couple of hours, as a nontropical system that s why we are still waiting for the latest advisory telling us the exact landfall location and, shep, i just want to give you a location of some of the latest wind gusts that we are seeing. the latest at kings port, new york, west end of high tide in two hours. back to you. shepard: janice dean, thanks very much. live in the weather center. back to her with breaking news. this is from point pleasant, new jersey, which all day long has been taking a pounding and now the storm is so severe there that even our satellite truck can t get out. rick leventhal is live on scene where he has been all day. rick, it sounds like bigger than most they have expected. things have taken a dramatic turn for the worst. in just the past few minutes. water rushed on to ocean avenue, on to washington avenue. the intersection where our hotel is located. the water has now breached the parking lot. what was once just a puddle on ocean avenue is now at least two
i was sitting there watching tv. the tv went off. so i got up to go in the kitchen and get a cup of coffee. and all of a sudden, boy, the windows went out just like a big shotgun went off. and i told my wife, hit the floor. she says, i m down there already. today s most devastating losses are in southern illinois. officials in harrisburg say a tornado with winds of up to 170-mile-per-hour stayed on the ground for several miles killing at least six people, injuring around 100. at one point it hit the hospital. after sur vague the devastation to his town the mayor and fire chief spoke to reporters just a short time ago. this morning the city of harrisburg had a horrific event. we have suffered the loss of lives. we ve suffered many injuries. and we ve suffered millions of dollars worth of damage. this is something that you never want to see happen in your community. we watched as it happened to joplin, missouri last year. several of our people from this area went there to