Swirling Wind News Today

Way the highest two-day total snowstorm ever in boston 27 inches. we have a shot at beating that later on today. and here are the biggest snowstorms on record in boston history. 2003 we had 27.6 inches, so thats the mark, if we could beat that, this would be one of the biggest all-time and lindsey, that shot you started the show in new york city showing the swirling wind is the big story. its hard to measure the snow in some cases. winds gusting 30, 40 mooil. er hour winds in provincetown in cap...

Camilla georgia, by the time it gets there it is still potentially hurricane strength with lots and lots of rain, theres much more ahead for everyone in that area. wsb and is in commercial break, our best camera appears to be rick leventhal. the reason we can get to you, the reason your signal is still available is because you are still to the west of this storm. >> weve been getting some pretty significant gusts in the swirling wind, as phil was saying earlier, it hurts when the rain hits you, ...

Gusts over and over again. theyre getting more powerful as the hour goes on. its a swirling wind. that swirling wind takes a toll. weve been watching this billboard thats been above us because its been popping back and forth with the wind as it throws one punch after another. so far its withstood the punches from the storm as we stand here and just try to deal with the wind as it goes through. luckily, the debris hasnt been that bad. the biggest thing weve had to deal with so far has been a tras...

Go over and just stand up. >> hes up, but its not time to celebrate yet. the mans footing is still unstable. co-pilot art litsinger knows he has precious seconds to act and only he can save the man now. but spray is pelting him in the face. and so blindly he tosses the life ring into the teeth of the swirling wind. >> fortunately i got pretty close to him, and the current took it right across in front of his face, about two foot in front of him. >> now its do or die for the man who has held on f...

Unstable. co-pilot art litsinger knows he has precious seconds to act and only he can save the man now. but spray is pelting him in the face. and so blindly he tosses the life ring into the teeth of the swirling wind. >> fortunately i got pretty close to him, and the current took it right across in front of his face, about two foot in front of him. >> now its do or die for the man who has held on for so long. >> hes got it. >> he actually had to let go of what he was holding onto to get the ring...

And drive of that person to not go over and just stand up. >> hes up, but its not time to celebrate yet. the mans footing is still unstable. co-pilot art litsinger knows he has precious seconds to act and only he can save the man now. but spray is pelting him in the face. and so blindly, he tosses the life ring into the teeth of the swirling wind. >> fortunately, i got pretty close to him, and the current took it right across in front of his face, about two foot in front of him. >> now its do or...

Safe? >> first get the right stake. at least 18 inch keep it at 45-degree angle, drive into the ground. you want to go as much as you can. you dont even see it anymore. >> reporter: all to avoid terrifying moments like this. >> nbcs jeff rossen reporting. i want to go to bill karins. good morning. first, start with the ft. lauderdale story because it seemed that that image of that waterspout over the water obviously didnt seem like that big of a deal but it quickly turned very dangerous. >> yeah...

The mans footing is still unstable. co-pilot art litsinger knows he has precious seconds to act and only he can save the man now. but spray is pelting him in the face. and so blindly he tosses the life ring into the teeth of the swirling wind. >> fortunately i got pretty close to him, and the current took it right across in front of his face, about two foot in front of him. >> now its do or die for the man who has held on for so long. >> hes got it. >> he actually had to let go of what he was ho...

Only he can save the man now. but spray is pelting him in the face. and so blindly he tosses the life ring into the teeth of the swirling wind. >> fortunately i got pretty close to him, and the current took it right across in front of his face, about two foot in front of him. >> now its do or die for the man who has held on for so long. >> hes got it. >> he actually had to let go of what he was holding onto to get the ring. it was about a foot or two in front of him. he let go, and he grabbed th...

Came. that is terrifying. >> people say when you go into shock your body kind of shuts down, blacks out. he says his whole body went into shock. he says the moment he just didnt realize how deep it was. he thinks, that he went into shock to cover up the pain. he was burning on the side of his chest. >> he says it felt like a jellyfish sting with bite marks. he was holding onto his chest. i guess -- well, were glad hes okay. >> pretty intense. a lot more to hear about him. we will hear on "gma." ...