Drive or walk through any flooded areas, even if they are starting to flood. In flash flooding situations the water can rise in a hurry. We have in the northern suburbs, the thunderstorms in allentown, bethlehem and easton. Allentown about to be out from underneath this as it pushes toward the east. Heavy downpours from this and obviously lightning out there in the Lehigh Valley this morning. Thats a preview of what we all may see later on today. 73 in philadelphia. 7 76 in philadelphia. 73 nill in allentown. 76 in cape may. As we roll through the day it will be warm, 87 degrees by noon. 88 by noon he is there a chance of popup shower or thunderstorm. Right now i was waiting for this, we had a dewpoint of 69 in philadelphia. I told you we would see the numbers a rise and they have. Were up to 70 philadelphia. 70 or better is oppressive humidity and were above 70 across the region i think we all will be before the end. Steamy tropical conditions today and at times the downpours. Things get better over the weekend, karen, details coming up. Reporter youre the only one excited about a 70degree dewpoint. Its humid out there, looking live at the blue route thats the northbound traffic heading toward the schuylkill expressway moving nicely so far. Dave has been talking about the storms in the northwest, allentown, bethlehem they are not here. Roads are dry and looking good. We have an accident academy road at grant avenue a car smashed into a pole. We have emergency workers dealing with the scene. Stick to frankford avenue instead of academy road. A down tree was blocking the right lane, it is pushed over to the shoulder, the crews will be back later on schuylkill expressway westbound between conshohocken and gladwyn watch for that one. I95 live southbound traffic dry, heading toward center city moving nicely to start you off this friday morning, matt. A third person has been arrested in connection with the barcelona van attack that killed 13 people. Katherine scott is live in the Satellite Center with the latest on what ams to be part of a larger plot katherine. Reporter matt, the investigation underway, but Police Believe there are three incidents that could be connected including the deadly van attack in barcelona. Reporter more than 100 injured at least 13 killed after a van veered into pedestrians on a busy promenade in barcelona thursday. This morning the popular Tourist Destination las ramblas has reopened after crews work for hours to clear the scene. Panicked crowds scattered after a white van targeted people. Everybody started to run and screaming from behind. It was scary not to know what was happening. Reporter two suspects were taken into custody on thursday including the man who rented the van. He was born in moor Moritz Boehringer morocco before returning to spain. Spanish authorities said the injured are from 24 countries. How can this be happening in barcelona. Reporter meanwhile, 68 miles southwest of the barcelona, five terrorists wearing fake suicide belts were killed in a shootout. The suspects are believed to be connected to the attack in barcelona earlier and possibly an earlier deadly house explosion. We know one american is among the injured in the attack in barcelona, a moment of silence will will be held at noon local time at a plaza in central barcelona. Huge crowds are expected to attend. Katherine Scott Channel 6 action news. Matt. Thanks katherine. Philadelphia police are taking security steps in response to the attacks in barcelona. A line of tour buses acted as a protected barrier for the thousands of guests on franklin square. They are looking at the landscape monitoring social media, working with our federal partners, we have direct connections from overseas to receive intelligence quickly and deplore properly. Hot spots have posts that stop vehicles on impact. The statue of former mayor frank rizzo has been vandalized once again. Action news reporter, Jeanette Reyes is live in center city with the very latest, good morning, jennette. Reporter good morning, tam, calls to take down the statue have been intensifying throughout the week. Weve seen the statue vandalized once before, take a live look behind me, it was covered by a resident who came over overnight, but the vandalism happened in the last few hours with several witnesses around and this is what authorities were hoping to prevent. After paint ball stains were removed and the egg residue power washed off, this morning another act of vandalism that will be harder to clean, the words black power were spray painted in white across the front of the frank rizzo stamp in city hall after 11 00 p. M. The woman identified as debby covered up the statue not long after it happened. Living in the city of philadelphia my whole life, i just was upset that somebody would take the time out to do hatred like they did to a statue to a man who is not been alive for 20 years that did a lot of compassionate things for a lot of people. Reporter the third act of vandalism comes amid nationwide calls to take down statues to glorify racism. Former law and order mayor tenure is fraught with racism. Black lives Matter Movement shifted the focus on the frank rizzo statue demanding it be taken down. Although tensions were high no arrests were made. With most of the issues there is another side a group thats very passionate, information theres a petition circulating online, the group is asking stat statue not be taken down, but relocated. That has garnered over 20,000 signatures in over 48 hours. They are hoping to hand it over to the mayor once it reaches 25,000. Well keep you posted on that, no arrests have been made on this latest incident. Reporting live in center city. Jeanette reyes channel 6 action news. Thank you for that. New this morning, gunfire wounded two men in west philadelphia. The shooting happened on the 5500 block of ludlow street around midnight. Above the victims are in their both of the victims are in their 20s and the search for the shooter goes on. A woman was driving on a busy south jersey freeway about 60 Miles Per Hour on route 42 in deptford. She either jumped or fell out of the move vehicle. The woman hit the pavement and the car kept going. The car coasted to a stop. The woman laying in the middle of the road was not hit by any other cars. She was rushed to cooper hospital and we are told that she will survive her injuries. 5 38 a. M. , two eagles teammate made a statement of unit for the victims of the violence in virginia. Chris long put his arm ascertain ascertain arm around Malcom Jenkins who stood with his fist raise in the air. Good to see them standings there together. Lets go to david dave and talk about accuweather. Reporter weve got showers and thunderstorms in the forecast, theres one up north lets take a look at Storm Tracker 6 live double scan we have that shower activity up north and i will go in tighter on it, we had the thunderstorm activity going through allentown and bethlehem and easton, allentown is at the end of this bethlehem getting hit with the heavy downpours with another 4 or 5 minutes. Youll be done. Oohs ton its longer than that, youll cruel youll be out of the youll be out of the woods. Its a preview of what well see at times as we move through the day and into tonight. Looking outside, we have sky6 live hd theres dry conditions along the penns landing area and i95 and the ben franklin bridge nice little zoomed in shot there for you this morning. 76 degrees, the dewpoint is on the rise. Most of us have dewpoints in the 70s. Its going to be steamy today with tropical humidity thats what the dewpoint of 70 or better indicates. Winds out of the south at 8 Miles Per Hour. Ocean temperature, 79. Future tracker 6 in the new model run is overselling the rain right now. The only shower and thunderstorm is up in allentown. Theres a chance we wind up with this through the rush hour and most of the morning. Every now and then youll get a shower and thunderstorm, both of us will produce heavy drenching downpours. By noon, the model run has action. There will be a time in the day where theres a lull. If you have to get things done in the afternoon you can. 3 00 p. M. Or before then in the northern and western suburbs another round develops. The new model run breaking this up a little bit. I think well get something more like this in the i95 corridor in the rush hour abbey early evening. And early evening. Anything that forms has the potential of producing drenching downpours and flash flooding. That water can rise in a hurry when you get the heavy downpours. 82 by noon. Steamy and 87 by 3 00 p. M. With the thunderstorm and shower potential. The high today 88 degrees. In fact across the region were going for the upper 80s, allentown to millville. Mid 80s down the shore and humid conditions. Its better over the weekend. Not great in the poconos, humid and thunderstorms, better on saturday and sunday, as you can see. At the shore, moderate risk of rip currents that may drop off over the weekend. Today is not great, saturday, the humidity drops during the day, and sunday looks great. Philadelphia, steamy, downpours, flash flooding not out of the question, might see thunderstorms here and there, 88. Tomorrow after a humid start, the humidity drops in the afternoon, were dry we get a high of 90. It will be hot, 88 on sunday, less humid. Overall, the weekend looking better and a lot better than today. For eclipse monday, mostly to partly sunny skies, warm high of 89. A nice day in the delaware and Lehigh Valleys to take in that eclipse. Tuesday and wednesday we winds up humid and unsettled with thunderstorms. Thank you, david. 5 42 a. M. , Gettysburg National park reveals the future of its confederate statues. Police are looking for a man who tried to kill another man over the course of two days. Solar sisters meet the four new jersey woman who are reuniting who promised to meet 40 careers over the last Solar Eclipse. Reporter spring garden, we have volume eastbound heading toward center city. No big delay. Well take you to Fort Washington and see what the roads look like there coming up next. Quarter of 6 00 a. M. , good morning, everyone, friday morning coming at you the Commodore Barry bridge live on sky6 live hd. Lets go over to karen rogers what does it look like . That looks good. Reporter if youre traditionalling on 309 in traveling on 309 in Fort Washington. Turnpike, we have a vehicle off to the side. No delays coming in from ambler, horsham and gwynedd. Looking good on 309. How about a problem in torresdale, academy road at grant avenue we have an accident involving downed wires, a car ran into a pole, the pole came down, downed wires on academy road at grant avenue here in torresdale if youre in the area stick to frankford avenue as the alternate. Cape may county, 109, onandango avenue. We have mall functioning traffic lights. Stick to seashore road. Storm tracker 6 live double can were watching areas with storms. The storms in allentown, moving to the north and east, almost dry in allentown. Heavy rain in bethlehem and easton, right now. Quakertown we can see a blip on the radar showing a small cell giving rain right there. We saw thunder and lightning as well. Glassboro, route 55, starting to get wet in elmer and fortescue. This will be crossing route 55 shortly. If youre heading in south jersey we have rain in that area. Watch for a storm at any point and downpours with the extreme humidity today. 71 degrees currently in quakertown. 76 in center city. 74 in hammonton. Its warm and sticky and storms in spots, tam. Thank you, karen. Police in Lancaster County are looking for a man who tried to kill another man twice over the course of two days. The man who was shot survived. Robert sheets shot the victim in the chest and left him to die in the woods. Sheets came back to the woods and was upset that the man survived and shot him again this time in the head. The victim passed out, he came to, after the second attack, he got up and walked to a house for help. Hang today, charlottesville mayor psyche signer is said to make a major announcement on the future of the robert e. Lee statue. The remove of the statue sparked protesters. He is expected to address the death of Heather Heyer who was run over in a murderous attack. Officials with the National Park service say the confederate moments at the Gettysburg NationalMilitary Park will stay on the battlefield saying the park has a job to historically and objectively tell the story of the monuments. Looking for balance in your digestive system . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. County new jersey, are keeping a promise made 40 years ago. They watched the last total Solar Eclipse that traversed the u. S. Together in 1979. They were freshman at an all Girls High School in trenton at the time. They made a promise to reunite for the next total Solar Eclipse across the mainland. They are heading to missouri to make good on that promise. Sisters of the traveling total Solar Eclipse. Reporter lets go outside and check the roads, 42, we have showers popping up along this area, especially long 55. Well see extra southbound traffic because people will be heading toward the shore later on. Mass transit looking okay, today, patco running on time with no issues. Reporter showers and thunderstorms around this morning, some of them in the Lehigh Valley, a few smaller cells developing in south jersey. 74 degrees, noon, 82. 3 00 p. M. , 87. The high 88 degrees. And through the morning maybe a little bit of a lull at midday or early afternoon. In the rest of the afternoon theres a chance of downpours at times that could produce flash flooding on roadways creeks and streams. You want to be careful if you encounter any flooded areas today. Its possible, and im looking at this 880 degrees temperature at 9 00 a. M. Thats going to be 80 at 9 00 a. M. There we go. Through the evening hours if youre planning on going out on the town theres a chance of showers and thunderstorms. They didnt get rid of that. We have the chance of showers and thunderstorms through the evening, be careful of that, i think tam the big issue will be the downpours that we see at times. David you were letting people on mars know what the temperature would be today. Some scary moments for a driver in iowa who said someone threw a water bottle at her driving along the highway. She said they was driving near merion wednesday afternoon when the windshield shattered. She saw a dark suv going the other way. The passenger and drivers were tossing Water Bottles out of their windows. The suspects if caught could face a felony charge. Good morning, everyone, looking at Philadelphia International airport. Look out for storms, in fact, the Lehigh Valley is getting one right now. 76 degrees, its going to be hot and humid going up to the high 80s. An armed robber is accused of threatening a clerk with a razor blade over a few cans of red bull. The man walked into a 7eleven near 9th and market streets earlier this month. He started grabbing cans of the energy drink when the clerk confronted. He flashed the weapon and ran off. Nobody was hurt. A teen from new jersey must battle it out in the loser bracket to stay alive in the Little League world series. The team from jackson, new jersey tried to stage a comeback in the last inning with a tworun homer, but they fell to connecticut 76. Jackson plays tomorrow. 5 57 a. M. , brand new details on the terror attacks in barcelona. A brave tenyearold boy scarce away a bad guy who tries to hide in his home. Theres a way to view the eclipse safely on the cheap, you will need a cereal box. Hi, friday, august 18. Were following several developing stories. This is a live look in barcelona, where right now a moment of silence is being held for the victims of the deadly terror attack done with a van yesterday. Theres new information coming in this morning, about that terror act. Vandalized yet again, a message is painted on the statue of former mayor frank rizzo. A steamy and potentially stormy end to the workweek, accuweather is timing out what to expect. David is tracking the storms, karen is looking at the roads, good morning. Reporter its muggy on the terrace. We have a potential of