Florida. Even though it is still bad enough. Still bad see the reinsurers, worst performers last week, up 5 right now. Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm now georgia and alabama are in its sights while the hurricane as bill mentioned buwasnt as bad as it could have been, the Economic Impact is real Jackie Deangelis having a look at impact on agriculture like sugar and oranges. We were talking about that last week. Well see what the impact may turn out to be. Plus 6 Million People wait for power to be restored, were going to talk to duke energys florida president about the efforts there. And the ceo of florida insurer, heritage, will talk about how his company is is assessing the damage as the cleanup begins lets start with the big rally in stocks, up more than 1 on the dow. The s p is in record territory joining our closing bell exchange, mark lehman from j p securities, steve grasso at post 9. Rick santelli at his perch at the cme in chicago steve, were calling it a relief r
University hospital on the east side of the city when that facility lost power forcing the evacuation of hundreds of patients just as the storm was at its most severe. Rehema ellis is there covering it for the last several hours. Whats the latest . Reporter chris, i can tell you its an eerie scene where you go up to a hospital and theres just row after row of emergency vehicles of ambulances, theyre not there dropping patients off for care, but they have lined up to pick up patients. More than 215 patients and transport them, evacuate them from the hospital to another facility. Transporting them because as you say, they have lost power in this area. New york citys mayor Michael Bloomberg talked about there are massive Power Outages and flooding in the area. You can see the lights behind me but when my cameraman will pan up a little bit, take a look, you can see the traffic light but the power is out. Imagine what it will be like in the morning if we still do not have power and people d
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a