brian conybeare joins us from manasquan. >> reporter: dana, it is cold and windy here along the manasquan river just off the ocean right now. people are preparing for whatever happens this weekend but they know the jersey shore is stronger now because of what happened three years ago. some parts of the jersey shore are still rebuilding from superstorm sandy three years ago. >> it would be foolish not to be concerned. >> reporter: mary ryan lives on the ocean in manasquan and remembers sandy all too well. but she is hopeful this weekend's blizzard is nothing like that historic storm. >> a lot of people still have not been able to recover from sandy. so we do consider ourselves in a recovery period still. >> reporter: up and down the preparing, front-end loaders piling up protective sand dunes along miles of beaches just in case, and the real concern here is flooding with whipping winds the expected storm surge and a full moon high tide on saturday. >> when you have the wind coming out of the east, the water can't get back out. so one high tide builds on top of the other. >> reporter: manas

now yesterday i spoke to manasquan's mayor ed donovan about the three foot berm that stretches across here, says that is enough sand to protect these ocean front homes basically right on the beach here. earlier we went into town and spoke to the manager who says she'll be assisting the manager, if you need groceries and unable to get out of the house call today they are doing deliveries. on main street as the fire department in the case of an evacuation, their doors will be open for people and out here assisting people to get out of their homes, we're live in manasquan, meg baker cbs news. >>> let's go to andrea grimes who is live in brooklyn where the mayor is urging people to stay off the roads. morning that new york city has a huge capacity to deal with situations adding it is going to be a full-court press in terms of the response. meantime, many shots across the five boros including this blizzard is good for business. >>> at the hardware store here in brooklyn, customer david snatched up 50 pounds of salt shipment. >> i'm an australian guy scared of the blizzard. >> how long have

so live here in manasquan. toni yates, channel 7. >> full moon, huh. >> thanks for bullying you're way back to the show. >> glad you're moving. >> usually high tides will be up for an hour or so and then start to recede. the winds settled down which is helping a lot but after being, you know, battered yesterday with the waves up to 15, 20 feet, being shoved against the beach erosion for the shoreline. >> was it as bad as feared the erosion. >> i saw horrific pictures coming from the coast yesterday, streets turning into rivers and ice chunks floating down the river. i'm sure a lot of people are dealing with a lot of disappointment because they did so much and a lot has been done to the beaches to prepare for events like this. unprecedented, again, and following superstorm sandy. things are not the same. this storm turns out be to be the second snowiest storm in new york city history and we missed the top spot by only .1 inches. outside there is a lot of snow to clean up. we have clear skies overhead. 22 degrees

we're live in manasquan tonight. >> thank you. coastal flooding from the winter storm is always a major concern for residents on staten island. plow workers spent much of the morning fort identify ify the sand dunes. memories of flooding from super storm sandy are all too vivid. >> mother nature is a fickle little woman so it's hard to say what's for sure. i'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best. just like goi through life. >> staten island ferry service expected to operate on schedule but riders do allow time for weather related delays. >> west chester county is fully preparing for the storm. even as we speak they held a news conference today and he extra police patrols on the parkway. warming centers will open but some residents say they're not too worried about the snow. >> i'm looking forward to it. i hope it's not that bad. we still have transportation. we still have mail but all in all, i love the wintertime, you know. that's living in the north is all about. >> and rob says westchester is ready to pitch in if other

we're live in manasquan. meg baker, cbs 2 news. >>> here in new york city, a hazardous travel advisory has been issued for saturday and sunday. cbs 2's alice gainer has more now on how everyone is she is live in the concourse village section of the bronx. alice. >> reporter: this home depot is already sold out of salt. workers say that people began buying bags of salt around 6 a.m. this morning, mostly contractors. one man said this is the third store in the area he has been to that sold out of salt. >> trying to get some salt. it's all going. >> reporter: plenty of shovels in stock but if you are looking for salt there is none. some got the last few bags. chad fernandez of the bronx did manage to grab the only two small salt containers left. >> i'm buying the last two, that's it. anybody that come after me you outta luck. >> reporter: elsewhere in new york city, salt is no issue. >> we have 303,000 tons of rock salts on hand. and you can see some of it right here. york city's newest salt barn at the corner o

we are live in manasquan, toni yates channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> governor christie announced this afternoon he's had a change of heart and decided he will stop campaigning in new hampshire and return to the garden state to coordinate storm preparations. >> i want to make sure the people in my state feel safe and secure. i'm going to go back this afternoon, and then i will try to come back on sunday. >> with more on the storm concerns in new jersey, eyewitness news reporter, 7 on your -- eyewitness news reporter, sephon kim is is. >> reporter: 400 homes destroyed by sandy, and what will happen this weekend. dpw crews are keeping a close eye on this area. at the dpw site in wood bridge, 1200 pounds of salt, 80 trucks and plows, and a hundred workers at the ready to clear roads this weekend. forecasters say this storm will pack a punch bringing high winds along with the snow, and that will cause problems. >> the wind is going to cause a lot of white out. the snow is going to drift. my guys are going to have a hard time determining where the road ends and where the curb is. >> reporte

we're standing in manasquan issue where the ocean meets the bay and the manasquan river isn't too far off, this will fill up and the fear is with these strong winds the water will sit there until the next high tied causing major back bay flooding. >> sandbags are already blocking doors along the boardwalk in point pleasant, what could be a powerful storm this weekend. >> these people must really be concerned. >> many homes of the -- >> we've had waves coming up and slow down the street. >> patricia is planning to pull up rugs and move furniture upstairs just in case. manasquan mayor was hoping this could prevent a major crisis. >> supposedly we have enough sand on the beach to protect us from a 100 year storm i think this will fall below the threshold. about the back bay flooding issues here. >> northeast, which they are talking about usually this whole area in manasquan right to the other end is always flooded. so if you're not out of here when the storm or tied gets hide you'll not get out. >>> the mayor surveyed the beach with a drone. >> our beach is wider we have more sand, we ha

for this storm than any storm that's ever come our way before. >> reporter: four miles south in manasquan, town officials are using loud speakers to warn people in low-lying areas. 75-year-old pat galdieri had to have her entire home renovated after sandy. >> i get a little nervous because we no longer have protection in the front of our house like we did. originally we had a wall. >> i gotta go home. >> reporter: as his state prepared, governor chris spending last two days campaigning in new hampshire. today he changed his mind and returned. >> if i didn't go back, they'd criticize me. when i cogo back, they'll criticize me for whatever i do when i'm there. >> reporter: yesterday, new jersey learned it will only receive $15 million of the $326 million it requested from the sandy disaster relief program. scott, federal officials blame a weaker application than states like new york, which will get $212 million in relief aid. >> pelley: jericka duncan, thank you very much. in another important story tonight, there is a new daight, the tenth, caused by a defective air bag made by takata. now

that high tide that ran us off brielle road in manasquan that should recede pretty soon. the street we're on here in brielle if you look down the street, it looks slushy, that is some of those flood waters still up here but for the most part all over the area because we came from toms river, we went through brick and brielle and of course manasquan a lot of the regular roads are looking typically like this. i mean, they're slush covered, snow covered, so kind of slippery. if you get out, you know, be warned you need to drive a little careful, so the roads are looking like that except for the low-lying areas like brielle road. we'll show you that video. that street had only slush on it this morning when we first but then that bay area just started coming up pretty quickly. last night high tide here, the water rescue and firefighters came through checking on people. one lady we met today in fact this morning here in brielle she was cleaning off her car to drive over to manasquan to check out the houses she could get to. she said some neighbors called. they were evacuated so

jericka duncan is in manasquan, new jersey. >> reporter: in belmar, new jersey, bulldozers were busy this afternoon trying to shore up a mile-long sand dune built after super storm sandy. that storm caused more than $36 billion worth of damage to the state. this weekend's storm has some of the same characteristics as sandy-- coming during a full moon and high tide. >> we are more prepared for this storm than any storm that's ever come our way before. >> reporter: four miles south in manasquan, town officials are using loud speakers to warn people in low-lying areas. 75-year-old pat galdieri had to have her entire home renovated after sandy. >> i get a little nervous because we no longer have protection in the front of our house like we did. originally we had a wall. >> i gotta go home. >> reporter: as his state prepared, governor chris christie received criticism for spending last two days campaigning in new hampshire. today he changed his mind and returned. >> if i didn't go back, they'd criticize me. when i cogo back, they'll criticize me for whatever i do when i'm there. >> report

it live in manasquan, toni yates. >>> governor christie is reconsidering his strategy. yesterday he said he would not cancel his out of state campaign plans. now he has said he hasn't made a final decision on if he would return home. >> if i feel like it's necessary for me to get down there, i will, but i'm not driving a plow truck, okay. we have all of our people ready to go. we've been through hurricane sandy. >> mayor de blasio said it is wrong for christie to remaine new hampshire. he said christie needs to see what is happening firsthand. >> the mayor also says that new york city will be ready. the city has issued a travel advisory and is asking everyone to stay off the streets. >> reporter: well, good afternoon, diana. up until now, let's be honest, we've had a mild winter but that is about to change drastically in the next 24 hours. that's why today city officials are letting residents know that they are ready for the storm and this first real battle with old man winter. the waters here in sheepshead bay are calm right now. a cold sunny friday about to give way t

we were in manasquan yesterday one other town they had their emergency vehicles for flood zones ready just in case they had to go in but if you just kind of stay out of those areas, those people will not have to go in and try to get you the wind is really whipping out here. we all came down from very far distances and so the roads this morning were really, really bad the plow crews were out early. i was in my car at 2:00 in the morning, took me four hours to get here on the way we saw lots of cars that were stuck in the snow drifts saw the plows trying to get around them the salt trucks out there ran into some of the guys at one of the convenience stores and they looked tired but really happy to be out there. i apologized i said i'm so sorry that i had to be out in my car this morning but i did stay out of the way it is very so many people on social media have told us they are going to stay inside that's a good thing because it is really no reason to come outlet the plow crews have the roads so they can get them ready when this storm stops now we in seaside heights stay warm, stay saf

jericka duncan is in manasquan, new jersey. >> reporter: in belmar, new this afternoon trying to shore up a mile-long sand dune built after super storm sandy. that storm caused more than $36 billion worth of damage to the state. this weekend's storm has some of the same characteristics as sandy-- coming during a full moon and high tide. belmar mayor matt doherty. >> we are more prepared for this storm than any storm that's ever come our way before. >> reporter: four miles south in manasquan, town officials are using loud speakers to warn people in low-lying areas. 75-year-old pat galdieri had to have her entire home renovated after sandy. >> i get a little nervous because we no longer have protection in the front of our house like we did originally we had a wall. >> i gotta go home. >> reporter: as his state prepared, governor chris christie received criticism for spending the last two days campaigning in new hampshire. today he changed his mind and returned. criticize me. when i do back, they'll criticize me for whatever i do when i'm there. >> reporter: yesterday, new jersey learned

look at this picture from manasquan, and take a look at the video from margate city in atlantic county just south of atlantic city. severe flooding on the roads right now. eyewitness news reporter a.j. ross, she is in point pleasant, ocean county. a.j. >> reporter: joe, sandra, been putting on a show here along the beach in point pleasant all day today with this wintry, snowy ice mix that's just been blustery. the wind gusts have been extremely powerful pushing the ocean closer and closer to the shoreline. the good news is that the sand dunes here seem to have withheld the high tide. there's no noticeable erosion. but as we now begin to recover, flooding is certainly the next concern. all day the waves have been crashing here along point pleasant beach wrestling with these double-digit wind gusts. earlier today we caught up with governor chris christie as he visited the shoreline and detailed how crews have been working around the clock to clear the major roadways and highways and restore power to thousands of homes. >> we're now down to 50,000. now, we have very few outages in the nor

voluntary voluntary evaluations at brick, manasquan, toms river, and the storm shaping up to be bad enough that it finally pulled governor christie back to new jersey. he will be giving a storm update at 8:00 p.m. that you can watch on nbc new york.com. >> yeah dave and we can add more towns now to the list of voluntary evacuations. lacy, little egg harbor and seaside park and the threat of course is a potential for a surge off of barnegat bay. if roads flood you could likely be stranded. >> high tide during sandy and a prediction this storm could come within half a foot of these waters. so many low lying areas have voluntary evacuation areas along barnegat bay and there's this. >> if you stay you're staying at your own risk. >> a voluntary evacuation order thursday night became mandatory friday afternoon. cops going door to door to break the news. father chuck insisting they'll tough it out. >> but if you have a health problem and he gets cutoff by the road. >> we have a boat. >> we'll check on them periodically urging him to leave the area. >> sandy swamped this area three plus years ago

a mandatory evacuation order has been issued and residents are also urged to get out of manasquan, brick, toms river, and tuckerton if you're in a low lying area. brian is in barengat. >> the road behind me is the only lifeline for dozens of homes down here and this sign >> mandatory evacuation. >> hate to be the bearer of bad news. >> and with that warning police urgently went door to door. a voluntary evacuation of bay shore drive now mandatory. >> we have been through these before and they're not usually as bad as most people make them out to be. >> so you'll stay. >> we're still thinking about it, yeah. >> but based on what police saw during sandy more than three years ago down here they want people out, period. the high tide surge could be within a half of a foot of what sandy delivered. deadly if rescue is needed. >> nobody wants to be in waist deep freezing cold water in blizzard wide out conditions. >> with a bridge being rebuilt down here there's only one way off this peninsula. but some do have alternatives. >> i have boats. i can get out. i'm fortunate. i have that and if need

. >> the day after the storm it is a beautiful sunshiny day in the brielle manasquan area. the police departments in both boroughs are asking people, please, there are still flooded streets, do not drive through the flood waters, let oem clear it out, let the tides recede, we're on fisk avenue in brielle. you see the brown? that is still the bay covering up some of the street of fisk avenue. let the waters recede. we want to show you some of that video. the streets looking pretty much like they're just manageable but low-lying areas on brielle road, this is the video that the street had only slush on it when we first got here at 5:45 this morning. but then that bay area started coming up quickly. last night even high tides were out there. rescue and firefighters cheksd on the people who didn't voluntarily evacuate. in fact, one lady said she was going over to check on the houses for her friends. and then of course today is the cleanup day and we found two young men, justin and matt getting busy trying to clear out the driveway and the sidewalk. >> what is the snow like this

this picture was taken in manasquan, new jersey, on fourth avenue. the water has completely covered that intersection. the entire road there. >> and it is not just the rain we're dealing with, also it is windy out there as well. viewers sent us this video of the wind and waves over at the waves even reached the dunes

around by high winds, we are three hours and some change, about 1:00 this afternoon officials in manasquan moved people, evacuations trees down, power outages, 100,000 customers that's not people that's houses apartments, customers in new jersey without power let's go to brooklyn to bay ridge where marcus is showing us what it looks like good morning to you marcus. >>> good morning michelle and rob, it is almost the whiteout condition, very poor visibility wind for a little bit we had a pocket there where it wasn't coming down, as windy as the wind picks up, makes it tough to see right in front of you. we've got george here, he has his friend jake look at jake, is he having a good time or what? >> he hasn't had a lot of storms in his lifetime. himself right now. >>> what kind of dog? >> he is a golden doodle. he seems to be enjoying this, is he enjoying this more than you? >> my feet are starting to freeze and my fingers are a little bit frostbite. i think he is having a good time here. you came out to walk him what are your plans are you going to stay in? >> i'm going to stay in shovel my

flooding in the back bays of ventnor and margate and this was sent in from my twitter follower in manasquan, get off the coach and move the car. here's the brighter side of the story. millville, 58, dover, 62. we're going for a record high of 6 are 5 shattering the record high back in 1950. we have clouds and showers, coming up we'll talk about the colder changes in the seven-day forecast. >>> okay, chris, thank you for the update. the big story on "action news" is the historic jackpot up for grabs in the next powerball drawing. >>> there was no winner in last night's drawing that makes wednesday's jackpot worth, are you ready? $1.3 billion and it could swell from there, too. last night's jackpot was worth $949,800,000. that alone was a new record. then overnight, again, the pot continuing to grow. max caught up with people at melrose dinner who admit they will be spending more money for a rare opportunity. >>> it's insane. if i hit i'll probably buy my family houses here and there. >>> it's crazy, if i win, i would probably pay the funds to everyone, homeless. >>> family first and you know

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