Damaging and dangerous, severe storms take down trees and flooded streets. Right now, traffic on our busiest bridge is at a standstill after winds were Strong Enough to flip a tractor trailer. Good evening, im kristine johnson. Im maurice dubois. Well have team coverage, but we want to get to lonnie quinn. Part of our area is under a tornado watch right now. Theyve extended that watch until 1 00 in the morning. Were talking where Morris County south through or she county until 1 00 a. M. , tornado watch. Not happening right now, but all the puzzle pieces are in mine and it could happen. Elsewhere, the areas shaded in all five boroughs riders of the city until 11 30. Severe thunderstorm warning means severe storms are taking speak. This is the worst the storm has to offer. Peek at this. This is probably the biggest thing i can share with you. We talked about tornado watches. No reports. However, look at all the rotation were seeing in the atmosphere. Radar indicated rotation. If you see
Light showers at that. Some of the wind gusts, laguardia officially 55 Miles Per Hour. Teterboro, 55. Larchmont, 67 miles an hour. The east end of long island, about 57 Miles Per Hour. Right now, its calm and quiet. Mostly cloudy, couple of sprinkles in spots. Temperatures will drop. Bounce back to the 50s and drop to the 40s towards the end of the day. Brisk and breezy. But no heavy rains to worry about or damaging winds. More on the forecast in a bit. Surveying the damage on the roads, heres lauren. Thanks. Im going to talk to you about two closures that will get in your way. Well start with the bronx River Parkway. All lanes shut down. Its a small stretch here. You can get around it. Head over to route 100 instead. Heading over to new jersey, we do have a closure on route 22 westbound. This starts at king george road. Thats also because of floofding. Two things to beware of. Lauren, thank you very much. The nasty storm, we all felt it. Knocked down trees and power lines and scenes l
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Ill tell you when in a little bit. Lets get to lauren scala, find out how the monday morning commute is treating us. So far were doing okay. A couple problems out there. 7th avenue remains shut down southbound between 53rd and 52nd streets because of some debris in the road. Youll be able to use local roads to get around it. Heading over to the Grand Central parkway, all lanes were shut down eastbound by the kew gardens interchange. Right now just the right lane is blocked. Minor delays through this area. More weather and traffic coming up. Lauren, thank you very much. We want to get to that breaking news that happened overnight. It is a major loss. Music legend david bowie has died just days fter he turned 69 years old. Tracie strahan is in the east wivillage. This is where a david bowie mu isical is one of the hottest tickets in the city. Trey see tracie, strong reaction coming from his fans here in new york. Reporter even at this Early Morning hour, michael. We spoke to fans startin