling from the bungee jump ride. they had to rescue two other people stuck in the bungee cage hanging down and lower them down with a rope. luckily nobody was injured. >>> former paralympic athlete and convicted killer oscar pistorius is in the hospital for an unspecified visit. he is serving a six year sentence for shooting his girlfriend in their home in 2013. he was taken from his jail cell in p south africa for observation overnight and officials deny a suicide attack or heart attack and won't say what it was many he was first sentenced to culpable homicide and then resentenced for murder. >>> time for sports and ducis is here

hi, cecily. >> hi, sharrie, hi rick. that line of severe storms is moving into our north and west county. you need lift, we got that with a cold front moving in and the fact that these are moving in the in the max heating of the day is also an ingredient that's really intensifying them. in fact, this line the past 15 minutes about 950 lightning strikes as it continues to push to the east at about 30 miles per hour. so, we have severe thunderstorm warnings really lining up all in advance of this system from parts of bucks county montgomery county berks county, a large portion of chester county and lancaster county. this means any storm in addition to to the heavy downpours and the lightning can contain wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and even some large hail. so, we zoom in on this one part of the storm i'm watching and you can actually see a little bit of a bowing out. what this is is bow echo. it means there's rushing winds moving in behind that system so that line that's moving just south of pottstown likely does ha

cecily? have a fall like preview of the seven-day forecast. >> confederate monuments in charlottesville are covered in black. we have those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. >> a concert in the netherlands was called off before it even started after an unspecified threat. police in the area detained a driver of a van with a spanish license plate. there were a number of gas tanks inside. spanish counter terrorism officials say the van is not connected to the attacks that killed 15 people in spain last week. >>> the u.s. navy has dismissed the commander of its seventh fleet. the removal of the commander follows sunday's collision involving a u.s. oil tanker and destroyer, the uss mccain. navy officials will continue in their search and rescue mission. there have been four accidents this year after the watch. workers covered statues dedicated to robert e. lee and stone wall jackson. they'll remain covered until the end of the week. the symbol is a symbol of morning for the d

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cecily. >> summer heat returns tomorrow. in fact, we have excessive heat advisories posted from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. along i-95.this is where it will feel about 100 degrees but this heat and humidity won't last long. i'll explain in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> chopper6 was over a deadly crash today in winslow township, new jersey. police say one person was killed when a motorcycle collided with a car along the white horse pike near mc mcdougle road. the victim identified as 20-year-old augustine aceve from hammonton was operating the motorcycle. the driver of the other vehicle was not hurt. the white horse pike remains closed in both directions as police continue their investigation. >>> bill cosby has new legal representation for his retrial in november. attorney tom mesereau who won an acquittal for michael jackson in his child molestation case will lead cosby's revamped defense team. cosby's first sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury.

today cecily it holds through when it rains it pours. this storm can pull down a lot of rain in a short period of time. triggered by a short wave of upper level energy. most of the energy is focused along south jersey and 100 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes after diminishing and it was more intense this afternoon. double scan live radar philadelphia and cherry hill and driving along the new jersey turnpike it's pouring there and this system is working north and east and a severe thunderstorm warn that just expired but still along the atlantic city expressway toward egg harbor and lightning and downpour and another cell moving across the mouth of the delaware bay causing flooding and also reports of hail, of wind gusts as well. and this will continue as we head towards the evening hours. once the sunsets it will begin to diminish and this shows you how much rain near malaga, 2.5 inks of rain. the flash flood warnings expired. jackson township an inch and a half of rain and chester brook quarter size hail and lightning struck a ho