New York – The spring-like energy felt across the Tri-state on Wednesday has been replaced by the threat being posed by violent winds on Thursday.
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The gusty winds are creating dangerous and even deadly conditions right now all over our area. Fallen trees, debris, construction walls and power outages have all been reported.
Police in Mountainside, New Jersey say one person was killed just after 6 a.m. when a tree fell on a car on Route 22 near Robin Hood Lane.
Meanwhile in Staten Island, the wind apparently knocked down a wall at a building under construction in Rosebank, killing a construction worker.
In Brooklyn, police had to rescue a male after a tree fell on him on Avenue H in Flatbush.
The man was rushed to Kings County Hospital with unknown injuries. It was one of many trees reported to be falling as strong winds started moving through the area.
Also flooding the CBS 2 HD newsroom were reports of electrical problems due to downed power lines. Con Edison is reporting 1,650 outages in Queens and Yonkers. A spokesperson said they are working on the problem and hope to have all power restored shortly.
CBS 2 HD Meteorologist John Elliot is calling for sustained winds between 20-30 mph, with gusts reaching as much as 55 mph.
“After a potentially wet morning, the day will be characterized by the potentially violent winds, which will affect the area for the entire day,” Elliot said. “You have to be totally aware of your surroundings today.”
so why has sanitation not collected as of yet in my neighborhood when they usually collect at 9.
Working on the 27th floor in mid-town, the wind is really howling here now!
My Window Shades shook this Morning…. And my windows were closed!!!!!!!! First I thought there was an earthquake or something.. SCAREY!!!!
The winds just knocked power in parts of Passaic Clifton.
The meterologists could use my sheitel blowing in the wind to measure wind gusts.
The way it looked this morning, I would say their were gusts of 75 miles per hour.