The worst of the weekend storm knocked down trees, caused some flooding and knocked out power for thousands of city residents.The National Weather Service, in a statement issued Monday at
cup of ice on my neck, the forehead. you ve got to play it safe. does this concern you at all? in the next 20 years, this is we re past the point of no return, we have been. it s just one of those things where it s the new normal and c est la vie, you know. reporter: and we ve talked to vendors out here every day who have described these temperatures the last few days as hellish. i can tell you the real temperature is 91, but the feels-like is 98, and it s only supposed to get hotter now. i will say the national weather service has said that we could see thunderstorms in this region that could relieve some of these high temperatures, and that s also something we re hearing from con ed, the electricity company. they re warning folks to try to conserve as much as possible. the thunderstorms could cause heavy wind that could bring down power lines.