"action news" reporter katherine scott is lie in voorhees with a look at the damage there.>> reporter: matt, the storms just slammed this neighborhood. there's debris ever everywhere barges spine cones. several trees at this intersection have been cracked and uprooted. one of them is right behind me. you can see this one has uprooted right at the base, it's stretched across the's yard. they've stretched a tarp across the hole that the tree left in the home but more cleanup left to do here and across our area after those fierce storms last night. >> it was really strong. like the house started shaking. >> reporter: storms were strong and this is what they left behind in voorhees, trees uprooted, power lines down. bill and his family were inside their home on pelham road when he heard a loud noise. >> like nothing i've ever really heard. sounded like a tornado. just really crazy fast winds, very loud. >> reporter: this tree in his yard uprooted and crashed onto his home smashing a hole in the side of the second floor. >> looks like we got the worst of it based on what i'm see

steve patterson joins us at voorhees, new jersey to show you more of all of the damage, steve? >> ukee, if you want good look at what voorhees new jersey looks like this morning, just take a look behind me. look at this tree destroying part of the side of this home, and then ripping some of the siding off of the home. then you can see, all of the branches down in the yard, the lawn mower, check this out, over here, look at this, lawn mower is on its side, completely ripped up by this uprooted treement just one of the many examples what we're seeing in every yard in this neighborhood. but gets whole lot worse. take a look at the video we brought along, as well. power lines are down and roads all around this area, the power remains out for a lot of customers this area, as well. you see the arcing and sparking of the downed power lines, that's why the roads remain shutdown, crews have to continue during work this morning, heavy, heavy winds, strong rains came through the area, and really tore things up here. we're still seeing the siding torn off some of the roofs. we also mention

. >>> in voorhees the cleanup continues from last night's storms.he area around blue ridge road was hit hard. 80 miles per hour straight line winds sent trees and power lines crashing down, some into houses and cars. thankfully, though, no one was injured. coming up in just a few minutes meteorologist kate bilo will give us a closer look at the damage in voorhees. >> police are questioning a person of interest in the death of a young woman whose body was found in a duffle bag. diana rocco is live at police headquarters. you have new information tonight. >> reporter: yeah chris at this moment a man is being questioned. he lived in the same west philadelphia apartment complex as the victim and police became suspicious when this man walked into a hospital to be treated for burns. meanwhile tonight, this victim's family is still looking for answers. for a grieving mother there are no words. 23 year old laura's father says he last spoke with his daughter two weeks ago on their family vacation in santo domingo. >> i could guess that what happened was a co

steve patterson is in voorhees, new jersey, to show you the damage there, steve? >> reporter: ukee, erika, good morning to you. this is a typical site. it is not a boogie board. this is actually part of the siding of somebody's house. welcome to voorhees, new jersey, another typical site behind me, massive tree down in somebody's yard that pushed somebody's house about 6 inches back, ripped the siding off of the house, then you see the end result. we've seen trees and just about every yard here, the power remains out in this area, and it gets whole lot worse. check out the video. we brought along to arcing and sparking from downed power lines, streets still closed off at this point, because of work that has to be done in that regard. meanwhile, the national weather service is expected to be back out here this afternoon, they want to determine if these were straight line winds or if this was a possible tornado. but just speaking to neighbors and the sounds they describe from last night's storm it, could be anything at this point. we spoke to one neighbor, who had a

>> erika, ukee, welcome to voorhees, new jersey where typical site is right behind me. take a look at the trees that are down, one of them, you can see, just ripping off its foundation, falling into the side of this house, stripping the siding off. pushing it 6 inches back. and nearly damaging more inside. but, it is just one of the many sites around this community, in fact, some of the worse stuff is on the road. as we get power lines taken down, as women, many of them sparking and igniting and arcing because of the damage that has been done. roads are still blocked off, in this area hours after that storm. >> levy rain, strong winds, real did i a number on this area and just about every yard we see there are trees down, or some form every damage. spoke to neighbor where another tree went through his roof nearly killed his wife. really came through, one of the rooms in his bedroom, and here's what towed say after it happened. >> i never seen anything like this in my life. we're just shocked. my wife was upstairs in the bed when a tree came right through our roof. and i

in voorhees we've seen restoration crews go by, cable companies drive by.bviously there's a lot of cleanup left to do and a lot of ground to cover this morning. we are live in voorhees, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> katherine, thank you for that. >>> a teenaged boy was struck by lightning in glenolden delaware county. medics respond d to east ashland avenue around 8 o'clock last night. the victim was rushed to crozer chester medical send. we're waiting to an update on his condition. >>> a severe thunder and lightning storm hit washington, d.c. this is snapshots of the big bolts. d.c. news sources say a lightning bolt hit the library of congress just missing the nearby capitol building but there were no reports of any damage or injury from that strike. there was also lightning spotted in the vicinity of the washington monument around the same time. >>> and as those storms rumble through again today, you can follow it all from your phone our tablet using our free 6abc storm tracker app. it gives you audio alerts for weather warnings plus access t

we have live team coverage of the storm's aftermath, katherine scott is live in voorhees, camden county and karen rogers is tracking new storms. >> the national weather service says 60 to 70 miles per hour winds yesterday. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing what is happening right now, here we can look and see no big storms at the moment, but we are starting to see hours filling in at the moment, there are areas of yellow just beginning here in pottstown north of 422, indicating it's starting to get heavier in that spot. the same situation to the west in lancaster, areas showing the heavier downpours, no thunderstorms just yet but on stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see how that is starting to take shape. here is the back edge of that cold front pushing through the area, we have showers flying up ahead and near the cold front we see the thunderstorms firing up that will head our way, the national weather service continues the flash flood watch, we got over an inch of rain in parts of the region yesterday and we are adding more downpours on top of that. downpours are likely t

we are live in voorhees township, steve? >> reporter: we are also live here at septa headquarters where you won't believe what one man was caught carrying, riding the subway last night, just to say a half dozen weapons, would put it mildly, sue. >> wow, more details on that. plus details on round two, yes, we had a dark, very stormy night last night, we've got more weather drama in the forecast, kerry. >> all right sue, been a crazy couple days. a local community is stunned after police discovered a, drug lab inside an apartment, long list of drugs police say one man was making and dangerous stuff that he used to to it. >>> good tuesday morning everybody, it is tuesday, july 15th, 2014 just after 4:00 this morning. it wases another crazy night last night. >> those storms were loud. it was a loud night, sue. >> it really was. we're not out of the woods because it will be hot and humid again today. would you think we would have gotten relief but no, it will be, enough humidity so when a cold front comes through tonight we coul

now that is where we will fine "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer who joins us live from voorhees, camden count which more, nicole, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you,er contact this complex where i'm standing is call the club at main street and neighbors believe that lightening is also to blame for the extensive damage that you can see here behind me, damage that led to 17 units displaced just last night. similar scene in montgomery county and one that happened in a flash. >> this cell phone video shows us a fast moving fire on raven hallow drive-in montgomery county, one neighbor say started with the flash of lightening around 7:30 wednesday night. >> we ran over the neighbor's house, started knocking on the door. she came running out of the side door already on the phone calling fire department. >> reporter: eyewitnesses say they first saw lightening and then smoke and fire. it was just minutes before that roof went up in flames. >> we have extensive damage on the roof area most of the roofies gone. second floor has extensive damage but the the first floor, with the

people that live on the 200 block in voorhees certainly do, it snapped a big tree like as it was a toothpick and today crews were there to clean up the mess. meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the activity was over south jersey and delaware and now it's beginning to extend into southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia and parts of chester county and the focus of the severe weather is across south jersey the same area that got hit very hard last night with straight line winds, we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15 in parts of burlington and ocean county including browns mills and lakehurst south of new egypt. this cell is moving east slowly at 12 miles per hour. reports of wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and we are seeing some hail with this system. we can move this into hail mode and you can see near chads worth and speed well, we have hail as big as one inch in diameter, in edition we are getting downpours that is causing flooding, this

in voorhees we've seen restoration crews at work already this morning. crews have been out across our area but obviously there's just a lot of ground to cover. we're live in voorhees, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> katherine thanks. >>> a teenaged boy in delaware county is recovering from a lightning strike. it happened at 8:00 p.m. on the unit block of east ashland avenue in glenolden. the boy is being treated at crozer chester medical center. officials have not released his name or his condition. >>> as storms continue to roll through the region it's a good time to download that free 6abc storm tracker app. get audio alerts for weather warnings plus access to live radar on the go. >> new this morning, septa police have confirmed a scary confrontation with a passenger who appeared to be armed with an arsenal of weapons. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board. she's got the full story. good morning, erin. >> reporter: take a look at these pictures because these are the weapons that police say that passenger was armed w

that is what happened in voorhees last night with that significant damage.at live neighborhood network, look at these temperatures, significantly rain cooled, in williamstown we know we have been drenched with rain and continue to see heavy rains. temperatures 69 degrees, over two and a half inches of rain and more expect in the thunderstorms. medford lakes over an inch of rain, temperature 71. philadelphia at 82. not so much rain just yet but showers and then bensalem where our kate billow is we are looking at rain at a third of an inch or so but rain cooled at 73 degrees. out jersey, interior south jersey is where we expect to see highest amounts today. right now in philadelphia 74. trenton 74. eighty-two in millville. we are still seeing mild temperatures down the shore but heavy rain is moving your way as well. take a look at future rain amount and you can see that our computer model here has a good grip on where the axis of heavier rain is lining up. we had headed further west to the west yesterday and then in this area from trenton through burlington c

"action news" reporter katherine scott is lie in another hard hit area, voorhees camden county.d morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. you drive through this neighborhood you can see signs of the storm everywhere. there's just debris lining the streets and one of those big signs of the storm is right behind me. you can see this big tree was uprooted. it ripped through the side of their home. in burlington county the national weather service will investigate to see if it was a tornado that blew from mount laurel towards pemberton. signs of rotation indicate a possible tornado in central burlington county between 8:20 and 8:45 p.m. in tabernacle a viewer snapped this photograph over the holy eucharist church. >> every street was blocked with trees. have to go all the way around to get to my house. >> reporter: trees uprooted, power lines down. bill and his family were inside their home on pelham road when he heard a lloyd noise. this tree crashed onto his home smashing a hole into the side of the second floor. >> sounded like a tornado. nothing i've ever heard before

on mobile three in voorhees, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, well, yes. the huge clean up is underway. now that daylight has broke, we start today see crews in the neighborhood, but they've got a lot of work to do. take a take a look behind me. this is what they'll be dealing with, uprooted trees are everywhere, you can see, kind of the wildlife gather here on this tree. but also, it is taken out some of the siding, some of the roof have been collapsing, some of the siding has been ripped off homes in this area, and then, look at this, lawn mower completely inverted. it is just one of the many sites in this area, especially, here in voorhees, recovering after last night's storm where there were power lines, down on roads all across the region here, in fact, we saw few that were sparking, few that caught fire, and the roads had to be shutdown and closed off, and few of those roads are still closed off in this area just because of how much damage has been done. also, speak to go neighbors again had the sides of their homes stripped, and then punctured, and

live, from voorhees township, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> just a short time ago doctors told us a teenager from delaware county was, in fact, hit by lightening last night. david, of glenn olden was getting inside a friend's koran ashland avenue around 8:00 and that is when the the bolt hit him. the 14 year-old suffered a cut on his arm and numbness in his hand. or than that though he says he is very lucky to be alive. we were able to talk to him a short time ago and hear from him tonight on "eyewitness news" at ten on the cw philly and at 11:00. >>> if you take any good storm pictures we do want to see them. send them to us on twitter. use the hash tag cbs-3 storm. >>> well, we have breaking news right now, the parents of the woman who was found dead her body in a duffle bag, has met with philadelphia police. >> parents of the murdered victim 23 year-old laura arrived at homicide headquarters late in the afternoon hoping to help investigators, find the killer, who first torched her car, and then left her body on this kensington lot, hands tied, trash bags covering her he

>>> one of the hardest hit areas, voorhees, new jersey, we will take you their life in a few minutes. and, sue serio is standing by with your weather on the one's, as we take a look outside studios in olde city, philadelphia. lights are back on but there was a period of time they were out. there is a number of people dealing with power outages. we will get you up to date on the numbers in a bit but sue, we have another round on the way and then a bit of the cool down. >> right, then we can say we have clearing in the forecast but not today. we will tell you when, coming up, dawn. >>> and a shocking discovery by septa police, where they tell us they found this trove of weapons. >>> we have new details this morning after a body falls out of a van, what the coroner's office is now saying about this bizarre incident. >>> ♪ >>> it is classic battle between father and the potential fiance, of his baby girl. why this daddies combating the ring with song, it is coming up in the trend. >> they are trying to talk bit. my dad would have no idea what it was. good morning, 5:01. it is tuesday, jul

"eyewitness news" at the club at main street in voorhees.ld 17 unit in the 2500 building were affect but none-- no one was seriously hurt. officials are investigating whether a lightening strike is the culprit in this disaster as well. >> katie. >> today will end up being a stormy day for us, it is not an all day wash out. if you look out the window we are seeing sunshine right now but we will see these storms coming through in waves. you will get a break, sunshine, heat up more and then more storms fire up. you can see on the tail end of the the loop, looking at the p in philadelphia there. do you see those storms fire right up in the last say hour and a half or so. and off to the west we are still waiting for our cold front to cross. we are still in the unstable and warm sector of this storm system and of course now we are awaiting arthur to bypass us before we can say we are in the clear here. currently outside the neighborhood network we have cloud cover, granted but sunshine helping to heat things up. 72 degrees. we are in the severe we

lets check with fox 29's jennifer joyce in voorhees with a look at the damage there, jen. >> reporter: good morning, kerry and dawn. now that the sunnies rising you can get a better sense of the damage left behind this tree was completely uprooted now covering both the front yard and the side yard of this home. it actually knocked in the side of this home, hence the blue tarp up will. >> overnight our crews caught video throughout voorhees township this was an area nailed by the storm. we have receive reports that the mayor was out assessing the damage overnight a lot of our video was shot near pellam and blue ridge road where several trees were toppled and toss add cross roadway. siding and roofs, again, ripped off from homes. we have talk to people in the area who said they heard a strong gust of wind before walking outside and seeing the damage. last night emergency crew where is out in full force, dealing with call after call, trying to clear the debris to make it safe for them. this is the largest tree we found that toppled here on the corner. again, it is uprighted but we have s

the heavy rain bringing down the strong wind in excess of 70 miles per hour in camden county and voorhees and burlington county, not a tornado but just as strong as a weak tornado. we'll see more of that in the evening hours. when cecily tynan comes back we'll talk about the beautiful weather for the rest of week in the seven day. >> thank you. >>> today's severe weather comes as many folks are cleaning up from last night's storm, the action cam in voorhees where strong winds broad down trees and power lines and damaged several homes, some homeowners have to ride out the storms today with only tafrps covering their rooftops, nora muchanic was in burlington county. >> reporter: although the national weather service says it wane a tornado, the storm was powerful, strong enough to snap tree limbs in half and toss them around. >> it was horrible out here and is it was cracking over here and the whole sky was lit up and then it was dark and it was raining so hard you couldn't see, this is video i shot with my phone at route 206 in columbus, the sky was black and a tornado warning was issued fo

july 14th severe storms leave path of straight line wind destruction in voorhees and southampton. then today's storms with tropical downpours and flash flood warnings. intensity and frequency of these storms may have you thinking like winter all over again but with rain and in a way that is accurate. pattern this month has been characterize by a strong jet stream and frequent intrusions of cool air pitted against tropical moisture and heat. often in summer our area gets locked under high pressure lead to go days of heat and humidity n contrast this july featured a fast moving pattern with strong cold front every few days leading to explosive thunderstorm development. an explosive thunderstorm development is what has happened for past couple have days especially here in voorhees with the destruction left behind. luckily the forecast does get better for rest of the week with more quiet, settled wet tore look forward to reporting from voorhees i'm meteorologist kate billow for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> lets get more on the forecast with traffic and weather together. >> as kate sai

skyfox over the scene in voorhees camden county which got hit march. toppled trees and downed power lines sparked several small fires. residents living in the nearby burnt hill arms apartment had to be evacuated but luckily there were no injuries. >> lots of storm damage reported in burlington county as well. skyfox was over pemberton in the area of henderson and ridge tornado warning was posted in burlington county for awhile last night. >>> in glenn olden delaware county teenager was struck by lightning while running from his house to his family's car on east ashland avenue. fox 29's karen happen will have the latest oh and this can close call and how the teen is doing coming up shortly much you can get weather updates 24/7 at myfoxphilly.com. send us your weather pictures and remember we live stream so if you lose power you can still watch us online on your smart phone or tablet. >> to developing story now we're following in the city of camden. a lot of action at a home on erie street today. firefighters, police, fbi, all there so what is going on?

skyfox over the scene in voorhees, camden county, which got hit hard. toppled trees and downed power lines sparked several small first. residents living in the nearby burnt mill apartment has to be evacuated. no injuries reported, though. a lot of storm damage reported in burlington county. sky fox over pemberton in the area of henderson and ridge. a tornado warning went up last night as well in burlington county. of course you can get weather updates 24/7 on our website myfoxphilly.com. you can also send us your pictures and remember we live stream so if you lose power, you can still watch us online on your smart phone or tablet. >> happening now, a burlington county man under arrest police say he broke into his neighbor's home and installed hidden cameras and now investigators are trying to figure out how long the cameras were rolling. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in mt. laurel tonight. shawnette, you spock with the woman who had the cameras unside her home. >> reporter: i did, iain much she says this has not set in for her yet. but no question a

it happened on the 2500 block of about berywn court in voorhees, new jersey. fire started on the third floor and spread through the building it took an hour to bring it under control. the red cross is providing housing for 9 adults and five children. >>> looks like the traffic is looking good for this holiday weekend. schuylkill expressway a tad crowded from montgomery into girard, but overall it's not too bad. westbound is starting to back up in the normal spots, but the volume is not always heavy as a normal thursday morning. on i-95 you see speeds in the 20s as you pass girard avenue. but the delay is not as lengthy as it normally would be. we are watching a water main break at wynnewood avenue and windsor avenue stay with us on penn road. a little more construction they will be closing old lancaster road from 9:00 a.m. to 2 for drainage improvement. 30 lancaster avenue gets you around it. we've got flooding in bucks county after the heavy rains last night closing bristol oxford valley road and chicken foot park. trenton roads cigarettes e -- gets you aroun

in voorhees straight line winds were the culprits. tossing outdoor furniture like toys. one person's garden shed was found on top of a tree. they were lucky. nobody was hurt. our storm coverage continues. the latest updates on the cleanup in the area and dozens of photos of the damage left behind. check stormtracker 6 for the latest details. the round of storms at 4:30 with traffic an accuweather updates every 6 minutes. >>> the reign of terror continues in middle east. that is after hamas rejected a truce offered by egypt. they suffered the first fatality. he was delivering food to soldiers. 197 palestinians have been killed in eight days of fighting. benjamin netanyahu said today that he would like to see a diplomatic solution until the fire in gaza stops. the members of the interfaith walked for peace and gathered at islamic society to reflect on the common threads in their religions. >>> it seemless that the fib and police want to find something buried in camden. they are not saying what it is. the 10 hour search involved dozens of the agencies and backhoes. it's aro

people that live on the 200 block in voorhees certainly do, it snapped a big tree like as it was a toothpick and today crews were there to clean up the mess. meteorologist, cecily tynan and adam joseph have the late word from accuweather. cecily lets start with you. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan lighting up two hours ago, all the activity was over south jersey and delaware and now it's beginning to extend into southeastern pennsylvania and philadelphia and parts of chester county and the focus of the severe weather is across south jersey the same area that got hit very hard last night with straight line winds, we have a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:15 in parts of burlington and ocean county including browns mills and lakehurst south of new egypt

chris o'connell live at virtua hospital in voorhees with all of the excitement that happened outside the emergency room doors. chris? >> reporter: that's right, you'll love this story. no born boy could not wait to get into this worlds. and i mean that quite literally. he was not only days earlier than expected, he was so anxious to get here, he couldn't even wait until he got to the hospital. >> he's only three days old, but you can already tell little justear is a little impatient. >> i was having contractions, just me and my daughter here, then my water broke. >> four days before her due date, devon started going into labor, her cuss win three kids in the car drove her to nearby virtua voorhees hospital. but little justear had other plans. >> so as soon as i pull in the parking lot he was coming out. >> and coming out he was. >> by the time we were on our way to the hospital she is like oh, my god, his head is coming and i'm thinking you know, she just in pain. but sure enough we got to the hospital, his head was out. >> that's right. justear was born in the front seat of of a 201

. >>> we now know straight line wind caused damage around blue ridge road in voorhees. 80-mile per hour wind centuries and pur lines crashing down monday night. homes, cars were damaged during the storm, luckily no one was injured. >>> here's your traffic and weather together with katie. >> part of the question was some rotation spotted in the upper levels when that particular storm rolled through but thankfully i come bearing some better news at this point, that granted we are still left with some showers but this is the end, guys, when we go outside we will show you view and view is starting to clear out, on storm scan three. off to the west berks, lancaster county, i think you are done and out of this at this point. there is still some fog, steam and obviously still wet weather when we throw that satellite coverage overtop. you can make out top edge of the back cover. there is end in sight that is very literally as well off to the west near harrisburg has been since clearing out ape that is back edge. just a matter of time at this point as traffic moves along quietly here outside whi

jenny is over there right now, kind of assessing the damage in voorhees, hi jenny. >> reporter: hi there mike and sue. that is right we have visited several properties here in the same thing, pieces of the home and the ground, several blocks away, and, of course, obvious several trees completely uprooted like this one. however, lot of people that i talk to say they are grateful this morning. waking up, checking on their neighbors and learning that as far as they know everyone is doing okay, this could have been a lot worse, so for exam familiar this tree fell in the opposite direction and slammed the corner of this home, he said that would have been his son's bedroom. also this tree narrowly missed the car that is park here in the driveway. so, a the lot of people grateful this morning, and now i'm joined by neighbor bill. you live across the street is that correct. >> yes. >> that is your home. that is what we have been showing all morning long. we see that the side of your home is also, at least partially ripped off, are you just returning home this morning. >> my wife and i are my dau

laurel, voorhees, haddonfield, headed down toward the freeway, good to go, no problems on that new jersey turnpike. >> download the app by going to cbsphilly.com. /your drive. erika, back to you. >> thank you, everyone seems to be taking selfies these days, but, one illinois woman's selfie landed her in jail. the owner of mort i's boutique in west frankford, illinois, check security camera, saw a woman feel very distinctive neon print leopard colored dress. now, we took to social media to track down the apparent thief. guess what? he found the woman, 27 year old danielle saxton, after people saw her post a selfie on line. >> if anyone sees a leopard colored dress let us know about it, call us, text us, within, you can see it, 6:30, this happened at 3:30, we got this picture saying love my new dress, the selfie she took. >> how about that? saxton charged with retail theft of more than $300. they also found that she was wanted on another warrant. the owner said he was not surprised by the help from social media. >> the word is style. beyonce fashion sense makes it to the rock-and-roll hall

. >>> national weather service says a tornado did not touchdown in voorhees, during monday night's storm. they say, straight line wind caused all that damage along blue ridge road. >> that storm hit a little will too close to one delaware county teen, struck by lightening. he is out of the hospital now and sharing his incredible story. fourteen year-old david, was getting into his friend's carbon monoxide night when bolt hit him. luckily he suffered a minor cut on his arm and numbness in his hand. the glenn olden teenager says he still cannot believe what happened. >> it just felt like shocked and i was shaking and i didn't know, what happened. >> i don't know if i will go out in the rain anymore, thunder, lightening, i don't know. the just my luck. >> doctors say it was the shoes and thick rubber souls that saved him. how about this we're told his friend gave him those shoes right before the the storm. >> good luck timing, um. >>> happening today man arrested for 1989 double murder is scheduled for arraignment. police say dna linked right duffle church hell to the murders of the ruby el

he was once with the voorhees fire department, camden's ems and spent four weeks at the world trade center. he moved to south carolina to join the fire department but his brother's here have not forgotten him. >> could be a busy weather week, dave. >> yeah, and i think it kind of starts today. we've got heat and humidity building. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows that you say for the tuesday morning commute we are dry and as we take a look outside we are looking at a similar morning to yesterday where there may be a period where it's kind of cloudy but on the other hand we're going to have that mix of clouds and sun building in fairly quickly and then it's just ratcheting up the heat a little bit and dialing up that humidity a bit as well. temperature right now is 73 degrees. your dewpoint is at 65. the mid 60's in a dewpoint does indicate muggy air and i think you'll feel that in most neighborhoods as you step outside this morning. winds are out of the south at 7 miles per hour. not all that strong. satellite and radar showing you that clouds mixing with some breaks so we'll get tha

voorhees up to 96 degrees and middle 90s for chester and wilmington.eat and humidity today and heavy rain, the potential effects of tropical storm arthur coming our way. details with the seven-day forecast, what it means for your forth of july plans, when i come back. >>> most athletes are a little superstitious. when i heard chris cato invoke the "q" word this morning, he jinx the entire day. >> we may have jinxed your ride to work. jillian mele is watching the roads. >> you're not helping. you're just adding to the problem. geez. things are quiet, the bridges are clear. mass transit on or close to schedule. that is a bit of good news. this is 422 right near route 23. as you can see, traffic is moving along just fine. drive times still looking good. seven minutes both ways on 422 between oaks and route 23. for drivers in new jersey, the northbound side of the 42 freeway, passing creek road, heading out to the bridges, no issues to report on the area bridges. we still have one spot of construction on 295 both north and southbound on the ramps to mt. ho

such a hard slop shot did you see this, he breaks the glass behind the net at cam in voorhees.ust a tad high and wide. he is hoping to break camp come september with the flyers and earn a roster spot which, may have some huge defenseman on this roster, travis sanhim is 6-foot three as well. >> i was always big. on the ice, you know, my skating is good. i feel good. >> i was fairly tall even in calgary and then coming in here and see all of the guys who are much bigger than me, it is crazy. i have a lot more work to do. >> i'm glad they're on my team that is for sure. hopefully one can be my partner one day. >> protect me. >> union will try to protect their winning streaking for two straight tonight right here on six abc at the top of the hour against colorado. >> sound good. >> thanks, jeff. >>> up next, meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day >>> meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast with the humidity on the way. >> yeah, it was a great start to the weekend. >> really was. >> low humidity. humidity cranks up

. >> the flyers started a six day development mental camp in voorhees. a chance for the team to look at your prospects they're three draft topics. nfl network released the top 10 player in the entire league voted by the players. shady mccoy ranked fifth last season he led the league in rushing in yards and scrimmage. we'll be right back with more news ♪ >> the the nominations are now out for the 66th prime time emmy awards and the blood thirsty saga game of thrones leads the way. the hbo series merged with -- emerged with 19 bids including best drama. other nominees and conclude fargo and american horror story. a number of cbs shows getting recognition this year the big bang hero once again for best comedy series. the show stars jim parsons received another nod for best actor in a comedy. the good wife is also in the running for best drama series and star julianne in a marguiles up for best actress in a drama. we >> thank you for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. we're back in the morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and erika von tiehl. for l

"eyewitness news" at 2500 block of berwyn court in voorhees. we're told 17 units were affected but no one was seriously hurt. officials are investigating whether a lightening strike is the culprit. >>> lightening may also be to blame for a house fire in montgomery county this happened right as strong storms moved across the region. cell phone video from an eyewitness shows the fire and flames shooting from the roof of the home on raven hallow drive-in montgomery township last night. that house sustain extensive damage but neighbors tell us that the home owner and dog did get out safely. >>> here's another fire caused by a possible lightening strike in the schuylkill township area of chester county. flames showing through the roof as fire fighters extended ladders to reach the top of the homes. it took heavy damage and about hundred thousand dollars worth we're told. a fire fighter was treated for heat exhaustion but no one else was injured. >>> those storms leading to flash flooding in berks county this video fridays wyoming missing. drivers fo

in voorhees township camden county we've got this problem white horse road closed between station avenuend burnt mill road right here and started last week but it's indefinite at this point. they're doing emergency work in area and have to stay closed. stick to somerdale road as your alternate. i know that affects a lot of people. i hear 322 in atlantic county both ways west of 54 construction blocking the left lane until 6 o'clock tomorrow morning so you'll be dealing with that one for quite a bit. time for your commuter traffic report which you get to be a part of when you download the free waze app which i have done right here on the ipad. people talking about construction here wissahickon avenue in philadelphia so that one reported to be a bit of a problem this morning. no weather related issues except it is warm and sticky already. 76 degrees right now in philadelphia, 75 in millville, 74 in allentown. the humidity today is going to be oppressive with dewpoints over 70 degrees, nydia. >> thanks karen. >>> philadelphia police are continuing their search for 58-year-old william carras

the flyers development camp underway, skate zone in voorhees, in attendance the flyers last three top draft picks. samuel more, scott, and san high. the nfl network released list of the top ten players in the league right now voted on by the plows. the eagles shady mccoy was ranked fifth, peyton manning, tom brady, adrienne peterson, training camp set to open up around the league in about two weeks, the eagles start on the 25th of the list. >> touch watching that game again with all of the snow coming down, remember that last fall? >> oh, i loved that. that was a fun game. >> the winner? >> don't wore bit winner, just loved flying. >> you loved playing in it? >> but the snow don't want to see it. challenge to quit baseball, at least temporarily. >> first, what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. hi. i'm shawn johnson of the 2008 u.s. gymnastics team. i'm here with our friends from "veggie tales" to say... all: be a player. get up and play an hour a day. besides gymnastics, how do you stay in great shape, shawn? i love to dance and rollerblade. cool. cool. you don't have to be an olympian to

philadelphia, voorhees, up to 96 degrees today.ven-day forecast to show you when these numbers are coming down when i come back. >>> it is 4:39 and jillian mele loves it when we use the "q" word but things are quiet. i know i shouldn't say that. >> what's happening right now. >> if things change, it's your fault, chris cato. i'll hold you to that. no, i'm just kidding. bridges are clear. we are dealing with overnight construction. you can see the signs on route 202 right near route 29 in chester county. the construction out that way is not causing any delays for drivers which is certainly good news. this is the eastbound side of 422, just past route 29. both directions of 422 are clear right now. it's clear the entire length of the way. average speeds 52 miles an hour is what we're seeing on the blue route. 63 on the pennsylvania turnpike. roads like the boulevard, even that's clear right now. we'll take this full screen. you can seat boulevard is very quiet. that's southbound as drivers make their way down to 76. it's a really goo

. >>> lightening may have cause an apartment fire in voorhees, new jersey. fire fighters were called out to the club at main street just before 10:00 o'clock last night. the residents from 17 units in the complex were displaced. in serious injuries were reported but one fire fighter was taken to the hospital for evaluation. >>> 5:33. lets get our traffic and weather together on the three's, here's katie. >> this remains a very active pattern. yesterday was about the heat and thunderstorm. today it is almost the same story but storms trumped the heat today. it will still be hot and we are still tracking is what now hurricane arthur, a category one storm. thankfully more indirect impact on us here in the local area. lets start off by taking you out to the shore, hot bed of activity this weekend of course and a hot bed of active weather. we have quite a bit of included cover left over and you can see that red sky. remember that old saying red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. definitely a true saying i guess you can say here. lets go to storm scan three

here in voorhees township that that white horse road bridge over the patco tracks remains blocked between avenue and burnt mill road. no telling when it's going to be reopening but it's causing extra traffic on somerdale road and maybe on gibbsboro road teesdale mass transit is looking good so far this morning with no delays to speak of. david. >> if we can keep it that way, matt. on the big board it is going to be a partly sunny day but the sun angle is high this time of year and of course it's pretty intense so we're warning you about using sunscreen if you're outside for an extended period today. if you're running errands the morning is the time to do it. in the 80's its from 9 o'clock until noon. the afternoon will be in the 90's and the high is a pretty high 94 degrees probably feel a few degrees worse than that with the slightly humid air and by 6 o'clock 90 degrees. there is the chance of a pop-up thunderstorm as we go through the day. the best chance will probably be later tonight and some of those storms could be strong and gusty t-erin and matt. >> thanks so much david. >>> new

several neighborhoods in lindenwald, it was a similar scene in cherry hill, winslow township and voorhees, commission says you helped the fight against mosquitoes by removing standing water on your the property. >>> there is going to be a fair amount of standing water on everybody's property because of the storms tonight. >> there certainly is. we have flash flood warnings for burlington county new jersey until 2:15 in the morning. storm tracker six live double scan showing why. we have had intense then are storms. they have moved out of pennsylvania, right now but there is a cluster that has been dropping some very heavy rain, over parts of the burlington county. you can see it moving up to the north and east, 46 lightening strikes associated with this but really main concern is the heavy torrential rain, we also have, another batch of some thunderstorms, little more spotty, near salem, new jersey. another one near middletown delaware and these are moving north and east. another batch over here will be moving through in the next few hours. i have had a lot of people posting than my faceb

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straight line wind, hour, leaving hine path of destruction in voorhees.d trees, downed power lines, setff several smallfirese evacuation of residents living in the nearby burnt mill arms and the. no injuries are reported. but, a lot of storm damage in burlington county, as well. skyfox, over pemberton, in the area of henderson and ridge yesterday, then monday night a tornado warning blades through the area. >> speaking ofhis weather, 14 year old boy from delaware county is shaken, but happy to be alive after lightning bolt struck him. david just got out of the hospital, and back with prospect park family, he he's just reaching for his friend car door, when the lightng struck him on >> what did it feel like. >> shocking, shaking, and i just didn't know what happened. was struck, and that the shoes he was wearing, they have roll thick rubber souls. that probably helped grounds everything. >> david in fact just got those shoes, and he says he's not going out in the storm again any time soon. >> if you can't blame him, can you? anife does, he will bewaring th

. >> in voorhees all over the place. it was lit up and a lot of you know out there that's what happens. if you have a lot of heat and humidity during the day and you get those lightning strikes which we had a lot of them. scott has been talking about that coming again today. again third day in row of 90-degree heat. although conditions are very favorable and as lucy talked about and scott even went further on this is not a weather system that associated with hurricane arthur. this is kind of part of a cold front that's moving in from the midwest area. it's going to cool us off a little bit before we get that we'll have some serious problems with hail up in the poconos, heavy rain, a couple of inches scott talked about. >> flooding potential. >>> flooding and obviously the potential also for tornado very high winds and maybe damaging hail. >> you're looking at that right now. so this is a system that is going to be with us for sometime as scott talked about maybe 7:00 o'clock or so in the philadelphia prop area but it's m

a crash at 209 at monmouth road and voorhees camden county, a wreck at preston avenue and egg harbor along tilton avenue and new jersey. lets grab the ipad, on this tuesday afternoon, oh wow, 1 miles per hour on the northbound side of 95, that is not so pleasant, you know what is going on there, the multiple accidents, one at the northbound girard point bridge, just 12 miles per hour there, as you gets by the accident scene and head towards broad street, if you get to the phils game, it's not a pleasant drive now. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> fire crews in washington state are keeping their eyes on the forecast that they try to deal with the biggest wild fire in the state's history. video from a drone shows the devastation, the fire started from lightning strikes and quickly spread to burn hundreds of square miles, the warm today is much better with cool temperatures and calm winds and there is more lightning on the way tomorrow. firefighters are trying to make as much progress as they can. the last time they gave an update, crews said the flames were only 2% conta

her cousins has third kids of their own and drove devon and kids to the voorhees hospital. he didn't make it when the baby started coming out. >> i pulled in the parking lot. he was coming out. >> by the time we were on our way to the hospital she's like my god his head is coming. i'm thinking he is in pain but sure enough when we got to the hospital his head was out. >> hello. >> devon gate birth to a bouncing baby boy. mom and baby are back home and they are doing great. ironically, the grandfather came in the world the same way in a car. >> yes, his grand pop, was delivered in the taxi cab going to the hospital. >> the same hospital. >> yes. >> what are the odds, right. >> the hospital where he works apparently the kids in the back seat. they were gone. >> they were in the back seat. >> what is going on, where did this baby come from. >> they had to explain in the middle of the chaos. >> how did they get out of there. >> where did it come from. >> way back there. >> we have put a call in, would i love to meet her and the baby. >>> next up, higher pay or better co-workers

south of columbia avenue and in case you are wondering, we are still without white horse road in voorhees township. that will last for a little while. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt. >>> a disabled veteran received a special gift in minneapolis county, woody allen was presented with this especially made bike, it's an especially handicapped bike presented to allen, he will participate in the national veterans wheelchair games here in philadelphia this august. >>> up next on 4:00 here, a check of your accuweather forecast. stepping outside, a beautiful scene, a beautiful day out there, philadelphia international airport, meteorologist, adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph is joining us now all eyes on arthur. >> as well as the tropical downpours that is arriving from the west. i may not be your best friend the next couple of days but i promise this weekend you'll really like me. >> have you to earn it. >> i do have to earn it the next few days, stormtracker 6 live double scan as we look around the region, it is hot and