Overnight and now weve got some showers and even a couple of thunderstorms and storm tracker6 live double scan right now shows you some of this action. In the northern and western suburbs all it is is some showers and it is pushing off to the north and east. So it looks like allentown could get hit by a little bit of that but mostly its going to be to the north and west of allentown. Big issue farther south, of course, is down around dover, delaware and these showers and thunderstorms now as expected crossing the delaware bay, salem county, Cumberland County picking up some of these lightning strikes and ill just give you the movement here as this is also pushing up toward the north and east and it looks like wilmington delaware might get caught with some of this and philadelphia after that and that is what were looking at on radar this morning. As we take a look at temperatures were starting out okay. 70 degrees in philadelphia. 66 in allentown. 72 in cape may. Rolling through the day, 73 degrees by 3 oclock. Thats all youre going to see. Cloudy and rainy. At times there could be some sunshine breaking through but at any time today we have to allow for at least a popup shower or a thunderstorm. If you are headed to the bus stop this morning, well, it might be a good idea to grab some rain gear considering that we do have cloudy skies and there is some rain out there. Sorry about that the icon but we have some rain. Temperatures on the bus stop this morning between 64 and 69 degrees. And as we go through the afternoon, were not even registering there, that has to be changed but well stay in the 70s. Karen when we come back with the full forecast a lot to talk about in the tropics. Major storm irma. Two other Tropical Storms now formed. David lets hit the roads right now. We are traveling through some wet roads here and there so be careful about that and we still have construction crews out here working. Now, theyre getting ready to pick up but theyre still out here blocking the left lane on i95 northbound at route one here in langhorne, bucks county. Watch for construction crews. They were supposed to be wrapped up by now. Looks like theyre still out there trying to get things wrapped up. Here on 295 its a new accident northbound near route 30 thats the white horse pike. Watch for this accident being reported in burlington in Camden County, new jersey. Lets step on outside on the vine street expressway. No overnight construction. We see westbound, eastbound moving okay. Just wet at times here. But traffics moving all right with no big delay there. In king of prussia we had that huge sinkhole that happened yesterday after a water main break. This is still shutting down shafer road. Its blocked right at 202 so right across the street from king of prussia mall. Watch for that huge sinkhole that kind of swallowed up a sign and much of the road there. Wilson road your alternate to get around it. One more construction crew in cinnaminson blocking a lane on 130 northbound. Theyre busy at work matt even though its raining in spots. Thanks karen. Now to the latest developments on Hurricane Irma. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean made landfall early this morning in the caribbean as a category five hurricane. Its maximum winds were 185 miles per hour. We are awaiting pictures showing any damage from the storm. The socalled Hurricane Hunters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration flew through the storm. Its nearly the size of texas. Crews are taking photos and measurements inside the hurricane even in the storms eye so that they can better predict what irma will do next. The storm is expected to hit the Virgin Islands and puerto rico today. Florida has already declared a state of emergency in anticipation of being in irmas path maybe this weekend. Shelves are bear and grocery and home stores and gas is in short supply with many stations running out. For those choosing to evacuate, tolls on all florida roadways have been suspended. We will continue to track Hurricane Irmas path this morning and check our 6abc smartphone app. We will uses it to send alerts and updates as the storm maybe moves closer to florida and if its path will impact here in the tristate area. The owner of a West Philadelphia dance troupe is now facing charges of sexually assaulting three young boys. And the mother of one of his alleged victims is making her anguish public hoping that that will get any other possible victims to come forward as well. Action News ReporterKatherine Scott is live for us now in West Philadelphia with more on this story. Good morning, katherine. Reporter good morning, tam. The mother of one of the accusers spoke to action news. She says shes seen changes in her son, shes devastated and she wants tyree dumas to be held accountable. The dollar boys operates out of this West Philadelphia store front at 54th and market. This is also where the arrest took place. 28yearold tyree dumas is the founder and ceo of the dance ensemble dollar boyz. You can see him in several promotional videos for the group online. Dumas faces charges of sexually assaulting three boys. Police say one of the charges stems from a case they investigated last month involving an eightyearold who was recently involved in the program. That triggered the arrest. The other two were reported in 2013 stemming from reports in 2008 when those children 10 and 11 years old. The mother of one of the abusers became friends with dumas. She introduced him to her son who wanted to be a dollar boy. Both she and her son are now devastated. It hurts my heart because i trusted him with my son. And its like yall spreading all these rumors that we want money. No, we want justice for our kids. Reporter and police are worried that there could be more victims out there. If you have any information, its the special victims unit wants to hear from you. Dumas remains free on bail. Live in West PhiladelphiaKatherine Scott, channel6 action news. Matt. Thanks, katherine. Were getting a look this morning at the woman accused of driving her suv into a crowd of people in south philadelphia on labor day. Police released the mug shot of monique mcknight. The nine victims who were injured range from a sixyearold to a woman in her 90s. Action news obtained exclusive Surveillance Video of the suv going around a parked car and tape blocking the 1500 block of ringold street in south philadelphia for the block party. 22yearold mcknight is charged with aggravated assault and driving under the influence of some type of drug. The reward to catch the culprit who abused two dogs has now more than doubled. The skeletal twoyearold pitbull mixes were discovered abandoned in pen pine park. They have been named gracie and laila and theyre being cared for at aardvark Animal Hospital in downingtown but its still going to be a long haul. That he remain they remain in critical condition. The reward to find the person who abused these two pups is now at 1200. Road crews expected to give us an update today on when they expect to repair that giant sinkhole in king of prussia. It swallowed outpatient shafer road. Even a stop sign and a oneway sign have succumbed to the cavein. By the afternoon workers pumped out the water and drone6 watched from overhead as they filled the sinkhole with sand. Shafer road remains blocked for now from king wood road to 202. Pretty nifty pictures there. Contestants from all 50 states and the district of columbia face off tonight in Atlantic City hoping to become the next miss america. This is just the beginning of the 97th miss america competition. The preliminary competition lasts three nights at boardwalk hall. Theyre vying to succeed savvy shields. You can see it on 6abc on sunday night. It would be lies 92 us to to nice to see the next be a young lady from the delaware valley. Storm tracker6 live shows us the southern portion of the region is looking at thunderstorms. These are not only producing lightning but heavy downpours pushing out of delaware away from dover, away from milford over the delaware bay and if youre in millville youre getting one little bit of thunder and lightning there but another big cluster coming in your direction. Smyrna saying goodbye to that stuff, salem about to say hello and looks like wilmington very close to picking up some of these showers and of course it wouldnt be that much longer if this maintains its current trajectory and strength before we start to see some of this up the pike in philadelphia. You can kind of see how its all coming up i95 and if i go out to the wide view the only other large portion of rain is to the north and west of the region, reading maybe getting clipped but it looks like reading, allentown and points beyond probably are going to miss that batch. As we take a look outside, we have sky6 and now the airport looking a little bit wetter as we are beginning to get at least some light shower activity at the airport and maybe we get clipped with some thunderstorms later this morning. Your temperatures right now, 66 degrees in allentown. 70 in philadelphia. 72 in wilmington. Just a little bit on the muggy side out there. Future tracker6 showing you that between now and 9 oclock, were still in and out of some showers and some thunderstorm activity. Wherever the thunderstorms develop or those heavier showers they could be drenchers that could produce some ponding and puddling on roadways in a hurry. By noon there still could be a couple of them around. The rest of the afternoon its off and on, periods of rain and every now and then a heavy downpour. Up to 6 oclock were looking a little bit damp potentially across the region. Looks like later tonight we begin to dry out. Up in allentown lots of clouds, rain at times maybe a rumble of thunder, 68 degrees is the high there. Down the shore, lots of clouds, some rain at times, a moderate risk of rip currents in the water so really a lot of reasons not to make this a beach day. 75 degrees in rehoboth on the beach and 73 is the overnight low lots of clouds and periods of rain possible in through the evening. They should start to die down after that. 60 is the overnight low. Cloudy skies and showers ending overnight. Probably dry by tomorrow mornings commute. Hurricane irma as we have been saying is a monster storm. The largest eve ever seen in the atlantic basin. It is going through the northern and western antilles right now. Looks like its going to track to the north of the Dominican Republic puerto rico and haiti but still a category five and the turks and caicos and it now looks as though we are seeing in the model that swing to the north. You can see that as the storm comes in over land it starts to diminish in intensity but thats still a major hurricane plowing right past miami up toward orlando, tampa is not far away from this and that looks like bad new for the keys and miami. Were also looking at a spaghetti plot model here that shows that you most of those tracks are indeed coming north. Looks like the storm though probably winds up up north inland and falls apart out there. Hurricane irma to the east but over to the west weve got Tropical Storm jose that has just formed. This one is going to become a hurricane later today and probably point a little bit farther to the north away from land and Tropical Storm katia has just formed moments ago and you have a concern with anything down here because of all the rain harvey put into houston. Fortunately this one looks like its going to spin around and go down into mexico as just a Tropical Storm. Rain down there but not as bad as it would be if it went back to places that were affected by harvey. Your sevenday from accuweather, 73, periods of rain today, maybe a rumble of thunder. Tomorrow clouds breaking a high of 74. And then we still have that really nice stretch of weather here on friday, saturday and sunday with highs in the low 70s each of those three days and very nice conditions friday, saturday and sunday. 75 monday. If we get rain from harvey no, irma im getting confused here. Easy. Irmas rain would be here on tuesday. Thanks, david. 5 12 now and rather than creepy clowns it is red balloons like the wins from the horror movie it have been popping up in a Lancaster County town. Hear the police response. Your height could have some correlation with your increased risk of blood blood c. A customer causes 2,000 in damage to a store. Find out what set him off. Karen. Live in langhorne in bucks county some construction running a little late. Theyre trying to pick things up here on i95 northbound at route one but we still see them blocking the left lane at this point so watch for that. In the process of clearing. Well take you to Exton Chester county, check the roads there coming up. Fios is not cable. Were a 100 fiber optic network. And with the new fios gigabit connection. You get our fastest. Internet ever. With download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. Switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for 79. 99 a month online for the first year. 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Yeah, but weve got rain moving up from the south so if youre about to head out the door your roads may be wet if theyre not already wet. Well see rain at times all through the day. So heres a live look at route 100 at Commerce Drive and we could see the roads are little wet here as well in exton, chester county. This is your southbound traffic right here heading towards the 30 bypass. Still moving pretty nicely if 82 your coming from pottstown or phoenixville. Nothing a big issue here at route 100. In barrington Camden County weve got an accident here on 295 northbound. Its right near route 30, the white horse pike. Its early yet so were still seeing the green traffic flow here but you want to watch for that one. Also on the pennsylvania turnpike in both directions weve got construction and the off ramps are going to be closed to route 29 between 9 30 and 2 30 today. Theyre doing some maintenance so be prepared for that if youre heading out on the pennsylvania turnpike. Lets go outside live one more time and check the ben this morning. Bens looking pretty good. No big issues. As you head out were looking good there. I want to show you the rain. Storm tracker6 showing, yes, we have some showers in the Lehigh Valley right now but look at this cluster and weve been following this. You see all the flashes there. Those are lightning strikes just within the past 15 minutes so some heavy rain embedded. Its in wilmington moving up towards the city. So we have a couple showers in the city so this is going to be spreading through south jersey and the city so if youre heading out now expect these roads to be getting wetter as you go out and that could be tough for the morning commute matt and slam you got it. First week back for congressional lawmakers after their summer break. The house today is expected to take up the issue of relief aid for texas and louisiana in the wake of harvey. A nearly say the billion dollars installment could pass today and lawmakers are hoping for a big bipartisan vote to demonstrate congress support for the hurricane victims. Police are looking for the man caught on surveillance camera trashing a Convenience Store in southern california. The 7eleven employee told police the man entered the store several times last month demanding to use the phone and wanting to buy beer. The California Law prohibits after hours alcohol sales. The clerk threatened to call the police if the man didnt leave and thats when police say the man assaulted the clerk and trashed the store causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. It was the phillies turn to answer back a day after falling behind the mets. 2013 first round pick j. P. Crawford made his mlb debut last night. Pitcher ben lively had three hits including a three run home run in the fourth inning. He pitched seven strong innings to lead the phillies to nine to one win. The two teams wrap up their series tonight. You cant have this frenchie. Sam just snagged it from homegoods. It reminds him of bennie. Only quieter. You cant have this frenchie. But new finds are always arriving. So you can find something so you, for less. At homegoods. My challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. It all starts with a healthy routine. Begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Take the activia probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. Sam just snagged it from you canhomegoods. Is frenchie. It reminds him of bennie. Only quieter. You cant have this frenchie. But new finds are always arriving. So you can find something so you, for less. At homegoods. Creepy clowns havent popped up in the Lancaster County community but a prankster has seemed to find a way to promote the upcoming release of steven kings Horror Remake it. The Lititz PoliceDepartment Shared these pictures. Someone tied red balloons to sewer greats like the clown penny wise does in the movie. The Police Department had some fun with the posting but is asking the person not to do it any more. Last week the Pennsylvania StatePolice Actually sent out a bulletin warning about creepy clown sightings. It is not a favorite for cops and teachers when kids want to do that for halloween. Do something else. Or anybody. There you go. Creepy clown either, man. Lets take a look right here and see whats happening on the schuylkill expressway. A little wet in spots here approaching Spring Garden and we see eastbound traffic heading towards center city. Theyre moving pretty nicely. No big deal on the schuylkill right now. Lets check i95 for you. Heres a live look approaching cottman. You see that southbound traffic heading towards center city and moving pretty nicely through the area right now. And mass transit showing right now no issues, no problems with mass transit, regional rails septa trolleys, septa buses, patco high speedline and the river line, dave its all okay. On the big board storm tracker6 live double scan right now karen shows you those thunderstorms moving away from delaware now pushing into salem and cumberland counties and theres the move. Some of this rain also catching wilmington, a little bit of a shower just came through the airport area in philadelphia and youre about to get more and then up to the north and west most of those showers are indeed missing reading and allentown. A couple of smaller cells pushing in through southern bucks county, southern Montgomery County but the big cluster with the downpours that will probably slow you down on the roads a little bit more are down south in south jersey. Through the day, its not going to be as warm. 71 degrees by noon. Todays high about 73 degrees. 71 by 5 oclock and 68 by 7 oclock. It will not be raining all day but at times it will be coming down and when it is, it could be on the heavy side. Again, at the airport all green aircraft, no major delays and philadelphia is the only big travel destinations with rain right now, tam. Okay, david. In this mornings health check being tall has its advantages, i wouldnt know, i wish i did, but theres a growing concern that there could be a correlation between height and deadly blood clots and other medical problems. Wide ranging study of more than 2 million siblings found a direct link between height and a serious condition where a clot forms in a vain. Researchers in sweden discovered the risk became greater the taller the person happened to be. Men 6 feet 2inches or taller were 65 percent more at risk than men who were shorter than 5 feet 3inches. Could be due to gravity, longer veins, more places to travel. Well, also it happens to people a lot when theyre cooped up like people on flights. Sure. 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The owners of this farm in souderton are so excited for basketball season theyve created a sixers themed corn maze. Youre able to see the teen logo a Basketball Court and even that slogan trust the process. The owners of r and j farm market plan to open the maze between the last week of september and the first week in october. Some of the celebrities competing in the 25th season, can you believe 25 seasons of dancing with the stars. We know who they are like former eagles and six time nfl pro bowler Terrell Owens t. O. And Property Brothers star drew scott. Now if you want to know the full celebrity cast how does it stack up, its going to be announced on Good Morning America a little later this morning. Matt. Well be watching. Thank you tam. Time right now 5 28. We are continuing to track the path of Hurricane Irma. South florida braces for a possible direct hit. A man offers a kind gesture but ends up getting attacked with an ax instead. Fios is not cable. 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