Its going to be a bad one. All eyes on Tropical Storm sandy this morning as it slowly makes its way up the east coast. It was downgraded from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm this morning. Right now its packing topped sustained winds of about 70 Miles Per Hour. Just below hurricane strength. But experts say it could become a hurricane again. Heres the latest. Five states and the District Of Columbia have declared states of emergency. Millions of people in the path of the storm are being urged to stock up on supplies. Heres why this is so frightening. Its expected to combine the elements of a typical Tropical Cyclone and a winter storm moving across from the west, giving it the potential to be quite devastating. Widespread Power Outages and flooding are expected across huge areas. Were going to get the latest on when its set to make landfall from al roker. And then well switch gears and look at the new details that are emerging about the emotional state of the new york city nanny accused
From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and Andrea Canning. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im Andrea Canning. So happy to be here. Thank you for having me. Great to have you. You brought your umbrella, boots and maybe a boat. Its a big weekend. I love how you tell me youll be living on granola bars the next few days. Im in the middle of it. They say stock up on supplies. This could be a bad one. All eyes on this storm. All eyes on Tropical Storm sandy this morning as it slowly makes its way up the east coast. It was downgraded from a hurricane to a Tropical Storm. Right now its packing top sustained winds of about 70 miles per hour, just below hurricane strength, but experts say it could become a hurricane again in the coming days. Heres the latest, five states and the District Of Columbia have declared states of emergency. Millions are being urged to stock up on supplies. Heres why this is so fr
North and South Carolina. Weve got the very latest live forecast and track and the latest news on the impact thus far coming up in just a moment from meteorologist bill karins. He is going to be with us live in just a moment. Were also going to be taking a look at a beautiful city of 120,000 people that is on the coast and that appears to be right in the bullseye tonight. That citys mayor will be with us too on what is already turning out to be a very tough night with very tough conditions with his city absolutely facing the heart of it. I mentioned that conditions are going to be tough both on the coast and well inland. One of the things that helps us show that tonight is that some of the technology that there is now for showing the impact of flooding from storm surge, some of that technology has radically, radically improved, even just since the last round of hurricanes our country faced last year. So were going show you some of that technology tonight in just a couple of minutes. To
Unseasonably warm temperatures are creating foggy conditions across South Carolina and setting national records, not unusual in Lowcountry this time of year.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the Grand Strand and Pee Dee on Tuesday at 11:41 a.m.The tornado watch is in effect until 6 p.m.