look at the yellow and red from a couple of hours ago into new jersey stretching over into philadelphia as well. now some of those ounz pushing into massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, and even along eastern long island we have got some very heavy bands moving through the hamptons as we speak. this is why we have things such as flash flood watches and flash flood warnings. and this could expand as we go throughout the rest of the day once we really get a look at where some of those outer bands are going to go through. here is the thing. some areas have already had several inches of rain. look at this. brooklyn over 6 ychs of rain, central park's already had about 5 inches of rain and the key thing is more is yet to come. they are likely to get several more inches and those wind gusts are there which likely will lead to power outages. >> all right. allison chinchar, thank you so much. let's get an update from the ground. our cnn reporters are out in the storm. brian todd is in groton, connecticut, and shimon prokupecz is in new york on long