Reused. Teacher Linda Johnson saved some of her curtains vowing to use them in her next classroom. Her husband who also works here his goal to fix the stars and stripes to the schools storm bent flag pole. Were going to come back and were going to rebuild and that was we need Something Like a tissue to wipe the tears and i felt the American Flag was that. Reporter well, cleanup has begun. The building appears to be a total loss at this point. Classes will reopen in the fall in borrowed space at a nearby Sister School and in case youre wondering why was the principal here at 6 30 in the evening on a summer evening, she tells us what she was doing was a few last minute details before she was going to leave this morning on a vacation to wisconsin. Needless to say that plan now on hold. Live in tilden township, john rawlins channel6 action news. Sharrie. Its rick. Thank you, john. Quite a story. This storm also caused Severe Damage in delaware. A viewer captured what looks like a possible funnel cloud in new castle. Today the action cam found downed trees and damaged businesses in the area. A trailer park was hit particularly hard. Action News ReporterAnnie Mccormick will have more on the damage in delaware in a live report at 4 30. We also got reports of storm damage in delaware county. The action cam was on kirk lane and deemer drive in media as crews made repairs to power lines there. Peco says almost everyone has electricity this afternoon. Now lets get a check on accuweather and a look at what made these storms so powerful. Thats right, meteorologist adam joseph is live to explain it all at the big board. You notice the drop in humidity today. It was that cold front yesterday that broke a week of heat and humidity and in tilden township again it was just confirmed by the National Weather service an ef1 rating tornado, that rating goes from a scale of zero the weakest to one the strongest. Maximum winds 105 miles an hour, the width of the path was about 75 yards and the length around threequarters of a mile long. As we look at the radar right around that time of 6 30 with that radar near tilden thats when we started to see the hook beginning to develop in that radar here you can see kind of that void of some of the colors. We get that spin in the storm. Theres hamburg and then it moved to the east and weakened but it was still a pretty powerful storm. As we look at satellite presently right now hardly a cloud in the sky because of that northwesterly wind and that drier air that has filtered in behind that front. Temperatures a little bit below average and it feels nice, 83 in allentown, 85 philadelphia. Millville right now 83 degrees and equally as warm at the shore. Those dewpoints any time theyre below 60 degrees, they were in the mid 70s yesterday during the storms, you can see weve dropped back into the 50s across the northern part of our area and that is why it feels so dry out. So if youre stepping out on the town this friday evening 85 degrees at 7 oclock, 80 by 8 oclock and then as we get in deeper into the evening temperatures in the middle 70s and very comfortable. You wont be breaking a sweat if youre going to be eating outdoors alfresco this evening. When i come back well talk about that weekend forecast, ill let you know if it is equally as nice saturday in that full forecast. A much better day. Thank you. Be sure to stay ahead of the changes in the weather by visiting 6abc. Com. You can find the hourly forecasts from accuweather plus get a personal look at the Accuweather Team by following our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. In other news afederal jury convicted three people charged with stalking a woman until she was killed by one of their family members. Lenore and david they harassed her exwife Christine Belford using social media and youtube to torment her. Davids father thomas shot belford to death at the New Castle County courthouse back in 2013 and then killed himself. David lenore and amy denied knowing of his deadly plan but the jury decided the family could reasonably foresee belfords death as the outcome of years of harassment. This case represented an escalation of conduct by the family against Christine Belford and her children over a number of years. That conduct absolutely suffocated Christine Belford and she fought back. She actively resisted them and for that she was killed in New Castle County courthouse. We are disappointed. We are shocked. But we understand the process and while this is a big part of the process, it is only the beginning. This was the first conviction of its kind in the United States. Defense attorneys say they plan to appeal the verdict. The family could receive life in prison when theyre sentenced in october. Its the end of an era in what president obama called a signal of healing in South Carolina after decades of debate today the Confederate Flag was removed from the state capitol. Thousands of people crowded the area as the flag was lowered from the last for the last time by a South CarolinaHighway Patrol honor guard. The flag will go to a multimillion dollars shrine. Lawmakers promised to build it as part of the deal to take it down. Momentum to remove the flag started after the massacre of nine black people in a church in charleston. Activists say today is a symbolic victory. We cant go back. We can go forward so its a great day in South Carolina because for the first time in my life the state has said that were all one and all lives matter. Meanwhile the fbi says today a failure in the background check system allowed the accused sheeter dylann roof to buy the gun he used in the shooting. The people poring the backgrounds check did not have access to roofs criminal drug record. A Southwest Airlines flight bounds for philadelphia had to abort takeoff in chicago today. The plane was headed down the runway at Midway Airport when the captain announced flames or smoke might be coming from the engine. Fire trucks surrounded the plane for an hour after it stopped. It eventually returned to the gate. 136 passengers had to get off and board a different flight. Action news spoke to people once they finally arrived in philadelphia this afternoon. They made it seem not as scary as it might have been. Im glad we were not in the air. That would have been terrifying. The faa is investigating exactly into what happened to the original flight. This is the second time this week though that Southwest Airlines had problems at Midway Airport. On wednesday, a plane headed for boston had to turn around when an engine caught fire on that day. Its been a day long celebration of soccer in new york city. Thousands of people came out to catch a glimpse of the u. S. Womens National Team and honor them for their world cup victory and that includes team m. V. P. And south jersey native carli lloyd. Nora muchanic was there for all of the fun. Reporter it was a glorious day in Lower Manhattan as the series of floats carried a victorious u. S. Womens soccer team through the canyon of heroes as shreds of paper danced in the skies crowds cheered the team as players soaked up the love from thousands of fans lining the parade route. Its the first womens sports ticker tape parade and im really inspired by that and i just love the womens National Team. Im so happy to be here and like celebrate because they havent won in like awhile and its just great like the atmosphere is awesome and everything. Reporter each member of the team was presented with a key to the city and new yorks mayor bill deblasio thanked them for unifying the nation. Delran native carli lloyd told the crowd shes a jersey girl but that new york is awesome. The world cup was a dream come true. Having this parade here in new york city was one of the best moments of my entire life. Winning the world cup was pretty special but today was mind blowing so thank you new york. Reporter we ran into a number of south jersey fans who made the trip to see the parade. And i thought it was awesome how like humble they were. Like we were all screaming. They were just like smiling like it was any other day. Doesnt happen every week, got to be here. Reporter glad you cameup. Oh, yeah. What a great use of a vacation day. Theres no topping this but this amazing day will be capped off tonight with the em Empire State Building is lit up in red white and blue in their honor. Along the canyon of heroes in new york, im nora muchanic, channel6 action news. Congratulations to the champions. A Train Derailment causing traffic problems. Four cars derailed in wilmington. They are blocking Lancaster Pike at dupont road. Fortunately no one has been injured but workers say it could be another hour and a half or so before the cars are out of the way. For more on this lets go to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center. Hi matt. Good afternoon sharrie. Chopper 6hd live on this friday afternoon over that Train Derailment here in wilmington and it is blocking the lanes of Lancaster Pike, route 48 between mariella drive and dupont road by the jackson inn, the silver Brook Cemetery off to the side as a point of reference. You can see the train derailed off the tracks and blocking all the lanes of Lancaster Pike. Were hearing for at least a little while longer. So locally you could use falkland o road or stay farther to the north on 52 which is kennett pike or to the south on route two circumstance wood highway. The 48 Lancaster Pike not available to you. This also means detours on a bunch of the dart route four buses this afternoon. 95 not too bad in delaware but in the great northeast as we go outside weve got a crash in the southbound lanes approaching cottman avenue taking out the left lane. Of course its right in the work zone. Plenty of southbound slowing coming down from woodhaven through this point and we saw big delays at the end of the morning rush here on our good buddy ben the ben franklin bridge headed eastbound into camden at the Susquehanna Bank center today, the vans warp to. Lots of people over there for that. Right now the eastbound side looks okay but westbound those two right lanes blocked because of the patco construction so you can expect westbound delays headed towards philadelphia on the ben franklin bridge this afternoon and you know to expect delays on 42 southbound on a summer time friday afternoon. Heavy by creek road but at least toward the a. C. Expressway. Lets grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon. Some of our friends using the waze app talking about a crash on the westbound schuylkill not too far away from the gladwyne exit. Traffic can get by but of course its going to be a slow go. Well check more of those slow speeds rick and sharrie in the next half hour. At least its friday, matt. True. Matt, thank you. Still ahead, theres a new list of the top 10 beaches in america. Find out which local community made the cut. Also protecting the pope. Why the head of the secret service says keeping the pontiff safe in september will be quite a unique challenge. And the controversy continues over the Catholic School staff who says she was fired for being in a samesex marriage. Margie winters talks to action news about the attention her story is getting. Seriously . Youre not at all concerned . About what now . Oh, i dont know. The apocalypse . Were fine. I bundled renters with my Car Insurance through progressive for just six bucks more a month. Word. Theres looters running wild out there. Covered for theft. Okay. Thats a tidal wave of fire. Covered for fire. What, what . All right. Fine. Im gonna get something to eat. The boys kind of a drama queen. Just wait. Wheres my burrito . [ chuckles ] worst apocalypse ever. Protecting you till the end. Now, thats progressive. From our delaware news room this afternoon, state Police Arrested a new york woman they say was working as a prostitute at a claymont massage parlor. The 47yearold is from flushing new york. Police got a tip from someone saying he was solicited for sex at the moon spa on philadelphia pike. An undercover officer went to the spa and arrested zhang. Shes free on bail while she awaits a court appearance. The secret service gearing up to protect pope francis when he visits the United States in september and the director says the agency is prepared for the massive undertaking. Director Joseph Clancy says the secret service has been getting advice from Security Officials in rome. But he says protecting pope francis presents a very specific challenge because he likes to interact with the crowds. Each protect is different. Whether its different president or the pope. We have to adapt to some of the thing they want to accomplish and we have to do in it a very discreet manner in some cases and in other cases be prevalent and out front. Clancy also says the secret service has been coordinating with police, the fbi and other local agencies since january. The popes visit will include stops in new york and washington, d. C. And of course the world meeting of families right here in philadelphia. Remember, you can keep up with all of the latest on the plans for the world meeting of families with our special twitter account. Just follow 6abc pope. A former teacher who was fired over her samesex marriage is thanking all of her supporters. Action news spoke with margie winters and her wife andrea at their home last night. Winters taught for eight years at wold done Mercy Academy on the main line until she says a parent discovered her marriage and complained to the school. She was fired at the end of june after she declined the choice to resign. In the following weeks shes been touched by the tremendous outreach from other parents and students. Im not surprised that this community has stood up and im not surprised that this touches, you know, a nerve in so many people in the area, across the country. You know, that this you know, i think people are trod move forward. Winters wife andrea says pope francis teaches caring and she would like to meet him and share their story. Takata says it will not set up a Compensation Fund for people hurt by exploding air bags. The Japanese Company says theres no need for a fund right now. That was in response to calls from connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal for takata to set up something similar to what General Motors established for victims of their ignition switch crashes. At least eight people have died, more than 100 have been hurt because of takata air bags that contain shrapnel flying into a car during a crash. Heres a look at todays closing numbers on your friday. Not bad. The dow was up 21 make that were 11 points, the nasdaq also up 75 and change, the s p 500 up 25. 3 to end the work week. There is some cautious optimism over a possible deal to resolve the greek debt crisis. U. S. Treasury secretary said today negotiators appear to be close to an agreement that would help greece pay its debts and stay in the euro zone. European leaders say theyre also hopeful about a deal now that greece has laid out concrete plans to implement reforms in exchange for a bailout. Negotiations are expected to continue through the weekend. Former president jimmy carter came to philadelphia today as parter avenue tour promoterring his new book. Carter signed copies of the book at the free library of philadelphia in center city its called a full life and its a look back at carters upbringing, his time as a peanut farmer, his term in the white house and his post president ial career which includes a nobel peace prize. In addition to autographs he also took heimtime to talk with people and to take a few pictures today. There is a new list of the top 10 beaches in america and a popular spot at the jersey shore made the cut. Better homes and gardens just published its annual list which includes the wildwoods. The magazine lists the 10 best but does not rank them. It praised the wildwoods for having so many places to stay and so much to do including crabbing water sports or just relaxing on the beach. It also singled the towns out for being Family Friendly and affordable. Okay. Time now go to the beach. Exactly. Looks so inviting, doesnt it. Thats where adam is going to be. Let me just dive right in. Theres his boat right there. This one right here. Yeah, there you go. Its one more boat than you have. You got that right. Hell take it. A look at sky6 live right now you can see some folks in the water there riding some of the waves. It is beautiful today especially after this long week of heat and extreme humidity along with those storms. Right now weve got those northwesterly winds driving into town and that goes right to the shore so theres no sea breeze. So, that is why temperatures are pretty uniform no matter where you are. 83 for the boardwalk the same for millville the same for allentown, the same for trenton as well as wilmington. As we take a look at how it feels when you step out those dewpoints which most of the week starting on monday right through yesterday were in the 70s, very tropical out the