{"id":258422,"date":"2026-06-07T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:46:10","slug":"elderly-man-crushed-to-death-by-tree-during-severe-storms-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258422\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly man crushed to death by tree during severe storms in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">The Boca Raton Resort &amp; Club experience significant flooding on Sunday, Oct. 26, after heavy rainfall swept through South Florida. The hotel was temporarily closed for a few days to repair the damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">QUEENS, N.Y. &#8211; A man has died after being struck by a falling tree as severe storms slammed <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/new-york\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York City<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The NYPD said they responded to a call reporting an 85-year-old man was unconscious inside of Forest Park just before 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When officers arrived, they confirmed the man had died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The man&#8217;s identity is being withheld pending family notification, and an investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/study-flesh-eating-bacteria-toxic-algal-blooms-long-island-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">STUDY FINDS FLESH-EATING BACTERIA, HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS IN LONG ISLAND WATERS AS QUALITY WORSENS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Currently, roughly 5,000 homes were still without power in New York as of 3 p.m., according to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/outagemap.coned.com\/external\/default.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Con Edison<\/a>. At one point, over 10,000 customers were without power.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FOX Forecast Center<\/a> said lingering showers will continue Sunday before <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-forecast\/current-temperature-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">temperatures<\/a> drop to average for the start of the workweek.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">LaGuardia Airport reported a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wind<\/a> gust of 64 mph Saturday night, according to the FOX Forecast Center.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/man-dies-caught-rip-current-long-beach-island-new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MAN DIES AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT ON LONG BEACH ISLAND IN NEW JERSEY<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Nearby in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/pennsylvania\/scenery-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania<\/a>, wind gusts up to 74 mph were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A combination of gusty <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/wind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">winds<\/a> and lingering swells will keep <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/beaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">beach<\/a> conditions rough on Sunday, most notably along the Long Island and Jersey shores.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/long-island-student-killed-rafting-accident-field-trip-poconos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YOUNG BOY KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT WHILE WHITEWATER RAFTING ON FIELD TRIP TO THE POCONOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Officials are reminding the public to stay away from downed wires, as they may be live and can be extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;During heavy rain, move to higher ground, stay out of basement apartments and avoid unnecessary travel. If you hear thunder, go inside,&#8221; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_13\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2063411581271101611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boca Raton Resort &amp; Club experience significant flooding on Sunday, Oct. 26, after heavy rainfall swept through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56,806,6089,61208,37674,618,3609],"class_list":["post-258422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-severe-weather","tag-spring","tag-stay22","tag-thunderstorms","tag-us","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}