Post by Doobs on Aug 9, 2007 6:41:30 GMT -5
The Brooklyn Belligerents have found a new home in Comisky Park. They needed one due to this fact:
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Strong winds and heavy rainstorms tore through the Big Apple early Wednesday, killing one person and wreaking havoc on the region's transit system and causing delays at two major airports.
Strong storms brought trees down all over Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday morning.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said a woman died after her car became stuck in high water under an overpass on Staten Island and it was hit by another car.
Five other people have been injured throughout the city, most as a result of falling trees and flying objects when a tornado swept through Brooklyn shortly before 7 a.m. ET, Bloomberg said.
The National Weather Service confirmed the twister winds were up to 135 mph.
The Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn lost as many as 40 percent of its trees, according to Commissioner Joe Bruno of the city Office of Emergency Management.
Many of them fell on vehicles and homes.
"I saw the tree coming down and I ran back inside," said one man who went outside when his car alarm went off. "It sounded like a freight train coming through." Watch the damage done by the New York storms ยป
"I never thought this would happen in Brooklyn. ... Kansas maybe, but not here."
One official said as many as 150 trees were reported down in the city.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Strong winds and heavy rainstorms tore through the Big Apple early Wednesday, killing one person and wreaking havoc on the region's transit system and causing delays at two major airports.
Strong storms brought trees down all over Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday morning.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said a woman died after her car became stuck in high water under an overpass on Staten Island and it was hit by another car.
Five other people have been injured throughout the city, most as a result of falling trees and flying objects when a tornado swept through Brooklyn shortly before 7 a.m. ET, Bloomberg said.
The National Weather Service confirmed the twister winds were up to 135 mph.
The Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn lost as many as 40 percent of its trees, according to Commissioner Joe Bruno of the city Office of Emergency Management.
Many of them fell on vehicles and homes.
"I saw the tree coming down and I ran back inside," said one man who went outside when his car alarm went off. "It sounded like a freight train coming through." Watch the damage done by the New York storms ยป
"I never thought this would happen in Brooklyn. ... Kansas maybe, but not here."
One official said as many as 150 trees were reported down in the city.