across the tri-state area. i m glad it s over. reporter: well, she is glad it s over but we know there s still much clean-up to be done. now, pseg long island tells us at the height of the storm, more than 85,000 customers were without power as of last check just over 7,000 remaining without power this evening. and those power problems today did result in some school closings nearby. we re live from great neck, long island, with the mobile weather lab, vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. the storm knocked down trees all over new jersey, as well. clean-up began this morning in essex fells. trees took down power lines overnight and large branches blocked some roads and in new milford more trouble when a giant tree snapped and crashed on a deck and part of a home. the homeowner says it sounded like the sky was falling. in queens the storm ripped off chunks of a building that crashed into the street and on parked cars below. the debris came from the verizon building on broadway
gusty winds downed poles and trees. on long island overnight winds toppled down a tree right on top of a car and the rain dropped more than two inches, causing roadways to flood. right here in the city people struggled with their umbrellas as 30 to 40 mile per hour gust of winds barreled down. we have team coverage. meteorologist vanessa murdoch, chris teen sloan is in new jersey and allana gold is in new jersey. late start with allana. it is going to be a cold, windy and wet day out there. take a look at what s stationary front off our coast, but we have a big moisture feed, in part because of hurricane joaquin. it is still lashing out at the bahamas. it is a category 3 storm. thankfully it has started moving off to the northeast. track. by this morning moving through the weekend, we re going to maintain category 3 status as it approaches bermuda. bermuda now under the hurricane watch. they are likely going to get category 2 storm, as it is to the west of bermuda, bu