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other neighborhoods into islands where the only way out is by chopper or boat. and some folks in some areas in vermont are frankly stranded and have been since the storm on sunday. here in patterson, new jersey on some streets the passaic river is 18 feet deep. they're been evacuating people from here all day. just down the river in walling ton borough evacuation orders went out two hours ago, 6:00 p.m. eastern time. rescuers have been busy pumming 34 people to safety in patterson, new jersey. 14 kids among them, three dogs. people stayed thinking the worst was over, not knowing the ...

and water is the reason why. you're looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but don't have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has to go through somewhere. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks are having a hard tim...

this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what's flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island's governor is speaking a short time ago. >> really what we're focusing on ...

water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. they're being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what they're concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now. all day today irene was making its way north. and as it did. emergency plans started kicking. in ...

hurricane irene, now officially made landfall as a category 1 storm on the east coast of the united states. the most up-to-date satellite image we can show you now of re irene, showing wear and tear, described as sloppy, not very well organized but starting to get more disorganized. you can see it there, it was a more organized storm over the past couple of days but as it's making landfall now and making its way up the east coast maybe not so much so. it has been lashing out at the carolina shoreline for the past several hours. that is where, again, it it has officially made landfall...