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as a lot of downed power lines, live wires all over the place and many people still not being allowed back into their neighborhoods in suffolk county last night from our last report. back to you. >> laura, thank you very much. >> we are he' getting a stunning view, new video showing extent of the damage done, to north carolina's outer banks, hurricane irene, and remember, that's the first state to take the brunt of this monster storm. take a look the at the video, entire roads washed out by the storm surge. carving entire new streams throughout the island. huge sections of one street, now, just gone. several homes, businesses in that area also suffering heavy, heavy flood damage. wow. well, flooding also a major concern at this hour in rhode island. after the soaking that that state got from irene. right now, literally half the state is without electricity at this hour. molly line is live from knew port, rhode island where the winds are whipping. i saw you a while agoen you
. >> well, hurricane irene has been downgraded and battering the coast of rhode island and it's extremely rough out there right now. there's not much rain, there's mostly high surf coming ashore and most people didn't listen and you can see the house here, all boarded up and left. now, as you go around the newport harbor, it, too, is mostly evacuated and people listen to authorities. here is one police officer here and another one coming by right now and making sure the ocean front drive remains evacuated and irene battered the area. and in newport, have i got a surprise for you! a mouthwatering combination of ingredients... i know you're gonna love. [ barks ] yes, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. made with wholesome grains, real chicken, even accents of tomato and avocado. yeah! come on! [ barking ] gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good?
hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa >> yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what's haheiening? >> whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close to the pose back. it is choking off the pose ba p. it left our community a long time itehere a the poms opin is stoheiing the passaic river turning it around and sending the water back into
out. >> harris: oh. >> gregg: i like that with the little whale there and the spout up top, great. >> harris: there you go. >> gregg: and other people were mocking, you know, as sort of the 100th year disaster that never happened. >> harris: yeah, a lot of people were saying it was downplayed, but i've got to tell you if you look at the aftermath of the flooding you really, really understand the big danger of the storm was the size of of it, we're still feeling it it's all the way in canada now and just the water. intense amounts of rain. >> harris: think if it was a ka katricat 2, cat 3, cat 4. >> harris: and parts of the church groups, faith based. >> gregg: we'll take anything. maryland recovering from hurricane irene. we're going to go live to ocean city md next to show how they're dealing with the aftermath. plus, reports along the eastern coastline of irene's disruption.
philadelphia is also being hard hit by record flooding. tonight as we mourn the dead and tally the damage our urgent focus is on the rising water in the streams and rivers of several states. parts of vermont for example are a wash tonight. what the state police call epic flooding. the governor there adding that they have a full-blown flooding catastrophe on our hands. new jersey already exasperateed by record rainfall is also dealing with terrible flooding. craig has a forecast of what he will be giving me. >> geraldo hurricane irene has passed. two major rivers continue to rise at a historic rate causing major flooding to homes and businesses offering the latest on the evacuation, geraldo.
>> forecasters got the track and timing of irene's impact perfectly the only thing they missed was the hurricane's intensity which weakened from a category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm apparently just as hurricane irene was jumping the verrazano bridge and passing the statue of liberty early this sunday morning. this system is still massive and powerful as it continues to churn through new england winds whipping at more than 50 miles an hour still and it is affecting millions of people who are without power dealing with flooded homes counting their losses even looking for away to get to work an monday morning. as strong as irene is now where is irene now. maria molina in the fox news weather center where and how strong? >> how are you doing? the center is about 20 miles
reach all levels, what i'm reading from the metropolitan and national transportation association, they expect to do that later in the week. and you've got subways and buses and delay on transit in new jersey. i tell you, rush hour is going to be interesting this week. >> gregg: what a nightmare. speaking of new jersey, hundreds of thousands getting out of the new jersey shore ahead of irene and new jersey governor chris christie, saying it saved lives and businesses will return to tomorrow at least a little bit he when the atlantic city casinos reopen. rick leventhal live from atlantic city with the very latest, when last i talked to you, rick, you were the last guy there. turn out the lights. >> reporter: yes. >> gregg: what's it like now? >> well, it's still really quiet here. gregg, the weather is better, the rains stopped and beautiful night. a beautiful night, but the boardwalk in atlantic city is virtually empty because they did evacuate the city.
it will be cut off from warm water for too long that's how it makes the transition. by monday 45 miles per hour. the flooding is a big impact across portions along the east coast. 14 inches of rain across parts of north carolina, new york, record breaking in central park ever recorded because of irene. >> it is now a fresh water problem not a sea water problem it is coming on top of all of the record rain you very articulately tell us about. thank you very much. see you later on the program. >> long island and massachusetts share irene's pain which is widespread let's go to the sailing mecca of new port which is still being impacted by the storm. molly, are you there? can you hear me?
1 munn miles. there was torrential rain turning small streams into river. 11-year-old they show is in his backyard. it became a raging rapid. the latest on irene's location was the hurricane and where is it? maria joins us from the fox news weather center. >> still a tropical storm. 50 miles per hour. very soon an update as of 11:00 p.m. see if it is considered a tropical cyclone. it may be an extra tropical system regular area of low pressure losing those characteristics. one of the major systems is the
i understand you have som hine watio3 can meet and greehe wa >> yes. geraldo, hurricane irene tore up the eastehers sea board she dned omeacityy a foot of water. they had two major rivers the compton river and pose aiackriver. a lot of northern new jersey is draining down draining south and ends up piling up in fairea iel causing major flooding. i am with the mayor he will explain some of that why they are hfor.ing historic levels on the shore of the rivers going into the passaic. what's haheiening? >> whaneps happee ang is they a coming down and it comes close to the pose back. it is choking off the pose ba p. it left our community a long time itehere a the poms opin is stoheiing the passaic river turning it around and sending the water back into