Raf miranda in the weather 4 storm team. Its better to stay indoors, stay in the ac. If you go outside, thats when you need to be concerned about staying hydrated and out of the sun. Its very hot out. A quiet start to your weekend. This is the problem. Excessive heat warnings in effect. All of these counties shaded in pink. Look where they the heartland. Dutchess county, westchester, rockland, the five boroughs, under excessive heat warnings. This is in effect through sunday afternoon. Basically all weekend long the heat will stay dangerous. We didnt cool off last night so now were down at 81. Winds out of the southwest at 8 miles per hour. Plan your day. 90 degrees, fools like 99. Thats because of the high humidity 37 as you head towards 2 00, tracking a few showers and storms. The big story is 9 5 feels like 107 degrees. Even through 5 00 p. M. , 92 degrees feels like 105. This is going to be the most dangerous time where you definitely need to stay indoors and stay hydrated. There is some relief on the way in the tenday a few minutes. Thanks. Happening now, as raffy is talking about and everybody else, were under excessive heat warnings and city leaders are urging everyone to play it safe. Good morning, greg. Reporter good morning, gus. Hey, pat. I knew what kind of morning it was going to be when i got in my car at 4 30 and the thermometer read 81 degrees. All downhill from there. Our area through tomorrow. The realfeel temperatures will be in triple digits. Not only uncomfortable, but very dangerous. Thats why the is he will be keeping cooling centers in all five boroughs through the weekend. Mayor de blasio urging new yorkers to use their air conditioning if they have it, but the mayor is at 78 degrees. The main reason for, that he doesnt want to overload our power grid. This, again, is a heat emergency. Use air conditioning. Set it to 78 degrees. Why . Because 78 degrees will keep you cool enough in terms of health, youll be fine. But if will also help us protect against Power Outages and, worse, a blackout. We have the biggest population history, huge demands on our power grid. The last thing any of us want to go through is a blackout. Reporter some in our area did see Power Outages yesterday. Right now the number of outages are minimal. Tomorrow marks, ironically, the anniversary of the great blackout of 2003. The mayor is urging people to check on their neighbors, the elderly and chronically ill, the folks who really suffer in this kind of rear live in bryant park, greg cergol, today in new york. We do not want a repeat. Heat is not the only concern. Raffy mentioned were going to get loss of thunderstorms. A fastmoving system took some parkgoers by surprise. A lightning bolt struck as people were under a tree in poughkeepsies Mansion Square got worried because i know he does come here once in a while. Reporter pattie white hoped her brother was not involved, not the reason for the tape. Then i saw his bookbag on an officers car. I asked them, look in it. Sure enough, it was her brothers book bag. Reporter hes 46yearold franklin mckeel. He was sitting on this park bench when lightning struck. One of three supposedly his heart stopped. They got him back. Hes stable. Now they have to do some kind of procedure. Reporter another two were hurt but not as seriously. He says he saw signs of small fires, remnants of the strike. The womans handbag, which had obviously been on fire, was on fire when the first officers got here. There was actually smoke he was alive, but he was smoking, his pants, his clothes were smoking, whatnot. Reporter according to the National Weather service, there have been 25 lightningrelated deaths across the country. Two in upstate new york. Both of those victims killed earlier this week. Now his sister just hopes his brother doesnt add to that number and survives this strike. But they dont know and they wont know if hes going to make it. Its never safe to be out in thunder. If you hear thunder, lightning is close. Crews tell us you should stay away from objects that conduct electricity. As always, you can track storms with the latest nbc4 app. You can download it for free at the app store. New this morning, this is a story that really stunned us. Snatched a gold chain from the neck of a toddler in queens. It happened yesterday at the laundromat in astoria. That is the suspect, 22yearold pablo escobar. Yeah. People say he hangs around ravenswood and queens park. If you have any information, Police Contact police. And happening now, police need your help to find a family in brooklyn. Detectives tell us janet smith hasnt been seen since thursday when she left the Human Administration building on dekalb avenue. If you see them, please call crime stoppers. Alex rodriguez is officially a former yankee. He retired from baseball last night after playing his final Yankee Stadium. Number 13, Alex Rodriguez. Fans gave arod a standing ovation before the first pitch. He braved some shaky weather. Look at the clouds, which did hold up for the game. During his 12 seasons as a yankee, he developed a love hate relationship. The fans we spoke to last night had nothing but praise for th slugger. Hes been the athlete of the decade. We came here to say goodbye to arod. If youre listening, front office, youre hurting me. Youre not hurting him. Well let you know how arod and the yankees did in their final game coming up a bit in sports. Well, from the pool to the pitch. Another day of inspirational wins and unbelievable upsets. News 4s bruce beck was at the joins us from rio. Reporter dave seven on rio there was a stun other soccer field. A stunning performance in the pool by the finest female swimmer in the world. And a stunned crowd with the most decorated olympian of alltime came up short. Katie ledecky won her fourth and final gold medal in rio, demolishing the field in the 800meter freestyle and setting a new world record in the process. The 19yearold is officially superstar. I have to wait another four years to have this moment again. Reporter in his final event of the games, Michael Phelps had to settle for silver in the 100meter butterfly and it was an incredible threeway tie for silver. Thats what i could do today. You know, its its okay. I have another race tomorrow. And well get ready for that. Reporter and of it a banner night for some other americans. The 100meter freestyle. He xap toured that event in sydney as a 19yearold. May yeah dirado claimed the 100meter backstroke. What a shocker in soccer where the u. S. Womens team is out. They were knocked off in the quarterfinals by sweden after losing on penalty kicks. Its the First Time Ever that the u. S. Women have failed to reach the gold medal now they wont medal at all. Just doesnt feel real. Its going to hurt. Its unfortunate to lose but you best believe in 019 and 2020 well be back for the golds. Reporter the Mens Basketball Team survived over serbia, and the womens team crushed canada 8151. Silver. Im bruce beck for today in new york. The u. S. Medal count remains way ahead. The u. S. With 50 medals, 0 gold. China in second with 37, japan, 24, and Great Britain 22 in total. Please stay with news 4 on air and online. Logon to nbc4. Com and 4 to watch today. Still to come on today in new york on this saturday morning, what scientists are studying off the long island coast that may make you squirm. Well have an update from the gulf coast where torrential rains in the south have left some communities under water. Look at that video. Up to the eaves. Dangerous heat and humidity continue again today. Well take a look at the storms tenday forecast. Theres the gwb looking very hazy on this saturday morning. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means that in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now you can get 100 meg internet line. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. New york, new york, with a traffic jam. Thats the Alexander Hamilton bridge. Whats up with that . I know. Traffic on the way up, so are temperatures. In a moment, raf numbers. Look at this. The heavy downpours. Thats a house. Get to the roof line. This is in the south. Louisiana you should a state of emergency. In some areas more than a foot of rain fell in less than 24 hours. Crews have pulled dozens of people out of their homes, when are obviously full of water. At least two people have died. River records are to overflow. My goodness, look at that. There all week. It will continue down on the gulf. We saw storms yesterday. The haze and humidity already forming. Its the summer setup, the heat and humidity, storms will pop again. The big story is the heat and the dangerous combination of heat and humidity. It will feel like 110 degrees. Theres the Brooklyn Bridge. Lots of haze there. Its a stick morning and only gets worse from here. Take a look at the satellite picture. Bermuda High Pressure in control. Not much going on around the immediate tristate. Well see those popping at we head throughout the evening hours. Its dangerous to stay outside for too long. The heat wave becomes official. This is the third day in a row above 90 degrees. Our second heat wave in the park. Another round of showers and humidity continue, unfortunately, on full blast for tomorrow. Planning your day today, dry through the morning, hazy, hot and humid. That 95 feels more like 110 around 2 00 p. M. And thats around the tristate. Scattered storms especially later on this afternoon and evening. We do have temperatures in the 70s now but its very muggy. Even though you see 75 in shelton, doesnt feel 79 in bridgeport. 81 in central park. 66, enjoy that in monticello. Wont last long. Summer streets today, its a hot one. 7 00 a. M. To 1 00 p. M. , temperatures on the rise from central park to Brooklyn Bridge. Its a tough one as you go. Eventually its going to feel as hot as 106 degrees. Thats more towards 1 00 p. M. We could see one or two popup storms as well. This is your map. This is what it feels like around 1 00. Around 105 in central park. 106 during the engineer shi shore. When you see this 84, thats the potential for a popup thunderstorm. That may briefly cool you down. Thats what we had yesterday. Tomorrow, more of the same. Sunday, not much better. Maybe 1 or 2 degrees cooler in the feelslike temperatures. The humidity backs off a little bit tomorrow. Monday, a little bit better. Heres a look at future tracker tracking that storm potential. Your shower cooling in asbury park. Lots of clouds there, 2 00, 3 00 p. M. The storms could happen anywhere at any time. Especially during the afternoon. You have to be outside, keep that in mind. When it rains, it could pool. Overnight, dinner time, 8 00, high humidity. Storms popping after 3 00, 4 00, 5 00. Dinner time, scattered storms. It will cool you off a bit. Storms could be strong to is he rear. Theres your tenday forecast. Mid90s throughout the weekend. Feels like over 100 degrees. Monday, still in the low 90s, still humid with scattered storms there. Its not until tuesday and wednesday, looking at 88, 89 degrees, its still very muggy. Doesnt feel good, just d feel quite as intense as it will over the weekend. Want to stay uptodate with this dangerous heat with the news 4 app, tap in the corner, scroll down and select the weather tab. See the latest forecast, interactive radar. Its available in the istore been reported in puerto rico, more than 1,000 involve pregnant women. The Health Secretary says 30 people also suffer from a condition called gillianbarre. Experts predict 25 of that islands population could contract zika by the end of the year. Also happening today, wildlife experts plan to it take a closer look at waters made famous by researchers from New York Aquarium will kick off a twoweek expedition off the montauk coast, hoping to learn more about sharks living in the atlantic ocean. They hope waters off long island may be a nursery area for sharks. Oh, great. Yeah. They hope to study sharks and the city is modeling the idea on summer streets, which is happening today. Shared streets allows pedestrians and bicyclists to share a 60square blocked area with a controlled amount of traffic. That area stretches from the Brooklyn Bridge down to battery park. Shared streets runs from 11 00 this morning to 4 00 this afternoon. Mother nature brought a little drama to the sold out crowd at Yankee Stadium as Alex Rodriguez played his final game. John chandler sports. Reporter its over. Alex rodriguez wrapped up his 12season saga with the yankees and 22 years as one of baseballs alltime great. His last night in the bronx faded much like his career has. At first there was a glimpse of the old alex but by the end of the night, clearly, he was done. Before the game, the yankees paid tribute. Arod gathered with families. It was over. Maybe appropriate for baseballs only lightning rod. Alex himself called it biblical. 30 minutes later, arod looked like arod. Alex delivers off chris archer taking the 22 pitch into the gap off center. Gardner comes around from first to score. The rbi double for arod ties the game 11. Starling castro provides some offense. Castro taking archer deep the yankees go up by three. They add a sixth run and that was big because it allowed joe girardi to take alex out to third base. Alex hadnt played the field all season told joe he only wanted to face one batter. Girardi pulled him after just one out. What a moment. Hugging his teammates, soaking in the stadium ovation and that was it. The yankees win 63. They won the last two games this week that alex started. Through and for them to show up on a night like tonight and show me that type of love is something ill never forget. It was overwhelming. This is the last time he plays, shg i wanted it to be something he never forgot. To have an ending like tonight, i dont know a man can ask for. Reporter what a moment at third base for Alex Rodriguez in the ninth inning. He did effectively sidestep a question if he thoit this was his last Big League Baseball game. He just smiled and said, i dont know how you top a moment like this. The mets were topped by padres at city field 86. They have dipped below. 500 and giants fall in their preseason opener 2710. Thats a wrap from Yankee Stadium. For today in new york, john york, well have an update from the campaign trail. First we have your fandango ticket. 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Concerns about the heat and eve of a very forgettable anniversary. Im greg cergol in bryant park. How to stay cool and keep the electricity on when we come back. And, of course, one way to stay cool today will be to head to the beach. Well have your shore cast coming up in a minute. Theres the gowanus slow moving. Maybe its the heat taking its Early Detection is critical in fighting cancer a misdiagnosis or other errors can have serious consequences. For almost 40 years Jacoby Meyers e care of themselves and their families. You fight the cancer. Three hs there. Truly, no one can like this. I met a woman yesterday. Who digs this . I was in asbury park. Wonderful day. My birth place. Had a great day down there. Met some great folks. Don, jim, good morning. I know youre loving it. This woman was from england and she said, i love this hot weather. I absolutely lieu it. With her cockney accent, no less. You know what i said to her . Its good for beach businesses. Raf miranda, what are we looking at . It will be busy at the shores but there may be a chance of storms. Nice and quiet, lots of sunshine to start your day. Off to a great start in fire island as we take a look at your shore cast. Temperatures will be silzing back into the 90s. Low 80s. A sea bre k fire island, 81, thats your high. Winds out of the southwest so off the water, thats good news for the south shore. Water temperatures are back to warmer. Other spots in the upper 70s to low 80s. Wave heights 2 to 4 feet. We have to talk about rip currents because theres a high risk for rip currents for the southfacing shores 37 nassau york city. Basically perpendicular to the coasts. Make sure a life guard can see you if you go near the water and moderate risk for rip currents. Watching out for lightning, storms are popping and uv index is 9. Its very high. Bri