that's what authorities believe may have happened in west deptford.here's not a whole lot of visible damage to the house. but firefighters believe the lightning struck the chimney and sparked a fire in the attic. firefighters were called out at 3:00 a.m. as the storms were rolling through and the fire was under control in a half-hour. the storms were powerful and tore through areas quickly. in warrington township, bucks county there was a fire in the single family home on the 200 block of summer ridge circle. it's too early to say definitively if lightning caused that, as well. it took half-hour to get it under control. >> companies arrived on the scene and smoke showing from the roof area. fire was contained to the attic, we have no reports of injuries civilian or firefighters. fire is under control at this time. >> reporter: the warrington township fire marshal is on the scene of that fire investigating the cause and the origin. >> new this morning, here, a hail of gunfire critically injured a 23-year-old man overnight. the victim was walking along

here in west deptford, lightning being the cause of an attic fire where the storms rolled through. coming up at 3:00 a.m. we'll tell you about the possible lightning strikes in bucks county and the damage they have caused there. >> the search continues for the shooter who gunned down a man in southwest philadelphia. police found the victim lying dead in the middle of south 60th street with a single gunshot to the back of the head. officers say they don't know who shot the man or why. 5:34. a philadelphia church is trying to move forward after falling victim to burglar. only "action news" was there as the police dusted for fingerprints at the church of saint johns. the church said had the theives asked for help they would have given it. >> it makes me sad, because if somebody needed the money they should have come to us. >> they are praying that the theives have a change of heart and return the stolen items. >> a new bill would prevent parents of truant children from being thrown into jail. a woman was serving 38 hour sentence for fines that went unpaid when her children skipped sch

"action news" reporter, katherine scott is live in west deptford township gloucester county, new jersey, where a house was struck by lightning. >> reporter: good morning, tam we heard several reports of lightning causing fires across the area that's what officials believe happened in west deptford. they believe lightening struck the chimney here at this home on will i understand drive and sparked a fire in the attic. firefighters were called in around 3:00 a.m. and the fire was under control within a half-hour. the storms were powerful they tore through quickly this morning. in wilmington you can see the downpours on french street and mlk boulevard near the amtrak station, it was just pouring. lightning streaked across the sky. in prospect park delaware county police were on the scene after a taxi was stuck in the high water. the vehicle was stalled in the middle of the road. you can see the police on the scene. we did see road flooding elsewhere, as well. but at this point we can see the storm moved out of this area, we can hear the birds chirping here. there were quite a bit of storms

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over in west deptford an accident involving a pedestrian and a train along jobstown road near 44, crown point road close to the post office and in wilmington, we had that awful fire and building collapse overnight along bird street at maryland avenue and maryland is closed this morning between beach and linden streets. maybe stick with route two and lancaster avenue to get around that situation which matt i know you have more details on. >> going to good tote that right now. breaking news, crews discover a body besides a collapsed burned outing in delaware overnight. "action news" reporter katherine scott has been gathering new information on the scene, in fact got some new information just seconds ago and is live in wilmington with more. katherine. >> reporter: that's right, matt, we did just get an update from the fire chief. he said the two women who were badly burned are being transported to crozer hospital for more treatment and they're still working to pull the body of the man out of this rubble. they say they have located him, it's just there's so much of it, it's been very diffi

we had that train accident this morning in west deptford near jobstown road. expect some restriction there is by route 44, maybe head for grove avenue instead and in wilmington there was the awful fire and building collapse overnight that for a time blocked bird street and maryland avenue. at this point just tiny bird street remains blocked. maryland is reopened and matt and tam i know you have more details on what's going on there in wilmington. >> information keeps coming in on it, matt. thanks very much. a breaking news story here. crews discovering a body inside a collapsed burned out building in delaware overnight. "action news" reporter katherine scott gathering information for us on the scene and is live in wilmington with an update. katherine. >> reporter: matt, and so far the names of the victims have not been released yet but we do know two women who were badly burned and taken to the hospital last night were transported over to crozer chester medical center this morning to continue their treatment and crews are continuing to try to pull the body of

flooding is occurring right now and to the north of west deptford near nationals park we are having anndication there could be some hail with the heavy rain. flash flood warning has been extended in to south philadelphia, parts of the eastern delaware county until 8:15 tonight. flooding is occurring in parts of the region, never across the road, that is covered with water and you never know when you will be under one of these strong thunderstorms, or downpours. we will track storms and have the seven day forecast, jessica. >>> we new know how long it will take tell dot officials to repair damage i495 bridge over cristina river in wilmington. that bridge has been closed to traffic since experts determined it was tilting. "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao is live in wilmington with when it is expect to reopen, jan. >> reporter: work to stabilize this bridge here in wilmington, continue this evening but yes, we do now know that road will likely remain closed throughout the summer. dell dot release ago lot of new information today. , no it is not naming a cause just yet but they are

also hearing about 2,000 people, without power now, in bucks county, also a very similar scene in west deptford gloucester county. fire fighters think a lightening strike spark a fire in this house on lynn drive. they got that fire under control very quickly. >>> we have not seen the last of the storms at least not for the day. >> meteorologist katie fehlinger joining us with the steamy, stormy forecast, katie. >> it is still muggy out but i can tell you storms that woke us up last night will in the repeat later on today. when these storm comes through they sap energy out of the atmosphere. while we are still tracking our cold front, it has not yet to cross but we will not see that severe storms rolling through. you will see a couple embedded thunderstorms along the way. the isn't ideal but eventually we will get better and get more relief. lets go out to skies cam three looking live over center city, still quite damp out there, wind is very light at the moment after those gusty storms rumbled through, 84 percent humidity with 73 degrees. muggy start. lets go back in time to see how these storm

also hearing about 2,000 people, without power now, in bucks county, also a very similar scene in west deptford gloucester county. fire fighters think a lightening strike spark a fire in this house on lynn drive. they got that fire under control very quickly. >>> we have not seen the last of the storms at least not for the day. >> meteorologist katie fehlinger joining us with the steamy, stormy forecast, katie. >> it is still muggy out but i can tell you storms that woke us up last night will in the repeat later on today. when these storm comes through they sap energy out of the atmosphere. while we are still tracking our cold front, it has not yet to crosst

also fans will be given out ot the gloucester county senior services office in west deptford. heat and humidity can cause health kongss for the elderly. >> a montgomery county ambulance station reopened after it was damaged in a fire nearly three months ago. yesterday the community gathered for a welcome back party in ardmore. it marked the return of the volunteer medical service of lower merion. chris will remember this because he took this video on his way to work. this is the fire. it was back in late march. the building took major damage. medics had been working out of the gladwyne fire company since. >>> wet streets out there as we are seeing some rain this morning. we're tracking that rain moving through the area right now. but not all areas are seeing those raindrops. we also have the possibility of thunderstorms in the forecast for the day today. not a big threat but still a chance out there for some areas. it's going to be a wet week. so that umbrella you're going to use today, keep it in your car because you're going to need it. right now our radar sweeps picking up

this just happened a bitting a and in west deptford gloucester county getting word of an accident involvingin and a pedestrian along jobstown road near route 44. police also headed to that scene. couple serious new accidents coming in right now that we'll continue to watch but mass transit is on time. karen. >> let's check the forecast for you. if you're headed down the shore, it's a great place to be. it's going to be hazy, hot and humid. you will find relief at the shore, though. 79 degrees at 11:00 a.m. with lots of sunshine but by 3:00 p.m. the sea breeze will have kicked in and start d to bring that temperature down. good place to get relief from the heat down the shore today. early on we have clouds that you'll be dealing with this morning. the rest of the day planner for us, about 8:00 a.m. 78 degrees in the city, by 11:00 a.m., 86. we're heating up today. by 2:00 p.m. 90 degrees. by 5:00 p.m., 89. coming down from your high of 91 only slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm popping up late tonight. the best chance will be in the northwest tam. >> thank you karen. >>> the number o

in west deptford, gloucester county watch out for a new crash southbound at 45. that is off to the side not causing a huge delay. but you're seeing the delays form on 55 northbound heading toward the north/south freeway. in egg harbor city a crash at heidelberg avenue and moss mill road. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're starting to see the overnight rain finish. there's a band that will push toward trenton in the next half-hour or so. the northern suburbs bucks, montgomery and in the lehigh valley you're dealing with isolated heavy downpours. if you're dressing the kids a lot of you will want umbrellas this morning. on the way home you'll want to keep the umbrella handy because there will be showers and drenching thunderstorms. 71 by 9:00 a.m., 83 is the high by 3:00 p.m. 77 by 6:00 p.m. the later we get into the afternoon the better chance we have of the second round of rain coming in. if you're heading to the airport, a couple of issues in spots. rain in philadelphia up to boston right now. we had some fog in charlotte looks like it's

. >>> similar scene in west deptford gloucester county, fire fighters think a lightening strike sparkedire in the chimney of this house on lynn drive, they got that fire under control very quickly, thankfully. >>> we have reports of damage like that all around the area and there are power outages to tell but as well. >> good news we have seen the worst of it for today. we have that going for us. >> yes. >> lets check with katie tracking more wet weather though. >> we are in the in the clear yesterday. there will be a few showers and thunderstorms. storms really zapped the energy out of the atmosphere. it will take a lot for those storms to reerupt. i dent think it has legs to stand on we are in the lull. rest of the morning commute should be okay, granted, it is damp but you can see we have cleared things out on storm scan three but a lot of lightening came through, with those thunderstorms, so, you have thunder with that. you cannot have one without the other. as a result so many of us got woken up. here's a short list of the damage reports that came in to us that we have been mentioni

eastern part of the county around upper darby, lower merion, runnemede, new jersey, cherry hill, west deptford mantua all getting steady rain. we have eased up, a little bit in cumberland county, here's wilmington delaware with the light rain, and little bit in chester county. do you remember a messy monday morning, 67 degrees with southeasterly wind at 5 miles an hour. relative humidity of 84 percent. we are heading to 80 degrees today with clouds and showers. even with the rain easing up it will be cloudy. isolated thunderstorms are possible, lingering showers overnight. there it is, your fox cast from the weather authority. we will see when we get a break coming up. >> stinking rotten and then gets better later on. here's i-95 around 322, southbound on this side we have northbound taillights here. north bound heading toward what was an accident before right around k yourland street. but we have got crazy volume north and southbound this morning. we also have a lot of construction going on around girard avenue on i-95 north. we will talk about that coming up, chris and karen. >>> 6:33. a sin

to north east, here in philadelphia, we've got steady rain we saw it outside our window around west deptford, new jersey, mantua, rain falling as well as near cherry hill, and also, cinnaminson in burlington county you where to get heavier rain. vineland getting decent rain, pouring around dearfield and millville, this morning down in cumberland county. in delaware newark getting light rain and maybe steady rain in red lion. that is a round up of our radar. 68 degrees in philadelphia at the the moment. really wet. southerly wind at 7 miles an hour. the don't for get umbrella sunrise time 5:32 in the necessarily any unshine at that time. 68 degrees is your temperature you, very muggy out there, 67 lancaster, 59 mount pocono and 69 degrees in dover, delaware. an issue with visibility in trenton, it looks like we are down to 2 miles there, about 5 miles in mount pocono. we will keep an eye on that with all that rain and look at the future cast, showing a little break in the action for a couple hours but around 11 or 12:00 showers fire up again, get isolated thunderstorms anytime after 2:00 p.m.

we have reports of house fires in the area the lets look at these west deptford township house fire on lynn drive due to a lightening strike. more over towards hockessin another house fire was reported thanks to the lightening strike v dangerous cloud to ground lightening up towards bucks county house was struck by lightening a lot of problems last night. good news, showers, and there is some storms for upcoming forecast, for the weekend, kathy and i will have that in a bit. jessica, back over to you. >>> tonight should be a lot calmer then last night this was the scene in the early morning hours, mother nature in full display, check out this slow motion shot of lightening striking over margate as powerful storms moved through. those same storms caused damage across the area like here in quakertown, trees, branches along comrie road. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> take a look at the this amazing shot of the lightening strike in norwood bergen county. sean sent us this photo where a streak was forking out across the the sky there. >>> take a look at this video from south dakota where

little closer right now take look at all of the vivid lightning towards south jersey moving toward west deptford also this will eventually approach the cherry hill area. bensalem looking at some of that moderate rainfall but a lot of lightning. thunder activity across the area so if you hear thunder you can be struck by lightning. also moving into south jersey, sections of central delaware, some very heavy rainfall right now. moving through sections of kent county. so this is really round one. take a look to the west. the actual cold front that will continue to head in our direction and we have some sunshine in between these two linelines that we're watching so that will help to destabilize the atmosphere. the other concern, through late tonight a flash flood watch posted for the entire area. watching out for the threat. heavy rain that is the highest threat. watching for damaging winds and also the potential is there for some hail out of these systems. as we watch what to expect, a line of slow moving showers and thunderstorms ponding on the roads. if you encounter flooded roadways, turn around

this thursday morning, i'm tamala edwards we have breaking news involving a serious accident in west deptfordg a bicycle has been hit by a vehicle on parksville station road a half-hour ago. the person was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. >> reporter: this is parkville station road north of the new jersey turnpike, you can see police remain on the scene of the accident blocking off the roadway. stay to the south on ogden road to get around this. the person was transported away from the scene, but the road remains blocked. am -- hammonton we have a downed tree at 206 column bee road at middle road. a crash is blocking eastbound. 30 bypass, cars sold from this point. >> let's go outside to karen rogers. you say it's muggy out there this morning. >> reporter: we have a little bit breeze which helps a little bit and we have a fair amount of clouds, more clouds early on and sunshine this afternoon, chance of a shower later this afternoon. tomorrow, less humid, 84 degrees, partly sunny skies, we have a chance of a shower or thunderstorm friday night. saturday, gorgeous, dry, 85. sunday

. >>> skyforce10 over a deadly accident in west deptford, gloucester county a 14-year-old boy riding his bike along park field station road veered into the path of a woman driving a toyo toyota. he was hit and killed. police did not charge the driver. >>> after drenching rains last night, wither' warm and we are humid again today. >> and we could see another sprinkle or two before the end of this week. nbc 10 at penn treaty park in fishtown, skies were clear this afternoon. so, what's in store for the rest of the week? week's almost over. let's talk about the weekend as well. >> yeah, think about that. nbc 10 chief meteorologist, glenn "hurricane" schwartz here with the nbc 10 nbc 10 first alert forecast. what do you have for us? >> jim and renee, certainly not a repeat of what happened last night with the thunderstorms coming across the state, right on schedule, they were strong. but right now, things are in pretty good shape. here's the shore and the poconos and the philadelphia area, well, we are still seeing a lot of sunshine across the region and that's going to be the case over