Blast of wet weather as we head to meteorologist bill evans tracking where the snow is. The snow is falling on the upper west side, one of the few cameras we can show you 33 degrees. We look at the temperatures. It is a mean morning out there. Heavy, wet snow to 5 inches in effect. The warning would be for 6 inches of snow and local spots might get it. Its falling as snow every dids where just to the very eastern end of long island toward the hampton bays and all the way out toward montauk. You see heavy snow on the l. I. E. , the jersey sun pike. This will continue through the morning commute up until noontime. That will give us the heavy, slushy, wet accumulations that creates all kinds of problems from automobile accidents, slowdowns at the airports. That as well as the trains right now. Reporter it is a great day for mass transit. Everything is running on or close to schedule, including our subways. We have a couple of accidents here, new york state thruway. You have the deegan wit
It came on a snowy friday morning so unexpectedly, it has now left two people still in the hospital at this hour, and it also claimed the life of a 30yearold man from the Upper West Side. And clearly injuries here severe and of course this tragedy still about exactly why and how this happened. This video obtained by tmz shows the dramatic seconds right after this towering crane which stood nearly 600 feet in the air and weighed more than 300tons came crashing to the ground on werth street in tribeca just before 8 30 this morning. Because, again, the crane was being lowered into the secure position and the construction workers were blocking off the area, the danger to people on the street was lessened, and thank god we didnt have more injuries and we didnt lose more people. The crane which had been used to move ac units on top of this building at 60 hudson street suddenly collapsed crushing cars and swiping four stunned residents thought it was a earthquake. Theres too much construction
Live look at the belt parkway by jfk. A little warmer than the past couple of days. 38 degrees. Well talk to rave in a bit. What are your travel plans . You get a refund . A lot of people wondering about this. The centers for Disease Control and prevention have issued a travel alert, including a destination that roseanne hoped to visit. Roseanne is thrilled to become a firsttime mom. Now in her seventh month of pregnancy, she looked forward to which winter break in cancun next month. A baby moon for us. Were looking forward to getting away from the cold. Then she heard about severe birth defects linked to women exposed to the zika virus. She decided to cancel her trip. They had paid more than 500 each for their tickets. She contacted news 4. Canceling the flight and being able to receive some sort of a refund. Heir owe mexico addressed her concern saying the tickets were nonrefundable. But were waiving the exchange fee. You can use them within a year. As for other airlines, american is
Its mainly from the city on east. North and werks just a leftover sprinkle. Its moving quickly off to the st. Clouds and leftover showers will give way to a mix of cloud and sunshine. Temperatures actually peak early and start to slide down later in the day. Calling for a high of 43 degrees. Its still well above normal. Little after 5 00 a. M. Lets find out about tenhis wednesday morning commute. Lainuren . We have ts closures out there now. Both in new jersey. In the roselle park area. Route 28 shut down in both rections for a small stretch between locust and chestnut sts reets. The ramp on the turnpike also. The tolls, the ramp to the southbound car lanes is shut down. An o rthened vehicle is the cause of that. I will keep you posted. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you so much. Back to school in newark today. For the First Time Since the blizzard. Theres still streets that need to be cleared and today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is reporting once again from newark
Little bit. Lets talk commute. How is it looking, lauren . Very green on the roads for the most part. A disabled vehicle westbound by the kosciuszko bridge. Watch out for that in the right lane. Changes on the subways. Uptown 2 and 4 trains running express from franklin to atlantic avenue. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, were going to tell you to continue if you head to the train right now, you might feel a nudge if you nod off. Thats okay, it will be an nypd officer looking out for sleeping riders. We have the problem of sleeping subway riders and controversial solutions, tracie. Reporter michael, were actually getting new details about another sub wap incident that happened at the 49th street and 7th street 49th street avenue station. A woman claims she was hooked by a sharp object, a needle. Publics help in finding a suspect after holding a razor over a man who had fallen asleep. This is the sketch that police want you to see. You can see the man said to be in his 20s or