Syracuse native Eric Carle dies; plus, the damage from Wednesday’s storm (Good Morning CNY for May 27) Syracuse.com 1 hr ago Weather Photo of the Day STUNNING VIEW OF CNY STORM: More than 10,000 people lost power Wednesday afternoon when a storm barreled through Central New York, toppling trees and knocking down wires across the region. (Photo courtesy A.T. McLean | Skytop Aerials) What’s Trending Beloved author and Syracuse native Eric Carle dies: Syracuse native Eric Carle, the beloved children’s author and illustrator whose classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and other works gave millions of kids some of their earliest and most cherished literary memories, died Sunday at age 91. Carle was born in Syracuse to German immigrant parents in 1929.