as a lot of downed power lines, live wires all over the place and many people still not being allowed back into their neighborhoods in suffolk county last night from our last report. back to you. laura, thank you very much. we are he getting a stunning view, new video showing extent of the damage done, to north carolina s outer banks, hurricane irene, and remember, that s the first state to take the brunt of this monster storm. take a look the at the video, entire roads washed out by the storm surge. carving entire new streams throughout the island. huge sections of one street, now, just gone. several homes, businesses in that area also suffering heavy, heavy flood damage. wow. well, flooding also a major concern at this hour in rhode island. after the soaking that that state got from irene. right now, literally half the state is without electricity at this hour. molly line is live from knew port, rhode island where the winds are whipping. i saw you a while agoen you
. well, hurricane irene has been downgraded and battering the coast of rhode island and it s extremely rough out there right now. there s not much rain, there s mostly high surf coming ashore and most people didn t listen and you can see the house here, all boarded up and left. now, as you go around the newport harbor, it, too, is mostly evacuated and people listen to authorities. here is one police officer here and another one coming by right now and making sure the ocean front drive remains evacuated and irene battered the area. and in newport, have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients. i know you re gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it s new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents of tomato and avocado. yeah! come on! [ barking ] gotta love the protein for muscles whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good?
hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what s haheiening? whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close to the pose back. it is choking off the pose ba p. it left our community a long time itehere a the poms opin is stoheiing the passaic river turning it around and sending the water back into
out. harris: oh. gregg: i like that with the little whale there and the spout up top, great. harris: there you go. gregg: and other people were mocking, you know, as sort of the 100th year disaster that never happened. harris: yeah, a lot of people were saying it was downplayed, but i ve got to tell you if you look at the aftermath of the flooding you really, really understand the big danger of the storm was the size of of it, we re still feeling it it s all the way in canada now and just the water. intense amounts of rain. harris: think if it was a ka katricat 2, cat 3, cat 4. harris: and parts of the church groups, faith based. gregg: we ll take anything. maryland recovering from hurricane irene. we re going to go live to ocean city md next to show how they re dealing with the aftermath. plus, reports along the eastern coastline of irene s disruption.
philadelphia is also being hard hit by record flooding. tonight as we mourn the dead and tally the damage our urgent focus is on the rising water in the streams and rivers of several states. parts of vermont for example are a wash tonight. what the state police call epic flooding. the governor there adding that they have a full-blown flooding catastrophe on our hands. new jersey already exasperateed by record rainfall is also dealing with terrible flooding. craig has a forecast of what he will be giving me. geraldo hurricane irene has passed. two major rivers continue to rise at a historic rate causing major flooding to homes and businesses offering the latest on the evacuation, geraldo.