even areas fourth south across southern new jersey will deal with a storm surge four to eight feet. five to 10 feet across southern parts of long island. this scenario with the center of the storm moving across central portions of new jersey is pretty much the worst-case scenario for storm surge across new york city. water piling up across long island sound. waurl exciting up along new york harbor. the harbor in the east river will have nowhere to go. we could see flooding across the five boroughs of the new york city area especially along the war water. bill? bill: wow! is the storm behaving as you expect i had to behave? >> yes. bill: what is the possibility it stalls over pennsylvania or the state of new york or perhaps over all of the northeastern part of the u.s.? >> two most reliable computer models have been consistent indicating landfall is expected across central and southern new jersey as we head into evening overnight. we known that for a few days. that is good news. we know the storm system is going. but impacts could be very devastating and possibly catastrophic for some

to landfall, possibly landfall within the next hour or so, in and around the cape may area, southern new jersey. but the worst of the storm will come north of wherever the center comes onshore. new york city, long island, southern connecticut, delaware bay, you are all in line for perhaps record storm surge for this area. this is the latest track. we are expecting a hurricane to make landfall across southern new jersey sometime within the 5:00 p.m. hour. then it will really kind of slowdown. right now moving northwest at 28 miles an hour. it is moving quickly. that's why we see earlier landfall time. it will take its time as it interacts with an upper level low, a cold core low. we will continue to exceed gusty inds with, 70 miles an hour, wind gusts. these are isobars. they're very tightly packed. this will represent gusty winds in excess of 50 miles an hour. we think in some cases 100 mile-an-hour wind and some of this could be sustained. we think southern new jersey, a landfall within the next or so. the worst of the storm surge, that is that wall of water that comes with counter clockwise w

it's a little further north now, which is good in southern new jersey and extreme northern delaware. we get into monday, 8:00 hour. then it rolls right in through southeastern p.a. i'm not sure it's going to accelerate into new york state. it may hang in south central pennsylvania. we know the wind fields are so big we are still looking at a hit. maybe not a direct hit, but i tell you what, the storm is so big, it's just a question of just how bad it's going to be. scenario one stays out to sea, not going to happen. no wind, no rain. scenario two, it goes north of new york city. we get an inch of rain, probably not going to happen either. the two most likely scenarios, 3, maybe a 40% chance. we get 1-4 inches. winds 20-40. the worst scenario would be scenario four, 30% chance it comes across the northern bay and just north of town. then we get 40-70 miles per hour and 2-8 inches of rain. i'll be back with a full forecast. we'll talk about the impact of the storm and the timing. >> thanks, topper. >>> tonight, some parts of delaware's beach resorts are under a mandatory evacuation orde

maybe in southern new jersey, so lots of rain being pushed onshore this morning. heavier rainfall as we look back towards the west this is where the front is going to come in contact with this system. and we are starting to see some of that snow. that changeover is happening as we have chillier air moving inbehind the cold front. this is what we can expect going through the morning and the afternoon. the wind right now coming in at about 10 miles an hour in baltimore. and say you call it breezy but we have gusts up to about 35 miles an hour that's what we have been seeing across the area for today. but the sustained wind on the eastern shore coming in at 22 and patuxent river at 18 and look at ocean city coming in around 25 right now. more of the same in dover and also atlantic city. the wind will continue to bump up going throughout the day. but gusts right now 35 in dover and easton 28 so close to 30 there. and once again look at ocean city. wind gusts of 40. we are going to also be feeling sustained winds of tropical storm force as we go through tonight and als

expected in vulnerable areas, like d.c., new jersey and new york, where evacuation orders may be enforced. even though the forecast path takes its center rig into southernew jersey and parts of delaware, the wind field will be huge on this. >>> that's why we have to check in with our matt gutman. he's in nags head, north carolina. matt, i'm going to give you those 50-mile-per-hour gusts today. >> reporter: thanks a lot, ginger. we really are starting to feel the impact of that texas-sized storm starting to wallop here. want to give you a sense of how frothy the water has become. it's been whipping up this foam everywhere. now, across the mid-atlantic, they're in full swing with preparations there. even starting to hand out sandbags in washington, d.c. with the lopsided behemoth lumbering towards them, all atlantic states are declaring states of energy, including virginia. >> this is an unpredictable weather event. but one that is possibly very dangerous weather event for the commonwealth of virginia. we're used to having hurricanes. we're just not used to having them in late october. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, linesmen were out reinforcing po

as the storm made landfall in southern new jersey, the the mid-atlantic in southern new england shores, hit hard by flooding. water lapping at the doors and piled up high on the boardwalk and in new york city a construction crane buckled, dangling and high winds and raises a concern of other construction sites. closed bridges, tunnels, and doubled in number of national guard troops deployed. north carolina has been founded by sandy for over 50 hours and rose have been washed away and this house has been swept into pieces. throughout the day, sandy was breaking records and had one big surprise, doubling its speed and barreling towards the shore faster than anyone expected. up and down the east coast, residents were warned to stay home and take mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas, seriously. >> this is not a time to be stupid, this is a time to save yourself and your family. >> public transportation for 12 million people will shut down a new york, philadelphia and washington dc. concerns don't ease after sandy's landfall. more than a million people in 11 states are without po

coming ashore around areas of southern new jersey, northern delaware. then again, the storm system, we're really going to see it spread out even more. talking about 1,000 miles across the storm system affecting areas all the way from the coast, as far west as ohio. look at that heavy band of rain from norfolk through areas of d.c. pushing westward with the white stuff. yeah, that snow that's already falling in areas of west virginia. southern areas of charleston and around roanoke. look at rain totals it gathersburg, .62 inches of rain. close to an inch and a half. 2.23 inches right now, packs river. we've got flood warnings up for frederick county, maryland. we've got the area under a flood watch and throughout this whole area by late today, late tomorrow, that is, we're expecting between 5 and 10 inches of rain. the higher amounts in that area shaded in yellow. maryland's eastern shore, again, through delaware. so 5 to 10 inches of rain. flood watch here. also montgomery county, flood warning areas. you're seeing some high river watches. believe their

we talked a few moments before you came on about the storm coming in at new jersey, southern new jersey, down around cape may at the bottom there, or in delaware. what's going to hit the hardest? can you tell yet? what part of jersey or delaware itself? >> reporter: it's right now it looks like it's tracking north, chris. i believe it's going to hit a little bit north and further into new jersey than down here, but this is such a massive storm, such a wide storm, that we've been seeing effects of the storm for the past two days. now we're probably starting to get into the worst of it. it's come around 8:00 when the tide comes in. the winds have been pretty steady right now. they've been predicting we should have gusts of up to 60 miles an hour or so. we haven't really felt that but we have had some strong gusts of wind throughout the day. the rain has been pretty steady but for now this is probably going to be the worst of it. but obviously as high tide comes in, we're going to see this get even higher and then that water starting to push up against that wall that we've been referring t

still looking at landfall sometime this evening in southern new jersey, perhaps delaware, delaware bay, something like that. maybe atlantic city right in there. we'll be in close enough proximity that we'll be unfortunately dealing with some extremely heavy rain and the wind around here for the next 24 hours or so. there is the path and again, look where it is tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. with 70-mile per hour winds. northeast maryland, right up near philadelphia, that is extremely close to us and i'm afraid that parts of our region just off to the north and east are going to be deal with the hurricane wind later this afternoon and during the overnight tonight into early tomorrow. so again, if you haven't prepared your house, you're in the ready for it, you got loose items outside, lawn furniture, that kind of thing, deal with it now. it will be slamming around, perhaps into the sliding glass windows, later today. futurecast, there you go at 4:00. notice what is happening during the course of the day. futurecast wants to give us some snow. i don't think we'll see any of that around her

still likely to make landfall in southern new jersey and perhaps the bay of delaware. the movement now out of the north at 15. it has been tracking off to the north and to the east. but now we are starting to see that change in its direction that the computer models have been playing all along here. now, it is pushing off to the north and eventually to the north and west and taking that left hook right back towards us. pressure, 946 millibars. looks like it makes landfall tonight. this is a new track and i really want to emphasize the concern here. they bring this right across washington later tonight. so that is going to cause some real serious issues around here and get just to the north of us by early tomorrow. again, just looking at the track for the first time myself. it looks like that will go right over ocean city and right over the washington area later tonight and if this verifies, we'll have some serious issues around here i'm afraid by tomorrow afternoon. eventually, the storm will get out of here but it will take a couple of days' time. notice the wind fiel

where the storm will come, new inland, southern new jersey, wind out of the east from offshore england, new york city area, long island, cape cod. so that's not where you want to be storm surge-wise for this storm. >> sounds like you pointed out some of the hardest hit areas. at least those areas that you're projecting but what is the worst-case scenario? >> pretty much at this point in time with this storm, this is the worst-case scenario, especially for new york city, especially in across the cape cod area. again, the direction it is taking, the way it is forcing the water in. perhaps worst carries scenario, winds a bit stronger here because the wind field is so massive, it's forcing a lot of water in toward land. >> all right. i know you guys have a tough job ahead of you in the next day or two. appreciate your insight. accuweather's jim dickey. thank you, jim. >> thank you. >>> sandy is bringing air travel to a standstill along the east coast impacting travelers as far as europe and asia. >> amazing. so far more than 7,000 flights have been canceled through the evening. abc's lisa

new jersey shore one of the hardest hit areas for us in the northeast. sand washed over several toacoal towns burying them unber water. many are saying they will start to rebuild. >> in southernardest hit state by the storm. good morning, jennifer. how are things looking there to you? >> good morning to you guys. new jersey certainly took the brunt of it. the small community we are in got hit hard as well. i will step away so you can see. it is a tiny town of a few hundred in fortescue. this is on the delaware bay just on the other side of these homes is the waterway. it turned in a lot of damage. you can see all of the de bee that is strewn around. we have propane tanks down and power lines that are hanging. we have homes that are off their foundation and the entire back of one looks like it was blown off. it is hard to tell in the dark but it looks like 12-15 homes in the small area that have been affected. there are some that fared pretty well. it is a little bit haphazard. those dealing with damage it will be a daunting prospect to rebuild. governor christie got emotional. president obama will get a look at it today when he visits to see the damage sandy left behind. i am

we can see the storm clearly coming ashore southern new jersey. it's making landfall over the next hour or so. it's going to cross over central kept county delaware and come across through cease -- cease -- cecil, given the current movement of the storm. you see the size and scope of sandy, coming ashore at the southern tip of new jersey, basically rung up the delaware bay which may give it more time to maintain full strength, a little bit of additional water. now the huge storm surge we still anticipate being up here, central northern new jersey through the new england states and new york. again, we will have some of the worst rain and probably the worst rain in delaware and maryland. we will be the two hardest hit states. the eyewall coming in right now right here on the southern tip of jersey. it's beginning to push in over the next throw six hours. really over the next three to four hours especially. these rain totals are getting very excessive. down eastern shore totals over four inches. here are the current winds, steady winds around 5, stil

southern new jersey, maybe the bay of delaware later this evening. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 tonight. we're going to have rain throughout the day today. winds will steadily pickup, then as that center of circulation presses close to the washington area, winds are going to gust i'm afraid close to hurricane speed around here later tonight. we have a hurricane force winds for a time, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 tonight. barometric pressure, 946- millibars. i'll tell you a fact about that. sustained winds later today, 30 to 50 with gusts at times, 60 to 70 plus. in fact the latest guidance suggesting we have got a better chance of some gusts over 70 miles per hour. the best chance for that will be to the north of the city. you can get up into howard county, up towards baltimore, the northern part of the bay, you have the best chances for winds in excess of 70 plus miles per hour. all of us unfortunately are going to be dealing with serious wind gusts. rain total five to ten, flood watch, heavy amount of snow. all right, quick look at your forecast, we're going to go with high temperature of 54 to

to expand continuing it's north north easterly track and it's going to make land fall around southern new jersey by early tuesday morning. and we could see wind gusts across our area at around 60 miles per hour and some areas closer to the bay higher than that. show you our future cast as we move through the next 48 hours. can you believe there is a blizzard warning for extreme western maryland. they could see 12 inches of snow. 8:00 tuesday dealing with the rain across our area and we may see upwards of five to ten inches by the time this lifts to the rt north and off to the east. winds with the system are at 75 miles per hour. wind gusts at about 92 miles per hour. this is our local model showing the potential rainfall by 1:00 tomorrow afternoon already two inches of rain. on top of this we have the gusty wind and then by 11:00 tomorrow night about five inches of rain up toward the eastern shore, 11 inches not out of the question from this system. so definitely a lot of flooding will occur through the next 48 hours. and the biggest corne is not tomorrow for flooding but on tuesday when wins ch

expected in vulnerable areas, like d.c., new jersey and new york, where evacuation orders may be enforced. even though the forecast path takes its center right into southernew jersey and parts of delaware, the wind field will be huge on this. it will affect places like the carolinas. >>> that's why we have to check in with our matt gutman, in nags head, north carolina, this morning. matt? >> reporter: good morning, ginger. just over the past couple official hours, the wind has really started to howl through here, whipping up the waves. bringing up this seafoam. and this monster storm is still 450 miles away. up and down the atlantic coast, states declaring states of emergency. states of preparedness. there's sandbags being deployed in washington, d.c. with the lopsided behemoth lumbering towards them, all atlantic states are declaring states of energy, including virginia. >> this is still an unpredictable weather event. but one that is possibly very dangerous weather event for the commonwealth of virginia. we're used to having hurricanes. we're just not used to having them in late october. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, linesmen were out reinforcin

maryland and parts of southern new jersey 10 inches or locally hire amounts will be possible. also expecting widespread impact as far as the wind. take a look at this map ainsley and heather new england down to the parts of southeast will be seeing wind gusts of tropical storm force. >> you can see downed trees and power lines and trees down as well. let's head over to peter doocy live in delaware for us. >> hey, peter. >> ainsley as of 5:00 a few minutes ago all of the roads in delaware are closed to the public. all of the businesses in the coastal areas and low lying areas mandatory evacuation zones have been closed since last night. there is nothing to do in delaware and we are starting to feel for the first time the really strong intensifying winds that maria was just talking about. the further we have seen that water comes i am going to step up. the water coming here i am standing at the boardwalk. this is the boardwalk that was built with 5 and a half b-- rebuilt with 5 and a half million dollars of stimulus money a few years ago. it lies at the front of a bunch of shops

it is expected to make landfall near the southern new jersey coast. the new jersey governor announced widespread mandatory evacuations for areas like atlantic city and the barrier islands. the governor met with first responders and state officials. he ordered a mass transit shutdown beginning sunday afternoon. >> if you know you were going to evacuate, please evacuate today before the onset of the storm. in the middle of the storm, the first responders are putting their lives at risk to rescue. last year, we lost a first responder during hurricane irene. >> on saturday, gov. christie declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the devastating weather hurricane sandy is expected to bring. >> the tsunami warning ny has been downgraded to advisory. it appears it has -- it appears hawaii has escaped serious damage. -- the tsunami warning in hawaii has been downgraded to an advisory. the waves were smaller than predicted. no major damage was reported. tune into wbal at 9:00 tonight for conditions and emergency response. we will continue the coverage fo

devastating storm surge, central, southern new jersey, up through southern new england. talking 5 to 10 foot storm surge plus. in some spots. and then the inland flooding. many spots over 8 inches. anywhere in the dark green here, cities like baltimore, washington, d.c., philadelphia, widespread flooding and then the gusty winds. widespread tropical storm force winds. if not higher -- spots, 50, 60 miles an hour. that's going to bring down a lot of trees and cause widespread power outages. >> that's what folks are fearing, jim. i lived in new orleans. i have been through many storms before. one lesson you learn when you go through a lot of them, the northeast quadrant of the storm, that is the tough part of the storm, explain to folks why that is the bad part of the storm and what major parts of city are going to be the quadrant as sandy starts to make landfall. >> let's back this up, and take a look at the storm surge graphic. storm surge dependent on where you are in the storm, it comes inland. any area of low pressure, northern hemisphere. watch the wind go counterclo

onshore in southern new jersey, pushing in into delaware and the northern part of the bay. taking it pretty quickly. the momentum is more on a westerly track. it looks like perhaps the center of the storm goes across cecil county, maybe getting into the catoctin. this is looking at the way unfolded over the last few hours. this is the official national center track. do not look at the center line. this is the range of possibilities. right now, the southern part to me at least looks more likely. we will see. at the center of the storm, the barometer is at 27 plus some. we could well go below and set a the lowest barometric pressure reading. this is moving in. so are the heavy rains, which would change to heavy snow in the mountains. showers continue into our region. moderate them a heavy rain, gradually tapering off to more scattered showers tomorrow. this time, coming out of the south tomorrow afternoon. the tides in the bay are going to be slowed to recede. they will be higher than normal tomorrow because of that wind. this is going into hallion and even into thursday. but

going through early tomorrow morning, that's when we see maybe landfall around new jersey. southern new jersey we are dealing with the cold side of the storm as well. we have been talking a lot about the warmer side. this is going to become a hybrid and we will have that jet stream reenergize this thing as it comes onto land. and also what we are watching isaround the center of the storm now, it's starting to have convection or thunderstorms popping up. but, the winds are well away from this and when you talk about a hurricane, you want the winds the strongest wind at the center but that's not happening with this storm. so that hybrid effect is taking place. it could be strengthening too as we go through time before it makes landfall as it moves over the gulf stream which is warmerwater. so as we look at the second weather player the cold front moving through and actuallycombining with the system, well, on the backside some snow moving into west virginia. the higher elevations before it's all said and done they can see up to 3 feet, yes, 3 feet of some snowfall across the area. this

new jersey, where conditions may be even worse. sandy pounded the jersey shore. nbc's danielle leigh live in cape may, new jersey, on the southern tip of that state. danielle, what's the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. this morning we are getting hit with heavy winds. sometimes it's hard to stand. and just a light rain. when he was in the hotel room getting ready. i was pretty sure we were going to lose some windows. they were clanking so hard. that is good news. we are doing a lot better than a lot of parts of cape may and a lot of parts of coastal, new jersey. if you take a look at video we have of damage across the jersey shore, especially in atlantic city, where parts of that famous boardwalk were destroyed, where people staying in a shelter lost power and had to be evacuated. we're talking about significant damage. across the northeast, people waking up without water. more than 7 million people without power because of the damage from this storm. we're hearing that over a dozen people have been killed from this storm. the sun hasn't even risen yet. hearing off in the distance, the sound of this wind just blows a

and again sandy essentially made landfall across southern jersey between cape may and ocean city, new jersey. she'll continue her west, northwest trek over the nighttime hours as our winds increase. >> thank you, topper. >>> check out this video from the u.s. coastguard of a rescue off the coast of north carolina today. 14 members of the crew of the hms bounty were pulled from the water. two were missing. one has since been found. she was unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital. the coastguard is still searching for the final missing crew member, the captain. the replica tall ship sank off the coast of north carolina this morning and nose -- those are the dramatic pictures. >>> engineers are racing to the top of a 74 story high rise because of a dangling construction crane hanging over 57 streets in manhattan. no word what caused the crane to become loose. new york city mayor michael bloomberg said all construction cranes were already inspected before the storm. meterologists believe winds are blowing around 95 miles per hour. so you could see how something like that could break.

it is probably just off the coast of southern new jersey. it is making its move to the west and northwest appeared it is likely to make a beeline for northeastern maryland. that is the estimate we have so far based on satellite imagery. i will put on a bigger radar picture. you will see the bands of heavy rain are still coming in. a lot of the rain is not showing up on the west side. it is either out of range or tapers off over the atlantic. there is still a lot of rain to come our way into central and eastern maryland. our win today has been out of the west-northwest. that has been helping coming across the land to diminish the wind speeds. where the wind has been over the ocean, hurricane force winds have hit new jersey, long island, new york city. those areas of been hit by the wind. we're catching most of the rain. bay, it istern da pushing the water over to the eastern shore. the tides are way above normal there. it is keeping most of the highest order and surge away from ocean city. as the storm makes its way through new jersey and mar

>> it looks like new jersey coastline, somewhere central or southern new jersey is the area that's goingget the direct hit. by either a hurricane, post tropical cyclone. whatever name it takes on by the time it reaches the jersey shore, it doesn't matter, this is a powerful storm with tropical storm force winds extending more than 500 miles out from the center of this storm. it's huge. massive and powerful winds and torrential rains that will stick around for days. right now, the current path of this storm is still northeast at 14 miles per hour. no doubt it will take a turn to the northwest. and look at just the sheer size of this storm. it extends almost from boston down to charlotte, north carolina, and it's that huge of a storm that the influence will be felt all across the eastern seaboard at almost the same time. it will be bad from virginia, delaware, maryland, washington, d.c., into new jersey, and up to southern new england as well. current wind gusts, 40 to 50 miles per hour from virginia beach to northeastern north carolina. and salisbury, reporting gusts up to 32 miles per ho

everyone will see damaging winds if it takes a track into the delmarva or southern new jersey. sandy preps. well check batteries, flashlights, charge your electronic devices. fill your prescriptions and of course twitter updates follow us. our live weather look this is our weather cam. very nice. still 66 outside. winds out of the east, northeast at 6 and we'll see a pretty nice evening for high school football. 66 in college park. so here we go. monitoring sap di the threat still monday night and tuesday. you have time to do things over the weekend. monday night t-time on saturday. sunday may not be that bad. the showers on saturday and sunday have nothing to do with sandy. 9 weather alert tomorrow. 68 a few sprinkles. showers on sunday, showers on monday temperatures in the upper 50s. next seven days tuesday big time rain. possibly damaging winds. 52. lingering showers sorry on halloween. temperatures upper 50s. we're drying out on thursday and friday. we'll be back after this. >>> it's a our report. back at 11:00. ♪ "e.t." >>> why robert pattinson and kristen stewart are und

by 10:00, they moved out over the bay into southern new jersey. we will be left with a clearing trend later tonight. a couple more hours where a shower or storm is possible. in clearing. -- then clearing. these clouds are low pressure stretching into the upper atmosphere. it will be heading northeast. we will be clear tonight. we have to get past this disturbed weather tomorrow evening before we give it the all clear for no rain. tomorrow evening, we may get brushed by this as it moves toward new england. we will keep a slight chance of showers in the forecast for tomorrow. look for cooler temperatures. waves will average 1 foot. in western maryland, it will be cloudy and cool tomorrow. they will catch the storm system in the great lakes. they will get more of it out west. high pressure will build in with sunshine in the mountains on sunday. the eastern shore is farther from the system. expect sunny to partly cloudy skies tomorrow. lots of sunshine on sunday. the driest part of the state will be the coastal areas with sunshine on saturday and sund

southern new jersey, this particular track. the cone of influence runs from the chesapeake bay all the way up to connecticut. and massachusetts. there's still a wide target here. beacons -- we can still o somdoe hunkering down. if the rain showers tonight. otherwise crowded. 50-55, overnight low. breeze from the north east. it picks up the murrah, 10-20 mph or so. from the north. rain chances increase. high temperature, not much warmer from now. 55-60 expected. here's our feature cast. ahead of the storm as it is coming in, that is where we will probably get the most rain and wind will start picking up. this is monday at 9:00 a.m. coming a dissident -- into southern nj. thomas rabach and expect that the storm? the computer models -- how much rain can we expect from the storm? it depends on how quickly it moves across the area. here's the 7 day forecast. in the 50's for a few days. heaviest rain on monday into tuesday morning. then things kind of settle down by the end of the week. >> a couple of conference losses on the record

hurricane force winds delaware, southern new jersey, ocean city as well down to around assateague. they'll be moving inland. oh, man, we're looking at gusts tonight into 6:00 a.m., the first time i'm seeing this potentially gusting to hurricane force even in the washington baltimore metro, upper part of the bay. so it is going to be really bad late tonight and early tomorrow and then even into the middle of the day tomorrow we'll still have the damaging wind. get ready for power outages, trees down, that sort of thing. it seems to be a given. finally by wednesday morning, potentially still some very gusty winds, 40, 45, 50 miles an hour will pull away here by halloween afternoon. not a pretty picture. let's just get to the forecast. winds are going to be increasing today. should be in the 40, 50, abe 60 mile an hour -- maybe 60 mile an hour gusting range, 52. tonight we dip into the low to mid-40s and stay there tomorrow as sandy continues to pummel us with the wind and the rain at least through midday. maybe down to showers by later tuesday. a little bit of recovery wednesday. by

the latest report says it will make landfall in southern new jersey later tonight. me places flooded already and this is only the beginning, and it will make landfall in new jersey, the storm is so big, it will hit airways across the entire coast -- areas across the entire east coast and into the midwest. as a result almost everything is closed today, the government and the market. no stock trading today. the cme is open but will close early as well. gold is trading flat so far. oil also trading falling swrus a little bit -- just a little bit $86 a barrel. that's why a sharp drop in the gas price continues. national average is down to $3.54 a gallon, according to triple a, down 24 cents in the last month. we will be back in 90 seconds with the judge and the federal government fema do we need them? should they be involved? you don't want to miss it. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hr looks great. didn't realize they did

new jersey, could have it even worse. the story tonight from cape may. >> reporter: sandy made landfall in southern new jersey this evening packing 80 miles per hour miles per hour winds. record-breaking high tide and rough surf battered the coastline. roads washed away by storm surge and flooding. water poured into ground zero in new york. in walk away park queens they scrambled to rescue people in a fire raging out of control. in manhattan, more than 200 patients had to be evacuated and moved to other facilities. >> one thing we had not counted on, new york university hospital back-up power. inspied ensuring it's been tested stopped working. >> more than 3 million people are without power in 11 states. part of the city that never sleeps is in the dark. the wall of a four story building collapsed in manhattan exposing apartments inside. no one was injured. at least seven storm related deaths have been reported in connecticut, maryland and five in new york including three children. public transportation for more than 12 million people came to a halt in new york, flil and washington, d.c. when the eye of the storm passed o

water levels are rising, which doesn't help the fact that the southern new jersey area has already seen record flooding in the coastal and the inland areas. of course, atlantic city completely under water at this point. access to ocean city now cut off. much of ocean city under water, sea side heights, the entire stretch of the 83-mile shoreline here in new jersey. like brian said, if you're here, you're stuck, you missed your window to get out. even if you are trying to get out, you can't go anywhere. governor chris christie has closed 130 miles of highway. so, new jersey residents here, thousands of them without power, but many glad it's coming earlier than expected, hunkering down and hoping the worse will pass shortly. >> thank you very much. we'll be checking back. >> we're watching that picture very carefully of that high rise that's been under construction for several months in midtown manhattan. eventually going to be 90 stories high. and that crane that sits atop it, you shouldn't see that portion dangling that's sitting parallel to the building itself. that has been a partial

it's still going to go into southern new jersey and they'll have hurricane force winds there as we get into later tonight and it will become extra tropical. tropical systems feed on the warm sea surface temperatures. when we get a cold core storm, that feeds on the temperature contrast in the atmosphere. this type of storm really can only form in a relatively short window of time, like october when the sea surface temperatures are still pretty warm and we're also now beginning that transition getting some colder air down from the north. so winds 90 miles per hour as it makes landfall tonight around 8:00 or 9:00. then it goes essentially through the northern bay across northern maryland. even tomorrow morning -- and this is sort of the scary part. at 8:00 tomorrow morning, still 70 mile per hour wind n. is over land now. now it's just a cold core storm that's feeding on the temperature contrast and still in some ways strengthening. hard to believe. then it gets back into south central pa by 8:00 tomorrow night. winds are still 50. that's pretty impressive. we did some research last nigh

current thinking is going to take this storm into southern new jersey. n terms of the center plot, it is so large across the center we'll get so much rain with the main storm surge happening in new jersey and new york maryland will be one of the hardest hit states. maybe second behind new jersey because of rain totals. 12 inches of rain. days of sustained winds 60 miles per hour. it will mean intense weather. flood watches across the state because of high rain threat. there will be coastal flooding, enhanced high tide action. some water may get pushed from the bay with the north winds. areas facing the bay west facing strong northwest and northwest winds. hurricane warning up for the waters of the chesapeake bay. >> here in your state we know about the floods. no matter where the hurricane comes to shore there is no way to escape it. >> jeff hager is joining us live. >> sadly we have seen it before. plenty of times. sandy is expected to take her toll coming and going. people there already bracing themselves for the high water. >> reporter: they can not mo

new jersey beaches and new york city. the reason behind this unprecedented impact is the unusual path this storm took. sandy's path took it directly into southern jersey. al worst-case scenario for the region. now here, every line you see on this graphic is the track the tropical system took that impacted the new york city area. well, as you can see, a number of tropical systems did hit through the years. no storm took that path into southern new jersey like sandy did on monday. so why this unusual path, and why is it unseen until first off, important to note, tropical systems do spot in october. the atlantic hurricane season ends november 30th here, there is a secondary peak in october of tropical storm formation. in fact, it is because the storm occurred so late in october, in my opinion, that it was able to take the path it did. through the fall, the jet stream migrates its way southward and strengthens, bringing shots of cold air southward with it. it was one of the cold shots of air, powerful one at that, that allowed sandy to become the superstorm it did and also that forced it to come in land at the sharp angle that it did. because of th

new jersey area along the jersey shore. that's factor number one. factor number two, look at the sheer size of this storm. the tropical storm force winds extend from southernown into northeastern north carolina. the 58-mile-per-hour-plus winds extend from long island down into maryland. this is a huge storm, especially for the atlantic. and one of the largest storms we've ever seen. if we pile all this together, why is this such an historic event? this is one of the largest tropical storm force windshields on record, to extend all the way from southern new england down into the carolinas, it's just massive. on top of that, this sharp east-to-west track is unprecedented. the first storm to move in to affect new york city, new jersey, the shores of maryland and delaware, that's unpreced t unprecedented. on top of that, we're going from this tropical cyclone embedded in the larger nor'eastern situation. that makes it unusual. on the back side of this storm, the tropical moisture is going to mix with arctic air. that's going to create some heavy interior mountain snow, especially west virginia. we could see several inches of snow because there's so much moistu

eventually by tomorrow night will take a sharp turn to the left and should make land fall across southern new jersey which still could we see a flux wation, we may. winds are at 75 miles per hour and wind gusts pressure continues to the distance 480 miles southeast of washington d.c. it's going to stay in place for tuesday and by wednesday lifts off towards the north and then finally will move toward the east. but the rain totals absolutely amazing what is on the way. you can check out our website at www.wjla.com and we will keep you updated. and we've updated a brand new video forecast and we'll keep you updated tomorrow. more on the storm coming up. >>> let's get to our team of reporters right now. want to see what a hurricane looks like just take a look. brad has been there all day as conditions have gone down. >> yeah they have. as a matter of fact i pulled out my wind speed and we got a gust of 50 miles an hour. we've had steady winds of 20. i've never [inaudible] >> we're going to check back in with brad bell soon. at the reagan national airport what are the transportation troubles related to

new jersey, could have it even worse. the s tonight from cape may. >> reporter: sandy made landfall in southern new jersey this evening packingoads washed away by storm surge and flooding. water poured into ground zero in new york. in walk away park queens they scrambled to rescue people in a fire raging out of control. in manhattan, more than 200 patients had to be evacuated and moved to other facilities. >> one thing we had not counted on, new york university hospital back-up power. inspied ensuring it's been tested stopped working. >> more than 3 million people

new jersey, could have it even worse. the story tonight from cape may. >> reporter: sandy made landfall in southern new jersey this evening packing 80 miles per hour miles per hour winds. record-breaking high tide and rough surf battered the coastline. roads washed away by storm surge and flooding. water poured into ground zero in new york. in walk away park queens they scrambled to rescue people in a fire raging out of control. in manhattan, more than 200 patients had to be evacuated and moved to other facilities. >> one thing we had not counted on, new york university hospital back-up power. inspied ensuring it's been tested stopped working. >> more than 3 million people are without power in 11 states. part of the city that never sleeps is in the dark. the wall of a four story building collapsed in manhattan exposing apartments inside. no one was injured. at least seven storm related deaths have been reported in connecticut, maryland and five in new york including three children. public transportation for more than 12 million people came to a halt in new york, flil and washington, d.c. when the eye of the storm passed o

area weather in a second, first hurricane sandy making landfall as a post tropical storm in southern new jersey. the triboro bridge just had a gust of 100 miles per hour, strongest in the history of the bridge. the battery had the highest tide in new york city history, 11.9 feet. much of lower manhattan is 3 to 5 feet underwater. wind gusts is 78 miles per hour. for us, could not be any different. sunshine. world series championship, we have a lot going on here. good stuff going on currently as we have dry conditions on the radar. we'll stay that way for the next couple days. actually, sandy will help us stay dry for halloween. how does that happen? sandy so the east coast, we are west. sandy is blocking the progress of everything behind it, like a traffic jam. low pressure to the north and west cannot get because of sandy and will not arrive until thursday, meaning trick or treat forecast will be mainly dry because of a hurricane 3,000 miles away. another foggy morning tomorrow. it will be try through halloween. soggy weather on thursday. here is the forecast. nice tomorrow, cloudy, cooler on