any other implications in the poughkeepsie area? this storm moved through quickly and was strong. >> it did. what i will say to the folks that are listening, i know you guys talk about this all the time. in the event of these storms, you have to seek shelter, but not under trees and things such as that. actually laying flat in the middle of a field is better than being under a tree. my understanding is they're still working on them at the hospital. >> our hearts and prayers go out to them. >>> if you have to cancel a trip, you may be able to get a voucher for another flight. >> but what happens if the voucher isn't in your name? better get baquero. >>> it is a high stakes game of catch me if you can. 4 investigates the dangerous game of catching toll runners. you live life your way. we can help you retire your way, too. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. for twenty years, box tops for education has helped schools earn over 750 million dollars to get what they need! don't be absent from helping yo

a lightning strike at a pa in poughkeepsie. the town's mayor says five people were struck by a bolt at mansion square park on clinton street. three of the victims have life- threatening injuries we're told. again this lightning strike in poughkeepsie a short time ago. all five victims were rushed to the hospital. >>> governor cuomo has extended the hours at new york's state parks and beaches through the weekend to give people some relief from the heat on long island jones sunken meadows and state parks will stay open until 8 p.m. sprinklers will be added to gant try plaza state park in queens and east river state park in brooklyn. fdr state park in westchester will stay open until 6:30 tonight. and 7:30 on the weekend. >>> also, overheating was this manhole in manhattan. smoke rising from an underground fire on east 31st between fifth and madison beneath the car. no word on the cause of the bronx tonight as yankees fans head to the stadium. big crowd expected for the final game in pinstripes of alex rodriguez. >> otis livingsto

we were talking about the weather in poughkeepsie. you have more information, shirleen. >> we had the mayor of poughkeepsie on the phone and just learned that five people were actually hit by the lightning there? >> that's what it appears to be, the initial call was two people down due to a lightning strike in madison square park. upon arrival of the police department, personnel and ems, we had five victims, three with life-threatening injuries, two with non life-threatening hospitals. the three with the life-threatening injury -- the two with non life-threatening injure injuries went to the hudson medical. >> how are you dealing with this situation as we speak? >> well, i mean obviously what we're doing now is investigating the scene. we're obviously pretty sure this was a lightning strike by accounts of people to the types of injuries that -- it appears that the victim suffered and we're looking -- they were underneath a tree on two park benches and certainly at this point, that seems to be the cause, but our detectives are on the s

here's your vortex satellite and radar. 4:05 moved through poughkeepsie. the number of lightning strikes with it the mayor said it wasn't but a lot of lightning. 110 strikes as it rolled right over poughkeepsie. and that's not the only game in town. it's the first one of the afternoon. it's the furthest east right now. it's in central connecticut. we have a couple of other big storms out there. zoom in tight this particular storm in hunterdon county has 171 bigger than the storm in poughkeepsie. mount olive another cell in line with the size of the store over poughkeepsie. if we track the leading edge of this storm, it is being pushed off to the east sort of northeast and again, this is just one. another one to the north, couple others popping up, as well. but by 6:30 to edison. it could be in new york city by 7: 30. look at the feels-like temperatures. it feels like 100 in new york city. feels like 104 in white plains. 75 feels-like temperature in monticello h air there. tomorrow no changes. 94 feels like 110. so excessive heat warnings for everybody righ

this is the casting of the storm that just moved out of poughkeepsie. but overhead here in the city, we have cloudy skies with the hot temperatures. everybody dealing with the heat. keep in mind the hot temperatures and the humid air the fuel of a thunderstorm. so the heat index is in the triple digits this afternoon. it will repeat themselves tomorrow. feeling as hot as 111 in places like tom's river. this is the reason that we have had the excessive heat warning posted by the national weather service. we look at the heat index as late as 11:00 tonight, it will still feel like the 90s. we're not cooling off at night. there's no relief. temperatures feeling like 110 sunday, triple digits heat index readings across the entire map. on sunday we finally settle down a little bit. not complete relief but not as extreme as we're seeing. tomorrow afternoon, there are the possibilities of pop-up showers and thunderstorms across the area. a reminder, these aren't enough to cancel the whole day over. they're quick movers. fast and furious. they get out of town qu

now, this is where the last shooting happened off blossom hill road and poughkeepsie on friday at about 1 a.m. now, police say all of the shootings have happened on blossom hill road between poughkeepsie and monterey. all of them happening between midnight and 1 a.m. they have happened since may. now, luckily, no one has been seriously hurt but one person said he was grazed by a bullet. another one hit by glass. and it's left a lot of people terrified who live, work or just drive through this area. >> fear, you know, for like my family and other people. you get into a car accident, you have kids in the car, anything can happen, you know what i mean? >> reporter: this is what makes it even more scary is that police say they have no idea where exactly these bullets are coming from, which direction these bullets are coming from. now, police say they are beefing up patrols here and they have been going door to door trying to find the shooter. live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> stockton's mayor showed up at his first city council meeting last night since his arrest over a strip poke

now, this is where the last shooting happened off blossom hill road and poughkeepsie on friday at about 1 a.m. now, police say all of the shootings have happened on blossom hill road between poughkeepsie and monterey. all of them happening between midnight and 1 a.m. they have happened since may. now, luckily, no one has been seriously hurt but one person said he was grazed by a bullet. another one hit by glass. and it's left a lot of people terrified who live, work or just drive through this area. >> i have family in this area. it's scary to hear about these random happenings. >> fear, you know, for like my family and other people, you know, you can get into a car accident, you have kids in the car, anything can happen, you know what i mean? >> reporter: so a lot of people wondering will police find the shooter? because police say they have no idea where exactly these bullets are coming from, which direction these bullets are coming from. now, police say they are beefing up patrols here and they have been going door to door trying to find the shooter. live in san jose, maria medina, kp

we're live in poughkeepsie tonight. >> ray, thank you. that same line of storms that unleashed that lightning strike in poughkeepsie also whipped things up in other parts of our area. news 4's michael george is live in englewood, new jersey, with a mess being dealt with right now. michael? >> reporter: well, sibila, right now behind me crews are working to restore power to this neighborhood. strong winds brought trees onto power lines just a few hours ago, and right now tonight these homes are still left in the tri-state area lost power. and on a night this hot and this humid, losing your a.c. is no picnic. ominous clouds moved in over the city. just one of a series of fast-moving storms, unleashing lightning bolts as it charged east. some lost power to their homes and business i on one of the hottest, most humid days of the year. it must be hot in there? >> yeah. >> in englewood, new jersey, many were left in the dark after strong winds brought down power after the lights went out. bad news for melanie nelson. her 11-year-old daughter ne

. >> a lightning strike in a poughkeepsie park. >> >>> it was rod's career. >>> good morning. it is 6:00 on this saturday, august 13th. i'm andrea grymes. >> and i'm cindy hsu. the day's top stories are straight ahead. first the dangerous heat remains today. meteorologist vanessa murdock is here with the latest. >> we have an excessive heat warning in effect today. for most of us it will feel it will be the worst feels like day of the summer out there. let's see where we start off this morning. we have temperatures for the most part in the 70s and low 80s. 83 is our normal high for today. 77 right now in the hampton. it's 73 in andover. 81 in central park. looking really good out there right now. we have winds out of the southwest. nay are pumping in the heat and enhanced humidity for toda mid70s. this is nearly unprecedented. these are incredibly high dew point levels. the higher the dew point the more uncomfortable it feels out there. when we get into the mid70s, it is oppress i. that is what you can expect for today. we have that excess excessive heat warning. 105 to 110 de

park, 83 in islip, we dropped to upper 70s in month take, 85 in bridgeport, and warm in poughkeepsie issue dewpoints, of. readings like this make is comfortable, these numbers will rise starting tonight, and tomorrow you will fee a difference. humid see comfortable at the moment, this will also be rising tomorrow, we're quiet right now across much of the northeast, under influence of high pressure that kept us dry, as going to shift to the east to tomorrow that will bring a shift in our weather pattern, high offshore into wednesday here. then on back side of it, we'll start to see a southwest wind flow, that is going to bump up to build in to tri-state area. so, looks like storms that we see here, these will not affect us. so, tomorrow, high numbers in 80s. this is just about humidity, 90 in mid second of nation over 100 across portions of texas. to west coast, temperatures are in 70s from looking at future cast, we'll have increasing clouds tonight. tomorrow we wake up with mostly cloudy conditions. you will see sun struggle to breakthrough from time to time but clouds the win out,

right now it's 69b0 in poughkeepsie and 68 in sussex. 70 and for six and 71 down the shore and all my. in the 50s in islip and off towards montauk with points in the 60s making things a bit muddy. we will continue to be uncomfortable. let's head up to westchester where we see 59b0. white plains checking in with new rochelle and off toward yonkers, it's all three locations checking in at 72b0. lot of rain came through into the evening. shifted off to the east and we are waking up quiet and parts of the jersey shore. south of bellmawr, you get a good downpour. flash flood watches continue for the county and green going through tonight. the area of pressure is exiting to the east. we will not clear out of the maginnis until wednesday. let's see how it looks on the roads.you will see the traffic slowed down. we have the right lane blocked. it's in the jersey city and taking down some wires. as we had outside will see a live check from the lie with a westbound traffic starting to pick up. the roads arestill wet . it's making its way towards the george washington bridge. easy pass until 7:0

islip, you had a bit of an onshore flow. 81 in poughkeepsie. very comfortable dew points. they're all below 60 degrees. any time you see these kinds of numbers this time of year it is a big treat because that means the humidity lighter winds today than what we saw yesterday. this time they're out of the west to southwest. then the south-facing shores is why you're seeing cooler temperatures. the land areas seeing dry conditions. it's dry all the way back across the great lakes. otherwise the weather is just quiet. that's the trend through this evening. another very mild evening in the city. 60s in the suburbs as we go into the overnight, but eventually 69 in bridgeport. 65 degrees in belmar. it's a clear night. winds are out of the west. tomorrow we get the southwest wind. it does warm up a bit. near 90 in poughkeepsie will be one of the hotter spots. most of us will be in the 80s tomorrow. at the shore it will be a little bit cooler. our ten-day forecast shows a little warmer even on thursday. that's when we start to feel it with the humidity coming back. we're up to 90 o

mostly in the 80s from poughkeepsie to trenton. 79 in monticello. it's pleasant everywhere. dry air across the region. no storms on the radar just yet. we will see that change when we get into saturday. the trend for this evening is clear skies later tonight, 50s again in liberty and madison. not as many 50s as last night but cool. south/southwest wind tomorrow brings in humidity. temperatures climb higher. 87 in poughkeepsie. 84 in the city. not oppressively hot but warmer. is there a slight risk a few of these thunderstorms coming severe. it's dry most of the day. we'll have a lot of clouds to start the morning. it moves into the hudson valley and parts of north eastern pennsylvania around 10:00 in the morning. it passes south towards the city in central new jersey around 2:00. then moves off to the east. another line redevelops north of the city around 5:00. long island may not see the rain until 84 tomorrow. near 90 in spots saturday. 88 in the city. sunday is the beach day. fantastic weather. back to the mid 80s all the way to the middle of next week. >> thank you. >>>

poughkeepsie, you're at 82. the humidity levels are generally in the 70% range. poughkeepsie, you're a little bit lower. southeast to east about 5 to 15 miles an hour. we have game three of our subway series tonight this time at yankees stadium. it is a great night for baseball again. 76 degrees for the first pitch. later on tonight by 11:00, most areas are down in the 60s except for right along the coastline. asbury park, you're at 74. by 5:00 a.m., we have more 50s coming up. it cools down if danbury to so 62 at 5:00 a.m. in the city. by the afternoon, we're back to the 70s and 80s. a few spots inland will warm up a little bit more, but still very comfortable. you may decide to have your lunch outdoors tomorrow. 60s at 7:00 a.m. 70s by noon. the water temperatures in the 70s with that water piling up from the gulf stream, so it rip currents in spots. temperatures will be in the 70s. there will be lots of sunshine. very high uv. make sure you're well protected. no thunderstorms. perfect weather for us. it duds get a little bit muggy by the time we get to the end

bouncing back on the lower the low 80. 87 in poughkeepsie. showers not far away. dew points are in the mid-70s. it feels tropical. off to the north and west, much drier air works in overnight. the best of both worlds. we get the drier air but not the cooling with the cold front. the humidity just way down. upper 70s to low 80s this night breeze develops during the afternoon. you have showers leaving connecticut. those may dive towards eastern long island. that will be over the next couple of hours. the showers over nassau falling apart over suffolk. neptune is going to rain. strongest shores going towards 195 in new jersey. you will have to deal with there is the cold fronted coming there and the cyst to the northwest with the winds. we're going to be clearing out. comfortable tomorrow morning. upper 60s to lower 70s. during the afternoon hours, mid to upper 80s. maybe a sprinkle in the catskills. breezy and beautiful tomorrow afternoon. mostly sunny. 87. high and dry on monday. the low humidity continues. northwest wind boaters tomorrow. here is your accuweather

same with madison creeping close to 90 in poughkeepsie. 85 in bethpage. might get a storm in the afternoon here and there random. saturday is not a washout but is more humid. 80s will feel like 90s going into sunday. best chance for rain on sunday will be late in the evening. sunday fight could be looking at severe weather. 80s. nice next week monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, low to mid 80s. friday we've got a storm or two possible in the area. at 5:00, we unveiled storm ranger 4 our new radar technology on wheels. it's i going to give us in you information where we are showing big storms and what's coming your way to protect you and give you the latest information. >> as you mentioned, this is a brand-new piece of technology here at wnbc. this will allow us all to have a better view of the storm and more immediate information. some may have seen it on the road the last several weeks as we've been testing this technology. you talked about it a little while ago. this is a quick look at the these computers allow us to see this storm differently than we

lightning while sitting at a park bench in poughkeepsie on friday. one person died and four others lived and tonight, one of the survivors is sharing her story, exclusively, with cbs 2 brian conniebare. >> these storms are dangerous and time for me to go and i got up and i was thrown all the way over there. >> karen brooks was sitting on a poughkeepsie park bench with friends under this tree friday when suddenly lightning struck. >> my head felt like it was going to blow up. >> she just got released from the hospital today. she says the force of the volts according to the national severe storm system threw her some 20 feet. left burns on her legs and feet and set her purse on fire. >> and that's what the lightning did to my pocketbook. >> one of the friends sitting on the bench she calls ritchie was killed. >> she was completely purple in the face. and not going to make it. i knew that. >> this is where the lightning hit the tree. a person's chance of getting struck by lightning in any weather service. but 49 americans are killed every year by lightn

right now read 79 in poughkeepsie. seventy-two in poughkeepsie. seventy-two down the shore and belmar. were in the 70s toward montauk they were in the 50s yesterday and today but now they are rising into the middle to upper 60s. some spots at 70. that's an uncomfortable range. it will be that way for the next several days for the national weather service has issued a heat advisory for new york city through thursday. this is where we expect heat index values into the '90s. then we expect on thursday to go into the upper '90s. around the philadelphia area we do have counties in new jersey under excessive heat warning and that's where we expect values to be around 100?. our satellite radar satellite radar sws we have clouds rolling in but no rain is associated yet. that will change as we go into tomorrow. we'll see an increase chance of showers and storms. on the backside we will see southwest wind to bring up our humidity. that's also been a bump up our humidity across the region. combine that with some instability in the atmosphere and we get pop u

right around 90 in poughkeepsie, newburgh, morristown. it's 91 i however, the dew points are in tropical to an awful range. all these numbers are in the 70s. this is a measure of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. the closer this number is to the actual temperature, the worse it feels. in most cases it is above 75 degrees. almost 80 in newburgh. it feels just absolutely terrible. you have a heat index of 105 there. feels like 106 in sussex. 100 in the city and farmingdale. long branch, 102. this is dangerous heat out there. we have an excessive heat warning for just about the entire tri-state area. where you're not under the warning, you're under an advisory. the heat index will remain above 80s by 10:00. tomorrow we're at 105, 107, and 110 in some spots. then saturday. we'll track these and more coming up on the heat back to you. >> this is arguably one of the worst places to be in the heat. the subway is an inferno. many of you are tweeting about the cars without ac calling it brutal and gross. some even referring to it as hell. an

generally speaking, it's 75 from poughkeepsie to bridgewater. we have a few showers that started out as thunderstorms across eastern p.a. but it's weakening as it bound. rain comes down in a quick little burst but that's in burden county as well. take along your umbrella if you're heading out in the next few minutes or so. you'll need it from time to time this morning but especially late in the day. 105 is what it will feel like later this afternoon in the city. look at all of these triple digits. 105 in south brunswick and tomorrow, even worse. tomorrow afternoon and even away from the water, 106 in northport. 103 in poughkeepsie tomorrow afternoon as well. future tracker, quiet during the afternoon hours. hazy sunshine in here, not that you want it with the humidity. showers and storms pop up. the latest trend indicating it's from the city on more north and west. even if you're watching to the south of the area, with this type of air mass, a pop-up shower or thundor leftovers in and around the city and then it quiets down overnight. clouds giv

waking up mild and muggy 69 poughkeepsie. 67 to sussex. central bank at 70 degrees. 72 in belle mar and we're in 60s across the island. 60 degree read arings also found on dew point map here that means quite muggy out there and tuesday no drier until wednesday. as we mentioned flooding has been an issue mostly across new jersey where we flash floods watches continuing through tonight. we're not see any rainfall in this area but because of flooding from weekend anymore showers that could exasperate this issue and flash flood, and there's a downpour around belmar moving out until any time soon. waking up with clouds across the area. leaving in chance for isolated shower but on wednesday things start to take a down for better sunshine breaking through and set us up and humidity returns over the weekend. let's see the roads this morning. kara has the details. hi. >> good morning addry couple of issuess a we start off in queens. first of all eastbound on l. ti. you have a disabled bus blocking a lane you have another -- unauthorized tractor tra

the order came from the fire board of commissioners in the town of poughkeepsie. the decision has a lot of people upset. christine sloan reports. >> reporter: a resident stands in front of a fire department that had to take these american flags off trucks. >> we're going to wave the flag so if they won't hang it on the trucks, the commissioners won't do it they are we are going to stand out [ sirens ] >> reporter: firefighters with the arlington district in the town of poughkeepsie furious, too. they are seen here during a ceremony putting away the flags after they were ordered to remove them from the back of trucks. >> i was very disappointed when the board members that were against having the flags on the vehicles gave me the directives to have them removed. >> reporter: the removal order coming from the fire board of commissioners, joe armstrong who didn't want to talk to us one of three who voted for the voted for the flag to be taken off? [ door closes ] >> reporter: the board's chairman stands by his decision saying, the flags pose a danger to drivers on the

mid 70s at the jersey shore. 78 poughkeepsie. 71 on the east end. 74 in the city. 76 poughkeepsie. lower 70s on the east end. back to 72 at belmar. newark checking in with 77. a nice northeast wind will persist. northeast, occasionally southeast, going back and forth. as that happens, it won't allow it to get very, very warm. tomorrow, another day of 80. pretty comfortable weather. but that northeast wind is causing the potential for a bit of coastal flooding this evening. minor coastal flooding. the evening high tide cycle through midnight. that's shore. on radar, nothing nearby on fox 5 sky guardian. we have had a couple of showers scattered in eastern pennsylvania. very few and far between. you see on the satellite loop they're moving. not coming our way. this is spiralling east of cape cod. we won't worry about that. we have high pressure building down. it will sit in our neighborhood for the next few days and keep sunshine around. a couple of fair weather clouds and temperatures will stay comfortable, right about 80 thursday. on our day planner tomorrow, look how nice coming o

it's 82 up at poughkeepsie with low humidity. allentown, 82. upper 70s in town. back to 75 at the jersey shore. mid 70s, also, across long island with an easterly wind. that's been the story of the day, east to southeasterly. that will continue tonight into tomorrow averaging close to 10 miles an hour. no real big problems coming from that. in fact, look photograph. a lot of the country isn't having much in the way of troubles. scattered afternoon thunderstorms, typical weather through the southeast, going into florida. high pressure is sliding off the east coast. that's been giving us the really nice weather. you can see the afternoon storms starting to fire here. we're getting into the monsoon season. they're seeing some of the afternoon thunderstorms that they typically get starting this time of year. back to 81 or 82 in new york tomorrow. chicago warming back to 91. they've had a break from the heat. 90 to atlanta. prettymuch 100 in most of central texas tomorrow up to dallas. 91 to boise and warm in seattle. 81 tomorrow. here's our futurecast. no issues toni

wonderful years. >> reporter: reporting from poughkeepsie, tim fleischer, abc news. >> love, honesty and be good to each other. f0 >>> breaking at 4:30, one person is dead and another injured after a gunman opens fire on two people sitting in a car. we are live with what we know about the gunman. >>> an unprecedented warning. officials are warning people to avoid a certain part of florida because of the zika virus. what officials are doing in our area to keep people safe. >>> we are tracking early- morning thunderstorms on

poughkeepsie, 79, down the shore 77, and in in the city we're holding at 77 degrees. showers are dissipating. drier air will win out temporarily from the west before this next area of showers starts to slide back in here later tonight into tomorrow. so the temperature trend, we go from the upper 70s to near 80 by

also sussex. 87 poughkeepsie. we're still generally in the 80s now. 87 at poughkeepsie. 84 bridgeport. holding on to 80 on the east end. 81 at the jersey shore. and lower 80s around town. 86 the warm spot at allentown. dew points are up from there's a 70 degree dew point at belmar. 67 at allentown. 65 is the thresholds of when it starts to feel uncomfortable. 70 or greater, you start sweating. we'll be back in that range tomorrow into the weekend. wind variable, mainly west-southwesterly. that will continue tonight and come around light out of the north-northeast tomorrow. take a look at the radar in motion. you can see how the showers are trying to move down from the north and west. they get to here and start falling apart. a few could drift into the area this ev and quiet. there's not a lot out there. you see not a big deal going on. no big real weather features going on. showers and storms, scattered, typical afternoon weather and thunderstorms around the carolinas back into eastern texas. our next weather feat

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a couple from poughkeepsie has been happily married for 75 years. to celebrate their long-lasting love, they renewed their love at the nursing home where they now live. >> reporter: coming down the aisle, elizabeth could not help [cheering and applause] >> reporter: renewing their wedding vows, carl and elizabeth show how strong their love has been and will be. >> love and honesty and be good to each other. >> reporter: the couple who just moved into the river valley care center in poughkeepsie has been overwhelmed that staff and administrators wanted to celebrate. >> staff and residents alike, to celebrate what is really just a beautiful celebration in general. >> reporter: carl and elizabeth first met at children, later dated in high school. after that, carl proposed. >> we eloped because they didn't want us to get married yet. they said we were too young. >> reporter: after a church wedding, carl's father bet him the marriage would not last. >> he says i'll tell you what, if it lasts over a year, i'll bucks. >> i heard it was a thousand. >> huh?

. >> reporter: the gfatters who just moved into the river valley care center in poughkeepsie have been overwhelmed that taff and administrators want to celebrate this special occasion. >> staff and residents alike and, again, everyone is just so excited to celebrate what is really just a beautiful celebration in general. >> reporter: karl and elizabeth first met as children. later dated in high school after that karl proposed. want us to get married yet. they said we were too young. >> reporter: after a church wedding, karl's father bet him the marriage would not last. >> he says, i'll tell you what, if it lasts more than a year, i'll give you a hundred bucks. >> reporter: he paid in cash and their love floush othered. karl went off to war. later they had a daughter who passed away in 2015, but one thing was constant. >> he just said he that's all that mattered. >> you are truly a blessing to the world, to society and what it means to sacrifice yourself for the other. >> reporter: elizabeth and karl then kissed each other. their love stronger than ever. >> 75 years. wonderful years. >>

we're in lower 60s across majority of the tristate some 50s up to north and west. 55 in poughkeepsie putting us in somewhat sticky range beyond 60 it starts to get sticky but north of that that's when you really stat to feel the uncomfortable condition with the heat, humidity combination that starts up for you tomorrow. today we have a clier sky it is nice and dry. high pressure still in control. we've got a stalled out front down to south of us that is folk the point for showers there, and then this is next incoming area of low pressure with warm front and at least get close to us to brings a better chance for showers and storms in next couple of days. but another sunny one up to 87 and tomorrow up to 85 when humidity kicks in and stays on the triare state region. all the way through monday of next week storm chances are out there every given day the better chances for storms wednesday, saturday, and monday. all right let's bring in ines rosales, and get an update on what's happen with our commute challenges but nothing like yesterday. >> nothing like yesterday. northbound a bit of

spots, here in monticello, 63. 68 sussex. 69 poughkeepsie. everybody is starting with mild temperatures, it's humid outside. air mass is almost soupy, the high humidity levels. that gives the storms moisture to work with. the heavy thunderstorm threat where we see the conditions prime for thunderstorms is west. the national weather service put up the flash flood watch today. stray shower happening we make way for a pattern, beautiful weather midweek, hot and sticky by the weekend. rainfall estimates, downpours, how much rain came in the short time periods, the accumulations were over an inch and a half in areas, looking at a day of rain, that might be okay. we were talking about an inch and half in 30 minutes to an hour in some spots. the streets ponding and almost turning in to rivers in some cases. jersey. nothing on the map right now. it takes the daytime heating to trigger showers and thunderstorms. mid-morning, waking up with pop up scattered sprinkles like over the weekend. that threat remains. we could get showers happening, through th

the warm area is poughkeepsie. we see a few clouds rolling in right now. we have only seen a few sprinkles around the catskills. everything reaching is very little. severe thunderstorming popping up along that front. and just to the west of washington dc. overnight, it is mainly the clouds that we will see developing across the area. a few identity lated showers. more will pop up around 6:00 and it is between 3:00 and 6:00. thunderstorm or two. the city and central new jersey. if you're planning on being at the shore tomorrow, you need to be off of the beach by 2:00 or 3:00. if dark clouds are coming in, notice by 11:00, everything has cleared out of the area. summer streets starts tomorrow. that is when they block off the streets. 72nd and lafayette avenue. good thing it is ending at 1:00 in the afternoon. 88 storm. >> fantastic, thank you, janice. bruce beck is in rio joining us live now. >> tonight is about brazil, it's people, it's tradition, it's warmth. it is about music, dance, and the biggest garden on the planet. cue the opening ceremony. >> for t

it will get a little bit chilly for this time of year. 50b0 in poughkeepsie and 64 in bridgeport. mainly clear skies without a lot going on. nor will there be a lot going on for a few days there. do we have any bigger changes coming up with high pressures and control. it's a mainly clear sky. it's not the best start to their day with showers and storms in the area.not too much happening here. the only thing we're keeping an eye on is a few showers trying to bubble up to the northwest. other than that we keep it clear here. lot of sunshine coming up for the comeback after two days. after friday and saturday that's when you start to see some stickiness in the air. their days are good. 71 may 9:00 am and a high of 80b0 today. a lot like we have seen yesterday. see the next few days with 82 tomorrow and a mainly sunny sky. 83 on friday and there is. showers and storms in the area and it's been pretty consistent. looks like it will be the threat but it's the only one in the forecast and that's the good we are off to a decent start for this wednesday morning. >> rockland here on the fre

poughkeepsie's mayor says he's hopeful the victims recover. he says one o seriously hurt was talking with doctors last night. that's good news. >>> more thunderstorms on the way. >> scattered storms throughout the weekend. heat and humidity the real story. 95, that's your actual high. it's going to feel like 105 to 1 so. yesterday it's-t will feel even hotter than friday. tomorrow we get a little of a break. the humidity backs down a bit for sunday but stays unsettled. monday it's hard to ease out of this heat wave. >> we'll take it. >>> thank you. we're coming back at you in 30 minutes with another update. now back to "weekend today" in early detection is critical in fighting cancer a misdiagnosis or other errors can have serious consequences. for almost 40 years jacoby & meyers has successfully represented thousands of clients. winning them the money they need to take care of themselves and their families. you fight the cancer. ?? >>> good morning. the golden girl. katie ledecky makes history again. swimming the fastest 800-meter freestyle r

right now 87 poughkeepsie. it is a cooler 79 monticello. you are seeing a lot of clouds in place now. 79 islip. and elsewhere across the northeast nice readings. pittsburgh in the 80s. philly 83. now, we have had a cloud deck roll from the south and edging into new york city and long island. we turned overcast for a period of time. mostly clear across the tristate area. we are under the influence of high pressure and keeping it under control in the northeast and helping to protect us from the weather maker in the mid atlantic. the cloud deck is reaching to the north and the rain is staying to the south here. as this high is sliding to the east, the wind flow from the southwest, that is a very warm and humid air flow for us and things are building up for wednesday, t going up to 90 and the humidity is going to build too. the futurecast is showing mainly clear skies. that is how we start out tuesday. a couple of clouds in the afternoon. it feels nice and dry tomorrow. tuesday night things are going to change. on wednesday, lots of clouds in p

newark is at 70b0 and poughkeepsie team came down in islip and temperatures are cooler his morning. 70s and now in the mid-? upper 60s. coming down a little bit and it's a little bit humid. not too bad out there. you can see what's going on. is a little disturbance back to the low pressure and it doesn't have a lot of potential but it did bring some showers for some of us. an extreme corner of connecticut ?were moving of rain and back behind it they look a little bit more dry. there's enough going on where the child is moving through and we could see more storms fire out this afternoon.we are 1.7 inches behind for the month of august. for january 1 were 5.61. high temperature gets up about 84b0. 87 is high tomorrow and is little bit humid throughout the weekend. chances are on the minimal size i would not get to work over it. thatspring and ines with an earlier check . >> all in all doing okay. we have the commute in new jersey with 287. we are keeping an ion the you have two lanes blocked with an accident and is a little bit tough to see with all the activity going on. that's the reaso

warmer in poughkeepsie and monticello. that's a general trend that we will see today. clear skies with when starting to switch bring in the temperatures and humidity. we had into the cold front coming into town and we will see a lot of humiliate back into the area with warm temperatures coming in some showers and storms. not the best looking david today looks pretty good. 80b0 by midday and a high at 88. it's human in the same time with a mixed sky coming through. laura is coming in the midafternoon and it should start to shut down. try skies with highs where they should be. let's bring a nine as and see what's going on out there.how are we doing >> we are doing okay with just a few instances. let's start out with your commute .4 e. #expect delays. an accident blocking two everything is runningon or close to schedule. say hi to teresa's dad that is watching. >> every day, always. >> hillary clinton has a 15 point lead over donald trump. robert moses joins us live outside of trump tower in midtown with the latest. 15 points is a lot . >> it is. donald trump and mike pen

nobody else made it to 80 today. 78 poughkeepsie. 79 at newark. upper 70's to mid 70's jersey shore to the e town. low 70's bellmawr and 71 as you goette to islip. mid's still hanging at 66. been there most of the afternoon and the evening at that temperature. so you have a i way from the coast. du points then 6's. more humid then the lower 60's along the coast but still again. moderate levels during the overnight period. mostly early wind in the forecast at 5 to 10 miles per hour come to the northeast tomorrow. there is the flash flood watch again. it is parts of the lower central. again west and north of the city. does not include midtown connecticut does not include long island. so there do you. we do have though some shower on fox 5 sky guardian 3d trying to make it down here. we have to keep an eye on those. that is going across now. tem are toos in this he northeast basically around 70. boston albany to williamsport then back to upper 70's they we'll see those showers starting to move across the area tonight then is a cold front to the south

rain-cooled 60s for poughkeepsie. you have had showers and the radar. thankfully the flood advisory for parts of sullivan county has been allowed to expire. you can see the disturbance causing showers and storms northeast of the city right now. parts of westchester, putnam, and it was, and fairfield county, connecticut. good line of downpours moving across the new england area there. expect that north and east of the city over the next several will move on by. a tropical disturbance right now south of jamaica. it may become tropical storm earl as it moves along the yucatan peninsula as it intensifies. spotty showers mainly north and east of the city. the ridge of high pressure building in humid out there, and morning clouds like we have right now, breaking for occasional sunshine during the afternoon. cannot rule out a spotty shower. into the upper 60s. nice day tomorrow, and less humid for the afternoon. the high up to 80. really nice day shaping up for thursday. mostly sunny. 81. the humidity does return on friday. not too bad. middle to upper 80s. co

it happened as a storm blew through a park in "poughkeepsie" on friday. two of the injured are in intensive care with burns and internal injuries. and a spectacular scene in oregon, where strong winds turned a brush fire into a so- called "firenado." luckily, this was as bad as it got. no did not spread to any nearby structures. around here...a warm and very muggy start to the weekend. the sunshine was off and on today... but tomorrow looks to be the pick day of the weekend. meteorologist scott steele is here with the forecast. one boundary down, one to go. there's a weak secondary cool front crossing the badger state right now which is assisting in kicking off a few clears the area and the sun begins to set, our sky conditions will improve rather rapidly. the evening should be rather pleasant even though it has taken some time for the humidity levels to come down just a little bit. as the temperatures drop close to the dew points overnight, and with light winds expected, there could be some patchy fog which develops as we approach sunday will stabilize t

we did hit 87b0 in the central park and islip. 86 is what you hit an 87 in poughkeepsie. very mild out there sitting at 75b0 in central park. 77 in bridgeport. the two points are higher in the upper 60s and low 70s and the humid range and uncomfortable where you get to the point where you want to feel oppressive. bellmawr will approach the there's a lot more to the northwest. there is inclement weather. shower chances are there throughout the day an let's see what's going on at the commute this morning. >> the on ramp on the northbound side of the vehicle. staten island expressway does fine. for you, you are okay heading towards the bridge and traveling on the sawmill and the bronx river parkway. lets go to the cameras and take a look at the commute. the fdr drive your from 79th street traffic heading northbound and southbound in both directions with no issueshi as for the bqe, heading towards the brooklyn bridge ?let's go to that camera shot with traffic moving fine. trains are on or close to schedule and street cleaning rules are in effect. jones beach used to have a fa

two lightning strike first was at a park in poughkeepsie late friday. the bolt struck a tree -- which apparently sent dangerous volts of electricity down the tree and onto a bench and the ground. one person died , four are hurt. people in the park only had and there was ?another lightning strike on saturday, in lake george, new york. a group of people were there for a family reunion and decided to stand under a tree. the bolt hit the tree and knocked everyone to the ground. they're all expected to survive. emergency crews continue to work around the clock to rescue people trapped by flood water in southwest louisiana. some ?20- thousand? people have been rescued on friday. many are now living in shelters. the historic flooding in louisiana has killed four people. one person is still missing. the state's governor toured a shelter in baton rogue sunday. the governor warned that the water will ?continue to rise -- and that folks should evacuate before it's too late: comes an emergency, before they put their lives at risk, or tax our ability to have first r

right now 78 in midtown. 84 at poughkeepsie. monticello comfortable at 79. mid 70s down to the jersey shore. same as you get towards long island. 78 at islip. bridgeport, you'r it's been a light southeast wind most of the day, east-southeasterly wind. that will be the story tonight. no big changes as the high pressure zone is still sitting way, way out into the atlantic. not a lot going on around the contry. showers and storms around the gulf coast. going to have that watch that area potentially for tropical development. we've been talking about hurricane earl that went through belize and parts of guatemala into the yucatan peninsula. they're still getting heavy rain was. not much else going on around the country. you notice this line of clouds. that's a cold front. ahead of the front, some thunderstorms. that system will be bothering us saturday. when you're making your weekend plans, the better day will be sunday. more humidity saturday. up close to 90, but showers and storms are a good bet from early to mid-afternoon into the first part of saturday night.

it's 81 at poughkeepsie. mid 70s across the islands. we have 80s at sussex and allentown, back to 75 when you westerly wind continues tonight and a west-southwesterly wind will get into play tomorrow. look at the northeast satellite photo. no clouds around. high pressure continues to be almost on top of the new york city area. eventually that will lead towards a southwesterly wind. the temperature will go up towards the end of the week, the humidity, too, but it will stay dry. 68 out the door in the city. 50s north and west. 79 middle of the day or lunchtime. middle of the afternoon, 85 as sliding away. a beautiful day here. eventually we'll start to see more cloud cover appear on thursday, but still a beautiful day. a few showers and storms will stay to the north and west. i don't think they'll bother us that much. we'll be finding a hot and humid day on friday. then nice and warm for the weekend. clear tonight. down to 68 in town. 50s to lower 60s cooler spots north and west. tomorrow, sunny and warm, low and middle 80s. you'll like t

same thing for poughkeepsie. monticello came in with a comfortable 82 earlier this afternoon. down the shore in belmar, it was nice. 88 was the high there. our dew points very comfortable compared to what we've seen. they were in the 70s over the weekend. we dropped down into the 60s. a cold front swept through the area last night. drier air. it's sitting to our south. we're muggy in belmar as well as towards islip and montauk. other areas not as steamy as we saw over the weekend. dew points are in the 60s and when we factor that in with the current temperature, it's making for heat index values in the 90s. feels like 93 in the park. 97 at newark. 92 in bridgeport. 89 towards montauk point. we're in store for a mild evening. overnight lows in the 70s from up to the north we'll be in the 60s around poughkeepsie and in monticello. tomorrow you'll feel the difference. today was a joy. tomorrow we're going to turn up the humidity again and we're expecting heat index values between 100 and 105. that's why the national weather service has expanded the heat advisory outside of new yo

it's going to be a warm day 66 degrees in bridgeport and 63 in poughkeepsie. so we've got a clear sky here in the tristate region. high pressure still in control and yeah, looks good for us today but high pressure is also sliding offher so guess what's coming in that cold front looping with it they're going to work through the tristate region things up so we have a clear sky today into this eeng and high clouds working their way in. by tomorrow morning clouds are already kind of thick and we have sho us at 8:00 in the morning but main cold front comes through early to mid-afternoon to bring us scattered showers and storms and may rain for a short period of time but out of here. so by evening it is clearing out and that's what we're going to see is basically a clear sky is from saturday evening all way through next several days. here's a quick look at the beach forecast a lot of foxes heading the there. air temperature 82. water temp around 71. ocean wave height up to around 1 risk at a moderate level wind from the south, southwest pucking up a bit making it a

good beach day. 87 poughkeepsie. 84 at sussex. mid 80s on long island. current temperatures are there still. 82 at bridgeport. 79 on the east end. back to 86 in the hudson valley. 86 at newark. allentown, 87. and still mid 80s down towards belmar. dew points have touched the 65 to 70 degree mark. a dew point of 70 at islip. that's pretty uncomfortable. monticello has escaped this for the moment. their dew point at 55. not as uncomfortable as far as humidity is concer wind is all over the place. going to continue out of the east tonight and the wind will be more east to southeasterly tomorrow. you can see on the radar movie loop, a couple of showers in southern connecticut. that will go away. we see clouds from time to time tonight as we go through the forecast. the humidity will stay a bit uncomfortable. showers and storms continue to the south. these aren't the ones we're worried about. sunday afternoon into sunday night with locally heavy rainfall coming with the storms. tomorrow, sun, clouds. 70s out the door. 81 at lunchtime. 86 tomorrow afternoon. s

same thing for you in newark and poughkeepsie. that's the general trend over the next few days. that and the dew point and the humidity level coming up. we will be in the upper 50s ?low 60s which is a pretty comfortable range. have a good-looking day. nothing really to see on the radar locally whereas youexpanded out. anything that's out there won't have an impact. that's what we have . high pressure gives us a great day with a high of 82b0. 83 tomorrow. here's your strong chances on saturday. a lot of son in the seven day forecast. teresa and juliet >> think you. lookas bad . >> with dried you back from the hamptons. is that right? >> yes. >> the mets and yankees series shift to the bronx. i got off to aquick start . curtis granderson leads minutes. james maloney attacks on a run with an rbi single in its yankees. the mets are on top. jack is not looking good for the yankees. they have the bottom of the first and it's a two run double. we are tied at two. the yankees take the lead for good. they go on theright side and then blasted, . it's a 10/3 yankees. things get heated in t

. >> reporter: the gfatters, who just moved in to the river valley care center in poughkeepsie, have been overwhelmed that staff and administrators want to celebrate this special occasion. >> staff and residents alike, and again, everyone is just so excited to celebrate what is really just a beautiful celebration in general. >> reporter: karl and elizabeth karl proposed. >> we eloped. because they didn't want us to get married yet. they said we were too young. >> reporter: after a church wedding, karl's father bet him the marriage would not last. >> he says, i'll tell you what. if it lasts more than a year, i'll give you a hundred bucks. >> i heard it was a thousand. >> well, maybe it was. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he paid in cash and their love flourished. karl went off to war. daughter who passed away in 2015, but one thing was constant. >> he just said he loved me and that's all that matters. >> you are truly a blessing to the world, to society, and what it means to sacrifice yourself for the other. >> reporter: elizabeth and karl reporting from poughkeepsie, tim fleischer, channe