we are dealing with steam and just water that might surrender surround the pipe and not compromise it would cause an extreme steam condition which it did. i started getting like a waxy substance on my glasses and clothes. reporter: their gear carefully removed and bagged for testing. they have not determined the exact location of the leak and what caused it. the city has 6785 miles of water mains and about a thousand miles are over 100 years old which makes it no surprise there were at least 400 water main breaks every year but one since 1998. there were 562 in 2015. i watched all the steam come out and so high it almost reached the top of that building. that s all i saw. reporter: it was scary? well, yeah, yeah. reporter: so you can see there where 58th street buckled after the leak and steam still escaping at this hour. so 58th between 6th and seventh avenues remains closed for repairs and so that the dep can isolate that leak. there were no evacuations due
this year s blue vaccine was mostly successful in fighting the bug. it didn t work on juliet huddy, perhaps because she never got one and then she got the flu. juliet: you are starting up again. ben: am i right about that? did we ever think she actually got the flu shot? meteorologist: no. ben: and she got the flu. she claims that she did and mysteriously a week later she got the flu. meteorologist: she got the flu and the look on her face, judge judy ben: 35 years now and i have yet to see her get a flu shot. meteorologist: let s ask if she is going to do it next year. ben: a waste of time. meteorologist: let s show you what is going on, it is cold again, cold temperatures and a freeze warning in effect for purple shaded counties were freezing conditions are hopefully you did what you had to to protect the plants out there but other than that he will be a decent day, sky will be brightening up soon enough, 40 at newark and central park, 36 in bridgeport and a lot o
it s go big or go home. and max scherzer has thrown his second no-hitter of the season! max scherzer throws himself in the record books, 17 strikeouts. take that. good morning. paula is off, but it s great to have cecilia vega back with us on a sunday morning. we have a lot of news this morning, including this new video from the man who has emerged as one of heroes of that horrific school shooting in oregon. chris mintz was shot seven times. many believe he saved a lot of lives in the process. what he s now saying from his hospital bed. he has an amazing story to tell. but we begin with that breaking news, weather, flooding in south carolina. take a look at these pictures. coming in via social media. flash flooding. interstates closed. dozens of water rescues. rainfall records smashed. and there is more on the way. president obama has declared a federal emergency and rob is right there in charleston. rob, good morning. reporter: cecilia, it is just unbelievable
time. it s go big or go home. and max scherzer has thrown his second no-hitter of the season! max scherzer throws himself in the record books, 17 strikeouts. take that. good morning. paula is off, but it s great to have cecilia vega back with us on a sunday morning. we have a lot of news this morning, including this new video from the man who has emerged as one of heroes of that horrific school shooting in oregon. times. saving lives in the process. hospital bed. he has an amazing story to tell. breaking news, weather, flooding in south carolina. take a look at these pictures. coming in via social media. flash flooding. interstates closed. dozens of water rescues. there s more on the way. president obama has declared a right there in charleston. rob, good morning. reporter: we re in downtown charleston. one of many neighborhoods that s knee and waist deep in water. people had to leave their homes and stay in other places. cars are swampbd. it s difficult to get arou
explosion set off a large fire, the flames destroying everything that was left. the blast happening at 1:00 on the second floor of this building. the front of the building blew right off. the brick the, concrete, and metal became projectiles, and from her apartment window, 16- year-old bridget martinez saw people on the street running for cover. i seen a man, and he was hopping on one leg, and i think he was injured because something fell down. reporter: this is what the building looked like before the explosion. the business on the first floor, two apartments above it, and now it s barely recognizable. with the fire house around the corner, firefighters got to the scene in only 3 minutes, but they couldn t rescue one woman, and firefighters found her body in the stairwell, and they said she was the only person in the building at the time, and investigators believe the explosion happened as a kitchen stove was being disconnected. we are told the tenant there purchased a