Light showers at that. Some of the wind gusts, laguardia officially 55 Miles Per Hour. Teterboro, 55. Larchmont, 67 miles an hour. The east end of long island, about 57 Miles Per Hour. Right now, its calm and quiet. Mostly cloudy, couple of sprinkles in spots. Temperatures will drop. Bounce back to the 50s and drop to the 40s towards the end of the day. Brisk and breezy. But no heavy rains to worry about or damaging winds. More on the forecast in a bit. Surveying the damage on the roads, heres lauren. Thanks. Im going to talk to you about two closures that will get in your way. Well start with the bronx River Parkway. All lanes shut down. Its a small stretch here. You can get around it. Head over to route 100 instead. Heading over to new jersey, we do have a closure on route 22 westbound. This starts at king george road. Thats also because of floofding. Two things to beware of. Lauren, thank you very much. The nasty storm, we all felt it. Knocked down trees and power lines and scenes like this several parts of Westchester County. This live wire caught fire in elmsford. Left many homes in the dark. This is in new rochelle. Also in new rochelle, a large tree slammed into a home on barn ard road. In i dont think ergs, a tree hit a car. The driver rushed to the hospital. That person in serious condition. Con edison reporting 6,000 customers without power. 4700, thats just Westchester County. 36,000 pseg customers in the dark. Close to 5,000 in new jersey affected. Tracie strahan is in albertson, new york. Whats the situation there . Reporter i can tell you, pseg is right. Power at this hour here in nassau county. We just got back from following a pseg crew as they went house to house to see what it would take to get the lights back on here. Were across from the lirr train station. Nothing going on right now. Thats been the case since the wind came through last night. Lets show you how power powerful that wind was. It uprooted a tree in massapequa last night it nearly crushed a home there. Hicksville road as well. Very powerful winds causing havoc as a result of this. Trees down all over the place. In places like Cold Spring Harbor as well. Sunken meadow parkway, signs were down as well causing a lot of traffic headaches as well. The downed power lines at pseg, that theyre reporting, they caused issues as well. A car fire because of the wires that was sparked in massapequa last night. The downed wires that really several locations. The downed lines caused all of the power out apples, like the one you see right here, michael. We dont know what the situation is for this lirr station, because theyre certainly in the dark. Of course, well bring you more updates on the situation as they become available. Going to bring as many people back as quickly as possible. Thanks very much, tracie. Reporter absolutely. 5 04. In queens a terrifying situation that fortunately happened in the middle of the night when no one was around. A piece of a building came crashing down. Its on broadway in elmhurst. Chunks started falling from that building around 1 00 this morning. Katherine creag is there. It could have been a lot worse. Reporter absolutely. It was in the middle of the night as you pointed out. Not a lot of people out here in this area. It damaged so many cars down the street. You see that huge piece of the facade from the building. From what we can tell, it looks like its about 60 feet high, 20 feet wide that came down. Police have blocked off dieter avenue at broadway here in elmhurst queens after a huge part of that building, the facade. The bricks literally peeled off of the building. This is the verizon building. According to residents and police officers, the bricks damaged at least three cars. But didnt crush them as far as we can see. People are blaming the fierce weather last night. The winds and rain for causing this. No one was hurt from what we know and police will be here for quite some time. The department of buildings involved as well. The worry is, if parts of the facade come crashing down. Again, theres police tape here but all around the verizon building here. Its unsure if people will be able to go to work this morning. Back to you, darlene. Katherine creag. Thank you. A wire started sparking when a Building Collapse in the belmont section of the bronx. Wind is likely what caused that vacant house to cave in last night. Time for a check of weather and traffic on the 4s. In long island, westchester power. A rough morning for a lot of folks. A lot of folks didnt escape some form of damage. The good news for the folks without power, its not frigidly cold behind this. Temperatures in the 50s across Suffolk County this morning. 49 the cooler spot. The city at 53 degrees. The temperatures are starting to drop now. As i said, the cooler air wraps around from the south. Its actually warmer to the north this morning. 61 in poughkeepsie. The flooding is receding here. The good news on top of that, no additional significant rain. Maybe a couple of showers come on through. They will not exacerbate the problem there. Southwest sections of pennsylvania, lets say. Thats going to track to our west today. A few of the lighter showers may glance parts of the area, especially west of the city this morning and into the afternoon. Cant rule out a stray shower. Most focus early on in the day. Lot of clouds. The breeze is light. Not the damaging wind. Temperatures generally in the low 50s will fall to the 40s by the end of the day. Lot of problems on the roads and the buses and things of that nature. Lets navigate it. Lauren . Lets talk about the buses. As far as detours go, this is reported thus far. So far the city, q 20b has downed cables in upper manhattan. Nj transit buses, 25, 400, 409 on detour. We have closures out there. That could continue to grow, that list. Build extra time into your commute this morning. The mta just tweeted out that due to weatherrelated issues, customers should allow extra travel times. Follow the lirr and metronorth. I say follow traffic 4 ny as well. Leave yourself extra time. No delays just yet. Possible delays for metronorth and lirr. Nj transit and path doing fine and alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. More weather and traffic on the its 5 07. Charges are dropped against five teenagers accused of gang raping a woman in a brooklyn park. The 18yearold has recanted her alss and does not want to pursue charges. She initially claimed the teens chased her father away with a gun and sexually assaulted her at Osborn Playground in brownsville last month. The teens claim the sex was consensual and when they encountered the woman, she was having a sexual encounter with her own father. News 4 s oke to the mother of one of the teenagers. I tried to be more praying and trust god. I believed the truth will come out, so i am very relieved. The d. A. Also says the woman is refusing now to cooperate with any prosecution against her father. There is questions about whether the city could have prevented a child from dying in a brooklyn fire. Leila aquino faces charges for leaving her 2yearold daughter alone when her home caught fire on tuesday. Services was looking into whether aquino had previously left her child alone to go dance at a strip club. Theres an open investigation from last year about reports that her daughter had bruises. Police are looking for this man. He flashed. A group of children. The children are 8 and 9 years old. The man starting talking to them before exposing himself. It happened at their schoolyard. When the chirp screamed for help, the man ran off. The Suffolk CountyPolice Commissioner is expected to release video of a mysterious shooting on long island. This happened two years ago at oheka castle. Thats in hunting ton. A mass gunman wounded the owner, gary melius. Investigators are hoping the video helps them find the shooter. The fbi has been called in to help in the case as well. Happening today, the woman accused of killing her fiance during a kayaking trip head back to court. Several motions submitted by her lawyers, including a request to have the case dismissed. Defense claims prosecutors left out evidence in the grand jury presentation. Grass walled is accused of killing her fiance while kayaking on the hudson river back in april. More citizens in new york could qualify for property tax relief. Legislation was passed to raise the amount of money a senior can make and be eligible for a partial property tax exemption. It would be the first time the income eligibility level has been increased since 1994. The measure now goes to the assembly for approval. Its 5 10 now. Still ahead, what mitt romney says about Donald Trumps ta returns. Plus, its something a lot of people waited a long time for. A final new york city circus sendoff. This morning, the storms are gone. The temperatures are falling. Weather and traffic on the 4s just ahead as we look at the hamilton bridge there. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at business. Ny. Gov ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for shady brook farms. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. And im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer shady brook farms. No growthpromoting antibiotics, here are four things to know this morning. The storms that lasted into the morning toppled trees and power lines across our area. Right now, more than 40,000 people are without power. The majority on long island. A piece of building came crashing down in queens. Now, this is elmhurst. Katherine creag is on the scene there. Well have an update from her in 15 minutes. A court salt warnings will be added to chain menus. The National Restaurant association called it illegal. But a judge disagreed. Tonight the ring willing brothers elephants will perform for the final time in new york city. Its opening a show called lenl ends at the barclays center. The elephants will be retiring to florida, like many people. Much calmer weather this morning. Wouldnt take much to be calmer than last night. A couple of passing showers. Especially west of the city. Nothing heavy. It will be breeze toy windy at times. Nothing extreme. No damaging winds anticipated. The temperatures will trend cooler and eventually colder by tonight into tomorrow. Thats going to be brief in nature too. The heavy rains are running off. Some of the streams and rivers and creeks are rising. Could cause minor flooding in the counties shaded in red. Various streams, creeks and rivers involved. We also have advisories that extend into portions of passaic and Bergen County. School day forecast, improvement here too. It will be mild and in fact, temperatures in the low 50s at recess time. At dismissal time, maybe dropping into the 40s past 4 00 or 5 00. A lot of clouds around. A shower early on this morning. Down to 46 in sheepshead bay. 53 in central park. Milder yet to the north and west. Wrapping around from the south and west this morning. Cooler off the ocean waters too. Meantime, heres the center of storm in western pennsylvania. It will tech to the west again today. Some of the lighter showers will brush across the area, especially the first half of the day. Were between the nastiness from last night and this morning. Not a big problem. Couple of light showers spec willing the area, this is 9 00 in the morning. Most of the shower activity moved to the north and northeast. By the evening hours, clouds around. Notice whats happened here. They stay off to the north and west. The skies clear out nicely. Were back into plenty of sunshine. It will be chilly tomorrow. We stay in the 30s. By the time we get to saturday, were in the 40s. By the time we get to sunday, how about 50s. The high is early in the day then we level off, drop into the 40s. Southwest wind gets going at 50 to 25 miles an hour. 32 the low in the city tonight. It will feel like winter again by tomorrow in the upper 30s with a chilly breeze. Its sunny. 41 on saturday. A big jump on sunday. The wind goes southwest. 355, mid50s monday. Stays mild through next week and maybe rain later wednesday. Let get the latest from lauren scala on the commute. We have a bunch much closures out there. No major delays or accidents. Thats at least a plus. Lets get through the flooding. The bronx River Parkway, all lanes shut down from the Westchester County center to chatter ton avenue. Its something that you can get around. Hopefully its gone when you get out the door. Route 9w also shut down in both directions between east palisade avenue and east clinton avenue. Thats in Englewood Cliffs because of downed wires here. Heading over to 78, we have an accident out there at exit 44 in berkeley heights. That blocks the right lane. Flows, not causing a delay. Route 22 westbound shut down between park avenue and terrell road. Further west of there, shut down by king george road. Thats what you need to know. Otherwise, the road are moving around nicely. Nothing else. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are in effect. The next update on the 4s. Its 5 18. Now to decision 2016. Another showdown tonight for the republican candidates. Today in new york Kerry Barrett is in the newsroom. This will be smallest debate, i think five candidates. Five candidates. The republicans tenth debate as you mentioned. The last heading into super tuesday. Ted cruzs home state. The latest polls show him with a double digit lead there over donald trump. Nationally, hes still neck and neck with marco rubio. Donald trump still winning handily. Yesterday, the governor there ep but the gop party is growing more frustrated because rubio and cruz continue to battle one another instead of trump. So a lot of people are asking if thats the right strategy. I think thats an interesting question given that im the only candidate on that debate stage who has consistently pointed out Donald Trumps liberal record. I dont have any voters begging me to attack anyone. Im not in this race to attack any republican. Im more than happy to show differences. Rubios strategy seems to be to lay off trump, wait for cruz to fail. Both candidates, though, appear equally competent. Rubios campaign looking forward to the primary in his home state of florida. Thats in three weeks from now. However, the difference there is that that state awards all of their delegates to the winner. Second place Means Nothing there. Well see you get a ribbon but no delegates. You get a participation prize. Kerry, thank you so much. Sure. 5 19 right now. Republican to take on donald trump. He challenged trump to release his tax returns. He speculated that those returns could contain a bombshell. Trump will decide in the next couple of months whether to release them. He tweeted in 2012, romney totally blew an election that should have been won. Today, Connecticut GovernorDannel Malloy will be over the border in massachusetts campaigning for hillary clinton. We saw clinton stump for malloys election. Now malloy will try to help hillary in whats considered a tight race against bernie sanders. Massachusetts voters will head to the polls in next weeks primary on super tuesday. Just ahead, one airline offers everyone on board a free flight. Well tell you theres a catch. Always a catch, right . Speaking of flying. Your next trip could be a little less expensive. What you have to give up to save a few bucks. Youre watching today in new your daughter wants to stay organic. Your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. You want to stay free from artificial preservatives. And your debit card wants to stay on a diet. Fill your cart with Small Victories like stop shops natures promise brand. Great prices on over 800 items. Eat well for less. Welcome back. Booking plane tickets is about to get cheaper. More airlines are adding no frill fares. Theyre known as basic economy fares which means for rock bottom prices, you give up extras like choosing your own seat. There you go. You give up choosing that your ticket. American and United Airlines will offer the fares. Spirit and frontier already have them. I feel like you can never cancel your ticket. I could physically me die and i cant get a refund on my tickets. Do you know where that right. Pay for regular fare, you cant choose your seat. A lot more frills slashed from that no frills. Meaning no, capital no frills. Sit down there, scala. Will they have flight attendants . Just kidding. No frills for the weather. Things are quieting down considerably. It will turn breeze toy wind i again later today. Nowhere near the damaging wind gusts. Temperatures in the low to mid50s. Will start to fall into the 40s. Could be a couple of showers or sprinkles until mid afternoon. Feel in the low 30s. Chilly tomorrow. I dont think we get out of the 30s. Towards the weekend, it starts out on the brisk side. Its bright and sunny at 41. But look at the jump in temperatures. By sunday in the mid50s. Outdoor plans, sunday is the da i to do them. Great. Its getting entertaining seeing the people come from the clubs as we drive in. Theyre wearing nothing. Theyre Walking Around enjoying the evening. The good old days. All right. Let talk about traffic. Not the club. Right now we have an accident on the sprain brook parkway before jackson avenue. Watch out for that. Long island, we keep getting more reports of closures there. A bunch of them in the same area. Old brookville shut down northbound at chicken valley road. Northern boulevard closed by cedar swamp road and glen cove road closed by northern boulevard. Downed trees and wires and what not not. Be very careful heading out the just ahead, Team Coverage of storm damage that were all waking up to this morning. Reporter im Katherine Creag live in elmhurst queens where a huge portion of this Office Bui