Is also tested positive for the bacteria. Marcus solis is outside that building. He has more for us. Marcus . Reporter it was this morning that management at the Opera House Hotel was informed their cooling tower did indeed test positive for legionella. No definitive sources so far of the outbreak. Where is it coming from . These questions need to be answered. How can we contain it . Reporter they are the Unanswered Questions for bronx residents. No definitive answers but the bacteria has been linked to three cooling towers including this one at lincoln hospital. No patients or staffers at the hospital had been sickened but some neighborhood residents have along with a dozen more in three other bronx communities. Im thinking about it now because i just read about it yesterday. Now i wonder what all the symptoms are. Reporter symptomming include fever, cough, chills, muscle aches. The latest numbers, 57 confirmed cases. 42 people hospitalized. 19 treated and discharged. Three cases fata
Youre making plans. August 1st. I know, i dont like it. Its moving too fast. Slow down, mother nature, slow down, relax. Well, really, if you think about it, summer is like two months. Here, yeah, exactly. Whats up with that . Its too short were robbed. I know, its brutal. Im not ready for it yet. Im rob nelson. Im michelle charlesworth. A nice day ahead and i think less humidity than a few days ago. Exactly. Keeping with yesterday. If you like the hot stuff, amy, this has been your week, huh . Thats right. I like the hot stuff we all like the hot weather, the three of us. Amen. Temperatures have been in the upper 80s, low 90s. We had 89 yesterday, were going to go for 90 again. A beautiful blue moon, by the way, last night. A lot of pictures sent in to social media. Thanks for all of those. Love to see what you saw last night. From brooklyn into lower manhattan, we have a beautiful look day in front of looking day in front of us. Look at the sun glistening on the buildings so gently.
Continue through early afternoon. Were going for a forecast high of 90 degrees. Coming up in just a few minutes well see if we can hold this for the second half of the weekend and ill show you the string of 90s ahead in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Michelle. All right, amy, thank you so much. Developing right now, major roadways shut down in brooklyn. Last nights water main break, giant one, still causing big problems this morning on flatbush avenue. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis joins us live from Prospect Heights right now with the details. Good morning, marcus. Reporter good morning, michelle. Well, fives still without water, but many more people were affected as they try to get around this mess on the roads. More on that in a second. Hear you with hear the jackhammer and see the work that continue, and this all because of a 12inch water main that burst yesterday. It happened around 8 15 on flatbush avenue and st. Marx avenue. So crews had to wait a little bit. There w
We only know that at this point he is a new jersey resident, resident of Monmouth County and those Recovery Efforts will continue throughout the day. Darla miles, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Darla, thank you. Also in new jersey, major problem agrees in Cliffside Park where a construction crane caused a road collapse and water main break. The 600,000pound crane has been removed. Here is a live look at the scene. Crews are repairing the damage that was left behind. Gas and Water Service are expected to come back for everyone today. However, a boil water advisory is in effect. New at noon, a close call in the bronx when a manhole cover blew off the street, up into the bottom of a bus and struck a passenger. Take a look at the damage it caused. The mta said something propelled the manhole cover weighing about 100 pounds through the floor of a bx 11 bus on tuesday. It hit a female passenger. Fortunately she was not seriously hurt. No one else was injured either. The cleanup continues on long
City penn station. We will keep you posted on that story. Absolutely. Now to breaking developments in the legionnaires outbreak. A new Health Department order was issued. Anyone who owns or controls a building with a cooling tower is required to test and disinfect their cooling tower. We have just learned that the death toll is now up to 10. The number of cases is at 100. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis is in the melrose section of the bronx with the latest update on the story. Marcus . Reporter dare and shirleen, the number of cases has slowed. Only three new cases but two of them fatalities. To make sure that the outbreak is under control, a new Health Department order regarding those cooling towers which are at the heart of this outbreak. Building owners will be required to test the cooling systems within 14 days and failure to comply will be considered a misdemeanor. The mayor announcing the numbers r number of cases in the the number of cases in the bronx has hit triple digi