Necropsy today for beached whale on Long Island
ALL OF THE GUSHING WATER COMPROMISING PART OF THE ROADWAY AND THE NEARBY TREE. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO SHUT OFF THE WATER. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WILL EXAMINE THE 35 FOOT HUMPBACK WHALE TO DETERMINE HOW IT ENDED UP DEAD ON THE NASSAU COUNTY BE. THIS IS THAT THE DEAD WHALE IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SINCE DECEMBER AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE NOW SOUNDING THE ALARM. CHRISTINA FAN IS LIVE FROM LIDO BEACH. WHAT ARE ENVIRONMENTALISTS SAYING MAY BE CAUSING THIS? Reporter: GOOD MORNING. WE KNOW THE NECROPSY IS SCHEDULED THE BEACH WHERE THE HUMPBACK WHALE STILL IS TO DETERMINE HOW IT
DIED. WE KNOW THERE IS CONTROVERSY THAT THE STATE’S RECENT TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY COULD BE TO BLAME. IT WAS A SEASIDE SPECTACLE ON LIDO BEACH WITH PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND THE GIANT OF THE SEA, WONDERING HOW IT ENDED UP DEAD ON DRY LAND. IT’S A VERY INTERESTING SIGHT AND I KEPT ASKING MY MOM IF WE COULD GO SEE THE WHALE. IT’S SO SAD TO SEE THIS HAPPEN AND WONDERING HOW IT HAPPENED. Reporter: NO ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION YET AND THE PROCESS STARTED MONDAY WITH EXTERNAL THE MEMO, AND THE HUMPBACK WHALE IS ABOUT 30 FEET LONG. WE
HAVE NOT HAD A WHALE WASHED ASHORE IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN THE CREWS HERE SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A WHALE OF THIS SIZE. Reporter: THIS IS THE A DEAD
PUSH CONTINUES. WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO WHALES THAT ARE WASHING UP. Reporter: THE NOAA SPOKESPERSON TELLS CBS2 NEWS THAT IN 2016 WITH STRANDING UP ALONG THE EAST COAST NO ONE DECLARED THE UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT OR UME PRIOR TO OFFSHORE WIND ACTIVITY ADDING TO DATE THAT NO HUMPBACK WHALE ACTIVITY OFFSHORE WIND ACTIVITIES. Reporter: GOVERNOR HOCHUL SAID THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE LINKING RECENT WHALE MORTALITY TO OFFSHORE WIND AND THAT THE STATE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED. LIVE FROM LIDO BEACH, NASSAU COUNTY, CHRISTINA FAN, CBS2 NEWS.
