developing right now, a balloon carrying at least 16 people catches fire and crashes in central texas. and a flood of trouble, a fast moving storm dumps inches of rain down onto parts the tri-state area leaves tens of thousands without power. good evening, everyone. i'm sandra bookman. >> and i'm ken in for joe torres. storms are lashing the tri-state area flooding streets and yards. this is a live look

fast and furious. this is video sent to us by a viewer. it's video of a parking lot in plains bureau new jersey. >> matthew gavon says he can't leave the station because of the flash flooding, heavy downpours causing problem. 22,000 customers are without problem in morris county new jersey and 1,000 customers have no power in somerset county. let's get an update from meteorologist jeff smith. >> o particular is the western part of middlesex county and new jersey, a tremendous amount of rain. we have a flash flood until 8:30 this evening. floods cover new jersey and flood advisories along the i-80 corridor. there's another batch of rain setting up there. the heaviest rain is south and west

the same area. it's showing a movementment it's a thunderstorm that stalled over meddle section area. it had one to 2 inches of rain. flash flooding in plains bureau and flooding in the old bridge area. a report of 4.8 inches of rain in plains bureau. could be approached a half foot of rain in cording to our radar estimates. light to moderate rain entering the five bureaus of new york city. we'll tell you where the heavy downpours will be in your full accu weather forecast coming up. ken. >> jeff, and jeff was speaking saying at one point in parts of new jersey got so drenches -- aj ross is in south brunswick. >>reporter: as we were driving down here, we could see several flash flood alerts on our phones. they kept buzzing and

roadways in brunswick that police are asking those to avoid. for the past several hours, this rain has been coming down fast and hard causing ponding and flooding on the roadways right here off flanagan's lane. you can see all these cars have to be slowdown. it has been too much for nearby sewer drains to handle and police have closed off other roads in this area. drivers should use extreme to avoid route 1 here and route 522 and new road. in south brunswick, aj ross. >> thank you. we're going to chase this breaking story all night long. you can get heat safety tips with our abc7ny app and that's free for apple and android devices. a hot air balloon disaster in texas. 16 people killed in

balloon in the u.s. ever. ntsb investigators are heading to the scene. kristin from our system station ktrak is at the scene in lockhart texas. christine. >>reporter: sandra, it was an early morning hot air balloon ride in the texas hill country that went terribly wrong. the caldwell county sheriff's department said they received 911 calls after 7:30. they said many of the eyewitnesss thought they were looking at a car ac flames, but when the first responders got here to the pasture, they say they found a large basket from a hot air balloon. investigators believe that that balloon came into contact with high voltage power lines. they say at least 16 people were onboard. and many of the eyewitnesss who have talked with us say they can't believe what they saw. >> first i heard a wish, like a wishing sound and then it just a

and then a little bit later, i heard another one. >> now, again, we know 16 people onboard. investigators have not released the names of the passengers. we only know the name of the pilot. a man named skip nickels. an experienced pilot. he owned the harlem of texas balloon ride. he took off from various locations. we're learning to learn the identifications of all ntsb is here and the faa is helping. the ntsb investigators are expected to arrive late tonight or early tomorrow morning. live in -- kristin, live. >> so many questions to be answered. you can find updates and information around the clock at abc7ny.

no arrest in fatal shooting of a father in brooklyn. he was gunned down in bed stye before 1:30 this morning. he was on his way to pick up his 3-year-old daughter from his mother's apartment. police say bird had been shot once in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. new concerns about the zika virus in the u.s. after health officials says mosquitos those in england are telling pregnant women not to travel to florida. eyewitness news tim fletcher is in union square. tim. >>reporter: health officials issuing this warning about traveling to south florida, but many in new york are having second thoughts. health officials in south florida take steps like spraying mosquitos

the u.s. >> people people in our state likely have the zika virus as a result of the mosquito bites. >> the cases stemming from this square mile north of downtown miami. the cause of zika is a threat to pregnant women. health officials in great britain caution pregnant women should consider postponing non essential travel to effected areas until after pregnancy and a zone of one square mile in miami dade county is considered at-risk of active transmission. judgment call. if these were the first cases in a latin american country, the cdc will put in a travel advisory. that's because the first cases led to wide spread disease. they don't expect wide spread disease in miami. >> dr. richard, chief health and medical editor believes pregnant women should take precautions traveling to miami. >> if you're a pregnant woman and you can avoid those parts of

the cdc says intense mosquito control areas are ongoing in south florida and adds if however we see evidence of transmission, despite control efforts, then we will charge our recommendations, a day by day decision. carlos rodriguez expecting their second child any day will not take the chance. >> i will not take the risk. and travels. >> tony -- they plan to traveling. >> i'm going at the end of the month. >> i don't want it to hinder what i want to do. >> are you going to take the precaution. >> a lot of bug spray. >> health officials in florida believe they can control any spread. reporting live in union square, tim fletcher, eyewitness news. 100 days away. clinton is

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for more information, go to iloveny.com the mets and their fans are honor the greatest who put on the blue and orange. mike pooiz number 3 is being retired. he was indicted into the baseball hall of fame last weekend. cefaan kim is with the fans at the the stadium field. roar

bad weather wasn't enough to keep the fans away. >> he's one of those players that defined a team. defined a franchise for 7 seasons. seasons filled with so many memories from that stands, so tonight as he retires his jersey at city field, it's a ceremony full of emotions. >> he's a legend. >> met fans came early in the rain to honor piazza less than a week after he was a player who brought them out of darker days and it's why the faithful stayed faithful. >> i lost interest in baseball after the hall of the 90s for the mets, but he brought it back. he brought back excitement. >> his baseball all time home run leader among catchers. one of only four catchers in the past half sun tree to end up in the hall. heeds a met who became apart of this city. >> he embraced new york.

he embraced the city and became a new yorker basically. so you got to love the -- he's a great baseball player. >> mike piazza is the fifth jersey to retire. among them is jackie robinson. not a bad company to be in. coming up in sports, you'll hear from mike piazza. for now, stephon kim, eyewitness news. thank you. in new jersey. this is the liberty cup. 100 drone pilots with competing against each other. the -- pilots wear goggle and sensation they're in the drones and flying them. >> when i'm in these goggles and i have this in the air, i'm in there. i'm not on the ground and my head puts me there. you

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jeff, we have got some rough weather around the area. is that rain still moving through jersey? >> it is, it has weakened a little bit, but our radar estimates of half of rain have been verified. we've had some people measures half a foot of rain in that area in south western middlesex county. a short period of time. a matter of here's down towards the empire state building. not raining too moderate. the high on the day got up to 84 when the sun was out earlier, but the sun and the warmth and the humidity helped spark the storm late this afternoon. 84 is your normally. 98 is the record back in 1988. rainfall in the city, point .17 inches. it's a different story over central parts of new

through tonight and tomorrow and monday can be on the heavy side with big downpours with all this humidity around. it doesn't mean it's going to be raining the entire time. clouds tick around and during the -- the clouds stick around on tuesday. the first week of august, first full week of august looking normal temperature wise. flash flood warning in effect still until 8:30 p.m. for south western portions of mi good news is, the trend is good here. the trend is our friend sort of speak because the rainfall coming down at 1 to 2 inches per hour is weakening and subside, but the damage has been done. radar estimates of upwards of 5.8 inches and this goes to show you how good our radar technology is these days. someone measures exactly that

getting downpours at times, but not to the intensity we had earlier. light to moderate rain over new york city into long island. there's another batch of heavy rain. thing was refocusing along the i-84 corridor including orange county, and parts of pennsylvania extending east into putnam county in new york. so flooding areas. right through the evening hours, you see central new jersey not getting it as bad. it's focused off towards suffex county. it might be rain west into the we hours of tomorrow. tomorrow morning we may try to do it tomorrow. breaks of sunshine and temperatures and we can get

forecast for tonight, cloudy and humid. a couple of showers and thunderstorms early. some on the heavy side north and west of the city. 80 for tomorrow. a few showers and thunderstorms developing again. mainly later in the afternoon. for tomorrow night you got to watch for a shower or thunderstorm. it's that type of air mass we're in. it doesn't take much to form the showers and storms. 82 on monday. a shower or storm. we could be on the heavy side. a shower or spot on i'm sick of saying showers . we clear out thursday, friday, and saturday. but we need the rain. a small area got way too much this evening. be careful, don't drive in the areas where water is. >> any driven -- >> it could be a drop buster. >> jeff, thank you. laurie behnke is going to be up with sports.

wear the number 31. tonight, they're adding to an elite club by retiring that number. who is going -- the trade (vo) it'd be great to take a .

it's good. >> yeah. it's all about mike piazza. >> i bet you didn't see that coming. >> mike piazza is elite company. he's the second met to be in the baseball hall of fame. the pitcher is the fourth met to

team. the celebration will take place in a pregame ceremony at city field as the newest hall of famy joins casey and gill hodges in having his number 31 taken out of service from coopers town to flushing it -- >> it's a wonderful club and it's special to me. symbolically for me as well. my son is here, and you know, maybe when he's too young to kind of realize, but it's going to be fun to take him to a game here once. >> still is. the mets will host the rocky and the team plays reyes. justin, all eyes are on the trade front. baseball is less than 48 hours away and according to reports -- the mets stepped up their offer for catcher lew to travis, brandon memo and perhaps another player. a hand of other teams are in the mix. kroi is not in the

he's traded. nothing is official yet. the yankee -- they offered up nova the braves have shown interest in the catcher. it's take two of the yank ease and rays at the troft. rays is not wasting time. miller takes nate straight away center. not the way you want to start. a lot of ball to play. 1-0 rays in the it may feel like the middle of summer but don't let the calendar fool you. it's almost fall. why? because football is almost back . january 1st, plenty of work to do. rosters is one and opportunities for those players to seize. >> we're going to use them all. we're going to use all those guys. we're going to give them a chance to compete against each other. that creates a great

going to be afraid to play players. >> today, gangrene held practice number 3. this training camp like most is about competition. not just for the starting roles, it takes more than one strain to win football games and get to the team's ultimate goal, also a long playoff run. >> the least reps you're not going to be on the team. we're not going evaluate someone because they started out 13. york city football club may have taken its loss with its rival, the red bulls. the team is in first place in the eastern conference. this afternoon at yank ease stadium, the blue were out to keep it that way as they host the rapids. this was about frank who scored the first goal of the game. he team star added two more scores for the first ever hat trick in nyfc history. 5-1. new york more importantly getting the win.

a championship round three has been postponed. ten players hadn't teed off. >> it's not going to stop. >> they'll get scattered showers tomorrow. >> we'll see. that is the news for now. thank you for joining us. stay tuned for abc world news that's coming up next. i'm ken la sar

m . welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, hot air balloon disaster. the balloon full of passengers striking a power line and crashing into a texas pasture. >> i heard the popping, and the next thing i knew is the fireball went up. >> no survivors. 16 killed. what we're learning tonight about those on board. we are on the scene right now. >> a zika outbreak here at home. four cases in florida. residents being tested. can it be contained? dr. besser is standing by. one of the most powerful moments in the democratic convention. muslim parents of a fallen american soldier calling out donald trump. >> you have sacrificed nothing. >> tonight trump's response sparking outrage. >> if you look at his wife, she was standing there and maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say. >> 100 days until the election.