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People in these areas did not follow mandatory evacuation orders because what then that does is puts first responders, firefighters, police officers, in the position where they have to go in and save people. we've seen a lot of that around here tonight. and i know from my colleagues up and down the shoreline, they've seen the same thing as well. chris? >> i know there are reports as many as 600,000 people in connecticut are without power. there are entire communities that don't have any electricity. can you see power anywhere from where you are? >> reporter: that's actually 600,000 customers. ...

Snowstorm, it can take a long time, perhaps a week or even nine or ten days before the power gets restored for a lot of folks. >> jeff stecker from wvit. thank you for that update. to the point he was making that it's so dark outside, there's so much water out there, there are so many downed lines. take this advice. this came from the fairfield police chief. "we have limited responsibilities, please stay inside your house and we are expecting massive damage." and i think that that would apply to communities up and down the eastern seaboard. we will continue msnbc's live coverage of hurricane s...

Utility customers in the dark. much of the coastline has been hit very hard. there are towns that are underwater. reporter jeff stecker from nbc station wvit in old saber, connecticut, gave us this update a short time ago. >> reporter: where we're standing right now is about to my upper thighs and water so it's receded. that was the big problem. behind me some guys are checking on a building here that fronts right up to the connecticut river to give you a sense of where we are, this is where the connecticut river spills into the long island sound. i heard you talking about the extent of the da...

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