thunderstorm, that brought wind, rain and floods in the sights, the sounds of a violent storm moving through the tri-state area, thinks the way it looked in manayunk tonight, lightening, thunder, and absolutely torrential

rain. it is wednesday night, and the big story on "action news" tonight is what happens when heat and humidity reach the breaking point. and most of you saw it and heard it tonight. this is a time lapse from sky six in center city philadelphia. it went from utterly stormy to utterly spectacular. the rain made driving a tad dicey on route 202 in chesterbrook tonight, and flash floods made driving down right difficult, in reading. tonight's storms knocked out power to thousands across the area, more than 5700 peco customers are still in the dark, mostly in philadelphia a. while atlantic city electric is dealing with over 11,000 outages. del marva has more than 3,000 outages, and new castle county. pse and g says power is out for more than 28,000 customers, across the the entire state of new jersey. meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph have been

following the storm as it ran rampant through the tri-state area tonight. let's begin with double scan radar and cecily tynan at the "action news" big board. >> jim, as expect it was a very busy night for storm tracker six live double scan it shows that pennsylvania is getting a break in the action but we still have some strong storms, over south jersey, one cell, really blew up and moved through philadelphia about 45 minutes ago. it is crossing route 130, new jersey turnpike, moving to the north east at 25 miles an hour. the past 15 minutes we have had 74 lightening strikes with this cell, also, 40 miles an hour wind gusts and even possibility of some small hail in addition to the the torrential rainfall. a lot of photo app was this storm. it occurred during a, sunset so we have had reports of the yellow sky. this is photo i posted on my facebook page. looking very closely our facebook "action news" viewer i should say, stopped in fran

cone yeah to take a photo of the double rainbow. as she was snapping it this lightening bolt occurred in the background. look at it, you think that must be photo shop. no, because amy buckman's son was a passenger on northeast extension, at the same time, and he snapped essentially the same photo, from a different angle. so a lot of photo opportunity. unfortunately there are more on the way. wider view on 3-d showing a batch of storms moving through d.c., this will be crossing our region in about two hours. we have more on the way tomorrow, all due to a cold front encountering some very oppressive air for more on today's heat and humidity we will head to adam joseph. >> this is just very beginning of the very stormy end to the week and today, in fact was hottest day in a year. 96 degrees in philadelphia. you have to go back to july of 2013 to match a day equal to this. 10 degrees above normal. record high we didn't hit that 103 in 1901 but it felt close

to 103 in philadelphia with a combination of that air temperature, and humidity. as you can see through much of the delaware valley even lehigh valley, feeling over the the century point with dover at 108, but the place that broke the heat was at the shore. it felt like 80 degrees from sea isle city to surf city because of an ocean wind, on shore wind, but 10 miles inland in the atlantic city airport it felt like 96 degrees. on top of the downpours and thunderstorms we will deal with tonight and then again tomorrow we are watching tropical storm arthur, very late that he is just came in from the national hurricane center, keeps it at a tropical storm, wind sustained at 70 miles an hour moving north at least than 10 miles an hour as it is heading toward south carolina and will brush the outer banks of the north carolina when meteorologist cecily tynan comes back she will talk about the downpours tomorrow but that fourth of july forecast as arthur pushes just off of our coast.

because of arthur, adam, resident and tourist are being ordered off north carolina's outer banks. hurricane warning has been posted forcing mandatory evacuation of hat race island at 5:00 in the morning. tropical storm arthur churned 90 miles off the coast of central florida as you showed. beach goers contended with rough surf and these rip currents. remember get the latest from accu weather right from your smart phone or tablet with the free six abc storm tracker app to alert to you watches, warnings, plus you can have access to our live double scan radar and get the forecast, for the week ahead. other news tonight fire fighters in montgomery county are looking into whether lightening sparked this house fire tonight. it happened at 7:00 o'clock in the 100 block of raven hollow drive-in montgomery township. neighborhood, banged rushed over and warned occupant to get out. one fireman suffered a minor

injury, red cross is helping the family of four. meanwhile red cross is helping 12 displaced families from this fire in the apartment complex in levittown. "action news" viewer captured the flames at the orangewood apartments when they broke out tonight at 8:20. fire fighters were fortunately able to extinguish the blaze before any residents were hurt. we have breaking news tonight, a 66 year-old man is missing, in the wake of a sail boat accident on the delaware river. "action news" reporter sharrie williams has the store friday northeast philadelphia. >> reporter: by helicopter and by boat crews searched for missing boater, five people were on board a ale sale boat in the delaware river tonight when they were met with the strong thunderstorm causing the boat to capsize. >> the boat turned over, filled with water and, according to the individual on the boat, it sunk immediately. >> reporter: four of the five swam a shore to safety but a

66 year-old man was still in the river, using a small will cooler as a floattation device. >> they looked back and they saw the cooler floating and they no longer saw the 66 year old male holding on. >> reporter: mary had just left the river area when she received a phone call from the missing boater's wife. >> i got a phone call from his wife saying that the boat capsized. there was five people on board. they cannot find richie. >> reporter: night fall making search difficult but family and friend are hoping for the best. >> my gut has never been wrong and i know he is along this cher line someplace just trying to find his way back down. >> reporter: in northeast philadelphia along delaware river, sharrie williams, channel six "action news". thanks, sharrie. this is video of an explosion, the food truck explosion, yesterday, that critically injured five people, and shook up a whole philadelphia neighborhood both literally

and emotionally. tonight we have received cell phone video of the moments following the blast. at this hour investigators think they know what caused the truck to blow up. here's more from "action news" reporter chad pradelli. >> reporter: investigators are still conducting interviews but they have two key pieces of evidence the. they have that video of the explosion itself, and some new viewer video, that shows the immediate aftermath and those tending to the victims. the explosive flames engulfed wyoming avenue when propane vapor had finally burned off this was the scene. one woman olga gomez was on the roadway unable to move with severe burns. she had been blown from the truck. the septa police officers were among the first on the scene and can be seen in the viewer video carrying another severely burned woman in the chair. then they try to tend to the woman. >> she was severely burned. like i said, we were able to get her on that blanket because you cannot pick people

up in that condition. get victims away from the vehicle as fast as possible because we saw there were tanks and vehicle still on fire. >> reporter: she and her daughter jaylin landvery remain hospitalized. relative say they recently opened up the food truck a few months back and, city officials say they had all of the proper licensing. investigators believe a leaking propane tank led to the blast, witnesses told them they smelled gas. >> first thing we thought about was this will affect the industry. >> reporter: chris pepper is with the philadelphia mobile food association. he says the explosion raises important questions, about food truck safety. pepper, along with city and state officials say food truck propane systems do not require inspections, focus is on health conditions and business licensing. other state however are stricter. california, reportedly inspects truck integrity once a year, including propane lines, and new york city, only allows two, 20-pound tanks on

a truck. police satank that exploded yesterday was a hundred pounds. >> i don't know that a size limit on the tank is really the answer. the explosions were not as severe with a smaller tank but real answer is tighter regulations, get everything inspect more frequently. >> reporter: some in the industry say regulations are fine as they are, that this was an an racial. the others, however say that tighter, regulations are needed. in feltonville chad pradelli for channel six "action news". the son and grandson of the 88 year-old plymouth township man have been charged in connection with his murder. david saint onge senior and his son, david junior were arraigned tonight at district justices office in conshohocken. police say on june 10th, david senior, hit his father 88 year-old jack howard saint onge in the head with a large flashlight and that is after the the the father threatened

to kick him out of the house. police say david junior help his father dispose of the body in the wooded area in susquehanna county. the revelation has stunned neighbors on arch street in plymouth. >> unfortunately, it is every where. i don't want to say it doesn't surprise me it ace cross the treat paw i think it is every where. >> saint onge senior is charged with third degree murder, his son face's boost of the corpse and criminal conspiracy charges. in philadelphia investigators have to wait to determine if a woman from feltonville was murdered or died of natural causes. the corpse must thaw before the medical examiner can conduct an autopsy, the body of eight three-year old andrew a carrasquillo was discovered inside a freezer in the home on northerly street yesterday. police believed that she died in january, she lived with her son, who has in the been seen since the grim discovery. surveillance video released by ocean county prosecutor today, shows us

what led to the motel fire that killed four people in march. officials say you can clearly see john alberti smoking inside of the mariners cove motel in point pleasant beach. he falls asleep on the couch with the lit cigarette. alberti later walks away but cigarette continues to smolder on the couch, an hour later the couch catches fire. the prosecutor's office say alberti was high on opiates at the time and among four people died. pennsylvania legislator has granted philadelphia permission to impose a cigarette sales tax to help fund public schools. the the house tonight voted 119-80 to send the cigarette tax bill back to the senate which has already approved the measure, the $2 per pack tax would help close the school's 93 million-dollar budget gap. so it is a big political victory for philadelphia's democratic members of the legislator despite the fact that both houses are republicans controlled.

curtain is coming down on philadelphia's prince music theater. despite a banner season in 203, the chestnut street landmark says it will have to close. it only has fund to remain opened through november but may be able to eke out another season if it raises 1.6 million-dollar. financial issues aside much of the reason for the closure is lost of that man herb lockman the theater's chairman and chief fund raise her died in may. still to come on "action news" tonight governor christie vetoes a gun control bilker we will explain his reasoning why. plus a vision for the future doctors find a new way to reverse eye damage and possibly give people back their sight, cecily. i'm tracking more storms on the way tonight, tomorrow and some wet weather for fourth of july, all of the details including latest on tropical storm arthur in the forecast. ducis rodgers with the struggling phillies can they turn things around tonight in florida, that and more when "action news" continues.

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new jersey governor chris christie is sending a recently passed gun control bill back to the legislator, with a veto tonight. the measure banned gun magazines that can hold more than ten round of ammunition, supporters say that would force mass shoot tours reload more often slowing down shooting sprees and giving police and victims time to reactor intervene but christie vetoed the measure saying limiting the number of bullets a gun can hold at a time will not stop killing sprees. twelve year-old new mexico boy who opened fire in his middle cool in january will be lock up for the maximum time allowed. today a judge sentenced boy to be incarcerated until he is

21. two student were injured in the attack. new concerns over al qaeda's bomb making capabilities, that have american officials ordering tighter security at some foreign airports. american intelligence has pick up new efforts to produce bombs that can go undetected through airport security. officials have not yet confirmed a specific threat but they say there are indications that bomb makers from al qaeda's yemen and syria affiliates linked up. palestinian clashed with police in east jer year while claiming that jewish settlers killed a little palestinian boy. palestinians say killing by israeli extremist was in revenge for kidnappings and murders of three israeli teenagers, israeli prime minister netanyahu called for swift investigation of what he called a reprehensible murder. on health check at 11:00 doctors are foreseeing possibility of restoring peoples vision by regrowing their corneas. research published today in

the journal nature found a way to identify an isolate a special kind of stem cell. loss of these limbball stem cells due to injure and disease is leading cause of blindness for example in burn victims n this new procedure researchers transplanted stem cells into mice and were able to grow fully functioning corneas. officials in camden county went to battle against mosquitoes tonight. camden county mosquito commission sprayed 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 facebook page about the colors tonight. the sky was orange and yellow. this was sent in by colleen from deptford, new jersey. spectacular. the reason why these storms a lot of them occurring when the the sun was setting. the the sunset you get long wave lengths of the color spectrum orange, yellow and red. they were reflecting off of the cumulus cloud. really spectacular views on this very stormy night. the temperatures have cooled off thanks to the rain,

philadelphia 77 degrees. millville 79. allentown 76. dover still very warm degrees. today's high 96 degrees. the hottest day, in nearly a year. the problem as we head toward the fourth of july we have a very slow moving cold front, essentially stalling, thanks to arthur. what will happen between now and noon friday we will get loaded with moisture. any storms one to 3 inches of rain and that could cause more localized flooding. we will get a break in the action for morning commute tomorrow but future tracker showing in the afternoon some thunderstorms bundle up, really getting more active in the evening around 6:00 o'clock. the reading and allentown moving in the south jersey by 9:00 o'clock and then friday morning, it is not going to be nice on the beaches friday morning. some very heavy rain, really thanks to arthur. the good news is, for the evening picnics for fire works for fourth of july all of this

moves out by 5:00 o'clock. we will be drying out. it will be a transition day. morning will not be pretty but evening will be. this is latest on tropical storm arthur still not yet a hurricane. the it is pulling in dryer air. max sustain winds at 07 miles april hour. moving north at 8 miles an hour. 380 miles south southwest of cape hatteras, north caroline a it look like it will be a category one hurricane crossing over outer banks on friday and then moving out to sea. so we will tap into some tropical moisture but main concern here will be rip currents especially friday, but even into saturday, so i suggest you stay out of the the water for first part of the holiday weekend, definitely listen to the life guard. exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, drenching thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. 89 degrees the high, another warm day. not as oppressive as today. friday morning rain, late afternoon sunshine, 82 degrees, feeling better on friday and rest of the holiday weekend, beautiful saturday,

84 degrees, breezy, lots of unshine, sunday nice as well 87 degrees, plenty of sun. then we will get more muggy on monday, 89 degrees, heat and humidity as well as pop up then are storms, returning on tuesday and wednesday temperatures in the lower 90's. we will have the latest on arthur by tomorrow morning it may be a hurricane. details on "action news" at 4:30. jimmy kimmel live coming up at 11:35 right after "action news". here's jimmy with a preview of tonight's show. >> thanks jim, hello philadelphia. here's a look at what we are up to tonight. >> can theye in the back. >> i don't know what they can see or what is going on. >> there we go, owe

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>> they are in the very good. that is the understatement of the night. entering the night five losses in a row and counting. all-star break cannot get here soon enough for phillies. tonight they will struggle in miami. phillies down one to nothing in the fifth inning. ed lucas had walk off hit for marlins last night, thinks a double, marlins taking a two to nothing lead. two batters later kacie mcgee, he brings lucas home, cole hamels is not sharp five innings, three runs, four walks, the phillies lose five to nothing. their sixth straight loss. tell only had five hits. dominic brown has been placed on the paternity list, missing three games. mike adams has been moved to the 15 day to 60 day dl with a shoulder injury. he won't be back until august 6th at the earliest. from one injured pitcher to another, cliff lee set to make a rehab start sunday in clearwater. he has been out since mid-may with a elbow injury. that magic carpet right

continues to mike trout. angels outfielder has been named al player of the month for june. in the month he batted .361 with seven home runs and 21 rbi's. flyers management should be focusinged object free agency but trying to figure out why claude giroux was arrested last night. the flyers center spent the night in the ottawa jail. the ottawa sun said he grabbed the buttocks of a male police officer, after repeat thely being told not to do so. he was arrested outside of a bar. giroux was released with no charges being filed. the flyers have signed 31 year-old nick schultz to a one year deal, he played with edmonton and columbus last season. still to come in sports we will hear from lesean mccoy on the possibility of losing an eagles offensive lineman, to suspen

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to the eagles still no word from the nfl to report that lane johnson will be suspended for four games for testing positive for ped's. we caught up with teammate lesean mccoy who was in center city to accept the want make's ward. shady shares his thoughts on one son's progress and what his loss might mean. >> the small things that you messed up and missed in your first year, second year you know where to pick up at, and that is where i think lane is. he has play book down and heck of a player. it is not good to lose him for that many games. sixers may have drafted an injured player in joel embiid but they are getting another injured player back. nerlens noel has recovered from the knee injury that caused him to miss all of last season. he will be part of the um are league team that begins play in saturday. noel is not focused on individual goals but just team goals. >> i just want to get better. we have a great young team, very young coaching staff, a lot of new guys and i just

want to continue to play here in philadelphia. >> sixers are continuing their trend of getting younger. that is actually coach brown's nine year-old son sam, like father like son. i cannot sit in my chair without pulling a muscle. adam taliaferro all-star classic, best players from south jersey getting to represent their school one final time before they helped off to college. that is quincy lambert from pemberton with the touchdown run. that is sports. little hot and toasty to play football. >> muggy. >> muggy. jimmy kimmel live next on channel six followed by night line. jimmy's guest susan surroundon, ramon rodriguez and robin thick. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for cecily tynan, ducis rodgers, the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, good night.

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