service between new york and boston when a tree fell across some electrical lines. already a lot of headaches and still hurricane earl is on the move. we have team fox coverage with rick reichmuth tracking the storm and the fox extreme weather center. first though to david lee miller live in newport road, island, david, any signs of the storm there? well, you know, jon, at this very hour there is very little rain and there is very little wind and no rain whatsoever. we did see heavy bands of rain pass through earlier today and showers. there is a lot of anxiety as the state of rhode island waits for the arrival of the storm. earlier today the governor said that it looked like the state going to dodge a bullet that said, the state is still expecting gusts of about 40 miles per hour, three inches of rain, possibly more along the i-95 corridor. and that has raised concern that there could be flooding along a major interstate. another significant concern today is that the heavy winds,
it is hit and miss you know how those bands go. today police went door-to-door to make sure everybody had received evacuation notices because the state s governor warned once the storm hits folks who decided to stay are pretty much on their own. we have extensive team fox coverage throughout the night. rick leventhal on the east end of long island in montauk. monitoring the storm, first jonathan serrie in north carolina. i m told the winds are come and go? reporter: they are indeed. the winds are picking up and continue to pick up at a slow, but stable pace. you said it was hit and miss as far as the rain that is so true. the radar shows the rains moving into some of the outer banks here where we are in kill devil hills, we ve only experienced a few sprinkles. let me show what is happening here with the surf. we ve been experiencing powerful surf all day that continues to build.
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prison millions of dollars. he broke out of facility in july and spent three weeks on the run. investigators say casslyn welch helped with the escape and took off with mccluskey. during their run police say mccluskey murdered this couple gary and linda ha samplet s now the mother of gary has filed 10-million-dollar claim against the state of arizona and owners of the prison from which he escaped. mccluskey and welch are both in jail facing murder charges. he says he was just trying to honor his grandparents who died of cancer. but one student s tribute could get him suspended. that s coming up on the fox report. jon: and hurricane earl not done with the east coast just yet. you re looking at live pictures of long beach, new york, where surfers from around the world have arrived to take advantage of the waves. the storm is now heading north. live team fox coverage in our top story at the bottom of the hour. hi. well, this is where it all starts at regions.
nomination in alaska and in the, earl, this is a name you ll hear a lot of over the coming days, forecasts, that is how we start a jam-packed hour, a lot going on in america s newsroom, i m martha maccallum, we are glad you are here. bill: good morning, i m bill m hemm hemmer, e stands for earl and it will be teasing the east coast of the u.s., every day, this week. martha: aha. martha: team fox coverage, janice dean is live in the fox weather center and first, steve harrigan feeling earl s full force, live on st. thomas in the u.s. virgin islands, steve? reporter: martha, you can look around and see some of what earl has left behind here, as it apieced over st. thomas, a lot of downed branches and trees, across the island. and, there are some houses with roots off and downed power lines and there is a curfew in effect, right now, no electricity, from much of the island and no cell phones, either, and i think what caught many people, especially,