middlesex water is experiencing heavy call volumes with reports of no water or low pressure in south am boy. 3,000 homes are affected there. they're on top of the situation, and there's some wider boil water advisories in middlesex counties. the canoe brook water treatment plant is currently down due to flooding. as a result, the following towns are under a boil water advisory. west orange, short hills, mill burg, maplewood, boil your water, attorney general, maplewood. ive. >>> getting a few updates from the governor of new jersey chris christie, who says the next two days very important for that state as they are anticipating flooding. there are concerns right now about the ramapo river, the govern, 650,000 people, by the way in new jersey without power. the governor of new york cuomo announced there's a closurer the tappan zee bridge here, due to flooding on the new york state thruway. so there you have it, a couple updates. in the meantime, the national weather service has. >> 3 hundred national guard treats. mad torrie evacuation are in force, none narragansett, where ron blome

i will tell you that the shelters in monmouth county and middlesex were well organized, and there arele there and obviously they'll remain there. i was very impressed with the effort of the various shelters. >> we thank you for your time there. >> thanks very much. >> we're going to go from new jersey to tom costello, who is live in ocean city, maryland. let's get an update on the residents there. you said previously they were being allowed to come back. wow, did i see surfers in the water behind you? >> reporter: surf's up, dude. they're taking advantage of this spectacular -- we have blue skies and sunshine, and it stopped raining, and they're letting everybody back into ocean city. people who own businesses, people who are residents, they've been allowed in since 9:00. at noon they're opening up to everybody el else. police say they've had no incidents whatsoever to speak of. extremely, extremely minor flooding, so it looks like ocean city is ready to resume of summer. with that, i think it's time to take off the garb, if you will, and next time you hit me, i'm going to be wearing

fairfield, new haven, middlesex, new haven counties all under a hurricane watch. the coastal communities are expected to feel the brunt of the storm with heavy rain beginning late on saturday and the storm moving through the state on sunday. now speaking from martha's vineyard where he's wrapping up his family vacation, president obama urged people in the path of the hurricane to take this storm seriously. >> all indications point to this being a historic hurricane. the more you can do to be prepared now, making a plan, make a supply kit, know your evacuation route, follow instructions of your local officials, the quicker we can focus our resources after the storm on those who need help the most. >> joe williams is the white house reporter for politico. joe, i need you to stand by because vincent gray the mayor of d.c. has just started a briefing. we want to take part of that. >> our department of public works for the last 24 hours has been making sandbags available to people who would like to have them to address their concerns about the possibility of flooding.