landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if there s some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage shows irene has not been as destructive as had been feared. and we hope that will be the case in many places. cnn correspondents are strategically positioned, all up and down the east coast to give you the very latest information. chris lawrence still in chesapeake beach, maryland, for us, where water continues to rise. we talked about the beach erosion as well. chris, also 40,000 people without electricity there. however, the conditions not as bad as you predicted? reporter: no, exactly.
going very far. is there? even though you may be i guess donating your time for free in a sense for the research. right. it is pretty expensive. it runs in the thousands of dollars. but what i found out, and what i made sure to find out is, there is flushing toilets. if i m making a few thousand dollars for a trip, there better be a frulushing toilet. i guess, but if you re in the bush and you want to get in with the research there, you know, maybe the flushing toilets will have to go, you know, fall by the wayside, i don t know. but they guarantee it, you say. yes. and, of course, some really cool expeditions as we showed you there, the hyenas, you can track their population. different researching with whales the in the oceans and the climate changes. so something for everyone. no porta potties out in the ocean. so, you know, read between the lines, right? katie, thanks so much. good to see you. i digress. for the unemployed, we ll get an update for the new york stock exchan
you very much. updates tonight. first a fox weather alert. the rains have finally stopped in the northeast. but not before roads are washed out and ruining homes. we re told officials asked families in some areas to stop flushing toilets because of the packed sewage system. think of what the water is like all over that neighborhood. the governor of rhode island says it s the worst in two centuries. and in massachusetts, state officials say nearly 3500 people have applied for federal emergency flood assistance. you ll be able to see areas in new england under a flood watch. all the areas in dark green as opposed to to the light green. we can do some separating. good grief. molly line has gotten her driver s license from west warwick, rhode island, the only place we ve seen anything. you parked and stayed. what happened? yeah, i got to tell you, the sun is out but this is what the neighborhoods look like.
flushing toilets to irdebating the plants outside. all of that energy to make the ice, that is the speed skating oval, that s going to be used to heat and cool the building. they have you ve got these companies and that s where coke comes into place. they have received these sustainability stars. coca-cola is one of them. all of the bottles, they re all greener than they were before. coke s bottles use 30% plant materials. that s why it says plant bottle right here. all of the coke bottles from dasani to the coca-cola products are all going to be these greener bottles where they useless oil to make them. so a lot of interesting green things going into the olympics this year. not only that but the money that it costs to do all that. how much does it cost to put on the olympic games? reporter: it is so expensive. the olympic committee says $1.8 billion and that doesn t even goodness. reporter: i know.
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