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We saw the sky explode and bright lights of green. it was transformers exploding. power went out all across this area. were near hotels where generators have kicked back up. i want to show you the scene here, brian. this is one of the major thoroughfares in this area. you can see the wind is blowing sideways. the street lights fortunately are on. the good news is there are no cars in this area. over the last several hours police have been driving up and down this area over their loudspeakers tel...

Ive never experienced a war. i think im in survival mode. >> monday night was probably the most terrifying night of my life, hearing the transformers exploding, the car alarms dying. just an incredibly eery sound, and the smells coming in. >> people need places to live. they need clothes, they need food, they need shelter. youre going to have the children going to school? how are they going there? how are you getting the kids in the shelters to the schools they have to go to? >> peoples lives di...

>> shepard: some new pictures in on the east coast. crane dangling. see that? see the white flashes? thats either lightning or transformers exploding. we have reports of hundreds of transformers exploding in and around the new york city area. were worried very much about the tides here as well. the storm surge is now a record in history for new york city. 2 feet above any storm surge previously. the tide now 13 feet in lower manhattan and all of the lower part of new york city is flooded. now al...

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Kind of catty-corner there. it was an amazing event to experience. it was very frightening, when it started to impact the homes of several residences of hammond, the excitement kind of turned to fear and concern immediately once that happened. finding out there was no injuries was a great relief. >> and the flare we see in the rear, that kind of blue light, im assume thats, what, transformers exploding? >> yeah. it actually took out a power line across town there, and knocked the power lines acr...

Everyone appears to be accounted for. joining us on the phone, man who took images, storm chaser andy gabrielson. andy, this is just incredible. i dont think ive seen something this close up with this level of, i mean, just this close up with this kind of destruction. what was it like being there? how close were you? >> we were probably about 80 yards away at the time it crossed the road. kind of catty-corner there. it was an amazing event to experience. it was very frightening, when it started ...

Gabrielson. i dont think ive seen something this close up with this level of, i mean, just this close up with this kind of destruction. what was it like being there? how close were you? >> we were probably about 80 yards away at the time it crossed the road. kind of catty-corner there. it was an amazinge ining event experience. it was very frightening, when it started to impact the homes of several residences of hammond, the excitement kind of turned to fear and concern immediately once that hap...

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Arkansas and then mississippi, alabama and georgia. >> holy crap. >> transformers exploding, cars tossed, trees toppled. all made for a wild spring night in parts of the southeast. in alabama, there are reports of tornadoes touching down in at least six counties. this woman in tuscaloosa ran into her hallway as the storm hit. >> we got in the hallway and i could hear this, i dont know what kind of noise it was. it was a whizzing and crackling and it scared me. >> reporter: in nearby birmingham h...