northern lancaster county, the now, that storm is to the east area has a severe thunderstorm of parts of florida. the governor has declared a ate watch. conditions are favorable for of emergency for 25 storms like that just about anywhere in the area at some counties. we're looking at this as - point between now and 9:00. u eaarhelina ern:0u ju be i if a warning is issued for your area, that means wind gusts could be over 60 miles an hour, large hail is possible. of course, you are want to try sompacro to get indoors and away from ay.to turnl oe windows, if possible. we have seen hail detected. right now at 6:00, nbc 10 is expected. this is in northern lancaster the other thing that's going to one to four inches of rainfall first alert weather tracking impact folks trying to vacation, county. that's headed into berks county severe storms, hail and heavy towards the reading area. coastal flooding. the good news is, we should see winds. the dangerous heat is feeli ifu the hail, 1 1/2 inches in clearing, with the rainfall, as we get closer to friday, diameter, which is pretty especially overnight on friday significant hail. heading into the weekend things the threat. >> it is hot outside now. that storm is headed towards the look better. we are going to deal with strong >> she said it best. reading area at 5:46. rip currents and rough seas. temperatures well into the 90s you can see that some places are that's something to consider, if s lik tripl d you are traveling down towards going to get hit harder than out th pdayanypled the carolinas. ee others. that will continue. when i see you again, i will go spitha t.e that's why we have to keep over your virginia beach reca monitoring these storms minute mfeosts king bgehnow. . be out there. by minute. some are weakening. the july 4th holiday approaches, e one thing that's not changing but it's just down right awful firetalk hosafety. let'seg it's part of a campaign called is the heat. drive sober or get pulled over. of the heat and humidity. tonight thrredersrms triggered most of us are dry. sheena parveen has more on that. state and local police will be >> everyone may not be seeing but the storms t are out the storms but everyone is out patrolling and conducting there are nasty. feeling the heat. we have had a heat advisory checkpoints from now through and there's a lot of lightning today. that's because temperatures feel sunday. anyone caught driving under the with it and flooding as well. a lot hotter than they are. influence will be arrested. this is in berks county. here are the actual by the way, if you stop at a temperatures, 94 philadelphia, they have just been pounded hour roadside fireworks store and after hour with these 92, trenton, 93 in washington pick up anything, don't fire thunderstorms. wh l bis even more the township. them off in delaware or new you notice the low 80s from jersey. fireworks are illegal in both allentown to lancaster. this is rain-cooled air. states without a permit. it is legal toelebrate with this is the area we have seen the storms. fireworks ey to use caution. as we look into parts of south jersey and delaware, we have mid the wawa welcome america 90s in dover. closer to the shore though, festival continues with an educational event in fill. upper 70s with the sea breeze. these are the actual today's go forth and learn m focused on history. temperatures. then when we factor in the humidity, we get our feels-like kids gathered at the national temperature. constitution center to learn this is mainly around the i-95 about candle making. corridor stretching all the way re-enactors were on hand to give through delaware where dover lessons about philadelphia feels like 106. pa. admissioneu wawa. beoues another event was held at the feeling like 101 in philadelphia. feels like 104 in wilmington. mautted ptoex 5thrigh act. yo 87 in reading. . we are monitoring these temperatures very closely for find out about fireworks times, you. also, we just have severe locations, road detours and more thunderstorm warning for berks right now on nbc10.com. county in eastern pennsylvania. we have answers today about this goes until 6:00 tonight. a deadly fire. of course, we will be back showing you those storms. those are the storms that glenn >> just released surveillance just showed you on radar. we will talk about that coming up. video sheds new light on a >> our meteorologists, they are massive motel fire at the jersey all over this. shore that killed four people, they aren't the only ones working overtime today. including the man blamed for we are with the air condition starting it. >> you can see how rapidly it can engulf a building. repair people, our best friends at this time of year. >> why they believe drug see what they say will help you addiction was a major factor. get the fastest service if your air conditioner can't take the we are looking at the first heat. today, we know what set off alert radar. we have strong storms moving this food truck explosion on the areaugh, primarily berks countyw street in philadelphia's comiupktha feltonville neighborhood. investigators say a propane tank on the truck leaked. 'sahea that leak may it to a grill in the truck and sparked the blast. 13 people are hurt, five are in critical condition. doug shimell spoke to the family of two the of the badly burned victims. he is in feltonville where this happened 24 hours ago. >> reporter: looking at all the video about what happened out here, this man is overwhelmed. you have been able to see them or speak to them? >> they don't let us. they don't let nobody see. >> reporter: this man's wife and stda were in the truck when a cloud of propane ignited a massive fireball. >> this is hard for me. it's my family. >> reporter: cell phone video la jus seconds after the blast late tuesday as witnesses carrying the 17-year-old girl out of the truck. a blast so intense it ignited a phone pole across the street and burned this man. >> when i heard the boom, i looked back. the fire got up to here and my face. i ran up stairs to put water on because it wasn't that bad. the fire was so intense. >> reporter: the videos are tough to watch. >> i was not here when they called me. i see the video. >> reporter: he hopes they may reveal just what happened. >> i lot of questions. that's where i'm going to start to see who take my truck and see what's going on. i appreciate you helping. >> reporter: he tells us he is still waiting for permission to go see his wife and stepdaughter in the hospital. live in feltonville, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. go to nbc10.com to understand how food trucks may become ticking time bombs. harry digs deeper into the investigation into how this happened. hear about the finger pointing when harry started requesting whether the city or state should be inspecting propane tanks. still at a stalemate. the school budget crisis isn't getting any help in harrisburg. pension programs are in trouble and the governor refuses to sign a $29.1 billion budget. matt delucia is following the developments. matt, you just got some new information about that cigarette tax. where do things stand right now? right now at 5:30, tracking storms. the first alert weather radar >> reporter: the house is shows severe weather hitting debating once again on the parts of the area. floor. throughout the day, it was one heavy rain is falling across meeting and caucus after another parts of pennsylvania, outside with some lawmakers trying harrisburg, where drivers had a desperately to find a tough time seeing not long ago. compromise. house members, particularly here is that picture for you. just coming down heavily. democrats from philadelphia, were taken back late last night a similar scene is playing out when the house rules committee across the region. would not allow the cigarette tax to go for a full house vote. also talking about the heat. city leaders are depending on >> it's helping fire up the that to fill the budget hole in the philadelphia school district severe storms. or else phase layoffs. it is 90 degrees plus out there. all day i have been in contact it feels a lot hotter. with house members who tell me that this is not over yet. nbc 10 first alert meteorologists are tracking the as time ticked by with no dangerous weather. movement, we spoke with a >> sheena is hitting the high temperatures. glenn is watching the storms teacher's unit president about the worst case scenario. develop. where are the problems? >> we continue to see problems >> without the passage of the in berks county. we have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect there. cigarette tax, the students of philadelphia are going to face i expect just a few minutes schools that will not have the flood warnings because that is resources that they need for the young people to be properly one nasty cluster of storms. educated. we have three separate areas -- we will lose more counselors, through or four separate areas. more nurses, more teachers, more a lot of places are not getting rained on. but the ones that are are extracurricular activities. >> we have been working and getting pounded. this covers much of berks negotiating to get this to the house floor, which, if county. this is headed to the northeast. everything goes right, i hope we it's going toward allentown will do that today. about 6:30. there is plenty of rain. look at that rain on top of the reading area. >> reporter: on both the it just moved in. we have been showing you this cigarette tax and pension for the last hour and a half. this is at the raid of 2 1/2 to reform, which is what the republican members want, the mayor michael nutter came back 3 inches per hour if it stayed today. he has been here the past couple of days. in one spot. it keeps going over the same he has been lobbying some of the lawmakers. spots. if we do see severe thunderstorm we tried to get a word in with warnings like the one at berks him. he doesn't want to speak blice e county, that means wind gusts over 60 miles an hour, large is in theiggith somee hail is possible, along with the rain and we have the potential for flooding as well. prha the severe thunderstorm watch covering the entire area until in t ting to. 9:00 tonight. the yellow areas are warnings. argh'mmac 10 a new one in maryland and the captured, a man wanted to next spot for that would be in allegedly sexually assaulting southern chester county. his exgirlfriend is in police get ready for that one. custody tonight. also reports of hail, that is moving into berks county as police caught up weapon him well. that's one place that's getting yesterday. hammered. we are all getting hammered by s.w.a.t. teams surround a home the heat. sheena parveen has more on that. monday because authorities >> and many areas are feeling thought he was inside. he wasn't. like triple digits. investigators say he got away. unless you have seen the rain a son and grandson are that has knocked temperatures down. we have a heat advisory out charged in connection with the today because of the heat. body of a montgomery man. still the mid 90s in philadelphia. the man was found last friday wrapped in a tarp along a road. 93, cherry hill. washington township, 95. police have charged the son with 93 still in horsham. murder. david's son also named david is mid 70s in reading where we have rain coming down that has pushed charged with conspireing to dispose of the body. the temperature down. philadelphia police hope to 91 in blue bell. talk to the son of a woman found 90 in doylestown. dead inside a freezer. 99 in oxford. she had been there for months. near the shore, temperatures in the upper 70s. now a co-worker is talking about we have temperatures near 90 in a possible motive for putting millville. the 83-year-old in the freezer. when you factor in the heat, nbc 10's sid any long is live in take a look at our feels-like temperature. feltonville with the new information. feels like 101 in philadelphia. what have you learned about this? >> reporter: that friend and feels like 104 in wilmington. colleague tells me that the son feels like many areas around 105 confided in him and another co-worker that he stored his degrees in much of delaware. mother's body in a basement we have a flash flood warning freezer in an effort to continue for central berks county now, which is the one we showed you to collect or cash in on her with the storm near reading. we did tell you there's a lot of social security income. he says the man had recently heavy rain coming down in that been depressed and that he told area. because of that, we do have a flash flood warping. him the mother died naturally in her sleep. we will talk about that coming up. >> he knows what he did was >> get important weather information to your phone with wrong with collecting the checks the nbc 10 weather app. of his mother and all that stuff. >> reporter: this man says he is you can get it on our website, still shocked that his friend nbc10.com. and co-worker of 20 years would we are digging for more information about what caused a hide his own mother's body in an propane tank on a food truck to effort to cash in on her social burst into flames yesterday security checks. injuring several people. >> he realized she died. there was an opportunity there >> there areoo to get away with something. licensed in the city of he took advantage of it. philadelphia alone. >> reporter: he worked at this >> harry hairston wanted to find pizza house for 20 years. out who is in charge of making sure the trucks are safe for police cannot issue an arrest owners and cu warrant for him unless and until an autopsy on his mother's harry joins us live. thawing body is complete. what did you find out? >> reporter: let me tell you, i >> he called one of the other managers at the store and told checked with lice s an an even the department of motor him what he did and that he -- vehicles. what i found out just might disturb you. he said he was going to turn himself in. obviously, that's not true. >> reporter: we learned the there is no word as to why a autopsy will not happen today. propane tank exploded yesterday the man struggled financially to injuring nearly a dozen people, care for his disabled mother and leaving third degree burps over a grandson. >> he told me he was googling one victim's entire body. who is responsible to inspect medical equipment because he the tanks to make sure they are needed to -- he needed equipment safe? i checked with the people who so he could bathe her. operate them. >> reporter: the man last do you know who inspects the reported to work saturday but propane tanks on the truck? did return a text message to him >> i have no idea. sunday night. >> he said he loves his mother. >> reporter: do you know who comes out and checks out the propane tanks? >> i don't know. he thanks me for letting him work here for 20 years. >> reporter: whose job is it? there are 312 food trucks he is sorry -- he said just tell licensed in philadelphia. all my friends i'm sorry. >> reporter: we didn't find l and i tells me that's where detectives carrying out warrants their responsibility stops. here today. they issue a license and make they were able to tow the son's car from the location yesterday. sure food trucks are operating on approved lots. an autopsy on the 83-year-old they say they do not inspect propane tanks. the department of health says mother's body cannot be performed until her body that they, too, are not responsible to inspect propane tanks. yous as it was in the freezer. the friends say, they just want seing handled, cooks ande sure bill to turn himself in. stored properly. live in feltonville, i'm sid any city officials did tell me the state is responsible for long, nbc 10 news. checking the tanks, specifically firing up the air the department of motor vehicles. conditioner. so i called them. to oe c the on days this hot it's vital. >> what happens when yours breaks down? tihikeehan do this we are out with repair crews as they run from one place to the propan next. and injure so many people at hear what they say you should do once is the responsibility of to keep your unit running at full speed. the state police. to make sure i got this clear, you are telling me the state here is a look at first alert weather radar. police does not check the we have severe thunderstorms propane tanks on the food moving through lancaster and berks counties. trucks? people like this tim smith who esd tay tanksin we will look at where it's headed and what the rest of the evening looks like coming up. ele t s n w t c fists fly at an amusement at exploded yesterday. park over an opportunity they find out what he has to say wanted to take in. you will see what caused that about what he thinks happened. violent brawl. live in university city, harry hairston, nbc 10 news. >> food trucks are everywhere in the city. yesterday's explosion is really raising concerns for customers who frequent these food trucks. we asked some of them at lunchtime in university city today. >> i think it's something to think about. it wouldn't necessarily stop me, but i would -- i would expect to see maybe some future regulations. >> i think it would be a good idea if the city of philadelphia had some sort of licensing process or some sort of inspection process for these food carts. >> the women told us they were actually talking about that explosion as they walked to the truck for lunch. you can see more video of the explosion on our website. you can read about it how some food trucks may become ticking time bombs. find it all at nbc10.com. trouble for the captain. an allocation can with a police officer. john, bizarre. what happened here? >> yeah. according to a report, the fly ers captain was arrested for allegedly grabbing the buttocks of a male police officer. it has been confirmed. nod. according to newspaper sources, he spent the night in jail and was released this morning. the report says the incident occurred outside a bar. alcohol is believed to be involved on a day where many canadians were celebrating canada day, which is similar to the 4th of july here in the u.s. they released a statement saying they were aware of the report but would not comment until they had further information. tha vt. deadly motel v thatow a stestigators say e move into parts of the lehigh we watching more storms valley. they are severe storms we are talking about, very heavy rain. we will continue tracking these storms for you. we will loo rea pold of firing shots s in case of road rage. why he isn't facing charges in the incident. maybe cookies and cream, cookie dough ice cream. imagine having to work in this heat. >> we caught up with one guy fixing a ton of air conditioning units. the work is grueling. an ac unit, heaven in 100 degree weather. when it breaks, bad for service repa repairmen. you think it's hot outside -- >> what's the toughest thing you have to deal with? >> besides the heat? >> house call after house call, attic after attic. >> some are worse than others. some you can't even go in because they're so hot. you have to go back in the morning. >> the guys are going from call to call. when the day ends, it ends. overtime is part of the job. >> back in the heat, ac units are also overworked. homeowners like this woman are in need of relief. >> i was thinking, he hope he comes quickly unlike friends who have waited two weeks for someone to come. >> that can be a reality. experts suggest looking into a service contract. that way your home has priority and the fix happens quicker. they also urge you to get your unit checked annually. >> a day like today, the units are running hard that they might blow a part that needs to be replaced. it's hopefully a quick row pair. >> the bottom line, they say if you have any doubts, get your ac unit checked immediately. the last thing you want is no ac in 100-degree weather. you might be tempted to keep cool by jumping into a philadelphia creek. officials say it's illegal and could be deadly. we checked out this local watering hole. a missed opportunity. despite warnings, there were plenty of people in that water. that's what a new report says pennsylvania is giving up by not on monday, a 15-year-old drowned expanding medicaid services. while cooling off in a creek. the council of economic advisors breaks down which states have and have not expanded medicaid through atted forable care act. we are tracking severe there are 26 states plus the storms this evening and district of columbia that are participating in the program. afternoon. we have a severe thunderstorm new jersey and delaware are warning until 6:00 for among them. lancaster, also berks county. the report shows residents are you see it extend up through seeing doctors more often and both much these counties. have a cholesterol and mammogram this is a very large storm with a lot of lightning. screening. they are slowing reduction in the number of lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes alone, depression and noticing improved 834. health. this storm is very strong and we tom corbett said he would not are looking at 60 mile an hour expand coverage. winds or great we are this storm. hail of one inch in diameter or greater. of course, heavy rain. the rainfall rate in this storm could be several inches per this digital exclusive hour. we will watch it move up to the story, everyone knows college is northeast around about 25 miles expensive. an hour. the u.s. government says three at least we won't see all that local schools are among the rain falling in such a short priceyest in the country. period of time. there is still very heavy rain at a cost of at least $32,000 a right near south heidelberg. year or higher. two of the schools on list say the ranking is unfair. this storm will continue to move on nbc10.com and our mobile app, mainly to the northeast. allentown will find out which schools made the list. what they say about the ranking. this one will continue moving up into the lehigh valley. again, remember, very strong winds with this storm as well. around the allentown area right some new jersey lawmakers are taking a second shot at now, we do have one shower. not a lot of lightning in that extending student aid to undocumented students who want one. if we look near holland, we do to attend college in the garden have one small thunderstorm. state. new legislation would extend a lot of lightning. it is going to move out of bucks county very soon into new state financial aid to certain jersey. most of the rest of the area is students in the u.s. illegally. dry. if we look down to the south, aid for the students was moving out of maryland, which included in the state budget should be moving into delaware adopted last year, the governor soon, if it holds together, we used his line-item veto to have one thunderstorm here which delete the provision. is severe. we want to tell you about again, very strong winds, a lot of lightning. this. don't forget about our grant georgetown by 7:39. challenge. there's a $50,000 grant these are the storms we are available as well as two $25,000 dealing with right now. we are also watching some just grants. we want to help turn good ideas off to our west stretching from into great ones. baltimore to washington. applications are being accepted these are tracking to the east. we do expect to see more as we until august 8th. for more information and to apply, go to nbc10.conbc10.com. go through this evening. the entire area is in a receive or thunderstorm watch, most until 9:00. heavy rain, lightning, 60 mile an hour winds and the new information about a deadly fire. >> the evidence just released. clues that led to one man possibility for hail. suspected of starting the fire. future weather continues with these storms but clears out late a busy day in weather. into this evening. >> a very busy day. tomorrow, another round of heavy we have a few severe rain and thunderstorms moving thunderstorms moving through the in. as we go into friday, that's area. damaging winds, lots of when we watch arthur. lightning, hail, heavy rainfall. we do expect some of the area to i will track these storms for see a pretty good period of rain you and we will look at your 4th through the day. of july forecast. here is a look at arthur right another attempt to tax off the east coast of florida. cigarettes in philadelphia in order to fund city schools. it is well organized. we also expect it to strengthen we are talking with the teacher's unit onto find out as it tracks to the north. what happens with potential it turns it into a hurricane by layoffs and cuts as time ticks by. that's next. >>here isoo o tweatadfths c. friday afternoon. getting closer to us but a cold front approaches from the west that will push this storm away. that is good news. now here is a look at the futurecast with the rain attached to it. friday, mostly going to be the afternoon hours where we have some of the strongest winds at the shore, high seas. this will increase the risk of rip currents. the shore is where we will feel the biggest impact from this. going into the weekend, that's when we see things start to clear out. remember, the rip current risk could be high through the weekend, too. tonight, scattered strong storms. temperatures in the 70s. tomorrow, we will be in the low 90s. showers and storms through tomorrow afternoon with heavy rain possible, too. as we go into friday, we will see clearing from west to east. temperatures dropping into the 80s. the weekend looks pretty good. more details on the storm tracking and arthur and you are in your 4th of july forecast. three members of a family are arrested after a fight at an amusement park. it started when the family of five was told they couldn't take a knife into the park. officers say they became belligerent, then fists started flying. two officers were badly hurt. the family is from vermont. new video of a deadly motel fire. >> four people died. the video shows how one man started it all. remembering america's troubled past as we look to celebrate our freedom. we will take you to today's welcome america events next. rtw tntoexfepaur it i sra on hlt . ur omp twed. bses mean he ju f ran alafhey,ea a nt b ang t ofnohurr t a moay wd outi t fff ne potimeof ar.neul h fs esh. ill r her.ter:ay't a that e isossibitll i's w. >> rngor rdlwandbe t red>> fso ido opley w tole everyoneresseole, dama is done. in seaside heights, brian thompson, nbc 10 news. we cong. we have onehunderhe flasooth sevnid i b here. this is pretty much over a majority of berks county. lightning strikes, 572 in the past 15 minutes inch inernhear heavie t snge will beea moor moorb i mn'ou fed ouar,ees gn that weave another storm in maryland which is moving in the direction of lancaster and chester counties. new london, 6:40 and london grove by 6:51. this is moving to the northeast. a lot of lightning. miles hnotherergh winds near 60 a lfligh of.ea0953 eg a int o amileushi a uhe ttre u er t cleriutater ght. quieow,noerday werseavira there is the 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adfts e chs ater, flames. the fire intensifies with flaming spreading to our parts of the motel. prosecutors say he had just gotten out of jail the day before and believed he was high when he touched off the fire. >> people believe that addiction is a victimless crime. and here you can see that it's not the case. >> reporter: despite being damaged by the massive blaze and water, the prosecutor's high tech crime unit managed to salvage the vio. >> they are incredible individuals. >> reporter: investigators concluded the motel was in compliance with housuilding anfi codes. it had no violations in the past five years. groms fi tinhead n at a s ngute. a at traffic in reading where there's a severe thunderstorm warningndlashfloo an flwindnd h ert forecast.e ihtheden fst dphiawh tha ry hairston. at.

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