New jersey, 97 at morristown, you get a little rain cooled or not rain cooled but cloud cooled 88 on the shore at belmar. The heat index values well into new jersey. We have an air quality alert in effect until 11 00 p. M. Out there. If you have any type of heart or lung condition you would want to avoid any type of strenuous activity outdoors into the evening hours. These are the storms we have been talking about, one blew up right near the George Washington bridge, affected inwood, parts of the bronx and then moved into parts of queens. That has since weakened. One little shower on the queens brooklyn border, couple of other showers north of and east of long branch in new jersey so again this first heatwave in central park since july of 2013, over two years ago, youre going to want to stay in air conditioned places if you can. If you cant, stay hydrated and avoid heavy exercise outside. A little bit of relief from the heat tomorrow but at the same time the humidity is going to come up. We are going to at least continue this heatwave into the day tomorrow. That full accuweather forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Liz, david, back over to you. Thank you. Lets go to the jersey shore right now and new jersey reporter toni yates is in bell barr where people are trying to belmar where people are trying to escape the heat there. Reporter i did not even break a sweat today when i had this hat on and that has never happened when i didnt wear the hat so that, keeping hydrated with liquids, the sunblock and staying in line of sight of the lifeguards out on the shore, it is a perfect way to escape the heat and humidity and have some fun down the shore. You guys need a new lemonade. Im trying to finish this one. [ laughter ] it looks so refreshing. And its liquid and its good for you. Reporter in time for another round of lemonade, a swig of water along the boardwalk in belmar, which is seeing an impressive gathering for a monday along the shore. Im going to enjoy the beach by drinking my big bottle of water, going in the ocean, putting sunscreen on. A beautiful thing to have a day off of work and enjoy this beautiful weather. Reporter today out here, liquids are your best friends. You always want to be hydrated when you come to the beach, sit in the sun all day. Theres never too much fluids. Reporter that keeps heat exhaustion and heat away, theyve got the free bottle wear your hats, umbrellas, and with the water at 74 degrees, plenty of people in the ocean and the lifeguards here, awesome eagle eyes keeping currents. The southeast wind kicks up pretty strong and we get this chop that youre seeing now, this wind chop so it does help our rips become a little more dangerous so we are pushing our swimmers always over, maybe dangerous. Thats what we are looking for all day long. Reporter now, the lifeguards tell me that a couple of weekends ago they had to make a lot of rescues. They said water today was flat and thats good. Coming up at 6 00, the lifeguard captain actually shows us what they are looking for when they are looking out for those rip currents. They said they didnt see very many today but showed me some possible signs. We are going to show that to you coming up at 6 00. For now we are live in belmar, toni yates, channel 7. That hat is the way to go. Reminder you can track the heat wherever you are with the accutrack weather app. To download go to abc7ny or Google App Play store. Tens of thousands of commuters tonight because of rushhour repairs that are impacting four lines. The e, f, m and r lines are all going to experience delays and changes that are going to last several weeks. Nina pineda is near Herold Square with all of the service trains. Reporter heavy ridership and overcrowding already made delays more frequent this year than last year, about 50 more frequent. Now add to it these service delays along with the heat, that is making for a soul crushing subway ride and these delays were met with a collective groan. Oh, god, thank you, its hot down there. Reporter when youre grateful to emerge to 95 degrees outside, you know it is miserable down on the platform. Oh, my gosh, terrible. Reporter and its about to get worse. The mta announced a slew of service delays during rush hour, no less, on the e, f, m and r lines. We are digging out ballasts on the tracks so that requires us to run trains at slower speeds which basically diminishes the amount of trains that we can run per hour. Brooklyn. I might get there faster. Reporter not what strap hangers wanted to hear. These two are sweating out their patience waiting for the m train. Getting to and from their home changes. Its hot down here and i reporter e line repairs will mean no trains to and from jamaica, 179th street. Riders will use f trains as well and f line repairs will impact some jamaica bound trains running local from 21st queens bridge to 75th avenue. Go further at the end of r train our train and be harder to get home because we have m. So we have a transfer and its annoying. Reporter the track work is expected to continue from today through september 4th. The mta saying it selected these weeks specifically because of low ridership and the least impact. If youre traveling on these lines during rushhour, allow for extra time. All the work is taking place during rushhour and like toni was saying if you think you need to hydrate at the shore, you definitely need to drink more water down there because youre losing it with perspiration. Take it from me. We were down there for a while. It is hot. Live in Herold Square, nina pineda, channel 7 Eyewitness News. No question, nina, thank you very much. New Jersey Transit commuters are hoping the evening rush will be better than the morning commute. A train became disabled on the hudson river tunnel this morning. 200 people were on board but no one was injured. Because of the disabled train there were 60 minute delays in and out of manhattan. Then because of an incident in the long island tunnel, buses were diverted to the secaucus rail station but with the disabled train there was nowhere to go. On Staten Island police are investigating a nasty crash involving a van and a car. Newscopter 7 over the scene in Port Richmond section. You can see the car wound up going up onto a lawn and the van smashed into a telephone pole. Three people were hurt, one seriously but everyone is expected to recover. Meanwhile hundreds of families in new jersey and jersey city still without water after a water main break. The main burst open on warren street. Right now 300 families will not have water until that main is repaired. Emergency crews are now going door to door handing out bottled water. In the meantime, no word of what caused the burst. Crews hoping to have the water restored by 8 00 tonight. Police on Staten Island are still searching for a man accused of raping a child in her own house. Investigators say 32yearold daniel nieto entered the house through an unlocked door and sexually assaulted a 7yearold girl in her bedroom. Nieto was later arrested and charged with trespassing. Police say he was relieved before released before investigators were aware of the rape accusations. The man accused of killing Morgan Freemans step granddaughter is undergoing a psychological evaluation while in police custody. This morning 30yearold Lamar Davenport was charged with murder for the death of his girlfriend, edena hines. Police say davenport stabbed hines several times in front of the couples apartment in Washington Heights yesterday. Hines, by the way, is the granddaughter of freemans first wife. At least 18 people were killed and more than 100 other people injured in a massive explosion in heart of thailands capital. Security cameras captured the blast as it tore through a shrine complex near an intersection surrounded by five star hotels and upscale shopping malls in bangkok. It went off during the evening rush and the in the popular tourist area forcing people to run for their lives. Police say the pipe bomb was wrapped in cloth. So far a motive unclear. More fallout from the massive explosion in china that killed more than 100 people. Government officials have launched a nationwide safety review and ordered the inspection of business using large amounts of chemicals. Prosecutors are also investigating possible criminal charges against those running the warehouses that exploded in the city of tianjin. Soldiers are working to clear the Hazardous Material before it rains. Officials say water mixing with the chemicals could create a toxic gas. Now to politics. Mere in this country and a media circus in Lower Manhattan today. Thats because donald trump, the republican front runner, took a break from the campaign trail today to report for jury duty. During his lunch break he was spotted at a nearby drugstore so were opponents able to take advantage of his brief absence from the trail . Abc7s Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Reporter even off the campaign trail g. O. P. Front runner donald trump was the center of attention as he arrived at a Lower Manhattan court for jury duty. At the iowa state fair trump, a popular topic among his g. O. P. Rivals. Can we think of a single instance in which a mans judgment might have been clouded by ms. Hormones . Reporter businesswoman Carly Fiorina referencing trumps comments about megyn kelly. Fiorina adding she knows more World Leaders than anyone else running with the exception of hillary clinton. Fiorina not the only one taking a turn on the iowa state fair soap box stage, a traditional venue. Scott walker also stepping out and addressing the crowds, saying hes unhappy with the Republican Leadership of the u. S. Senate for their lack of action. Adding that hes managed to lower unemployment rates in his own state. We have over 8 unemployment and down to 4. 6 a big motivator that and manufacturing and agriculture. Reporter protesters followed walker around the fairgrounds but as walker told them, he wasnt intimidated. Walker is looking to regain his standing in iowa. He now trails neurosurgeon ben carson and g. O. P. Front runner donald trump. Republican candidate john kasich was in alabama today looking for support for the g. O. P. Nomination, landing the endorsement of robert bentley. In washington, Stephanie Ramos, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, stephanie. A town hall meeting will be held tonight in the bronx to address residents concerns about the deadly legionnaires outbreak over the weekend. Health officials said 124 people have now been sickened in the outbreak centered in the south bronx. 12 have died. City officials have ordered that all building cooling towers in the five boroughs be din disinfected be disinfected. The meeting is at the Community College and starts at 6 00 p. M. They came armed with ma chets but a pair machetes but a pair of would be robbers had no idea they would be outmatched. 16 years after allegedly shooting a teenager to death at a wedding on long island, that suspect is now in custody. How officials were able to track him down comi you exercise. You choose the salad. Occasionally. But staying well physically, financially, emotionally its hard on your own. So cignas got your back, and your knees, 24 7. Cignas there to answer your questions. Or when you need some coaching. In sickness and in health, cignas there, helping you to get well and stay well. Thats having a partner, whos with you all the way. Cigna. It is 4 14, time for a check on your commute home on this monday. This is the bqe at kent avenue, lots of traffic there. And thats in both directions. As for the hudson river crossings, there are 20 minute outbound delays at both the lincoln and holland tunnels but no issues now at the George Washington bridge and one more note, fastrak subway repairs return to the one, two and three lines this week. There will be no one trains between 34th street penn station and south berry and there will be no two or three trains between 34th street and atlantic avenue barkley center. Lawmaker in australia broke ranks with the conservative government and introduced a bill to legalize samesex marriage. 65yearold warren asidge says a new opinion poll found that most australians support the reform but the countrys ruling party met last week and agreed to maintain the party line opposing samesex marriage. The countrys Prime Minister says if his government retains power after next years election, he will allow the public to vote on the issue. New information in the killing of cecil the lion. The dental office of the minnesota man accused of killing the lion is back in business. River bluff dental began seeing patients today, though Walter Palmer was not at the office. It has been closed since late last month due to a barrage of criticism for palmer killing cecil. Palmer says he relied on his hunting guides to ensure a legal hunt in zimbabwe. Well, a deadly collision in the air as two skydivers crashed into each other in front of thousands of spectators. It happened at a chicago air and water show over the weekend. One of the men decorated Army Parachutist corey hood went out of control and slammed into a building and then fell to the ground. Later died at the hospital. I was like thinking he was going to either come right by in between the buildings, i thought it was part of the show. It was scary. Everyone just stopped talking. It was a moment of silence. The other skydiver crashed into the beach and is now listed in fair condition at the hospital. How the accident happened today remains under investigation. Well, short but sharp earthquake rattled the San Francisco bay area this morning hitting 4. 0 magnitude. Berkeley and hit just before 7 00 a. M. With a couple of smaller jolts felt afterwards. So far no reports of injuries. There are also no reports of damage, though Bay Area Rapid transit is holding trains to check the tracks on the Public Transit system. This weekend i was over in new jersey where they had a very tiny quake. Its funny how the reaction is completely different. Here in new jersey its like oh, what a big deal, 2. 5. Yeah, but there you always wonder if theres going to be something serious. Hopefully not. No, hopefully not. Jeff, how is it feeling out there . Not as bad as it felt before. We hit the 95degree mark after 1 00 this afternoon when the sun was the highest in the sky, by the way, right after mid date. So thats when it felt the worse, then we had a couple storms pop up near the city and over parts of the city, over parts of the bronx, Yankee Stadium had a downpour for a while. Thankfully that game not starting until 7 05 tonight. But heres a view right now over towards central park, we have had little showers trying to develop at times over the city and thats actually helped cool us down a little bit. Some of the cooler air from up above comes down in the atmosphere and spreads out from the showers so the temperature down to 86. Humidity still up there at 55 , look at the high on the day getting up to 95 after a morning low of only 78 degrees so we barely got below 80 last night in new york city. So the normal high this time of year is 83, typically in late august you start tailing off in terms of your average high temperatures but not the case this year, Mother Nature doesnt care about the calendar. 95 was your record back in 1944 and we of course tied that just after noon today, the sun setting at 7 52. So still steamy tomorrow, spotty storm mainly north and west of the city, really in this type of air mass you cant guarantee a dry day. These storms can just pop up out of nowhere, much like happened yesterday and then today right near the George Washington bridge you had downpours for a while earlier this afternoon. Near normal temperatures on wednesday and thursday but that humidity will really stick around. Our next chance at more thunderstorm activity is very night. So this High Pressure offshore basically acting as a heat pump over the eastern part of the country, that southwest wind behind it pumping all that moisture and heat up from the gulf of mexico states, heat index value 95 to 100 degrees, calm during the hottest part of the day. Right now fallen to 86 in the park. Newark at 96, 97 at morristown, 88 down the shore at belmar, upper 80s on the we are stuck between uncomfortable and oppressive on the dew point scale there. And because its been such a muggy atmosphere, a couple of these storms have popped up during the course of the day. Those have really weakened in and around new york city but we had one storm that popped up, downpour southwest of smithtown between smithtown and dix hills on long island heading toward the l. I. E. Dont be surprised if you see rain drops on the windshield there, also north of i78 parts of warren county, new jersey. Still steamy out there tomorrow, not quite as hot, though. The high getting up to 91. Tomorrows record high is 94, set back in 2002, not expecting to reach that. 84 still could be a couple of thunderstorms in the afternoon. The accuweather forecast for tonight maybe a stray thunderstorm early and then just quite warm and sticky with patchy clouds, a low getting down to 78. Sunny to partly cloudy, hot, humid tomorrow, a spotty afternoon thunderstorm mainly north and west of the city but cant rule one out anywhere, 91, spotty storm early tomorrow morning and then patchy clouds, warm and humid, we are down to 75. Again we are talking later in the week, maybe some bigger thunderstorms thursday night. After that, its a more significant air mass change if you want some relief from this heat and humidity and next half hour im going to follow my own conditioned environment and join you guys in there. Jacket. Smart one. Roll up the sleeves. Its more of a pain. Come on in, then. Reporter ill be in soon. Thanks, jeff. Ever . 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