Bridge but like i said, you know with the power and also the structural integrity. We have to determine that before we can let anybody come across. Reporter this update. Engineers late this afternoon obviously deciding that that overpass can stand the usage. The weight of those heavy trucks allowing traffic to finally flow across again. And of course, you can see behind me utility trucks still traveling over that overpass. Now were going to break down and go a little bit closer so we can see whats happening on the turnpike at this point. We also got chance too speak to some of the drivers who were stuck out on the turnpike for hours. Their story coming up at 5 00. For now live here in linden, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thanks a lot. Well, from the ground with to knee to the sky now. Lets check in with shannon stone. Shes in news copter 7 continuing the coverage with more on the traffic situation. Shannon . Reporter yeah, and it is a nightmare to say the least. We are lookin
Police on an update on the truck driver. For now we are live here in linen linden, toni yates, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Lets get an update from shannon sohn from high above in newscopter 7. Weve done the tour around from the north, south, east, no matter how you try and get around this new jersey turnpike closure its a nice mate nightmare. That is the southbound delay into interstate 10. What you are finding is all of this traffic is backed up getting right into interchange 10 and this is what the problem really is right here, we can show you with sky rider 7 once you get off the 10 you have an option to take to the northbound side, you can get onto the outer roadway, it is just the inner roadway that is closed down but that is where that inner roadway merges in right here and it is causing nightmare traffic. It is a little bit better than it was before but we are going to show you the reason for that. This right here coming into the center of your picture is woodbridge avenue, nice
Take a look outside. We will show you what is going on. An absolute gorgeous day. Low humidities, clear skies, a great morning outside and the temperature to start the day around the area is a very comfortable 70 degrees around much of the area and the temperature right now in central park is 70. The day will feature a lot of sun because we will see across the area High Pressure building in making for a great day. We got weather and traffic every seven minutes. Heather has the day off. Debbie duhaime is in the good morning. Good morning, everybody. On the e train and 7 train earlier problems cleared. On the d right now, delays in switching problems. So, we will keep an eye on that for you as well. 95 northbound up to darien, up. On the southbound side of the new york state thruway to exit 12 approaching the tappan zee, construction continues as well. A problem on the Grand Central west at 168th street, accident in the construction zone. Heading to the inbound b. Q. E. Into the Brooklyn
Police in somerset and morristown say they had multiple calls, a few dozen calls concerned about the rumbling and shaking of homes but no immediate reports of damage. We are told it was a 2. 5 magnitude earthquake, enough to scare people. Emergency Officials Say as soon as the sun comes up, they want homeowners, Business Owners to check their property for cracks in the foundation, cracks in the road, the driveway leading up to them so that would help. Lets listen to what woman told me at the train station. I was shaving this morning and all of a sudden i heard this bang and i thought something exploded. I felt the building shake. I looked outside to see if i saw anything. I didnt see anything. I thought it was an accident. Then five minutes later, two or three fire trucks, ambulance up there. But it was pretty bad. So, emergency officials in this area did respond to some of the calls but, again, no major damage was found there. But now as the sun comes up, you want to check your proper
Getting a major reboot . Turning tv outside, will smith reportedly heading back to bel air. That will wake you up in the morning. Go, ginger. Happy friday as we say good morning, america. David, we made it. Almost. Thank you, thank you. This team is incredible, though, makes it fun. I said this week, 4 00 a. M. I know. All of the way through to jeopardy. Thats right. Lots of news on this friday. Historic day, the secretary of state arriving in cuba. More on that just ahead. Big history to be made. Incredible new images of the moment that explosions rocked that major city in nigh that. Well have the latest in a moment on the search for survivors. First, we want to get those new reports about a godzilla el nino and serious flooding out west. Ginger tracking it all. Lets start in las vegas, winds knocking down power lines. Thousands without power. The flash flooding. Southern nevada, that has moved on. The headline turns to heat. From phoenix back to burbank, very hot weekend. Godzilla el