>> ♪ >> developing now on "action news," philadelphia police hope to act quickly now that a person of interest is being questioned about a gruesome murder. >> new this morning, a woman faces jaw dropping allegations of abuse against her own child. she is now behind bars with another baby on the way. >> storm tracker 6 shows rain moving through the southern half of the region but fortunately accuweather is calling for those skies to slowly clear up today. calling for those skies to wednesday. david is off, karen is here along with matt. good morning. >> good morning. we want to get right to storm tracker 6 live double scan which has been busy the past couple days. tell you exactly where the rain and showers r right now we're looking live. we've got an update for you. we're looking at one lightning strike. i warned you i thought we might see this develop here. dry in philadelphia but especially south and east of the city we still have this rain and it's coming down pretty good. this is fortescue, this is millville along route 49, i'll circle that for you, right along route 49. route 55 is right here. look at mays landing.

you can see where you're getting areas of red and yellow, very heavy downpours, through hammonton as well. this is slowly moving to the east-northeast about to hit hammonton and the expressway. medford lakes getting wet. a rider showing you the front still out to our west so at any pointer we could see some showers or as we're seeing in south jersey even a thunderstorm but i think this is all exiting the coastline. philadelphia will likely stay pretty dry through the morning hours and it's just going to hug the coastline over the next few hours but we're dealing with lots of clouds. it still feels oppressively humid. 74 degrees in philadelphia. it's a day of transition. things get a lot better by this afternoon. by 9:00 a.m., 75 degrees, we're dry in philadelphia at that point, just some clouds. by noon 81, we should be dry everywhere. lowering humidity by 3:00 p.m., 85 feeling pretty good. by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees. so, only the first half of the day wet and cloudy, matt. >> okay, i bet that storm tracker 6 is ready for a little break. and you probably are, too. good morning to you, karen

rogers. we're getting a break now on the boulevard. our crash and downed pole northbound at grant avenue close to chapman ford is now completely out of the way. 33 just reopened the outer drive within the last five or 10 minutes so both outer and inner drivers available to you as you head northbound on route 1 up toward bensalem this morning. but not so far away in lower moreland we're dealing with a downed pole from an earlier crash closing byberry road between buck and pine roads. county line up top or tomlinson to the south work as alternates. in lower providence our downed tree has been turned into sawdust. park avenue completely reopened. earlier crash on 422 is gone and here's what it looks like as we look live by route 23. eastbound go the taillights toward valley forge and king of prussia moving fine with no delays so far this morning. but out here along 130 in south jersey watch out for some construction for another half hour southbound direction between church road and route 70. two lanes remain blocked. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. developing right now, philadelphia police say

charges could be filed as early as today in the murder of a young woman found stuffed in a duffle bag. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live in mantua. she's got an update on the case. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and as police continue to question that person of interest, homicide detectives are waiting for a search warrant. they want to see if they can locate any evidence and they're continuing to look for the murder scene. you can see there are officers posted outside of this apartment building here in mantua as they await that warrant. 23-year-old laura araujo and the person of interest in her murder lived at this same apartment building at 40th and brown. a araujo was a recent graduate of the art institute of philadelphia. she was born and raised in new york city. araujo was found monday morning in kensington. she was beaten, strangled and stuffed into a duffle bag. homicide detectives say her hands and feet had been bound. she was placed in a trash bag, then wrapped in a blanket before being put in that

duffle bag. she had been dead four to eight hours before slaw found according to investigators. a few weeks ago she had moved out of a home on eighth and diamond where she had lived with two roommates and she had been looking for more permanent housing. araujo's parents have arrived in town and are searching for answers. >> she was religious individual and very methodological, very selective with the type of friends and the people she related to. most of the time most of her friends were related to church and people she know and trust well. >> reporter: and investigators believe araujo's murderer set her rav4 on fire to cover his tracks and left the vehicle on bambrye in south philadelphia. "action news" has learned the 23-year-old person of interhad burns all over his body. the name that of person of interhas not been released but again we could expect charges as early as today. we are live in mantua, katherine scott, channel 6

"action news". >> thank you, katherine. new this morning a south jersey father faces charges for a disturbing discovery made at a camden day care. police say 25-year-old rakim williams tried to hide a fully loaded stolen handgun in his daughter's diaper bag. a worker at the el centro day care recovered the weapon yesterday morning. in another part of camden the fbi dug into its investigation into a decade old cold case murder. crews on the 300 block of eerie street came in with a backhoe, a dump truck and jackhammers. neighbors say the search was focusing on the basement of a home there but the fbi will not say what, if anything, they have found. the area had been a hot bed for drug activity until a massive police crackdown back in november. and new this morning, a local mother who is about to give birth is now behind bars charged with the murder of her 11-month-old son. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is live at the big board with the full story. erin. >> reporter: matt, this is

horrendous news coming out of reading. investigator say this young mother became frustrated with her infant's crying and while violently trying to get him to settle down injured him so badly he died days later. 20 year old myra smith is behind bars charged with third degree murder for the death of her 11 month old son jeremiah rivera. police say back in may first responders were dispatched to a home in reading where they found little jeremiah unresponsive. the alleged abuse occurred a few days earlier. court documents say smith admited to forcefully grabbing her son off the floor and squeezing him near his stomach when he wouldn't stop crying. and smith is eight months pregnant and is now behind bars on $750,000 bail. investigators say they will seek justice for her little boy. tam. >> hard story. thank you, erin. developing out of the middle east israel has hit the gaza strip hard today with air strikes after hamas rejected

an egyptian ceasefire proposal. in gaza the israeli military warned about 100,000 palestinians to clear out that more attacks are imminent. the message was delivered using automated calls and text messages. it's not clear where the residents can go. the un shelters are full. health officials in gaza say israeli bombs have killed almost 200 civilians. one israeli has been killed by a palestinian mortar. the obama administration says israel has a right to defend itself. "good morning america" will continue our coverage of this crisis in the middle east coming up at 7:00 a.m. right after "action news." >> turning now to accuweather and karen we still have a little bit of work to do to achieve tranquil will the. >> i've got it for you. by the afternoon. that's not so bad, right? i work quick. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region right now we can see that we're dry in philadelphia but we're still getting soaked south and east of the city. i want the go in a little bit closer to this so you can see what's happening and i've got our street level view up and we can see this area was

actually producing some lightning recently as well. some very heavy rainfall. this is millville. this heavy rain has pushed into mays landing right here so it's still on route 49 getting pretty wet along 55. route 40 in mays landing you're just getting hammered. atlantic city expressway and had a hammonton you're about the to get hit harder with this. it's slowly lifting up to the north and east right there. all right, let's take you outside and show you what it looks like and we're looking better in philadelphia, still lots of clouds, it's oppressively humid. this front still hasn't cleared us but at least it's not raining like it is south and east of the city and you can see the cloud cover up above at philadelphia international airport. how about those numbers? it's 73 degrees right now in philadelphia. 69 in allentown. 72 in millville. so, still warm. it's not going to be as hot as yesterday. satellite 6 and action radar showing here's the back edge of that front. it still hasn't crossed the arealy we still have the cloud cover and you can see how some rain and showers are moving through. most of it is going to be

south and east of the city and this is just through the morning hours. so we've got future tracker 6. a great tool to show you what it's going to look like. at nine:30 in the morning still a good amount of cloud cover in the i-95 corridor. you're getting more sunshine in the lehigh valley. but we have these showers to the city. you can see it's depending on where you live as to what you're getting. this front will clear from west to east and that's where things are going to gradually improve. by 2 o'clock it's only the coastline that's left with some showers and cloud cover. the rest of us are looking good and feeling better with lowering humidity. so, if you're at the shore today, you know you got wait a little while before you get the improved situation. so, some late sunshine. by 11:00 a.m., 78. got to watch for that rain. by 3:00 p.m., 81 degrees and you should be drier by 3:00 p.m. as well. let's look at your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. clouds early and some showers especially south and east of the city. then we see sunshine and lowering humidity this afternoon. 85 degrees for your high. tomorrow's just refreshing. we've got a little light breeze, low humidity, partly

sunny, 84. perfect. friday is still nice at this point. 85 degrees with sunshine and clouds. now, on saturday we're going to see partly sunny skies, 85. we had been saying looks like a spotty shower. looks more dry today and so things are looking better for you on saturday. sunshine, clouds and sunshine on sunday, clouds and sunshine with a couple of showers. monday's warm and muggy, 87. so, temperature getting up there with a shower or a thundershower around and tuesday partly sunny with a couple of showers or a thunderstorm around so things are getting better. just got to wait until after lunchtime. >> all right. it's close. >> yes. >> next up new video from overnight showing a major typhoon slamming into an island nation in southeast asia. >> farm fresh and far from ordinary. fyi philly checks out a food truck serving up some cool and creative treats. matt. >> it's a fresh morning commute and so far it's looking pretty good along the schuylkill expressway by south street. westbound come the headlights toward the vine with no problems at this pointer point but construction coming to a couple area roadways and we're dealing with some downed trees

this morning. i'll tell you where after the break. >> a health scare prompts a state park to close out west. "action news" continues.

>> ♪ >> welcome back. you're taking a live look down the shore, cape may. karen rogers says honk on.

the humidity will break, it will be in the 80's, it will be a nice afternoon. >> much more comfy. matt pelman how are people doing getting to work this morning? >> refreshment is coming. it's like cracking open a cold one and saying ahh. cold soda of course. >> yes. >> heading to the burbs this morning to the suburban traffic report early on this had you ever been day morning. here's the scene in lionville chester county along route 100 at 113 by the pizzeria uno. looking fine, drying out in chester county. here come southbound vehicles off the turnpike headed towards the 30 bypass. during the midday today and each day this week from 9:00 until 3:00 you're going to see northbound restrictions between worthington drive and this point at 113 as they doolittle road work. meanwhile we still have some downed trees around the region. one here in upper providence is alongsider million road at arc cola road. no big issues if you're coming in on 422 from pottstown or limerick. looking good so far on the pennsylvania turnpike. no overnight construction because of the weather.

but we have a downed pole we're watching in lower moreland blocking byberry road between buck and pine roads. maybe stay up on county line or down on tomlinson to get around that. don't forget about the resurfacing work that started this week in doylestown along main street. long stretch between veterans lane and clemons road they're working during all hours except the rush hours and they pack up and let you get to work which is good or get home and in mount laurel a new project started yesterday along elbo lane at mount laurel road happening during the mid days 8 o'clock until 4 o'clock. stick with church road or hainesport road as some alternates. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app. karen has been talking about the heavy rain coming down in south jersey like around mays landing. at this point our friends using the app report no problems though other than the wet conditions along the a.c. expressway, the black horse pike and route 40. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. developing overnight, typhoon slammed into the philippines. at least seven deaths have been reported. the shifting winds helped to spare the capital of manila

though property damage and power outages are reported. last year's massive devastation from typhoon hyun still a recent memory. more than 370,000 people evacuated as a precaution. >> happening today, officials with the centers for disease control will be in washington state to test lake waters that have sickened hundreds of swimmers. more than 200 cases of an intest in bug has been lingd to horseshoe lake. possibly the norovirus. they're not sure how it spread. >> sunday a national ice cream day and this weekend fyi philly is dedicating the entire half hour to ice cream and other frozen treats like juice pops. karen rogers has the scoop. >> ♪ >> reporter: tenth and spring garden street is known for its authentic venezuelaian food. the owner also makes a mean

juice pop. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: you can get the pops at the restaurant. she and husband robert also pedal around town pedaling the cold pops from judy's juice pops cart. >> possible sickles, she rides the bicycle. >> reporter: she uses only fresh organic fruit and makes her pops in small batches, 28 at a time. >> i use honey, brown sugar, organic fruit i blend it altogether. >> reporter: her flavors include strawberry ginger. that is so good. i love the kick of ginger. throw a slice of strawberry in each mold, pour in the juice. >> you going to be my assistant. >> reporter: after a night in the freezer they're ready to eat. beautiful. that's the cucumber mint lemonade. you. >> you get to try the fresh one. >> reporter: fresh here i go. >> salud. >> creative. watch fyi philly saturday 7:00 p.m. time right now is 5:47. a lady in red suspenders makes history in new york city. >> also startling video from a

race caracara machine ohio that was a very close call for one driver. karen. >> we have a day of change. it's still oppressively humid for the morning hours. still dealing with that some heavy rain. storm track live double scan slowing you it's south and east of the city where you're getting hit spending bill, in mays landing.

>> this is newly released video of a close call on a >> this is newly released the camera mounted on wes allen's car recorded a collision in front of him. then someone behind didn't notice the wreck, didn't hit the brakes and flew right over allen's car nearly hitting him in the head. allen managed to scoot around the mess and finish the race. no one involved in the crash was even hurt. also new this morning, a nine-year-old boy and his four year old cousin were caught on a juvenile joyride in wisconsin for the second time in a month. this time the nine-year-old

driver swiped his stepfather's car and ended up in a ditch about 6 miles away from home. neither child was hurt. just last month police say the same duo stole a vehicle from a parking lot to try to get to grandma's house. the sheriff's office may pursue child neglect charges against the family. >> dangerous. >> yeah, guess there is something to be said for driver's ed. >> yes. >> there is a process before getting behind the wheel. let's head outside this morning, the ride mostly a joy here along the blue route 476. no big issues. we're drying out. in upper merion working on installing that water main again today along south gulph road at valley view road giving us restrictions from 9:00 until 3:00. at that point you might want to stick with church road or the schuylkill expressway as alternates. after a rough day on the regional rails yesterday with a lot of delays especially last night during the storms things are on time this morning and we're back to normal on the cynwyd line which was shuttle busing most

of the day yesterday. karen. >> a minute ago i was showing you a close up view of this thunderstorm we're getting here in south jersey and i just want d to show you the wider view to say that philadelphia is dry right now. you can see south and east of the city is where we are especially seeing that rain and likely for the next several hours and you can see these lightning strikes now seven lightning strikes happening with this storm system. let's take a look at your day ahead to help you plan this. transit planner, whatever else you're doing today, by 9:00 a.m., 75 degrees. lots of cloud cover and rain south and east of the city by 9:00 a.m. noon 81, dry with a fair amount of clouds and sunshine. by 3:00 p.m. the afternoon is much different. 85 degrees, that's your high. going to be lower humidity so starting to feel better and by 6:00 p.m. 83 degrees with sunshine and clouds. wait until the afternoon tam. >> will do. thank karen. new video just in showing the flash flooding that swamped parts of idaho. a slow moving thunderstorm dumped heavy rain and hail. roads looked more like rivers causing problems for drivers.

dozens of homes, businesses and buildings at a college were flooded but thankfully no injuries have been reported. a first for new york's fire department. the first woman in history to appear in the fdny popular calendar. sales benefit fire safety and prevention. she says she is proud to represent all women in her field and to show that if you work hard you can overcome obstacles to make a positive impact. >> 5:53. up next how a new court ruling could impact college admissions across the country. >> we have more news you did not see last night details on a grisly discovery in a lehigh valley river. get that story all new coming up at 6:00 a.m. >> "action news" leads the region and in easy to use apps for your portable devices. download our 6abc news app to stay up to date with what is the world.

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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> good morning everyone. it's 6 o'clock. >> good morning everyone. developing this morning. >> philadelphia police say they are close to making an arrest in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in a duffle bag. >> a slip of the foot turns into a trip to the hospital for a man in philadelphia overnight. >> storms stick around for the southern part of the region this morning but accuweather is tracking a change to our rainy rut. >> karen's talking about that. she's until for david. matt is taking a look at track. good morning. >> good morning. we're starting with a flood advisory that's new this morning so let's show you the area that it covers and that's because of rain that's happening right now south and east of the city. so, this is until 8:15 this morning. the national weather service has a flood advisory posted because of heavy rain in cumberland ocean atlantic and