500 shelters open but the governor warning that the daner is not over. We have not experienced an event of this magnitude in our modern history. Officials are bracing for storm surge of up to feet in puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands and in some areas two feet of rain. This as authorities in the caribbean begin to assess the damage done there. The deafstration in dominica dangerous and no electricity or running water. And the death toll so far stands at nine but puerto rico officials tell us there are no reports of fatalities however they are concerned about what happens next and that is flooding than is what kills people. They are asking people not to leave their homes until they are told it is safe to do so. Channel 6 action news. Thank you. Maria of course remains a monster hurricane even as it move as way from puerto rico, the big question now is where does it go next . Meteorologist, adam joseph is joining us now. The eye is back over open waters and will be open waters for several days moving forward and expect to strengthen after it did weaken early this morning once it made landfall but the center of the storm north and west of san juan, over the open waters trying to develop that eye once again but still a dangerous major category three hurricane. Winds sustained 115 Miles Per Hour and encompassing the u. S. Virgin islands and puerto rico even though its move ago way. It made the first landfall in dominica the first landfalling hurricane for that island in history. Catastrophic damage there. And puerto rico it made landfall this morning as a category four, winds 155. And close to a five. Making it the strongest landfalling hurricane in nearly 90 years for puerto rico. As it move as way a category three and stren strengthens back to a four and then curves its way to the turks and caicos east of the bahamas and somewhere in the midatlantic next week and the National Hurricane center does no extend beyond that because the error is so large. Well monitor it into next week. Well have more in the seven day coming up. From maria to Tropical Storm jose it left its mark on the jersey shore, drone 6 giving us the live pictures flying over the beach erosion in North Wildwood. The cuff surf has eaten away at the shore line creating a cliff. Work is underway already to repair the beaches there. Gray hall will have a live report there at 4 30. Keep up with the latest on Hurricane Maria any time on your phone or tablet. The 6 abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Meanwhile it is a frantic six for survivors that the moment in mexico as police, firefighters and residents and everyone there listens and searches for life. The death toll stands at at least 225 following mexico citys deadliest earthquake in decades. Crews rationed to rescue the little girl in the rubble. You see the feet of the rescue worker danging from the building he is inside trying to get her when she was trapped when the school collapsed. At least 34 buildings collapsed along the capital and destruction and horror as debris crushed vehicles and windows smashed like streets of ice and entire structures crumbled in moments. Vernon odom is at Saint Patricks church in norristown where many parishioners there are personally affected by the destruction. Reporter good afternoon alicia, this location is in the heart of norristown, its a place were some many feel this earthquake has hit them very close to home. Sane Patricks Church in norristown is the picture of tranquility today but most of the parishioners are deeply disturbed and saddened by the mexican earthquake. Horrified by the news video. And most are immigrants from the epicenter of the 7. 1 disaster. All the death, injury and mass destruction courtesy of Mother Nature. Hundreds are telling me they are concerned and worried about their family, and their friends. And extended family there in mexico the not just in pueblo the ep center but also in mexico city. Kristina survived the hurricane in 85 and is thankful her relatives survived this one. Im very happy to god that all that everyone is fine but i have a terrible sadness for everyone else. She was very impacted by the whole thing, and sad about the whole thing, and she remembered in 85, is that they didnt know what was happening all they felt was the earth move. Maria gonzales is far to young to remember 85 but was on the phone when the massive earthquake came out of nowhere. She was very, very strong the earthquake was strong and worse than the last one. My father is very sick and he got real scared too. Brian this church has been a parishioners were also puerto rican members as well. Father gus who is well known on these parts will hold a special prayer mass at 6 00 tomorrow night for all the loved ones that are in harms way. Live in norristown, channel 6 action news. Lot of prayers no doubt thank you. What started as an eviction notice turned into a more Serious Investigation on East Oak Lane. They were some concerned by what they found they called in the bomb squad. Sara bloomquist is live with more on the situation. Reporter to be honest investigators are not entirely sure what they are dealing wx they found what might be explosive devices in the basement of the home behind me. But they are more of components, they are pipes and dont necessarily have a fuse. And the man that lives in the basement says the suspicious pipes long to him. Whether or not they are explosives vests investigators are working to find that out now. Investigators are at East Oak Lane and the philadelphia bomb squad was on the scene removing and photographing objects from inside of the hoax. The commotion started at 10 00 this morning. When the Sheriffs Department arrived to serve an eviction notice. The woman said try not to touch anything in the basement. And they advised the movers if they saw anything suspicious to alert them. The movers came across these two pipes and what may be explosive material fell out of one of them. And the bomb squad was called. The homeowner on the scene with her son was allowing a man to live in the basement and he told police the objects belong to him and he say handyman and trash guy and a disassembled shotgun and handgun legally registered to the man living in the basement. She left the house with a suitcase she told us the police found bombs in the basement. But doesnt know how they got there. Two bomb there neighbors were curious about what was going on and they didnt know the residents of the home. This is a nice quiet block. I didnt know anything would be there like that. Anything can happen anywhere. Investigators are now talking to the man that lives in the basement. I am told he is cooperative and at this point not under arrest. The pipes were taken back to the bomb squad headquarters, where they will be analyzedment whether or not they are turning out to be explosives well find out next. Thank you. A dozen employees at a Kennett Square mushroom facility were rushed to the hospital after being exposed to a dangerous chemical. Several agencies responded to the hazmat scene on west south street. And the workers were decontaminated and taken to local hospitals. No word on what type of chemical spilled there. Time now for the action news traffic report midweek. Matt pellman is standing by to get us home. We are not off to a great start with delco delays thanks to this because of a crash on the blue route north of baltimore pike. This accident is off to the side and the damage is done and the delays spill back on to 95. Just 11 Miles Per Hour off 95 on to the northbound side of the blue route. Just wrapping up an opening at the tacony palmyra bridge, it remains jammed on both sides. And overnight a fatal accident and vehicle fire in east windsor, and chopper 6 hd was overhead for the damage left from the crash, southbound lanes of the new jersey turnpike south of exit 8 for heights town where they are out here this afternoon in the outer drive cleaning up from that vehicle fire. You see the two right lanes are blocked in the outer drive because there was substantial damage to the roadway. The new jersey turnpike southbound one lane if the outer drive but all three lanes are open in the inner drive. We see slowing but not the sort of delays we saw this morning. If you can stand the inner drive youll get by just fine. Issues on 295 at camden county. A sinkhole at wood crest station and be big delays because the left lane is blocked. Teens at best north of delsy drive. Lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report. Same spot as this morning a crash reported on 95 between academy and woodhaven, causing big delays this afternoon. Well keep tabs on that and all the other none exception. Good word for it. Still ahead hundreds of grave markers are stolen from two south jersey cemeteries. The thieves targeted the final resting places of veterans, details about the crime coming up. Plus, its a life saving medication that First Responders are using and ordinary citizens talking about how to reverse an overdose. Sign of the times next. Its here. The first night your teenage daughter stays out way too late. But after three years of specialist cancer care, to guide her into remission, you couldnt be happier about it. Aetna. You dont join us, we join you. Thieves are accused of targeting the graves at the Mount Holly Cemetery in new jersey. 200 bronze markers were stolen from military graves throughout the property. They were after the metal and pulled the flags out of the holders and put the flags back in the ground. Its grave robbing and disrespectful for all the community and the veterans. A crime struck the Sacred Heart Cemetery in hainesport. Nora muchanic will have more on both of these investigations coming up tonight at 6 00. Well, officials call it nothing short of a lifesaver and today officials offered anyone that lives in Philadelphia Free training on how to use narcan. Used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and deaths here is skyrocket and they want everyone to have the tools and skills to save a life. They have information about the epidemic and drug and access to narcan and got a hands on demonstration there on how to administer it. The goal was simple combatting the crisis one at a time. There is crisis in our own households this is a way of us destigmatizing the Substance Abuse disorder as well as the treatment. Can you find narcan across philadelphia in drug stores and dont need a prescription to get t it can reverse a fatal overdose almost immediately and restore breathing in 2 to 8 minutes and Kennedy Health is tackling the Opioid Crisis in new jersey. Andests to fight it in the garden state. And Donald Norcross was the opening speaker and tony luke, the cheesesteak founder was there to talk after losing his son to an overdose. Thank you. Pennsylvanias ongoing budget stalemate resulted in another financial black eye, standard and poors lowered the Credit Rating on the state today. The second time in three years, it puts pennsylvania in the bottom five states rated by standard and poors. That means the state has to pay more to borrow money as lawmakers are divided on how to plug a 2. 2 billion deficit. Adam is joining us now to talk about the forecast. What a Beautiful Day it is around these parts. So many clouds. We are on the western fringe of jose and we have the rising air, the air has to sink around it. And the substance is in charge and the blue sky you are seeing. As we take a look here at the weather center, there it is the brilliant blue sky at times sharing it with puffy cumulous clouds and see it dotting the sky that is 5,000 feet up where the clouds tend to bubble up and you see cirrus clouds above that those are 20,000 feet in the air. If you are northeast in trenton or ocean county, a bit cloudier because you were closer to the storm. Its wednesday. And lots of sun both days, and the first weekend of fall but not going to feel falllike and 86 on saturday and hot for the eagles, from you tailgating or going to the game wear summer gear and hydrate with water also. The temperatures will be near 90 degrees on sunday. As we look at the current numbers, its not far from this in wilmington. 88 reading and 85 in allentown and 87 in millville. Lower numbers trenton and beach haven and boardwalk and cape may upper 70s to 80 degrees there. There you can see the edge, that wall of clouds here. Again we have the rising air, the storm that continues to spin and pull away that is all the rising air and it sinks for the periphery of the storm and you cant get clouds to form that is why we are so warm and sunny today. As the storm continues to crank out there, Tropical Storm jose, its still churning up the water so we have coastal flood advisory, not a warning but advisory for minor flieding 8 00 p. M. Until 9 00 p. M. On the ocean city and back bays 11 00 p. M. And 1 00 a. M. Partly cloudy and quiet and temperatures in the upper 60s very warm for this time of year and quiet. As you go through the day tomorrow temperature goes into the middle 80s well above normal and mixture of sunshine and clouds and another dry day on tap. As we head towards this weekend, if you head to the shore its nice on the sand however continued rough surf and dangerous rip currents and watch for the eroded dunes as well. Dangerous near the waters edge into this weekend. As we look at the four day at 4 00 forecast, little to talk about other than drier weather. Thursday, friday, saturday and sunday the humidity comes down as the humidity comes up and 90 by the second half of the weekend. The seven day coming up in the next half hour. Thank you. Sesame place is adding a thrill to its ride lineup. The Amusement Park is building its first wooden steel coaster, they will buckle up in oscars wacky taxi. Sticking with the kid friendly theme it does not go upside down but there are twists and turns and one 40 foot drop. Action news is looking back on the history of the ben franklin parkway be sure to tune in for the one hour special to celebrate the centennial, parkway 100 airs tomorrow starting at 8 00 p. M. Learn more about the celebrations on the parkway today and tonight. Its tonight. My gosh, tonight 8 00 all about the celebrations on the parkway that continue well into 2018. So many need facts on what happens on that parkway. Still ahead, the school year has barely begun and its time for philadelphia parents to think ahead to next year. If they want a shot at a Big Scholarship Program and the theme is announced for the 2018 flower show. Today, we spend a whole lot of time like this. So at citizens bank, weve created banking tools that fit how youre living today. From advanced atms. To online banking. To our Award Winning mobile app. And if you prefer facetoface, we have that too. Ask me, terry goggans, how our balance of technology and people can help you. Shoprite stores are working to raise awareness about families who dont have enough to eat. The chain is hosting its help bag hunger day. Its all part of National Hunger action month. Mayor mike his of brook an enspent the morning to help bag groceries to bring attention to the issue. 16 Million People suffer from food insecurity. Shoprites are collecting financial donations that will be sent to local food banks. We got a tease of the philadelphia flower show. It was announced on penns landing the wonders of water a showcase of life in the rain forest. The flower show begins march 3rd at the Pennsylvania Convention center and tickets are now sold online. Applications are now accepted for the Childrens Scholarship Fund of philadelphia. 2000 k through eighth graders will be chosen to benefit for next year. And they joined jim kenney at the National Constitution center and the four year scholarships are need based and awarded from a random lottery. The deadline for applications is november 5th and the final deadline is march 1st. Still ahead on action news at 4 00, including video in from puerto rico showing how for ocean Hurricane Marias winds were. And robes, slippers and champagne these guys are not about to have a spa day. Why more guys are going under the knife with their buddies. Sweet 4k tv, mr. Peterson. Thanks. Pretty psyched. Did you get fios too . No. Mr. Peterson, fios is a 100 fiber opticnetwork. What does that mean . Think about it. If you got an awesome new car youd put the best gas in it, right. So why hook up your Awesome Technology to anything other than a fiberoptic network . I got to go. Peterson. Petersons wife. Counting on you guys. Your internet deserves the 100 fiberoptic network. And now get our Fastest Internet ever plus tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month. Inside wonderfully weird fanny pack to give you a wonderful dadbod without gaining a pound. Is the world asking for this . Apparently. A speed track one plan backfired and police are not happy how long their roadside radar survived. We have the latest on Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit puerto rico in nearly 90 years, for the second time in two weeks the caribbean turned out a devastating storm but unlike irma, maria was a direct hit. The category four storm rolls ashore of the northeast territory this morning. With winds of 155 Miles Per Hour. It floods streets and destroys homes and knocked out power to the entire island. Nine deaths are blamed on the storm so far but that number is expected to rise. It has weakened the storm to a category three. But large and dangerous still. For more lets get to adam joseph tracking all of this at the action news big board. A three hurricane is still considered a major hurricane. We see so many fours and fives this year, you hear three and say its just a three. No three is extremely powerful still. And as we look at Hurricane Maria. Winds sustained at 115 Miles Per Hour. The center of the storm is move ago way from puerto rico and the eye did fill in, meaning it weakened a little bit as it encountered land and the eye is trying to form over the last hour or two because its back over the open waters and maria is expected to strengthen at least up to a four before it heads to the turk and caicos but still a large storm to the dominican republican and the British Virgin islands. Winds still gusting to 69 near 70 Miles Per Hour in puerto rico on the western side of the storm that is closest to where the eye is. Things will start to improve as we go into the evening and overnight hours for puerto rico. However, there are hurricane watches for the Northern Island of the dominican republican and the turks and caicos is next as a katz category four. And then well east of the bahamas and weakens to a two off the coast of the carolinas next week and way too soon to say where it may go. Something well continue to follow here in the upcoming week. Our local weather coming up in just a bit. Thank you. Hurricane jose may be long gone but certainly left its mark on our area. The storm carved out sand cliffs up and down the jersey shore including North Wildwood. That is where we find gray hall and the damage left behind. Reporter its estimated that jose caused millions of dollars of damage here to the beach in North Wildwood. Look at drone 6 a once wonderful beach thanks to jose. They tell us that Mother Nature has the upper hand when it comes to erosion. Living here is really scary you dont know how it will affect you the local businesses are already struggling with many things against them and the last thing we need here is bad weather. Folks living and working in North Wildwood say that workers replenishing sand on the beach is nothing new and feeling the impacts of what was hurricane jose, causing rough seas and major eroding and it showed its might leaping over the sea wall. That hurricane did not come within 200 miles and we had 15 foot waves crashing into the beach. Moving sand and stabilizing the area around the pavilion and jfk boulevard that was in danger of collapsing. The erosion is part of the beach experience and not much to be done to stop it. He hopes to move away from a sand solution and create a more hearting ensolution like a sea wall. The engineer is mobilizing contractors to come in and do immediate stabilization to the dunes. And the early estimate to repair the dune damage is 2 million. It could be closed for two months many visitors that live in the area are hoping that as the season progresses Mother Nature will give North Wildwood a break. We hope this is the worst of it. Its part of nature and we have to accept that and disheartening for the people that live here. Back out live, another look through the eyes of drone 6, you see the erosion damage caused by what is now Tropical Storm jose and the mayor tells me that the workers will be out here tomorrow replenishing the sand here and now all eyes are on Hurricane Maria. That is the latest from here in North Wildwood, new jersey, gray hall, channel 6 action news. Just stunning images of the changes there. Thank you. Now to breaking news from bucks county. Action news learned that lee kaplan will spent 30 years behind bars. He was convicted of sexually assaulting several girls allegedly gifted to him by an amish family and fathered two children with the oldest sister beginning when she was 134 years old and the girls parents are already sentenced to prison. The north philadelphia man accused of killing a Temple University student is denying the allegations against him. 29yearold did not appear in court today. But his lawyer spoke on his behalf saying his client told him he didnt cause harm to jenna buehrle. 22yearold burley vanished after leaving a bar with him last month. And they say he beat and strangled her at his partments and brought her body to grandmothers. He will be back in court at the end of the november. A 4,000 piece of equipment belonging to the Cheltenham Police department is destroyed. Someone knocked down a speed sign a week after it was put in place on a utility pole. They believe it was hit by a passing truck and fell and landed on the roadway. Other vehicles proceeded to run over it without notifying police. Its a substantial enough size you know you were hitting something on the highway. Not one person stopped or called to even inquire about it. The department is hoping to identify the truck driver responsible for the damage and encouraging anyone that witnessed the incident to come forward. And one of the most precious gifts one person can give someone else is the gift of life. Two local women are celebrating a bond that few others share. Monica malpass is live in the newsroom with more on that story today. Its a remarkable story these two women started out as strangers and with social media they were brought together in a special way. Coming up tonight ali gorman speaks to the south jersey woman that felt compelled to help someone in need and the woman that has a new lease on life because of her generosity. And a strange sight in convenientner, an 18 wheeler on the boardwalk and how it got there in the first place and how they got the vehicle back on the road. Well see you guys at 5 00. See you at 5 00. There are new plans for an old hat factory in spring garden. The abandoned building on north 13th street will be made in apartments. Mayor jim kenney celebrate that announcement the developer will allow a number of Ben Franklin High School students to work as instruction interns throughout the project. Which is scheduled to begin this fall. A great story here. His personal motto is no one fights alone. And now a young veteran from south jersey wont have to. Specialist john was honorably discharged last year, prior to that the infantry man was injured because of a parachute collapse and free fall. Because of his on Going Service the group of Wounded Warriors presented john with this service dog. And john made his day about others. If you are struggling you can come find me and ill give you my cell phone number and you can call me any time preferly not after 8 00 that is when i lay down to sleep. An incredible young man he is now going to college fulltime for psychology. The goal is to open a business for veterans with ptsd. A great gift to receive today. Still ahead today from bathrooms to the laundry room well show you how to clean every inch of your house with things you have in your kitchen. And this is not a pampered Bachelor Party or guy friendly spa day. These guys are getting ready for surgery. Well take you inside of a bro secmy party. And a fanny pack giving new meaning to beer belly, a dadbod you can put on without putting on any pounds. We are have some breaking news now out of Frederick Town salem county. Chopper 6 hd flying over mill road and the situation that developed here this is the result of tidal flooding resulting from Tropical Storm jose. Several cars are trying to go through this water and it did not work out well for that one. The blue minivan there. Stuck and stalled in the water, this roadway is closed and it closed just after 4 00 because of the situation, despite that you see people trying to get by. Heed the advice the driver of that car do not try to pass this road. Well bring you the latest as we get it today. A man that pulled out a gun and tried to rob a starbucks now says he is a victim too. Ryan flores is in jail for trying to hold up a starbucks back in july. He walked in and bran dished a gun and demanded money and a customer craig jerry stepped in by hitting the gunman with a chair. And a knife fight ensued and he stabbed the bandit 17 times. The mother of the robber says that the Good Samaritan used excessive force. Went from a Good Samaritan to a vigilante. Stabbing someone that many times it doesnt take that many stab wounds to get someone to succumb to you. The Fresno Police chief says that its robbers lawsuit is ludicrous and the Good Samaritan say hero and the Armed Robbery suspect is in jail with a 155,000 bail. Big talkers now, the whole segment is jut for you. We start way growing trend called a pro secmy to ease the stressness tension of having a vasectomy. And the idea of going under the knife comes with emotions and anxiety. 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So as not to leave anyone out it comes in all shapes and sizes and colors and hair volume and consistency and smooth skin and more substance, and of course since its a bag its pretty haney dandy and you can stash your beer there in your little beer belly. So lots of styles. The magnus has a lot of layers to it. The sherman is like super fuzzy and if you happen to have a sun burn, dont worry there say wolfgang to match. Consistency is key for believable. Of course. Go to the channel 6 action News Facebook page and tell us what you think. If you want one its in the production stages. They are trying to make it a reality. Now if they made something that looked like a sixpack. That was not a flattering segment for the male species. Alicia thank you. Lets get a check of the roads now. The men ready to move on. Matt pellman in the traffic center. Traffic is packed unfortunately because of a sort of hairy situation here brian and sharrie, a bad crash southbound lanes of 95 they got it pushed off to the side though. It involved this box truck now off to the side and sticking out of that right lane from the on ramp from allegheny avenue and damage is done, we are crawling from just past cotman to this point at allegheny to center city. They got it pushed off to the side a minutes ago. You may want to come down frankford avenue. And northbound on 95 an issue for you too. Another accident north of cotman after knew taking out the right lane, three lanes are getting by and the delay not as bad but heavy from Bridge Street to this point at academy. And farther north on 95 in bucks county. This one is construction at newtown this afternoon take out one of the two lanes. And delco a crash by macdade and allen at the side. And a bad crash this afternoon avoid polanski highway at wrangle hill road. And 301 is closed at ash boulevard and medical chopper is on the scene at this time. Well check it again coming up in the 5 00 hour. Matt, thank you. Meteorologist, adam Joseph Standing by with the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast one we think youll like next. Fran grenier. New jersey born and raised. Like his father before him, he served our country with honor in the navy. Came home and worked his way up from floor technician to supervisor at the salem power plant. As a husband and father, grenier knows how families struggle to make ends meet. Thats why hell fight to cut our taxes, and stand up to career politicians like steve sweeney. If we want to change trenton, theres only one way. Fran grenier. Adam joseph is here with the start of an amazing stretch. If you like the summer and heat this is the weekend for you. Folks on twitter said they took their air conditioner out. Keep it on. September this happens. We look at the weather center. Someone taking over the set. A big weekend ahead the first weekend of fall. Also the eagles home opener on sunday and if you head to the game against the giants here the forecast looking hot mostly sunny and summer sizzle. 1 00, 87 degrees and 4 0087 degrees. If you know your seat is on its sunny side you will want to bring sunscreen because you can get mighty burnt this time of year with those hot temperatures. 85 allentown and reading and 86 in philadelphia and cooler to the south and east. On the western extent of jose which is a Tropical Storm south and east of nantucket. You see the spin on the satellite and radar through the upcoming weekend it will stall in this location. And kind of spin itself out. As it does, it will continue to generate large waves our way so rip current risks will be on going as we go into the upcoming weekend. Partly cloudy overnight and really warm despite a wind northnorthwest 3 to 6 Miles Per Hour. As we get into your thursday the last full day of summer, 85 allentown and trenton. Mid to upper 80s in philadelphia and south and west and the north wind 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour and at least dry out the humidity a little bit. So it wont be oppressive tomorrow despite temperatures running close to 10 degrees above normal. In fact over the next four days, joses remnant low continues to sit right here while High Pressure is over head to the north and west. Locking the jet stream to the north and it cant kick the remnant low away and keeps High Pressure on board and temperatures running 10 to 15 degrees above normal into the weekend and the beginning of next week. Right now Hurricane Maria continues to move away from san juan, skirting past the turks and caicos and into early next week and by next wednesday it will be somewhere between bermuda and north and south carolina. In this general vicinity and needs watching, way to early to tell it hooks out to the see or goes north or curves inland. We have time to watch it. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast take a look from start to finish, unseasonably warm with temperatures above the normal of 76 degrees. By more than 10 degrees, by this weekend. By monday sun and clouds and 87 and staying on the sizzling side tuesday and wednesday with temperatures between 83 and 85. The air conditions are getting a workout in the next seven days. Adam, thanks. Trying to keep your home specific and span we have diy cleaning products. Our veterans have given us the rights and freedoms that we have and we enjoy today. Ready. Aim. Fire. And its important for us to let them know that we will never forget their service. Fire. It was steves idea to have this cemetery. This was supplied to the veterans, giving us a final resting place. We owe everything to steve for what he gave us here. I wanted to make sure that we just didnt say thank you to veterans, we had tangible things to show, and i think weve accomplished that. 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And zoo adventures, cecily tynan is live with the preview for us. Hi guys Beautiful Day to be at the zoo. You know the song, jeremiah was a bull frog, well he was. And this is an african bull frog. The females lay 3,000 to 4,000 eggs at a time and the males defend the eggs and defend the tadpoles as they grow into frogs. Kind of interesting. Ill have more live at the philadelphia zoo when action news returns. Dad, we got the car. I got it dad. Thanks. Alright, youre all set. Youre welcome. Play oldies. Nice dad freerange chickens. Organic freerange chickens, nongmo, 100 vegetarian fed raised with no antibiotics ever we should post this. Perdue. Raising more organic chickens than anyone in america. Hashtag organic. Hashtag happy. Hashtag. Well, all the hashtags action News Delaware valleys leading news program. With jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Puerto rico in crisis tonight. The island territory is completely without power after taking a direct hit from Hurricane Maria. The strongest storm to hit the island in more than 80 years and now homes are destroyed and homes are flooded out and officials are saying the road to recovery will obviously be long and costly. Tuesday night the big story on action news is the continued wrath of Hurricane Maria. Maria has weakened to a category two hurricane but as you can see by the latest satellite images it still has plenty of power and Officials Say it could become a major hurricane in the future. Many parts of puerto rico remain under water and some saw rainfall rates of 7 inches per hour during the height of the storm and in other areas, 80 of the homes are destroyed and the curfew goes into effect for the hour and people are not tempted to leave their places of shelter. Tonight we get a first look at the damage left behind by maria in dominica where the storm first made landfall and seven deaths are blamed there on maria. They are calling the losses tremendous. All eyes are are where maria is headed next. And adam joseph has more on the track in a moment. But first walter perez and local concern for those living in puerto rico. Reporter hi guys, you know its heart breaking speak