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The's so much more broadcasting. different technologies. everything. >> reporter: it's really a family event now. >> yeah. i mean, and it's much more an international event, too. dick clark was the only game in town. you guys are here. this is the center of the action for the world. >> reporter: tim, happy new year to you. >> happy new year to. >> reporter: we are getting ready for the big event, just under 15 hours. back the you. >> i have done that duty before, too. good for you. stay warm out there. thanks so much. from the class toik the quirky celebrations, consider the flea drop in nor...

under way. to sidney, australia, we go. where 2011 arrived just last hour and what a celebration. more than 1.5 million revelers gathered at the famed oprah house to usher in the new decade. revelers in new zealand with the largest fireworks display since the millennium celebrations and as other countries in other time zones get ready to ring in the new year, we begin with the cross roads of the world. new york's times square. did they dig out all of that snow? cnn's allan chernoff has a bird's eye view. are they ready for it? >> reporter: i'm wondering, hey, where are the people? yo...

month's worth of rain. torrents up and down the east coast. more than a foot in some places. 150 rescues in north carolina alone. and at least six deaths blamed on the massive storm. travel on the ground and in the air has been a complete nightmare for millions, and david muir is here on the wild washout. >> reporter: so much of the east coast today under water and under siege from what was tropical storm nicole, from north carolina up through pennsylvania, all the way up to new england. the rescues today, far too many to count. this school bus on long island, new york, the children ...

good evening it's only october first and already a big stretch of the country is wading through a month's worth of rain. torrents up and down the east coast. more than a foot in some places. 150 rescues in north carolina alone. and at least six deaths blamed on the massive storm. travel on the ground and in the air has been a complete nightmare for millions, and david muir is here on the wild washout. >> reporter: so much of the east coast today under water and under siege from what was tropical storm nicole, from north carolina up through pennsylvania, all the way up to new england....

Under way. to sidney, australia, we go. where 2011 arrived just last hour and what a celebration. more than 1.5 million revelers gathered at the famed oprah house to usher in the new decade. revelers in new zealand with the largest fireworks display since the millennium celebrations and as other countries in other time zones get ready to ring in the new year, we begin with the cross roads of the world. new york's times square. did they dig out all of that snow? cnn's allan chernoff has a bird's eye view. are they ready for it? >> reporter: i'm wondering, hey, where are the people? you know, it...