Delaware. A fire retractortrailer accident shutdown i 295 northbound just north of route 141 in newport. The rig slammed into concrete barrier and sparked a huge fire littering the highway with debris. Amazing the driver escaped and will survive. Crews are on scene trying to caleer the wreckage. North of route 141 right now lets get to the accu weather alert. 6 00 a. M. On sunday, gray is off. Jeaneatte reyes joins us. Chris sowers with all the winds and rain moving in get ready. We got a good old fashion coastal storm developing over the next few hours. And that means, a lot of rain today. Then a lot of wind overnight tonight through date tomorrow. Flash flood watch has been issued by the National Weather service up for the counties that you she highlighted in greens mainly areas east and north of the city of philadelphia. Were something one to three inches of rain from the system and that could cause low lying flooding areas of poor drainage flooding and especially near the smaller c
Along with jeaneatte reyes, gray hall is off. Heres some stories were following. A tractortrailer went up in flames after crashing in delaware. A look at the scene and the problems it caused. A Community Questions why two 16yearolds were shot and killed i while the suspected gunman remains behind bars the eagles will take on the 49ers, in les conditions this afternoon. For more on that, lets go outside to chris sowers. Less than perfect. Weve noticed on city avenue over the last few minutes, rains continuing to come down, theres a flash flood watch. Those are the area that is not only will see the highest rainfall totals but the heaviest downpour, smaller creeks and streams also low lying areas, and areas r poor drainage experience flooding. Heres Storm Tracker 6. Two areas of moisture, the first is in the process of lifting out now. If you look toward the bottom of the screen, thats the main area of low pressure. Gets in later this afternoon and the rain and winds will start to pick u
Is in the process of pushing through now, it is raining quite heavily across sussex and kent counties. It should be into south jersey shortly and into philadelphia the next hour or so followed by another round of rain later on. Philadelphia west heavy rains along 322. Heading into Chester County. All the way down to oxford and down to the Mason Dixon Line and further south. This is round 1. Round 2 arriving probably around 2 00 or 3 00. The call from accu weather, soaking rain, not a driving steady rain, when it comes down, it will come down at a good clip, street flooding is likely in parts of the area, 68 is the forecasted high. What ive done here, kind of broken it down hour by hour. To give you an idea of when we are expecting those heavier bands, from now right through lunchtime expect a soaking brain, then a lull from 1 00 to 3 00. Only to see the next round move in and that continues to Late Afternoon and early evening, totals could range anywhere from one to three inches. Then
Identified. Its not clear what led up to the shooting. Upper merion had been on the scene. Were told the businesses inside the mall what do you mean impacted. We have a crew anne the way to the scene and will continue to bring you more details. To an accu weather alert. Rain is still falling and strong winds are on the way. Theres a Flash Flood Watch until midnight which will be replaced by a wind advisory later on tonight. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is tracking the system and joins us with the first check of the accuweather forecast. Melissa weve been tracking the rain on and off throughout the day. We had a bit of a lull earlier for philadelphia and points to the north and west. Now that rain, as you can see is starting to throw back in across all of the delaware and Lehigh Valleys, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the pockets of heavy rain, going a little tighter on street level on Storm Tracker 6. You can see the rain along the 95 corridor but heavy rain right no
To russian government officials and a russian woman who falsely claimed to be related to putin. But perhaps most damagingly the indictment alleges he notified at least three Senior Campaign officials that the russians had thousands of emails damaging to hillary clinton. He pled guilty earlier this month to lying to the fbi. It was made public today on the same day that Paul Manafort the former Trump Campaign chairman and Deputy Campaign manager rick gates pled not guilty to 12 counts including false statements and conspiracy to launder money. President donald trump was correct. Theres no evidence that mr. Manafort or the Trump Campaign colluded with the russian government. Reporter the charges against manafort and gates do not directly reference allegations of collusion between russia and members of the Trump Campaign. The prosecutor has asked that manafort be released on 10 million bond and gates on a 5 million bond pending review of their finances and that both be subject to home con