let's start on the hard-hit new jersey shore, meteorologist mike seidel is at pleasant point beach. and mark, i saw your site, i am curious to learn where you are. >> reporter: yeah, good evening, brian, and pardon the lighting but we're doing the best we can tonight without electricity. the power is out. i just saw some more power flashes here. we had to leave our position on the beach about an hour and a half ago, first, the dish was taking quite a beating from the wind. we don't want to lose the dish, then we pull inland to get off the beach. and the whole property is under water. we're a ways back, look behind me down the street, the water is rushing down the street like a river, coming down in rapids. and earlier, we got whipped not only by the water but the waves and wind. the crew back there is waist deep, away from the atlantic in a town here at the back door of the hotel, you can see the sea foam, this orange pile-on floated in, all kinds of debris floating in. the crews are staying here. all i can say is i have never witnessed anything like this. usually, we pull back or w

weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is?ginia beach, new jersey tonight, where the wind is whipping up. where can we expect the storm to moving in the next few days? >> reporter: the atlantic now taking over the entire beach here at point pleasant. this morning's high tide was up to there. and lester tomorrow we have two disastrous high tides. by tuesday, this entire coastline is going to be rearranged. take a look at the swirl off cape hatteras, we're still more than 500 miles away from the storm, that winter like jet stream is juicing the storm, that's why we have a blizzard warning on the backside of a hurricane, this is going to take a left jab, an ali jab on new jersey. surge will be at record levels in some spots. >> mike seidel for us tonight. thank you. and that is nbc nightlily news for us this evening. stay us for continuing coverage and full coverage tomorrow morning. coming up next football night in america. followed by monday night football t saints and the broncos. i'm lester holt reporting tonight from the bea

not a combination here. >> that's mike seidel from the weather channel. and down the coastline of the jersey shore. >> 100%. thank you, mike. >>> the swelling bay to the shrinking beach at rehoboth, she took us there so we could take it in. now wendy is back and we are looking back on her days and nights with sandy. >> we closed all the doors and look, it's like the "exorcist" in here. how do we get her out of here? up here, you get a raw sense of this wind. and it has just -- it really hurts your face. i've got to ask this man, does your mother know you're dressed like this in a storm? we were talking about how calm it was on the ocean side. that's because all the wind whipped back around and was push thing water in from the bayside. look, this is the bay. this is the bay! we weren't seeing this kind of wave action. and look at this monster coming in! wow! these have increased. i'm now huddled against the building to get out of the wind. it's been a while since i covered a hurricane and note to self, waterproof mascara. waterproof mascara. i'm starting t

the weather channel's mike seidel is live in singer island, florida this morning. mike, what can you tell us about the precautions being taken there now? >> reporter: good morning, barbara. we are getting the brush by today as expected. a little rain moves in. the squalls will bring gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour. we have had wind erosion. the beach chairs held on for dear life. they were flapping in the air. here is the big impact. this was expected and forecasted. a lot of beach erosion as i come toward the surf, this is not normal. this is what happened over the past day, day and a half. tides going out. walk up the hill, it's not a vertical drop off, but a slope. these five or six feet of beach have been lost on the coastline. that's not good. again, this all moves out. the winds blow offshore tonight and tomorrow. coming down to florida from the district, maryland, virginia suburbs for vacation. the storm pulls away. there will be a lot of wind on the backside. it's going to be windy in south florida. our attention turns up the coast t

weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is on singer island, florida, as the hurricane closes in andthose shots already look a little bit treacherous. give us an update point storm and how close should the northeast prepare to it? >> hey, good morning, luke. yes, we're getting what we expected. a brush-by by from hurricane sandy today. winds in the squalls are gusting 45 to 50 miles an hour. right now out of a squall but the steady wind blowing the sand off the top of the beach so getting wind erosion. towards the water and watch how i kind of disappear from the camera shot because i'm walking down a big slope here. we've lost about four or five feet of beach so a lot of beach erosion. these winds will turn northwest, blow offshore and cut down on the beach issues going into tonight and tomorrow. if you're coming to florida this weekend you'll have sunshine, still windy, though, tomorrow and breezy on sunday. then we turn our attention to the northeast. both models, european and american model bring a megastorm into the northeast. now where it makes landfill determines the impacts on

now i want to move over to the weather channel's mike seidel. point pleasant, new jersey, where this thing could be the highest impact, the biggest storm surge. mike, explain the fears of the storm surge there in new jersey and along the jersey shore. >> reporter: well, the fear is it's obviously going to be worse than irene because this storm is tracking to our south. it's going to go inland south of here. so that's going to pile the water up from now, from yesterday through today into tonight. and until the storm goes by us and gets past us on our longitude, then the winds will come back around. and that will be an offshore component of the wind. but that's not going to happen until sometime tomorrow. so in the meantime, the tide right now is trying to go out. it's not having much luck because the wind is blowing in from the northeast at 30 to 35 miles an hour. we're getting some gusts 45 miles an hour. but the worst of the storm is a long way away. we're still more than 40 # 0 miles away. when it comes in, as it gets closer, we'll have gusts a

weather channel's mike seidel is live in florida. bring us up to speed what you're seeing there and the prediction models you are watching for the storm now. >> hey, thomas, first, here this is one of the biggest impact and the only impact really tat we were worried about was this coastal erosion trend from hurricane sandy and i walk up the hill here. we've lost about five or six feet of sand. the wind has backed off a little bit now but we're still looking at some squalls today and we could still get wind gusts 40 to 45 miles hour an hour, but really it's been a coastal storm, the beach erosion and some wind erosion, but that is it. there's been no power outages. it's a brush-by. the storm now, by the way, due east from here, same latitude, heading north. let's show you the satellite loop and the latest from the hurricane center, category 1, 80 miles an hour maximum sustained winds and it slowed down 6 miles an hour northwest and it will turn north and the weekend here in florida looks pretty good although it will be quite windy esp

mike seidel from the weather channel, thank you. >>> an unimaginable tragedy here in new york where anny is expected of stabbing two young children to death before attempting to take her own life. the nanny is in critical condition with self-inflicted knife wounds. the children's mother found them after returning to their upper west side apartment with their third child. the children's father is a executive at cnbc. cnbc's president mark hoffman said there are simply no words to convey the magnitude of this tragedy. what we can do is come together to express our unwavering support for a friend in need. >>> in britain, his daughter is roving with encouraging speed. the 15-year-old pakistani girl was shot in the head by the taliban for advocating girl's education. her father says his daughter will rise again to pursue her dreams and adds she is the daughter of everybody. doctors say it does not appear that she suffered significant brain damage. >>> in spain more than 5.7 million people, 1 out of every 4 adults, are now out of work. spain is in its second recession in three years. it's u

the weather channel's mike seidel is right there for us now. mike?t point pleasant beach, you can really see how sandy decimated the beaches and brought the beach inland. this is ocean avenue, and it was an ocean last night, the water ripping through here at about 4 to 5 feet deep going well inland, this morning, as far as the eye can see, they're going to have to bring in front loaders and bulldozers. and right here, a sink hole that's developed with a big puddle of water. this hotel says they've never had water go in the front door, well, never has come to an end. and once you go inland about a block, you pick up the sea water that didn't go back into the atlantic. that's sitting there for five or six blocks. look at this parking meter. this will give you a great visual of how deep this sand is out here on ocean avenue. these buildings right here first floors, forget about it. all the beach front property not on high stilts, the first floor is a total loss because of the surge. the surge took out the boards. meanwhile, there's the atlantic out ther

the weather channel's mike seidel is live outside west palm beach in singer island with more on that. mike, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. not a bad morning so far. 81. it's kind of tropical here in late october. we've got winds running up to 20 miles an hour. they'll be ramping up as that hurricane makes its closest approach tomorrow. it's going to be north off the coast. all the models take you due north. we're not concerned about it making a shifty turn to the left. with that said, we'll still get some gusts down here from the palm beachs to miami. it is raining this morning from lauderdale down to miami. some of the rain bands will scoot into the coast. the major issues will be coastal with the wind, the beach erosion, rip currents. that will keep folks out of the water, at least for safety reasons, into saturday. once it goes by, the weather gets better on sunday. then the big question is where does it make the left turn as it goes north? does it head into, say, the maryland and delaware coast, or down east maine? the models have a big spread. that's the big ques

let me bring in weather channel meteorologist mike seidel who joins me now from palm beach, florida. ke this storm has turned deadly. we see what's happening behind you, 20 plus deaths already reported in the caribbean. this storm we just mentioned evacuation order issued in parts of new jersey. >> that doesn't surprise me. here on the beaches in florida we just got brushed by. i'm walking up the beach to give you and idea visually how much beach we lost. this wind is still whipping. five to six feet of beach. worst here. no power outages here so far. maybe a few. some rain still left in the system but a sunny, dry winnie weekend in florida. let's go to the loop. the storm has weakened somewhat. minimal hurricane, category 1. sandy with winds 75 miles per hour moving north at about seven to eight miles per hour. here's the track. here's what you need to worry about. northeast, mid-atlantic about 50 million people we counted up at the weather channel in the zone where you could have power outages. this will be a giant windstorm inland. we just got the new european model in it takes the

the weather channel's mike seidel is in point pleasant, new jersey. , if you can give us an update on the latest? >> good afternoon, alex. it is going downhill fast with these winds. i was out on the beach with irene for over 12 hours and this is about when i felt it. this storm is still a couple hundred miles away and the winds are gusting over 50 miles per hour. the highest surge will come in at about later this evening and go through this evening we will see the surge 6 to 8 feet. look at the atlantic. it is just ramped up, 10 to 12 footers out there. this is low tide. normally on a typical day you would have 150 feet of beach. it's all gone. and as that next high tide comes in we're going to see the worst of the beach erosion, coastal damage. this whole beach area will be rearranged. so far no reports of any significant damage, but some of the areas south of here, the dunes have been eaten by the wave action and some of the local authorities think some of those homes are going to be hit and fall into the atlantic later on tonight. so, it's only goi

. >> and the weather channel's mike seidel is reporting from singer island in florida, which is reporting erosion. >> reporter: yeah, down here the sun is breaking through the overcast. that doesn't mean we may not have a few more squalls. certainly the damage has been done to the beach here. i'm down here at the low water level. next high tide coming up in about five hours. but look as i walk up this hill. we've lost about five to six feet of beach. and then you see in the foreground the wind blowing the sand. so we're getting beach erosion. we haven't had a steady rainfall, there are no flood watches in effect. the storm will come in somewhere between virginia and new york city sometime monday or tuesday. now, inland the issues don't change a whole lot wherever the storm comes in, because it's going to be a giant wind storm and it's going to blow for a couple of days. a lot of power outages. where it comes onshore north of that center, the beaches are going to be ripped. we're talking about major beach erosion, coastal flooding and structural damage. that's potentially what we're lookin

. >>> let's get to the weather channel's mike seidel for the meteorologic side of the equation. he's currently in florida. >> the sun is breaking through the overcast. that doesn't mean we won't have a few more squalls, but certainly the damage has been done to the beach here. i'm down to the low water level. next high tide coming up in about five hours. as i walk up this hill, we've lost five to six feet of beach. then you see in the foreground the wind blowing the sand. we're guesting wind erosion and beach erosion. both were expected. now the rain has not been an issue down here because we haven't had a steady rainfall. there are no flood watches in effect. this is all pulling away. the storm is now going off to the north and now at 7 miles per hour as of the top of the hour, the latest update at 2:00 eastern is now a minimal 75-mile-an-hour hurricane. there's the satellite loop. you can see the swirl. it doesn't look that perfect right now. but what's going to happen is the jet stream's going to dive down and over the weekend and early next week we're going to have basically

joining us from florida, mike seidel from the weather channel. how is this storm going to progress? >> so far so good here. it's moving north at 5. still a category 2 hurricane. they had a wind gust to 114 miles an hour. it's now exiting cuba. we have hurricane warnings for most of of the bahamas. it will go due north, so it will avoid a direct hit here in florida, but we'll have winds ramping up as high as 60 miles an hour. also heavy rainfall and again the best bet is not go in the wear. we have dangerous surf. and that will run through saturday. once the storm rolls by, the winds will blow offshore and then the big concern is where does it end up. we have dueling models. the american model, european model. both take it somewhere between the mid atlantic and as far north as nova scotia. we're four to five days out, so we'll be watching that because fending on where gepding on broke it goes in, the impacts change. again, that's a monday/tuesday time frame. everybody is aware, there's a lot of buzz out there. we have never seen a tropical system t

mike seidel on the hybrid monster as you dubbed it that is sandy from point pleasant beach, new jerseyanks again. be safe. >>> topping our political headlines, president obama stopped by fema headquarters this afternoon monitoring preparations for hurricane sandy. he tried to reassure americans. >> the federal government is working effectively with the state and local governments. it's going to be very important that populations in all the impacted states take this seriously. listen to your state and local elected officials. my message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there. we're going to dut through red tape and not get bogged down with a lot of rules. we want to make sure we're anticipating and leaning forward. >> meanwhile the afternoon governor romney joining his running mate at a rally in toledo, ohio, on their bus tour today. a romney campaign senior advisor also announced a short time ago that the campaign is going to stop sending fund-raising appeals to the northeast states affected by the looming hurricane. florida senator marco rubi

. >> mike seidel in hell's kitchen. >> exactly. >> let's get right to the weather.sandy's effects are arriving up and down the mid-atlantic. winds are expected to reach 90 miles an hour, and already those living near the water have been forced evacuate. today it's expected to hook west and take aim at the northeast coast, leaving tens of millions of people just hours now to prepare. the entire new york city transit system is shut down. schools are closed along with those in baltimore, boston and washington, d.c. meteorologist bill karins is here with the very latest on the hurricane. bill. >> good morning to you, mika. and this storm is on schedule. nothing has changed. if anything, it's a little stronger than what we thought it would be at this point. and it's going to be moving on shore within the next 12 to 18 hours. this will be a 24-hour period for areas from the northern mid-atlantic, washington, d.c., all the way through boston that a lot of us will never forget during our lives. as you hear the winds howl later on today. so the storm as to this point has bee