Streets in some areas turning in to rivers. This is a day where we have the potential for flash floodingm places to the west of the city are under the biggest threat today. 69 river most areas in the 70. 71 ridgewood. Monticello, 63 degrees. The rainfall estimates over last 3 hours, we tapered off, the rain left we will see another round in the Flash Flood Watch until 11 tonight. The radar not looking so bad. The combination of hot, muggy weather, instability in the atmosphere and you get the drenching downpours. Heather orourke with a look at fdr drive. Where we have a closure. Because of construction, the northbound side of the fdr drive, detoured at 61st, southbound side, detoured 96. Expect volume on first avenue, second avenue. New Jersey Transit metro north doing fine. 4 and 5 trains, track work in place until 5 00 a. M. Downed alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. Following breaking news. A hit and run driver killed two men in brooklyn near fulton and c
In and around forest hills may have been deliberately set. Janelle burrell is live in forest hills with more this morning. Reporter well, chris and mary, police are looking into a half dozen fires this morning including the one that burned down this construction site on 66th avenue. Theyre trying to see if they were all started by an axel rant and they are try axel rant and they are trying to determine who is responsible. Cellphone video showing the towering flames shooting from the construction site tuesday. The location where police say they have video of a man going into the building right before the fire erupts. Its the latest of six fires since october 20th that police say may have been deliberately set. Including in that investigation, this fire on 112th street and also a home under construction. People nearby say it looked like a massive fire ball. It we want up really quickly and it started to hitting other buildings. So it was horrendous. Like never seen Something Like this in
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