No roll conditions that had drivers at their wits end. Two or three hours already. Its incredible. I cant believe this traffic. Back live now, have a look. Were told the driver of the dump truck is in Critical Condition tonight in the hospital. That is the story in elizabeth near linden where were live tonight. Meantime, let us look right now, this live picture from the ground showing crews working on the scene. Theyre trying to remove that truck. The closure still continuing to cause major delays in the area. Cbs 2s Valerie Castro behind the wheel of our mobile 2 unit. Shes stuck in the middle of the masses. Right now as you can see, were headed southbound on route 109 and traffic is not doing much more than crawling along. We havent gone much more than 10 Miles Per Hour and its been that way the last 30 minutes. Were not far from the newark airport. Southbound on route 1 and 9. We want to go to video we shot earlier today near shopper 2. Traffic just crawling in both directions, bumper to bumper for miles. Now were going to go to a live picture to show you the problem thats causing this traffic backup. That incident on the new jersey turnpike earlier today. Back out here, we got on at root 495. Thats where we began to head south on this roadway. Bumper to bumper. Lots of traffic backup and slowdown. Its slow going, causing lots of problems for drivers. Keep that in mind if you need to head in this area for the next several hours, this is the kind of traffic you can expect. Valerie castro, cbs 2 news. Thousands of drivers found themselves trapped, some for three hours. Some took to twitter. Quote, lounging out on the jersey turnpike. Complete with a beach chair. One driver climbed on the top of the car and decided to sunbathe. Another man hopped out of his vehicle and started reading the newspaper. Long island is cleaning up after strong winds and lightning caused a 40mile path of destruction. The storm centered on Suffolk Countys north shore as trees were ripped up, homes damaged, and nearly 70,000 people lost power. Lonnie quinn standing by with the latest weather picture but we begin with carolyn gusoff. Its littered with down trees, the kind youd see in a hurricane. This was no hurricane, no tornado. Just a nameless summer storm that did surprisingly serious damage. My lamps were rattling. Reporter they were asleep in their settlers way home when they were shaken by a cacophony of hail and wind. You were in bed thinking what . Thinking something fell on our house. Reporter several large oaks and pines piercing their study, flattening the deck, cracking water pipes. The roof is gone. Reporter their house now buried under trees, one of many on Suffolk Countys north shore where a predawn storm carved a path of destruction. Treetops sheered, trunks smashing john starks two cars and uprooting mighty maples. It really sounded like nothing ive ever heard before. Its indescribable really. I heard that woo sound of like a tornado. Reporter pattie suspect adtornado until weather experts discovered it was Straight Line wind near Tropical Storm strength that blew across long island in the 5 a. M. Hour. Wood chippers working overtime with streets and driveways blocked with filled trees. With traffic lights out and dangling wires, a tangled maze for drivers. 63,000 customers initially lost power. Supermarkets removing perishables to refrigerator trucks. Stores and restaurants in the dark. You have a generator running the refrigerators. Yes, but its still a mess. Were beefing up our resources. Were bringing in crews from surrounding utilities so were going to hit it very hard tomorrow, make a big dent in it tomorrow. Well praenl have well probably have a little bit of spill over in to thursday. Thank god were all right. But its a little devastating and going to take a while to get our house put back together i suspect. How long will folks be in the dark . Thats the big question for residents here. They brought in crews from new jersey to speed up rest restoration. They expect to end the day with 80 restored. Another 10,000 people should go in to tomorrow still in the dark, and they expect crews will get to them by the end of tomorrow. Perhaps one more day. Reporting live in setauket, carolyn gusoff, cbs news. A chance for a little bit of wet weather out there but nothing like what they had earlier this morning. Heres your picture. Vortex satellite and radar. We look pretty nice all throughout our area. Tough weather in southern massachusetts. Could be a little bit of breakaway activity as you get in to the nighttime hours but from the most part id say that one is in the rearview mirror. I dont see anything sparking up like what you had early this morning. Here are your Early Morning storm stats. It was the north shore suffolk that took the biggest hit. It entered in to western suffolk at 4 45 in the morning. It exited Eastern Suffolk at 6 15. Per town, as it came through, about 20 minutes. This was a fast moving storm that came through the area and put down 1440 lightning strikes. One to twoinch hail. Islip reported 1. 8 Inch Diameter hail. Thats like that. Thats a small meatball falling out of the sky. Hurricane force winds, near Hurricane Force winds. We have it confirmed at 70, reports of possibly up to 90. What we see out there looking backward, heres the storm at 3 45. 4 40, severe thunderstorm in Suffolk County just making its way in to the county. 5 15, numerous trees are down. 1 to 2inch hail exits the area around 6 15 in the morning. So for our night tonight, it doesnt look to be anything like what i showed you there. Possibly leftover rain, thunderstorm, but mild at 71 degrees. What does tomorrow hold and beyond . Well talk a little bit later. Dozens of firefighters battled a huge fire at an apartment complex in ocean township, new jersey today. Chopper 2 was overhead as several fire trucks doused the flames. The fire broke out around 1 30 this afternoon at the twinbrook village apartments. One firefighter was hurt. We still dont know what caused the fire. 5,000 reward being offered to information leading to the gunman who critically wounded two people after a concert in new jersey. Witnesses took this picture. Police say gunfire erupted late last night in the parking lot of the pnc arts center in homedale. The unidentified victims were airlifted to the hospital. Five people were hurt in a driveby. Investigators say four of the victims were believed to be unintended targets. One of them a 19yearold pregnant woman who lost her baby. The gunfire broke out around 11 00 last night on dwight street. Police say an older model suv pulled up and opened fire, hitting all five victims as they stood on the street. No word on any arrests. Mayor de blasio and commissioner bratton addressed today what appears to be at least to some an increase in crime including recent attacks by homeless people. Coming up at 6 00, what they say is to blame and what they plan to do about it. Political reporter Marcia Kramer is on this one for us. The nypd is also looking for a man who attacked a woman in manhattan. The woman in her 40s was sitting outside a produce store off of grand street early this morning. Police say thats when the suspect approached her and hit her in the back with a sharp metal object, cutting her in the process. The attack has left nearby workers on edge. We are very nervous right now. Its not safe right now. I think this is the first time. Yeah. This neighborhood is very good. The victim is expected to be okay. Investigators are now looking through Surveillance Video from nearby shops hoping to identify the suspect. Danger up above. The city is launching a crackdown on rooftop cooling towers that use recycled water because of the legionnaires disease outbreak thats sickened 86 people and killed seven. Lou young has the story from the south bronx. It turns out the patients in this largest outbreak of legionnaires disease ever in new york city didnt get sick from inside a contaminated building as is usually the case with the disease. They got sick out on the streets nearby. He started feeling like confused and he was getting weak walking. Reporter 40yearold ramal hagens pictures here in the hospital is one of 86 patients sicken ed by the waterborne bacteria. The city says in hot weather, the large commercial systems can literally shower the bacteria down on the people below. This type of system, when its transferring the heat, the water becomes aerosolized and thats when it moves away from the building and can be in the air for people to breathe. Inside the buildings is safe. My understanding of the outbreak is its due to a Community Exposure from the water mass on the rooftops. Reporter legionnaires affects people with Underlying Health problems. The bacteria is always present but can flourish in systems not cleaned properly. The city is now putting together a program to identify, register, and inspect every such system in town. The mayor says this out break has changed the game. Now i think its quite clear this is something we have to attack very, very scarely. Reporter the good news is we seemed to have turned the corner. He was critically sick. And hes doing much better. Reporter this is such a new problem, the city doesnt even know how many of these suspect cooling systems using recycled water exist in the city, though its presumed theyre all over town. This is everybodys problem. Were in the south bronx, lou young, cbs 2 news. Legionnaires is a pneumoniatype infection, not contagious. Flulike symptoms can present themselves a week or 10 days after initial exposure. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu took to the internet today telling American Jews to oppose the irannuclear deal. It gives iran two paths to the bomb. Iran can get to the bomb by keeping the deal, or iran can get to the bomb by violating the deal. Netanyahu made a speech arranged by jewish federations across north america. It comes as the Obama Administration makes its push for members of congress to approve the deal. At this point it looks likely both houses will vote down the measure but with a small enough margin that president obama will be able to override them. Up next at 5 00, a surprise in the middle of the street. A huge sinkhole opens up in the middle of brooklyn. Why neighbors say they saw the signs and what one man did that could have helped to save people from danger. They say its a last resort. 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Reporter law enforcement, emergency responders, city agencies, and utilities rushing to the scene to grapple with a giant sinkhole that looked like it might collapse further. It looks like on a 48inch cast iron water main thats there. I expected this to happen. Reporter this local resident who asked not to be identified tells us neighbors have been calling about sinking pavement and side works for ages. Theres a lot of agencies that have been involved or contacted and none of them want to take any action. Reporter some neighbors here say the corner has looked like its been sinking for some time, especially after a sinking rainstorm. I noticed over time it was getting a little lower and lower every time id drive over that corner but i never thought it would be Something Like this. City officials arent making any promises about having this giant sinkhole fixed today. We have new information tonight. The family of sandra bland, the woman who died in a texas jail cell is filing a federal lawsuit. Investigators say bland hanged herself inside the cell days after a traffic stop arrest in july. Her family and others have raised doubts about how she died and the circumstances surrounding her arrest. The family says they are suing for answers. What happened to my daughter . What happened to sandy bland . Where is the continual tape to show her arrival throughout the day . We are three weeks out from sandras death and we still dont know what happened to her. The fbi and the Texas Rangers are investigating blands death. The trooper who arrested her has been put on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation. American airlines and delta will no longer transport Exotic Animal trophies. Theyve banned worldwide shipments of lion, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies as freight. The ban is in response to the killing of the popular lion named cecil in zimbabwe. Meanwhile toy company ty is honoring cecil with a beanie baby. It features a dark mane, something that made him known. Lets talk about the weather picture now. I do see a change out there. Rain component kind of up in the air. Its sunny, 87 degrees in new york city. The vortex satellite radar shows us the tough weather we had today is outside of our area to the north of us, most of the entire coastal area of maine is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning because of the system. We could see a stray little bit of activity but not like what we dealt with earlier today. All the way to wichita, kansas with this system. This is what could give us rain on friday. Data suggests this system is going to move due east and would give us a rough looking friday. I just looked at the most recent model run, could be going further south. I need two, possibly three in a row to say hey, look, im going to change the forecast. As for now i have rain in for friday. If this starts holding more and more true, going to be pushing to the south of us, it would not be our storm. Keep it tuned right here. Ill let you know as we move forward. For your day tomorrow its a beauty out there. High temperature, 85 degrees. Its warm one, probably the nicest day of our week. Well talk more about the extended forecast a little bit later. A local Community Says graffiti is on the rise. Theyve got a way to fight it but red tape got in the way of that effort today. Also a disturbing discovery. How a baby beat the odds after being abandoned in a horrible place. First dana tyler with a look at the news at 6 00. A terrifying ride for a mother and her two young children. Their back windshield smashed, glass shattered all over them. Police say it was an act of road rage. Tonight the search continues for the suspect. 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They were upset about the graffiti so we responded. Reporter the Public Relations mixup came as town officials announced after years of budget cuts, the town was once again have its antigraffiti truck out targeting gangs handy work. Town workers welcomed the trucks return to duty. Three years ago we practically wiped out all the graffiti.