i'm cindy hsu. police say a man on a robbery spree in midtown isn't letting his crutches get in the way. investigators have released these surveillance videos of the suspect. police say he burglarized three apartments at a building on west 56th street on tuesday morning. investigators say he carried out computers the building with crutches and wearing a medical boot on his foot. >>> new information on the west nile virus on long island. suffolk county health officials announced 12 samples tested positive for the virus. samples were collected last week in about a dozen towns. two birds tested positive. so far no humans have tested positive. officials are advising residents remove standing water all. humidity, however is already on the rise. 75 in central park. 68 in morristown with 63 for bayshore and stratford. temperatures don't get too much warmer today but the dew points do. so it's definitely going to be a sticky day. decaying showers pushing into the area right now. it's what's behind it that's

i'm cindy hsu. >> i'm andrea grymes. murdock. if you looked outside, the rain has maybe started for some. >> for some, yes. it was pouring this morning. now it is beginning for others. see you said, when the next round will begin. it has already begun. it is happening now. we are starting to see more flood warnings coming into effect this morning. a lot to think about today as we make plans. because flooding is certainly a possibility for some of us. flood alerts. right now, everyone in the dark green, under fl watch until 11:00 this evening. and then you see the bright green color. that is actually a flood warning right now for the millstone river at blackwell's mills and somerset county. so a ton of rain fell in that region yesterday. nearly 6 inches. so problems will be occurring today. especially more rain heading into that direction. >> as you look at the vortex satellite and radar, you can see the trouble spots. also ocean county getting hammered. the storms are nonmoving. that is why flooding is expected today for some of

. >> and i'm cindy hsu. the day's top stories are still ahead. but first meteorologist elise finch is here with the forecast. elise. >> people were asking for cooler temperatures. that we can deliver today. and thunderstorms. unsettled weather is moving in for the weekend. let's take a look. here are our temperatures. 74 degrees in central park. 63 for monticello. 69 in somerville, new jersey. dew points in the 60s across the board. close to 70s in some locations. when we approach 70 we consider that to be sticky -- typically -- entopic county right now. poised to move in to new jersey. here's your hour by hour forecast. we are expecting a high temperature today, about 84 degrees. when you factor in the humidity, it will feel more like 89 degrees. we have lots of clouds. we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms. i'll have more about that coming up in your full forecast. for now i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. >>> police say a man on a in the way. >> investigators say he's burglarized several apartments in midtown. cbs 2's ali boama

i'm cindy hsu. >> i'm andrea grymes. the top stories are straight ahead. let's get over to vanessa . >> be quashed -- be cautious in ocean county. under a flash flood watch. you will see the bright green. as you make your way into somerset county. there is a flood warning at the millstone river. a lot going on today. the rain will be the biggest culprit. and as we move on, to continue to look like this on the satellite and radar picture. plenty of clouds. a few breaks of sunshine. a lot of rain for some of us. not all of us. this is ocean county. it has been raining for a little more than three hours. and lacey seems to be getting the worst of it. as you can see. this is the big trouble spot with localized flooding. hour by hour today, 78 by noon. it will feel like 83. later this afternoon. cloud cover. showers and storms. flash flooding possible. all of that today. i will have the full forecast coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> following developing stories in manhattan. police are searching for a man who they say tried to rape a woman. it happened

. >> and i'm cindy hsu. the day's top stories are ahead. first meteorologist -- [ unintelligible ] -- elise finch is here with the good morning to you at home. it's an interesting morning. we started at sunrise. it was beautiful, just a few clouds. we've added a few more clouds to the mix now. temperature wise we are -- not bad. 78 degrees right now in central park. 77 in -- 79 in newark. 70 in ferndale. temperatures aren't too bad. as we look at the dew points, lots of 70s. that it's pretty sticky. pretty oppressive when the dew point hits 70, which it has done. so it's going to be a little on the humid side today. in fact, it already is for many of us. we have some disturbed weather off to our west in association with an area of low pressure. we are expecting some showers, even some thunderstorms to push their way into our area today, tomorrow and the next day. so high temperature today expected to max out right around 84 degrees. with the humidity it'll feel more like89 isolated showers and thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and even

i'm cindy hsu. >> i'm andrea grymes.