from outside james madison high school where the students are learning on zoom today. madison, why is that? >> brian, they are learning on zoom today because this high school is the newest shelter overnight for migrants. james madison high school behind me, class should be in session but, instead, we had 2,000 migrants from floyd bennett field they arrived here last night. we have some of that video i want to show you as well. those migrants located at floyd bennett field a shelter, a hurricane shelter run by the state. run by the city. when it was opened, there were concerns that there would be issues with flooding and with wind. those concerns they played out yesterday as we saw major storms hit new york yesterday, one day advanced notice, the parents of around # thousand students were informed that their kids would not be able to come to school because their school is used as a shelter overnight. they said, quote, the relocation
pre-position our incident management teams search and rescue teams and equipment, communications equipment as well as supplies for mass care to be used for those sheltering out of the storm's poath. in addition we'll deploy recovery experts to assist the areas impacted by the storm. >> and i always feel for your teams after the storms hit. when you do rescues oftentimes where people stay, they did not heed evacuation orders. do you have a sense of how many folks are listening to the evacuation orders along the coastline? >> you're right, the most critical point right now is for people to listen to local officials who are issuing evacuation guidance. we they that there are several counties under mandatory evacuation and others who are under voluntary evacuation and the most critical thing whether you've lived in florida whour your whole life and weathered storms or your first time going through this, but listen to the
downed trees and wires. >> that's a lot of calls. rescue workers were forced to prioritize which incidents they responded to first. at least two people were injured when a tree landed on a car according to e.m.s. and today the national zoo in d.c. will be closed for cleanup from the storm. swift-water rescue votes were patrolling the potomac river when they came across a boat taking on water. according to w top top, 13 boaters had to be rescued from the maryland side of the potomac after getting caught in the squall. this severe weather was fueled by the extreme heat sitting over the northeast. yesterday it was in the upper 90s when the storms hit. we will have an update when that heat will move out in just a moment. let's turn to deefrlg story out of haiti where an american nurse and her child have within kidnapped. is. >> according to the christian aid agency, she was working for
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couple, sierra and freddie, with their dog, zeus, rescued by the national guard. they were woken up at 8:00 a.m., realized there was so much water around them that had poureded in from that levee breach. they couldn't get anywhere. called 911 and were rescued. they told us in minutes by the national guard after they called 911. now jim, we did have a chance to speak with the county supervisor, talking to us about how this is nothing new. but this is certainly a worst case scenario for this area of monterey county. listen to him talking about the resiliency, jim, of this area. >> even before the storms hit, there was a lot of courageous work happening. for example, on these levees to try to add additional protection. a lot of community volunteers came through this community because they care. these are our friends, these are our neighbors. these business owners have struggled so much in this community. i think what i've seen is this community is resilient, it's strong. when these waters recede, we're going to rise. that's why we're out here trying
february. >> presumably some much stronger than others so how do people in your state deal with these sorts of extreme weather conditions and how much support do they get from city officials? >> yes, so we really always tell everyone at the weather service to be always prepared for the worst and we really always want to tell people to be prepared for when storms hit have a readiness kit, seek shelter, be weather aware and have a man for when storms approach. we know it's unusual but we can't have these type of events throughout the year especially toward early spring they're going to come more so have a plan. >> talk to us about the shelters. what do people go to specific schools? where are these shelters in each city? >> yes, we advise people in their homes when you're looking at shelters in that interior
from the ground in the middle of the wreckage there, emergency responders saying they were swamped with 911 calls for building collapses and other things, rosa flores is live on the ground in texas this morning. wow, this is crazy, rosa. >> reporter: it is. no question a path of destruction where the tornados and storms hit. you can see it behind me, there's downed power lines and the mangled mess you see behind the power lines, that used to be a gym. the owner telling our affiliate they hid in the bathroom at the time to save their lives and they say the action saved their lives. so this morning people here in the houston area counting their blessings because no fatalities have been reported. >> couldn't see anything. just went white, everything went white, explosions were happening. >> reporter: the devastating
because people have to, like, to survive. >> what is the spirit of ukrainians today? >> ukrainians never give up. >> ukrainian defense chiefs warning in a series of interviews that russia could mount a new offensive in the coming weeks and possibly target kyiv again. linsey. >> russia upping the ante there. tom, thank you. back here at home, a harrowing story of survival. two boaters are now speaking out, looking forward to the holidays and spending much needed time with their families after being lost at sea for a week and a half. >> reporter: tonight, one of the sailors rescued from a boat stranded at sea, telling his story of survival. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. nobody answers. >> reporter: joe ditomasso telling our station wpvi he and fellow boater kevin hyde had no way to navigate, no power, and were lost for 10 days. the two sailors leaving cape may, new jersey, last month, heading to florida. then the storms hit.