and stay on smithville road or birmingham road.nd 42 this afternoon, busy across the walt whitman bridge down to 295. by the time you reach this point at creek road moving better towards the a.c. expressway. the garden state parkway an early your broken down vehicle is out of the way, it is dissipating there. and on this finally from time to time afternoon, happy friday everybody. if your headed to the shore through vineland, they were reporting heavy traffic through vineland on that and we will check it again in the next half-hour. >> thank you, sir. >>> 13 young athletes who are already champs are headed to houston. ages 7 to 17, they will represent team philadelphia in the 2014 transplant games. the action cam caught up with them as they boarded a bus for the airport if he hospital. and each received a life-saving organ or tissue transplant there. and the games has transplant recipients and donors in olympic-style competition. >>> and standing over the trenton central high school may have to be demonth momonthly -- demolished. t

the hardest hit community is smithville between syracuse and utica.he national weather service will be on scene there today to determine if it was a tornado that caused that damage. and take a look at this video just in from that area we're talking about. this is from the town of rome. you see a barn blown down there. authorities say one home was ripped off its foundation and tossed into another house. this is one of the many pictures coming out of that area, deerfield, new york, strong winds brought down a number of trees and utility lines. >>> a tragic story in maryland related to these storms. a child was killed, nearly a dozen more injured when severe storms hit a christian summer camp there. more than 100 kids were attending that camp outsid baltimore. counselors saw the storm coming. they were trying to usher the kids to safety when a tree fell on them. >>> let's move back to our area where the downed trees, downed power lines causes problems on the roads. >> delays still from the effects of that storm. >> problems on the roads and the rails. we

as you push through allentown and you head north into the poconos, it can hit areas in new smithville at 5:30 and switzer at 5:33, and this is where the hail is reported again in our viewing area and something we have to watch as it pushes to the east. a lot could happen with the storm and it could weaken into our viewing area and it could strengthen, we watch that for you. in parts of lancaster county, parts of hail as it heads towards manheim at 5:44 and sporting hill 5:44 and lightning strikes and heavy rain and gusty winds this this. 97 in philadelphia and 99 in wilmington and a break at the shore it only feels like 80 degrees, most of the severe weather with this particular cold front is in new england right now, any storms that pass through tonight it's spotty and where they hit there could be heavy downpours and gusty winds and future tracker at 6:30 shows the storms approaching i-95 and then pushing into southern new jersey and they quickly fall apart late tonight in southern new jersey, your four day at 4:00, five-day at 5:00 i should say. dropping humidity in the afternoon a

if you want to avoid the activity, smithville or birmingham road are possible alternates. we will check it again in the next half-hour. >>> and on "action news" tonight a familiar killing six family members collapses in court and the dramatic hearing next. >> and how a local family is using a bike-a-thon to fight cancer. and ali gorman with their story. >>> and checking back in with meteorologist adam joseph about the weekend. we will all be right back. >> the texas man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family collapsed twice in court today as the judge detailed his alleged crime. ron lee haskill is charged with killing steven and katie stay and four of their children when they wouldn't tell him where he could find his ex-wife. and the couple's 15 year old survived and managed to call 911. >>> and 3,000 cyclists hitting the road for the bike-a-thon raiding millions -- raising millions of dollars for support and cancer research. >> and talking to one of the bikers and why he rides. >> a young biker. a fourth-grader who two years ago learned about cancer and de

the culprit is vivid lightning, now in smithville and coreyville heading west of 30 from chester coin and honey brook also be aware of this storm. as it heads towards paradise at 6:06, and also oakland coming in at 6:17, you should see the storm approaching the region. heat indexes are up very high, 98 is what it feels like right now, as well as millville and 98 in trenton, much cooler at the shore, it feels like 80 degrees, stormtracker 6 live double scan, the beginning of a stormy night and lancaster, chester county. approaching a cold front, juiced up electric atmosphere. the line should approach philadelphia, wilmington and trenton at 7:30 this evening, then into interior southern new jersey by 10:00, then it makes it to the shore late tonight and will linger at the shore tomorrow morning at 8:00 with a lot of clouds area wide and scattered showers and downpours and as a front approaches, and arthur is off the coast, that interacts with the front, we see tropical downpours in philadelphia at 11:00 tomorrow morning, don't worry at the shore late tomorrow and evening, rain pulls out

when a tornado blasted through smithville in upstate new york killing four people. something that seldom happens in that part of the country. vanita nair is there. >> all of the victims killed in smithfield live on the same street. the tornado lifted one house off its foundation and threw it 150 feet into another. >> volunteer firefighter wade phillips wrapped the body of four month old paris newman into a jacket. >> it's hard to explain what is going through your mind when you pull up on something like that and just see the devastation. >> the child's mother kimberlies with pulled out of the debris an hour later. phillips knew the family. >> did you guys have any hope at that point that they might still an live. >> we were hoping that they they were. there is always that hope that you are going to find someone alive. >> tornadoes in this part of the country are rare. new york state averages about 7 a year compared to nearly 60 a year in oklahoma. smithfield doesn't even have tornado sirens. new york governor cuomo. >> the house on one side of the street is basicall