Explore 6abc.com Stories

Recent "severe weather" Stories, Video and Galleries

  • AccuWeather
  • Meteorologist David Murphy says a few sprinkles and showers are possible early in the morning and again in the evening.
Tags:
severe weather, accuweather forecast, david murphy
  • Flooding fears as storm pushes into shore communities
  • The waves came crashing onto the beach Thursday as a coastal storm hit the Jersey Shore.
Tags:
new jersey news, atlantic city news, atlantic county news, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Katherine Scott reports from Atlantic City on the  coastal storm
  • Watch the report from Action News' Katherine Scott
Tags:
new jersey news, atlantic city news, atlantic county news, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Storm moving ashore in NJ
  • Emergency management officials in Atlantic City have been sending out alerts Wednesday making sure residents are ready for the incoming storm.
Tags:
new jersey news, atlantic city news, atlantic county news, flooding, severe weather, local/state, david henry
  • Tropical Storm Karen continued its slow trudge Saturday toward the Louisiana Gulf Coast as a weakened system.
Tags:
gulf of mexico, severe weather, hurricanes and tropical storms, national/world
  • Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Colorado on Monday to view the damage and survey recovery efforts after flooding this month killed seven and wreaked havoc across 17 counties and 2,000 square miles.
Tags:
colorado, flooding, severe weather, vice president joe biden, national/world
  • A powerful typhoon that slammed into southern China with winds that blew cars off the road has caused more deaths, bringing the toll in Asia to at least 33 on Monday.
Tags:
severe weather, Hong Kong, china, national/world
  • The death toll from days of flooding in southern and central Mexico rose to 80 on Wednesday, and new reports of landslides in a village near the resort of Acapulco threatened to drive the number of casualties even higher.
Tags:
mexico, flooding, severe weather, national/world
  • Clear skies and receding floodwaters have allowed many Colorado flood victims to return home to submerged houses and upended vehicles with the realization that rebuilding their lives will take months.
Tags:
colorado, flooding, missing person, rain, severe weather, national/world
  • Get severe weather alerts sent right to your phone, no matter where you are.
Tags:
6abc, severe weather, accuweather
  • The new StormTracker 6 Live Double Scan
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Cecily Tynan
Tags:
severe weather, accuweather
  • StormTracker 6 Live Double Scan, as we now call it, has not one, but two LIVE radar sweeps.
Tags:
severe weather, accuweather forecast, cecily tynan
  • A Labor Day downpour caused a flash flood in the parking lot of a BJs store in Springfield, Delaware County.
Tags:
pennsylvania news, delaware county news, flooding, severe weather, water rescue, local/state
  • Dozens of people were rescued from a parking lot after flash flood waters poured in from a creek in Springfield, Delaware County.
Tags:
pennsylvania news, delaware county news, flooding, severe weather, water rescue, local/state
  • A lightning strike has killed one man and injured two others in a semi-rural area southwest of Miami.
Tags:
florida, lightning, severe weather, national/world
  • Action News Online
  • A tropical depression has rapidly intensified into a tropical storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean, but poses no immediate threat to land.
Tags:
hurricanes and tropical storms, severe weather, national/world
  • Flooding in Penns Grove
  • The storm that hit the region on Tuesday is still causing problems for some people in Penns Grove, New Jersey.
Tags:
new jersey news, salem county news, severe weather, flooding, local/state, eva pilgrim
  • Tornado confirmed in Ocean County, NJ
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
new jersey news, severe weather, tornado, ocean county news, local/state
  • The National Weather Service confirms that an EF0 tornado touched down in Stafford Township, Ocean County Tuesday morning.
Tags:
new jersey news, severe weather, tornado, ocean county news, local/state
  • Flood rescue in New Castle, Delaware
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
severe weather, flooding, delaware news, local/state
  • Pictured: Storm damage at the Manahawkin Baptist Church in Manahawkin, New Jersey on Tuesday, August 13th.
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Annie McCormick
Tags:
severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Storm damage in Schuylkill County
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' John Rawlins
Tags:
severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Heavy rain and high winds left its mark across the 6abc viewing area on Tuesday.
Tags:
pennsylvania news, new jersey news, delaware news, rain, flooding, severe weather, accuweather
  • Storm damage in Newark, Delaware
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
new jersey news, pennsylvania news, delaware news, rain, flooding, severe weather, local/state
  • Mudslide in Colorado
  • More heavy rain is drenching the Colorado town of Manitou Springs three days after a deadly mudslide.
Tags:
colorado, severe weather, national/world
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
severe weather, new jersey news, camden county news, local/state
  • A sanctuary for residents in Runnemede for more than a century suffered so much damage during Sunday's storms that officials have temporarily condemned it.
Tags:
new jersey news, camden county news, severe weather, local/state, nora muchanic
  • Power has been restored to an area of the Philadelphia International Airport.
Tags:
philadelphia, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Sunday's showers caused heavy flooding and major traffic troubles across much of the Delaware Valley.
Tags:
pennsylvania news, philadelphia, new jersey news, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Record rainfall in the region brought severe flooding, airport delays, and major traffic troubles across much of the area.
Tags:
philadelphia, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Action News Online
  • Officials believe a gustnado damaged two homes as thunderstorms moved across New Jersey.
Tags:
new jersey news, severe weather, local/state
  • Flood-damaged home in Mount Holly, New Jersey
  • Click play to watch John Rawlins' report
Tags:
6at4, new jersey news, burlington county news, severe weather, flooding, 6abc action news at 4
  • Flood-damaged home in Mount Holly, New Jersey
  • Part of a home in Mount Holly, New Jersey was washed away by flooding caused by heavy rainfall early Tuesday morning.
Tags:
new jersey news, burlington county news, severe weather, flooding, local/state
  • Lightning damage in Island Heights
  • A lightning strike damaged two homes in Island Heights, New Jersey, affecting neighbors who had previous brushes with severe weather.
Tags:
new jersey news, ocean county news, severe weather, local/state, nora muchanic
  • Flood-damaged home in Mount Holly, New Jersey
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
flooding, new jersey news, burlington county news, severe weather, local/state
  • A storm that rolled through metropolitan Phoenix on Sunday morning brought about a half inch of rain, sent water rushing through washes and flooded homes in Scottsdale.
Tags:
arizona, flooding, severe weather, national/world
  • Pop up thunderstorms across the area brought lightning and rain - delaying and cancelling some Saturday night plans.
Tags:
philadelphia, severe weather, lightning, local/state
  • The Health Department in Philadelphia and surrounding counties continue to warn people to be cautious and take the excessive heat seriously.
Tags:
lifestyle, heat wave, severe weather, healthcheck, ali gorman, r.n.
  • Action News viewers sent in photos as a line of thunderstorms rolled through the area Sunday.
Tags:
pennsylvania, new jersey, delaware, severe weather, local/state
  • Temperatures in Death Valley - the legendary hottest place on Earth - at least tied a record Sunday as a heat wave brought triple-digit highs across the West.
Tags:
las vegas, nevada, arizona, california, heat wave, severe weather, national/world
  • Mike Bouse of Henderson, Nev., shades himself with an umbrella as he floats in the waters along Boulder Beach at Lake Mead, Saturday, June 29, 2013 near Boulder City, Nev. Bouse and his wife planned to spend most of the day in and out of the water to escape the heat in the Las Vegas area where Saturdays daytime high was expected to reach 117 degrees, the citys all-time high. It was 108 at noon Saturday in Sin City. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
california, las vegas, nevada, arizona, heat wave, severe weather, national/world
  • Two people were missing after heavy rains inundated the northeast and led to severe flooding in some areas, officials said Saturday.
Tags:
new york, flooding, severe weather, national/world
  • Severe weather brought heavy rains, flooding, downed trees and a tornado warning to parts of Delaware on Friday.
Tags:
delaware, severe weather, local/state, chad pradelli
  • The National Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WARNING for northern New Castle County until 5:00 p.m.
Tags:
severe weather, accuweather forecast, melissa magee
  • Lightning storm
  • For the third straight night, lightning lit up the sky in the Delaware and Lehigh valleys.
Tags:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, severe weather, lightning, local/state
  • Lightning storm
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
lightning, pennsylvania, philadelphia, severe weather, local/state
  • Lightning storm
  • It was the same song, second verse as far as these storms go and once again, Delaware County got the brunt of all the activity.
Tags:
pennsylvania, lightning, philadelphia, severe weather, local/state, dann cuellar
  • Lightning storm
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
severe weather, delaware county, pennsylvania, lightning, local/state
  • Lightning storm
  • Thunderstorms rolled through the area Monday, bringing dangerous lightning and powerful winds.
Tags:
delaware county, pennsylvania, severe weather, lightning, local/state
  • House hit by lightning in Ridley Park
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
Tags:
lightning, delaware county, pennsylvania, severe weather, local/state