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water kind of churning around there. this powerful storm is slamming into the eastern seaboard starting tomorrow. irene has already caused widespread damage in the bahamas. winds around 115 miles an hour. in effect from the carolinas up to new jersey. new york city is preparing for the worst with subway stations and airports. the big apple not seeing the effects of a big hurricane for decades. drew levinson reports. reporter: up and down the east coast people are packing up and getting out of irene s way. i m taking this one more seriously than any one i have seen. reporter: the monster hurricane earl expected to roar ashore in north carolina tomorrow with 115-mile-per-hour winds before marching north. it s on track to hit major cities like washington, d.c., new york and boston. at least 7 states including north carolina have already declared states of emergency to free up resources. regardless of what happens, the best thing we in north carolina can do is to be ....
coast in one hurricane expert describes as a nightmare keen snare yo. some 65 million people are at risk. irene is packing 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. irene is slowly moving and it is massive. consider this in a normal hurricane tropical storm, winds extend 150 miles from the center. well, irene s winds extend 290 miles. irene battered the bahamas, destroying hundreds of homes on the smaller islands. some small towns report 90% of their homes were damaged. florida will avoid getting hit but the storm s outer bands did make for some very choppy surf. governors in knock knock, virginia, maryland, delaware, new jersey, new york as well as connecticut have declared states of new jersey. hurricane watches and warnings are posted this morning from north carolina to new jersey. if irene continues on track, it would be the strongest hurricane to hit the east coast in seven years. forecasters predict irene will hug the coast, heading straight up the i-95 corridor. it ....
good morning everybody and thanks for joining us. i m betty nguyen. this morning hurricane irene is taking dead aim at the east coast in one hurricane expert describes as a nightmare keen snare yo. some 65 million people are at risk. irene is packing 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. irene is slowly moving and it is massive. consider this in a normal hurricane tropical storm, winds extend 150 miles from the center. well, irene s winds extend 290 miles. irene battered the bahamas, destroying hundreds of homes on the smaller islands. some small towns report 90% of their homes were damaged. florida will avoid getting hit but the storm s outer bands did make for some very choppy surf. governors in knock knock, virginia, maryland, delaware, new jersey, new york as well as connecticut have declared states of new jersey. hurricane watches and warnings are posted this morning from north carolina to new jersey. if irene continues on track, it would be the strongest hurric ....
a bizarre case, derrick. reporter: bizarre indeed. you witness what appears to be a kidnapping in broad daylight with dozens of people watching. what would do you? citizens in stafford faced with just such a question yesterday. authorities said they did the right thing even though what appeared to be a kidnapping turned out to be something else. the video is very disturbing in a target parking lot in virginia. two women and a man struggle with a teenager. she was screaming i don t want to go. eventually, she s overpowered and forced into a mini van, which pulls off. a number of horrified witnesses call police. a nationwide amber alert had been issued. thanks to the efforts of the fbi, the jacksonville police department, the florida highway patrol were able to locate this individual. reporter: it turns out those so-called abductors were the girl s family members located in florida. they were passing through virginia on their way to a move to florida, a move that th ....