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The current track for sandy is that eventually it will make its track or turn toward the right and move northward into portion of canada. maximum sustained winds significant, 65 miles per hour near the center of the storm, moving now toward the west northwest at about 15 miles per hour. we'll continue to track this system. it's forecast to slowly weaken over the next several days. but it will linger. so will the wind, so will the rain and showers across the northeast and the great lakes. >> steve: all right. thank you very much. when you talk about how the wind is lingering, that will be a pro...

And tunnels are flooded because of the storm. >> it was barely raining in new york. >> steve: right, we'll talk to joe, the meteorologist about the storm surge. down in the battery, the old record was let's see len.2 feet. -- 11.2 feet . we broke that video. >> brian: that was from last night. >> gretchen: going to delaware, this video in to "fox and friends", this car, probably not going to be operating this morn nothing a nearby motel. no match for the atlantic ocean. we have peter doocy there now. what is the situation reet now? >> things have calmed down. here in rehob both, death wear. bu...

>> gretchen: we begin with the latest on the top story. 200 firefighters fighting a fire in queens, new york. >> steve: joining us from the telephone is new york city counselman who represents that. good morning eric. we know that 200 firefighters are battling this thing. do we have any idea what started it? >> we know obviously hurricane had a devastating impact on breezy point. it is zone a area that mayor bloomburg urged people to evacuate from. it is a low-lying tip of the peninsula out here in queens. many of the people for whatever reason to stay. they evacuated in hurricane

And big waves. >> it will take a while to diminish. this evening's tide is regular flood tide and tomorrow getting back to turmoil because the wind went west and pushing the water out. the water keeps trying to come back in. >> steve: your father in atlantic city he was on when the eye got over. >> this is why i got mad at the hurricane center. wind came out stronger in the south rather than the north. the hurricane gust in south jerseyy coast came after the eye path. it was the woworst part of the storm. now it is getting ripped apart and becoming nontropical. >> steve: as the sun comes up sh...

Damage, you say get used to big storms like and you said this. >> steve: next five or 7 people. a lot of the global warming people. they peak in and give you an example. when you go back and look at 1950s when the pacific cool and would atlantic was warmed. 10 major hurricane in the eastern sea board including six in '54 and 55. hark hark hazel came up further west and this east and shot back northwest. >> steve: it was so powerful. >> it was not like it was not predictable. >> steve: absolutely. we knew about it couple of days. thank you so much. 27 minutes on the top of the hour. massive fir...