Severe weather swept through the Tri-State area on Sunday, injuring two people, causing damage and throwing a major wrench in Labor Day weekend happenings.
In the Bronx, two people were injured following a lightning strike at Orchard Beach on Pelham Bay.
The lightning struck near the handball court where a father and his son were standing, 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern reported.
It’s unclear if they were hit directly, but witnesses told Stern the father had trouble walking with numbness on one side of his body.
Both were described as alert as first responders took them to Jacobi Medical Center, Stern reported.
The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning at around 4:20 p.m. for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau County, Westchester County, Putnam County and parts of northern New Jersey through 6:15 p.m.
A flash flood warning was in effect through 6:23 p.m. for Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, southern Nassau County, and parts of northern New Jersey.
An areal flood advisory was in effect through 6:45 p.m. for Fairfield and New Haven in Connecticut, Northwestern Burlington in New Jersey, Suffolk County, Nassau County, and Westchester County.
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