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troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area which includes the ground zero construction site with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. it and other low-lying neighborhood on a mandatory evacuation order. mayor bloomberg saying the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they are being closed right starting at noon care this is what they are concerned about. pictures here of ir...

standing could be under water, covered in floodwater. heres what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers now of course are used to seeing this on tv. not up close but they might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard. as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg be issued the first evacuation orders in city histor...

troubling new assessment. theyre expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area, which includes the ground zero construction site, with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. and other low-lying neighborhoods under mandatory evacuation orders. the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. theyre being closed, arriving flights, starting at noon. this is what theyre concerned of. pictures of irene hitting the bahamas. n...

heres what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard, and as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients. and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg issued the first evacuation orders in city history for low-lying areas, including the one, the area that we are standing in tonight. and for the first time in modern me...

>> a troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge to flood the area with anywhere from six to 12 feet of water. other low lying neighborhoods on a mandatory evacuation orders. the mass transit system will shut down as of noon tomorrow. this is what they are concerned about. pictures of irene hit the bha mas. >> not much change in the forecast and not much change in the track. we are still at 100 miles per hour. still forecasting to get slightly weaker as we run the stor...

Peoples homes were lost and now its time to rebuild, which could take many years. >> and one of these tornados apparently had winds of 205 miles per hour. if thats confirmed, that could even exceed the upper limit of that f-4 category. well have to see whether the weather service goes back and wants to see if that tornado should be in a different category, powerful, massive, killer storms. chris, thank you for the look around there. this has been a rough season for storms in the state of tenne...

North carolina has not been confirmed, just yet. but looking at some of the images, coming out of that area, and also, across sanford which is the same actual thunderstorm that rolled through both areas, i would not be surprised if that would be coming out as an ef-3 or possibly greater, and you saw those incredible images of the low store where rick reichmuth is at, scary stuff and we still have may to go here, where we actually tend to see, on average, the peak of the severe weather season. >>...

Much. >> gregg: these killer storms causing devastation on incredibly large scale. meteorologist maria molina is in the fox extreme weather center with a closer look at how far their reach extended. maria. >> yes. look at this map here, i think it tells the story, more than 240 reports of tornadoes touching down, and this number has risen since this morning and already is greater than that and we are continuing to see reports as national weather service survey teams continue to head out and asse...

Has been trapped there since friday afternoon, following a collapse, more than 6100 feet below ground. three safety teams are now trying to reach him. >> they are just like brothers and want to see him, you know, come out. >> gregg: additional rescue equipment and manpower flown is as well, the silver, zinc and lead mine employees 1,000 people and has been in operation 69 years. >> and a check now of the days top stories for you. the death toll rising in north carolina, nearly two dozen people a...

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