Long Island Lightning Strike Victim: 'They Thought I Was Dead'
Nicole Burke is beyond one in a million. She was directly struck by lightning, but is somehow alive to tell her incredible story.
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Nicole Burke is beyond one in a million. She was directly struck by lightning, but is somehow alive to tell her incredible story.
The incident began when an officer tried to pull over the alleged stolen Maxima for a traffic violation around 3:40 a.m. Tuesday on Montauk Highway in Bay Shore, police said.
The virus was detected in mosquitoes in Gardiner County Park in Islip, health officials said. Last month, a dead crow found in Northport also tested positive for the virus.
To stay safe this holiday, officials said watch a public fireworks display and have a designated driver.
18-year-old Nicole Burke is in the hospital after being struck by lightning over the weekend.
In the midst of the second extreme heat wave of the summer, some relief could be on the way in the form of rain. But that rain could potentially be dangerous.
The heat wave is in full effect again on Sunday. It's sunny, hot and humid, and for the second consecutive day there is a heat advisory in effect for the Tri-State Area.
Experts say don't cut back on grill maintenance. Before you turn on for the summer, get gas grills cleaned and hoses and valves checked. Spiderwebs can also prove to be dangerous.
When others will be backyard barbequing this weekend, Kathleen Scheibel said her backyard will be filled with the smell of rotting trash.
Brooke Bene, who got engaged in April, said she took the ring off one morning while on the 6:38 a.m. train from Huntington to Atlantic Terminal to apply hand lotion.
Walsh, 18, was killed on Sunday, June 24 when a Michael Grasing, who police said was driving with a blood alcohol limit nearly four times the legal limit, slammed into her car while she was driving home from work.
For years, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control has denied Brady a spot on the Fallen Firefighters Memorial Wall in Albany, but now his family is declaring victory.
Thursday was a gorgeous day for a bike ride, but Long Islanders know that they can't ride the bike to the beach, as the state-run bike trails stop short. But that will soon change.
Forecasters are predicting another round of severe heat and stifling humidity for the first weekend before the July Fourth holiday.
A Suffolk County police officer and two members of the Holbrook Fire Department answered a special call on Wednesday.
