Severe weather

Severe Storms Spark Lightning Fire In Queens, Bring Outages

A round of severe thunderstorms cut power, and brought lightning that struck a home and caused a fire in Queens on Wednesday evening.

2013/04/10

Send Us Your Winter Storm Photos

A powerful winter storm is hitting the Tri-State Area. Rain, snow and ice may bring down power lines and make driving hazardous.

2012/12/26

Wicked Storm Turns Section Of New Brunswick, N.J. Into Waterworld

A Honda, a van and two other cars were submerged in water on Joyce Kilmer Avenue in New Brunswick. It took just minutes for the fast-moving rain to flood out the street, stranding a driver right in the middle of it.

2012/08/10

Severe Weather, Including The Possibility Of Tornadoes, Coming On Thursday

By evening we’ll have a chance for severe thunderstorms, with the possibility of isolated tornadoes. The areas most likely to be impacted are Connecticut down through New York City to points north and west.

2012/07/25

Uprooted tree damages a sidewalk on West Oakdene Avenue in Leonia, NJ Friday, September 30, 2011 (credit: Paul Murnane/WCBS 880)

Residents, Crews Begin Storm Damage Clean Up In Leonia, NJ

Severe weather that hit the Tri-State area Thursday evening caused some significant damage to one New Jersey town.

2011/09/30

Severe Thunderstorms Leave Downed Power Lines, Trees In Their Wake

Connecticut Light & Power said some 62,000 customers remained without power early Friday.Thousands of homes were also without power in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties.

2011/06/10

Tri-State Pummeled By Quarter-Sized Hail

On Monday night it was the hail that was the story in places like Kearny, N.J., where people were holding pieces of it. Parts of Manhattan saw the hail, and so did Park Slope as captured by home video.

2010/10/11