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Martha: im trying to give you an idea of how unpresents departmented this storm really is. at times during the height of the storm there were wind gusts of more than 90 miles an hour and up to ten inches of rainfall along the east coast. it produced a storm surge of a wall of water of nearly 14 feet that plunged into downtown manhattan shattering the previous record that because set by eileen whic irene which folks thought was pretty bad 14 months ago. sandy was nearly 1600 miles when it caught ...

But low pressure prevented them from being able to put the flames out. well get a story from that scene in breezy point. well bring you that. meantime a new york city electrical substation explosion was caught on camera. look at that. that was the scene on the east side of manhattan in the middle of this storm. con-ed says it does not know if flooding or flying debris caused the blast. it clearly started everybody in the area. >> what is that? [bleep]. i dont know what is going on. it is hurrica...

Basically underwater as well. you will see amazing pictures over next couple hours. theyre coming in every minute as we speak. this super storm has literally knocked out power to more than 7 million homes and businesses in 17 states. nearly four million dark in in new york and new jersey right now. this storm plunged parts of lower manhattan into complete darkness. it turned the streets near wall street into rivers. basically, from just south of the empire state building down. they have complete...

Sandy made landfall with atlantic city, new jersey with maximum sustained winds of 80 miles an hour. that was around 8:00 p.m. eastern time. so the storm continued to move inland and over portions of pennsylvania. it dumped rain over several states. new jersey seeming to get brunt of it, or gotten the brunt of it, just shy of a foot of rain reported there. it is still raining there. it is likely well exceed a foot of rain. otherwise delaware, 9.55 inch muches of rain in milford. a lot of areas s...

Feet of snow on the ground in the mountains of west virginia, lower elevations have about a foot on the ground. it is still snowing there this morning. 128,000 without power in that state alone. authorities have been forced to close 5 miles of a major interstate because of those blizzard conditions. also parts of north carolina hit with heavy snow from this storm. the governor declaring a state of emergency for 24 counties in the appalachian mountains where high winds are still hitting the tar h...

Pictures of trees look like theyre flying around the streets there, rick. >> reporter: yeah. the good news, at least now is, that the seas have calmed. it is still nazi out there. were not seeing flooding we were. there is another high tide. at least on the coast appears the surge earns concerns may have evaporated. all the water over the berms in those communities, a lot of it is still there. we know hundreds of people are stranded in their homes because the water has come into their homes and ...

Electrical damage. and the plant operated as its supposed to do. >> it sounds like you have no concerns at this point, is that correct? >> again, we are very well protected. we expect to have that unit back online in the next couple of days after a number of safety checks are done, but we did weather the storm very well yesterday. martha: there was also this issue with a unit at the salem plant which is a hannexbridge facility. do you know anything about that plant or the other plants along the ...

Towns. that is ocean city, maryland. we know areas like wildwood and avalon have also been very hard hit in this storm. weve seen boardwalks and beaches that have been destroyed, plunging millions of people up and down the coast into the dark today. steve harrigan is live in ocean city, maryland. is not far from where sandy hit. how bad is it where you are, steve? good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martha. it is worse here on the bay side of ocean city, maryland, than where we saw t...

What has happened to your community. what can you tell us that the point? >> i just left the rock way peninsula and what you described is what it looks like, absolute and total devastation, it is so sad to see the destruction that has taken place as a result of the storm. not only from the flooding, the damage is certainly extensive and considerable but as you mention the damage from fires, not only in breezy point where it was at his worst but also in bell harbor where so many buildings burned ...

Infrastructure before any decisions are made regarding the potential resumption of service. we do know this. there is major damage on each and every one of new jerseys rail lines. large sections of track were washed out on the new jersey coastline. power lines and trees have fallen along new jersey transit railways across the state. several rail bridges damaged by storm surge including boats and other debris lodged on the railroad tracks. new jersey transit rail station hubs at hoboken,sacaukas ...