Good evening, everyone, im sandra bookman. And im rob powers, joe torres is off tonight. The beach in queens packed today with families trying to escape the heat. The incident leaving the people shaken. You can see crowds of people gathered on the beaches rescuers tried to find that little boy. Now identified as 5yearold ezekiel gray. His body was pulled out of the Eyewitness News reporter a. J. A. J. . Reporter sandra, rob, one minute he was on the beach, the next he was gone. And tonight, family members and witnesses are mourning the tragic loss of 5yearold ezekiel gray. Who was found lifeless in the water here at the park just hours ago. Helicopters. Ambulance, fire department. I knew something terrible happened. Reporter witnesses say there was little to no warning before helicopters and First Responders suddenly swarmed the beach here at Jacob Riis Park saturday afternoon searching for 5yearold gray. Beachgoers say the boy was with family when he somehow managed to slip away. Like
On the other side of 280. The area around south 17th street is also flooded. Major flooding creating quite a mess in the neighborhood. Kron 4s Haaziq Madyun has been there all day. And joins us live now with update on the situation. Haaziq. I arrived here this morning and coyote creek has been rising ever since. Folks who live here along south 1th street tell me the last time the creek caused flooding was back in 97. But they say it was nothing like what they have seen here today coyote creek rising fast tuesday behind homes here on south 17th street in san jose this is very unusual, this is crazyi have been here since 1970 and i have never seen it this highresidents with low laying backyards are trying to prevent the water from flooding their homes. In some cases, it is a lost cause. The creek level has increased 10feet. Here you see the water is rising up to the roof line of this home. However a few doors down the water has yet to reach the foundation of mike smalls propertyyeah we a
Even though the rain is letting up in some locations. The problems are far from over. Kron4 chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp is tracking the trouble spots tonight. And we first told you about the san jose evacuations with a breaking news push alert we sent it through our mobile app at around noon. Be the first to know about breaking news when it happens with the kron4 news app. Coming up it is being called the new gold rush. Recreational pot. Well take you inside one of the first marijuana manufacturing labs in the state. Its right here in the bay area. Then a trip to the beach turns deadly in a flash. Where a woman was swept away by a rogue wave. And next a major update on the severe flooding that shutdown part of highway 101. When caltrans expects to have that stretch of road reopened. We need to be ready for whatever weather may come our way. My names Scott Strenfel and im a meteorologist at pg e. We make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may