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Around, after it started headed in to new jersey it sped up so the forward motion of the storm, rather than 20 miles per hour it is now moving at 28 michigan and the last click as it speeds up, boom, right? that means the pounding of the worst of the winds will not last as long but because of the forward speed the pounding will be harder. think of trying to kick in your door, you kick it once and it doesn't break but if you kick it 100 times the door is going down. this is 100 time kicker. see how this is positioned here? this land mass? down here and then cross? all of that water is getting f...

The statue of liberty and over there is ellis island. high tide was here at 8:35 and this water breached the southern tip of the promenade here way down here where you see that man on the bicycle. right now the waters are much calmer here. we have seen big swells. we saw whitecaps earlier. there are very few boats here today. a couple of tugs and police boats, but that's all the activity we've seen in the water. we have seen some debris get swept up as the water level has risen. as far as people go, because we've had a little break in the weather, weenl only got a light mist and the winds have...

Where hurricane sandy is running head long into the most populated areas of this country. the new york city region will be in the teeth of the storm tonight. already it's disrupted the city significantly. the new york stock exchange was shut down today and will be closed again tomorrow. major bridges and tunnels in and out of manhattan are closed or will stay closed or be closed soon. new york city's utility company, con ed sonsison is expecting re outages. tell us what's going on? we want to feel good about this. how is new york scrambling to deal with this? >> the good news is new york reall...

Some 360,000 residents, most at threat, are being told to get out of harm's way. nbc's michelle franzen is live right now in that affected area. people are obeying this evacuation order and taking heed early or not. how is it going? >> well, i don't have a count on that entire 360,000, but it seems here in battery park city which is part of that zone a which you were mentioning is starting to heed those warnings. you've got hotels in this area and a residential area. in the last few hours we've seen more of a scramble for people to get out of their buildings. it is a mandatory evacuation in th...

Park. what are we seeing there? >> reporter: it's starting to pick up in terms of people scrambling to get out of here. it's been this way for several hours. the water behind me in the next day or so is expected to surge from six to 12 feet. where i'm standing, thomas, i could with up to my knees or waist deep in water. it's part of the reason they are evacuating. it's known as zone a, some 370,000 people who have been told to pack up and move to safer areas in the city or to get out of the city. it's what many of them did, heeding the warnings today. some are opting to stay here today. you ca...