we spotted these all over washington township. the mayor here says put it in median or get it out of here. for the last two weeks with many days full of punishing heat, this man spent time making fire wood thanks to the storm. >> the storm came and we had the trees that came from my neighbor's yard landed right on the roof. >> reporter: trees crash on to homes and into the street. some people lost power for almost a week. >> we are working. we're not sitting back. >> reporter: washington township mayor barbara wallace lived in town for almost 50 years. >> this is far far greater than any storm we've ever seen. >> reporter: now that downed trees are leaving yards they're finding their way into the street a big problem according to the mayor. >> it becomes a safety issue that becomes a problem for emergency vehicles. report roar this is where tree debris should go. the median. but cluttered streets like this are all over washington township township. in many cases storm drains continue to clog. >> we have a 17-year-old whose driving

in washington township, new jersey, piles of debris, still linger and frustration is growing.eyewitness news" reporter david spunt has more on the slow moving clean up effort. >> reporter: for last two weeks with many days full of punishing heat, he spent time making fire work, thanks to the storm. >> storm came and we had tree from my neighbor's yard that landed on the roof. >> reporter: trees crashed on to homes and in the street. >> we are working we are not sitting back. >> reporter: washington township mayor barbara wallace has lived in town for almost 50 years. >> this is far far greater than any storm we have ever seen. >> reporter: now that down trees are leaving yard they are finding their way in the street, a big problem according to the mayor. >> it becomes a safety issue and problem for emergency vehicles. >> reporter: thinks where tree debris should go the median but cluttered streets like this are all over washington township and in many cases storm drains continue to block. >> we have a 17 year-old driving around and it is hard for him to get through, still gett

we are still getting carries getting scratched by this debris in the streets. >> reporter: washington township mayor barbara wallace tells "eyewitness news" that the township contracted with smaller companies that are not getting job done fast enough. >>> fall out continues from comedian bill cosby's admission under oath that he obtain drugs with the intention of giving them to with men he wanted them to have sex with. the disney world removed the bronze bust from the comedian from their hollywood studios theater overnight. smithsonian institute is standing behind a exhibit that showcases works from the art collecton of the cosby and his wife. museum says they are aware of revelations about the comedian's behavior but they add that the exhibit is about the artist and their work and not the owner of the collections. >>> philadelphia police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting that wounded seven people in kensington. dennis tindallies charged with aggravated assault and conspiracy. "eyewitness news" obtained a video as gunfire happened on east hilton street june between the se

. >> we're finally moving more aggressively than we have. >> until today washington township had just three municipal crews on debris removal, now there are eight. now with the pressure of more nasty weather. >> trying to get as much done today before the rains come. you know we can only do what we can do. this is mother nature's call. >> one silver lining. >> it's a silver maple. they carve pretty good. >> brian was hired to preserve this tree. the homeowner planted the tree with his father decades ago. >> this is how we gave the tree its second life. >> i live in town. i had to cut my way out of my drive way to go to work. >> they too are rolling with mother nature's summer punches. >> it's supposed to rain again or thunderstorm tonight. >> trying to beat mother nature? >> yeah. it's good. >> good for your pocketbook much. >> yeah. >> he told me he has a good two months of work ahead, the company had to earn list some of those private contractors, the residents concerns are two fold that all of this debris might blow back across their yards. also that the ground is so moist that mor

this is a view of the atlantic city expressway in washington township this morning. from chopper 6 you can see the police sean fire crews on the scene. on the ground viewer video shows smashed up vehicles after the crash that happened at 7:30. >> as soon as i got on the expressway it was stopped up. >> reporter: a driver going east struck another vehicle. the striking vehicle went over the grassy median and crashed into a pick up truck in the westbound lane. there was major damage to the vehicles debris was strewn across the highway. the occupants escaped with minor injuries. some drivers changed their plans and looked for alternate routes. >> we heard there was a bad accident. we went to deptford instead of wildwood. >> i was thinking was the normal people coming back from the shore morning traffic. until an hour ago i saw the helicopters and i figured it was something more. >> reporter: this is an on going investigation, stay with "action news" for updates. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> delaware state police have arrested a man accused of raping a 15-

the crash happened between exits 41 and 44 in washington township. luckily no one was seriously injured. >>> "action news" viewer shot this video of a fire in new jersey. it happened early this morning in camden at a row home on newton avenue. firefighters had to break through windows and doors to get it under control. you can see the flames and heavy spoke they were contending with. one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. fortunately nobody was home. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused it. >>> coming up on "action news tonight a south jersey man is taking storm debris and turning it into works of art. and he's already run a marathon on every continent now hear the new goal that he is running towards next. that story ahead in sports. melissa. >> monica we are tracking some severe weather off to our south and west that stays away but some spotty showers back here at home. things will heat up and refire as we get into tuesday. details with the accuweather forecast. >> all right, we'll have those stories and much more when

and look at all of this rain in southern new jersey, pitman washington township, around glassboro, asrain. only good thing storms moving through quickly even though we have flashflooding hopefully will recede very quickly, through the rest of this morning, we do have the possibility of more showers thunderstorms, popping up we'll get break for little while, about mid-morning in some places, but there you see more popping up, this is an impulse which is going to take pretty much all day to move through our area. and create that instability and pop up showers thunderstorms, there you see through 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon, evening rush hour, at least the early part of it, more thunderstorms around, through 5:00 and 6:00. and then we start to see everything dissipate around 7:00, say between 7:00 and midnight it, will all be out of here. and then we'll have nice pay-off as we head to the seven day forecast, we've got eight a degrees today. soaking storms. eight a degrees tomorrow, less humid, and a ten out of ten and pretty nice day on friday, as well. heading into the weekend though, t

. >>> also washington township still cleaning up after those damaging storms, two weeks ago.ree debris is finding its way in streets and storm drains, washington township's mayor barbara wallace says that smaller companies have been hired to clean up the mess but they are not getting the job done fast enough. >>> fall out continues from bill cosby's add in mission that he obtained drugs with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with disney world removed a bronze bust of the comedian from their hollywood studio theme park overnight. >>> we are now learning that the gunman, the gun, used to kill, a woman on the san francisco pier belongs to the federal agent. shooting had already fueled a fresh round of fierce debate over u.s. immigration policies. here now is andrew spencer with more. >> reporter: juan sanchez made his plea in court on murder and weapons charges. , i am not guilty. >> reporter: judge set bond at five million-dollar, and lopez sanchez appears difficulties openedded in a prison interview with prison tv and in the quite clear if he understood

we take away the lightning, so you can see where the heavy downpours are washington township here if philadelphia, raining pretty heavily as well. there is central chester county, west goshen. scatter thunderstorms around this morning, bus stop buddy staying indoors with temperatures in the 60s 70s tee side to play little basketball inside. 95% relative humidity in philadelphia. and, in your weather by the numbers we give you five out of ten with the pop up thunderstorms in the forecast for the entire day it won't rain every minute, but and you will have breaks between storms, but the instability continues all day long, high temperature of 85 degrees. so, that's your planner for wednesday. we'll get you through the weekend, and maybe get our second heatwave of 2015 coming up in the seven day forecast. right now let's check our cameras outside to see all of these wet roadways. 422 route 363. where we are checking right now, not a lot of traffic at this 6:00 hour. but, the roadways are wet that could slow you down. cottman avenue at i-95, wet roadway very well. folks moving little more

>> reporter: it's been over a week since that storm rolled through washington township in south jersey i want to show you what it looks like the tree fell down, just a little more than a stump there debris along the street and piles and piles of it. another tree came flying through the roof and that is tarped to keep the rain out, things are nowhere near back to normal here and local and state leaders met to figure out how to make that happen. >> piles and piles of debris still litter many south jersey streets, branches everywhere we were fortunate nothing hit the house. >> it's been nine days since the storm tore through south jersey and several roads are still closed and crews are still trying to get everything back to normal and the piles of debris are not going anywhere fast. >> it could be five homes on your street maybe they will miss yours because the truck is full and they have to go back. i ask for patience they are getting around to it. >> now they are assessing the damage and hoping the state can qualify for presidential disaster relief through fema. >> we need help for a cl

temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s. 66 in washington township. 72 in philadelphia. 68 this morning in chester springs. it is 69 in trenton. further to the north. temperatures also in the mid 60s. 64 in allentown. 65 in pottstown. 66 in lancaster. south and east temperatures mainly in the upper 60s, low 70s. 72 in millville. 69 at the atlantic city airport. a mild start to the day. we will finish it off hot. temperatures in the upper 80s to the north and west. 88 in quakertown. 89 this afternoon in reading. 91 in northeast philadelphia this afternoon. at the shore points keeping it in the 80s. 80 in atlantic city. 81 in cape may. closer to the city more cloud cover than yesterday. 89 in chester. 89 in voorhees. 90 later on this afternoon. a hot day today. more humid than where we have been. we will talk more about that and tracking a spike in temperatures to the mid 90s later on during the work week. we'll look at that in a few minutes. >>> in central jersey, 100 hot air balloons will take to the air again today. the weekend festival of ballooning will take place in hunderdon county

some 50s in chester springs. 60 in ricetown. 61 in washington township to the north and west. temperatures in the 50s. 50 many mt. pocono. 57 in allentown. maybe some long sleeves as you head out this morning. temperatures mainly in the 60s the 50s in many spots. 59 in millville. 59 in woodbine. so a really comfortable start to the day. low humidities still. before we pump it up on sunday. just a few clouds outside. we're looking at the satellite here. you can see just a few clouds especially off to the west. otherwise we're looking at nice terms. mostly sunny throughout the afternoon. today enjoy lots of sunshine, sunny, very warm. temperatures around 88 degrees. so warmer than yesterday. we topped out around 86. today 88. tomorrow into the 90s. and then by mid-week looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 90s. we'll talk more about that. also high humidity on the way. all in the seven-day. >>> we are getting a first glimpse at never before seen images of the george w. bush white house reacting to the 9/11 terror attacks. former vice president dick cheney's photographer sn

we are still getting scratched by all this debris in the streets. >> washington township mayor barbaraells us that the contract township contracted with several small companies that are in the getting the job done, she says fast enough. >>> and now there are more storms on the way. katie, what is up. >> thankfully, ukee, we are in the looking ahead to a major severe weather out break. last two tuesdays ushered in these strong thunderstorms but we have cloud cover building in right now. don't get me wrong we will end up with some gusty thunderstorms out of this frontal boundary and very heavy downpour. that is our biggest issues because we have been building up moisture for more than a day and because it is so steamy outside, there goes so moisture rich in this atmosphere when this rainfalls to the ground it will pour down on us. it is in scattered fashion but when it does come down you will want an umbrella, for sure. well off in the distance you can see trailing edge of the frontal boundary. the moisture is still getting pulled in across missouri and southeastern kansas and that will

here's a look at the ac expressway right around washington township. we are seeing some of the wet roads in the area as well. this is a flood advisory in the same location i just showed you, the heavy rain across that ac expressway until 9:15. we have seen quite a bit of rain in this area which could lead to localized flooding. this entire line is moving to the shore. galloway township by 5:44. egg harbor 5:50. long beach by 6:04. heavy rain there and remember as it gets into your area you may be expecting localized flooding with it. right around laurel lake in parts of cumberland county especially near vineland locally heavy rain. in kent county around riverview, moving into milford, we have heavy rain there as well. that will all continue sliding through delaware. with what we're seeing in place we don't have any severe storms. what we do have is heavy rain winds near 40 miles an hour small hail possible and of course lightning. all this should be out of the area in the next couple hours. aside from that we are watching the heat continuing in the for

also washington township.e line is moving mostly to the northeast so it could be near williamstown by 4:41, toms river by 5:14. that line will be continuing to move in new jersey and one cluster of storms in salem county, right over salem, pretty heavy rain down to new castle county, middletown township, seeing heavy rain. that's all approaching smyrna. this will be moving into delaware at the moment in kent county approaching that area. harrington, 4:53. woodbine by 5:28 with the line holding together as it moves into new jersey. with this line of showers and storms heavy rain expected, localized flooding. pretty high winds across the area. the flood advisory has been canceled for the lehigh valley but we still have it from wilmington up to trenton, areas in between, until 7:45. aside from this, the heat and humidity today, chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is standing by with a closer look at that. >> he we did get up to 90 degrees today, making it an official heat wave. of course, that rain and

up from last tuesday's storms the key ingredient for getting the job done is money live in washington township is "action news" reporter eva pilgram pilgram, are they closer to getting something done for their damages properties. >> a slight bit closer but things will take time. it's been over a week since the storms rolled into south jersey. this tree pulled from the ground and chopped up and hanging in piles one of the trees flew into this house taking out the roof there it has been covered and tarped and they are nowhere near back to normal in neighborhoods in south jersey it's going to take time to make that happen. >> it's been brutal. bill southwigg's home was not damaged but his neighbor was. >> that is the peak and the branch came in on an angle and shot down towards the bedroom. >> nine days after storms through south jersey, piles of downed tree limbs still sit for pickup on the side of roads. >> we have been through hurricanes and earthquakes and this is the worst we have seen. >> we have 216 homes that sustabled damage and five homes are destroyed. and now leaders met to see how to

"action news" stopped by many displays this one washington township high school an hour and 40 minutes ago >> patriotic spirit and marching band and performers wrapped themselves in red, white and blue for community independence day parade and uncle sam made appearance and mummers did as well. nr were empty cars. military vehicles fire trucks and more for all the crowds to enjoy. >> community also came out of ambler montgomery county fireworks bursting in air and dazzling display lit up skies thats with a carnival ride and the game is oh, well. who knew. >> 6abc.com will be a helpful resource this entire weekend find stormtracker 6 radar and latest hourly forecast from accuweather and you can see maps of current traffic conditions on area roadways before you get into the car. we've also posted the full list of wawa also america festivities and few works as i and humidity. philadelphia is making repairs on a busted water main. a 6" rain busted wheeler street before 3:00 this afternoon. they're still off-line at this hour. >> than nasty wreck route 70 burlington county shut down the road

chopper 6 was over washington township. the crash happened before 7:30 a.m. one driver heading eastbound hit another car and jumped the median and hit a pup in the other direction. everyone involved walked away with minor injuries. >> firefighters are investigating flames that tore through a rowhouse in camden early this morning. the blaze started at 3:30 a.m. on newtown avenue. a viewer sent video to us from the scene. officials say the house was vacant forcing crews to break in through windows and doors to fight the fire. one firefighter was treated for heat. >>> a fire investigation underway in delaware county. the action cam was on the 300 block of broomal street in chester where a fire started at 3:00 a.m. happened at a two story twin house. one home was occupied, the other vacant. fortunately nobody was hurt. >> turning to the accuweather forecast, a slightly more humid start to the workweek. let's step outside the sky6 hd camera placed at temple university looking back at city hall. it will feel sticky out there today. the skies will remain clear for t

the single mother from washington township says he threatened to kill her and burn her house down and harassed her every day at work and home and through vulger text messages. he was caught on video twice tampering with her home surveillance cameras, the white van in the background is the same one that flipped during the police chase. >> he would try to cover them with cups and everything. finally he decided, i'm just going to come and cut the wire. >> her relationship with ritter turned into a nightmare after she dated him for three weeks in 2012. since then she's been living in fire of her life. and the lives of her two daughters. that all changed with police making the arrest. >> however long he's going to be locked up i can live and breathe easy for that amount of time. >> denise nakano nbc10 news. >> new information in a shooting at delaware park racetrack. rubin rojas has been arrested. he's a jockey at the track. he got into an argument with a trainer then pulled a gun and shot the man. the gun was later recovered in a nearby creek. >>> there's an arrest in a hit and run that k

it happened in washington township.mergency crews took two others to the hospital including a child. the victim's name has not been released yet. >>> today marks one year since a massive fire gutted several row homes in southwest philadelphia killing four young children. the blaze broke out from the couch on the porch of one of the homes it quickly spread down the block of gesner street. two brothers died along with 4-year-old twins. nbc 10's digital team returned to the block to see how neighbors are coping with the disaster one year later. on the nbc 10 a.m. you will hear from those residents about the struggle. that is on the nbc 10 app and on our website, nbc10.com. >>> right now pope francis is in the air headed to south america for a nine-day trip. he will make tops in ecuador, paraguay and bolivia. the pontiff is expected to speak about social inequality this will be his first official visit to latin america since he was elected to lead the catholic church in 2013. pope francis will not be stopping in argentina.

we're at 71 in wilmington. 70 degrees in washington township. 66 in mt. holley.ight along the shore here 72 in lewis. this is a weather disturbance off to the southwest but it is pushing a few clouds and also scattered showers into parts of delaware closer to new castle county. starting to cross over into cumberland and cape may counties. again, this is going to be short lived. as we progress we're still dealing with a bit of scattered activity throughout those areas. but as we head into the rest of the afternoon, a little closer to 1:00 p.m. you'll notice the clouds start to break up. then we'll see plenty of sunshine for the rest of the area. both today and heading into tomorrow. temperatures will bump up a few degrees into sunday. heading into the 90s. the good news is the humidity stays low for us. so it will be a bit more comfortable out. our water temperatures right now at 70 degrees and so the high today will be at 78 for atlantic city. and cape may today will see a high of 81. it's a perfect shore day. it's good if you're going to hang around the city as

. >> right now washington township official are also exploring the idea of setting up dumpsters so residentscan toss debris into them. >>> update on a story you first saw on nbc10 yesterday morning. a new jersey patient with ebola-like symptoms turned out instead to have malaria. hazmat crews went to a wawa late tuesday night after a man at the store was extremely ill and vomiting and crews rushed him to the medical center where they conformed confirmed he had malaria, not ebola. concern because he was returned from a trip from africa recently. there are far fewer cases this year of ebola and liberia has condition bmpled to be confirmed to be ebola-free. >>> a rise in homicide and those recent riots in baltimore. the police confer anthony bass is now off the job. the mayor says arrests are down and the number of murders are up so she had to make a change. the deputy police commissioner will now take over. this firing comes more than two months after riots broke out in baltimore following the death of freddie gray who is the man paralyzed in police custody and died a shareholder time later. s

atlantic silt expressway, happened just after 7:00 this morning on the westbound expressway to washington township gloucester county. crews from both gloucester and camden counties responded to the scene. and lanes were closed during the morning rush. all lanes though, are now open. >> well, this week starts off hot and humid and typical for july, soon our weather team will be tracking some storms. >> katie fehlinger joins us from the cbs-3 weather center more on. that will decent morning kate. >> i exactly couple more clouds, little more humid as the day goes on, looking like typical july day mid upper 80s exactly what we expect this time of year, exactly what's going to unfold for us here this afternoon. but, eventually, it sort of is a sign every things to come down the road here, what awesome weekend we had. hope you had a chance to get out and enjoy it, now back to sort of the typical summer mode, again, you have moisture to work with here across portions of the dc area, in fact just off of the area radar, prompted some flashflood warnings, we don't have to worry about that here, but again, s

been having on the roads, the atlantic city expressway westbound at route 168 down there in washington townshiphat accident is still out there, it is on the westbound side and only the shoulder is getting by. schuylkill expressway eastbound the at 422, we have an accident there, very busy roadway this time of the day and on the roosevelt boulevard, southbound at pratt street, an accident there has left all lanes in the inner drive block, you can only take outer drive and that is jammed, alex. >> thanks, sue. >>> charlie brown, snoopy, lucy, and the rest of the peanuts gang are making their big screen debut this november. >> hey, there is a new did moving in. >> it is no the oven you get the opportunity to start over with the clean slate. this time, things will be different. >> this is going to be peanuts like you have neff seen before in 3-d animated film. is there something you may in the know about the popular comic strip turned empire. in 1968 a los angeles teacher helped convince charles schultz to create the first black peanuts character. her name is harriet glickman and she's joining us n

right now, even with clouds the temperatures areal coming down. 61 in washington township, horsham 61. 59 in allentown, doylestown is 58 degrees. it is in the 60s for delaware newark is 64 degrees. 50s now for millville, 58 degrees there and 59 in woodbine. 71 at cape may harbor. a pleasant start this morning. we'll be watching for clouds nothing more than a few scattered clouds this morning and most of the thicker clouds will stay clear of our area today. you can see the showers and thunderstorms moving into the midwest, into michigan they're getting heavy rainfall now. in central michigan this is part of the system that is going to give us a possibility of showers and thunderstorms offer the weekend. we won't see it today but these storms willing on the move and late tonight, they'll be arriving in western pennsylvania. you can see a few scattered showers in central pennsylvania as well. which means we're on track for some wet weather, possibly early tomorrow morning. that's tomorrow morning at 4:00 in the morning some scattered showers and a thunderstorm is possible. those will be

warmer closer to the city. 71 in wilmington. 70 degrees in washington township. 68 in trenton.take a look at the shore. 72 in avalon. mid-70s in delaware city. closer look at our radar shot shows a weather disturbance off to the southwest. that's going to push a few light showers into parts of our area. so right along delaware closer to cumberland county already seeing light showers moving in. these are going to be short lived. into the early afternoon hours, these will clear up. by 9:00 a.m. still dealing with the two scattered showers. by noon 1:00 we're starting to see things clearing up. that's going to give way to plenty of sunshine. i'm tracking a high today of 88 degrees for philadelphia. i'll let you know what's in store for your seven-day forecast coming up in ten minutes. >> looking forward to it. thank you. >>> starting today you can enjoy bluegrass at blur beeberries in bucks county. the event runs through tomorrow. >>> also today the annual hispanic fiesta begins at penn's landing. the event runs from 2:00 to 8:00. it features a youth dance competition and musical

this happened yesterday afternoon near oswego lake in washington township.mergency crews took two others to the hospital including a child. the victim's name has not been released yet. >>> today philadelphia's first ever youth pride event will be held in center city. the day-long celebration is for lgbtq youth and friends under 24 years old. it features a series of workshops beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the william way community center on spruce street followed by an afternoon of outdoor festivities including music, performances and games. that coincides with the last day of the national lgbt 50th anniversary celebration in philadelphia. today there will be a street festival and parties. yesterday crowds gathered on independence mall, that's where gay and lesbian activists demonstrated 50 years ago laying the foundation for the organized lgbt civil rights movement. the anniversary celebration comes a week after same-sex couples were granted the constitutional right to marry. while many are celebrating the milestone, others say there is still work to be done li

the temperatures are still coming down. 64 in chester spring. 71 in washington township. and everybody is running cooler including trenton at 71 degrees. the clouds they've already broken. a few scattered clouds at the shore. the storm clouds we had yesterday, they are completely off shore and out of the picture for the rest of the day. during the day, that less humid air comes in and it's going to stay not only today but also for the weekend. sunshine northwesterly winds, and a warmup. by 11:00, we'll be at 86 degrees. we'll top out in the upper 80s and low giants -- low 90s this afternoon. the low humidity will stay for the weekend. saturday and sunday, sunny, hot, and dry. up to 91 both days. the full seven-day forecast coming up in the next half-hour. >>> friday and less humidity. like it. 20 minutes past 4:00. we'll update you on the roads. katy zachary, what are you seeing? >> reporter: for drivers in the king of prussia area things looking good. a. len dale road -- allendale road, a little construction but nothing affecting things along 202. for delaware drivers on

currently 72 degrees in turnersville, 71 in washington township.o a muggy start this morning and clear skies for today. but i am tracking some showers and thunderstorms. you can see them moving into the midwest. that's the storminess that will bring us relief late tomorrow and into friday. behind those storms is much drier air. you'll feel the difference not today, not tomorrow but friday. the storms approaching tomorrow morning into western pennsylvania. could see an isolated shower to start with. but the main event will be during the day, noontime those showers to our west will be moving through the area during the afternoon and into the evening commute. you can see them in delaware and south jersey. hold as we go into tomorrow night. for today, though, steamy conditions. 88 for mt. pocono middle 90s for allentown reading and quakertown. sunshine will be right with scattered clouds and 90s for trenton, mt. holly and norristown. along the coastline on the beach, it will be in the 80s for atlantic city cape may and rehoboth. just inland those tempe

sunshine and across the rest of the region 81 degrees in the poconos and coatsville and 86 in washington townshiportheast philly and right along the shore, closer to the low 80s here near beach haven and 81 degrees in lewis and 85 degrees in dover. here's the entire area basically under the heat advisory or the excessive heat warning. with this heat warning that will stay in effect for all the areas in the orange throughout most of tomorrow. that will expire closer to 10:00 p.m. the heat index will feel like between 100 degrees and 105 degrees. the areas highlighted in pink here. this is going to be extended all the way until monday. but the heat index will pretty much be the same. so basically it's just going to be hot throughout the entire area. make sure you stay hydrated and we also have an air quality alert for tomorrow. so if you suffer from respiratory illnesses, you want to take it easy especially combined with the heat. how hot will it feel as we get into tomorrow afternoon into the triple digits for philadelphia. feel closer to 102 degrees and even in allentown feel like 100 degrees and

and the numbers are still falling. 72 in washington township wrightstown is 73. 60s for kennett squarersham and quakertown. 70s in delaware and in south jersey. we'll warm into the 80s this afternoon. there's a chance we'll see 90s over the weekend but not today. 70s, the sunshine in the pocono mountains and a warm afternoon for allentown, reading and quakertown plenty of sunshine for doylestown trenton an mt. holly. delaware beaches up to 84 degrees. vineland and dover, a high of 86. and typical summer heat for this time of year 87 for philadelphia drexel hill and swedesboro. the weekend forecast when i'm back in ten. >> weekend plans. >> let's make some if we haven't already. it's time to do that. time to get you to work safely before we can look ahead to the weekend. >> jessica boyington has that. what are you seeing on the roads, jessica. >> what weigh typically see on fridays during the summer is less volume around the area. we'll start talking about the vine street expressway. good news they've cleaned up about 20 minutes earlier. typically the cleanup starts around 5:00 a.m. all

things will be staying drier for most of the day. 70 in trenton, wilmington is 73. 68 degrees in washington townshiporsham. clouds are already starting to move in. there are some thin spots so you might see filtered sunshine during the day. mainly it will be cloudy as these clouds with showers, move into the area. the heavy showers are offshore. the better chance of seeing strong thunderstorms develop in southern and central delaware and into south jersey than areas farther to the north. the forecast calling for mostly cloudy skies today, showers and temperatures in the 80s. 80s today but we're heading for the 90s tomorrow. heat and humidity and a chance of more showers and thunderstorms. 91 degrees, the high on tuesday. 91 the high on wednesday. and still quite warm thursday with a chance of storms in the area. showers are a possibility, friday up to 87 degrees. then staying warm saturday and look at sunday back into the 90s. >>> just about ten minutes before 5:00 on this monday morning. usually it's quiet on the roads right now but after a long holiday weekend, the nice weather yesterday, people s

. >> reporter: brian was hired in early july to salvage a family tree in washington township that had been damaged by storms. and the third generation saw mill owner upper deerfield township says the chainsaw art pays the bills. so a local farm store gave him two chainsaws on credit. and as word got out, the donations started. >> i don't even know this guy and he is offering me chainsaw. this good stuff. >> the outpouring of concern from the community has been very humbling. >> reporter: brian ackley said he heard from police. they arrested someone. but he says he cares less about that now that he has seen the outpouring. >> i've been a very jaded and cynical person thinking the world is basically bad. and i'm changing my tune a little bit and finding out there are good people out here. >> reporter: in cumberland county, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> new at 11:00, tires slashed on more than a dozen cars in one south philadelphia neighborhood. tonight, police are looking for the people responsible for the damage. investigators tell us 18 vehicles had been or more tires slashed alon

weeks elana disappeared from her home in glassboro she was headed to a doctor's appointment in washington townshipblon hair and blue eyes, contact state police if you know where she is. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the group that beat up and robbed a pizza deliveryman on south street. the man was delivering an order from dominoes pizza on 7th and south, as the man when up lombard, the deliveryman was not hurt. and police ask anyone with information to give them a call. >> a woman used fake credit to buy a man's rolex watch. it happened on route 73 on may 23rd the woman used a credit card she obtained with false information to purchase the $88 hundred watch. if you know any information call the evesham police department. >>> many schools are unsafe and unsanitary, allen buck shows mold and asbestos and cockroaches and in addition to this they only get janitorial services once a week. >> so if there is something in the bathrooms it stays that way for a week. you have waste material in bathrooms that is unattended. that is not something that happens in first world public facility. >> he is

some washington township third graders might be new to farming but they have a crop on their hands. > kind of amazing because i have not done it before. >> reporter: with the help of the family market in sewell, they grew green and yellow squash from seed. tracy works with teachers and third grade science classroom to help teach the kids about how food grows and students get hands on experience. >> we plan to -- when you plant the seat, it's small, but when it comes back it's huge. >> i think a lot of kids are misled about where food comes from. >> reporter: the children representing 6 township schools came back to pick the squash some accompanied by siblings. these brothers worked out a system to maximize efficiency. >> he holds the bucket and i pick them. >> reporter: last year the children grew 4800 pounds of fresh produce and expect similar success. >> farming is one component the other is giving back. the squash was donated to farmers against hunger. >> this is going to camden this afternoon, so the people in camden will have food on their tables because of what the kids are doin

"action news" stopped by this one at washington township high school. patriotic spirit is alive and well in barrington, camden county, the marching band wrapped themselves in red white and blue for the independence day parade. the mummers made appearances there were antique cars and fire trucks and more for the crowds so enjoy. our live coverage of fourth of july festivities begin at 10:00. join matt o'donnell and cesily tynan and karen rogers and adam -- matt o'donnell and tamala edwards they host the freedom ceremony. and the concert tonight at 7:00 p.m. followed by the fireworks display over the philadelphia museum of art. whether you're on the parkway or grilling in your back yard, we want you to share your holiday weekend with us, using the # #4th on social media. we'll be showing the pictures on 6abc. >>> philadelphia police are investigate a deadly crash on the boulevard. it happened near adams avenue near frankford the driver lost control at 3:00 a.m. and slammed into a tree. of both the driver and a passenger were trapped inside. firefighters w

we're at 60 degrees in the poconos. 64 in allentown. 62 in coatesville. 67 in wilmington. 65 in washington township avalon. we're actually cooler now. as we head into the afternoon, that will switch over. radar shot shows quiet conditions. if i widen out the radar it shows quiet conditions for the eastern half of the country. a few scattered showers moving to the south of us, cincinnati and stretching south of atlanta. plenty of sunshine heading into the rest of the day, expect clouds to break up a bit. overnight clouds increasing. so a cloudy start to the morning on monday if you have to head back to work. we will the chance for a few isolated showers closer to the afternoon hours, around 4:00 5:00. highs around the region 87 in northeast philadelphia. 81 degrees in atlantic city. 81 in wildwood. 82 in wilmington. a closer look at the rest of our shore locations beaches, rehoboth high of 79. warm water temperatures still at 72 degrees. today's temperatures between 84 and 86. warmer us than yesterday. the seven-day forecast shows a warming trend which will send us into the 90s heading into next wee

pocono. 73 in bluebell. 76 in washington township. then we're looking at 75 in mt. holly. some spots popping into the 80s. along the beaches, temperatures mainly in the 70s. 77 in beach haven. and 78 in millville, new jersey. future weather throughout time here, it will be nice later on this afternoon. you can see in terms of cloud cover, hardly any cloud cover. so lots of sunshine. and tonight another nice night. looking to be good. we'll see the temperature stay up a bit. we were into the 50s and 60s last night. tonight probably the 60s and 70s. we may see some afternoon showers tomorrow. keep an eye on that tomorrow as we head through our sunday. monday a better chance for storms. more humid hotter on monday. today 80. tomorrow 81. that's where we're looking for a possible shower. beaches, this is the place to be today. temperatures in the low 80s. light winds. warm water. looks like we'll dodge the showers on sunday. nice weekend at the beaches. forecast, 88 today. by sunday a little bit more cloud cover, partly sunny though. then watching a stray and isolated shower p

this happened yesterday afternoon near oswego lake in washington township. emergency crews took two others to the hospital including a child. the victim's name has not been released yet. >>> today patco will begin operating on a new schedule. trains traveling east and west will share one track along the ben franklin bridge. this will allow crews to work around the clock to finish a project that is happening on the ben franklin bridge ahead of schedule. >>> and we're following breaking news in center city philadelphia. train service has resumed for septa's broad street line and market-frankford line after a transformer fire it happened right between 13th and 15th streets on market street. the subway and el plaza were briefly shut down because the fire caused those areas to fill with smoke. trolleys are still not running because they don't have power. we are checking in with septa to get more updates about this. as soon as we have more information on that we'll pass it along. >>> still ahead, a recent surge in shark attacks has officials at one resort town urg

"action news" stopped by several including this one at washington township high school.he patriotic spirit is alive in well in barrington, camden county. marchers wrapped themselves in red white and blue. uncle sam and the mummers made appearances. there were antique cars and military vehicles and fire trucks and more for the crowds to enjoy. our live coverage of the festivitying begins at 10:00 a.m. join matt o'donnell and tamala edwards as they host the freedom ceremony and the independence parade on 6abc. join in the jam on the parkway rick williams hosts along with karen rogers and adam joseph. the concert begins at 7:00 p.m. followed by the fireworks display over the museum of art. whether you're on the parkway or grilling in the backyard, share your holiday weekend with us, use the #6abc sports on social media. we'll be showing it right here on 6abc. >> new this morning philadelphia police are investigating a deadly crash on the roosevelt boulevard it happened in the northbound inner lanes of the boulevard near adams avenue in the city's norwood section. police say

. >>> washington township third graders managed to miss the rain today. students were at the family market to harvest squash they planted. laugh year last year they harvested 48 million pounds of produce. the food is used to help families in need. >>> news from out of this world, you could say. nasa scientists say they expect to see more detailed photos of pluto sometime tomorrow morning. their new probe zoomed past pluto this morning. scientists celebrated this historic occasion. the spacecraft traveled within 7800 miles of pluto's surface snapping pictures and taking measurements. >>> that was just amazing. now we have had some problems with the weather this morning, some downpours, especially in parts of new jersey and we have more downpours on the way. that's why we have a first alert out for tonight and tomorrow because if some of these downpours hit areas that got the downpours already, then there's going to be even more flooding. more storms coming during the day on wednesday that could again add to the threat. right now we have mostly cloudy skies

thank you, lean a from washington township, we appreciate that.i love she included the town where she is from. it is national bagel day and we love an excuse to eat some food. this is from chestnut street philly beg elsement it's a new york style bagel. absolutely amazing. they're still hot. they smell great. it's an everything bagel in there. what's your favorite. >> i love the sesame seed, i love the poppy seed. i go more to the breakfast kind of taste, the cinnamon reason. i see that we've got blueberry cream cheese. i can cook up something like that. i think i'm an everything. i'll go with the cinnamon raisin. nicole, what is your favorite. >> as go oh, of course, fan i pants. all of that bring us to our instant reaction pole on this dayment what is better on your bagel? do you like plane old butt error would you like cream cheese? you can vote. just come to our website myfoxphilly.com or you can use the hashtag. >> the hashtag fox 29 butt error fox 29 cheese. fox 29 cheese, cream cheese, anything like that will put you in the follow and we're

until today washington township had three crews on debris removal. now with nasty weather on the way, five additional trucks have been added. >>> now let's talk about today's potential for severe weather. >> meteorologist bill henley is tracking these storms. >> the storms are moving through the midwest right now and into kentucky. late this afternoon and this evening, they will be rolling through our area and they will be fast moving storms and heavy rainfall yes. flooding i don't think is the greatest threat. damaging winds and possible tornado activity later today. this morning it's quiet and tracking a few showers and plenty of cloud around. this is the view from center city. so far dry in the city but not for long. a few scattered mainly light showers this morning. no threat of severe weather this morning. but that changes later this afternoon. we have issued a first alert for today. warm muggy conditions. even with clouds this morning. even though the sun is up we are seeing the temperatures coming up 77 degrees right now in philadelphia. they

. >> washington township. we came down just to see you bob. >> thanks for that. >> you have to order the cinnamon bun it is fried they actually fry it up. i have had three so far. they are great. you folks your name. >> tracie and david roads from warminster pennsylvania pennsylvania. we have a house here in ocean city. >> a house in ocean city that is in the bad, that is a good thing. >> i'll tell what you we will bring the whole gang by for the week how does that sound. >> good, bob. >> thanks for coming by. >> have you guys ever heard of this group light blue seven or maroon five. >> yes. >> maroon five, that is it. >> i knew it was a color. we have tickets to see maroon five on the beach in atlantic city. what are you doing august 16th, can you make it. >> yes. >> you can. >> all you have to do is come by and see me here, sign up at the table behind me. somebody that signs up today is going to go to the concert and if you cannot go by and see me i'll be sad but you can get a chance to win by going to our w

. >> maybe one in northeast philly. 80 in washington township and the only places getting up to 80 degrees and 81 in blue bell. millville is going up to 81. beach haven is just going up to 80. so temperatures creeping up there, and the rain was really coming down last night, and this is the radar-estimated rainfall. any place in green had some rain. so everybody got rain going at some point and the heaviest rain obviously in the pocono mountains and carbon and monroe counties had flood warnings overnight and four to five inches of rain in some spots, but parts of lehigh county barely a quarter of an inch and north hampton county some places over three and so it's pretty variable. parts of chester county two to three inches of rain and southern burks county and in philadelphia less than an inch. obviously, the places that got the greatest amount of rain are the places most vulnerable for any kind of heavy rain today. the clouds preventing the showers from developing so far. we will see how that continues and we're not seeing much now. a couple of showers in northeastern maryland but the fut

lawn chairs will fill up quickly as we warm into the upper 70s in the mountains. 63 washington townshipidn't see yesterday. look at all of the 50s. reading, pottstown, doylestown at 59 degrees and cooler in quaker town at 55. middle 60s in newark and dover. now 61 millville while 69 degrees for beach haven. really pleasant start. completely dry. we did see a few scattered clouds overnight but nothing to show you on the radar for philadelphia or the entire region. the dry weather that we're having is all around us and will continue right on into the weekend. so, today, grab the sunglasses. sunny skies. nice and comfortable just like yesterday. low to mid-80s this afternoon. and with northwesterly wind won't be as strong as yesterday but enough to ensure another cool start tomorrow morning. 65 degrees for center city. the suburbs will likely be back into the 50s. 86 this afternoon. the humidity stays low friday and again saturday. but then sunday humidity returns with a chance of a late day shower or a thunderstorm. heat and humidity a chance of storms on monday and tuesday. by wednesday,

right now condition still in the 60s for the poconos. 69 in wilmington. 70 in washington township. 74illy. 73 in trenton. 68 in avalon. this is the thunderstorm activity, this is outside of millsboro millsboro, to the south of dewey beach. here is the passing showers that we're dealing with in philadelphia stretching in mt. laurel. all of these moving quickly to the east. if i show you what's happening in beach haven the last few hours, light showers moving into mystic island. closer to the southern parts of wear, we are seeing the strong thunderstorms tracking to the east. should be near rehoboth beach soon. 4:00 today, dealing with light showers, some isolateds mainly confined to the shoreline, southern parts of burlington county, stretching down to cape may and sussex county. friday we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and the chance for a few passing showers. our better chance for rainfall is going to be as we head into saturday. here's what it will look like. this will happen in thing. clearing up as we get into your early afternoon hours. you might be able to save a few hours at th

an suv and pickup truck collided around 7:30 on the westbound side of the expressway in washington township gloucester county. that meant all lanes were closed during the the morning rush, but highway is back opened, no word on what cause that had crash. >>> police say man wearing female muslim clothing robbed citizen bank in philadelphia's somerton neighborhood last week. suspect handed a demand note and then got away with cash. it was last seen getting in the late model dark column owe nissan or rogue suv. police believe this suspect is responsible for other bank robberies in northeast fill. >>> today mark a new chapter in the plan to bridge the the gap between center city's historic and business district. >> crews began laying down cement foundation for 500 million-dollar east market development. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson is live outside construction site to tell us more steve. >> reporter: ukee, jessica excuse the pun here. i'm not standing in the arc logical dig site but developer is calling this a missing link saying that this 750,000 square foot hole will eventually b

it's up to 85 degrees and washington township along with philly international and 83 in allentown anddding and 83 in pottstown and doylestown and oxford, southwestern chester county. a little bit cooler there, and a little bit cooler right at the jersey beaches and the wind coming in off the ocean and keeping things comfortable just like it did over the weekend. it was getting pretty hot and without the wind and then the sea breeze came in and made things just beautiful in the afternoon, and we're mainly dry today and there's a little bit of moisture coming up from the washington d.c. area that we'll keep an eye on and there's nothing like this system coming through, michigan and indiana and ohio. that looks like it's going to track down to our south and then another part of that system will be affecting us tomorrow. so as we go through the afternoon all we're going to see is a couple of little green blips there, nothing big and nothing widespread but later on tonight and into tomorrow morning we're starting to see a little bit more in the way of showers. there we are for the morning