Reading about 77 degrees now, but its going to feel a lot hotter as the day progresses. People here in the city bracing for another day of intense heat. Offensively hot. It offenders my sensibilities that it is this hot. I feel like im walking in a hot bath, an unpleasant hot bath. The humidity and heat index potentially dangerous. Its very draining and its hard to breathe. Which is why staying hydrated is crucial. We keep refilling our bottles every 10 minutes. We rest every 30 minutes or so. Thursday the weather system brought heavy rain to parts of our area, lightning setting off this fire in new jersey, a bolt hitting electrical wires. Center when a crane struck and cracked this window. As the hot weather continues into the weekend, officials are urging residents to do their best to conserve and limit use of high energy appliances. Lets just say the air is on. I just dont have the lights on. Reporter officials also urging you to check in on your neighbors to make sure they are okay
Castillos death, people have been asking why it is Still Standing here. Five days after the 16yearold tumbled seven stories to his death inside of an elevator shaft in the abandoned Staten Island hospital and after his grieving father demanded answers i want the truth. Reporter a permit has been issued for the buildings demolition. Why they wait till something happen to take it out . They should take it out before. Reporter tuesday cbs 2 news asked the Staten Island borough president that very question, why were he and his friends able to access the building . We pushed to have this eyesore become something thats a positive for the community. Reporter but there was no security . Yeah thats a tragedy. Reporter and he says ownership of the structure was in legal limbo, stalling any action. Officials with the Citys Department of buildings say the abandoned site is owned by Shore Holdings uk which list island law firm. There was a building that had a demolition order issued by the city mon
So hopefully not too much of a delay. Take a look here, Grand Central park way near laguardia, things are moving along fine. Starting off your monday morning commute without too many problems. Today marks three years since a Deadly School massacre in newtown connecticut took the lives of 20 children and six adults adults. For the first time the anniversary falls a school day. School administrators at the Elementary School plan to keep everything as normal as possible. There will be a moment of silence at the middle school and high school. The anniversary being marked for events that are calling for gun control. Today several groups will be meeting in Lower Manhattan. Today in new yorks Katherine Craig is there for the latest. Reporter a rally scheduled at the Federal Building in broadway. Lawmakers, youll be seeing them, also a large Gun Control Group. Large events today like they took place over the weekend. The orange walk are the goal to end gun violence. They gathered to commemorat
Best thing to do is what we all kind of what wish we were able to do, stay inside. Lets get over to lee goldberg. A week of waiting for this storm and it has more than delivered. The heaviest snow will be over with soon and then well just have lighter snow until midnight to 2 00 a. M. This should be one of the signature shots of blizzard 2016. Thats about 30 inches. Pictures of huge snow piles in Staten Island 1 to 2 feet along the island. Heavy snow will continue right now. They are going to be wayning. Through 7 00 well see this and then well see diminished snow intensities that wind down between midnight and 2 00 a. M. Up to 30 inches in new jersey. Meteorologist jeff him in a moment. They are getting hit with big winds. Heavy snow and wind gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour we have blizzard conditions all day. 1 to 2 feet covering a huge part of the area, mixing in new jersey. They are getting hit hour after hour. Big time difference north of i85, 6 to 12 inches and even 3 to 6 to a du