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
Ushering in big waves for long island. Exercise caution there. Buddy system for all of our beaches today. 83 at 3 00. About 84 for a high right where we should be. We are going to see some changes this week. Well talk more about that in a bit. Right now, though, right back to the desk. Our top story this morning, the state Health Inspectors will be back in the bronx looking for legionella bacteria in the cooling towers. Mayor de blasio said the outbreak has been contained but five more buildings tested positive yesterday. The number of cases is 108. There hasnt been a new case in five days but the risk still remains in the bronx. Ilana gold has more from the melrose section of the bronx. The bronx county hall of justice is one of the buildings that just tested positive for the bacteria. But it is possible even more can be affected. Teams from the Health Department will be back in this area testing dozens of buildings. Reporter state Health Inspectors have another tough jobs ahead of th
Caused a school bus to crash in new jersey. The dramatic moment in irvington captured on surveillance video. Nearly a dozen children were injured when the bus collided with an s. U. V. And slammed into a building. Since first 4 00, we uncovered troubling information about the bus quo. A. J. Ross is at beth israel hospital in newark. Reporter some new information we received from the new Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shows that horizon link, the bus company, has failed the initial Service Inspections at an astounding rate of 96 . Considering the bus driver in this crash said the brakes failed before the collision, its amazing no one was seriously injured. A thunderous Early Morning collision involving a school bus full of kids near sanford and springfield avenues brought several people running from homes and nearby stores. I ran out, came across the street, called 911. Reporter watch as a nearby surveillance camera captures the bus striking a silver s. U. V. And into a liquor store. T
And conservationists argue thats the real problem. What we have is a lot of illegal wildlife that came into port newark. Reporter a look inside the evidence processing room at the u. S. Fish Wildlife Services shows the countless remains of endangered animals seized by the agency. They estimate that every 15 minutes, another elephant is being illegally killed. So maybe by the end of this interview, another elephant will be killed. Its a significant event and we need to stop the illegal trade. Reporter new york is considered the hub of the illegal trade, responsible for the killing of 35,000 elephants every year. In june, lawmakers and wildlife officials crowded times square as more than a ton of illegally poached ivory was crushed into powder. We were letting traffickers and their consumers know that were not going to tolerate the illegal trade in elephant ivory. Ernie its a story obviously that a lot of people are talking about. I know theres some pending new york state legislation. Re
Take a look outside. We will show you what is going on. An absolute gorgeous day. Low humidities, clear skies, a great morning outside and the temperature to start the day around the area is a very comfortable 70 degrees around much of the area and the temperature right now in central park is 70. The day will feature a lot of sun because we will see across the area High Pressure building in making for a great day. We got weather and traffic every seven minutes. Heather has the day off. Debbie duhaime is in the good morning. Good morning, everybody. On the e train and 7 train earlier problems cleared. On the d right now, delays in switching problems. So, we will keep an eye on that for you as well. 95 northbound up to darien, up. On the southbound side of the new york state thruway to exit 12 approaching the tappan zee, construction continues as well. A problem on the Grand Central west at 168th street, accident in the construction zone. Heading to the inbound b. Q. E. Into the Brooklyn