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Sandy. i know that is something that a lot of people bring up in this community. they said it was, obviously very bad with sandy in 2012, but they were watching the models closely. they werent sure how big of an impact it would be. obviously they were heeding the warnings. a lot of people hunkered down in place and rode out the storm. fortunately, it looks like they kind of lucked out, especially in this community. >> i think youre right. i think there were a lot of people with ptsd from sandy. ...

Passengers total. as opposed to the previous 24-hour period, which was upwards of 16 or 17 c-17s with some 6,000 passengers. that has to do with the closure of the airport or, rather, the delay of flights for about an eight-hour span throughout the day. that, of course, will have an impact on the number of people moving through the airport. the key is to get them moving as quickly as possible, and thats what the u.s. troops on the ground are doing, trying to move this process forward. heres a lo...

Theres a lot of benchmark storms that people from providence, rhode island remember, we had gloria in 1985, bob in 1991 and sandy back in 2012. that is a storm that people like to compare it to because of its impacts but look at this aerial footage of the fox point hurricane barrier. this is something they put in place to try to prevent storm surge from impacting this particular region. a good safeguard here because this can protect up to 20 feet of potential storm surge which is a threat. >> th...

People have been preparing for the storm, taking boats out of the water. beaches have been closed in preparation for its arrival. there are a lot of vacationers here in new england because this is the high season for tourists. what are the immediate threats here? well, we have the potential for widespread power outages. widespread tree damage. allison was talking about that, there are coastal cities that line new england and theyre used to noreasters in the winter. thats when there are no leaves...

And how about that bend at the end to the left? very unusual. doesnt happen that often. yes, its kind of similar in that bend to what sandy did. but sandy was a different beast than this storm. it was much, much larger. sandy was a huge immense size-wise storm. maybe the same intensity but size-wise, no comparison this. storm will have its own problems though. lets go in closer. you notice the winds will quickly die off. by the time we get to monday morning, wind damage is pretty much done. the ...

Live pictures out of the pentagon now. we are standing by for a briefing from officials there regarding the ongoing situation in afghanistan, as the u.s. works to evacuate afghans and american citizens. as soon as somebody steps up to the podium, of course, we will bring that to you live. weve all read the headlines and seen the videos. airline passengers getting into midair brawls,attendants, and r for people to wear masks. >> the faa is proposing more than $500,000 in new fines against dozen...

Outages through some of these communities. storm surge is also going to be a big concern. providence, nantucket, 3 to 5 feet here. even places along the new jersey coast, still 1 to 3 feet of storm surge there, as well. one thing, boris and christi, that doesnt help, tomorrow, full moon, high tide likely around the same time landfall would be in some areas. youre dealing with astronomical high tides on top of the storm surge. >> a really high chance of flooding, as well. allison chinchar, thank ...

Towards new york city, and all over the long island sound, people are saying we have one day to prepare. we have saturday. this storm is coming in a hurry. the landfall time has been up, saturday morning. we are still dealing with it as a tropical storm. it did not reach hurricane intensity quite yet. its getting sheared and now heading towards the north finally. nine miles per hour. anna cherney to new england, it will parallel the coastline of the carolinas. how about that band at the end to t...

Faster than expected. not months, certainly not years, but within a matter of weeks. crucially, after the u.s. withdrawal at the end of august 31st. that, of course, happened much faster than anticipated, and thats part of what is leading to the scenes were seeing at the international airport, in this desperate scramble for so many to get out of the country. president joe biden addressed this yesterday. he said there were lots of cables going wrong and different messaging, but the consensus is i...

>> reporter: i was just wondering how your family is really preparing for this impending storm. >> okay. well, the immediate concern i guess is my mom, she lives about five miles from here. so we are just moving her car, but i dont expect this part of the island to be really hit that hard. i think it is supposed to be out west more, but i can see right as we are talking now, in the last hour the sky has really gotten to be really ominous. >> reporter: right. and so you guys are just going to hun...