it's heading north. breaking right now the monster stormts, crashing its way up the east coast overnight. hurricane irene, and the ferocious waves. several american cities hunkers

down. and sea water, and swamped the subways. >> the path of destruction from nk north carolina to delaware. we have the dramatic rescues. and now, irene's epic rainfall rewrites the report books. sam and the news team are in the eye of the storm. this is a special edition of "good morning america" live with robin roberts and george stephanopoulos. >> good morning, everyone. hurricane irene is knew just irene. winds at 65 miles an hour. >> here is what we know about the path of destruction that hurricane irene haswept in its wake. since hitting north carolina yesterday, right now, more than 4 million people are without power, up and down the east

coast. in new york and new jersey new jersey and virginia. at least nine deaths attributed to the storm so far as we learn more. we are an entire abc news team all over the storm zone as the center of irene, it hits land. and now heading across long island up to massachusetts. >> and we find john berman out in montauk for us. john? >> reporter: good morning. it doesn't seem like a downgrade here. the seas that have been pounding the surf here. they have been coming up right next to me in a river up to the stairs here. we are at about high tide right now. hopefully this is the worst of it. if it gets worst than this, there could be reab problems. a storm surge could cause

difficulties. the wind really blowing me around where i'm standing right now. if you look down the beach right there, there is a beach house. a sea hut right there. that yesterday was completely dry. i don't know if you can see it now, but the water has been going up way behind it and puddling. shows you how much further the sea is raging. we lost power here before dawn. 85,000 plus here lost power on long island. 2,000 people out in these parts, before the storm hit, to get the power back up. it will be some time before it's over. we are on the dirty side as they say. it mean ace will have of the wind and pounding pounding surf. i can't tell you how awe inspiring. it's like the movies. you see it boiling right now. >> that is how it looks from our

vantage point. even though it's a tropical storm, you are saying it feels like it was before? >> reporter: yeah, you know what? you really do feel the bands. you feel the bands come in and out. sometimes it's raining sometimes it's dry. and sometimes the wind is gusting and sometimes you can walk around. right now, the wind is strong here. the waves pounding showing no signs of letting up. >> coming down to john berman, it passed over new jersey.. it was still a hurricane then. ron claiborne is at point pleasant beach. hi. >> reporter: good morning to you. the eye of the storm passed over this hour about three hours ago. we have still impressive waves in the background. at one point, the tide reached

this dune, the berm that i'm standing on. this is a testament to the surf. this was a dune fence, completely mangled by the power of the incoming surf. 1 million people evacuated from the new jersey shore. they were under a mandatory order. about 400,000 people in the state are currently without power. beare hearing some reports of motorists, people that waited too long to venture out in the storm h to be rescued in flood water. and one report of a woman who waited far too long being trapped in her car and being swept away. >> so hard to hear. the people who did not evacacte. and just tell us a little more. it seems like it's really fine right now where you are. it goes in and out as far as the rain is concerned. but the conditions right now, ron? >> reporter: a lot better than it was.

we are still gets some rain wind. i imagine the wind power right now, 30, 35 miles an hour. the surf is still rough but the worst of it is 3r0bly over. the task at hand is assessing the damage mere. that is probably a lot of lakes and inland. and getting power restore ed which could take a week or longer. >> 2,000 national guard doing the damage assessment. we want to go to times square and dan harris. >> reporter: good morning to you. so strange to be standing outside of your normal perch, times square studio. we are largely protected here. are other parts of the city as we enter the key hours of the

storm, 60-mile-per-hour winds, a lot of flooding. new york is in a double flooding. we have a storm surge, the sea come dmg from the harbor and then all the salt water getting down in the subways, where we have hidden electrical transformers and also, flash flooding from the rain. it's been around a long time and it's not going to let up any time soon. as we entnt the key hour we are seeing more people on the streets, curiosity seekers, taking pictures. not a good idea with the wind and rain starting to pick up more. >> everybody still should stay inside. that is a message for right now. >> it looks like it's not that bad. but it is deceiving. especially the wind. and indeed f you're here in new

york that is where we find jim avila up on the roof here. >> we are on the 15th floor above you. the wind has picked up. and the hurricane -- the tropical storm actuauay hits new york city at this hour. i have been watching the wind on this to monitor. in central park they have measurements at 40 miles an hour. it's died down now, 10 to 15 miles an hour. but it has been gusting. and the higher up you are, the more careful you should be. the mayor of new york city telling people above the tenth floor to stay away from windows. they could break. and the higher you go we are told by a formula, the more dangerous the winds become. at the 30th floor, they get 20% floor. after the 80th floor, they get

30% stronger. if we have wind that is 50 to 60 miles an hour, you will see it stronger in the sky scrapers. are 6,000 buildings in new york city where peoplpeoplivee live. >> let's go down to nags head north carolina. and smatd talking about the trail of destruction that irene left in its wake. >> reporter: george this used to be a driveway yesterday. and then we got the storm surge, brought everything out of the sound right in here and this is what folks in new york should see in the next few hours. the wave runners had been parked behind that blue building and i'm standing here among muck and weeds.

hurricane irene left the mid-atlantic spent. but gushing waters unleashed a series of tornadoes that tore dozens of homes like this one in delaware to pieces. irene has claimed multiple lives including an 11-year-old boy in virginia. killed after a tree fell on his home. a philadelphia man was killed after live wires crushed his car. in north carolina, about 1 million people are without power. and virginia officials warn the power may be out for two weeks. flooding here is so bad, the report the national guard is being called in to assist in rescues. curfews were enforced to keep people off the roads. they will be keeping people off the roads here for months. >> it lost its canopy. >> reporter: a man and a woman tried to escape this storm by

boat. abc news got a look at the 500-mile beast from thenside with a storm chaser. >> we are going to turn around and try go inside the eye. >> we race towards it in a tank called a dominating. >> it's almost impossible to kompb rehend the force. we are on a beach, 100 miles an hour gust. >> a storm so strong it was enough to shock even these storm chasers. >> this is the highest winds i have ever experienced. >> reporter: george and robin, the storm chasers are professionals, they do it for a living nature have satellite equipment and chain saws to get out of trouble. nobody this sh try to do that at home by themselves. as you notice we have sunshine here. clear skies. and something else interesting is happening. there is still damage assessment

being down here. but people are starting to come back. remember the roads clogged with cars, thursday, fright we are seeing people family residents trying to come back to their homes. >> it's the first time we have seen your shadow in days, matt. >> that's true. taking a break there. the latest on hurricane irene, let's bring in bill reed. we love that say that it is a tropical storm now, bill and not a hurricane. so where sit now? where is it headed and what is the situation? >> okay here is the satellite imagery from sun rise today. if you can tell me the difference from what tropical storm irene looks like from category 1 irene, you are better than i am. the entire area from new jersey to new england, still under going the effects of storm.

the primary threat is the coastal flooding. the area we are concerned with next is the backside of the storms. the winds come to the west and the west facing bays. and the winds and the rain going in land. river flooding flash flooding and power outages willlle a big story today and storm in new england. >> what is the biggest difference with it being a hurricane and now a tropical storm? >> 10 miles an hour. >> that is it? >> that's itit >> we feel like we are not saying hurricane anymore. we are saying tropical storm. but it's still a very serious situation. >> there is a psychological flipping of a switch with hurricane and storm. but the differences are not that much. >> bill, thank you very much. >> let's get more from sam champion. it's not that much of a difference. how is it down there in lower

manhattan? >> when you look at the storm professionally versus when you are standing it in you get a different perspective it in. there is not a much difference in the classification. but there is ever difference in the world when you stand underneath it and it's not as big of as a storm as it was. lower manhattan, the harbor we are dealing with water that i i flashing over the edge there. chris cuomo is telling me they are pumping some of the water out of the area. but we have seen water come over there. and that is a lift from yesterday, when the water was four feet, five feet below that way. this is exactly what we are talking about today. if you look at path of the storm, the radar path of the storm, you see all that rain in

new jersey nrk state. and the heavier rain the thunderstorms, thunder showers and you see the dry air pushing up behind it there. and all those areas shaded in yellow where it is wet and raining that is where the flooding will be. over the next two days, we expect 32 river gauges to get to flood stage. this is an e nor rouse amount of rain. and here is the path of that storm. this is what will happen with it. and monday it will be completely torn apart moving fr

>> you are not going to believe how quickly this dry air is going to try to come in behind irene. and robin and george i have to go on your side. i like irene so much better as a tropical storm than a hurricane. >> i don't care if he says it's psychological. >> i will take it. >> the concern is the flooding. we are just getting a report from cynthia mcfadden. a building in manhattan, 31-story building w 15 feet of water in the building. the fear is they can't get the water out. there could be an explosion. so there is still danger. >> absolutely. and when you hear the isolated incidents. it doesn't matter if it's a hurricane or a strong storm. maryland is one of the many states that declared a state of

emergency today and jim scuitto is in ocean city. you are getting hit by the back of the storm and there is progress being made there. >> reporter: there is progress. it's interesting. the winds have died down but they have just picked up. but from the opposite direction. they are not coming from on shore, gusting up to 30 40 500 miles an hour as we get into the back end of the storm. but things are improving here. we have using the waves as a barometer. and now the waves, much further back. in fact, earlier this morning, we saw dolphins swimming in the waves,s, things have gotten calmer. and the damage here issuch less than expected. they were talking about 5 to 8 feet storm surge. they never got it.

and the eye of the storm never crossed into land here. they feel lucky today. >> let's move up north, that is where the storm is going. ashleigh banfield in stanford connecticut. >> good morning. we have a number of people without power here. almost 1 million. 450,000 and growing. and i want to show you the storm surge. take a look at the houses. this is a mandatory evacuation area. the people were told we can't hymn you. and it's going up to the sea walls. an eight-foot storm surge is coming in at 11:00. which is high tide. and it's a new moon which means it's a a higher tide than normal. take a look here, all the different boats, out there, they decided to ride out the storm,

bobbing in the rough waters of long island sound. you can offense lose your mooring and end up on the shore. and tom pans over you can see the boats that decided not to go out in the water but to stay on their docks and just do extra lashing. we have been watching a lot of bobbing but it looks they are pretty safe. there is a statewide ban that we just learned on tractor-trailers. there was s curfew in place at 6:00 in the morning in connecticut. the merit parkway for people that commute in new york city that is closed. there was a threat that i-95 would be closed down as well. and all we hear from the governor, stay inside. unless you have to be some where. do not. his brother took advice and was evacuated himself. his family in a hotel room. listen, it's no joke.

there are a lot of people that are at grave risk. 5,000 to 6,000 people evacuated already. >> 5,000 to 6,000 people across the state have evacuated, ash ashleigh? >> that is correct. and knowing that the eye is coming, it sounds eerily calm. and i hate saying that. i know what is coming. >> thanks very much. and bianna golodryga is back with it. and showing us more. >> we have been showing you, a sense of the sky scrapers here in new york. it's a tropical storm here. the winds have been kick up. look at this overnight overnight. and the big concern here is that windows would bust open at the top of the buildings, and the flooding as well. how are people going to get down

the elevators. >> and once things get back to normal. and buses and mass transit. >> people, children should stay away from the windows. >> coming up tropical storm irene hitting new york city. where it's headed next where it's hitting and so much more. we will have more on "good morning america." >> you see theherees coming down. it's working its way up the coast, long eyeisland, boston, massachusetts, and now tropical storm irene. hi! i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

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this is what hurricane irene did. it is now tropical storm irene. when it went through philadelphia causing this kind of damage. you sigh the flooding that is there. thousands are without power. but again, it is now tropical storm irene.e. >> starting to move much more quickly as well. about 25 miles an hour. here is what we know about the damage since hurricane irene hit land yesterday. more than 4 million now are

without power up and down the east coast. in new york city, right now, the holland tunnel is closed due to flooding. and overall, at least nine deaths have been blamed on the hurricane. the center of the storm is moving over new york. and it started to move faster and some new york city official rg starting to say that the damage because of that would be much less than anticipated. but flooding still a major concern. >> we were preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. and it seems it is better situation than it could have been but a series serious situation for many. let's go to john berman. >> reporter:t's still thrashing, ronnin. and the sea is boiling behind my. we have been marching slowly close intercloser to the camera all morning because the seas have been rising.

we are now past high tide. and hopefully the worst of the storm surge has passed. it was four to six feet higher and again, because it's such a low lying area. there neighborhoods and sections of londg island. and right now, right now the storm surge seems to be backing off just a bit after it has been a very brutal morning here. >> and without power for quite some time out there, right, john? >> reporter: i lost that. >> you have been without power -- there is evidence they are without power. they are on a generating. >> let's go to sam. sam, you are saying that the storm is beginning to break apart. >> george, i have very good nene from lower manhattan. let me set the scene.

right here in the canyon of heroes. at the end of this new york harbor. was expected to toss wausht down here. and as far as where the cones are, was expected. and you see where the police lights are high tide time right after 8:00. and we are nearing the end of the that. and the good news that irene had downgraded as well. in between all the buildings, no glass lost. up the road here, no flooding. and as we turn around we know there is some water that made it into battery here, over the railing. the water when we got there yesterday, was four feet below the railing and today, it topped and it splashed over. less than a foot in that direction. and without the risk of making you queasy i want to go up. and moments ago, we were

breaking in blue sky. the storm was a hurricane over the jersey shore. and within two ours i opened up. and pulling dry area. we are getting a good strong gust. you can feel the cool crisp, clean feeling air. it's going to be pulling quickly and apot of people are going to be seeing bluer skies. >> it did hit virginia pretty hard. >> yeah, virginia governor bob mcdonald joins us now. we are sorry for the loss of lives there. at least three people were killed in your state. just give us on idea of assessing what has happened there in virginia. >> well good morning, robin and george. we had have had widespread damage and flooding in the state. amazingly, a lot of the heaviest

rains, 15 inches plus 50 60 miles from the coast. richmond a lot of people without power. we are at 2.5 million people without power. right now, we are still doing damage assessment. we know the storm surge was 7 1/2 feet in hampton roads. is going to be widespread flooding. we had three people die with downed trees on houses and cars. we are doing the assessments now. >> that is going to take time. and i know here in new york city, the officials here are breathing a little bit of a sigh of relief. but it's not quite as bad as we thought it could be. we have still some hours ahead of us. i know you thought it was going to be catastrophic. and there has been loss of life. is it whahat you thought the storm would be?

>e were planning for the worse, george. thought it might be worse than isabel eight years ago. and the higher winds and rain 50 to 100 miles inland. so we're -- the problem going forward is days to to a week rest store ration of power. expecting gasoline and water shortages. some rivers won't crest until tuesday. and more importantly, people heeded the mandatory evacuations and that prevented a lot of damage and loss of life. >> what are your immediate needs right now, governor? >> sorry? >> what are your immediate needs right now? >> immediately, with law enforcement and national guard and others going out and doing door to door assessments making sure that people are okay. in the gas line the columbia

pipeline, the gasoline supply, fuel for generators a water pump station is down. might mean water shortages. the big thing, the restoration of power. you have merges call us and we'll be there to help. >> that is wonderful. governor, thank you very much. we will be thinking about you in the days ahead, thank you so much. >> thanks, george. >> i know i haven't gotten much sleep. he is calling me george. >> he has probably had a long night. >> now, power is a big concern for so many. 4 million up and down the coast. let's bring in jim hopper from bayville new york. hey, jim. i'm afraid we lost that right there. guys tell me where you want ble to go. to sam? let geese back to sam in lower

manhattan. >> even though we have strong gusty winds, these are strong winds behind the system as well. even though the skies are opening up, we are not done with the effects of the storm. let's show you the rest of the country as well. quick look at rar. just to give you a health check. the heavy rain/look first at the dry air, pulling in new york. and long island and on on the western end of long island, the rain band in the middle. the part. the yellow i want to talk about. we are not done with the flooding yet. and we have that in central new york state, connecticut, new hampshire, vermont involved in that, maine. and saturated ground inches and inches of water. the storm is going to deliver big time on flooding. familiarly inland areas. the big heat scorcher dallas 108 degrees continue.

san angelo as well. phoenix, 109. pnchts. >> and we are live in lower manhattan as a really chilly air, a strong wind. this is probabay one of the strongest winds we have seen in hours coming in after the rain and a little blue breaking here. >> sam thank you. where is tropical storm headed next? we know in new england. the damage it's leaving behind when the continuing coverage continues. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right.

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and we are back with our continuing coverage of hurricane, not tropical storm irene as it moves its way up the east coast. i want to bring in now philadelphia mayor mike the nutter. you have seen the pictures how

hard philadelphia was hit. a lot of flooding there. what can you tell us what the conditions are like? >> reporter: >> as you mentioned, significant flooding. the schuylkill is continuing to rise. maybe 15 foot. and there is flooding and martin luther king drive. creeks are all over the city and roadway areas have flooded as well. that is our biggest concern along with the wind that is picking up as i sit their morning, getting ready to get a briefing at the emergency operations center. we are encouraging folks, do what you did last night and yesterday, stay inside. give us the roadways and the time to get the power back up deal with downed trees. we have 21,000 folks without power in philadelphia. nearly 300,000 without power in the philadelphia region. still a lot of storm and storm after math.

be safe, be smart, check neighbors and friends. >> you have 100 reports of trees down? >> we have 100 trees down. 19 or 20 roads closed result of that. and 160 plus folks in shelter in three different areas in across the city. the plan worked. state and govment have been tremendous. a storm is a storm and you have to deal with it when it's happening. there is going be a lot of work to do to g get the city back in shape. >> when do you hope to have the transportation systems back up? the airport this afternoon? >> the airport is closed, at least until 4:00. you know what air traffic is going to be like up and down the east coast. there is nowhere to go or nowhere to land at the moment.

mass transit istill not operational. septa is taking a look at their system to see, not only when is it safe to operate the system but safe to have people out trying to use it. we have a number of judgments to make in the course of the day here. the primary focus, making sure that people are safe. that they are not in harm and just stick together and look out for each other. >> that is good to hear. mayor, you probably encounter a lot of the skepticism and the government and the media overreacting. >> no, no, it's all about preparation, giving people regular updates. we jumped on it two days ago, told people the truth what we knew. and you can never take too much caution. but sometimes unfortunately people take less caution than

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by this report from our affiliate in sea bright new jersey. >> 20 minutes ago, the water was to the stop of the step. and tidal movement, and bill evans can talk about that. and we had condensation on the lens. i'm sure you can make it out. see the fire ahydrant? the water was up to to the top of that an hour ago. we don't want people to have a false sense of security and to come out here because the levels have dropped. >> that is a consistent theme all morning long. we have heard it from every public official.

governor chris christie michael nutter. the danger has not passed yet. everybody trying to get a sense of how much damage was done. ey need to time to take care of the flooding and power. the big concerns now. momo than 4 million people on the east coast without power. and flooding, a concern there in new jersey and also in new york city. we got a report earlier from cynthia mcfadden, a building with 15 feet of water in the building. any more of that? >> reporter: cha what i can tell you, just a couple back blocs in southern manhattan, we came across a couple engineers trying to keep the baurt out of a 31 story office building. they have pumps out and they are flooding the street. but the problem is already, the sewer system can't handle it.

they are very worried act an explosion. right now, the water is rising. we will show you video of that later. is more concerns do you in lower manhattan by the sea port. >> as you have been doing down there, what have you been able to see. any pockets of flooding? >> reporter: when you look down what you see are the sewer tops bubbling with water coming out of them. there are very few people out. official vehicles police, fire very few people out. you know, the storm has dissipated for a second now. but we are expecting another hit. we will stay on top of it. >> the back end still coming. we'll be right back. ca not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com.

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