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so have the umbrella handy. you ll notice the winds around the area whipping about. what a pretty sky after looking so gloomy a couple hours ago with a low ceiling and lots of delays around the area. we re at 57. doesn t feel too bad. still have a wind advisory for long island, it includes brooklyn and queens as well. they ve come off their peak and will continue to do so in the evening hours. that advisory might be dropped during the 6:00 show. there s been big time delays especially laguardia and newark but those delays are on the way down. rainfall amounts, big range. heavy rains on parts of long island. not so much over new york city and central new jersey. there s the radar right now. all the yellows and reds pushing offshore, leaving east end. also a couple showers pivoting in from the south and west. after this low for the evening commute, there will be more showers. i do not anticipate it being widespread and heavy as it was earlier but there will be more shower ....
reporter: it was actually steam. this cell phone video shows just how much. it was that high, like seven stories high. steam coming out. reporter: officials say right around 9:40 this morning, here on 58th street between 6th and 7th avenues, a problem underground sparked a chain reaction. the water leak is what caused a steam issue, obviously water affects the steam pipes in the ground and then you have steam coming up through the ground. that water pipe beneath the roadway sent enough water pouring on to the steam pipe that heavy thick vapors poured out in actually two spots right near each other. was it a lot of steam? a lot. what did you do? run away. reporter: including many construction workers who were right in the middle of a job, in a building that stretches from 57th to 58th street. seconds after the pavement buckled and that steam soared in quickly leaving the area after getting an order on their radios to evacuate the structure. next thi ....
medics rush the 53-year-old man out of the central park north subway station. at least one stab wound to his stomach area. by the time he got to saint luke s hospital, it was too late for doctors to save him. and i am over here saving him. you never know when it s going to happen. it could be anyone. reporter: the victim was selling metro card swipes to a woman at the 116th and lennox station. the woman apparently changed her mind but police say the man grabbed a dollar from her anyway. that is when her male companion pulled a knife stabbing the 53- year-old near the turn styles around 9 wednesday night. for whatever reason, the victim got on to a downtown 2 train collapsing after one stop. it s scary. it s been happening a lot. reporter: the mayor said statistics show a drop in some violent crimes. a lot of people are wondering if that is an accurate picture of crime. the nypd s statistics are quite clear that murders are reporter: the mayor said that r ....
makes his free throws at a 78% clip. len: that s unstoppable. ian: well, everything is okay between prince and gathers. he is celebrating after the dunk. chris: he wants more of that. that s how they have to play. i would like to see them bring that enthusiasm in the defensiven. ian: makai mason 21 points. attack on another. 22 for mason. len: the first order of business, stop this young man. ian: you are right. there is a steely look from mason. chris: he has 6 rebounds. he s been in with the trees all night to do anything. assist, rebound or beautiful moves. len: i will repeat this one more time. he is a bad little man. ian: he has the altar boy look. but the killer mentality. len: don t let you fool you. anymore. ian: we showed you the jones. the extended version on theor s cut was building up. he reminded his team of what they worked for and what they visualized and believeing in this moment. not being afraid of it. living in the moment and the ....
it will feel like the 30s with the wind chill. thank you. the weather was wet, windy, and wild across the tri-state area. reporter: good afternoon. we are on 210th street just off murdock avenue where evidence of the wild and really dangerous weather is still evident. look at the huge tree blocking the street. people we spoke to had no trouble telling us what they really think about our spring weather so far. it s crazy like the rest of the world. it is unpredictable here. you can t know what s going on. intense. the winds were intense. the rain was intense. reporter: an intense thunderstorm toppled a huge tree in front of this home. the tree took down power lines and landed on her car crushing it and two others. she feels like the treacherous spring weather is pay back for i guess it s got to come sometime. here it is. hopefully after this is done, we will have a beautiful spring and not too crazy summer. reporter: the temperature roller coaster conti ....