right now live pictures from barnegat township. new jersey under a state of emergency and the snow has arrived in the city. look at the skyline right now. tonight, a stern warning from officials, it is simply not safe to be on the roads. here is the latest for you. evacuations underway along parts of the jersey shore and new jersey transit will shut down at 2:00 i am. cbs 2 has an eye on the coverage, and it know that the totals have changed. >> reporter: there is so much going on. the new information i want to share with you, let's get a picture of this. this is the leading edge of the storm as of right now putting snow on the ground and it is collecting and starting to go into the snow bucket. you've got to consider this to be bonuses know, if you will. it was here earlier than anticipated. been given as pregame. any snow you pick up right now is part of the pregame. tomorrow is still the super bowl. i want to give you the latest information. if you take a look at the blizzard warning in effect as of midnight for all five borough

live in barnegat, news 4 new york. >> we'll check it out then. all right. thank you. this was the seen two years ago in newark when a big snowstorm came through new jersey but that may look small after this weekend. as we heard from janice huff some areas of the tri-state along the interstate 95 corridor could get blasted with as much as 2 feet of snow. we sent mark through middlesex, mommouth and ocean counts to see how people are preparing. what did you find? >> on the roads you can see signs of brining. here in parking lots the trucks have already been out salting. everyone is preparing for the storm. a calm, quite winter has here at ken's hardware in tom's river. >> you should have been here 8 weeks ago. the whole mace was packed. we had piles of magnesium and shovels. we were tripping over them. >> customers have been lining up for scrapers and of course frank j. kenny iii's advice. >> melting at a lower temperature. they're not going to hurt your concrete. >> while they're waiting for more shovels, there are alternatives. call them winter tricks of the trade lea

let's go to nbc's rehemia rehe in barnegat, new jersey.o see the waters now receding. >> reporter: here in barnegat, you have water that's still on the street, richard and from what they experienced in wildwood to what they feared would happen in barnegat, they really fared pretty well, there is the barnegat bay, just like the man was just telling you and this community is also surrounded by water and when the storm comes and the expectations are high and they're going to get hit and because that was the expectation, there were evacuations in this area because this was a serious forecast about storm coming. we talked to a resident not so long ago. listen to what they said about what it was like going through this storm. >> when they -- a lot of blowing snow, drifting snow and our only real concern was the flooding. most of the evacuations were past the beach which is about a quarter mile down to the south. >> we want power. we want power. we don't have power. so we want heat and hot water. >> and when you don't have power, as you said, you

nora muchanic is live in barnegat. >> barnegat. >> barnegat, thank you where leaders ordered an evacuation today. nora. >> reporter: hi there sharrie. emergency management officials are expecting flooding that could rival sandy and so they instead of asking people to leave, they are now ordering them to evacuate. >> one of my sister's house. i have two young children and i worry about the beach floods down in that area over there, worry about getting out. >> reporter: michael irwin is among those evacuating from the bayshore area of barnegat where police are going door to door after issuing a mandatory evacuation order this afternoon for a very specific area. between the municipal bathing beach and the east bay avenue bridge which is now under construction. >> we're looking at a potential 4-foot storm surge here and sandy was about four and half foot storm surge so it's a significant amount of water that obviously gives us cause for concern. >> reporter: because of bridge construction there's only one way in and out of the neighborhood, bayshore drive and police say that will be impassable

a mandatory evacuation, barnegat township police say anyone who lives between the barnegat municipal bathing bridge and east bay bridge needs to get out by 10 tonight. official are expecting major coastal flooding. in gloucester township, officials announced new storm announcements they include traffic lights soç generators n power down the traffic lights this way. police aren't tied up directing traffic during storms. this change is the result of extended power outages after a storm last summer much as you know, penndot will be undertaking a massive plowing years over the next 48 hours. they gave us an update on their than mr.s just about a half an hour ago. fox 29 sabina karakose is in norristown. what does penndot say. >>reporter: right now, officials at penndot say they are officially prepared for this storm even as we stand there. salt trucks loaded up to head out onto the trucks. because of what they called the shear magnitude of this storm, penndot say they have all of its equipment out on the road. as you can hear, some of it still heading out. they have 120,000-tons of salt

barnegat. in the teens in the city. by the rush hour tomorrow night, the same situation. wednesday morning it doesn't look great either. esn'y change muc onh until we get to wednesday afternoon. then we begin our climb. have a high wind advisory for ulster county, gusts as high as 50 miles an hour. tomorrow 9:00 to 6:00. icy conditions tonight. we talked about it. to the north and west. talking about right now, that's the potential for a snowstorm. a major system working with its way across the country, making lanfai' tonightsinthe fo continen l u.s. if it winds up riding up the coast, close to the coast, with we get a blockbuster storm.cototals we won't w ary about now, but this could be a big one up and down the eastern seaboard. however, so many variables on our 2500 mile trip. it could very well go to sea. in which case we g ain or thing. or there could be some sort of combination where we get just a little snow. we're watching it. models converging at this point. it lends us to believe we

you'll correct me -- barnegat, thanks.erent consequence, but of the same storm. it's the flooding situation down there. lieutenant, you shot some pretty dramatic stuff you saw earlier today. tell us about it and where do things stand? >> again, we just have moderate, on its way to major flooding with the next incoming tide tonight. a lot of wires down and just generally treacherous conditions that we want to try to encourage people to stay away there. >> is this the kind of thing that you thought you would see, or is it worse or maybe not as bad? i don't know. your professional opinion? >> you know, unfortunately, after sandy and some of the other big storms we've been through here, we absolutely knew what to expect, and that's why we were trying to press the mandatory evacuation and get people out of harm's way in time. >> do you think people listened? did they pay attention? i think sandy would have given theme pretty good smack upside the head to say, next time, i'm leaving. >> unfortunately, people tend to have short m

i'm now in barnegat. what you see is what's left from some of the flooding from the high tide and the storm damage that occurred yesterday. now let me tell you why it happens here. over to my right here, what you see is barnegat bay. when the storm was raging, water from here was rushing onto the streets. the lucky part for people in this particular community is it didn't go into their homes but there was a lot of concern, so there was an evacuation of several homes here. the biggest thing that happened to them, while people tell me their homes did not flood, the power lines did go down. you see one of the utility crews just finishing up his work and they're bringing people back to power. tens of thousands, upwards of 94,000 people lost power during the course of this storm. in addition, they say there was some flooding in some areas that was absolutely massive. sandy hook residents say that their storm damage was worse than what they experienced during sandy. some parts of atlantic city also saw severe f

live in barnegat, brian thompson, news 4 new york. >> mayor de blasio issued a winter weather emergency. it's as simple as that. >> it means new yorkers are encouraged to avoid driving except emergency. any car blocking plows or emergency vehicles from passing will be towed. that declaration will be in effect from 8:00 a.m. tomorrow until midnight. andrew is at penn station with more information we need to get andrew. >> david, important information that we confirmed via the governor late this afternoon and that is that trains are running, subways are running, buses are running which means you have mass transit at your disposal but still the best advice is to stay indoors if you can. >> the addition of heavy duty metal chains on buses today. a clear sign that mass transit is scheduled to run through the snowstorm tomorrow. >> i feel like it's not going to be as much of a thing but i could be wrong. >> the mta expects to be able to maintain weekend service. >> but just because you'll be able to take buses and trains the sanitation department's 300,000 tons of rock salt is also meant for

. >> barnegat official vess issued a mandatory evacuation notice for all residents between the barnegat municipal bathing beach and east bay avenue bridge. cleve bryan is live in avalon with the latest. >> reporter: jessica and ukee, it's the wind that is really going to cause the coastal flooding conditions going to push the water in the the base and not let it recede during several high tied cycles. that wind we're already feeling it whipping in my face here. the snow is covering avalon boulevard. it's accumulating and starting to drift up in certain spots. in fact, right al the roadway here, this what they call the turtle tubing the turtles from crossing the roadways, we can see already the snow drifts here are several inches covering my entire boot. the snow is really whipping around. i want to show you how the snow looks when it comes across your headlights, this one of our lights here for our live set. the snow is kind of swirls. that's exactly what you're going to deal with when the wind mixes with the snow and they talk about those white-out conditions. you're thinking about dri

the fear of severe flooding triggered mandatory evacuation in barnegat and new jersey. several other towns called for a voluntary evacuation up and down the coastline. checkey beckford found a lot of people who decided to stay and ride out the storm. >> the concern here man skaun is the creek. we are looking at snow blowing around us. it started 7:30 and already you can see it is covering the street here. the coastal flooding is the main concern, not so much the snow. people here having to make a decision whether they will stick it out or leave. the storm brewing outside, a countdown of sorts for those on the jersey shore still struggling to decide, should they stay or go? >> some of the neighbors asked, they always ask me what i'm doing, only because they know i have the lowest house probably in the neighborhood. >> tom's house doesn't stack up to elevated homes on the boulevard. but the volunteer firefighter is sticking it out with a plan. >> we spent three hours today raising the furniture because i was here for sandy. the water was four feet. >> he lost it all, more

barnegat township police say anyone who lives between the barnegat municipal bathing beach and east bay avenue bridge needs to be out no later than 10:00 o'clock tonight. authorities issuing that notice because of major coastal flooding concerns. now bruce gordon mentioned septa schedule change force the weekend of course septa not alone. all major transit agencies and airlines are making some big adjustments and cancellations. fox 29's bill anderson is keeping an eye on it all for us and he's in old city tonight. bill? >> reporter: dawn, bruce took a look at how you'll travel locally. but with this storm coming could be huge travel problems for people coming in and out of the state. so i went to philadelphia international airport and to 30th street station to find out how and if they're going to get to you your destination. with snow on the way travel plans every plans here at philadelphia international airport are quickly changing. planes will be grounded this evening and remain that way through saturday leaving passengers here scrambling trying to fund figure out a way to get home. >

and flooding is a big worry in parts of barnegat township during this storm. across new jersey the governor has issued a state of emergency. let's head out to chris o'connell live in southampton. how is it looking out there, chris? they have to clean off the lense of the camera. >> reporter: as you can see the lense has to be cleaned off, conditions reall really start deteriorate out here. started snowing about two hours ago. but for people who are living along the coastline, ocean county, atlantic county, these blizzard conditions are really not the biggest concern for th them. it is the major coastal flooding, the punishing winds and the high tied that is has now prompt mandatory evacuation in barnegat township. that is where about 300 people now are being told to leave their properties in low-lying areas. they were told to leave their homes by 10:00 o'clock tonight. now, in this part of town there's one road in, one road out so police were going door to door letting residents know they should leave. now under every apartment mandatory evacuation, police can

a homeowner in barnegat says it cracked his ceiling and walls. there were nine sonic booms over 90 minutes. darlene and i learned from chris that it was a weather anomaly that compelled this. >> that's what they're looking at. a temperature inversion. the colder it gets as you go up. yesterday there was a scenario, a temperature inversion where it's warmer the higher you get. those kind of sound waves can travel much further in warm air than cold air. that's why they think it may have gone as far north as long island and inland spots into new jersey too. it bends it back towards the surface too. nonetheless, everybody is safe and sound. that's what's most important. weather picture, clouds rolling on in. couple passing snow showers that could go to rain showers especially along the city and the coast. not a big deal. worst case scenario, north and west, possibly a brief coating in spots. we clear it out and turning colder by tonight. well above freezing in the city at 37. that's why we don't expect any snow accumulation to worry about. best chanc

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officials barnegat issued a mandatory evacuation. >> that's when i started getting like how much water are we getting in here? and that's kind of sort of getting into a little panic moke. >> reporter: mantoloking police chief worried high tides tonight is going to cause flooding. >> all of the water is going to dump into our side streets. >> reporter: how many homes are we talking could be impacted? >> probably 200. mantoloking, a 45-foot wall built after sandy is the only thing between this tremendous surf and these homes. >> honestly, we feel a form of post-traumatic stress. they've rebuilt, right. they've come back bigger and stronger and then you have another one at your door. >> reporter: governor chris christie, who emergency in six years so wehe water behind me is rising by the minute as another high tide moves in. >> axelrod: jericka duncan on the hard-hit jersey shore. gereek athank you. there is worst places to be snow bound than-- >> board a cruise ship. a royal caribbean cruise ship was due to dock tomorrow at the thaton't keep whipping here outside the maryland emergency c

jericka duncan is in barnegat, new jersey. >> reporter: floodwaters have been turned into chunks of ice like this. that is nothing new for this area. they have experienced major flooding before. in fact, south of here in cape may, they experienced a high tide, a record high tide over the weekend higher than that of superstorm sandy. it's deja vu for many shore. after floodwaters and winds rivalling superstorm sandy, pounded the coast over the weekend. in wildwood, a storm surge topping three feet carried boats into streets, while 50-mile-per-hour winds ripped away signs. >> we are at low tide and you can still see the water that is trapped in these areas. >> reporter: wildwood mayor ernie troyano said about 100 people were forced to evacuate. >> the fact that the water came up as high as it did caught a lot of people offguard. we didn't expect these tides. >> reporter: the tides crested nine feet in some areas and stranding vehicles and drivers. >> we seen a lot of docks on the road and a lot of flooding in the stores. >> reporter: cell phone video captured ice floes covering streets in

. >> the barnegat police are issuing some evacuations in the town. has everybody cleared out?re they heeding it? >> right now, it is a ghost town. these roads aside from the snow, rather, there is very little tire tracks out here. a lot of folks did take heed to that warning and are evacuating but we have die hard shore residents who say we have been here and done it. a lot didn't have a bad outcome in hurricane sandy. they are hoping if they hunker down they will have the same luck. >> vanessa in barnegat, new jersey, she is going to have a tough time. she may have to put the umbrella down and go with the hat. >>> ryan young is in margate, new jersey. hers looked a bit wetter. is that possible? where ryan is, i have chad myers here. stand by. his looks puffier, dryer. >> the closer to the ocean, the wetter it is going to be. from atlantic city to wildwide and seaside we're going to see more rain mixing in. you are not going to get 25 inches of snow but more of a mess. >> ryan, you have the puffy snow where you are, is it really coming down? >> sort of. sort of. we sort of hav

all residents that live between the barnegat municipal bathing beach and east bay bridge must leave that area by 10:00 tonight. live in atlantic city, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> our first alert team coverage continues now up in the air. nbc 10's george spencer live in sky force 10 above a very crowded parking lot in south philly. what do you see there, george? >> reporter: yeah, talk about a prestorm behive of activity. you can see the huge line of shopping carts passing in front of the walmart here in south philadelphia. and a parking lot that is daeflt beyond your typical friday afternoon crowds as people complete their standard before the storm purchases that you heard cydney long talking about earlier. parking lot, as you can see in these live pictures from above, is packed. we see taxi cabs passing through here, dropping people off to pick up their supplies. the good news is, hopefully the people inside stopping in the parking lot right now are picking up the supplies, taking care of their errands, then heading home all set to begin riding out this storm. we will be monitor

. >>> there are parts of new jersey that could see the brunt of the storm in our area including barnegat. concerns about flooding have people asking -- have police asking people to pack up and leave the area near bay shore drive and specifically between the public beach area and the east bay avenue bridge. residents should leave by 6:00 tomorrow night and if not people maybe forced to fend for themselves before the floodwaters recede. >>> the mayor issued a hazardous travel advisory urging drivers as of now the subways will be up and running. >> if you need to move around, use mass transit to the maximum extent possible. >>> in order to keep the 6,000 miles of roads in the city clear, the mayor plans to deploy 16500 snowplows and 579 salt trucks. tomorrow morning sanitation workers will be on 12-hour shifts with 2400 work withers a shift n. a few hours, crews will hit the highways on long island, as well, spreading salt and water mixture. the goal is to treat the roads before the snow starts. they have 28,000 tons of salt and 6350 ton of sand on hand. >>> for subways the snowy forecast s

. >> reporter: in barnegat township, a mandatory evacuation ordered for a flood prone section of the community. people who live between the barnegat municipal bathing beach and east bay bridge must leave the area before 10:00 tonight. >> only reason i'm scared here is because of the flooding at the beach. >> reporter: emergency management officials say they know people have heard it before, but they are really urging folks to stay home if at all possible because the combination of snow and flood waters on the roads will make the conditions very dangerous. live in atlantic city, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> ted, thank you. you heard ted say it there, people at the shore are prepping for the worst flooding since sandy. sheena parveen is back now with her forecast for south jersey. sheena, ted said they are up against snow, coastal flooding, too. >> that's right. if you're in interior new jersey, you're just looking at the snow. the coastal flooding, obviously, cape may county, atlantic county, sussex county and delaware, here's a look at the radar, this is what we have happening

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in barnegat, i'm brian thompson, nbc news. >>> a massive winter storm. >> conditions are getting worsethe hour and once it's over, this snowstorm will be measured in feet, not inches. >> reporter: store shelves cleaned out. thousands of flights cancelled and in only a few hours metro will shut down. >> tonight, we are live with team coverage across the region. >> from the first responders on the road. >> to the emergency deck la raisi declarations across our region. >> news 4 has every angle covered. >> the forecast has been spot-on and we have not seen the worst of it yet. >> no, we have not. not by a long shot. our news crews have been braving the elements all day from d.c. to maryland and virginia, we begin tonight, though with doug. he's in storm center 4 with the very latest on what's happening out there. >> just a couple of areas and montgomery village, 2.3 inches and 5.4 in compton in st. mary's county and over towards hills borough, just to the west of dulles airport coming in at 2.8 inches. we've already gotten a few inches across the area and it's only going to continue to pi

in ocean county barnegat police officer jumped into action to help push this suv right here out of some deep, deep water. that's very dangerous. this blizzard will be over us through the night. we'll have team coverage tracking the storm and how much snow we're going to get. >> first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz, 32 in south allentown, 17 in philadelphia and we're not finished yet, glenn. >> that's right. you can see on the radar, it doesn't look like it's about to be over, does it? everything coming from the northeast. there's plenty of snow where that's coming from. it's not as heavy in allentown as it was. we are getting moderate snow coming into bucks and montgomery counties as you can see. also mercer county. some heavy snow from delaware county moved into delaware and going through wilmington on the way southward through pensville right now. and in new jersey as you saw from cindy long, gloucester city. we'll show you some totals up to 32 inches. king of prussia, new report of 23, salisbury 22.5, springtown 22.5. a lot of new reports coming in after 7:00. here is

. >> the barnegat homeowner in new jersey says the shaking cracked his walls and ceiling. the u.s. geological survey says the period of 90 minutes. the f-35 is brand new. it's a stealth equipped plane and obviously very fast. >> breaking the speed of sound. i would imagine, chris cimino, that would cause quite a bit of noise. >> yeah. there was something i was -- why it ended up moving towards land. that sound would -- there was an inversion in the atmosphere meaning it was colder at the ground. it actually bent the sound waves back towards ground. >> fascinating. >> i didn't come up with that. the scientists did. i'm just repeating it. nonetheless, that's why that occurred. typically you wouldn't get the sound waves reverberating up the coast like that. >>> back to meteorology. passing snow showers from late morning through midday or so. we don't expect accumulations out of this. north and west may be a dusting. through the day and colder by tonight. right now, above freezing. 37. any snow showers we do see likely not accumulate. suburbs north and west, might be a brief dusting in

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this is video of high tide in barnegat. mandatory evacuations were issued in this area. news4's brian thompson is live in ortley beach which has 15.5 inches of snow and where people are very worried about the next high tide, brian. >> reporter: yeah, it's not the it is the waves and the wind pushing the waves against abvery fragile sand barrier. my photographer is going to zoom in. we've litten up this barrier. you can see the waves eating away at the sand in the time i've been here, the few hours, we've lost several yards now of sand on this barrier and there's a real concern that in fact it will be breached overnight or by tomorrow morning's high tide at the latest. and this is going to be -- look at that -- a very close call either way. every wave eats away at this barrier an already weakened line of defense from one of the hardest hit towns by sandy thee years ago. >> i was up here all day and they're whit ling away little by little and i don't foresee them making it through the night. >> reporter: the army corps wants to rebuild this area here but needs easements fu

predictions about coastal flooding prompted officials to order mapped try evacuation for residents of barnegat who live between the beach and east bay bridge. expected rising waters during this weekend's tides have businesses piling sandbags. at the ocean city fire department. >> we have five vehicles in operation right now, two and three people movers, two bumpers. >> reporter: crews are ready to roll out military grade trucks to fight fires and evacuate residents if needed. >> is there room for like 15, 20 people. >> reporter: what are chances you will need this this weekend. >> we will be needing them. forecast is 2 feet lower than sandy which is a lot lower, so, in the the area of flooding prone we will use these vehicles i'm sure. >> reporter: are meanwhile resident of this apartment building feet from the beach in atlantic city are in the taking any chances and they are moving to higher ground. neighboring buildings were destroyed by super storm sandy. >> this time i'm terrified, it will happen so i'm out of here. >> reporter: despite the threats atlantic city's mayor says the city is re

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