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Closed, and people had a lot of notice about getting out. it s a risky strategy to stay on a barrier island when you know there s a hurricane coming toward you. but a lot of people did and now there are rescues under way. the good news, stephanie, is that because we ve been talking about this for so long, electrical crews, fema boat rescue, urban search and rescue, we saw a team in charlotte yesterday, national guard, all of these people were stationed and ready to go. any rescues that have to take place should take place in a quick fashion. we re going to keep a close eye on the island. let s go to simone boyce. what s the situation where you are? ali, the damage here in emerald isle is surreal. this is the damage left behind by a water spout that tore through this mobile home. as you can see behind me, it almost looks like a film set. ....
She ran a stoplight out of service because of the downed storm. ice storm. downed trees, problem for electrical crews who are working on lines from michigan to maine to get the juice back flowing. this is special storm because of the season and it means a little bit more. it is not, we want to get people power. it is cold. it is christmas. reporter: a spokesperson with the central maine power, the state s largest electric utility tells fox this morning they have 123,000 customers without power. at the peak of the storm earlier this week and that it is the first christmas in a memory they had to cancel vacations and call everyone in to help restore power. at one point utilities in michigan reported 105,000 customers without power and canada had more than 101,000 without. more snow is forecast today, from maine and parts of michigan. frigid temperatures are expected to keep ice from melting off the power lines and tree branches with creates new risks for more ....
Charles hadlock, thanks so much. back in washington, underground electrical fire sent flames shooting into the sky a block from the white house. two hoilts we hotels were evacuated. electrical crews rushed to shut down the area. authorities in buffalo, new york, say they re having serious second thoughts about having arrested a prison parolee for shooting up a downtown restaurant. four people were killed, four wounded, outside the city grill as a private party was going on inside that place. police immediately arrested a newly released inmate but now they re saying video evidence makes them think they may have the wrong man. well, a vicious storm downed trees and damaged homes across northern kansas, and crews are cleaning up in manhattan, kansas where winds gusted over 90 miles an hour. more than 21,000 customers lost power during the storm which tore a roof off at the building at kansas stay university. for a complete national ....