Right now on fox 5 news at 10 but we do know clearly weve had no new cases reported in the last four days. Some encouraging words from mayor de blasio who says the citys deadly legionnaires outbreak has been contained. Hello and good evening, everyone, im Christina Park. Antwan has the night off. The mayor announced no new deaths from the legionnaires outbreak in the south bronx, even though five additional buildings tested positive for this potentially deadly bacteria. All this while state Health Officials have sent out crews to test cooling towers in the infected areas. Lydia she ran knew is in the norwood section of the bronx, a lot of people worried out there tonight, lydia. Absolutely, christina. The cooling tower here at the hospital is one of about 100 state employees tested. Now, this is, obviously, a huge outbreak thats been happening, so 108 cases have been reported so far. So thats gone up. Now we have ten infected buildings, all of which have been decontaminated, but the ma
Good tuesday morning. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin with another night of unrest in ferguson, missouri. A state of emergency in effect one year after the death of michael brown. Hundreds of people filled the streets overnight, clashing at times with police in riot gear. At one time police unleashed pepper spray. It followed a day of clashes, dozens of arrest. And a shooting the night before. Abcs jim ryan is there. Reporter it was almost a festival atmosphere for several hours with protesters listening to music, socializing, and occasionally lobbing insults at the Police Officers lined up across the street. And this ebb and flow lasting throughout the evening hours now, into the early morning. Mainly young people out here at this point, maybe 18yearolds to 20yearolds predominantly here. About 60 people were arrested monday and another two dozen overnight. The 18yearold shot by police after allegedly opening fire on officers remains in critical condition. Also breaking o
And im sade bederinwa. Left a mess. A viewer posting this picture of the rain pouring down. Tonight, the pictures of the aftermath. Eyewitness news reporter, jim dolan in scotch plans for the tour of all this destruction. Jim. Yeah, rob, this water came down fast. Take a look. They just now opened up the westbound lanes of route 22. All these hours later, the eastbound lanes are still being cleaned up. Theres permanent damage. They will have to fix down there after the water came fast and for a little while, it was scary. Margarita diaz was looking for high ground. Water got into a lot of cars on route 22 today. And the sad sound of car alarms filled the damp, heavy air. Big dump trucks couldnt make it through the high water, so smaller cars never had a chance. The car in front of me drives right through it. Like johns bmw, thats it after the water receded a bit, but this is earlier when you could only barely see the roof of this car. He escaped without his shoes, but came back minutes
Now, new yorks number one news. Channel 7 Eyewitness News. I didnt think it was going to keep coming, so i took my shoes off, jump out of the car, ran across the street to the gas station to take cover. Drivers bailing out as the waters rise. Tonight, cleaning up from flash floods that brought down brick walls and drenched peoples homes. Im rob powers in for bill ritter. And im sade bederinwa. Left a mess. A viewer posting this picture of the rain pouring down. Tonight, the pictures of the aftermath. Eyewitness news reporter, jim dolan in scotch plans for the tour of all this destruction. Jim. Yeah, rob, this water came down fast. Take a look. They just now opened up the westbound lanes of route 22. All these hours later, the eastbound lanes are still being cleaned up. Theres permanent damage. They will have to fix down there after the water came fast and for a little while, it was scary. Margarita diaz was looking for high ground. Water got into a lot of cars on route 22 today. And th
Call 18003419716. Drivers trapped with water up to the windows, property damaged, people stuck at work, and a freak storm causes flash flooding in new jersey, and tonight, traffic is still affected. Good evening. Im kristine johnson. Maurice is off tonight, and cbs 2s Tracee Carrasco is following this developing story, and she is live in scotchplains, where the cleanup is now underway. Tracee . What do you have . Reporter kristine, westbound traffic opened up a little bit ago, but eastbound, its still shut down. Behind me, you can see the crews are still cleaning up that side of the highway. A few hours ago, this whole area that i am standing in was completely under water, and many say the afternoons flash flooding caught them offguard. It came and went this afternoon, and it left cars stranded in the streets, areas completely flooded out. I have never seen anything like this before. Reporter theres the aftermath of an afternoon storm that set over union county, new jersey, for hours,