Tornado warning canceled in New Jersey as severe storms cause damage across region
Severe weather caused damage across the region Tuesday, even triggering a tornado warning in parts of New Jersey.
It was issued for parts of Ocean and Monmouth counties, and expired at 7:15 p.m.
The storms should clear the East End of Long Island by 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Storms bring down trees, power lines across New Jersey
Parts of West Milford were affected by the storm, including Lakeshore South near Warwick Turnpike and Rocky Point Road. Orange and Rockland Electric crews were on scene assessing the damage. It's not clear when power will be fully restored.
John Dinkey was home when a fast-moving storm passed through his neighborhood, toppling a large tree that narrowly missed his house, but damaged his porch and left dents on the roof of his car.
"It was pretty loud," he said. "The roof lifted up a little bit from the wind and then the tree came down."
Crews were able to remove the tree blocking Terra Cotta Road rather quickly, but the majority of the tree still sits in Dinkey's yard.
This isn't the first time Dinkey has had to deal with falling trees.
"The tornado, and took the trees down in the back, and I had big trees taken out over here. And this is the last one that I didn't get a chance to take out," he said. "They're expensive to take out. Now I don't have a choice."
The family will also have to fix their porch and redo portions of the property that were recently renovated.
"I got to hire the electrician to redo the wires. We just had them done. I had all new electric done a couple months ago," Dinkey said.
NYC activates heat emergency plan
A heat advisory was in effect across much of the Tri-State Area from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with feels-like temperatures over 100 degrees.
New York City's Office of Emergency Management activated both its heat emergency plan and flash flood emergency plan due to the threat of storms in the afternoon and evening.
"New Yorkers should avoid driving or walking through flood waters that could be extremely dangerous and unpredictable," Mayor Eric Adams said.
"Set thermostats to 78 degrees ... Keep your blinds closed to block the sun. Turn off your lights and electronics when you don't need them," OEM Commission Zach Iscol said. "These are really, really critical steps you can take to help us protect the grid."
City officials say anyone who loses power and needs life-sustaining medical equipment should call 911, adding that the heat emergency plan means community cooling centers at places such as libraries, senior centers and NYCHA facilities will be open.
Additionally, city public pools extended their hours until 8 p.m.
To find out specific hours for a cooling center near you, you can dial 311.
