It seemed like the storm had blown by and all we had was winds. Then a little bit of rain and lightning and thunder. Reporter for one family in massapequa, the noise in the middle of the night was terrifying. The tree crashing through the roof and into a young girls bedroom. The branch came right through the top and above her. Were just glad shes okay. Everything else can be fixed. Reporter the howling winds horror film. The damage in some places like a disaster movie after a storm that caught many people off guard. By morning, we found trees resting on power lines, traffic lights at key intersections knocked down, and a sign of just how strong the winds really were, along that a total of 90,000 homes and businesses lost power, but utility crews scrambled through the night and into the morning, bringing more than 80 of them back online within a matter of hours. Woke up this morning to see a piece of fence blown out by my neighbor. Then my house had the basketball hoop down, and that wa
Teenager away from the bus driver. Hes a sweet young man. No drugs, no alcohol, never been arrested. Never hit anyone before. But he has an illness and we have to work with that. Yeah. He on medication . Absolutely. Did he have his meds that day . Absolutely. Reporter all of this happening in Brooklyn Court today and we find out another city bus driver attacked. This time it happened last night in the bronx. This driver, 69 years old, a teenage suspect according to authorities got on the bus in southern boulevard in the bronx, attacked the driver. The driver suffered a swollen right cheek and a bloody eye. Mr. Clark returns to court on the 21st of april. But coming up at 5 30, were going to take a look at the to get services he desperately needs. Joe, thank you. Were going to turn to the controversial planned budget cuts that some say will leave new york city vulnerable to terrorists. Washingtons new plan would reduce antiterror funding from 180 million to 90 million. That drastic redu
Look tonight at midnight, 11 00 to midnight, heavy downpours of rain, probably some rumbles of thunder, maybe some lightning with this front pushing through and wind gusts that could be at about 45 Miles Per Hour. Looking at an additional inch or maybe even two inches of rain out of this in some local spots, and were looking at some gusty winds here too. Were looking at winds stwix to 28 Miles Per Hour sustained with higher gusts. We will talk more about that and a big blast of cold air coming in too in your accuweather forecast in just a moment. Back to you, david, shirleen all right, bill, thanks. You can get the latest accuweather forecast and see live radar anytime with our accutrack alert app. Its free to download. Just search abc7ny in the google app or google play stores. Breaking news now, a series of manhole explosions in new jersey. Eyewitness News Reporter Michelle Charlesworth is at the scene in elizabeth. Michelle, what do we know so far . Reporter well, were on elizabeth
Holding more mothers Sheyla Pichardo who was holding her mothers hand. Investigators quickly closed in on the s. This video was suspect. This Surveillance Video was key to the case. From the video, we were able to get the first two and the last two characters from the license plate and then just a series of detectives going through different plates, we came up with the car. Reporter Authorities Say after the deadly accident, rodrigez who, Authorities Say is possibly here illegally, headed to newark. His girlfriend, Joanna Rosas Alvarez called the police and told them her suv had been stolen. Investigators had made progress tracking down information about the license plate on this suv. They made a connection, found the car. The same chevy tahoe that killed this first grader. It was parked near the here in newark. For sheylas family, all of this is too much. Her mom wasnt badly hurt but emotionally and psychologically, her friends tell me she is not doing good. This was the couples only
Funeral personally out of his own pocket. The mother works in a nail salon. He actually knows her, the mayor. The father also works very hard. He works in a factory. There is a memorial that has been growing at the site of the hitandrun crash at 62nd and van buren. Thats in West New York. If you see, whether it could be a woman or a man, if youre there watching, please, show yourself. If you have a heart, something that is pumping in your body, show yourself. Its not fair. You just took a life of an angel. I actually knew the mother. She used to work in a nail salon. Mexican family. And were going to cover all the costs. West new york. Were treating this like a dignitary because its a tragedy. Girl. Smile comes to my face. That was her. She was the happiest baby. She says sheyla, she can only describe her as just being a beautiful, loving little 7yearold girl, so full of fun parents. More on this tahoe that police are looking for. Theyre describing it as a new tahoe with temporary plat