Sun early and clouding up as the day goes on. 75 degrees by noon, 3 00 p. M. , 78. Thats the high. 76 by 5 00 p. M. , 6 00 p. M. , 72. The clouds will thicken up overnight tonight, by tomorrow well have shower activity around. Were keeping our eyes on Tropical Storm harvey which has pushed heavy rain bands east of houston which is fortunate because houston has been inundated there may be wrap around precipitation here, doesnt look like the storm will be past houstons latitude until tomorrow or wednesday. Karen rogers well have more on the sevenday forecast, not only about harvey, but the chance of a little bit of rain around here, nothing to get too concerned about, and issues in the water. Thats coming up. Reporter our dry streak couldnt last forever. This is the boulevard, no problems, roads are clear and dry. We have two accidents, upper merion Valley Forge Park road at valley creek road. Watch for crews on the scene with that one. An accident in bryn mawr, lancaster avenue at montrose avenue. Cottman, southbound traffic on i95 heading toward center city. We expect to see more volume on the roads with more kids back to school, for now youre looking good. Northwest wilmington we have folk road thats closed. If youre in the area stick to concord pike. Help is pouring in as catastrophic flooding continues from hurricane harvey. Governor abbott has called in 1,000 more National Guard today. Officials are concerned about the rising river levels causing the levees to break. Army corps of engineers is releasing water from two reservoirs to release pressure on the dams. President trump is planning to travel to texas tomorrow, but the exact location has not been released. The president received a briefing on the situation yesterday morning, since then President Trump has been tweeting his support for the victims and praising the states response to the crisis. We head to Natasha Barrett from our sister station ktrk. Reporter rescues continued throughout the night in houston, the countrys 4th largest city in crisis. The water came up so fast. It was incredible. Reporter Emergency Management officials are asking the public for help saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. The geography in houston not hemming the situation. Rain water is forced on the streets and on to small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. First responders are stretched so thin neighbors are pitching in to help heros. Its 40 years ive never seen the water this high. Reporter others are being plucked from the rooftops, choppers from as far as away as san diego and cape cod have joined in rescue efforts. That person is on the roof yelling help and hello for the last few minutes. Reporter many have trouble getting through to 911 as the system has been overrun with thousands of calls. Residence are being told not to call unless the situation is life threatening. We need help in 5th ward. We need people here to evacuate people. Get people here now, before they die. Reporter the citys mayor asking for patience. Many rescued from the floodwaters left with nothing. Memories taken away by something you dont expect, i mean its all just materialistic stuff. Reporter were now out here live in houston, as you can see the wind, strong winds out here, drizzle off and on, we are expecting to get anywhere between 15 to 25 inches of rain. Outlying areas, theres the wind again, theres mandatory evacuations near rivers and thats the problem, people have nowhere to go the roads are closed, theres so much water on the roads, people want to get out safely with their families, but they dont know what to do. Reporting live from houston, natasha, barrett. Matt and jeanette back to you. If only it would stop raining. The coast guard has conducted 200 air rescues in the houston area and e and 1,000 by water. The guard lifted a mother and child clinging to a small impact until they could get to drier grounds. Reporter some members are on their way to help in texas. Katherine, good morning. Reporter multiple local agencies are lending their resources and support including this chapter of the American Red Cross. The volunteers that left from here yesterday are distributing food, but they are trained to do more if needed. Reporter members of the American Red Cross embarked on their journey to baton rouge, louisiana their truck loaded with food to help victims of harvey. Its the first deployment for these volunteers who were helped by the red cross at one point in their own lives. Its humbling to give back what the red cross gave to me. Im there to help them, its a hard thing they have to go through. Reporter the head of the eastern pennsylvania chapter of the American Red Cross said nationally ten thousand volunteers are expected. We have been on the phone since thursday calling each and every volunteer to say can you deploy, if you cant deploy now can you in two weeks. Reporter pennsylvania urban search and rescue team left for texas over the weekend. The 11 truck convoy and the 45 member team set off from philadelphia for the 22 hour drive. New Jersey Task Force one was deployed. He will window be pulling people from the roofs of their houses. They are apt getting into heavy concreted buildings that have collapsed or under water and they will go in there and search. Reporter and volunteers from our area are already on the ground and the red cross said they could be sending more in the coming weeks. Live in center city, Katherine Scott channel 6 action news. Matt and jennette. Heres the information to make a donation to the red cross, 1800red cross or text the word harvey to 90999 to automatically send a 10dollar donation. You can find that at 6abc. Com harvey for the latest information out of texas. You will also find live broadcast from our sister station abc13 in houston. Plus photos and videos from the flood there. David murphy is tracking another storm in the atlantic. Reporter its coming up the coast. Its giving us a problem with rip currents, high risk at the shore today and tomorrow as well. Storm tracker 6 live double scan, were dry to start out the workweek. As we look outside were expecting pleasant of early sunshine. You get the picture looking at the Commodore Barry bridge. We have stars over the bridge earlier now that the sun is starting to brighten the sky obviously a lot of blue up there. As we look at temperatures, its cool below. 63 degrees in philadelphia. Dewpoint 55 degrees not very humid at all. Winds out of the northeast at 6 Miles Per Hour and the ocean temperature off Atlantic City is 73. Satellite and radar shows you there has been a little bit of clouds overnight. Those are gone, but theres more out to the west, more to the south and all this is conspiring to cloud us up as the day goes on. Temperatures are going to be relatively comfortable, 64 degrees by 8 00 a. M. 72 by 10 m 75 by noon. 3 00 p. M. , 78 degrees. High temperatures across the region, mid 70s in trenton and allentown. 77 in reading and lancaster. 78 in wilmington and philadelphia. 76 in millville. Down the shore, just 72 in cape may. 74 at the boardwalk in Atlantic City. A little cool getting cloudier on the beach, but its not a great day to be in the water anyway. We have a high risk of rip currents up and down the jersey and delaware coastline. The area of low pressure off the coast to the south of us is beginning to influence our local surf conditions. Well continue to see that tomorrow as the storm comes past us. I have a concern there might be a rip current on wednesday. Not a good idea to get into the ocean. Phillies lots of clouds tonight, 72 for the first pitch, 68 degrees in the 9th inning. Tomorrow well start out cloudy. As we go through the morning and into the afternoon theres a chance of rain because of the coastal system, its far enough off the coast where this is not a big impact on us, but at times all the way up to philadelphia straight through the afternoon and evening. Theres a chance of some activity out there, by the time we get to 11 00 p. M. It will be pulling away from us. Of course, cesily tynan will be here at 11 00 p. M. To tell you about that. Tropical storm harvey 20 miles north of port oconnor texas. This will make a turn and go back over the gulf, one track will take this east of houston, that could mean the next couple of days we see less rain east of houston, this is a storm a that will have an impact on that part of the country. Its a slow move to the south and north. More rain in southeastern texas, depending on the track it will determine where we get it. 15 to 25 inches of rain on top of the two to three feet weve already had and more flooding a possibility. Around here, were long away from that problem, 78 degrees. Tomorrow, rain from a different system passing us off the coast and tomorrows high, 72. Wednesday, clouds break, 78. 83 on thursday, sun and clouds. A front triggers an afternoon or evening thunderstorm on wednesday. Friday, sunny and cooler, 74 degrees. Saturday a nice start to the holiday weekend, 78, sunny, 83 on sunday, hopefully if we get thunderstorms on sunday its late in the day or at night. New information about the serious accident that shut down part of the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike for nearly 8 hours. Archdiocese of philadelphia is reportedly investigating the theft of donations. 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We see a car that just stopped right now off to the shoulder, Everything Else is looking okay right here on 309. A good shot of the Road Conditions are clear and dry no big problems. But we have construction on i95 northbound the right lane is scheduled to be blocked from 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. For bridge inspection on the girard point bridge from 9 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. , you will see the right lane blocked that will cause a slow go on i95. We have an accident that popped up in upper dublin, is you say with a had susquehanna susquehanna susquehanna road. This is the 4th accident in the suburbs. Take it easy, you might see more volume on the roads with the people heading back to class. 42 northbound traffic coming up from deptford or turnersville. Well see more delays as people head back from the shore. Youll not see a whole lot of shore weekend traffic coming up. 63 in center city. Feeling cool, but comfortably so. 55 in tuckahoe, 59 in smyrna, delaware, heading up to 78. 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A pretty shot of the platt bridge by i95 westbound traffic heading toward the airport moving nicely. We have an accident in the suburbs, white hall road at skippack pike. Watch for that accident, meanwhile, mass transit is looking good. Reporter we have a decent day it will cloud up. 62 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 75. The high 78 reading at 3 00 p. M. Low humidity, but increasing clouds. Overnight tonight and into tomorrow during the morning rush hour well see sprinkles and shower activity developing. Pretty nice overall, dewpoints this morning are very low, were in the 50s and that means its not humid. Jennette and matt. Local Law Enforcement agencies may have access to military equipment. President trump plans to sign an executive order undoing an obama era directive that Restricted Police access to military grenade launchers and other gear. Attorney general Jeff Sessions could outline the changeses in a speech in nashville, tennessee. 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Reporter all right be guys were on the terrace and looking at clear skies, nice start cool and comfortable, looking at satellite were looking at cloud cover buildings a little bit as we go through the morning and afternoon, you can see it west and south of us, the testers looking good, 61 degrees in philadelphia. Some of the areas off to the north and west of us are cool. Guys . Sorry iav