Are facing at this hour, it is frigid cold out here and because it is so cold, the water as soon as it hits surfaces thats on the ground as well, it starts to freeze. It is very, very slick for firefighters here right now, we want to show you some video shot earlier of what this scene looks like earlier all of this starting about 2 00 this morning, flames pouring from the building here on florence avenue, the fire chief i just spoke with him a couple of minutes ago, he tells me that all of the residents who live above these businesses were able to selfevacuate at this time he tells us that there are only a few minor injuries sustained by firefighters, he anticipates theyll be out here for the rest of the morning as this fire under control. And some are working to stay with relatives as of this hour. Janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. 4 32. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s vanessa is out in the elements and john elliot is here with the forecast. It is cold out there as promised that sys
Thank you so much. Janice, thanks to you s well. Count on news4 to keep you connected with the nbc4 new york app. You can track the snow with interactive radar and send us your snow pictures. Breaking news overseas right now. Iran seized two boats and detained 10 american sailors. They should be freed, were told, within a few hours. U. S. Officials tell nbc news the sailors were running a training mission. One of those boats experienced mechanical issues and drifted into iranian waters. Now to that disturbing gang rape investigation in brooklyn, and right now the fifth suspect wanted in the despicable crime is being questioned by police. Video shows the teen being t pen into custody at the station house while the four other suspects in the case head to court in downtown brooklyn. The suspects told police . Reporter two of the teenagers claim it was consensual sex. Police dispute that, and were expecting all the teenagers here to appear in court to face a judge shortly. I want to get ri
Some ice boating. Reporter rich fitzpatrick manages the Hardware Store in sparta. Without snow business is sluggish especially compared to last year. Last year was phenomenal for snow blower and other sales. It was almost we couldnt keep up. Reporter last winter he sold more than 1,000 bags of rock salt and calcium chloride combined. This year he only sold about 300. Clearly this winter has been slow for snow. We lushly get 4. 8 we usually get 4. 8 in december. We only had a trace. Now we usually have 2. 4 but we have received none yet. This is an el nino winter which is warmer than average precipitation but often more rain than snow. And that has some people or lack thereof come spring. We part of a watershed area reporter of course were looking at just a dusting here in sparta. We had a burst of snow showers a couple of hours ago. That slowed down. We are seeing occasional flurries. There is another burst of snow showers moving through the area in the next couple of hours. Some peopl
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The Powerball Jackpot is up for grabs. 1059 is the drawing. The new study shows that they are among the biggest in the country. Are they the biggest winners . Thats what i care about. Its wednesday morning. I am in for juliet this morning. She is recovering from her tooth issues. Mikes bionic arm has been great news he is dressed. Mike im getting a lot of tweets saying they like the old look. Theresa you feel like youre ready for work because you have a suit on . This time of year i appreciate the suit because its cold. Other than that it was easier. Snow and it was recorded we have the wind as an advisory and all of long island and lower hudson mylan and all of connecticut. 1 00 this afternoon wind gusts around 45 miles per hour. The wind gusts as they stand now at 26 mph. 30 in newark and bellmawr. 29 in bridgeport in you could see the wind up there. There can be damage out there like tree lines and it is windy and cold. Windchill factor is down to 11. We have seen worst but it hurts