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During the day, we could see the winds gusting about 50 miles an hour in new york city. that will head up to the boston area into thursday night. so you have very cold air coming in and unbelievable winds. accuweather real-feel temperatures will plummet below zero. morning hours, those real-feels will be running 10, 20, 30 below zero here in the mid-atlantic states so probably two-hour delays for the kids. hey, were going to get that delay. its going to be hard to start the car if you have the c...

So far. were waiting for light which is about an hour and a half now where we can actually see more. we have a lot of windows in this building. i can see a block away but its eerie watching winds go by at 70 miles an hour. and basically can do nothing but sit and watch. >> all right. mr. mayor, sit tight and be safe. let us know what information needs to get out. thats why were here. and well speak to you soon. be well, sir. >> thank you, chris. all right. alison, while we were talking to the ...

>> barely. were getting some outer squalls. maybe a little gusts but so far nothing that looks like tropical storm force were certainly expecting that within the next hour or so. >> what do you want people to know apt this point? those who havent evacuated. what are your biggest concerns for them is it. >> reporter: i think at this point the hay is in the barn pretty much. it is probably hard to do much except shelter in place as best you can. if people have an emergency at this point in time th...

If youre doing that, it is already too late. >> sara sidner, be careful. joining us on the phone is miami county mayor, carlos jiminez. what are you seeing and expecting in the hours ahead? >> were seeing that the worst is behind us. we really just started looking at some squalls, maybe some of the feeder bands coming around the hurricane, on the backside of the hurricane. were expecting to be normalizi normalizing life here in miami-dade county as early as possible tomorrow morning. so some of ...

The afternoon and its going to be pretty bad up through the evening. theres also concern, we dont want people to be complacent. when this thing moves out of here or appears to move out of here, there can stillen bands and squalls, danger for trees falls, power lines falling, et cetera. >> jacksonville is a major city. good luck mayor. good luck to you and all the people in your beautiful city. well stay in close touch. >> thank you. >> lets head down the coast a little bit. the florida coast. ma...

>> miles from land, a powerful rogue wave shatters one of the vessels big windows. >> at that stage, the wave came over and actually hit the front of the boat which, in turn, caused the window to break and the water is coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. and im looking at the waves and it was just like, hmm, this is quite scary. >> the couple sends an urgent call for help. it its picked up by the west rescue team in new zealand. >> the hotline rang. so, i thought here we go. wh...

Squalls in the water. >> its now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made and at any moment "the tormenter" may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the boat. >> it was in big trouble and the boat was beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart an experienced rescue diver is lowered down from the chopper. >> when they placed me on the board, i had about two seconds and then whoosh i was off it. >> alex knows theres very little time. >> i shouted to tina to get into the wate...

Driving along so you can get a view. lets take a look straight out the front of the car. you can probably see were going down. this is the real problem here. the hillary areas. when we get to the lower area this is where the water is likely to collect. weve already had some heavy squalls come through here. the real concern in south carolina, im in greenville, is that were going to get about three months of rain in three days. in fact, were going to -- try to turn here. lets take a turn. were nea...

How rough are the waters to give people a sense of what these boys would be dealing with? >> pretty calm. one to three foot seas. however, in the afternoons in south florida, squalls come in quickly with heavy winds and high seas. weather can change on a dime. >> are we wrong to think the fact that the life jackets are not around and the cooler was not near the boat that they are using that to stay float? >> we certainly hope so. chances of survival would increase with any flotation device they ...

>> its hard to say right now. we know they left on friday after they purchased gas. we found out about it friday evening, about 5:00. we started our intense search efforts then and saturated the area. its hard to know exactly what happened to them during the voyage. they could have become disabled. there were squalls in the area severe weather. its typical of south florida this time of year which they may have gotten caught in. a key thing to know, even for experienced mariners its dangerous to ...