Left her a shell of herself. And hot pocket. An ecigarette battery exploids in a mans pants catches them on fire. The warning being issued. Today thursday, february 25, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Back in the land of the living. It seems like a long time since i have seen you. It is nice to be out of my apartment. Yes, i got a flu shot. Well talk more about that later. Im amazed you touched me. Me, too. Lets start can the dangerous storms hammering the eastern half of the country. The death toll climbing to at four of those died in virginia. More than 238,000 people without power from the carolinas to maine. This tuesday there have been at least 34 confirmed tornadoes. We have it all covered including the impact on travel. Well start with miguel almaguer. Reporter the storm took at least eight lives. Three were killed in this region alone. The storm went right through this community. It was a powerful and deadly system. Another night of sever
Light showers at that. Some of the wind gusts, laguardia officially 55 Miles Per Hour. Teterboro, 55. Larchmont, 67 miles an hour. The east end of long island, about 57 Miles Per Hour. Right now, its calm and quiet. Mostly cloudy, couple of sprinkles in spots. Temperatures will drop. Bounce back to the 50s and drop to the 40s towards the end of the day. Brisk and breezy. But no heavy rains to worry about or damaging winds. More on the forecast in a bit. Surveying the damage on the roads, heres lauren. Thanks. Im going to talk to you about two closures that will get in your way. Well start with the bronx River Parkway. All lanes shut down. Its a small stretch here. You can get around it. Head over to route 100 instead. Heading over to new jersey, we do have a closure on route 22 westbound. This starts at king george road. Thats also because of floofding. Two things to beware of. Lauren, thank you very much. The nasty storm, we all felt it. Knocked down trees and power lines and scenes l
Forecasting a high of 37 degrees. Lets find out about the commute. Lauren . Chris, good morning. We do have delays heading southbound on the fdr drive right now. This is what it looks like north of 96th street getting into here. We have an accident out there by 96th street. We also have a lot of roadwork on the fdr drive this morning. Delays were worse before. Perhaps thats in the process of clearing. Ill tip to keep you updated on it. Heading over to springfield, new jersey, an accident investigation there. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. The search for a man who slashed a waiter in a manhattan restaurant. This all happening at the height of the dinner rush hour. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in Greenwich Village with what set this man off. We should point out the victim had to undergo a lot of medical treatment. Really horrible. Reporter absolutely, michael. Startling and shocking for so many people to find out about this mans injur
Possible factors that might have contributed to this crash, mechanical factor, drivers history and the snowy conditions on i95 this afternoon. We sho d also phint out back in 2003 two passengers were killed after a queens casino bus operating under the name dahlia travel and tours skid off the slushy garden state parkway. That ne on the way to atlantic city. Back to you. Well all winter storm rnings and Winter Weather advisori tes for our area just about to end but coastal flood warnings are still in efct. This was the scene at rockaway queens. A news 4 viewer captured the street flooding on a cell phone. It could happen again soon. Storm temple 4 storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff has more. Today with the coastal flooding and snow across long island is slowly moving away. Areas with light snow continuing across Suffolk County. A few flurries here and there. This is the next system. Look how broad it is from the great lakes all the way down the southeast with a mix of snow and rain
A mild winter. It was very warm. Now it feels like every day were getting hit with another blizzard. Reporter this time its not a blizzard but conditions havent made getting around easy. Fallen lines and icy roads created dangerous driving. Put the wire back up if we can. If not, we backfeed it to pick up the outages. They do a permanent repair. Theyre trying to repair outages as they come in snead of waiting for the snow to stop. This lineman tells us the wind isnt as big of an issue as the ice. Weighs the wires down, trees come down. Reporter its a tough job during big storms. Crews can work 16 on, eight off. Homeowners can help by pruning trees throughout the year. When the trees come down, it makes everything more complicated because it can take the wire, poles down. Its more work. Reporter people may not like the snow, but at the end of the day, its winter in the the snow here, im from connecticut, this doesnt bother us at all. You cant do nothing. Cant wait for spring. Reporter 4