that the seawall is in good condition but the bulk head wafer is a part of the seawall that is connected and runs underneath the budget head buildings is in poor condition mostly a one hundred years old it is liquidating the risks behind the seawall and whether or not the seawall he might be prone to movement and if it moves how it effects the embarcadero and the utility of the structure along the embarcadero and the bulk head buildings that is really important to understand the seismic risks as we go forward into public planning seawall rise the commission asked us to be mindful about the policy for the capital plan this slide is showing the projected seawall rise for 36 inches blus a hundred year flood that has a one percent chance of happening in my one year it is projected for 21 hundred you see the current shoreline there's flooding in multiple areas many mission bay and the creek and the downtown areas of san francisco if you look at the projects for 20050's that are 12 inches plus a hundred year flood it protects the city from flooding it may need improvements but it won't last fo

the seawall really is the issue. when you talk to people you see that their houses are built on these stilts. they know that at some point when you've got that high tide and you've got that surge coming that they're going to see flooding. but a couple of people i spoke to who live up the road say they've been in this community all of their lives, have never seen this amount of water come this quickly into their homes and travel this kind of distance. not so unusual to see some kind of breach, some kind of water on the roads, but this volume in this neighborhood sitting under water here basically flooded, this is a lot more than they're used to seeing. >> alexandra field, stay safe. cnn of course will continue to check in as high tide hits in roughly an hour. we're going to turn to neighboring marshfield. police tweeted this picture of the seawall. this could be very bad news of course, when that high tide approaches this evening. brian todd from cnn just arrived in marshfield, massachusetts, just minutes ago. brian,

just up this road is the seawall. we were just out there standing there and even before high tide these waves were whipping up over that wall forcing rocks and sand and flooding into the neighborhoods. the water came rushing down this street earlier today. this is a neighborhood that totally flooded out. we're talking about basements here that were flooded, four and five feet the water coming up over the seawall, swirling into this neighborhood. then coming out here onto the street i'm on and whipping across the street. on top of these high winds we have the snow accumulating. but this is really the moment that people in scituate have been bracing for all day long. they're keeping their eyes on the seawall. you cannot see it because the visibility is so bad out here. but they are waiting to see if that water comes pouring over that wall with the same kind of force that they saw earlier today. this is a neighborhood that is very prone to floodzing. you have the harbor on one side and the ocean on the other. but they're

the issue is the seawall down there, this water breached that seawall.t comes around the back of these homes here. it's flooded in through these yards. the people who live in this house told me they watched the water come right up over this fence. their basement flooded, about four, five feet deep now. they came to these windows and watched this water rip across this street. that's how far up the water went. some people tried to drive down this street right now. this is the part of the street where the water's receded. but you see these people carrying a dog back to the house where you just cannot pass. we have seen police come out in the high-axle vehicles, that's the only way to get through the water. they want to keep people largely off these roads. high tide is coming back between 4:00 and 5:00 today. so the people who live in these houses, they're keeping their eye down the road there. that's where the ocean is. that's the seawall that was breached. that's where they are destined to see this water rip through again today. >> i cannot believe what we

that's the seawall that's right down this road. and that's where all of that water came from the high tide, caused the water to breach that seawall. it caused this incredible flooding more flooding than people say here they have ever remembered seeing. those are homes that are used to flooding. they've seen it before. but in this case these homeowners tell me they have floodwaters four or five feet high in their basement. and now they are only wondering what the next high tide will bring that comes between 4:00 and 5:00 today. it's a big concern for the people out here because they have water on that side water on that side and they have the ocean behind me. i want you to see this car trying to get down the road here. this is a jeep. it's had to turn around. there are a few cars that have been making their way out to where we are. but at a certain point, they are forced to turn around because you can't get through. so many of these streets blocked by the water that's come up. in some cases, still a few feet deep. the wind and the w

the seawall is right down the road where i was standing, and we were right there before the seawall broked we saw the rocks and the sticks and the debris, and with what happened this morning is that the waves flooded the entire street. it flooded yards and basements out here, and a big swath of this neighborhood. it is something that they are used to see, but it is a great deal of water stay there. been through so much here in scituate in boston just south of boston boston. a lot more of the the flooding, and after the roads with were flooded with water, it turned to ice and slush and then you saw more of the high tide and more water flooding the seawall. the water was just lapping over but much of the seawall was come pro promized and so there were some real consequences. i spoke to one woman earlier, and she has lost basically the back of her house. the porch sort of ripped off of the back. the walls have opened up and the walls have blown out, and she talked about being inside of stand g standing in her bedroom and looking out at the ocean, and devastating silgtght, but don, she had th

and right after that the seawall breached. at least 50 feet worth of that seawall crumbled and several homes got flooded. it got very dangerous. they had to do rescue missions people had to be evacuated with the help of the fire department and the national guard getting people out of their homes along that area of the beach and seawall here in marshfield. we were there a few hours ago when high tide returned. shot some of that video. we almost got taken out by the waves a couple of times. they were very violent. it's still a dangerous situation. what we're told anderson, by officials is they're still concerned because high tide will stick around for at least a couple more hours. they're worried that if the power is on in some of those houses that i think you and alexandra were talking about this in scituate. same thing here. if the power is on in the houses and the water rushes in it can short circuit things in the houses. it can cause fires, a couple houses here burned to the ground a few years ago. when that happened. they a

we will continue to work, seawall will continue to work with the giants on this project. we hope it will go forward in a way that's a benefit both to the neighborhood -- my neighborhood, i live there -- and to the port. and i just want to point out one thing. the second amendment item 5 which says it's done isn't done. there may have been an agreement in principle to include what was mission bay park p-20 apart of the seawall lot 337 project, but as far as i know, and i think i should know -- somebody should have told us -- this still needs required authorizations from state land commission, the legislature, the successor agency, the oversight board, the supervisors and other city agencies. to the best of my knowledge that hasn't happened. to the successor agency's knowledge that hasn't happened. so, i think that needs to be put back as an item that has to be done. we what page? >>> page 3 number 5. >> the top. >> ah. >> under the second amendment? >>> under the second amendment. extend the site to include p-20 and the approximately .58 acre marginal worth. the p-20 part

there are many to choose under some are appropriate what is protecting and others so varying from seawalls to the elevation and the philosopher allowing flooding to occur in easier to redirect flood flees that are not harmful to parks and roadways and other strategies that can be considered. >> it's a sensitive building you've encourage them to rise the - >> the analogy or the extreme that example that are commonly discussed in those controllers if you're planning on building a nuclear plant you should design it and build it is well protected if you're building a park would you might do is use salt tolerant landscaping so it really depends on on what you're doing. >> thank you. >> commissioner johnson. >> thanks real quick appreciate the presentation glad we're doing something we're talking about the sea level rise not an earthquake want to make that distinction and the second thing on the slide you talk about the different agencies and department that are collaborating on what to do about incorporating the science and the guidance into the capital process i understand we have a list of ou

seawalls broken and breached. sea water mixing with ice and snow to make treacherous roads impassable. snowfall totals approaching feet three. snaul towns like framingham, massachusetts west of boston hip dip. as much as 30" of snow there. the storm slowly heading north to maine where it's been snowing all day and should keep going through the night. as it's gusting where i am with the snow let shees you this blizzard from every angle. alexander field is south of boston where sea water has broken bringing flood waters on top of the snow. chad meyers is in new york with the latest forecasts. appreciate all of you braving this storm to be with us. that is where the town is dealing with severe flooding. how bad is the flooding as you're seeing it right now? thst there's deep flooding. the seawall is up the stree from where i am just about a block away. it filled in through the yards. it has up as high as the fence. people say they are used to flooding. they haven't seen this volume of water. they have flood water fou

. >> reporter: the seawall has collapsed. the ocean is pouring into town. 800 residents headed to higher ground. this storm is snapping power lines and ripping apart coastal homes. high tide is rolling in. >> this is a tropical storm. this is the kind of wind we have for severe thunderstorms. >> reporter: the national guard deploying high-water rescue teams. nantucket is being hammered with monster waves. it's too dangerous to leave and it isn't safe to stay. police chief william pittman. >> virtually everything we've had has failed, including as of right now our 911 is not working. it was stated by one individual, we've had to revert back to 1950s technology just to stay in touch. >> reporter: residents like greg hinson completely cut off. >> the wind has been howling pretty much nonstop since last night at about so:00. >> reporter: in boston, where 18 inches shattered the old record, it was downright dangerous. police escorted emergency staff into hospitals. dr. kelly o'laughlin skied to work. >> the emergency department is

and we've even seen that 100-foot stretch of the seawall itself destroyed by the rough surf. we are going to see improvements here within the next couple of hours, as this storm starts to pull away. unfortunately, we're in a very active pattern, and we're going to see a series of storms move through this area over the course of the next several days. brian? >> awful night ahead for the people of marshfield, mass. dylan dreier, thank you for that. >>> further north they're still feeling the fury of the storm. blinding conditions in portland, maine. nbc's john yang is there where he filed this report moments ago when he could still almost see the camera. >> reporter: brian, this is what portland, maine, has looked like since before sunrise. the snow coming down at the rate of about two to four inches an hour, wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour building up big snoeths. snow drifts. this one is about 18 inches deep. but as i go into an area where the wind is coming from, i can get to a spot where there is hardly any snow at all. here it's only about two inches deep. now, for drive

local officials are hoping for help from the state especially to repair seawalls. the local police chief says he expects repairing all the damage structures in town could take nearly two years. >> reporter: anna, thanks very much. flights from boston logan resumed. 8300 flights were canceled which had a ripple effect all across the country. there is still a lot of winter left, of course. eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at wbz our sister station in boston. >> friday morning, swinging into places like boston, new england becoming anotherstrong system heading into friday night, all wrapping up off the coast of new england o. snow tote outnot nearly what what we just dealt with. many saw 2-3 inches in the morning friday and friday night heavy snowfall in downey's main. some of the snow creeping into boston. t another system is sunday night into monday. little more uncertainty here, if it turns the corner and comes up the coast again there's going to be a significant storm, more snow. nowhere to put the. ♪ plus cold behind it. next week, first full one of februar

not so much from snow and wind but from that seawall that breached in at least two areas. those areas and several homes got flooded out. we got footage yesterday when we got here during the second high tide. that was violent action when the storm surged from the second high tide hitting that seawall and starting to compromise it a little bit. the main breach of it occurred during the first high tide in the morning and that's when a lot of those homes got flooded out. one man had to be rescued from his home by rescue crews olding a front end loader. he was injured on the second floor by flying glass and he's okay. no significant injuries to report. this town is just now assessing all of the flood damage and violence from that storm which really hit it when that seawall breached yesterday. kate and john? >> brian todd in it for us. thank you so much. you talk about thankfully no injuries despite what looked like a brutal hit to that area. brian, thanks so much. >>> hillary clinton testifying again about what happened in benghazi when she was head of the state department. why

this water is coming up over this seawall. this is why so many people woke up this morning with feet of water flooding their basements and pouring -- >> that's what you call live reporting as a flood rolls into the community of scituate, massachusetts. our alexandra field doing that duty live as that wall of water just came rushing right up the street behind her. the blizzard that we've all been talking about, still breaking records in new england. you may have heard new york city was certainly spared for the most part. not the case for parts of suburban long island, though. they were absolutely buried. the town of orient in new york on long island is reporting 30 inches of snow fell. in hartford, 13 inches. in boston, just over 24 inches. and if you live in leunenburg, you hit the record for this storm for all of us. you got 36 inches. boston suffering the sixth biggest snowstorm since 1935, the most ever in january. coastal areas of massachusetts feeling the brunt of the blizzard as well. there are swelling seas that prompte

local officials are hoping for help from the state, especially to repair seawalls. the local police chief here in marshfield says he expects repairing all the damaged structures in town could take nearly two years. >> pelley: anna, thanks very much. flights from boston logan resumed. 8,300 flights were canceled which had a ripple effect alla ripple effec across the country. there is still a lot of winter left, of course. eric fisher is our chief meteorologist at wbz, our cbs station in boston. eric, what's next? >> reporter: friday morning, swinging into places like boston, new england, becoming another strong system heading into friday night, all wrapping up off the coast of new england snow total also this time around not nearly like what we just dealt with, many seeing 2-4 inches in the morning friday. then as we head toward friday night, heavy snowfall into downeast maine, a spot that saw a lot of snow in the blizzard and some snow creeping into boston. another system, sunday night into monday, a little more uncertainty here. if it turns the corner and comes up

relationships both local and regional and state and federal how we'll address accident impacts of seawall rise i talked to someone in an area that gets flooded i don't know if they're from the netherlands or not but a bit more than that but certainly very simply is something we have to that about it anyone comes in our new tenants and everything involved we'll have to take a look at the sea level rise goes far beyond our boundary links here with the sea level rise we've seen as a presented a huge impact on the projects of the city and the businesses that have located here and housing has gone into areas that will be flooded but we need to be prepared and something we all have to look at it and fourth how we get that participation and funding for not just the port fundable resources and sources we'll not be able to accomplish now is the time to look at it not when the disaster strikes like in new york we have the lushgs of a little bit more time but i'm pleased that is front and center of our effort as we move forward one of the things that i know we haven't sit down an absolute date it wi

witnesses say she was walking on a seawall and fell and the water.. >> a promising stanford swim are faces felonies after being accused of raping a drunk and unconscious woman on campus. the 19-year-old problem turner has withdrawn from the university. he is banned from setting foot on campus ever again. >> a vigil is honoring a san jose woman killed by suspected street racers on monday. the 24-year-old kiran family has scheduled the vigil. >>> repairs to fix hundreds water soaked rods on the bay brooklyn bridge will take many months and not done until juan. contractor responsible for the fix is fined $25,000 a day until the job is completed. >> more snow is expected to fall in parts of new england today from the big blizzard hitting the northeast. three feet fell in boston and cape cod with winds knocking out tower in the region and new york city saw only a foot of snow and less than what forecasters anticipated. >>> we are looking from sutro tower the weather window open but it is not a "spare the air" day. off to a cool spot in the 40's and 50's a

it allows did signage based on the linear side it is a one-size-fits-all that works well with the seawall shortly after the guidelines the port adapted the waterfront and in 2004 the embarcadero historic district and in 2014 the land works historic district we've found that the current sign guidelines are not responsive to how you place signage on historic structures and don't allow full visibility with the one-size-fits-all approach as you go down the pier protons the building inspection buildings go don't meet the needs how signage goes on historic structures the attempt to look at those and come up with solutions the good news throughout the last 10 to 15 years since the adaptation of the waterfront plan we've had success in the development world we've worked with the state historic officer as to how to put signage on buildings we've heard again, a great concern on how to put signage on those buildings in the embarcadero praumd how to place signs on buildings in a manner it's consistent with the secretary standards for historic renovation we've also heard concerns about placing the soo

she climbed on the seawall to take pictures and this is 9 spot for that. this morning, we found several visitors trying for the perfect shot. >> i wanted a shot of alcatraz and looking back at the city. >> visitors say the scenery is so beautiful there is no need to work hard for the picture. shawn from oklahoma was happy with the picture he took standing safely on the ground. >> i didn't have to get on the wall to see it. >> denny grows saying she had seen people go to extremes for a picture. >> i saw people getting pretty sketchy looking shots at ocean beach and the picture will not do so great if you fall over the side of the cliff trying to take it. >> firefighters have not released any information about the woman who fell into the water because of confidentiality laws. reporting live in san francisco. developing news a stanford swimmer has voluntarily withdrawn from the university over assault charges at stanford. five felony charges were filed against brock turner, the ohio freshman is accused of raping a drunk and unconscious woman on campus a week

. >> just crashed into the seawall and just violently started to rock into the seawall. and we realized it was a guy on it. >> reporter: wednesday's storm made driving difficult in the mountains from california to the rockies. in california, the snow left residents shocked. >> this is not supposed to happen here. nobody knows us for a reason and now we're going we don't want to be famous for freak storms. >> reporter: in arizona, some football fans headed to the fiesta bowl were stuck on snow- covered roads for hours. slick conditions are also making highways dangerous from texas to oklahoma. and in new mexico, the wet icy roads forced one town to postpone its new year's eve celebration until friday. the supply truck carrying alcohol for the party crashed on its way to the event. bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. >>> in shanghai, a new year's celebration turned into a stampede killing 35 people and injuring 42 others just before midnight. state media says many of the victims were women, students and shanghai's annual new year's eve countdown along the riverfront was c

back behind me here, the damaged seawall you can hear the roaring ocean. this is all happening just feet from these ice-covered homes. the worry now is high tide. more water bringing more debris into the homes that have already been damaged and making the situation worse. >> we are going to go down and spend some time on the south shore talking to some of the folks about the flooding issues that they have been dealing with down along the coast. >> reporter: the storm also hit nantucket hard and residents there are still dealing with widespread power outages. statewide, power crews are battling ice and bitter cold temperatures to get the lights and heat back on for about 11,000 homes and businesses. in boston, people are digging out from two feet of snow but the subway and airport are open again. kris van cleave, cbs news, marshfield, massachusetts. >> and the blizzard is turning out to be a quick test for massachusetts governor charlie baker, who took office three weeks ago. as for flight cancellations from the storm, it's going to cost the u.s. economy ab

bluffs the best protection is high grounds those are not areas that are filled we have the existing seawall and the ocean beach we have a high wall and the highway and the other side. >> commissioner moore kind of touched on that the perfect storm the worse case scenario you add the delta levys and the breakage how does that come into play that's a concern it's in front of us today maybe 50 year seawall rise. >> i'm not pretending to be an environment what happens in the delta and other parts of bay will not likely have effects on san francisco because the ocean is enumeration so water awnings the floods areas of the innuendo the delta levies would not effect in my i think measurable way the sea level that we say experience on our coast in san francisco. >> any another questions? okay. thank you very much >> commissioners that places you on general public comment i i have no speaker cards. >> any general public comment seeing none, i want to close this meeting and thank you commissioner president wu she's done a fantastic job (clapping.) leading this commission and the city there a challeng

we have some video that explains why the damage is so severe a seawall was not only breached but the force of the water actually broke chunks of the concrete and you can see this not just on the videotape but you can see the force of the water and what it caused on some of the still shots that are tight shots of the seawall or what's left of it. damage very, very serious. it makes this community much more vulnerable to further damage -- i should say when another storm takes place. that said heather, over my shoulder, take a look at one of the homes that experienced a great deal of the damage. we talked to the homeowner here. he's lucky, he says to be alive. he was hit in the face by flying debris at 4:30 in the morning when the sea water during the high tide burst into his home. he described some of the damage caused to his home. >> it's wiped out. it's a loss 100%. i mean all the lower walls are caved in and stuff so i don't know what the next step is. i just don't know. >> and many in this community still do not have power. there are utility crews here working as fast as they can b

actually with the seawall right now, we're actually going out to assess it.orm it's really hard to get out there with all the water coming in. right now we're looking at it. it looks as though about 15 feet of it from the top of the wall has been taken in and so we'll go out there, we'll put sorm large armor stone out there and other sands to try to impact it until we can get there in the spring to repair it. >> why do you have to wait until spring? is it just about the temperature, exposure to the elements and what work can be done? >> yeah. it's usually because of the -- in order to do the concrete be able to pour it given the weather conditions you usually wait until the springtime to do it. plus you've got to get access to it. the problem is trying to get the access to it because a lot of the homes are built right to the wall. so you have to approach it from the seaside. >> reporter: sure. tricky work. the community particularly vulnerable because of what you just said. they are really right on top of the sea wall there. we heard about 200 plus homes, 212

so we have got a site at seawall that we're wocking on right now. the mission. we're looking at -- we're working on upper yard, balboa reservoir and 50% ferris, baker watts that we actually did achieve in central freeway is a great example of our producing in all kinds of neighborhoods. i will say that we work within coin straints. so if we build pay 200-unit deal our average subsidy is $250,000. that is $50 million of subsidy. we have to come up, and that doesn't necessarily include acquisition costs. that is a huge amount of our annual budget. there are opportunity costs we have to consider, because if we're going to do that, that means that other very worthy projects may not. >> so i heard something about driving with -- i heard some of the folks community housing organizations come up and say they want it exactly the inverse of what you are proposing, up to 200 units want 100% affordable and you are saying it could be 50% affordable. >> let me clarify, i must have misstated. we would love to see 100%s but that would cost $50 million. so we have to acknowledg

a stretch of seawall crumbled and the ocean poured in. >> this is horrible. we walked this wall yesterday. it's gone. >> reporter: on eastern long island an army of snowplows worked to clear highways. in connecticut, snow buried cars. the big blizzard's unexpected eastward shift saved new york city and philadelphia the worst of it. in new hampshire, they even had a little fun. >> it was worth it. better than being cooped up at home shoveling. >> reporter: forecasters sailingering cold will make cleanup difficult. the white stuff might not be going anywhere soon saugs, abc news washington. >>> the northeast's five major airports significant digging out. >> it canceled 8,000 flights over the course of three days. 3200 of those happened sunday before the first snowflakes even fell as airlines tried to give passengers enough warning. that didn't prevent many from still finding themselves stranded at the terminals. >> it's been exhausting. it's so emotionally exhausting to be in the airport and not have anywhere to go. >> an estimated 400,000 passengers in total a

witnesses say she was walking on the seawall in the dark and fell into the water.ed to recover. >> a promising stanford swim are faces several felonies after being accused of raping a drunk and unconscious woman on campus^. the 19-year-old brock turner has withdrawn from the university and is banned from setting foot on campus ever again. >> three, a vigil is held this evening to honor a san jose woman killed by a suspected street racer on monday. the 25-year-old kiran pabla's family has scheduled the vigil. one of the two drivers charged is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon. >> repairs to fix rods on the bay bridge will take many more months. the work will not be done until june. contractor responsibility if the fix is being fined $25,000 a day until the job is completed. >>> new metering lights are turned on for the first time this morning on northbound highway 85 between officer state 280 and highway 101. starting today metering lights are on from 6:00 to 11 o'clock a.m. in the northbound direction two hours longer than any other meters in the area. >>

a very violent push from the ocean into the seawall. the seawall breached in at least two places in lengths of 50 feet in each place and causing significant flooding damage. self-homes had to be evacuated. we're told that a front end loader had to be used to get to one injured man who had 70 stitches in his face from flying glass. that was the only injury of any real significance that we heard about. so that's very fortunate. no serious injuries to report from the damage but the storm surge was very violent. it was very dangerous. we were told that a lot of people had to be evacuated. they had to use humvees and all sorts of special equipment to get to these people and a lot of stuff washed in from the ocean. there were lobster traps that were flying around the streets and got deposited in the streets and a lot of debris is being cleared out and pushed back into the ocean. they had backhoes there this morning clearing huge rocks and sand and putting it back into the ocean where it belongs. this town just kind of scrambling to recover fr

wind caused waves to crash into a seawall, destroying part of it. just a warning, we are told these cancellations may extend well into tomorrow. >> thank you. here is a closer look at that coastal flooding we were talking about. this is video from about an hour south of boston. high winds reached the sea walls. this morning the national guard is actuated residents who cannot leave before the storm. beach erosion a big problem. it had enough energy to re-create some geography. so, what is next for us and the northeast? doug hill is in the storm watch weather center checking out what is to come this way this week. >> right now, the snow continues. heavy blizzard conditions. they are on the tail and on the massachusetts coast line. for us, we are getting the wind bringing cold air in from canada. the temperatures 28 in gaithersburg, 29 in hagerstown, the temperatures will continue to drop. the wind is increasing. the wind chills are dropping. early tomorrow morning, when chills will be in the single digits. partly cloudy, breezy, cold, air temperatures

it punched out a 50-foot hole in the seawall there.h water damaged some homes right along the beach. crews are also busy working on power lines. >>> this is what happens when cold wet snow sea spray, and wind collide. look at this. the weather channel's jim cantore tweeted this picture. the home is covered in a layer of ice. more pictures out of massachusetts. this one of a frozen street sign. just behind it you can see a church that is also coated in ice. >>> a shovel mystery solved in boston tonight. someone was photographed shoveling snow off the finish line of the boston marathon. the picture was taken by a guest several floors up at a nearby hotel. through social media the mystery has been solved. turning out it was a local bartender at back bay social club, a barlow indicated on the very same street. >>> well a cold windy day today and it's still breezy outside. still making it feel 10 degrees colder. as we go through tonight, it's going get cold again and these are going to be actual temperatures that drop into the single digits

strong surf caused a major seawall to rupture in eastern massachusetts. that triggered flooding around the coast. >> my wife is a little nervous. she has left and gone inland to our daughter's house but i stayed. i stayed. the captain goes down with his ship. >> reporter: new york city received a lot less snow than predicted and the national weather service is apologizing. one meteorologist tweeted and i'm quoting you made a lot of tough decisions expecting us to get it right and we didn't. meantime boston was getting lots of snow. someone walked out wearing a white furry costume. they roamed the streets live tweeting about it. now the yetti posted several photos and messages like this including a warning for people to be safe out there in the snow. even tweeted about having a hard time trying to flag down a cab. maybe a cab wouldn't stop. but people snapped photos and this video this was posted on youtube. here's the yetti. quickly became a big hit on social media. as of this morning we still don't know who was in that yetti costume. >>> a year from now

the seawall has been breached and the high tide is expected in the next few moments. the problem will be the flooding in the next few hours, i would say. we could see up to 31 inches in worcester massachusetts. the west of the state has gone away a bit more lightly with a foot of snow. some of the travel restrictions have been lifted. the travel ban remains in place in the eastern part of massachusetts and pretty much no one is venturing out. >> we see a person in a picture in your area. our many still around? did most leave? >> i cannot quite hear what you are saying and the wind is blowing. people aren't really heeding it the advice of the authorities to stay indoors and hunker down. some people have been evacuated to care sensorcenters. there will be discussion about whether or not transport can reopen in the boston area and if the trains in the metro can reopen safely. at the moment, it will be the early hours of wednesday before that can happen and the clear up and impact will be shown. >> stay safe up there. >> you are watching bbc world news america. the only l

they say she had climbed up to the seawall to take pictures. this is certainly the spot for that.his morning we found several visitors trying for the perfect shot. >> they want it get a shot of alcatraz and help one looking back at the city because it's so pretty. >> reporter: the visitors we spoke with says the scenery is so beautiful, there is no need to work hard for the picture. sean was happy with the pictures he took while standing safely on the ground. >> i didn't have to get on the wall to see it. >> reporter: teddy williams agreed. but says she has seen people go to extremes for a picture. >> i saw some people getting some pretty sketchy looking shots. the picture won't to so great if you fall over the side of the cliff trying to take it. >> reporter: firefighters say when she slipped and fell she did hit her chin on the way down, but they do think that she'll be fine. they didn't release any information about her because of confidential iity laws. amy hollyfield abc 7. >>> some teachers are trying to get the district's attention by working specifically two rules. >> teac

. >> reporter: the seawall has held up in the past few storms and since tides are not that s a astronomicallyell again. the concern is wind and power outages. >> power is the key and hopefully everybody has a generator, i do not. >> reporter: march 2012 seawall break, winds, touching off this fire that wiped out several homes, all here hoping things go a lot better this time. we'll know more tomorrow. that's for sure. >> some courageous homeowners. let's talk to another one, bob lives on plum island massachusetts, felt the wrath of a snowstorm just two years ago. he's planning to stay at his home open to local officials working this event but says he may move to higher ground if conditions deteriorate. bob is on the phone with me right now. hi bob. >> caller: good morning, carol. >> what's it like to live on an island when a blizzard hits? >> caller: we have a saying on plum island. it's paradise 11 months a year and misery island about one month a year. we're getting all these crazy storms. storms. >> this one is expected to be quite the whopper. how have you prepared? >> caller: we have rel

along the beaches, high waves breached dunes and seawalls. the national guard evacuated some people from their homes. >> it's horrible. we watched it yesterday and it's gone. >> new york city is covered in less than a foot of snow, far less than predicted. the national weather service said the storm to a more easterly path. the storm is blamed for one death. a teenager died in a sledding accident on long island. >> travel bans put in place late monday have largely expired. flights largely resumed at new york's major airports. logan airport and boston's airports have reopened. passengers are now stranded all over the country. 7 on your side with a consumer alert -- the message from toyota tonight is the future is coming. it unveiled some new minivans today and japan. they can park themselves. the vans use a combination of cameras and sensors to guide the vehicle into parking spaces. it is not clear when they will be available here in the u.s. shonda rimes fans, buckle up, abc announced they have picked up another pilot from the queen of thursd

per hour a day are causing waves over the seawall and massachusetts. there are many people out power service but slowly they're getting that back on. >>: as in stocks known about 24 hours now >>: massachusetts has already received 32 in. of snow in some places and the eastern part of this state could see another 10 in. by wednesday morning. residents of ports mouth are taking advantage of the blizzard with a snowball fight >>: this time lapse of the of the statue of liberty shows the 24 hours of the storm from 8 a.m. monday to 8:00 a.m. tuesday. seven states declared a state of emergency for the blizzard which has so far claimed two lives >>pam moore: two late -afternoon shootings. less than ten- minutes apart. have left two people dead in san francisco. the first shooting was on revere avenue near ingalls street. this video. courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7. police say, a woman was found on the sidewalk. she had been shot several times. the woman was taken to a hospital. where she died. less than two miles away. there was another shoo

two homes had to be condemned after a 24 meter seawall collapsed. it's totally frozen up there. good news snow has let up in the northeastern portions of the united states, however we're expecting to see snowfall once again as we go to friday. we have a couple of low pressure systems in and around the great lakes region up to the north probably 20 centimeters and freezing rain. these were moved in the northeast to your friday. it will be another snowy day across the western u.s. including boston and new york city. take a look at this. new york on thursday minus 1 degree and snow will come back on your friday. then, as we go to monday another day of snowfall. similar conditions are expected in both boston as well as portland. temperatures are as follows thursday 3 degrees in chicago with snowflakes on the menu. quite warm in houston, and quite warm compared to what we saw wednesday in oklahoma city and quite warm in los angeles, 24 degrees with no precipitation once again. across australia the asian top football tournament is taking place. ire rack will face ure friday and newcas

a lot of homes are flooded when the seawall collapsed. and there is not much relief in the forecast. temperatures there will be in the 20s with the 20% chance of more snow. >>> and we just got this video a short time ago from massachusetts, south shore, morning tide brought new risks of flooding in this area. and other coastal regions. high water already damaged a lot of those homes you see there. you can see crews working on power lines. that was this morning, about 9600 homes in the state so far in the dark earlier today. and this just in to nbc 10 in the atlantic city casino crisis we just found out the chapter 11 trial of caesars entertainment will proceed in illinois and not in delaware. the judge denied the motion by several creditor groups who wanted the case heard in delaware. the attorneys argued caesars filed in illinois partly because it will be easier there to shield company officials from bankruptcy lawsuits. four casinos owned by caesars in atlantic city and chester are still open. >>> the lebanese group hezbollah has claime

seawalls have been breached up there, leaving coastal towns under seven feet of water and without power. and it's not over yet. the storm had expectations in new england, but the big surprise as i suggested in the cold open s that it missed the main target in new york. gathom was braced for up to three feet of snow but got only seven inches. philadelphia braced for more than a foot but saw only a couple of inches. an official at the national weather service apologized for those bad forecasts. last night, we showed you what happens when mayors don't prepare for a blizzard. that and "this is it" was fresh in the minds of leaders when they shut down the entire new york metropolitan area making travel illegal, all for what turned out to be less than eight inches of actual snow. we're watching some surprisingly nasty politics following all of this good news actually. i'm joined by miguel almaguer who is up in worcester, mass where the snowfall is historic. thanks so much for joining us from where i spent four cold winters as a young man at holy cross. but what's happening in worcester? >> ch