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Needs in south florida in particular. that will be the next thing we are in fact already working on. harris: that is so important right there. i made that note because fuel and gasoline so for aviation in cars is such a huge component of our coverage because you have so many people youre trying to move around. admiral brown, i know youre busy and we appreciate everything youre doing to keep people safe. god bless you and your team as you go forward with the united states coast guard tonight. tha...

Wind meter. you can see the boats getting tossed around. if this things get significant and the eye wall does stay as close to our area of key largo, some of these boats are going to break loose, and when they do, they come ashore, and it can cause even more damage. so, guys, as you can tell, the conditions here are worsing ping. about the last three or four hours here in key largo it got significantly worse. power is out throughout key lahr lahr -- key largo. there is still cell service as of t...

Were on the road, about 6:00 p.m. were seeing the first signs of the storm. you can see the ice forming on our wind shield right here, temperatures dropping rapidly. we just passed two accidents, another car pulled over, trying to scrape that ice from their wind shield. into the night, crews out in full force plowing roads. emergency services on call. >> stay inside, stay safe. dont be on the roadways unless its necessary. >> reporter: sparks flying off power lines and crews are on the ready to ...

Conditions. unfortunately, steve, we do have a wet forecast in store for your daughters birthday across parts of the east coast. were looking at a storm system producing wide areas of rain. thats all across parts of the northeast of new england. down the coast, showers and storms are going to be firing up, especially later on this afternoon. its relatively quiet right now. we could be look at rainfall amounts of over an inch across parts of the carolinas and georgia. i think one of the biggest c...

>> rick, its our understanding that you are going to get battered and beaten along that coast for many many more hours. >> you know, there is another high tide in the morning. we were warned that the surge could last through several tide cycles because the storm is so large and because its pushing so much water this way. we had hoped that the high tide was about an hour ago or around this time would start to recreate and the vehicles in the parking lot would be okay. there is not water in the ba...

We got a good wind blowing and good rain coming down. at the love white caps out there on dolphin island bay and mobile bay. it is nasty. >>shepard: look at the gusts. what does it say? rick: it is set on max and it stops when it hit as high and now it is 35. early are it was up to 48.9 and a local said they were told to expect winds in the 50s later tonight. we do not have any way if knowing that will pan out but right now it is on max at 35 miles per hour. >>shepard: you can see, rick, im havi...

landfall this morning, on the outer banks of north carolina. more than 1 million homes are without power tonight. flooding is widespread. >> now, the winds have died down a little bit, but irene is expected to remain a hurricane all the way to new england. and as you can see, the surf is already pounding the coastline nonstop. right now, ocean city, maryland, getting hammered. and if theres some good news, well, an admiral with the u.s. coast guard says the preliminary survey of damage...

water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. theyre being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what theyre concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now....

troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area which includes the ground zero construction site with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. it and other low-lying neighborhood on a mandatory evacuation order. mayor bloomberg saying the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they are being closed right starting at noon care this is what they are concerned about. pictures here of ir...

standing could be under water, covered in floodwater. heres what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers now of course are used to seeing this on tv. not up close but they might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard. as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg be issued the first evacuation orders in city histor...