Leaving two people dead. Elliot county city cars went down main street. People had to form a human chain to rescue a driver strapped in his car. Rushing water carved a ditch into the street. One official says every structure on main street was damaged. Were going to turn to the latest on the deadly balloon crash in texas. New video shows the heart of texas hot air balloon 7 00 saturday morning. It crashed over farm land about 45 minutes later near a row of high tension power lines. The ntsb says weather conditions at the time will be one focus of its investigation. Cloud cover, the visibility, and the winds, but well be looking at the temperature to see if the temperature e the density altitude may have identifying the identity of the bodies are a long process. Theyre confirming 16 people were killed. A scary situation is playing out for the nypd. Someone has been taunting officers. Apparently using a lost or stolen police radio. Eyewitness News Reporter aj ross is live in midtown with
Remains a mystery, but one day after her funeral her parents made it clear. They wont stop their quest for justice until her killer is behind bars. Eyewitness News Reporter Kemberly Richardson is in howard beach. Reporter she took off her sunglasses and Cathy Vetrano delivered a blistering message that made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up directed at whoever killed her daughter karina. The gist . You can run, but you cannot hide. To address the coward. Reporter whoever killed her daughter karina for the First Time Since the brutal murder, the vetranos spoke with reporters outside of their home,. Karina just 30 years old went for a job in spring creek park. When she didnt return home, her father got worried, called police and with detectives tall grass. The avid runner tried to fight off her attacker, but was strangled, severely beaten and assaulted. Its been an around the clock operation with detectives trying to track down the suspect. With nerves of steel cathy sent this
Little damp. A little humid and rainy. Very humid. You have no idea what this took. Really . Do they call it the flatiron . Yeah. Whatever that is. Amy freeze was in there with me. Blame the humidity. Good morning, amy freeze. It does take a village. Thats right. Good morning to the both of you. Rained a little more than we would have liked to have seen yesterday. Meanwhile, parts of the area had beautiful sunshine further outsid so 74 degrees right now. We know all clouds are in play for today and the threat of more showers, even heavier drenching downpours at times. 74 central park. 64 monticello those are some of the cooler spots. Mid 70s on the jersey shore. 72 montauk. Here is the radar. We have those showers from last night still north and west. Ulster, duchess county, jersey. All of that continuing through the morning hours, lining up pretty much with what we have on the futurecast. Through the afternoon expected more scattered showers across the area. In fact, some of those sho
Approached karinas parents at the wake but didnt know what to say. What can you say to her parents . The reward in this case has been up to 10,000. Im carolina leid, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Weve got a commuter alert for people to get across the hudson on this friday night. At one point there were 90 minute delays at the holland tunnel. Now the delays are cut to 45 minutes. Delays outbound but an hour inbound and 45 minute outbound delays already at the George Washington bridge and traffic on the George Washington bridge was backed up more than an hour during the morning rush a third day in a row. Its all due to late running construction on the cross bronx expressway. The work is being done overnight. 1 lane is supposed to be open by 5 a. M. , the second by 6 a. M. , but today all the construction wasnt cleared enough time overnight to get the work done. Police in Westchester County are investigating the death of a 15monthold girl found unresponsive inside a home. Officers
Now, new yorks number one channel news. Hot, humid, and dangerous. Extreme heat and powerful storms, lightning sends people to the hospital while power concerns have some folks being told to conserve. Good evening at 11 00, im sade bederinwa. And im joe torres. Night fall hasnt brought much relief from the heat. Tomorrow is going to be another scorcher. Summer storms today sent five people to the hospital. Critical condition after lightning struck a park. And take a look at the clouds over Yankee Stadium before tonights game. Ominous indeed. These storms and hot temperatures are putting quite a strain on the power grid. Power has been reduced in some neighborhoods tonight. We have several reports. We begin with meteorologist, jeff goldberg. Hes on the upper west side. Is this heat and humidity at mid afternoon temperature. Check out temperatures right now, 84 degrees and its almost midnight, and well be lucky if we go below 80. You combine that with humidity, and it feels like, even at