For everyone through the nighttime hours. So no changes over the next five days. Its going to be hot and humid. Theres that storm chance every day the next five days. More coming up. Despite the humidity, plenty of people braved this blistering heat today. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch live on the Upper West Side with more on how its going. Vanessa . Reporter well, dana, we are right now feeling el storms so nearby. You heard lonnie talk about rumbles of thunder. Well, look up. We have a storm cloud due site of us so we are not getting rained on but we are certainly hearing the thunder out here. Not a lot of sunshine at this point in time but that was not the case earlier today. The sun blared and burned up the blacktop. Heat index soared above 100. New yorkers we spoke to didnt excessive heat offensively hot. It offends my sensibilities that it is this hot it feels very muggy. Its very humid. Uncomfortable too hot for summer reporter why . Tell me why. Because in the wintertime, its freezing
If we track the leading edge of this storm, it is being pushed off to the east sort of northeast and again, this is just one. Another one to the north, couple others popping up, as well. But by 6 30 to edison. It could be in new york city by 7 30. Look at the feelslike temperatures. It feels like 100 in new york city. Feels like 104 in white plains. 75 feelslike temperature in monticello h air there. Tomorrow no changes. 94 feels like 110. So excessive heat warnings for everybody right through the entire weekend. Ill talk about when this could break later. But right now its all yours. So much going on. Thank you, lonnie, for those explanations. Electric power is a concern when the temperatures get this high. Governor cuomo is directing state agencies to conserve energy. He is also directing state parks to extend the hours at swimming facilities. And cooling centers from new york city to long island and Bergen County are open. Careful. Cbs 2s Christine Sloan live in far rockaway, queens
Attempted murder. Julius was the mother of two teens. Her family very emotional. It hurt. It hurt. Reporter as for a motive, the Prosecutor Says that too will be revealed in court. A lot of Unanswered Questions in this case. Live in long branch, meg baker, cbs 2 news. Meg, thank you. A rape investigation is going on in brooklyn tonight. A woman says she was followed off the subway then attacked at knifepoint by a stranger who threatened to kill her. Cbs 2s Dave Carlin Bushwick with the newest information from police for us tonight. Dave. Reporter jessica, rapes on the rise in the area and shortly after this latest case on dekalb avenue an officer saw a man matching the suspect description and brought him in here for questioning. The robbery and rape of a 27 yearold woman happened on this quiet block of dekalb avenue in bushwick. The knifepoint attack Early Morning tooth was in front of a residential building was caught on security video thats now with police but is not being made publi
Almost 24 hours. They just got their power back thank goodness. At least been an excessive heat warning for all five boroughs. The tristate area, and officials warning people to stay indoors. Reporter the water and cooling bus brought in today after a resident says she backup generator is providing cooling in the common areas. Reporter the mayor responding from the office of Emergency Management where city officials sent out a warning about the heat. Reporter more than 500 cooling centers open for those those at home, city Officials Say keep thermostats at 78 degrees. No airconditioning on the platform only on the trains. You in are traveling on the buses or subway, make sure youre hydrated. Bring water with you, et cetera. Do what people are doing cool its super humid. Really thick hard to breathe. Check on the elderly neighbors because a lot of the elderly people keep their air conditioners on. We are following this breaking developing from dutchess county. Weatherrelated. A Lightnin
Elisi finch is here. Reporter around the tri state area, 75 at central park. 68 in white plains, and 65 in the hamptons. And 66 for somerville, and monticello is at 61 degrees. For some of us, relatively high. 70 for islip, and 70 for belmar, and definitely sticky this morning. You look at to look at the the moment, but could see activity before the end of the day today. Heres your hourbyhour forecast. 87 is the forecast high for today, and with the humidity, feeling more like 89. Definitely going to be a warm one. We do have at least a chance a slight chance of seeing showers and thunderstorms before the end of the day. Tomorrow looking to be a more significant chance, and i will now to developing news in queens. A 9yearold girl was found dead in her bathtub. And police are now questioning her stepmother. Magdalena doris is live. Reporter neighbors have been waiting out of the Police Precinct as the girls father and stepmother are answering officers questions, and at this hour, source