there's the bay on that side, the rehoboth bay and the indian river, inland. all of that can be back water and cause what is known as tidal stacking, where the ocean and the inlets begin to merge and meet in the middle. so somewhere along the pp, you can be sure that's happening. 25 miles away from us, we saw a similar situation like that with ocean city. quickly before we go, i will show this gregg, i know you love this area because you used to live nearby that. pink house is still standing, without any damage. and in fact, i am surprised -- they didn't even board up the windows. you know, that's a beautiful, victorrian hope. it's still standing, no damage, from what we can see, no wind damage, to the windows. it gives you an idea of how much this area was spared, the shelters are open. people have gone to the shelters, getting out of the harm's way approximate in the low-lying areas. when daylight approaches, we will be able to see the damage that sandy dumped on rehoboth beach and the rest of delaware. back to you. >> it looks like they really got lucky. bu

north of the state line here in rehoboth. look at the waves just coming in, and we are not done yet by a long shot. >> all right. much more on the latest on sandy. back to the news defendant. >> thanks, why yet. >>> when we come back from break we'll check in with christian schaffer who is live at rehoboth beach. >> stay with us. a gigabyte of photos. t it when i d i litey wanted to say "did you see that?" [ male announcer ] when people switch from cable to verizon fios there comes a moment when they get it. the difference 100% fiber optics makes. when i saw that picture, i really got it. i can enjoy the game better at home than going to the stadium. i got it when our apartment became the apartment. [ female announcer ] once you've got it, you get it. it's faster. it's better. so, what are you waiting for? switch to fios tv, internet and phone for just 84.99 a month for a year, our best price online... with no annual contract. fios brings you the best tv picture quality... internet ranked the fastest in the nation... and fios

the rehoboth bay has spilled over to the road here and every road heading that way toward downtown rehoboth beach. come this way. i want to show you something. dickinson street here, postal highway is the main drag. if you go the whole way you get to ocean city, maryland, but before you have to cross the indian river bridge and it's blocked off there. coastal highway dewey beach, it stops and you can't go further because of flooding. it's been that way the past 24 hours. come back around this way, the atlantic ocean. you have got the surge everybody is talking about that will be several feet high when sandy comes through. add to the surge the tide, add the waves and you're talking a lot of water that's going to be coming over the dune there onto these roads and all of this you can imagine will be impassable later this evening 5 p.m. through tonight. [ audio difficulty ] >> bruce johnson, amazing stuff all day long. thank you, bruce. >> everybody pushing the boundaries of technology through the storm. we're going to take a quick break. we are still tracking sandy all night long. we'll be bac

this is the rehoboth beach area. you can see the surf is definitely kicking up there and there's rain showers. we'll be hearing more from kristin fisher who is live in rehoboth. good more than and welcome to 9news now. today is monday, october 29. i'm andrea roane. mike hydeck, monika samtani all on board. howard bernstein, though, has today's forecast and it's all about hurricane sandy. we'll begin with a quick look though at closures. this is pretty easy. almost everything in the metro region is closed starting with the federal government. most local governments also closed. emergency personnel, though, are still asked to report. every major public transportation agency is closed today, including metro transit and vre. pretty much every flight into and out of our region has been canceled. you're advised to call your airline first if you have any questions about getting in or out of town. marc is shut down today. amtrak canceled most of its northeast corridor trains. again it's pret much a quiet day. today is also th

right now we're on the boardwalk of rehoboth beach. you can see all of the businesses, candy kitchen, grotto piz disarks all the ie -- pizza, all the icons boarded up. there is nobody out on these streets. let's look at the surf. check out the waves coming in. huge waves, 14, 15 feet, getting higher as sandy comes closer and closer. the center of the storm still about 300 miles away from us. expected to make landfall in several hours just north of us on the southern new jersey coast. what we're hearing this morning is that -- the good news, i'll start with that. not a ton of power outages. just under 2,000 overnight. that's the good news. the bad news, lots of road closures, lots of flooding. route 1 into dewey beach, bethany beach totally closed. wiped out. here's actually some pretty big news we just found out from the governor of delaware. even though there's a mandatory evacuation order in effect which means if you decided to stay, law enforcement most likely will not be able to come and get you. some people are trapped about 15 mil

look at the rehoboth beach camera. we're losing the beach cam slowly. we have a high thighed that will come in later this -- tide that will come in later this evening. another high tide will be coming in through the course of the evening. eight foot waves, 20-foot. annapolis comes in tonight at 8:00. be aware of that. if you live in an area prone to bay flooding you may need to get your plan together. this is right around 13th avenue, wyatt. this is showing the waves coming in. this is eroding the beach. there's a flood warning for everybody. know that flood warnings in effect. we are seeing flooding across many locations. coastal flood warnings. can a plan together. information ranging from 6:00 to 11:00 across the area, so be aware of that. more of sandy's coverage coming up right after this break. how you doing? alright, alright. now this is a party. what is that? go, go, go. mmm. give me some of that sauce. i don't know, i think i might bail. yeah, it's pretty dead. [ male announcer ] one is never enough. new kfc dip'ems. freshly prepared tenders di

but we've already got some flooding on the bay side of rehoboth beach. we're already seeing some scattered outages. but it is only going to get worse which is really hard to believe when you take a look at some of the waves we're seeing out here. let me show you some of the erosion we're seeing already. the boardwalk is looking good. but down here, this type of erosion -- want to make sure some waves aren't coming. this type of erosion up and down rehoboth beach's boardwalk, it's everywhere. what's happening as these waves get bigger and bigger and closer to shore, they're coming in. they're coming through these walkways down to the beach and then they're all just -- the force of the water is just driving right underneath the boardwalk. at the moment it's holding strong but we are still several hours away from the height of this storm. this is going -- good gust there. this is going to continue at least until tomorrow, late morning. these are some of the strongest gusts i've felt thus far since we've been out here. kind of died off a little bit but now it

we'll see much more as the sun begins to rise. live from rehoboth beach, erica gonzalez, news 4. >>> new overnight, a 42-year-old woman rescued from the atlantic ocean died after she and her crew mates were forced to abandon ship. this morning crews searching for the captain of the hms bounty. dramatic video shows the rescue. 14 crew members pulled from carolina's outer banks. the captain called for help when the ship lost power and was taking on water. one of the rescuers describes the conditions. >> being in those waves is more like a washing machine. we have these waves hitting at you from every single direction. >> the crew was trying avoid sandy but got caught in the storm. that ship left connecticut on thursday on its way to florida. >> the new york stock exchange closed for a second day. much of lower manhattan is flooded this morning. cnbc's jackie deangelis is here now with more on the closing. jackie, what a mess up there. >> it is a mess, eun. >>> the u.s. financial markets are going to be closed for a second day today due to the storm. t

the oceanfront or thebay. bethany, dewey and here in rehoboth. this will not be enforced. police are not going door to door but it is strongly encouraged, as doug just told you, the weather system is coming in, in the next 24 to 48 hours. this is not going to be a pleasant place to be. they want to get people out of here and they have a lot of people to get out of here. this is seawich weekend here in rehoboth. a lot of people came in for a big halloween party. a big day today. a big party here tonight and many people, a lot from our area, i've seen a lot of people here from t washington area are coming in. everyone says they'll be getting out tomorrow morning or tomorrow around middays, which they were planning to do anyway. right within govern markell's window of that evacuation. just to get people away from these coastal towns and get them to safety. we are expecting some bad rains coming in tonight, and the winds are picking up. it is going to be nast but the party's going to go on. i'm told people have to get out of here. reporting from rehoboth, back to you. >>> sandy

. >> that's where gary tuchman is on the ground. rehoboth beach. holding down the fort filip looks like it's still reagan there. but just a little bit of rain -- i mean just a little bit of wind, correct? >> reporter: well, the wind is -- we still feel the wind, fredricka. but the rain has finally stopped. it really was raining for two days straight and very hard at times. right now i'm walking on the boardwalk here in rehoboth beach, delaware. it's not as famous as the atlantic city, new jersey boardwalk but it's an important part of the fabric of the city. tens of thousands of people come here every week in the summer to go on vacation, rehoboth beach. it's actually a very small town. only 1,300 people live here year round but tens of thousands in the summer, every single weekend, many of them from nearby washington, d.c. and baltimore and philadelphia. and the boardwalk has survived relatively intact. the people here in rehoboth consider themselves very lucky. here's what we know here in rehobo rehoboth beach. there's some flooding. some homes ha

we had the boardwalk overflow. in rehoboth big storm surge expected to come. kent island, you can see here. i'll step out of the shot and try to find the bay bridge in that shot. you would not want to drive a low profile vehicle over it. we're seeing it all in maryland. the snow starting to come down. it's been coming down in deep creek. that snow line is creeping furtheo the east. we'll he plenty of rain and wind. again, the big rain still coming down. flood warnings still statewide. irene we got over 10 rough result the coastal concerns will be not just tonight, on the eastern shore. the chesapeake bay flooding will continue tomorrow as winds will turn southwest and tomorrow we'll be watching the bay carefully, too. back to you. >> boy, joce sterman out at bwi got a taste of the storm. look that the that. >> reporter: things have really picked up here at bwi, the bge staging headquarters. they are wrapping things up. because of the the dwindling, deteriorating conditions at this point, they will take the workers that are left and bust them out to area hotels.

the hope is that will protect the town. in rehoboth, brad bell, abc 7 news. >> city is responsible for at least 39 deaths across the caribbean, from jamaica to the bahamas and cuba, knocking out power and flooding roads. many of the deaths came from people being swept away or trying to cross flooding roadways. track the storm any time of the day at wjla.com or the weather app. if you lose power the application will have information any time of day. >> the man accused of attacking a lobbying group's headquarters in chinatown has pled not guilty. floyd corkins it is facing counts of committing an act of terrorism. he is the first person charged under the d.c. anti-terrorism act of 2002. he shot a guard back in august. he is due in court in december. >> a burglary turned into a stabbing in northwest washington. a woman was stabbed multiple times at an apartment on washington place. sam ford is live at the scene with what happened. sam? >> the police are still on the scene near the rhode island metro station. at the entrance to the buildin

for all the people who love to come to rehoboth beach, it's a wonderful place. we know it's going to stay that way after the storm. let's just hope it doesn't take too bad of a beating. >> kristin fisher live from rehoboth, delaware. even if you lose power at home, you'll still be able to watch us during the storm. we're streaming live on our mobile site. that's m.wusa9.com so you can stay up to date on your tablet or mobile device. here we are right there. >> you can get text alerts. text sandy to 25543. you'll get updates immediately at 9news alerts too. >>> as the storm event progresses, we want to hear would you and your family are going through. you can post information to our wusa9 facebook fan page as well as send us your storm photos. be safe when you do it. we'll be back. >>> we're tracking hurricane sandy actually getting stronger. the 5:00 advisory has increased the winds. the pressure has dropped. i'll have all the details in a few minutes but here's your day planner. look for the wind and the rain to increase, especially into the afternoon hours. we

the rehoboth bay spilled over to the road here and every road heading toward -- >> can see the water moving behind him. that was our bruce johnson on dewey beach. after the break the latest on power restoration efforts in our area. >> plus, how social media is playing a major role in this disaster storm. >> let's get the latest on power outages across our region. >> investigative russ ptacek knows exactly where to find that information. >> reporter: we're 24 hours into this since this really started heating up. are you ready for a headline? this is the headline i just sent out while you guys were getting the 7:00 news underway here. that is most power now restored. 248,000 people remain without power right now, but at the height of this storm this morning and the early morning hours, we were at more than a half a million. let's take a look at where some of these people are located. boy, folks in northern virginia, you're having a tough time. there is some good news. one of the points we made when we were talking about this as we were looking into this area trying to identify what the

this is the atlantic sands hotel right in the middle of rehoboth beach. there are sandbags stacked up right outside it protecting the first floor businesses. so far the water has not touched actually the side of the building. they've only come up to the sandbags. we're still several hours away from this storm being over. some good news i'd like to share with you all. this is the boardwalk on rehoboth beach. it is completely empty except for some of us crazy tv folks out here. no one is here. i haven't seen a single person out on rehoboth beach or the boardwalk here. a lot of that has to do with the level 2 driving advisory that was put into effect at 5:00 this morning. what this means is that nobody, no one is allied to be driving around on a hoe bath beach, dewey beach, anywhere in the county unless you're essential personnel. that is because so much of the roads, especially route 1, delaware heading down into bethany and dewey, all of that completely flooded out. you see these big waves. this beach holding up very well. but i tell you what. atlantic city

our own erica gonzalez is weathering the storm in rehoboth beach, delaware. she has more on the conditions there. >> reporter: the winds are gusting at 45 miles per hour here in rehoboth beach. the rain is coming down quickly. the water has risen three to four feet above normal. it's very quickly approaching the boardwalk. delaware governor tells us the best thing you could do is not try to ride this storm out in the safety of your own home. with a storm this big nearly 900 miles across, you need to seek shelter. there are seven shelters set up, three alone in rehoboth. two of them accepting pets, if that is a concern for you. some of the folks we met yesterday was the best thing we thought of was to take blankets and medications with them and head to these evacuation centers. >> you're going to come to a shelter, you have to recognize that you're basically going to get space on the floor. you need to bring a sleeping bag, ai pillow. you need to bring books. there is limited food here. you'll get fed. there's not a lot of comforts of home. >> my place is getti

water is quickly rising and approaching the boardwalk here in rehoboth beach. there is a driving ban in effect, and residents are hunkering down in shelters. take a look. the rain continues to come down, and with 45 mile an hour wind gusts, when this comes across your face, doesn't feel tooed go good. and the biggest difference between this and the other hurricanes my colleagues have been in, it's cold down here. >> erica, thank you. >>> that is "news 4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back at 7:25 with the forecast and more local coverage as the d.c. area has a long day ahead. in virginia, we know education means opportunity. that's why tim kaine expanded pre-k... championed higher ed and job training... helping make virginia "the best state to raise a child." but george allen has not made our kids a priority. as governor, he tried to cut funding for public schools. in washington, allen voted to end tax deductions for college tuition. and now, a budget plan that devastates k-12 classrooms-- all to pay for ev

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the boards will be coming off. rehoboth beach is coming back to life this morning. it is like we've awakened from a feverish dream. the curse of hurricane sandy is over. the town was deserted, evacuated, but they survived. you saw the dogs and the people and the surfers back on the beach. and you saw people with the metal deckers out trying to see if they could find any kind of bounty left by the sea as the waves came crashing in to see what kind of treasures were brought in this morning. the town of rehoboth emof cars. cars were not allowed in here for almost two days. now it is getting packed pretty quickly. people are coming back to look at the ocean. because the storm was so ferocious. they want to come back and check and touch base with it to make sure it is okay and just to walk on it them were not allowed to for a good day, day and a half. >> absolutely incredible. that's all i've got to say. mother nature at her best. >> i thought it would be a lot worse than this. >> reporter: rehoboth suffered some minimal damage. some power outage and a sandy mess on the b

spoke to the governor that says that seven shelters are open across the state, three alone in the area of rehoboth. people need to take this into consideration. if you plan on leaving, you need to do so as soon as possible because you will be putting the lives of emergency responders at jeopardy if you decide to stay. back to you. >> our thanks to erica gonzalez there. >>> president obama is urging everyone in sandy's path to prepare for the worst. >> this is a serious and big storm. my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the atlantic, going north, you need to take this very seriously and follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. >> the president issued that warning while touring fema headquarters here in the district. he also signed a state of emergency declaration for d.c., which mayor gray had requested. that will free up federal aid to help the city respond to sandy. >>> santdy is impacting the election l sas well, which is j eigh

. >> reporter: as the waves ease along the rehoboth beach shore it is almost too picturesque to believe an epic storm is headed here. dubbed the perfect storm sandy is no joke. the mayor, samuel cooper. >> everybody needs to take some action i think at minimum bringing lawn furniture and that sort of thing in. at most would be evacuate. >> reporter: don't wait for mandatory evacuations. make your preps now to move. that's the word from the emergency director of sussex county to those living in low lying areas and mobile homes. >> it's a beautiful day and has been all day long. >> reporter: but randy huber who's had this vacation home since the '80s refuses to budge. >> if it is going to be as bad as they're saying we'll get out of here but it won't be tonight. >> reporter: in a matter of days sandy could bully the beach and its residents with rampant rain and intense winds. >> 1962 was kind of the storm of record here. and on the worst case scenario this could be more devastating than 1962 was. >> reporter: erika gonzalez, news 4. >>> for the latest on tropical storm sandy and what your

the delaware bay. we're watching this rig around rehoboth beach. they're probably seeing very strong winds out of the northwest right now. once again, they could easily being seeing 60, 70, 80, 90-mile-an-hour winds even towards rehoboth beach. we are just getting started. i think with some of the strongest winds in our area. you can see how theaves have been coming on. these are the bands that you'll continue to see. you'll look outside and say, it's not raining too hard. five minutes later here comes a band bringing heavy rainfall, and it will bring you very heavy wind as well. the winds will continue to gust throughout the afternoon. and they're gusting now over tropical storm force. and they have been for the last couple of hours. let's take a couple of zooms here and you can see around annapolis, toward baltimore, here's another band making its way through anne arundel county, and down to the south, fairly heavy rain along the northern neck. you folks are really getting hammered during the afternoon today and back towards winchester, where we h

that's been the case around areas of rehoboth, ocean city, the high water levels where the beach areang the bay right now. we've got hurricane force winds, upwards 74 miles per hour from areas of massachusetts. we're seeing reports of seas as high as 30-plus feet just off the coast, around 20 to 25 rehoboth and ocean city area. high seas. and those hurricane force winds will continue making their way westward. here's the very latest. sandy picking up speed, moving around 30 miles per hour with sustained winds still at 90 miles per hour. we to expect, again, weakening when it comes ashore which will be somewhere right around cape may very soon. here's a look at the waves of rain that have been coming in, another heavy wave of rain for atlantic city, for dover, places like annapolis, picking up over 3 1/2 inches of rain. you've got wallop's island with 6.78 inches of rain. dover, delaware, over 5 1/2 inches of rain. and then into areas around camp springs right now. almost five inches of rain as well. a lot of rain, and we could get a lot more. another four, perhaps five inches of rain

good morning to you all from the atlantic sands hotel on rehoboth beach. we started to feel the begins of a hurricane here i'd say maybe 12 hours ago. it increased throughout the night. now we're really starting to feel it. but the amazing thing here is we're going to feel these kinds of winds, see this weather and it's going to get so much worse and it's going to continue for 36 more hours. this hurricane is still 350 miles off shore, the center of it at least. as you stand here, we see these conditions that have been going on for so long. it's mind boggling to think that we're only at the very beginning of n. i know it's really dark out here, folks, tough to see, but the surf has been kicking up hard all night long. we've got about 14-foot waves right now. they have been pounding. my hotel room is right on the beach. they've been loud all night long. wind gusts increasing throughout the night. the hotel is very secure. this hotel is made for this sort of stuff but definitely starting to feel a little bit of shaking during the big e gusts throughout the ni

the very latest from him, residents that live in low-lying areas and mobile homes here in rehoboth are asked to make preparations to move out of the area now. they are asking these people not to wait for emergency evacuations to be put into place. again, if you live in the rehoboth area, in a low-lying area or mobile home, you're asked to make preparations to move out now. emergency planners could make evacuations and shelter designations as early as tomorrow. here's one thing i do want to mention to you. this same gentlemen, the emergency center director, thomas, told us to heed the warnings, quote unquote, listen to your gut is what he's telling people, use common sense. this is going to severely affect somebody, he tells us, and right now it looks like we are in the crosshairs. we're going to have much more on this developing story, and this storm, that is not to be taken lightly. we're live at rehoboth beach, erica gonzalez, news4. >>> in fairfax county, emergency workers are doing everything they can to get ready for the storm. they're checking equipment and plan to work longer ho

the town of rehoboth. has an abandonedness to it. not all residents left. we highly recommend, that they don't. we won't stop them from coming in. in fairness the town has been putting the word out about this evacuation for the past 24 hours. and, eventually, the woman from new york, she called the chief of police, he called the officer on duty, and the matter was resolved. she was able to break the blockade. believe me, you don't want to be in rehoboth right now. the ocean is in its place. starting to come up. starting to break the fence along the dunes. told by doug and chief of police, chief banks, it will be over the boardwalk by tomorrow morning. they ordered all bitzneusinesse closed. we'll take a look. sochl thi we are still here. keep you posted. back to you. >> stay drive. thanks. south of rehobet. -- south of rehoboth. and route 1 has been closed for ten miles, between dewey and bethenny beaches. >> prince george's county, barrier around the county administration building. heavy rain flad eflooded the bu last year. tonight surrounded by flood sacks

and this is the crew that's making it happen out here for you in rehoboth beach. >> we are not as worried about you now because you guys have that plan in place. you've got the fig newtons. and plastic probably works better when they become proje projecti projectiles, i would think. you've got a lot of stuff in there that can easily fly around i'm seeing. >> absolutely. if you get a producer that's mad enough. right, lauren? there you go. keeping us on task. like, erika, bring it in. >> erika, it's not as easy for us to get a feel for just how bad the wind and the rain is. we you were outside and being battered by it -- we do see the white caps. the tide is really high. is this considered high tide here at this time? >> no, no, barbara. high tide was this morning at 7:55 is when high tide rolls in. it was impressive. i'm from texas. i've lived in coastal regions. i've seen some pretty good waves. i was around for hurricane dolly. i've cover hurricane gustauv in louisiana. it's cold out here. you're got gloves on, you're trying to stay as warm as possible. we'll bring you updates, live, ne

at this hour at 6:00, the governor has ordered all businesses in the coastal regions of rehoboth, dewey, and bethany to be closed at 6:00. at 8:00 is the deadline for everyone in three-quarters of a mile from the coast to get out of here. people are paying attention to this. as they saw as the sorm is getting closer, this is not something you want to play with. two young, buff, and experienced rehoboth lifeguards startled onlookers with this swim. >> if you don't know what you're doing, it's dangerous, but we've been swimmers for a long time. >> reporter: do your wives know you're out there? >> mine does not. i'm at the grocery store. >> reporter: the rest of the humans spent this stormy day watching the churning surf. >> it's going to be causing a lot of damage, but i don't feel that it's that dangerous. >> reporter: most people spent the day leaving. >> we were supposed to be staying here tonight but they told us they're evacuated. >> reporter: they're heading up to new york, not the best idea given the track of this storm. >> we're not calling the fighting irish for nothing. >> headi

guess that westerly wind is doing its thing now, but still -- >> 67 miles an hour. >> just off the coast of rehoboth about 15 miles or so. temperatures, we're in the 40s to around 50. look at oakland 32. you jump the divide it's a whole other world. 49 in fredericksburg with 46 in manassas and gaithersburg. i'm not going to show you a wind chill map. massive amounts of moisture and rain rolling. in we have actually saw a picture on facebook in martinsburg. there's flooding in martinsburg. they had 5 inches of rain, ooding in south central pennsylvania in fulton and franklin county and another batch of rain will continue to move across the bay into the metro area. so local impact, leesburg, we're looking at critical times now through 2 p.m., 70 mile-per- hour wind not out of the question, frederick a 75 mile- per-hour wind looking more and more likely. you're critical until 2 p.m., 3 to 6 inches of rain. you've already had about 4. fairfax and the district up to 70 miles per hour as well, rainfall 3 to 7 inches, critical now between 2 p.m. again tomorrow and la plata in southern maryland 65 miles per

the evening. take a look at what's happening here in rehoboth beach. this is low tide. earlier this morning this beach was getting pummeled by high tide waves and if you come up here with me, be take a look at what it's been -- what it's done to this fence here, basically pushed this -- [ inaudible ] mentioning during the show here, is going to be around 8:00 and that's going to coincide with some of the strongest effects of this storm. so we imagine what you're seeing behind me is going to start right up to the boardwalk and start lapping up to the hotels. 50,000 residents in the delaware coastal delaware area have been evacuated. drive around town a little while ago, we did see a few people lingering around. they said, i'll dub them the golden girls, have been through a lot of storms, especially during the 1960s, that this doesn't really scare them. but obviously that's not what local officials want to hear. certainly you heard the president talk earlier as well. they do not want people to stay around here because as you can imagine, when power goes out, this is not g

man, what a storm, just tore the beach up. rehoboth, wart on the boardwalk -- water on the boardwalk. ocean city took a bigger hit with that south facing coastline as opposed to the east facing coastline. kent island, water levels up. we have a high tide to get through at 7. we're watching the harbor as well, of course, to see what happens. overthe next two days we're watching the susquehanna. that water flow has picked up and it's looking brown. 30s, 40s. winds have turned light, southwesterly. that's a cold wind wrapping around the center of sandy. it will continue to pull in that cold air and tough to get out of the 40s thanks to that raparound -- wraparound cold air. we'll get a couple of spitting showers over the next couple of days and the whole thing will clear out thursday and friday and better weather for the weekend. what a wild power house storm that was. that was superstorm sandy. as we look ahead wednesday into the middle part of the weekend, looks pretty de cent. we'll see a few showers lingering tonight and cool november

. >> sandy is threatening to spoil the fun for people in rehoboth beach. >> we want to bring you the latest information. what we know from emergency officials as of late last night was that they canceled all of today's activities for their annual sea witch festival, which brings thousands to rehoboth beach every year. this is our hotel this morning. the windows are boarded up, sandbags are lining many, many homes and hotels and the surf is starting to kick up this morning. emergency officials are set to give us an update at about 10:00 this morning where we will get the latest on the system. but check out the surf behind me. you can see the waves that are definitely picking up. again, waiting to hear the latest word on sandy from emergency officials here in rehoboth beach at 10:00 this morning. we'll bring you much more coverage as the day continues. angie, richard, back to you. >> erica, have you noticed people have started evacuating or do you think that will happen later today? >> you know, richard, yesterday when we were at the stores, when we were at the grocery stores and the ha

one of the really beautiful areas in delaware, that people flock to during the summertime, is rehoboth wright is standing by where the waves are crashing as you can see. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: well, gregg, the reason we came out here because we thought it was a little safer to come out now. we didn't want to take any chances. but you can see that the waves are still crashing. they are not as violent as they were when they were hitting swells of 6 to 10-foot waves coming in, doing a lot of damage to the surf and the sand. this is an example of some of that damage. this fencing that you see here is actually fencing to actually go around the dunes to protect the dunes. the dunes that they built here along rehoboth are for one purpose, that is to protect beach erosion and to maintain the -- the safety of the beach area. and john is showing you some examples of that. but look how twisted this is. this is from wind and wave damage. to give you a good idea of how strong this storm was, as it pounded this rehoboth beach. the good thing is that many people had been evacua

we should hear the latest from them on how rehoboth beach is keeping up with sandy. again, water levels 2 to 3 feet above normal. sea witch festivals have been canceled. the mandatory evacuation in place for anybody tt is within 3/4 mile of the beach and delaware bay. you have mandatory evacuations in place until 8:00 this evening. we cannot remind you enough about the severity of the situation and for you to go out and buy supplies if you have not already done so and prepare to begin leaving the coastal region. we still spotted some people out here this morning, trying to take pictures, coming out for morning jogs and just taking a glimpse at mother nature. >> we came down for the weekend and got here on friday and heard, you know, sandy and everything. we're still going to go. took a chance and we're leaving now, we're heading back. right now, you know, pennsylvania, they're saying they're in a state of emergency and all that. we're going to take our chances, hope we get back safely. >> we've also got to mention we are anticipating a full moon tonight, which is goin

as an angry, angry ocean that is coming going to be up on the boardwalk in rehoboth beach but the one thing we've been keeping an eye on. it's this lamp post and these lights are still on. still electricity, more than 1.25 million people without power. we'll have more on what's going to happen to them in the coming hours. >> good to check in with you. long beach, new york, built a wall of sand as a defense against the ocean and abc's r r claiborne is there to tell us if it's holding. >> reporter: good evening, diane. that wall of the sand berm they built along the shore held out for quite a while but if you look over my shoulder it is all but now obliterated. the pounding surf and rising tide took it out, the erosion and wind and gone and that water is flowing from the beach here into the city of 35,000. this suburb of new york city. they're expecting a storm surge of somewhere between 4 and 8 feet. it is possible this entire low-lying barrier island will be overshowed with water in the next 12 hours or so, diane. >> okay, ron and now as you have heard, the water is flooding into new

the northeast. susan mcginnis has more from rehoboth beach, delaware. >> reporter: the monster storm is getting ready to hit the coastal line, folks in beach towns have down their best to prepare for the worse. conditions have been getting worse. >> the ocean is angry right now and we'll see a storm surge. >> reporter: sandy is massive. hurricane force winds extend out 175 miles from the storm's eye. >> huge waves up to 40 feet east and south of the main center and that's why we're so concerned about the storm surge. >> reporter: officials say time is running out to get to safety. >> you better do what they say because the ocean really shows you no mercy. >> reporter: as hurricane sandy moves in, many folks in beach areas have moved out. heeding the mandatory evacuation warnings. many left wondering how much damage this storm will do. and if they are ready. >> i don't think people are as prepared as they should be. >> reporter: mary lives near rehoboth beach and her brother is a meteorologist. >> he says don't under estimate the hype. >> reporter: the biggest concerns for folks is massive flooding, m

. >> we're seeing breaks towards the coast, rehoboth beach, salisbury, ocean city, yes, still wind driven but not so much rain. as we look to our west, we have blizzard warnings for most of our mountain counties above 2,000 feet, a foot of snow and maybe more the higher you go in elevation. we had a terrible pileup. i think i heard about four tractor trailers jackknifing out there along interstate 68. so we know visibility is down and conditions are really rough. >> still thunder snow out there, lightning. >> probably good snow rates. going forward in time let's see where our wind gusts go as we go through the rest of the overnight hours. jumping back to our map, 62- mile an hour gusts projected by our model at midnight, maybe annapolis 64, salisbury 71. this is not what we measured. it is a projection of what might happen. at 2 a.m. still catching a lot of gusts in the mid-50s all around the region, maybe hit 63 at salisbury. at 6 a.m. still fairly strong over 50- mile an hour in many areas and by 9 a.m. perhaps we're dropping down closer to the 40-mile an hour gust range. that's definit

rocks are already all over the boardwalk here in rehoboth beach. when we talked to the meteorologist, she told us a buoy east of ocean city had track wind gusts at 60 miles per hour and waves as high as 23 feet. look at this. daylight starting to come up here on rehoboth beach and you can really get an idea of what mother nature is brewing on the east coast. residents -- one man we spoke to yesterday said, my wife is not from miami, she's not accustomed to storms like this. i'm pretty used to hurricanes but to make sure feel safer we decided to go to a shelter. this is the best idea. three shelters open in rehoboth beach. >> no one wants anyone to be harmed, their family, anyone they know. so that's pretty much it. everything else can be replaced, if anything gets damaged. but family and the lives of people are something you can't get back. >> we've got about 20 more minutes before high tide rolls in. if this is the way it's looking right now, you can only begin to imagine what will happen within the next couple of hours now that sandy has taken tha

the spare there. is there no way to get out of rehoboth tonight? >> right now they have the roads and bridges blocked. you'll have to have credentials and i.d. to get through. they are emphasizing for people to stay put. if you get stuck there are first responders probably at this point responding to real emergencies and if you aren't here and out and about unnecessarily, you are causing more trouble and unnecessary danger for the first responders that would have to be reserved and preserved for rescues and that sort of thing, chris. so at this point, the governor is emphasizing everyone to stay inside and hunker down. most of the storm has blown on shore and he still believes that the flooding is going to occur overnight and doesn't want anybody around here unnecessarily getting into danger. >> okay. thank you very much, tha thanh truong. now for what the storm means for politics, we're joined by chuck todd. chuck, you're at the white house tonight. right behind me i keep thinking that the president is holed up here now. >> he is. >> forget politic

the d.c. metro area to rehoboth beach. we begin with storm team four doug kammerer with the latest on sandy's track. >> we have the latest track out there chris, that track brings it very close to our region and once again, the forecast not real letter changing all that much. the forecasts have been very good over the past couple days on when this storm is going to be going. you can see where it is right now, just off the coast of georgia here, here's savannah georgia, it's due east of savannah georgia. it's still a hurricane. the national hurricane center thought this would be a tropical storm, it's still a hurricane, still holding on, we're seeing strong wind as long the north carolina coast line. here's the winds, 75 mes an hour. moving to the northeast at 14 miles an hour. it continues to strengthen. the track taking it back out and then right back into shore. very close to our area. during the morning on tuesday. that's when i expect this to be the worst coming up late monday and into tuesday. let's talk about that win

the storm. nbc's al roker is live in rehoboth beach, delaware. al let's get the story from you.t looks like a beautiful day but there's something looming out there. >> there is, alex. and it's interesting, when we came in last night we didn't see boarded up windows, anything like that. the supermarkets weren't very crowded. and, in fact, along the boardwalk here in rehoboth beach later this morning they're going to be having a halloween parade. so the people here aren't getting all worked up about it just yet. but they need to. because, this thing is, as dylan said, of historic proportions. once it passes by here, and again, you've got to remember, the tropical force winds extend out 450 miles from the center of this storm. so it is a monster storm. and it is going to reintensify. it will become a category 1 storm again. and as it makes its way up the coast, and then makes that hook left as dylan talked about, depending on where it comes in, this could mean catastrophic results for the northeast. if it comes in, say central new jersey, it would be, of course, devastating for the

especially along delaware's coast where can gary tuchman is on the ground in rehoboth beach. most placid at nightfall for you. >> reporter: i wouldn't have a picnic out here right now because it's really cold. it's amazing with all the years we've covered hurricanes, i've never been frozen before. it's really -- it feels like a winter storm. indeed, that's what it's turned out to be in west virginia, virginia. feels like it could snow here, that's how cold it is. that's the sad part. that's something we must stress. in the aftermath of all this, usually we have power failures and usually in the heat of the summer and people are very hot in their apartments, so their homes, they have to find a mall that's air conditioned or draw a cold bath and take a cold bath but this is a serious situation because you have thousands of people here in delaware, nearby, maryland, virginia, who don't have power. it's a very cold evening and they'll be very cold. that's a concern. we can tell you here in rehoboth beach, right now it's a ghost town because people listened and decided to evacuate.

if you can take the computer screen, this again from kristin fisher in rehoboth beach and just the sun coming out as we've heard her day earlier today. you know they kind of got spared out in rehoboth. just a beautiful sight. >> that rainbow shot over new york city where so many people dealt with horrible flooding, power out. tunnels still flooded out you need a rainbow at a time like that. >> several days of clean-up for new york city and new jersey. >> at least. okay. kristen berset thank you. >> thank you. >>> and we would like you to "like" us on facebook and if you do, we're going to donate $1 to the american red cross sandy relief fund. please consider going to wusa9 on facebook and liking our page. back to you guys in the studio. >> that's something we can support. but you -- you're sort of skeptical of that picture with the rainbow? what's up? >> i mean it may be real. it looked too perfect for me but to me you never know. >> you never know. let us choose. >> we are going to accept that. exactly. winds pretty much gone. i mean a little breezy the next couple of days but we are

center official statement, but this is definite ly making its way onshore right now just to the north of rehoboth beach. we are dealing with probably the strongest bands that we've been dealing with all along, winds gusting 50, 60 miles an hour. we're seeing anywhere between half an inch to an inch to two inches an hour. we'll continue to see that as this band moves through. it's supposed to move up through the baltimore area. as it does that, it's going to pivot this rain around where we are. so we're going to stay in the rain, especially areas down to the south of washington, i think, are going to continue to see that heavy rain. the heaviest rain in through frederick county, right through the d.c. metro area, down into already seen uthern maryland tremendous amount of rain, upwards of 5" to 10". 52-mile-an-hour wind gusts in washington. 46 in camp springs. annapolis and easton coming in at 41 miles an hour each. high wind warning continues to be in effect, gusts up wards of 70 miles an hour for some areas. we've already seen them to 60 and may get to 70 through the night. 4.5" in the chesapeak