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You will see localities do. >> will we know the results on election nights if we have absentee ballots and some which havent been counted. it makes it more likely that well have a long, perhaps endless election night. >> think we were headed to that before sandy. >> i speak all of us, shameless plugs to all these first responders. >> absolutely. >> especially that coast guard rescue helicopter that went out and rescued 14 people from the hms, what it was doing out at sea. >> its what these peopl...

Potentially millions of people without electricity for many, many days. >> and utility companies are doing what they can to get ahead of this disaster, but faced with a situation like hurricane sandy, theres only so much they can do. abcs david kerley is in rehoboth beach, delaware. >> reporter: the power was going out even before the full force of sandy hit shore. larry jackson knows the worst is still to come. >> probably working 16-hour days. >> reporter: thousands of utility workers are in t...

Now. >>neil: be safe. all the images, the storm has not even technically hit but this is the preview of coming attractions. we also have serious flooding going on throughout the virginia area, up to a million without power right now. the governor of virginia is with us right new. governor, how is it looking? >> compared to maryland and new jersey, we going to escape the worst part of the storm but we have had serious flooding along the eastern seaboard along virginia beach and the eastern shore ...

Bread is short. people did what they could in terms of preparation. they had about eight hours, around that time, this area will be shut down. cut off the bridges and roads into here it wont be a very pleasant place to stay if the electricity is going to go out. which is a likelihood. 2,000 utility workers and were talking about the maryland/dc area, baltimore areas, and states of emergencies in those areas as well. a lot of people anticipate what will happen as this gets further inland and were...

With. >> reporter: what could be widespread power outages plan to work through the night. help is on the way. utility workers are on their way to philadelphia and baltimore. with time to prepare all but gone, the last minute rush overwhelms stores with shoppers picking up supplies. with the weather getting so bad, authorities say the best advice is to stay at home. its most likely the safest place. up and down the east coast, a lot of schools, businesses are all closed tomorrow and probably will...

Roughly 50,000 people in the delaware area. this is for their safety. over the next 24 to 36 hours, a lot of rain. they are anticipating four to six inches of rain. because of the high tide, combined with the storm surge, this is what we are going to see tomorrow as well. its going to consistently stay that way. roughly 2,000 utility workers on stand by for wide power outages in the coming hours. so far, the electricity is staying on. its going to go down in a few hours here and we are anticipat...

Welcome back. im craig melvin here in miami, florida, where early in-person voting started today. first though, we continue to track hurricane sandy as she closes in on the east coast. the storm expected to bring heavy rain, high winds, major power outages and flooding to 1/3 of the eastern seaboard. lets check in with our reporter on the ground in delaware. thanh truong. how is it looking right now? >> reporter: you can see the water here getting stirred up well. a state of emergency declared f...

>> all you see is just this flash of light and this giant plume of smoke just rocket up into the sky, followed shortly by fire and sparkles of light, and just debris falling all around. >> cameraman jeff nichols captures the yellow-orange fireball. the explosion blows dangerous chunks of concrete and other debris into the air. >> you can see in the left corner of the screen that this panel of debris just kind of floats down from the sky and hits one gentleman in the back. >> nichols arrives at t...

Highway 23, those areas, especially in plaquemines parish, were hard hit during hurricane katrina and againhis time around, theyre sitting in a lot of water at this point. right now, theyre hoping to get things back online, especially with the electricity, hoping with the next couple of days that happens. right now, people are sitting in very hot, humid conditions. >> are they bringing in utility workers from the region to work on this? i know they were waiting for the winds to reduce. thats hap...

Do what they could to defend their property and not have to flee the city. >> casey, it has to be really strange to be standing where you are right now. talk to us about that. >> reporter: yeah, its a little eerie because its only 1:00 in the morning here, normally at this time of night, people would be out and b. they would be going from bar to bar. they would be going to the restaurants that are open, pretty much 24 hours a day. so as you can see here, there is really no vehicles out on the ro...