Back here this wednesday night. Now new yorks number one news. 16 people are dead after a hot air balloon crashes and catches fire. New details from the scene as the investigation gets underway. First, torrential downpours in new jersey turns streets into rivers and scrambling for safety. Good evening. The rain was widespread today. New jersey was hit the hardest. We will have more in just a moment. First the showers continuing at this hour and we might get more tomorrow. Meteorologist jeff smith has been tracking it all evening. New information hot off the presses here from the National Weather service. Flood warning now for southeastern Hunterdon County in new jersey. We are talking about the of Middlesex County, southern parts of somerset and mercer counties through 2 15 in the morning. Some of the rivers in those areas include the millstone river and Lawrence Brook rising and probably going above flood stage as we head through the night. Also, a flood advisory in effect for much of Hunterdon County. This is the rainfall that we had earlier. Just incredible. Right here over middlesex drenching the area for four consecutive hours. Thankfully, things have begun to taper off. It takes a while for the rivers to respond and they are is still rising right now at or above flood stage. Radar estimates upwards of close to half a foot of rain over southwestern parts of Middlesex County between Monmouth Junction and cranberry. An upper level disturbance over the great lakes right now. Moves through to get rid of the chance of getting showers and thunderstorms in any of these over the next several days, they can contain some downpours because we have a muggy air mass in place. Guess what . Tomorrow our highresolution futurecast showing some downpours potentially affecting the same areas that got hammered during the day today. We will detail that in your full accuweather forecast coming up. As we just said, jeff just talked about it, one section of new jersey got just drench. Just a few hours causing flash floods. Water rose quickly in lowlying areas. Somerset counties the storms brought down power lines. Over a thousand people are still without power. In Morris County 27,000 customers for the dark. Princeton, people say some streets were impassable. Stephon kim has details. Reporter well, ken, police say when they first arrived on cars in order to stay dry. Thats how high the water was teenager a. Less than an hour ago that water was waistlevel high. At the peak of the storm the water was at the top of the tunnel. It caught some off guard, and it came in fast. This is the Princeton Junction nj transit station looking more like a dock for boats and a stop for trains. The flash floods sending riders ground. It was pretty crazy. Reporter some riders stuck at the station for hours with the parking lot turned into a river. Matthew was one of those riders. Over the phone he tells us how he watched a fellow rider trying to make it up to the platform. She was neck deep in water trying to can swim in the current of flood coming from that area into the parking lot. Live wires and stuff down, man. Much of new jersey. From somerset to South Brunswick to plainsboro, Mother Nature flexing her muscle. Oh, my god. Reporter calling a state of emergency. As much as four to five inches of rain in some areas, creating major traffic headaches on route 1. A 20minute drive took them more than an hour. We had to make so many u turns. Reporter now, late tonight we are also learning not too far from here emergency crews are also dealing with downed power lines on route 1. So the traffic headaches on route 1 are continuing late into the night. Cefann kim, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you very much. New details tonight on that deadly hot air balloon crash in texas. 16 people were killed when the texas near austin. Tonight a team of ntsb investigators is headed to the scene to take over the probe. Among the questions they will be asking, were safety procedures followed, and were too many people on board that balloon. Christine dobbyn with our sister station ktrk has details. Reporter a summer mornings flight of fancy crashes to earth in flames killing all aboard. You could see their heads. Like they were, you know, all lots of pe there. First i heard a woosh, like a wooshing sound, and then it just a big ball of fire up. Reporter it plunged into this field after hitting power lines and bursting into a fireball. A vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Reporter all over so suddenly. No one could help. The popping sound was the balloon connecting with the electric lines. By the time i turned and saw basket was on the ground. Reporter it was a large balloon. 8500 cubic meters. Able to carry 16 people. That size balloon carrying that much weight takes a bit more time to rise or descend. The balloon was operated by heart of texas hot air balloon rides. The company is owned by skip nickels, who regularly celebrated his love of flying on facebook. If you are trying to land oftentimes going to require you to either skip over or land close to high tension power lines. Reporter now the ntsb begins its grim task. This will be a difficult site to work through. Reporter but they are already on the ground. The full team of 13 investigators from the ntsb will be here by sunday trying to find answers for the loved ones of 16 victims of tragedy. Christine dobbyn for abc news, rape attempt in manhattan this morning. They say a man attacked a 20 yearold woman in Greenwich Village at four this morning. He tried talking to her and then grabbed her and touched her before she fought him off and he the man was about 56 and wearing a dark cap and backpack. In the campaign for president , new pictures tonight of the woman who could be the first lady. 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You can see all of George Stephanopoulos interview with donald trump tomorrow morning on this week at 10 00 a. M. On channel 7. As Democratic Hillary Clinton hits the road on her bus tour, there is word that her campaign. Russia could be behind it. Clintons campaign is reassuring supporters it only involved publicly available information. She wrapped up the day in ohio where polls put her neck and neck with donald trump. We are on this bus tour to highlight what our plans are to create more good jobs and raise incomes. And we wanted to come to pennsylvania and ohio because these are two states where people still make things. Clinton is joined by running mate tim k husband the former president. New at 11, a former nfl player and his wife found dead in their home. Tonight their teenage son is in custody. Details about that shooting and the suspicious note found next to the gun. Mike piazza retiring his number. What made todays ceremony extra special for the iconic player. 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Troopers go to the wrong house in leaving a 76yearold man critically injured. A call came into 911 last night from a cell phone. The caller hung up before giving a location. Mistakenly led troopers to a house in cumberland county. They were shining a flashlight through the door when a 76year old resident fired at them. A trooper fired back and hit him. That man is in critical condition. The Attorney Generals Office is investigating. Right now eager harry potter fans are lined up at bookstores around the country. This is a live look from barnes noble at union square. At midnight, harry potter and sale. Its the script of a harry potter play currently running. I just love the story. Its really exciting. It just makes me want to keep reading. Yeah. Like i never want to stop. Well, earlier wand making was an activity at a party the store hosted for eager fans. People have been at the store all night. Okay. Its past somebodys bedtime. I mean, actually. For real. New zika cases in florida are prompting a travel warning that precautions people. How Health Officials are working to stop the spread. A Specialty Party going viral. The moment that created an unbreakable bond between this Police Officer and a little girl. A live look outside now. Children. Have you seen haley . Thank you for helping protec it has been an interesting evening of weather for a lot of people. We definitely need the rain in the region. But it was way too much of a good thing in a small area. The same thing can happen tomorrow. If you are in one of these unlucky spots, can you get a whole lot of rain in a short period of time and that could cause flooding. There will be showers and thunderstorms around that provide that much needed drought. Especially during the day today. Temperature right now is 74. Wind from the southeast at 3. Look at the humidity up there at 93 . A muggy air mass in place and the atmosphere is like a sponge right now and that sponge is going to be wrung out in the form of showers and heavier thunderstorms. 84 is the normal high. 98 in 1988 was the record. A quarter inch of rainfall in central park. Boy, i mean, south and west of the city and i whole different story. The sun setting these days at 9 13 p. M. Here are the headlines. Localized downpours possible through monday. Doesnt mean its gonna be raining the whole time. Any shower or thunderstorm can be on the heavy side. Finally clearing out i think by midweek. So even tuesday we could have some clouds and maybe a spotty shower. By wednesday we really start clearing things out. Its going to be average in the Temperature Department for the night, flash flooding situations, flash floods average 89 fatalities per year in the u. S. 50 of those deaths are related. So really dont drive in areas where water covers the road. It also causes 8 billion of damage per year. A lot of flooded basements. 70 in newburgh. 75 islip. 75 down the shore at belmar. Still have the flood warnings. Many creeks and streams up over flood stage or at flood stage. Rainfall thankfully has tapered off for the time being. These are the storm reports from earlier right along that route 1 corridor in Middlesex County getting the lions share. I hope this does not happen, but you can see heavier downpours over the same areas that got so affected today. Middlesex county, monmouth, even the five burroughs of new develops tomorrow afternoon. Accuweather forecast tonight, mostly cloudy and humid. A few leftover showers. Down to 72. A heavy shower or thunderstorm 7 00 tomorrow morning. A break around midday. Maybe some more showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon tomorrow. Still a shower or thunderstorm around into tomorrow evening. Down to 71. Monday an afternoon shower or storm could be on the heavy side. 82. Cloudy tuesday, or mainly cloudy. A sher in spots. 80. We clear out wednesday, thursday, friday. Temperatures in the lower to middle 80s, upper 80s by later on in the week. Maybe some storms returning by saturday. Keep an eye to the sky the next 48 hours. Yeah, thank you jeff. Becky is coming up next with sports. Well, i have one weekend to celebrate the career of a hall of famer. The summer of mike piazza continues. Tonight the party arrived at citi field as the mets gave their star catcher the ultimate the trade sit us at tristate bmw. Com. Bmw. The ultimate driving machine. If you want to be a future met, you cant ask for number 31. No. It is off the market. To be enshined in the hall of fame. It was the fourth met to have his jersey retired by the team. Number 31 will never be worn again by an amazing. Piazza was honored with the pregame ceremony. He threw out the first pitch. He threw the ball back to the pitchers mound. It was a special day for all involved. So every time these guys are down and you need a little bit of inspiration, just give a little peek up to old mikey. [ cheers and applause ] and know that im back home watching you guys on tv saying a lot of prayers, praying for the mets. How can you not love that . Mets and rockies continuing their series. First inning the amazings made their way. Neil walker scores. They eventually lead 20. Bartolo colon not getting help first. A run scores. 21. Very next batter david dahl taking colon deep. Rockies 32. Then justin was just signed by the mets before this game, struggling here. D. J. Lemahieu the single. Two more are going to score. 72 the final. The rockies. Now 60 against the mets this season. With baseballs trade deadline less than 28 hours away, the rumors are heating up. Nothing appears to be imminent. Reportedly Office Travis darnaud, Brandon Nimmo and another player for jonathan lieu cray, the yankees shopping mccann and others. The pinstripes roster remaining the same. 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Now here is a look at tonights top stories. Torrential downpours drenching parts of new jersey and causing flash flooding. Plainsboro got nearly 6 inches of rain in a matter of hours. We could get more rain tomorrow. Meteorologist jeff smith will have details in a few minutes. An ntsb team is on its way to texas to investigate a deadly hot air balloon accident. 16 people died when that balloon grazed power lines, tomorrows cover of the New York Post will feature nude