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More than a dozen deaths are being blamed on sandy right now. And that number is likely to rise. Some 5 Million People are without power so far, from all along the eastern seaboard. Even into the midwest. Today, also, stock markets will be closed again for a secondstraight day. A continuation of their first unplanned shutdown since the 9 11 attacks. And at this hour, there is breaking news from queens, new york, where as many as 50 homes have been destroyed by fire. The heavy winds are making it extremely difficult to battle the flames. Nearly 200 firefighters were called to the scene, trying ...

>> yep. and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didn't leave the gate yesterday. and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy because of damage to infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storm's path. >> earlier we spoke with public affairs officer tamara braunstein about what's being done right now. >> 3,200 people spent monday night in the shelter. we have...

-- >> -- in the country. >> yep. and there is more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled, most of them because of the hurricane. 7,800 didn't leave the gate yesterday. and it may take the airlines a while to recover from hurricane sandy due to the damage to the infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storm's path. >> earlier we spoke with public affairs officer tamara braunstein about what's being done right now. >> 3,200 people spent monday ...

>> largest rapid transit system -- >> -- in the country. >> yep. and more disruption to air travel today. flightaware.com, says 5,700 flights are canceled because of the hurricane. 7,800 didn't leave the gate yesterday. and it may take a wile for airlines to recover from hurricane sandy due to the damage to the infrastructure and a lack of available seats later this week. also the red cross is mounting a massive relief effort to help the millions in the storm's path. >> earlier we spoke with tamara braunstein about what's being done right now. >> 3,200 people spent monday night in the sh...

where the storm is. >> check out doppler radar. you will see this storm is covering a large part of the east coast. there is snow falling right now and rain continues to batter the east coast. we'll show you where the snow is falling right now. it is extending from colombia, ohio, down to west virginia. blizzard warnings are up and expecting two to three feet by wednesday morning. this is post tropical cyclone sandy. it did make landfall near atlantic city earlier this evening. you see the bands of rain continuing to move in. right now i sti is still windy n atlantic city. peak wind ...