, the south shore of long island.ecticut it will come in a couple of hours early so the storm will come in while the tide is lower so it will be a lower surge so we may only get a maximum of 9' surge. it could save hundreds of homes. hundreds. especially along the south shore of long island, possibly save a town or two or a dune or two, the difference in 2' of storm surge is life-and-death. and now, inform chaser in south jersey, a storm chaser with water ahead. >> i have quite a bit of water. tell us about your situation. >> i have been coming up i-45 trying to get to atlantic city and maybe cape may and i-95 i don't know what you know but the bridge across chesapeake bay is down. i was one of the last few cars going across an hour ago. the interstates are not existent, there are no cars. you have an occasional car, and i have seen several wrecks because the high winds are blowing the cars off. the cars are hydroplaning. >>shepard: it appears more people have stayed in south jersey than the governor hoped. >> i would

on the phone now, long island congressman tim pitch open. good morni tim bishop. >> good morning. >> what can you tell us? >> well, it's very devastating. and, you know, it's 5:00 in the morning am i'm not sure how much current information i have. but as of last night, there was significant coastal flooding and coastal erosion. there was significant flooding in port jefferson and downtown riverhead was particularly badly hit. greenport was underwater. the area of the north shore was particularly hard hit. so we have some very serious flooding problems. and as of about 8:00 last night, 600,000 home on long island were out of power. hundreds of trees down. power lines down. you know, utility poles down. this has been a huge, huge storm. i won't say catastrophic results but serious implications. >> and two men killed by falling trees. we should note that and our condolences to their families and friends. >> indeed. >> what can you tell us about these reports that fire island, there were homes that actually just were gone. they absolutely disapp

and that's piling up water on the west side of long island sound.hat we're watching for is as sandy continues to move inland, what's going to happen ais the winds along the south shore of long island will turn around to the south and that will start piling up water to the south of long island and bring a lot more water in very quickly in places like raritan bay and places close to new york city. can you see this on the radar right in front of you. what we've got here may not look like a lot of rain but very strong winds. winds have gusted to over 90 miles per hour in parts of long island. we have a very serious situation not only with the strong winds but primarily now it's a surge problem because south shore of long island and very close to new york city, again raritan bay, the water levels are going to rise very quickly because of the change in wind direction from the east to the south and that will happen over the course of the next several hours. back to you. >> all right, greg, thank you very much. we're going to try again to make contact with

this is southern connecticut and the city of new york over here and long island. so, sturgeon is the big word of the day and rick reichmuth our chief meteorologist has been watching for it all day long. rick, you have predicted this thing almost to a tee. it's nuts. >> the worst storm obviously that we have ever seen. things that start getting leading on this. look at satellite picture no rain possibly going on right here so you might think there is no winds going on there. that's not the case. the winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere on the northern side here are gusting at about 120 miles per hour. some of those winds get funneled down to the surface and that's what we are seeing. the winds now out across parts of long island are the worst we have seen so far even though the center of the storm moving on shore down here across parts of south jersey. the wind all day long has been kind of out of the north here heading towards the center of that storm. and we still have all this water pushing up here. those winds are beginning to change and as you have been

you can see the entirety of long island. in between fire island, many areas that you have to go to by ferry. on fire island is karen boss on the phone with us now. karen, weren't you supposed to be out of there? >> they did call for mandatory evacuation but my husband and i stayed. >> shepard: how are you feeling about that decision now? >> i'm still okay. the high tide of the ocean and i'm sitting on the bay. >> shepard: so the ocean and the bay have not met? >> not that i know of at this point. >> shepard: what does it sound like and feel like outside? >> the winds have really picked up. my house is rocking. it's a little nerve wracking. but i think we'll be okay. >> shepard: what town are you in on fire island. >> i'm in fire island pines. i'm just going to open the door for a minute. >> not on my account, please. >> it's not so bad on the bay. >> not so bad on the bay. so people can see, fire island is here. this is obviously the ocean side. the sturgeon is hitting from this side and the fear was that at least in some are

as the issue becomes more and more the coastal surge, long island becomes more and more vulnerable and the primary area of our operation. nassau county has put in an urgent request to get more assistance from national guard to help evacuate people from the long beach area and the bayville area. we're going to have 30 additional humvee teams and 30 additional high axle teams go out as soon as possible this evening to start that mission in concert with nassau county. the winds have been increasing. you can feel it f you've been outside or if you're in your home, i'm sure you can hear it. it's made a dangerous situation on the bridges in the metropolitan area. we're go to closing a number of bridges. there may be some brief intervals in electric service also, i want you to know. that may very well happen. don't be alarmed and surprised if it does. the tappen zee bridge is going to close -- >> we're listening to new york governor andrew cuomo and new york state officials giving afternoon update on hurricane sandy. we're approaching a critical time for new york city and the rest of the nort

a huge problem on long island.hink, overnight and tomorrow morning as it lightens up. were going to see a lot of serious, serious problems. back to you. >> thank you. we appreciate your work and will check back later. let's go outside. we have a mobile unit on the go. you're looking life. brian runs technical operations here at fox five. at think he's going southbound lexington right now. are you there? >> i mean, yes. it's pretty common clear. >> yes. we are here on the phone. you are correct. heading south on lexington. forty-second streets. the lights and clearing you can see in the picture. >> that was wild. you just went in, once again, just about everything south of 40th street is in the dark. as powerfully demonstrated by brian. >> will we do see, some response vehicles. let's just ahead of us. it is very dark. >> no had less, nothing. just the lights from your vehicle. the streets seem wide open. be careful. traffic lights obviously will be working. what about, what do you see on the sidewalk? a lot of peop

we'll have flood issues in the next couple of days. >>> parts of long island began flooding 12 hours fore sandy made landfall, forcing residents to scramble for higher ground. live in long beach along long island's south shore. and i know you're stuck, i believe, you're cut off. tell me what's going on there this morning, walk me through everything. >> reporter: yeah, we've been in this situation essentially since yesterday afternoon because the flooding started very early, started around 4:00 p.m. and what happened right away is that all of the entrances and exits to our hotel got flooded, so we were separated. i was in the hotel and my crew was outside the hotel and they had trouble getting back in. and now we're stuck in the sand, all of our vehicles are because all of the streets are beached. these are city streets, but you can see this is a beach here. it's about a foot worth of sand brought in. and forgive me for wincing and turning away, but we're getting blasted by the sand. the wind is still very, very high here. when the high tide came in yesterday during the height of the s

>> nothing like this has ever hit long island before, certainly not in the last 70 years. i was at lindenhurst today, long beach, freeport, they have been absolutely devastated. that's the only way i can describe it. long beach has no sewage treatment, has no electricity, has no water. they had to evacuate the hospitals. it's just basically, there is absolutely nothing functioning in long beach right now and there's an evacuation going on. you mentioned lindenhurst, that is south of merrick road and it's been hit like nothing has hit lindenhurst before. same in massapequa. they had seven houses burn to

he is out in long island. first of all i have to ask you how did you decide to become a storm chaser? what makes you want to do this and put yourself in danger? >> ever since i was a kid i had an interest in science and nature and weather and an interest in photography and adventure. storm chasing has allowed me to travel to all 7 component -- continents documenting some of the worst weather in the world. >> describe the scene out there right now? >> right now it is dark here obviously we can't see what's going on. but earlier today the storm surge was outstanding. the ocean was as angry as i have ever seen it. the spot where we were on rockaway beach right on the boardwalk it no longer exists. when we were down there we knew it was going to be bad we could tell from the direction of the wind and what was to come. that was not a safe neighborhood to be in. we were able to get out just in time. the storm surge flooding was just coming in and of course now we are getting reports of the fires there, the complete

in long beach island water flooding the streets.ecord setting surges also causing massive flooding here in manhatt manhattan. sandy's impact stretching from virginia hammering the coastline there as well. >> we will talk to virginia director of emergency management in a bit. long island new york that region has been lash withed extremely heavy winds as a result. >>> that is from suffolk county management joins us now. >> i haven't been to sleep. good morning to you yourself. >> what can you tell viewers that live in suffolk county how they are going to be living the next couple days? >> viewer as they are waking up this morning they will see there is still considerable flading on south shore that come during high tied and the surges. we had wadz 25-30 feet on top of the surges. we have had considerable flooding. we have many trees that topple over up rooted we have 350,000 residents with varying power outages as it stands. we ask our residents to be safe as they are traversing the road ways. it will be very difficult. many roadways

we've been also talking about long island where there have been massive power outages and basically fire is underwater. wnbc reporter greg sergel has been on the eastern side and what are you able to tell us tonight? >> well, the number of power outages across long island now up to 860,000, an all-time record set by gloria in 1985. more than 75% of the long island power authority's customer base that has no electricity right now. we also have one fatality that's been blamed on sandy. a man in nast awe county in the community of rosalyn was killed when a tree fell on him earlier this evening. he's not been identified yet. with that tragedy we've also had countless stories of heroism and had 12 firefighters rescued from the second floor of a home that they got caught in, rising floodwaters caught them in there and some of their colleagues and first responders had to come in and get them out. also in the riverhead area, members of a hospital here traveled to the east to a hospital in greenport that was being surrounded by floodwaters, they got 12 patients out of the hospital and took them b

call or click today. >>> 844,000 people out on long island are without power this morning and in someections near long beach and mill neck they're being told not to drink the water. let me bring in anna kate twitty at the american red cross. i understand you are on long island now. what can you tell us? >> yes, i'm currently on long island right now. the american red cross has launched a multistate large response effort for this storm which is now no longer a hurricane, it's a superstorm. but we have deployed in 1300 volunteers but our number one priority now is the safety and shelter of those folks that are evacuated. we have over 100 red cross operated or supported shelters across the east coast, in fact, i actually just spent the entire day at one of our shelters in nassau county community college and a wonderful thing to see how happy people are in the shelters that they did leave their homes. there was a little fear they're not sure what they'll return to but just the safety, the fact they have their lives and their loved ones and in knowing that they have the red cross to be the

greg, what can you tell us about long island tonight?> reporter: we're along the banks of the river here tonight in river head. i can tell you, we're lucky to say this flooding in this parking lot is about the worst of it where we are. the rain has stopped here. the winds kick up from time to time but for the most part have diminished tremendously. it appears that the worst of sandy is behind us here, but now comes the process of cleaning up and that will be a task of herculean proportions here on long island. the biggest issue, of course, restoring the power. the long island power authority, the utility here, is reporting 840,000 outages right now. that's 75% of their customers in the dark this morning. the utility's initial estimate of seven to ten days without power may in the end prove to be very conservative. the other issue here on long island, the condition of our roadways. in nassau county to the west of us, the county executive has ordered all of the roads closed until further notice. in addition, the state police have closed al

let's get right to long island, lindenhurst. those pictures, that flooding was ridiculous yesterday. walk us through what you're seeing now. >> reporter: soledad, same street, a little different layer of flooding. you can see behind me here, some of the water and you can't make it out. this entire street is still flooded. that water expected to push up as it does. the big problem here on long island, you have a lot of communities that have been cut off. soledad, you mentioned those homes in the rockaways by the way. i want to bring you up to date on something. got off the phone a couple moments ago with an official. he's telling us one of the reasons the fires are burning as they are, there's no water pressure. right here we can smell several fires that took place here overnight as well. you have a lot of power lines that are down, incredibly dangerous, streets are flooding, areas that are completely cut off. massive beach erosion. we were talking to somebody last night who basically said some of the beaches have simply disappea

it puts new york city, long island, connecticut and cape cod and the islands on the bad side. the worst will be around long island. storm surge comes down the long island sound, say six to ten feet of that. it's bigger here and funnels into a smaller air. we have storm surge coming into new york harbor. the only way the two connect is through the east river. when it comes up on the south side is doesn't have any place to go so we'll have significant flooding in manhattan and the burrows. the other is the massive wind field, 50 to 60 miles an hour as far as chicago from this storm. >> quickly, we read the full moon had something to do with it. >> it does, that storm surge means you have astronomical high tide. add 8-foot storm surge and 20-foot waves on top of that. >> interesting. thank you so much. good advice. >>> wow, it's time for "sunday house call." joining us, dr. marc siegel, the author of the inner pulse, unlock the secret code of sickness and health. >> and the vice president of the robotics. we welcome both of you. >> good morning. >> we begin with a shocking study

long island is a real barrier to the south coast of long island, very low lying, very sandy.inds coming off the atlantic ocean really have a severe impact there. many of those communities have also had mandatory evacuation orders. and our anna kooiman is now in long beach, new york. anna you can give us, first of all, what are conditions like right now. tell us, if you can, what communities have been impacted in terms of evacuation orders. >> right, well, geraldo, i can tell you i'm from north carolina and i've covered a lot of hurricanes. this is definitely the coldest, chilliest hurricane that i've covered, that's for certain. and, but nassau county, right now where long beach is under mandatory evacuations for all low lying areas and the storm surge zones, in fact, here on long beach, the bridge is actually closed to all incoming traffic, unless you're somebody like a first responder or a member of the media. so, they have been asking people, of course, to get out, please don't come in and a lot of people have been heeding those warnings partially because of what we experi

we're seeing some flooding in long island.re island they see 18 inches at this point, and we see other points of flooding throughout. officials say they expect it to get much worse this evening when the tide rises. the other concern here is power outages. the long island power authority says right now they have about 19,000 customers without power, but the problem is they could be without power for a while. they say it could take 7 to 10 days to get the power back on. those are the two major concerns here, flooding and power outages. thomas. >> interesting enough, it's the high tide coinciding with landfall and the full moon we experienced tonight that all adds up to make it that bigger of a concern. mara is reporting from long beach. thank you so much. once again, more now from what we're learning about the president and his schedule in a lot of sandy. he will appear in the white house briefing room at 12:45 p.m. to update americans on this hurricane and efforts being made to make sure that millions along the coastal communit

to the east of new york city, long island is getting hit with a storm surge. streets are flooded and more than 525,000 homes and businesses have lost power. michelle miller is in sag harbor. >> reporter: by noon, sandy's storm surge had already wiped out the laser-thin beach in sag harbor. police chief tom fabiano was stunned. how far did the beach go out? >> probably about 100 feet. >> reporter: there's nothing left. >> no, there's nothing left here. there's a playground behind us and in all the years i've been here i've never seen it come up to the road or anything like that. >> reporter: flooding is the chief's main concern but he says winds are proving just as dangerous. strong wes stripped boats off their moorings and well-rooted trees were toppled. there is a voluntary evacuation order in low-lying areas here. have you ever seen it this bad? >> no, i haven't. i've been here 35 years doing this job. and this is not even the worst of it. >> reporter: at this bar across the street from te harbor the power was already out but people were trying to squeeze in

the ocean water, pushing in that way and against the south shore of long island. we had record storm surge already here, and the tide is not quite in, at the battery in lower manhattan. and we have another 15 minutes or so to go there. plus, we have the deviation in the wind, which will add to the storm surge. so we're estimating a foot or so of storm surge to increase yet in battery park. and we still have now, the storm surge coming in up here in the southern part of new england. so all of these things going on here at the same time. so four to eight feet of storm surge on the jersey shore, the south shore of long island. but look at the six to 11 feet including new york city, including long island sound, and still big storm surges out here even on cape cod because of the monster circulation. and the hurricane-force wind warnings go from cape cod all the way down to virginia, so so much going on here. so the concerns of the rising water are not far from you in the lower manhattan area, and all around new york city and long island. >> brian norcross, from the rel

long island, coastal connecticut and all of coastal rhode island, this angle of approach piles the water up for 12 to 24 hours. the high tide cycle we're about to approach will be very impressive at day break. the one later tonight between 7:00 and 9:00 right after sunset, that's the one that's going to be destructive and has the possibility to be historical. the center of the storm, we've had an eye feature trying to form. it shows signs of that as the eye. as the storm continues to progress the winds will dramatically pick up. don't be fooled with the winds. they're similar to when you went to bed. as the storm begins to move towards land it will increase this afternoon. the power outage will start in earnest and spread inland this afternoon but especially this evening as this makes landfall. when those 60 to 80 mile per hour gusts hit, trees will come down. high wind warnings from maine to virginia. never seen warnings covering this much real estate. the winds aren't bad. ocean city maryland, 39. winds are starting to pick up though. atlantic city, new york city, lock island, also out

the long island railroad that runs from new york city to long island has been shut down, service from new york city's buses and subways have come to a halt as well. there are evacuation shelters being set up in new york city, 72 of them that are up and running right now but we're told that only about 1100 people are currently staying inside of them. now, here in the rockaways preparing for a potentially life-threatening storm surge. all along the coast homes with a gorgeous ocean view and, again, many people have decided to stay put, tape up their windows and hope for the best. veronica? >> tracy trahan of wnbc, thanks very much. as hurricane sandy barrels closer to the storm it's being felt on the campaign trail and with the election just eight days away, the impact could be just what both candidates either wanted or feared the most. nbc tracie potts has the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're on the south side of that storm dumping so much rain. so far light rain. we have not yet felt the full effects of sandy but the wages aren't taking any chances. with t

words on long island. >> gretchen: teach me to say it. >> brian: long island.one does it. hard g. they are going to stop traffic. if you know that area, there is no way to get around there. there is where the islanders pay and looks like it was built in 1952. we can't get in the arena . then hofstra. and with the sitting president security and insane. >> gretchen: you can get there with a jet pack. >> steve: or by the water. in the meantime if hillary clinton was thinking of running for president in 2016 what she did late yesterday would make this next development a head scratcher. down in lima, peru she met with reporters and essentially what she said, you know the buck stops with me. not the president. i am responsible for the security lapses in benghazi. >> i am for the state department and more than 60,000 people around the world . the decisions about security assets are made by security professionals, but we are going to review everything to make sure we are doing what needs to be done in an increasingly risky environment around the world. i can't speak to

long island sound, long island coast.t pressure. 940 millibars bread when the pressure goes down, it means that the storm is strengthening. quite a difficult thing. the fact that we have a tropical system this far north, this time of year, such a strong pressure. you can see the eye of the storm is very close to the jersey shore. right there, hours away from landfall. that is the headline right now. i kind of wish that the national hurricane center had put up hurricane watches and warnings. it maybe would've helped people to really know what the storm is capable of. we will just say that it is going to be a hurricane in the next couple of hours. it'll maintain that status as it makes landfall across the jersey shore. a long limbed wind event. here at 6:00 p.m., there is the eye of the storm. making landfall. ninety, 100, 100 miles per color. the worst of the storm is north. new york city, north harbour, long island sound, you get the worst of the rent and wayne and the storm surge. megyn: here in new york they are warning

this is the western most bare your island on long island. very close to new york. rrier island overtopped with water. fire starts. the fire department tries to get out there. it's flooded and it's a barrier island. difficult to get to. the winds were gusting to 80 miles per hour. so you have a fire started. and these homes are very very close together there. >> they are packed. >> they are packed. you get winds going 80 miles per hour. why don't know what started the fire. >> some kind of electrical situation even though the electric went down you have got a lot of oil and got a lot of gas hanging around. so that wiped out pretty much this whole neighborhood wiped out the neighborhood that's something that's been there 150 years. >> such a beautiful treasure of a community. a lot of first responders back in 9/11, bill live here and also the town right in the community where that airline went down couple months after 9/11. they have been hit. >> it's right adjacent to kennedy airport. go to the snow. huge blizzard in west virginia and parts of lower ohio. this thing

the story is that this wind field and this storm surges all the way to long island. ll the way to connecticut and rhode island. it's going to make wind and waves as far south as north carolina, and it already has. pushing water up the chesapeake, making a snowstorm in west virginia. there are so many arms to this storm. so many different things, to so many different people. waves will crash on shore in maine of 24 feet. there will be waves on top of a 20 foot storm surge on long island. you can't put your head around how many people are actually in the way of this. >> chad, where is it now? can you tell us where it is now in the path of the storm? >> finally, finally we can see it on the radar. for most of its life it's been far off shore. we couldn't show you the radar. we had to show you this satellite. we can now show you the center of circulation that's right there, and if i draw a line just a vertical line right across here, that would be right at the border between delaware and maryland. is it still has a northward movement to it. i don't know how long that nort

connell: zooming in on long island, there is long beach. >> the wind and rain really starting to pickp. there are three ways in and out of long beach. two other bridges are northbound only. they want people to get out of dodge and get out of the path of sandy. the long bridge has been flooded. nassau county under a state of emergency and also mandatory evacuation. if you take a look behind me, there were some crazy surfers finally, people are starting to really heed the warnings. boy, is it really getting big. what are we is expecting is high tide at 8:00 o'clock tonight. that is when problems could really be getting worse. the storm surge, during the height of the storm, which is going to be tonight when we get hit the hardest, we will have 11-foot storm surge with a potential of 20-foot waves going on top of that and just slamming into the coastline, obviously, coming up on the boardwalk. many people have heeded the warnings. they are remembering what happened with irene last year. other people are saying, you know, we have been through the storms before. we are hunkering down and w

my man carlos behind me is one of the most popular men in all of long island. owner of this shell station was actually shocked when this truck drove up. had he no idea it was coming. he told his wholesalers that he needed gas. i had a sheet of paper it was his last check before the truck arrived. he was out of 2,000 gallons after having started at 8,500 for the day. he probably had only two hours left of gasoline. originally carlos was working out of queens. that had nothing. this was out of holtzville on long island. he is not even sure how much gasoline they have left. he came with a delivery of 7,600 gallons of regular unlead. he's done. he's actually been delivering gas since 4:00 a.m. this morning. people that are getting gas here, some have been in line for upward of 45 minutes to getting people that come from two, three, four towns over telling me anecdotally there is no gas outside of these two spots for miles. okay? they're not only filling their cars, they're filling up for their generators. so what's fascinating about this is that yesterday when i wa

there is also a report, according nassau county authorities of at least onene fatality here on long island. that is the latest from lon island, just outside of new york city here tonight. >> thank you to ron in the middle of a blackout. next up, historic rescue in the raging sea. a capsized ship and the helicopter pilot battling 50-mile-per-hour winds to save those aboard. let's see if we can get one past the defense. hut! go! here it comes! rig on the numbers! boom! get it! spin! oh, nice hands! chest bump. ugh! good job, man. nice! okay, halftime. now, this is my favorite play. oh! i'm wide open. oh, fumble. fumble. don't want to fumble any y of these. [ male announcer ] share what you love, with who you love. kellogg's frosted flakes. it's up... and it's good! good?! they're grea follow the wings. i'm a conservative investor.v. i turned 65 last week. i'ning a life. e risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. ever

they actually have crews from the national forest service they have been september to long island. waiting for the order to go out with a chain saw and with the woodchipers and engage in this removal of debris and cut down these trees that have damaged power lines. and so the order needs to be given. i had a conversation just yesterday with secretary napolitano and fema administrator and told them to expedite the order to get the crews in to do the removal of debris. >> the president said he wanted to make sure to get rid of red tape so are you still encounters red tape? >> up until now most federal resources have been on a search and rescue mission and that's what should have happened. the first obligation of the federal government is to save lives and make sure everybody's accounted for. as that phase windes down, the second phase in my view is restoration of power and based on the briefing i received today there needs to be a focus on that. i have called on the secretary of homeland security, the administrator of fema and others to focus on that. >> congressman steve israel, tha

>> long island, once we need with you connectivity here in long island, we spent all last night and thisrning making sure we were ready to go. >> can you tell me what it's like to navigate a market like this, when you have half a state of and at a location that's not your own? >> the 7:30 this morning we are pretty much 100%. our etf was if you recally functional waiting for the market to open. and to get to the marketplace. >> once the market opened this morning, it was a little tense tiff. i think people wanted to see if there was liquidity in the marketplace. after the first 15 or 120 minutes, it was pretty much business as usual. >> how do you think volumes will look? volume thus star described by our bob pisani has been light to moderate. we're watching the market turn a bit lower. not too far from the lows of the day. does it pick you were as we head to the end? >> i think it has already. i think with the market opening up this morning and having a reversal our blotters are getting fuller. i think as people sigh the market going this way -- >> good to talk with you, wish you the be

he is live in new hyde park out on long island. over to you. >> reporter: simon, on long island there just aren't a lot of gas stations that are even open. the shell station behind me, the ones that are open, are tremendously busy. this is a side street. several streets lines are into the same station. the man who runs the station's name is bill. he said it is the absolute busiest day he has ever seen at this station. as for those people waiting in line, they're just trying to make the best of a difficult situation. >> about an hour. this is the only one that's working. >> this is the first gas i saw. so i pulled in. i've got a half a tank. i thought i'd top it off. >> oh, absolutely. the house is freezing. we got two, three cities no power and we haven't seen a truck yet. hasn't seen anybody. actually see fema, but no one else. >> reporter: the station behind me began the day with 8,000 gallons or under 3,000. they think they'll be out by 4:00 p.m. across the street they started out with 6,000. they're at about 1,500. neither expe

long island power authority, officials with that utility warning customers and residents here they couldthout power for as long as seven to ten days, those power outages they say could begin as early as later on tonight. long beach is a barrier island, at this point there is no mandatory evacuation here. the medical center here on this ilan has been under the mandatory evacuation. patients there have been relocated. other hospitals in the area we can tell you, they evacuated their lower level floors ahead of this storm. this is nassau county. if you go up to suffolk county, it's a different story there. on fire ilan, a barrier island, very prone to flooding, there is a mandatory evacuation at this point. residents have until 2:00 to leave there. that's when the ferries will end. back here on long beach, the waves attracting thrill seekers. a lot of surfers in the water. officials saying don't go in the water, stay inside and prepare. back to you. >> jonathan vigliotti, thanks for the report from long island. >> a lot of big waves. we saw a couple surfers in that shot. >> the calm before