the patchogue shores marina blaze raged out of control, sparked by high winds and difficulty responders had in threatened water craft >> this is a mess. they're spraying the best they can. all the boats are on fire. >>reporter: a resident sent up a drone over richie wright's house capturing the dense smoke, boat after boat catching fire in the popular south shore yacht basin >> this is our home this. is where we spend our summers and hang out and socialize and -- socialize and make family memories >> this is where it started. >>reporter: this owner is just grateful no one was seriously injured. >> they saved my business, they saved the building, the gas it was windy with the boat it was definitely a hard time getting into this small cove here. >>reporter: several firefighters were briefly hospitalized after inhaling chemicals from the charred boats constructed with fiberglass, melted plastics everywhere. >> first off, our main concern is the pollution aspect of it. so they'll come out with pollution boom pads and clean up the pollution part of it. >>reporter: nearby neighbors were issue

firefighters battling the fires in east patchogue as other boat owners tried to save their vessels. u.s. coast guard and the suffolk county police marine bureau called in to help put out the sparked the fires. fortunately nobody was hurt. >>> crews at kennedy airport are working to restore full power after a disruptive outage. the outage happening late today in terminal 8 affecting escalators and checked baggage screening. the tsa kicked in an alternate plan but it caused many delays much of the day. the system that screens checked bags is now back online but there are delays due to the storms that went throughout tonight. tonight, what a show they put on in the sky. light show. thunder, lightning, and rain. look at that. will all that obliterate the heat and humidity? meteorologist jeff smith in for lee goldberg. >> those storms were producing hundreds of cloud to ground strikes. heavy downpours. gusty winds. they moved on through new york city. parts of long island in to southwestern connecticut. there's another line of storms associated with the actual cold front slicing through

the patchogue shores marina blaze raged out of control sparked by high winds and difficulty responders had in maneuvering to reach all threatened boats. boat after boat caught fire in the basin. >> this is our home where we live and socialize and make family memories. >> reporter: the marina owner is grateful nobody was seriously injured. >> they saved my business, the building and the gas tanks from going up. >> it was tough, windy with the boat. it was definitely a hard time getting into the small cove here. >> reporter: several firefighters were briefly hospitalized chemicals from the charred boats constructed with fiberglass, melted plastics everywhere. >> first off our main concern is the pollution aspects of it. so they are going to bring booms and pads and clean up the pollution part of it. >> reporter: nearby neighbors were issued code red for several hours keeping them indoors with instructions to clear airborne debris from windows or doors. >> this whole marina could have gone up. >> a total loss. >> devastation.

it's 85 now in patchogue. john has a sun/cloud mix. it's just too hot. we had a feels-like temperature of 100 degrees at one point. when is the weather going to break? this is what we're talking about. johnny boy, it's going to be if not longer. the storms are closing in. a thunderstorm around battery park city and staten island on top of you. feels-like temperature, we feel like this: i just showed you some of the cooler air out east the hamptons still felt at 95 at the p if you look at the future feels-like temperatures by tomorrow afternoon at 4 p.m., feeling like 107 in the city. 106 in paramus and freehold. 107 -- everybody just so hot again tomorrow. by the time you get to saturday a repeat. triple digits feels-like temperatures out there. that's why we have a heat advisory in effect right now until 8 a.m. saturday. but hold on. that's a heat advisory. it will then become an they they can't issue the warning that far out so it becomes a watch. we know it's going to be happening and we also know some storms are going to be sparking up, as well. so t

bay shore, patchogue going to top off at 80. trenton 85 and bridgeport a high of 83. it is friday, you might want to currents along the south shore of long island, low risk along the jersey shore. your uv index is a 9. that's a burn time of 15 minutes. beach tomorrow, showers and storms looking better for the mountains tomorrow. sunday looking good no matter where you plan to be. >>> thank you. in the bronx we have some construction causing major delays. jim smith is in chopper 2 above the scene of the cross bronx that really resembles a apartment for the morning commute. good morning to you jim. >> that's right, alex, and that is it's eastbound right after webster avenue, late running construction. the roadway goes down to one lane instead of the usual three. bumper-to-bumper delays now back to the george washington bridge. the delay begins on the new jersey side, what would normally be about a 40 to 45 minute delay, but with the traffic not moving, that delay is even worse. live in chopper 2, jim smith, cbs2 news. >>> thank you. if you choose to go out of your way t

this report from john powellos in patchogue, clear skies there, beautiful start to the day, relative humidity at 61%. so most of us in the 50s and 60s, warmer near the city, closer to the upper 50s, but we'll head up to east, 61 degrees with chrissy lowe with sunshine there. blue skies, radiant blue skies at that this morning, very low humidity and just a very crisp beginning to the day. let's take you live ouz. this is beautiful live shot out there, 67 degrees. again, this is the reading from central park, calm winds right now. this afternoon they'll be out of the east at 5 to 10 miles per hour. east is the average wind direction this afternoon. as we look at the breakdown of your day, by noon 79 degrees. note the feels-like temperature, precisely what that thermometer reads, that's because it is very dry air mass in place. so very comfortable out there. 9:00 this evening we're down to 72 degrees under clear skies. it will be a beautiful night to hang out outside. for today, nice yet again. big area of high pressure dominating the forecast as we move through today and even into the