the saturated air we have. and that orange that you have on the screen, the orange, that's the drier air. the drier air is starting to get pulled into the center of circulation. you can see the center of circulation northeast of ocean city, continuing to push off to the north at 20 miles an hour. we got an update. maximum sustained winds are 75 miles an hour. it's barely hanging on as a category 1 hurricane. it's gained forward speed, moving to the northeast at 20 miles an hour. it's risen 8 millie bar millib. there's the drier air, you can see it getting wrapped into the circulation, even on the backside of it in the washington area where our rain is letting up a bit and moving on out. that's partially because of the dry air moving in. good news for us here in the washington area. the grounded is saturated and we're still getting gusty winds, enough so where we could have more down the trees across the area. center of circulation, right there. i'm going to put this into motion. riding up to the north, moving i

you guys were just talking about the saturated ground. what we see is this tree just ripped from its roots, breaking through the concrete sidewalk. fortunately, no one was injured. this tree came down in the middle of the night about 2:00 in the morning. here's the dane rouse par, though. you're seeing all these power lines down. and there are several of them. and then if we could just pan up a little bit further you'll see is that power line, there's a transformer on top of that, and that is leaning. this is the dangerous part. there is a police line up here, so cars can note come through. there are several lines that are down and people are walking on the street. dangerous situation. obviously, the police have been here because they've put up that tape. as you can imagine, residents we've been talking to are pretty nervous about this situation here. as we made our way through queens, we're trying to check out reports of damage. we've seen some downed trees. you know, we're talking to soledad a few minutes ago. we hadn't seen widespread

is a compowning problem with flooding. >> if your ground is saturated and can't more water in and hold it, it comes to the top and sits there. we had 10 inches was rain in jfk airport and eight everyones in new york city and 12 inches around it and now another 10-12 inches for 24 inches and a period . adding winds 50 or 60 miles per hour and hitting your trees. there is leaves on the trees and more surface area and means they will topple. >> you make it so easy to understand. thank you, rick. i want to go to the federal emergency management agency. fema directors are up and the homeland security janet napolitano. they are holding a new's conference to let us know where we are. >> i spoke with governor perdue this morning, she said they were hunkered down. and they are ready to do damage assessments as soon as possible for assets like the bridges and the roads. irene is a large dangerous storm and people need to take it seriously and be prepared. as we suggested in the week, think of this in three phases. preparation and reponce and recovery. some of our states are now moving in the res

so all the ground was saturated.s were at flood stage when we got another 18 inches of rain or so. it does produce an epic flood in our state. mostly inland away from the coast suffered damages and flooding that had not been seen in any previous generation. i'm not expecting that type of flooding from this storm which is making landfall much farther to the east. we've been in a drought condition. not really anticipating those kind of inland floods. i do know that as irene moves northward and heads into the northeast and it is a large storm. it will dump a tremendous amount of rain, the northeast has had a lot of rain. the month of august was a very, very wet month up in the northeast. there are a lot of reasons to be concerned about river flooding in many parts of the northeast. >> oh, believe me as you well know we are very concerned here in the new york area, that's for sure. all right, jay barnes many thanks for weighing in and stay safe in atlantic beach, north carolina. >> thank you. >> kerry sanders is in atlan

and all of this saturated ground, from d.c. all the way to new england, tree also fall on houses, trees will fall on cars, trees will fall on streets with all of this wind, and saturated ground t root also not be able to hold those trees up. the hurricane right now is just about exiting north carolina and will move back into the gulf stream. it may generate itself just a little bit. it not expecting any regeneration. in fact as it moves off and just very close to virginia beach, it will travel right along the jersey shore and right into new york harbor. why do i say fear the water more than the wind? you can deal with the 60 or 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts, it will be just fine, limbs will be down, trees will be down, but the problem is already, wolf, think about this, new york harbor at the battery, how far is this storm away, 300 miles away away, the wind has already pushed an extra amount of water into battery park. and that's not moving out. and that water will stay there during these tidal surges. there hasn't been a low ti

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i can tell you the ground is saturated. and with this wind blowing and blowing and this rain coming down in sheets and pouring likely to continue for many more hours. you see how the wind is really picking up now. i'm still standing up in it but it's getting more and more difficult. >> john zarrella, we appreciate you. to our viewers, we will continue to check in with john and anderson. brian todd is there waiting on this thing as well. hello to you. and we have seen these pictures of what reynolds and john zarrella have been going through. it looks a little calmer there. how is it and how has it been the past few hours? >> it's intensified overnight and the last few hours. officials are worried about inland flooding. as reynolds and john mentioneded, there has been flash flooding the past few hours. you go through periods of calm, just a few seconds. and a few seconds later a huge micro-burst of wind. the river we were told a short time ago the search is under way for a man who fell or jumped into the river a short time ag

the sustained winds are mostly over the water with the now saturated ground. those kinds of winds -- remember isabel with a lot of tree damage in that area. i'll expect we'll see reports in that regard and that area also. then this evening overnight hours will go along the coast of the delmarva past places like ocean city impacting the delaware bay with storm surge and high winds. by either morning near north carolina moving up the coastline of nj new jersey very near new york city. i don't want you to get too carried away with that exact point on there. as you saw on the radar satellite imagery, the center is not a tight mgts eye. it's a broad area. right now hurricane-force winds, and we keep them in the forecast at least for now right up through a final landfall into new england. next slide, please. the tropical storm wind probabilities as we talked about for several days now, this gives you an idea of how large an area likely to be impacted by at least tropical storm-force winds while irene makes its trek up the eastern seaboard. whether they last for hour

cat skills area because of the saturated ground and nassau and suffolk counties, this still isn't done. >> we heard from mayor bloomberg while people are expected to get back to work as best they can, he does expect that nothing will be back to normal especially since you heard mta may not resume until mid afternoon and that's pow people get from point a to point b. >> offices and services will be open. >> maybe people will get free passes if they are late to work. >> maybe. >> as we're talking about new york, we want to talk about rhode island and we have kate baldwin standing by where the story appears to be the wind. >> reporter: it does feel to be the wind. as we've seen across the coast, there's relative calm and then i almost got blown over one additional time a few moments ago. it does still seem to be the wind. we have been getting a little more rain but nothing people feared could be heading our way. i will tell you as we've been talking about the concern throughout this state was the wind damage and all of the problems that they have been experiencing because of these fierce

those trees are in saturated ground. up gate wind gust like we're expecting 60 miles per hour and those trees will fall on hopes. that's the biggest concern i have. when the winds really pick up you need to be on the inside of your home somewhere safe just because these trees will be going every where. >> if you're in new york city, chad, and you're in one of those high rise buildings and let's say you live on the 20th floor of those buildings what do you do? do you just ride it out even though you're high up or you try to go down, down sort of lower level? >> well, there's a couple of schools of thought. i really path lot of time into this. the higher you go, the higher the wind speeds will be. 20% higher at level 30 or the 30th floor. 20% higher than at the surface. if you get up to about floor 60 or 70 you're talking toing about 30% higher. let's just say winds will be 60 miles per hour. at the top of that building you're looking at about 78 miles per hour. but now, you and i have been in new york city enough to know

more inone dated ground saturated with water. thank you very much bill karins.'s go to tom cost who is live in ocean city, maryland where things were rainy a short while ago but pretty much can you say you were safely on the other side of irene. it's come and gone? >> reporter: well i hope so. is bill there? it certainly seems to. about two hours ago when i did a live shot with you about 6:00 a.m. i was maybe a little too optimistic. i came out in shorts and just a quick rain jacket. >> the sun was out. >> reporter: boy was i mistaken. yeah. then we got hit by these really strong winds and then we got hit by more rain. so i decided i better put on the full get up again. this is probably the calmest we've seen the ocean here in 24 hours. as you can see it's got some good chop to it. not like yesterday. we had an nbc news crew is your straight streets of ocean city. if you have property in the ocean city area, if you own a home, if you are somebody who runs or owns a hotel, i think you can rest assured that there is probably no damage at the max. i would say you m

the amount of water that came down on top of saturated ground, and we still have winds at about 40 miles per hour knocking down trees. last number i heard, more than 4 million people without power. that may take weeks to put those power lines back. this sounds like quite a project. chad, thank you very much. >>> as you heard, the urgency at this hour is vermont. a state that ordered no mandatory evacuations. look at the fury the state is facing. an emergency official tells cnn that flooding is everywhere and conditions are awful. joining us by phone now is the vermont resident who took that video, david cadran from battleboro. you shoot that footage between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. tell us the situation now. >> it is still just as bad up here. the water is still going. i just talked to a friend of mine who said they saw an entire house go down battleboro, and the town was worried it might take out the bridge. >> are people leaving the area? those who aren't, are they getting help? are rescuers getting to them? >> have been some mandatory evacuations of downtown areas, particularly residential

with the ground long saturated by a month of record rainful, trees fell easily, pov lines and street signs bearing the signs of high winds. in these conditions, ordinary objects can cause damage and create danger. still many people took risks. there were the familiar scenes and the familiar reasons. >> it's a sight to see if you have the guts to come down and see it. i don't recommend it, though. >> reporter: despite a mandatory evacuation, the long beach city manager estimates a third to a half of the citizenses stayed home. who saul here? i have a -- >> reporter: michelle hosted a hurricane party overnight at her second-floor ocean-view apartment. >> we have our refrigerator loaded with none perishable foods. >> reporter: you could feed the whole town. >> yes, i could. >> reporter: one neighbor brought his cog. julie brought her eight-year-old son, brendan. >> i felt safer here than if i drove some place aimlessly. >> reporter: this is your first hurricane, right? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you think? are you nervous? are you impressed? >> i don't know. i think i'm nervous. >> re

the ground is saturated, another 10 inches and the wind on that saturated ground where the trees aren't firmly established and likely going to see trees going over causing widespread power outages through the weekend. rough weekend ahead. the worst starting tonight across the outer banks. tomorrow and tomorrow night headed up towards parts of the northeast. >> thanks rick. americans on the eastern seaboard brace for this hurricane, officials from the president to the secretary of homeland security and many governors are sounding the alarm. how dangerous is this storm? are americans on the east coast who haven't been hit by a storm lake this since hurricane gloria in 1985, prepared? joining me with analysis, chief meteorologist for weather bell analytics, joe bastardi. joe, thank you for being with us. >> it is my pleasure. >> lots of people talking about the weather tonight. lots of withins. i understand from -- lots of opinions. i understand from people that you are the man. i want to know from you, how big is this storm? what is its speed and where is it going? >> it is coming directl

all the ground was completely saturated. you put more rain on top and some wind and trees are falling down left and right. even people twittering, tweaking me claiming all the rotted trees in their neighborhoods are just falling down without even any wind at all now. it just -- the ground is so saturated, it has no holding ability whatsoever. flash flooding across most of vermont up into northern new hampshire as well. parts of maine, some reports of maine, almost one-third the entire state without pow are at this point and big time flash flooding here. west of boston. the berkshire mountains, significant flooding earlier. i'll change this out. show you the rain moved away. look at this graphic right there. that's just not flash flooding. that's all flooding. rivers that aren't flashing meaning they're not going up in one hour and down in one hour. almost every county from maine down through almost boston down into new jersey. some place there has flooding going on's at this point in time. now, the storm's wind is starting t

simply because the ground is so saturated.delphia at 13 inches of rain before the storm another 6 with the storm. that's 20 inches in one month. any tree that doesn't have deep roots could be knocked down, just with a gust of about 40 or 50 miles per hour that could certainly happen. these gusts will move back into new york in two hours. if you are in the city and saying it's over, well, not quite. west winds will be coming in about 40 miles per hour for you for the rest of the night. >> folks still need to heed the warnings. it's still kind of potentially dangerous. don't get too comfortable by venturing out. >>> we're finally getting the images coming in of the damage broad daylight in a lot of cities and states, including this life guard stand when the storm hit completely moving. we'll continue to show you all of these pictures of the destruction and tack to the mayor of stanford, connecticut back in just a moment. yup, we had a good year at chevy. they gave us a consumers digest best buy award. then they gave us an iihs t

because if that ground is getting saturated, you guys have had as wet a summer as we've had in new york. since you're our neighbors. you've got to wonder about that concern. have officials been addressing that? >> well, you know, you're exactly right. they've been talking about that all week. we've had such a wet summer, that a lot of the ground is very soft and a lot of the trees can tip over. we've seen the branches, the branches fall. as you say, we're going to have the power outage to deal with in the immediate future. but maybe in the next two, three days, we'll still be dealing with some significant flooding. our utilities, they have people working on the lines until about 2:30 this morning and once the winds picked up, they pulled them down. so if you're in the dark now in the connecticut area, you're probably not going to see any power back on until maybe later in the day and that's a very early estimate. because the utility crews can't get out in weather like this. >> jeff stricker of heartford station, wvit, a very sturdy guy in old saybrook for us, we'll check in with you aga

the sustained winds may be mostly over the water, with the now-saturated grounds.inds. remember isobel, we had a lot of tree damage in that area. i expect we'll see reports in that regard, in that area also. then this evening, overnight hours, it's going to go right along the coast on the delmarva, past places like ocean city and rehoboth, impacting the delaware bay, with storm surge and high winds then by early morning, be near cape may, new jersey, moving up the coastline of new jersey, affecting all the resort areas in new jersey during the morning hour and then making its next big landfall across long island into new england bay near new york city. i don't want you to get too carried away with that exact point on there. as you saw in the radar satellite imagery, the center is not a tight little eye. it's a broad area, right now, of hurricane force winds and we're going to keep hurricane force winds in the forecast at least for now, right up through final landfall into new england. next slide, please. the tropical storm wind probabilities, as we talked about for

. >> very saturated. >> that's it. the ground is saturated. can't support the winds and so much easier to tumble off, the trees, the power lines onto cars and homes. it mounts up because of the saturated soil and the incoming rain. so in the end, winds not so much. the calling card of hurricane irene in the end may be the heavy amount of dosing rain. it's so massive of a cloud shield, 430 miles wide and it's slow moving. which really is the worst thing that could happen because it's not going to hit and get out. it's going to slowly make its way through. >> sometimes that's the worst kind. we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon for more on that forecast, the path as well as how it's impacting travel because it's not over yet. >>> meantime, on some of the most vulnerable new yorkers were among the first to get to safety. how some of the city's hospitals prepared for irene. hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let me get a little information first. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your res

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we're already in saturated areas. there have been floods here over the last month. this is the wettest month on record in new jersey and new york. so we're already dealing with pretty bad conditions and now compounded by now tropical storm irene as well. so flooding remains an ongoing concern. a lot of people are out walking the streets trying to check things out. you see people town there along the river front. they are being advised not to do that. although here there's no downed electrical wires. there are areas that's flooded there are some downed electrical wires. there's a concern that people can get electrocuted. the warning continues to be to stay in your homes until this is completely over and it's going to be hours yet, alex. >> i'm glad you reiterated the warnings from the officials to stay inside. how about power because i know across the state of new jersey overall there are 400,000 without power, which has put about 15,000 people in shelters overnight. can you see lights coming on? have you lost power? >> reporter: we do have -- we have power here if y

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. >> shepard: we had a big rain and so the ground is saturated. >> guest: it is just saturate then youwind acts, that remember, the first place you see hills on the atlantic coast is long island. that channels the winds and makes them stronger and then the sky scrapers. they tend to compress the wind and make it goes faster and that pulls out the windows and we saw it in hurricane ike in houston, the streets were gatered with glass and then rooftops. covered with satellite dishs and water tanks and all sorts of things that can be torn loose. winds in the top of the building are stronger than down in the street. you have a four-ring circus going on in the same time. >> winds in the street level, this is not including the buildings. winds go up 20 stories and be 20 percent stronger and cent percent that is 30 percent and that is big numbers. >>> and we have different sizes and the modeling has shown that the wind paterns in the down size of the building winnows smash in. this is a complexity that we never saw before. having a major city hit by water and wind. >> shepard: never in the his

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when you have the wind that comes then, the ground is already saturated. i am sure we will have the trees down and the power lines down. >> ok, max mayfield, former director of the national hurricane center. let's speak to someone who will be affected by hurricane irene. -- lives in downtown manhattan on the edge of the evacuation zone. how are you preparing yourself? >> plenty of batteries and flashlights. there has been some panic. >> a are you planning to evacuate. >> i will not evacuate. i have everything i need here. >> is in this incredibly dangerous? >> well, there are all kinds of possibilities. if there are many people in my building and there are buildings that are taller and bigger in the area. >> do you feel like you are getting enough information from the government and the mayor as well? there are plenty of radios to tune in to. there are power cuts. we will have to rely on the radio. >> the new york subway will be closed down from midday. you have been living there for 8 years. is that something you have ever come across that? >> this will b

in the northeast, the ground is so saturated.st, we have seen the wettest august in the northeast. that very saturated ground with the high winds, forget it. that is the recipe for power outages. none of this will be accessible. >> alexandra, thank you so much. we hope people pack patience as they head to the airport this weekend. we will have more on irene and what to expect in the coming hours and days with jacqui jeras coming up in a moment. or ces another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business -- it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities, so we're helping them with advice from local business experts and extending $18 billion in credit last year. that's how we're helping set opportunity in motion. met an old man at the top asked him if he had a secret and the old man stopped and thought and said: free 'cause that's how it ought to be my brother credit 'cause you'll need a loan for one thing or another score 'cause they bre

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we have, as the ground here is saturated. we have had a record number of rainy days here. and this is just adding to the misery ands and that's the big concern. emergency officials are working all night, checking the storm drains here. they are concerned that there may be as much as 5 feet of water, flooding hoboken and that's the big concern. and they won't be able to get to the people who need t. that's why the big push to evacuate in advance of hurricane irene, coming in. so that's the latest from hoboken. i'll send it back to you and the nice, warm, dry studio. >> all right. thank you so much for talking to us, sharon. >> reporter: r. >> reporter: oh, yeah. >> hope you rest soon. >> reporter: monday, right? >> monday, exactly. we are all looking forward to monday. frank sinatra was born in hoboken, for folk who is may not know that. >> by the time irene reaches massachusetts, it could weaken to a tropical storm, but the national hurricane service says that i that won't matter t. will pack dangerous wind, flooding rains and a storm surge up to 8 feet. governor duval pat

those have to be saturated or below the ground water level. you can almost type dismount tie t --tie this map -- this area right here is the same as this one. it is all silt and will liquefy. the marina is in this area here. you can correlate the advancement of the shoreline of san francisco with the potential for liquefaction. >> it is a perfect example. it is all sold and liquefaction. >> treasure island is unique. it was originally developed to be the location of the world fair with the understanding that once it was finished, that would become the location of san francisco international airport. it is 11,000 feet long. in those days, the thought that was more than enough to land any conceivable airplane. they thought it was ideal. they said that we have all kinds of sand out in the bay from the sacramento river. we will take the stand out of the bay and create this island. the sand is loose and below the water. it liquefied in 1957. it liquefied in 1989 during the loma prieta. it was similar to what happened in the marina. >> as they move

one is all the water that's fallen especially in new jersey on the saturated soils. some case top five all time, other cases top ten. the delaware river runs this way, and this is where the water will be quickly rising, down right along the small river town is where we're going to see the worst of this flooding. that will be peaking soon. to the right of your screen is the center of the storm heading two westchester county and stamford. we have the rivers in jersey, as we go out wider, the ear concern is areas around southern new england, we've been watching the high water, but also watching the radar up there. it look likes we're about to get some strong winds in the bothing area, all through massachusetts, these are the higher gusts. we've watching this 53 mirp gust, and also 49 in bridgeford. we're still getting very strong wind gusts knocking out power. you do not want to be outside in areas from boston to providence to hartford, springfield, that's where we're going to see the best chance of trees coming down. we have this one strong band heading to the north, s

with the strong winds, the rain has saturated the ground. so this is something where power outages are going to happen, trees are going to be knocking down. it's a tough time to get to people. transportation, communication definitely going to be compromised. >> all right. thanks, valerie. >> also, we are bracing for winds that are moving through the area. we have the latest on the storm and what it means to you when we come right back, here on fox newschannel. don't go away. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,00miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for ,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow. [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's okay. i've played a pilot before. would in your wallet? you go next if you ha

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