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That we should see an increase in the strength of these storms. Thats whats happening and thats why the severe thunderstorm watch has been extended into the philadelphia area and new jersey. The flood threat for tonight is actually less than it was yesterday but a lot of lightning and also a lot of high winds. Those are the main threats. But we still have some threat of some hail and even a tornado or two in parts of the area. Lets check in with meteorologist Sheena Parveen for more on exactly what to expect the next few hours. The reason why that watch is going so late is because of all the heat and humidity in place and thats what you really felt today. Temperatures still climbing through part of the area. Thats what will help fuel a lot of these storms as they move in tonight. 85 in philadelphia so we have gone up a couple degrees in the past hour. 85 degrees in reading, parts of delaware still at about the upper 80s and as we go into tonight, those temperatures will start to drop as the rain moves in. So again, the heat and humidity that helps keep the storms intense and possibly severe as they move through. Lets take a look at the timing. Right now we are dry but by about 6 00 we should already see some storms in parts of berks county Lancaster County through the allentown area Lehigh Valley and into the poconos. At this time some of these storms could be producing locally damaging wind. That line should be getting closer to montgomery and upper bucks county by 7 00 p. M. Then we should start to see storms developing through new jersey and parts of delaware. That area will be approaching philadelphia, too, up into trenton and Mercer County and thats by 8 00 tonight. Pretty quickmoving storms. By 9 00 they should really be approaching the shore and we will start to dry up from points west of that. As we go through the next few hours we will be having storms moving in. They will move through the area. I think most of us will be seeing storms around and some of those could be potentially severe with the threat the highest threat seeing damaging winds across the area. I will show you more on the timing of this and we will talk about the threats locally and take a close look at how the weather will shape up for the weekend straight ahead. Wherever you are, track the storms with the nbc 10 news app. You can get live radar and weather alerts sent to your smart phone or tablet. A local Catholic School teacher who was fired because shes married to a woman gives her First Television interview to nbc 10. Renee chenaultfattah sat down with the teacher and her wife at their home this afternoon. What did the fired teacher have to say . Reporter well margie winters told me what shes going through and also talked about how she hopes the popes visit in september will give her a real opportunity to talk about this important issue. Heres her story. Margie winters has been at the school for eight years. She sees the job as a calling. There were kids skipping down the hallways. That told me and it was rooted in mercy which is part of who i am. Reporter your face lights up when you talk about your passion for this. She says she was fired because of her marriage to andrea even though she says the school knew when they hired her. You know its very kind of makes your head spin because you cant wrap your head around it. But my faith has just deepened. Reporter they hope pope francis upcoming visit presents an opportunity for dialogue. I would ask the pope to come and meet us and understand who we are. Jesus says i know my disciples by the fruit. I would say look at the fruit of our lives. Reporter more than 2ed had parents and friends showed up at a meeting last night to support her. And she used the occasion to introduce andrea something she hasnt been able to do as part of the understanding she had with the school when she was hired. Theres always good that comes out of bad things so one of the goods is that we have the freedom to be open with this community. Reporter winters also told me about a message she had for her students to always remember their mission of love and mercy because Waldron Mercy Academy now receives state funds, they are bound by state discrimination laws. Nbc 10 spoke with an official who said the victim would have to file a complaint. Winters tells me she is weighing all of her many options. Renee, thank you. Right now, in Burlington County, the search is on for a man police say posed as a new York City Police officer. Last sunday police in evesham tried to pull over Daniel Mccarthy for driving carelessly on route 73. The chase began but ended quickly when mccarthy crossed the median into oncoming traffic. He ditched the car in a parking lot. The passenger told police she just met him, and he told her he was with the nypd. He is wanted in South Carolina. New information about a teenager accused of dousing an 11yearold in Hand Sanitizer and setting him on fire. Police tell us he is now being charged as an adult. Police say it happened before 8 00 at 60th street and hazel avenue in cobbs creek. The 11yearold has Second Degree burns on his body. Police say the boy was able to i. D. Tiggle who is charged with assault, arson and reckless endangerment. New information on a reported Home Invasion and stabbing in whitemarsh township Montgomery County. Police now believe the girl who says she was stabbed may have made up the story. The 15yearold told officers she was stabbed in the leg by a man who broke into her home on chinaberry drive this afternoon. She did have a stab wound but investigators found no forced entry at the house. They now say there are inconsistencies with the girls story. Free preschool is a goal that comes with a cost. A pennsylvania senator thinks hes found a way. Randy gyllenhaal tells us how it could help families around the region. Reporter 2yearold bryson is growing up pretty fast. His family has a big decision to make next year. Either pay for preschool or hire a nanny like mary. Its either paying for day care or having me watch him. Reporter a few miles away in downtown reading i could actually sign up this school year coming up. Reporter she is facing the same decision. For her, the price tag is a problem. Preschool can cost at least 500 a month. I think thats actually hard for a lot of people that want to get their kids in school and day care but cant afford it. Reporter the push for universal prek got a big boost this week. A new bill in congress could provide 30 billion in funding for a fiveyear program. Most of that money would hellop low and moderate income families, in pennsylvania about 93,000 kids. It could make a huge difference especially because so much Brain Development happens early. Reporter local superintendents say the research is clear. Preschool offers a head start but it is expensive to run. Very few people can argue its not a really good idea but like most ideas, it comes down to how do you afford it and pay for it. Reporter in this case the money would come from a change in the Corporate Tax laws for companies that move overseas. For families with a big decision ahead its not a matter of how but when. They will be in good hands, learning at the same time while their parents get to [ inaudible ]. I think its good. Reporter senator bob casey says it could get a preliminary vote this week as part of an amendment to the no child left behind act which is getting a fresh look from law makers. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Senator casey ran the numbers on how many children could be helped by his strong start amendment. In pennsylvania its almost 94,000. In new jersey, more than 42,000. In delaware more than 50,000 would be impacted. We have new information about a pennsylvania senators plan to protect students from predators. The senate voted unanimously in favor of senator pat toomeys proposal. His Child Protection bill would require background checks for all School Workers across state lines. It would also stop the practice of shuffling known predators to different schools. The proposal is part of a larger education bill. That bill will have to again pass both chambers. Police in Chester County want to know who stole three american flags from coatesville, part of an Independence Day celebration put up along east lincoln highway. They were supposed to stay in place all week. Two flags were taken from in front of the cool bar. The third was stolen from in front of the masonic lodge. Good news for veterans in Montgomery County. Free Shuttle Service to Veterans Administration Health Care Facilities begins july 20th. The shuttle will operate four days a week and includes service to facilities in horsham and coatesville. Vets using the service must be currently enrolled in the v. A. Health care system. Lets head to the jersey shore now. A new call center is coming to Atlantic City bringing more than 300 fulltime jobs with it. Today, the new Economic Development authority approved incentives for the Atlantic City contact center. They say its giving the company 33 million in tax credits because they chose Atlantic City. The Company Plans to install a 200 seat Customer Service center and hire 322 new employees. We know the casino crisis in Atlantic City left hundreds of people without work so why was the turnout so low for a casino job fair that happened today . Coming nupup in the next half hour nbc 10s drew smith finds out why workers may have stayed away. Plus police call his killing spree unprecedented. We have more on the man now accused of killing at least seven people in new jersey and pennsylvania. We will tell you how his victims families are calling for justice. The nbc 10 investigators get answers from neighbors who live near Nuclear Power plants. Why some dont have specific evacuation plans in case of an emergency. Thats next. Im Whoopi Goldberg and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. Hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. Pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new yorks most controversial citizens. A journey in new york is a journey through history. Plan you next trip at iloveny. Com summer. Theres something for everyone. If there was a Nuclear Emergency near your home would you know what to do . The nbc 10 investigators dug through records and talked to more than a dozen Emergency Managers. They found out very few have specific evacuation plans and as Investigative Reporter Mitch Blacher discovered, the federal government says they dont have to. Reporter we went county by county in the Delaware Valley. We found some Emergency Managers have different opinions on how you should be evacuated in a Nuclear Emergency. More than 20 Million People in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware live within 50 miles of a Nuclear Power plant. But the nbc 10 investigators found in the Delaware Valley theres no plan to evacuate people beyond ten miles because the federal government says there doesnt need to be. I have some concerns. Reporter u. S. Senator bob casey is part of the Senate National security working group. The Nuclear Regulatory commission would listen to the concerns that i and a lot of people have as to whether or not that ten mile radius is enough. Reporter around our region the opinions vary. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says that that has to change, it will change. Reporter in pennsylvanias Montgomery County we found little interest in planning for something regulators say is unnecessary. Could you take the initiative and make a plan without the Nuclear Regulatory commission . We could but as i said youre not talking about a county of 20,000 people. Youre talking about a county of 800,000 people. If you make that change youre heavily taxing scarce resources. Reporter we reviewed the countys plans to evacuate the ten miles surrounding the limerick generating station. Its a specific plan one that says areas up to 50 miles downwind may be affected during an accident. Still, county officials like many in our region say if a ten mile plan is enough for regulators its enough for them. We dont have a need or a requirement to do that. Reporter in delaware the states Emergency Management director is also confident the plans in place are sufficient. But in Camden County we are like a bulls eye in the middle of three nuclear plants. Reporter the Emergency Management accordcoordinator is concerned. He knows Camden County sits within 50 miles of three nuclear plants. Hes not required to have a specific nuclear evacuation plan but thinks the region needs one. We have to protect the population. That really is concerning. Reporter they all point the finger at the nrc, saying the nrc says we dont have to do it so we dont do it. Yeah. Reporter nrc regional director dan dorman says there would be time to evacuate beyond ten miles if it came to that. We dont see the need for the preplanned measures. Reporter senator casey says the evacuation plans need to be expanded. He says he has a plan. To continue to press the nrc to do their job. Reporter the nbc 10 investigators asked for nuclear evacuation plans from every county in the Delaware Valley. Only Delaware County told us it could not release that information. If you live within ten miles of a plant, you should know the evacuation plan. Im Mitch Blacher, nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 has put together an interactive map so you can see which counties have plans, which dont, which ones did not respond or refused to give us information. Thats on nbc10. Com and the nbc 10 app. Well we are keeping our eye on some Severe Weather as we go through tonight and this is going to be for the entire area pretty much. First alert day out for the rest of the day today, until about 11 00 tonight for some areas. Severe storms are going to stay in the forecast. The main threat being damaging winds and we cannot rule out the chance for an isolated tornado, kind of like we saw last week with the storms if you remember. The entire area with the exception of parts of delaware under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 00 tonight. This means we do have the potential of seeing some very strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and just off to our west which includes Lancaster County thats a tornado watch until 9 00 tonight. Thats why we really cant rule out the chance for a tornado. Thats going to stay in the threat tracker for the area. But i think a majority of what well see would be damaging winds. Thats going to be the highest risk with the storms today. Lightning will also be up there, too. Cant rule out potential for localized flooding and also with any strong storms we can always at least see some small hail across the area. Now, the severe threat, all the areas in yellow thats a slight risk of severe storms. That in fact includes all of delaware and new jersey. But the highest risk is going to be this orange area so thats mostly philadelphia and points north and west up through the Lehigh Valley and poconos. This is all going to stay around through tonight. The closest storms are just off to our west approaching the Lehigh Valley. I dont think they will really get here until after 6 00. One right around harrisburg that one is severe and that should be moving into Lancaster County soon. Its mostly moving to the east around 40 miles an hour so by 6 15 it should be approaching lancaster. With this storm we can see winds near 60 miles an hour if it keeps up its intensity. Lot of lightning, heavy rain and of course potential for at least small hail. Wide look shows you all the storms off to the west. They are moving in this direction and i expect everyone to at least see something out of this if not a severe storm moving through. I think we will have some of those through this evening. Temperatures are still warm in about the mid 80s with the humidity and what this does is pretty much fuels the thunderstorms. It will keep the intensity up as we go through tonight even after the sun sets in some cases. We got pretty warm today. Take a look at future weather. As we go into the next hour some storms will start to move in. By 6 00 p. M. , areas north and west berks county Lancaster County, and also the poconos. Then moving closer into upper montgomery and upper bucks county Chester County by 7 00 p. M. Some of the storms could be strong to severe. Approaching philadelphia by 8 00 p. M. And even through parts of delaware by that time, too. Could start to see storms moving in. By 9 00 we could have a pretty strong line approaching the jersey shore and also some of the delaware beaches in Sussex County and i think by 10 00, most of this should really start to move out. What happens overnight is we see even more clearing. So going into your friday to set up the weekend actually looks really good. We will be dealing with a lot of sunshine and also lower humidity. As we talk about the shore and delaware beaches for saturday and sunday lot of sunshine temperatures in the upper 70s. Very pleasant weekend. Kind of makes up for the rain last weekend. Tonight, evening thunderstorms, some of them severe. 70 for the low in philadelphia mid 60s areas north and west. Tomorrow, low humidity mostly sunny, very different from today on a good note. Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. Into the weekend, we stay nice and dry, temperatures around 90 degrees. Thunderstorms return next week so the timing is pretty good on that. Coming up, we keep tracking the storms and take a closer look at the timing. A rabies alert for residents in one Burlington County community. Evesham Township Police say residents in kings grant should look out for rabid animals. On tuesday the Burlington County Health Department reported that someone in the neighborhood was bitten by a raccoon that tested positive for rabies. Heres some advice. Avoid direct contact with wild animals whether alive or dead. If you find a sick or injured wild animal call animal control and let the experts handle it. In Montgomery County its a battle over bamboo. Horsham township voted to hold a public hearing to change regulations for planting controlling and removing the bamboo. Some residents say its taking over their property and invading roads. The public hearing is august 12th at 7 45 at the township building. Next on nbc 10 the biggest mistakes you could making when it comes to protecting your Financial Information. Plus why one local university could require more students to live on campus. Lehigh University May be changing its policy when it comes to student housing. The school is looking at requiring students to live on campus for the first three years. Lehigh Officials Say so many students are flocking to off campus houses that theres no social life on campus. The school is also considering allowing students of legal age to drink at more social gatherings on campus if the university decides to go ahead with those changes, it could take a few years to implement them. Speaking of schools, students attending any of pennsylvanias 14 stateowned universities will be paying more next semester. Tuition is going up by 3. 5 . The board of the state system of Higher Education voted today for the higher rate despite a request by Governor Tom Wolf not to. The decision increases undergraduate tuition by 240 a year. A new survey reveals a startling number of people do nothing about protecting their Financial Information but even more claim to be worried about the security of their passwords and online privacy. Mastercard conducted a survey of 1,000 people. 46 say they rarely or never change their password for their financial accounts. 44 said they use the same password for multiple accounts. 39 said they use Public Networks to access their information and experts say those habits make people easy targets for hackers. Delaware county has already gotten socked with a onetwo punch from storm damage over the past two weeks. With much of that cleanup still under way, its putting residents in a precarious situation as more potential Severe Weather moves in. Sheena . Thats right. We are under a severe thunderstorm watch until late tonight for most of the area. We are tracking the storms moving in. Coming up, i will show you the timing. Seven people dead in new jersey and pennsylvania and police say this man is responsible for every single one. Next at 5 30 how this alleged killing spree unfolded. We begin with a live look at the nbc 10 radar. The First Alert Weather Team is tracking storms that could turn severe in our area. Our meteorologists are monitoring the latest movement. Lets begin with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz who has more on this first alert. Glenn . Yeah shall thats right, the first alert continues into later today and into this evening for our area. Much of the area now under a severe thunderstorm watch oh feshl oh feshlly. Some severe storms expected with damaging winds and even the chance of a tornado or two in the area. The highest risk in most of our pennsylvania counties as you can see but just about any part of the area potentially could see some Severe Weather. Its been dry for much of the day but those storms are getting closer and they are also getting stronger. Look at that line as it comes toward harrisburg. It has really strengthened in the past 30 minutes. Lot of lightning with this. The orange is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in the harrisburg area. This is a severe thunderstorm watch issued for much of our area until 11 00 for the potential for some of these storms to be severe. The increase in lightning is an indication that those storms are intensify intensifying. Going right into the harrisburg area, moving straight to the east about 40 miles an hour. Lets see where the storms are going to be going. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen has more on that. So we are watching all those strong storms off to the west as they approach and we do expect them to move in within the next hour, especially for Lancaster County. But one thing thats helping keep the storms strong is the heat and humidity from today. Temperatures are still in the mid 80s in Lancaster County on the doorstep of that severe storm. That will keep it strong as it moves in. 85 in philadelphia areas north and west through the Lehigh Valley still in the mid 80s. Same thing, south jersey and delaware. The reason why we have all this Severe Weather coming is because of this cold front. Ahead of it we have pretty warm and humid air so thats whats really sparking all these thunderstorms. Future weather sees these storms off to our west. Within the next hour i think we will have some moving into especially Lancaster County possibly berks county. Temperatures starting to drop as the rain moves in. By 7 00 temperatures still in the 80s ahead of this storm. That should keep them strong. Approaching the philadelphia area by 7 00. In new jersey and delaware by 8 00, we will start to see some more storms moving in. Then all of this really shifts through new jersey as we get closer to 9 00 even 10 00 tonight. We will see a lot of these storms moving closer to the shore, then start to see drying taking place. In the meantime, we still do have the risk for severe storms pretty much through the entire area. Coming up we take a look at the timing of this what you can expect for tonight and how high the risk is of damaging winds. Glenn and sheena will track the storms throughout the night. Follow them on twitter for up to the minute information. More than two weeks after another storm slammed the region, the cleanup continues in many communities. Neighbors are worried all that debris will become dangerous. Nbc 10s cydney long has more. We felt like we were being attacked by Mother Nature. Reporter now 16 days since Mother Nature dealt the first blow, the cleanups continue. Whats left of trees that snapped sitting in neat piles on the curb but yet to be removed. It didnt get carried away with widespread flooding caused by last tuesdays thunderstorms, a second hit for Delaware County and it hasnt been hauled off since. Now we know another storm is on its way today and we are a little nervous because nothing has been cleaned up. Its still all the same and who knows what today is going to bring. Reporter the mother of three fears windows will be broken if limbs still sitting idle are launched by high winds tonight. She says even without piles of leaves crammed into storm drains flooding in upland always brings a mess. We have our fingers crossed as far as how this storm approaches Delaware County. Reporter with the damage already done Delaware Countys chairman put 911 call centers on alert. He has also asked municipalities to clear creaks and culverts. If it comes in the way the Weather Bureau is saying we need to be very concerned. We dont want to see what happened two weeks ago. Reporter or worse, leftover debris floating into flooded roads or downstream which could clog the Delaware River shipping channel. Cydney long, nbc 10 news. To this now. New information about a killing spree that spanned pennsylvania and new jersey. Today, 22yearold todd west of elizabeth, new jersey was charged with killing seven people. The killing started in may in elizabeth, then last sunday three victims were killed within an hour in allentown and easton. Nbc 10s Brian Thompson has more. Reporter makeshift memorials scattered across elizabeth to remember the victims of the june 25th killing spree. Among the dead 29yearold jameel payne. He had two daughters, great father. He didnt mess with nobody. He usually worked. Reporter investigators believe something snapped in 22yearold todd west after he allegedly killed his cousin michael thompkins, back in may. The june killing spree started early in the morning and picked up again later that night. A white vehicle approached mr. Vega and a shooter shot several gun shots into his body. The shooter exited a white vehicle, approached payne and shot him several times. The killer struck again. Shots rang out in the area of 320 clark place. The shooter once again in his white car. Reporter police say west took his. 38 caliber revolver to easton and allentown, pennsylvania. They arrested him there for killing three more people over the july fourth weekend. Of the five people shot in elizabeth, only one survived. His aunt talked with him right before shootings. He was a totally different kid a couple weeks ago. Why this happened i cant even understand. Reporter rafael went to school with him and calls west a loner. He was more like to himself. Reporter bail has been set at 5. 5 million if he is ever extradited he may be tried here first. Brian thompson nbc 10 news. In Philadelphia Police hope this video will help them identify a man who stole from a day care. Detectives say the burglar broke into the day care in juniata park early monday morning, getting away with three tvs, an xbox a wii and four dvd players. If you recognize the man, police want to hear from you. South carolinas governor makes it official. Within the last hour she signed the law that will remove the Confederate Flag from their state house. When the flag will come down and where it will go. Thats a lot of confetti. We go behind the scenes as organizers get ready for tomorrows celebration in honor of the womens world cup team. On friday residents using Transit Service nbc nightly news lehigh and northampton counties can vote on a proposal to replace the mileage rate system with a flat rate system. Fares would go up about 2 effective october 1st. If you are interested in attending the public hearings head to the Transportation Authority in allentown at noon on friday. Medicare plans to start paying doctors to speak with patients about end of life care. The counseling allows patients the opportunity to learn about and decide on treatments they would and would not want at the end of their lives. Options range from medication to ease pain and make people more comfortable to resuscitation efforts. The plan is expected to be finalized after a 60day comment period. The policy would go into effect next january. We have to wait longer before calorie labels appear on the menus of all chain restaurants. The food and Drug Administration announced they will have until december of 2016 to comply with a federal menu labeling rule. Its a year beyond the original deadline. The rules require establishments that sell prepared food and have 20 or more locations to post calorie information on menus. Im tracking some severe storms through tonight. Severe thunderstorm watch up for most of the area. I will show you the timing and the nice weather for the weekend, next. After decades of conflict and controversy surrounding the Confederate Flag law makers in South Carolina decided it is time to take the civil war banner down. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray is in columbia with the latest. Reporter this afternoon Governor Haley signed into law a measure to take down the confederate battle flag thats flown on the South Carolina Capitol Grounds for decades. The Confederate Flag is coming off the grounds of the South Carolina state house. Reporter its history in the wake of heartache. Three weeks after police say a selfproclaimed white supremist murdered nine people inside the emanuel a. M. E. Church. The perpetrator wrapped himself up in the Confederate Flag, so having it removed and having the nine citizens from charleston including my sister being heroes in that movement gives some satisfaction to some. Reporter it was the emotional memory of those lost. If we amend this bill we are telling the people of charleston we dont care. Reporter that many say shifted the momentum overnight, during more than 14 hours of discussion debate and legislative wrangling on the house floor. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take it off these grounds. Reporter a symbol of hate to many of heritage to others a banner that after decades will come down tomorrow morning. A ceremony will be held at 10 00 tomorrow morning and then it will be moved to the confederate relic room in a museum on these grounds. Jay gray nbc news columbia South Carolina. New york state will spend 300,000 for the damage caused by the two inmates who escaped. They did a lot of damage to the Clinton Correctional Facility when they made their escape early last month. Now new york will foot the bill to repair the facility. The work includes fixing pipes, walls, fences that Authorities Say matt and sweat cut through with tools provided by prison employees. Matt was killed after three weeks on the run. Sweat was captured after being shot by a trooper near the Canadian Border two days later. He is currently in a maximum security prison. Well we are still tracking those severe thunderstorms moving into the area so we will keep the first alert day out for tonight. Pretty much everybody, we have the risk for severe storms damaging winds and the chance that we could see a tornado. We saw that last week with some of the storms. We really cant rule it out. All the counties shaded in pink thats the severe thunderstorm watch. This goes until 11 00 tonight. Risk for severe storms is what the watch means. We dont have any around locally except Lancaster County. Winds could be near 60 miles an hour. We expect lightning, heavy rain and hail. Just off to the west all the counties shaded in yellow, thats a tornado watch. Thats part of the reason why we cant rule it out. We still do have favorable conditions close by for tornadoes. This evening, the highest threat with any of these storms is going to be high winds and lightning. Flooding and hail could be about a medium to high in some cases and again, we cant rule out the chance for an isolated tornado. Mostly we should be seeing very high winds in these storms. The highest threat for Severe Weather will be philadelphia area and points north and west through the Lehigh Valley and poconos. Areas shaded in yellow, new jersey and all of delaware you are still at a risk for some severe storms through this evening. We do have a Severe Thunderstorm Warning now just for Lancaster County until 7 00. This storm is approaching Lancaster County now, moving to the east around 40 miles an hour. It should be into lancaster by 6 12. With this storm, we can expect winds near 60 miles an hour a lot of lightning already and the locally heavy rain and potential for hail. Lot of these storms starting to organize just off to our west. An organized line of heavy rain and high winds as well as building lightning. We will continue to see these approach berks county and the Lehigh Valley as well as the poconos within the next hour. Future weather shows the storms approaching our western counties so berks county lancaster up through allentown, poconos, you can expect it at least by 7 00. By 8 00 we will see that shifting off to the east closer to parts of bucks, Montgomery County, closer to trenton, the philadelphia area and even for delaware and new jersey by 9 00 p. M. Tonight, we should still be seeing organized storms and they will make their way closer to the shore by 9 00 or 10 00 and a little after 10 00, it should start to wind down. The clouds will break up, we will stay dry overnight and tomorrow, a really nice day, especially compared to today. Humidity will be a lot lower. It will feel a lot more comfortable. If you are headed to the beach this weekend, you have nice weather in store. Lot of sunshine temperatures in the upper 70s. It will be nice this weekend. Tonight we have evening storms staying in the forecast. Some could be severe. 70 in philadelphia 66 areas north and west. Then tomorrow we will see mostly sunny, less humid day. Temperatures still kind of warm mid to upper 80s. It will feel a lot more pleasant with not so much humidity around. Saturday and sunday looking good highs near 90. Then next week thunderstorm chance returns. We will keep tracking the storms for you and take a look at the updates on the timing. With those storms umbrellas are being kept handy at the u. S. Womens open in lancaster. Today is the first day of the tournament. Big crowds are at the Lancaster Country Club to watch some of the best female golfers compete. The usga has meteorologists constantly monitoring conditions. Weather warning signs will be posted on leader boards around the course. The womens world cup champions will be honored tomorrow in new york city. Nbcs John Chandler shows how people are rushing to get a ticker tape parade ready. Reporter the confetti is ready. Close to two tons. This is just enough to get people started. Reporter packed for the big parade. This is the ticker tape starter kit. Reporter the Downtown Alliance provides what passes for ticker tape these days shredded paper. They distribute bags to any business along broadway who want to rain it down on the guests of honor. We only do it on a special occasions when marking the ultimate in achievement which we are tomorrow. Reporter the mayor jumped at the chance to honor the world cup champion u. S. Soccer team. We didnt think of it in advance but when people said hey, we should do this this belongs in new york city this is an extraordinary moment in American History it didnt take long to say youre right. Pretty quick turnaround. Reporter the pressure is on to get the floats done largely because of the National Exposure for this parade but they have a blueprint in place thanks to the yankees and the giants. Experience plays a part. I think thats part of why city hall reached out to us. Reporter still, robby says this is different. This is big. This feels even bigger to me. Reporter at bond parade floats, they are prepared to work through the night to finish these floats. Same goes at the Downtown Alliance and city hall. This parade will come together rain or shine. People are very excited in the neighborhood. You can hear people talking about it on the street and lobbies and elevators, everybody getting excited to peer out of their windows or come down during their lunch hour and sneak a peek. That was John Chandler reporting. The parade begins at 11 00 a. M. Watch it in part on nbc 10 news at 11 00 tomorrow morning. We will live stream the entire parade on nbc 10 news on the app and the nbc10. Com website. Putting laidoff casino employees back to work. Sounds like a good idea but it wasnt that simple today in Atlantic City. Why some had mixed feelings about a job fair held by one of the local casinos. Coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, a dehumidifier danger after two house fires. Tonight, where you should not place your machine. Im Whoopi Goldberg and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world and no better place to lean about the people who shaped who we are today. Hear about the lives of slaves in colonial new york and about the fight to abolish slavery. Pick a stop on the underground railroad and visit the home and grave of one of new yorks most controversial citizens. A journey in new york is a journey through history. Plan you next trip at iloveny. Com summer. Theres something for everyone. We know how badly the casino crisis has affected peoples jobs in Atlantic City. Last year four of the citys 12 casinos shut down. Today another casino was offering to hire dozens of new workers but the response may not be what you expect. Nbc 10s drew smith joins us at the trump taj mahal to explain. Drew . Reporter well the taj mahal is advertising up to 250 positions, some of these are maintenance, housekeeping those kind of jobs. But when we went inside to ask about this and look at the actual job fair we were escorted outside by security told the media isnt allowed over here. Avery jefferson came to the trump taj mahal looking for parttime work but he had some reservations. I was a little leery about coming to taj itself because of all the issues it had, but i wasnt familiar with the Casino Industry so i said let me just go try it. Reporter jefferson was impressed and apparently so were the hiring managers. I was offered a position. I went well for me. Reporter some workers arrived early, expecting a line. I thought there would be more people there. Wasnt that many people there at all. Reporter that doesnt surprise the union for casino workers. This is video of a past protest of billionaire carl icahn who now runs the resort. Who wants to work for a lunatic who threatens to close the place and takes away everything that makes the job worth doing . Reporter the union released a report showing what happened since icahn eliminated health and Pension Plans for workers. It found 44 of them still have no Health Insurance and many are reporting symptoms of depression. The whole message for the last nine months has been that everybodys expendable except for carl icahn. Reporter some people see the job fair today as a good thing. I hope the people can have job openings because we definitely need that here. Reporter we wanted to get the taj mahals take on that critical report from the union but our phone calls to representatives from trump entertainment resort have not been returned. Im drew smith, nbc 10 news. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6 00 severe storms are headed our way right now. Glenn . Yeah strong system is coming in from the west. It hit harrisburg hard. We will track your neighborhood and when the threat will be over. Look, look, look, look, look. New details tonight about this arrest caught on video. Tonight, what police have to say about accusations [ inaudible ]. Dehumidifyier dangers. Growing concerns about the moisturefighting equipment sparking fires. The unit was probably running 24 hours a day. A warning about where these appliances shouldnt be. Right now at 6 00 did Police Officers go too far during this arrest . Tonight, the Philadelphia Police department responds. Plus hear from the suspects grandmother. Also people go there to get help when theyre sick. Tonight, agents raid several urgent care facilities. High winds, hail and rain. Tonight, we are tracking this line of Severe Weather arriving in our region. Good evening. Im renee chenaultfattah. Im jim rosenfield. The storms coming from the west cloud hanging over the lake there in the poconos. Almost everyone will see some rain tonight. Our team of meteorologists keeping you ahead of this storm. We begin with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn . A lot of people will be seeing some very heavy rain and gusty winds. Its a first alert weather day and the weather is just about upon us. We have the threat of some severe thunderstorms as we go through the evening hours, some with damaging winds. Thats the main threat from these storms. And also a chance of one or two tornadoes in parts of the area by the time its over. The highest risk continues to be in the pennsylvania counties but still, new jersey and delaware are not out of the woods at all. As a matter of fact, the storms are getting closer. They have gone through harrisburg and starting to move right into our counties here and the lightning has really increased. The storms are strengthening and they are moving right into a juicy air mass here warm and humid. Severe thunderstorm watch in this area until 11 00 tonight, potential for severe storms. These counties in orange Lancaster County for example, Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7 00. Its getting closer and closer. The threat index, a little bit lower for flooding than it was yesterday. The lightning threat is getting higher, as you saw. The highest threat is for strong and damaging winds. Lets check out and see the timing when those storms are coming in with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Thats right, glenn. The storms right on our doorstep and whats going to keep them strong through tonight, because we do expect them to last through tonight, is the heat and humidity from today. Lancaster, 81 degrees. We are still in the mid 80s, philadelphia, south jersey delaware, mid to low 80s. 83 in allentown, 83 in reading and this is all going to keep these storms strong as we go through i would say the next