saying earlier that he expects the damage in the estimates for the garden state to be in the billions. possibly the tens of billions in damages for new jersey. more on that new jersey, those rivers are going to rise. the damage assessments just now starting. emergency crews need to keep in mind their own safety before they venture out. something they are keeping in mind in the state of maryland as well. here's the governor there. >> our latest count is about 158,000 people without electricity in our state. the crews have been out there working as best they can even as the storm intensifies and comes closer. we are reaching a point where emergency personnel, even our state highway crews and also the people working on power restorations will have to come in themselves and will not be able to be out there. >> bill: doug was live in ocean city yesterday bracing for the worst, today the dawn of a new day. how is it? >> aloha from ocean city. what a contrast. good things await you in new york city and tkwropbd the new england coast if you can hold on a little bit longer. it is a delightful day here in ocean city. look at the surf today in contrast to the -- to the churning seas we had yesterday. the surfers are out enforce today. big, beautiful -- some great rise out here. as far as damage is concerned, listen to what the mayor had to say this morning. >> i'm always lost for words. what we woke up to this morning certainly wasn't what we and sis pated. we expected, based on the forecast, based on the projections the track of the storm that we were ready to face up to significant damage. it turns out that is not the case. a lot of things worked in our favor. almost a typical sunday morning here in ocean city. >> reporter: a typical sunday morning. in fact, at 9:00 they allowed the employees to come back to work. about four minutes ago, ocean city was reopened to the public. we see people coming back to the beach. they are trying to salvage this weekend and the remainder of the summer season. >> bill: doug, thank you. we just heard from your governor in the state of maryland. we are going to hear from the governor of virginia in moments. >> martha: we go back to the governor of virginia who is speaking now. each state has its own story. >> some places 16 plus inches, 50, 60 mile inland. suffolk and southhampton and windsor, places along the 460 corridor, 58 corridor, along the north carolina border you can see on the map the rainfall estimates, that will create, south of richmond heavy rains that will create flooding potential in a couple of days. winds highest recorded was in matthews county 83 miles-an-hour. williamsburg, 76 miles an hour. right here in richmond area 71 miles-an-hour. we have tropical storm force winds all over northern virginia, richmond, brunswick county and many places west. we had rain as far west as 81. this was a very broad impact, well over half of the landmass. well over i think 2/3 of the population of the state was affected by this storm. storm surge was slightly less than forecast, but still the 4th highest on record in the hampton roads area. just above the 7.2 feet from the ash wednesday storm in 1962. only six inches less than the 1933 record storm surge for the commonwealth. that will have significant impacts as we still get damage assessments in from the low-lying areas about the flooding itch as i mentioned, heaviest rains -- inland although, even along the coast six to ten inches or more. one reem-- one redeeming benefit we anticipate we will see a dramatic reduction of smoke from the fires in the swamp reported already. we'll have assessment teams on the ground probing down to give further indications of what has happened. now a current situation. again this is a team effort this is preliminary assessments in damage reports that we've had from around the state. those are continuing led by the local government. state police and national guard assessing locals in doing welfare checks along some of those areas where we had mandatory evacuation and others to be able get a full assessment that is going to take the bulk of this day get better reports. again this is primarily, a local government led effort. a lot of people are out there working on it. we are saddened to report four fatalities in virginia. we reported three yesterday, in brunswick, newport news, chesterfield, another in king william county in the northern neck. all seem to be the result of a falling tree either on a residence or on an automobile and our hearts go out to the people that have lost loved ones. sometimes a mom in the house, 11-year-old boy killed, just a tragic circumstance down there. >> martha: governor mcdonnell outlining some of the most tragic outcomes of this hurricane irene. four people lost their lives in virginia. while there is good news about the damage that was sustained by many states. you have to keep in mind there's been a significant loss of life. our hearts go out to the people in virginia. for now we go to one of the other news conferences. >> bill: that is in new jersey. chris christie, what does he have to say? >> we are still experiencing winds of 45 miles-an-hour that can cause, because of the wed grounds, fallen trees and other issues on the road regarding flooding. let's talk first about road and travel. njdot and transit and turnpike and south jersey transportation authority are fully mobilized and engaged in post storm operations statewide. 300 different road closures or obstructions currently exist across the state. we are working to post signs where the roads are closed, due to flooding or downed wires, trees or other obstructions. good news is the turnpike and bridges are clear. we have the ability to get equipment where we need to get it. crews are pushing from roads where it is safe to do so. transportation maintenance crews are coordinating with the utility companies in areas that involve downed wires to take care of the wires first before we go in. on the parkway, as of 1 p.m. today, we are reopening the parkway southbound, south of exit 98. however, one exception from mile marker 91 to 98, there is a sure in both decks because of extreme flooding -- in both directions because of extreme flooding. expect congestion in delays in the area because of the flooding. as of 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, tolls will be reinstated. the atlantic city expressway and on the garden state parkway in both directions south of bristol bridge. regarding transit crews have been inspection of the rail infrastructure. once inspections are complete we'll begin to prepare service plans for tomorrow. all three light rail systems are undergoing inspections. no issues at this time. weekend schedule and saturday schedule will be in place monday. in terms of buses, crews are inspecting equipment and facilities and preparing plans for a monday start-up. the real issue now is flooding. is transitioning into a flooding event. we are going to experience major flooding. some rivers haven't crested yet and it is still raining in various parts of the state. we are prepared for what this means for shelter, transportation infrastructure. our positions with our urban search-and-rescue are cord naying. i just finished a cap net meeting here at the rock, -- a cabinet meeting here at 11:00 at the rock. the rest of the cabinet was on the phone to continue to work with them to make sure we are ready for the next two days, which is going to become a major flooding incident. right now -- dp reaching out for reinsection. three dams we are most concerned about there are engineers on the way.rwok the town of highbridge has been evacuated. the dam in cherry hill, camden county, some evacuations. and the dam in sussex county, no evacuations are required. next, as you know we opened the floodgates in advance of the storm. the gates are close to going back to their automatic operation. the river continues to rise rapidly in fact, the reports that we have now regarding -- at the lake dam it will get up to 19.2 feet. to give you perspective this is an all-time record. previous record was a teen feet in 1984. a full 1.2 feet above the previous record. we are going to have significant flooding in the area. the emergency declaration i signed earlier last week enabled commissioner mar continue sign an order to move on an emergency basis. once the weather is clear, municipalities can clear without waiting. vehicles to transport waste that aren't use ford that purpose. on the river in pomton plains a maxing of all time record in 1984 the record was 24 feet. we will be watching that. so, we are going to have major flooding events if not record flooding events in those areas. state in -- no major problems reported, mostly of what you would expect. we think people will get back online quickly. resume beach monitoring monday we get beaches open as quickly as it is safe for people to be back in the water. on heltering, over 15,000 people -- on sheltering, over 15,000 people sheltered across state, county and locally run. i want give special commendation where i visited yesterday. they've been great. capacity 1400 there. we have 600 people from atlantic county in shelters at rutgers. the arena has been extraordinary in mars county. the shelters will continue to provide food and water today. we are hoping to move please people as conditions improve. in fact, i've ordered that new jersey transit buses be sent first to rowing university to evacuate the 1200 or so from atlantic county currently at the university. the first buses will be sent to the university to evacuate people, then back to atlantic county that is good news they will be able go back home. we'll see do the same at the arena and the other shelters throughout the state in ordination with new jersey transit. if they were bused to the facility we will bus them back home on new jersey transit buses. should it become necessary, we've worked with the department of education to identify schools with ago food, water and appropriate staffing available for additional shelters if necessary due to inland flooding we are going to be experiencing the next couple of days. we are working with the commissioner and the secretary to make sure we have that at the ready in case we need it. i'm not saying we need it yet, but what we try to do is be a couple of steps ahead to be ready to go in case we need to put these things in place. director mckenna has done an extraordinary job with this. i want to thank him for that i think we'll continue on that path, if we need&ñw it. council meeting with the commissioner o'dowd regarding hospitals. two hospitals remain closed. medical center hoboken, hospitals and other health care facilities are monitoring their situations that's a normal course of events. nothing that is necessarily connected to the storm scepter two closures. number of health care -- health care facilities experienced power outages operating on emergency generators. reporting power failures to the bpu so the health care facilities can be prioritized as we move forward to restore power across the state. as of last night, 25 health care facilities evacuated effecting 3,000, including two hospitals as well as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. health care facilities, will determine if evacuations are required. the commissioner is continuing to monitor the situation on behalf of the department of health. ems experienced increased travel times because of difficulties on roads. public should be aware if you need ems it is going to take a little longer because of the roads. sometimes hospital choice can't be granted because of the road conditions. we are partnering with other states to ask for ambulances and we've received support from pennsylvania, i thank governor corbet for his willingness to lend us some ambulances to be able to take up the slack during this difficult time. i thank governor corbet for that. he's offered shelter as well in men pen if we need them. he and i have spoken a couple of -- in pennsylvania if we need them. he and i have spoken, he has been a great partner in offering help during a difficult time. i want to thank governor corbet publicly for his assistance. now the issue of power. electricity across the state. there are now about 650,000 people without power across the state. we think that number will increase as the day goes on because of the sustained 45 mile an hour winds and the likelihood that more trees will go down and powerlines will be taken down with them. as soon as conditions are safe crews will be putting power back online. now we have reopened the roads into the four southern counties, cape may, atlantic, ocean and ma'am mat. crews are ready to go assess damage and to begin work restoring power in those four counties, middle session water experiencing heavy -- middle 6 water experiencing heavy flooding. there's some wider boil water the water treatment plan is down due to flooding. as a result the following tornadoes are under a boil water advisory. mill burn, map pell wood, irvington, springfield and the nuclear plants are continue to work fine. oyster creek power down yesterday as a precaution in anticipation of high winds. they won't be back up today because they need approval from the nrc and fema in washington. that's just paperwork. it is fine, they should be able to power become up as soon as they get approvals from the nrc and fema. we had no problems with salem or hope creek on the nuclear plant side. last thing, i've watched over the last 72 hours most of which i've spent here on the extraordinary work of the folks in government. you know, -- >> martha: governor christie thanking everybody. two people dead as a result of hurricane irene in new jersey. a lot of flooding and more to come. a lot of pictures coming in from new jersey. tough situation there. he says that the cost of irene could run into the billions. if not the tens of billions. we'll keep you posted from new jersey as we go state to state. >> bill: a lot of people think we dodged a bullet, perhaps we have. some of these big storms can be wind makers or rain makers. right now this is a rainmaker which will lead to significant flooding. think about isabel 2003, floyd in '99, katrina six years ago tomorrow, everybody thought we are good then the flooding followed and we all saw what happen there we are back in a moment. mayor bloomberg is next, here in new york city. it's not a heart attack. new bayer advanced aspirin's for pain. it has microparticles and enters the bloodstream faster. works twice as fast as before. did you invent this or something? dr. eric first, from bayer. wow. 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>> hopefully, tomorrow. we'll probably drive, if not monday. >> hurricanes are our thing. category 1 is like, you know not that big of a deal for us. >> if you get out tomorrow you will be one of the lucky ones. they've cancelled 9,000 flights over the last two days. molly line getting tossed around. newport, rhode island, how is it there? >> reporter: the skies are starting to brighten, the want still kicking up. next to the newport harbor, which is really popping. you can satisfy the waves flying up. we've seen fishermen and people come by to check out their boats. the concern is later on if the water rises when high tide comes in between 7:00 and 9:00 those boats will go up with the water and could come down on the dobbs. in the morning people have come to check to see their boats haven't broken loose that can cause damage has well. there are 480,000 utility customers. right now 160,000 folks are without power that's almost a third of the folks in rhode island have been knocked off the grid. authorities are working on getting that back up and running. there's danger, still windy, might take the national grid folks longer to address some of the situations. that's the situation right now, just trying to keep the power on and encouraging people to stay in and not to be out next to the water and to stay out of this wind. >> bill: molly, you are going to be our eyes and ears are for the next several hours. it is your turn, as we say. molly line in new pore in the city of philadelphia, two major -- the delaware and schuylkill, the mayor warning the waters will exceed and perhaps may set new records that's the record in new jersey the same in pennsylvania. michael nutter with me, mr. mayor, good day to you. >> thank you bill. >> bill: what are you dealing with? >> i left main street off of the schuylkill river. the schuylkill is pouring into the streets in the -- possibly cresting at 2 p.m. upwards of 15, possibly 15 1/2 feet that is nearly a record. may exceed ultimately the record as you mentioned. in any event, we are primarily concerned about flooding as well as downed powerlines, electrical outages, and about 21,000 folks without power in the city of philadelphia. our plan worked. the citizens cooperated, which made all the different in the world. now it is about the cleanup and paying attention to the details in the streets. >> bill: one of those significant details is what we are watching now. we are seeing video upper darby, pennsylvania the area you vibed the schuylkill is that residential? >> the area is business on that particular street. all residential as you go up into the hills. they were telling the citizens, a lot of concerned folks. this may exceed what we saw in floyd '99 or the incredible snow storm we had in 1996. it is as bad as it has ever been, possibly worse. people have been patient, they've looked out for each other. we are going to get this city back in shape. that's where good planning comes in. i see some of the things that mayor bloomberg has done, mayor menino, stephanie rawlings blake in baltimore and corey booker. mayors are on top of these issues and we will carry our cities through. >> bill: you are about to see it as worse as it has ever been in philadelphia. i think a lot of people look at this storm and were scared, once it came and went, they thought, no big deal, we are okay. now is when the story develops, with the flood waters. >> right, it is a big deal. for us in the government, the storm is not over just because the rain tapers off or the clouds start to dissipate. because we got an 7 to 9 inches of rain. we've had wettest month in history this august. so the ground table was already saturated, nowhere for that water to go. we have natural flood prone areas already. we set up shelters, i'm now at one of our shelters in the roxboro section u because we had to put some people up overnight and may have to do so tonight as well. you have to plan for these things. you have to anticipate. the stay has helped, federal government has helped us. it has been totally cooperation effort. that's how you are able to get through these weather events. >> bill: indeed. mayor thank you, we'll be in touch. michael nutter getting a lot of help. >> thank you. >> bill: it was two weeks ago today here in the new york city area, northeast, we had record rainfall. we had 7 to 8 inches of rain on a lazy sunday morning. when he talked about the water tables higher now you throw this on top of it that's why you are seeing the records. >> look at the cars under water there. i saw people pulling their cars out of manhattan putting them into the parking grange areas along the hudson that go up a few floors to get them out of the way. the flooding is the beginning of what we are starting to learn in terms of damage. we'll keep on top of that. tropical storm irene is a big story in new england at this hour. molly line has that covered. we'll check back in with her. fox news weather center tracking the storm. latest storm projections, straight ahead. we'll be right back, with more. ♪ [ female announcer ] somhing unexpected to the world of multigrain... taste. ♪ delicious pringles multigrain. with a variety of flavors, multigrain pops with pringles. a living, breathing intelligence that's helpi drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ really? 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>> right now, they need sheltering and feed going the things we are doing right now. we have 30 shelters open on long island. we are feeding those people. the next couple of days we will be opening feeding centers for people who don't have power. apparently that will be a large problem. >> martha: how many would you say you have in the shelters right now? >> right now we have 4,000. 4,000 of your favorite friends sleeping next to you. >> martha: how many people evacuated and came to the shelters as you would expect and help they would do? how many may still be stuck in their homes without food and power? >> i'm still in my hotel room. i can only tell you that i have spoken to people all over the island. there are a lot of people on long beach which is right on the water, who are stuck in their homes. >> martha: we are looking at pictures of that area now steve. you can see if they stay, they are in a tough situation. there's water right up to the doorways. >> that's right. in the streets also. it is going to be dangerous, people are starting to drive around now to sight see that's the worst thing they can do. the one thing i'm worried about is the people turning on generators, because the power is out. people are going to start turning on generators. if they don't know how to work them, they are very dangerous. >> martha: it has to be outside, right? >> yeah, 10 feet from your house and you have to be extremely careful when you refuel them, not to refuel them when they are hot. >> martha: very good advice. we are talking about a situation where we have -- thank you steve bayer. again, generators are going to help you get power. they also can be very dangerous. you need to have them 10 feet from your home. as steve was mentioning when you refuel, you have to make sure they are not still hot. sadly, in prior situations you've seen deaths because of the way people use these power generators. we want to make shirt you know what you are doing. if you are doing it for the first time, make sure it is outside your home, ten feet away, to an individual any injuries. >> bill: great advice. i'm still struck by what the mayor of philadelphia told us about the potential for record flooding today in the coming days in philadelphia. irene is still a storm, moving out quickly. rick reichmuth, good day to "ou. we spent 12 hours together yesterday. the beat guess on today. what is up with irene. >> i want to add something. if you have an iphone the american red cross has an great app, if you are out of power you can find out any shelters they have open at any time. they do such a great job, it is one great way you can find out what going on. i want to recap the storm a little. rainfall totals that fell from the storm. north carolina, 14 inches of rain, significant rain across the entire area of the northeast. orange, new jersey almost 10 inches. central park, 6.7 that adds on to the rain we've seen over the last number of weeks. we are continuing to deal with big problems. flooding concerns, you heard as you were talking to the mayor. massive flooding from the storm inland flooding. we go big flooding in the spring when you get the snowmelt from the winter snows. here we are in the middle of the summer dealing with what probably is going to break records. anywhere you see the burgandy color that is flash flooding right now. pennsylvania, northern parts of new jersey, upstate new york. a lot of the state of vermont towards maine as well. big flooding concerns will continue. heaviest moving in across parts of northern new england not dealing with southern new england as much. still windy conditions. then, if you hear anybody talking about another tropical storm out there right now, bill, there is another one that formed this morning it is jose. not to be worried about. you are going to hear people say it and it is going to make people get concerned. it is not a factor. it is around areas of bermuda. it is not going to impact. >> bill: it should be repeated. this storm is the exception, not the rule for something taking a straight turn north going up the east coast. it hasn't happened in decades. >> you are right it is not the rule. usually they deflected out to sea. that did not happen this time with this storm. unfortunate for so many people. now we have the last few hours to worry about. >> bill: rick, thank you. estimates in north carolina are high. 400 millions in damage. north carolina took a hit, especially in the eastern half of that state. death toll at five. sir, good afternoon to you. >> thank you. >> bill: our hards go out to you guys trying to deal with this, especially the families of the five dead that i mentioned. there are parts of your state that are still unaccessible how much, how wide, how many? >> death tl is now at six. we finance someone in their home, a tree had fallen through and killed them. we have more than 225 roads that are closed and 25 plus bridges. that's a moving figure. some roads come back on behind and vice versa. we've had a major breach on highway 12 about five miles north, on the other side of the inlet where the ocean has crossed into the sound. we have dot crews out there trying to assess the situation. to get this fixed as soon as possible. we've had quite a few swift water rescues of people who were trapped in their homes. we had 76 rescue missions, 76 rescues yesterday and overnight just in beaufort county. we go our hands full. >> bill: sons like that. we hear about flooding -- sounds like that. we hear about flooding in pennsylvania and new jersey, is that a problem for you too? >> we've had major flooding in our sounds in a number of low-lying areas in the eastern north carolina where we've got teams on the ground today out assessing that damage. we have crews up in the air doing aerial reconnaissance to get a better idea of the -- >> bill: we hear the governor flying out to we expect to hear from her in the next hour. ernie, thank you. ernie seneca, down there in north carolina, good luck. thank you. >> martha: new england dealing with this thing right now. a lot of areas where we are waiting to see the aftermath of hurricane irene. and what the forecast initially predicted to be one of the worst storms in history. in minutes an update on how the folks in new jersey are coping. a lot of flooding reports coming in. hundreds of roads shutdown. we'll be right back. naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. you know that comes with a private island. really? 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as we have been tell youth irene is now downgraded to a tropical storm. still wreaking a lot of havoc on new england and the flooding is stimulus plan comin still c. that is the huge story right now. one of the huge stories emerging out of philadelphia. a big brand new hour on our special sunday programming for you. >> i'm martha mccallum. >> i'm bill hemmer. we will be with youngsters you for the next hour and then back again at 4:00. the mayor says the rain is over but the real problems only now beginning. the city facing the potential for record flooding. worse than 1999 you might remember from hurricane floyd. worse than the snowstorm melt of 1996. the mayor says they are in for it. so we are going to talk to a reporter in a moment here live in philadelphia and we will speak to her. >> we didn't know what we were going to be facing this morning when we came in because the initial idea. the wind was the story that didn't really happen here. it did not knock a lot of things down in terms of structures. the water was tremendous in this 500-mile stretch of hurricane and that is what folks are dealing with in a big way. go to wtxf reporter karen heff who joins us now from philadelphia. hi, karen. >> reporter: good afternoon, guys. there is the schuylkill river that flows behind you. show you what is going on right here. massive flooding that is happening. the schuylkill right beyond the banks. the main straight. the river at this point clearly past flood stage but the crest is going be at 2:00 p.m. today. a lot of people coming down here to take a look and take pictures of what is happening. lots of power outages throughout the philadelphia area. lots of scenes like this going on all over. i have been driving around since early this morning. a flooding story and power story for most of the people in the philadelphia area and turns up having the flooding in their basements and having power go out. we still have several hundred thousand people in the area. a lot of people that were in shelters over in new jersey. many shelters there because they evacuated, of course, the shore areas so they were full. they were at capacity. a thousand people each. those are going to begetting to have the folks go back now because they are lifting the states of emergency that we had reit now for the city of philadelphia. that has been lifted. lifted also in the state of delaware where they will be allowing travel after this hour, right about now. we have i know in new york you had your subway service out. we had our subway service out in philadelphia. that started back up and running about 10:00 in morning on a.m. of the lines. the regional rail they can't get people back out there because of all of the flooding on the tracks and all over the area. trees down. power outages all over. folks weathered the storm pretty well. this many coulds up as a bad nor'easter where we are having more flooding than we would normally see. we didn't have the high winds as some had anticipated as the wind gusts up now as imespeaking, the problem is the ground is so saturated with the wettest month we have had in history, the tree limbs are being uprooted because there is nothing to hold them down. that that taking down the power lines. saying a week t two weeks to gt get the power up for so many people. the good news is since we didn't have a lot o of the damage all of the businesses reopening, city offices, people reporting back in to work and a lot of the restaurants sending out on twitter notices saying come on over for happy hour, we will have dinner, spend the day with us. even though we had to shut down because of the storm we want to get back open for business because there were so many businesses that had to close this weekend especially for the store your communities, they walked out on millions of dollars. >> might be a tiny bit of economic stimulus if folks are able to get out that will make the restaurants happy. folks will get unhappy quickly if we are out power in homes one to two weeks. that is a tough situation. >> reporter: it really is. people stocked up, i'm sure they did throughout the entire eastern seaboard, the whole the corridor. batteries off the shelves, the generators. they need to have the canned goods, everything in the refrigerator when the power is out going to go back. people want to be able to get out to the restaurants and pick up mo are supplies. a tough situation. but people acted responsibly. in the philadelphia area proper no deaths reported directly related to this. i think that is because people took it seriously. the message went out that thes would be shut down and you had to be safe and stay inside. the airport reopening today at 4:00. when they shut the airport down they sent the planes other areas. we will not have any departing flights from this neck of the woods at least until tomorrow. >> martha: snarled up traffic in all of the airports. fail familiesphiladelphia, bos. a big story as we head into the business week as well. karen, stay dry. we appreciate it. karen hepp, thank you so much. >> bill: it only happened nine days ago with the record flooding and rainfall rather in philadelphia. in the storm, videotape just from mean in days ago. in that storm there were four people killed and now she talks about the trees being uprooted. the ground is just so darn soft and when the trees come down they take the power lines with them. when the power lines go you are out of luck. and to date they tracked 4.6 million people at one point or another either have lost power or still do not have power at the moment. that was from last week. and now they have to deal with what is coming their way now. irene is not done yet, though. the city of boston, all the surrounding areas now dealing with the punishing winds and rains there. mass transit there was shut down to prevent equipment damage and help keep people indoors. who is with us on the phone? peter judge with the massachusetts -- okay, is it the governor? got it. scott mccloud is on the line now. governor, are you with me? >> scott macleod with the massachusetts emergency management agency. >> tell us what you are dealing with. our understanding is the winds are getting stronger in massachusetts and the power outages are increasing by the hour. is that true? >> that is, correct. we will continue to see the power outage numbers creep up through the afternoon as the wind continues to increase and rain pulls away. as of noon time up over 200,000 power outages statewide. that is an issue that we anticipated and planned for and we will continue to address as the day moves forward here. >> i'm assuming you are in boston. >> in framingham just outside of boston. >> what are the conditions there? >> a number of trees down, limbs down, flooded roadways. out in the western part of massachusetts rain was the bigger issue for us. there has been a number of local roads that have washed out. some local evacuations. once the storm pulls away even later this evening we will continue to monitor the coastal flood threat especially for the south coast of massachusetts with those winds pushing a lot of water up into buzzard's bay on the south coast. >> bill: what is your view, scott, knowing that the storm has essentially doubled in its speed. yesterday it was moving 13-14 miles per hour to the north and now it is more like 26. >> the good news is the sooner it gets here the sooner it leaves and gives us the opportunity to get the local public safety officials, dpw, departments out there to start cleaning up the mess and more importantly get the utility crews out there to restore the power. >> bill: thank you. good luck, okay. she's coming your way. scott mccloud up there in framingham, massachusetts, where irene now a tropical storm is arriving. not as intense as we experienced a bit earlier here today but certainly something to deal with. >> martha: rocking the boats around in massachusetts at this hour. irene barreled through queens earlier this morning. the storm surge flooding areas along the burroughs southern coast. mike tobin is live with more for us on that story. there comes mike right about now. hey, mike. >> reporter: what a difference a couple of hours makes. looks like i'm doing a traffic report right now only there is not that much traffic. this is the cross bay boulevard that you saw flooded awhile ago. the causeway is now open. people coming and going from the area called the rockaways. the only thing that makes that remarkable is the contrast from a couple of hours ago. roll the videotape. standing where i am right now you would be knee he deep in water. the storm surge, the high tide, the high winds all came together to drive all of the seawater up and over the seawall on to the main drag in the center of town. flooded as far as as the guy could see. the wind was gusting up to around 50 miles an hour when the storm was at its peak. then the winds calmed down. in fact, the winds changed direction and started driving that seawater back out to sea. the water, you are not going to believe this, by my estimation, it is about 10 or 11 feet down from where it was at the peak of the storm. remarkable just how much the water has receded. most of the water rescues were conducted in the city itself. out here in the area just south of queens near jfk airport, no rescues. we do have some reports of structural damage. a couple of houses that fell down. by and large this little area got by pretty easy. martha? >> martha: mike tobin. fascinating where water floods in there and then almost pulled out by the tide and goes back out and the storm starts to pull around to the other side. mike, many thanks. good to see you. >> got it. >> bill: and a lot to talk about. emergency crews are in full force. they have been on 24 hour alert right now helping folks who decided to stay home and ride out the storm. this is what we watched two hours ago. elmsford, new york. up t significant flooding there and crews rescuing half a dozen residents from rising waters. i believe that was two young ladies who got off the boat with their back packs in store and they were brought to safety. the house, big questions about how much water is in the basement and it will take some time to dry that out. seeing those scenes up and down the hudson river valley. also expect when the rain starts coming off the mountains and hills around the area the water is only going to go one place and that is up and it will go higher. >> and takes a long time to get the water out of the basement and dry the house out and leaves permanent damage in many cases. that is a tough part of the story and irene of course has caused a lot of headaches for travelers in the northeast and many other parts of the country. passengers waiting it out at boston's logan airport as irene passes through there and all the way across the country in california passengers are stranded in san francisco by flight cancellations. travelers managing to keep spirits up, though, despite the obvious stress of the situation. >> just, you know, check out the hotel. we returned the car rental. we have been here since last monday so it has been a week. we are ready to go home and i have to go to work tomorrow. >> i have a boat and it is in the water. i wasn't able to get it out. i'm a little concerned about that but my house is made -- supposed to be made to hurricane standard. >> i guess he will find out when gets home, right? in new york, mass transit remains shut down, turning the usually bustling grand central station into a ghost town. tomorrow is the big question. will the markets open up as expected. get all of the mass transit systems up and running in the morning. that is a huge question for a lot of folks. >> bill: the travelers this could be a tuesday or wednesday deal. when you cancel 9,000 flights over two days the millions and millions of travelers who use the east coast for their route of transportation this will be a mess to untangle. roads flooded in long beach, long island, just due east of man shoot. irene surged to powerful the life guard tower washed away by waves. two stories tall. it was surrounded by sandbags but they did not stand a chance and either did the tower. laura ingle did. >> the boardwalk is slowly coming back to life, i should say quickly at this point. people slowly trickling in through the morning after that storm passed out us, the of it i should say. this is usually a busy boardwalk on the weekend. the beaches usually packed. have our cameraman pan over and show you the waves. earlier today they were huge, pounding the surf. scary stuff which is exactly why this area was under a mandatory evacuation. now, right now as we see people enjoying the surf and enjoying the beach we have been watching people going up very close actually and taking pictures next to the crashing waves. not advised. there has been massive flooding along the streets that had waves lapping up against businesses that were boarded up and sandbagged before the storm. a redundant scene up and down long island as trees were splintering like tooth picks, taking down power lines and knocking out power to nearly half of long island's 1.1 million utility customers. the local fire chief here of long beach requested assistance from nassau county. thing ecktive has given him the help he needed to clean out the debris. national guard troops along the way to assist with the cleanout as well. the one good thing we can say about nassau county and the massive waves going on right now is there is going be a big sur of competition scheduled to take place next week. still going to take place next week as far as the event organizers can tell us. and that is going to help with the economy as well. 10 to $15 million is expected to be pumped into long beach because of that surf competition and, of course, the local economy could certainly use it because all of the businesses lost so much over the weekend when they boarded up. >> sure do. watch the undertow swimming today or next week. i see class is not in session yet give ten is a sunday. there is a couple of days left to the summer. good luck, laura, talk to you later. an important part of the coverage is the images you send. we rely on you. if you are in a safe area and able to send some of the best pictures or video you valuable information e-mail them to the address you will see on the screen in a moment. ureport @ fox news .com. one viewer in south carolina on the outer bands of that storm. joe sent us this picture of a three. he says it is three feet thick and was toppled earlier today. those trees are 100 years old and when they come down history coming down with them. >> this picture from tracy james snapped this shot of a boarded up hotel there. if you think you have seen it all. a viewer from new jersey capturing a couch floating down the street. just back behind the trees there. i guess we can sort of make it out there. give us your name and location and a brief description of what you are looking at. say subject couch floating down the river something along those lines. they do help give everybody a sense of what you are going through. send us those pictures. we appreciate it. >> we expected the mayor of new york an hour ago at 12:15 eastern time and it appears to be getting underway now. the office of emergency management and there you see the police commissioner behind him. that is ray kelly. we will here from mayor bloomberg in a moment and see how we are handling things here in new york. he has been out in front of this storm and we will see what is next for us. >> martha: and times square in new york not ceciing the usual hustle and bustle as irene's rain bands drench the area. a look at times square this morning. up you next, police commissioner ray kelly will talk about the storm damage and the city's response. we will get that from him. while most people avoided getting soaked in the storm, this guy was sort of into the whole idea, you might say. >> cold, warm, what is it like? >> it was nice. i had a light breakfast. and the water was brisk but refreshing. 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hospitals all have contingency plans in place for possible power loss including redundancy for emergency generators at belleville and koehler gold water that are the most vulnerable to flooding. thankfully they didn't have to use those but if the next storm were are to come through they are ready. in terms of tree damage, the storm has uprooted something like 650 trees throughout the five burroughs. i have always been fascinated by how we get the numbers exactly of trees but it is a number like that. the parks department, however, does have and this we can count, more than 100 forestry crews working today to remove downed trees and limbs and the good news is nobody so far has been hurt. i did drive down ocean parkway this morning and there were no trees down in one segment. we we came back an hour later there was an enormous tree that had come down on the other side and people standing around, it had come down over some cars. no injuries. but let me remind you you when the ground is very wet the older trees absorb a lot of moisture and get heavier and without wind, without a lot of notice they can all of a sudden fall. nature is dangerous. pay attention. all if all, we are in pretty good shape because of the exhaustive steps i think we took that -- to prepare for whatever came our way. the very best city employees and first responders are going to work nonstop to make sure that through the storm and its aftermath we are safe and in fact this morning the fdny used three rescue boats to save 61 adults and three babies in the bull's head area of staten island after the lake in willow brook park overflowed. thank you for all your men to get out there. these people were trapped in five feet of water and faced a very scary situation and 50 fdny firefighters answered the call as they always do within two minutes and rescued every single one of the people trapped there with no injure injuries reported. now, of course, what is on everybody's mind is when can you return to your homes in the evacuated low lying area. i understand that people are very anxious to get back home but safety is still our first priority so we are taking some basic safety measures so that that can happen as soon as possible. the fdny is currently up in the air with a senior engineer from the buildings department just looking, aerial survey to see if there are buildings where the water had gotten on all four sides and there might be a danger of foundations being undermined. they are looking for downed wires and hazards like that and other surge damage. but we think that people can start to go back certainly by 3:00 we will officially lift the evacuation order. the shelters operated safely last night. all tolled, 81 emergency shelters we set up to provide a safe place for more than 9,000 evacuees to wait out the storm. we are now working to get buses from the department of education and the mta to give those people the ability to get back. let me caution everyone if you live in a high rise building particularly a nitro building there may have been water damage in the basement and elevators may not be working and there are long climbs if you live on a higher floor. the buildings with be open and we will try to get people that needed buss to get out with bus rides back but we want to remind everybody there is no guarantee the elevators are all working. a case-by-case basis. we are surveying. we don't know how big the damage is or serious the damage is and how long it will take to get the elevators back. special care needs evacuees the city and state health departments are working together to take the necessary steps to verify that their facilities are structureally safe and appropriately staffed and resourced. and once this process is complete the city will be arranging transportation from the shelters to their homes. in the meantime, these evacuees will be maintained in shelters until they can be safely transported and a full assessment of special needs medical need evacuees is currently being conducted to determine whether any of them might be more appropriately transferred to a hospital this evening rather than staying in a shelter for a second night. but the bottom line is that keep in mind it took us two days to move roughly 9,000 people out of senior homes and nursing homes and hospitals. we did it safely and we are going to do it safely moving back but that just gives you a feel for the amount of time it is going to take to get everybody back to where they were last week. the inninengineers are lookingt everything. they have to reactivate boilers and assess the building conditions and other things like that. but the progress that they are making gives us comfort that most people will be able to get back in. something about 6:00 we would suggest to go back for nitra house. 3:00 we are officially lifting the evacuation order but give the custodians in the buildings a little more time to get back and if they can get all the elevators back working that would be good. we don't want somebody to try to climb up a lot of stairs medicalt may have a med ral problem. the police commissioner and his staff and bob and his staff have checked out everything. we are still looking on the ground, police cars still looking for downed wires and look for are tree limbs and block off those areas. you should just be careful when you go out there. there is still, we are not back to normal. we just think we can get back to our homes. in terms of transportation i'm happy to say that all of the bridges are open to the rockaways. some of those had been closed. the main bridges had been open because the winds never got to the point where they had to be closed. the tunnels all kept working. the h hudson tunnel had one lane closed in the middle of the night but still was open. the ferry service staten island ferry out of st. george begins at 3:00 today. just remember the staten island railroad is not functioning so you can't take that to the subway nor is mass transit on the manhattan side. so just like chris ward talked about point to point with the path tubes the staten island ferry is a point to point and when you get to man ma mat manr st. george then you have to figure out where you really want to go. many properties sustained damage including some city buildings that had windows blown o out or flooding. our office of emergency management activates the 311 damage assessment tool and their callers are surveyed about the extent of the damage to their property. 311 then compiles the data and uses it to deploy state oem and fema workers and inspectors. fema then does a preliminary damage assessment job to see if we are eligible for federal reimbursement. fema has been here throughout this entire process and i wanted to say thank you to them. we have enabled a damage report tool on the city's website nyy.gov so you can report property damage online. once again for updates throughout the storm and its aftermath and now you can use it for this as well, you can go to @ nyc mayor's office or @ notify nyc on twin cities. the big news there is that the evacuation order lift as of 3 about p.m. this afternoon. kind of surpriseing that the new york airports are not going to resume service over the course of this afternoon. so that is going to back up things as we head into monday and people start doing business traveling around the country. overall a fairly good story for new york city. there is some flooding in the lower reaches of manhattan that they dealt with this morning but looks like things will probably open up as planned tomorrow morning. that is the over and the under. >> we were wondering about the subway travel. they are moving the trains out. said it would take them 8 hours to get them out of harm's way in case water went down into the subway systems. >> and one of the problems is getting everybody back to work. open up the transportation systems to allow the folks that work to get back into manhattan. >> bill: airport travel still not open until monday. >> martha: surprising. >> bill: maybe the workers trying to get the transportation to get to the airport itself. no travel until monday. >> martha: initially they said in monday things be close sod at least it looks like they will open up monday morning. >> a new warning today about a health hazard from the storm. see that right there? that is sea foam washing up flying in the wind. what is in it and what you need to know about it. >> martha: it's yucky is the first thing you need to know about it. we'll be back with more on that. viewers sending us this saying they were looking out the balcony door and a tree toppled over. this always scares me in these storms. right on top of a car. luckily, nobody was is hurt. keep the pictures coming. ureport@ fox news .com. besafe when you take these. bill and i will be right back, right after this, folks. also get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. 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>> i'm worried about contamination with bacteria. worried about solvents. we are talking about houses flooded but when they are flooded solvents get out into the water and into the flood waters. that is why rick is always saying inland flood waters is very dangerous stuff. the stuff that is in there can actually cause infection and lead you to be exposed to toxins. >> bill: takes us into a story that we will be covering for days now in areas of philadelphia, pennsylvania. all over the state of new jersey. here in the state of new york. possibly up in the northeast as well. when it many could comes to flg what are the medical earns concerns? >> my number one concern is you are ready to get back to business as usual but don't understand there could be something lurking this that water and walking along and hit something sharp and end up with a cut or something you don't realize. you could fall and break a bone. are talking about clean water. people don't all have power. that water is filthy water. diy happening. >> at what point do the public officials come out and say boil the water? >> i don't think we are there yet. >> bill: happening anywhere right now? >> when you talk about 5 million people in the united states pout powe without powery didn't put aside potable water, theyville to boil the water if they have the facilities to boil the water. >> bill: a la lot of this is common sense but it is a good reminder because people are going through a period of their lives that many do not want to go back to. seen it in years past. >> elderly people i'm worried about and young people. people are used to living on the grid, used to power. don't have your medications and clearwater, you are in trouble. >> bill: we will rely on you until the coming days, too. >> thanks, bill. >> bill: martha. >> martha: all the pictures we are getting in right now is just really started to be tallied and estimates are already well into the tens of millions. coming up a live update on the damage in the state of maryland that we he want to bring you. stay tuned for that. more with me, more with bill,p all of us right after the break. we believe doing the right thing never goes unnoticed. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? 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ocean city, do you have folks displaced? what is the biggest concern right now? >> getting the community ready for the rest of the week and the upcoming weekend. we had very minimal damage in town. we were prepared for what irene may give us and she gave us nothing. the water that was consist went other storms and surge came in at low tide so we had the best of all words. >> martha: we are looking at the sea foam issue on video that was shot last night. ready to clean that up on time in hope for what will be a beautiful week going back on labor day. >> it is already cleaned up. we allowed everybody back in town at noon today and the commune sit waking up once again and the sun is shining today. >> martha: the good thing about weather. moves on through and there is a sunny day at the other end of it eventually. we hope you have a fantastic week and labor day weekend before all of the kids go back to school. >> one way to cleanse the environment when the storm moves through and unfortunately for so many when the electricity goes the air conditioning goes and there is no ice and hot and sticky and uncomfortable for some time. doesn't appear the case in maryland so far. they have a nice day. you put a camera in the neighborhood, martha, you don't know what you are going to get, right? howard beach queens to capture the memorable moment. that is not michael phelps buy the way. >> look at him swimming down the street? arnold beach. >> what got into your today. >> i saw the people supporting howard beach. we had a little flood here today. thinking do the 60 on 60th avenue. next i will go to charles park and play a little basketball in the rain. thanks for coming down and you can edit out the heavy breathing and put in a little less weight on me with a little bit of air brushing i would appreciate that. it was very nice. i had a nice breakfast and didn't cramp up. it was quite brisk but you refreshing. >> bill: t-shirt says new york's best dad. catch that? >> martha: and they are very proud of him today. >> bill: might be the dumbest dad. anyway, he made his point. >> we have ureporters all over the place. a couple of kids reporting from saddle river, new jersey. >> bill: young men and women. >> martha: my family is out there sending us some u reports and let's roll it. >> this is in front of the inn. it is totally flooded. >> no, wait. >> martha: that is elizabeth i believe and then reid and harry. good reporters throughout. look at the water. that's saddle river and it is crashing. usually that is about 15 feet lower than that bridge that you are seeing right there as the water is swarming in this saddle river, new jersey. >> are you filming now. in. >> , yes, i am. new jersey'sew mexico's smartest dad. >> so happy he is not swimming down the saddle river. >> bill: that is right where you live it. >> they were on their way to get breakfast and literally the roads impassible in a lot of areas in new jersey. >> bill: thanks to the mccallums and get the power back on. >> thanks, guys. >> bill: the big story with irene in rhode island and massachusetts, moving up through new hampshire and maine. a live report from rhode island. watching the surf kick up there. we will take you there in moments. that was an outstanding ureport. >> martha: excellent reporters. we thank them for that. thanks, guys. >> bill: back in minutes. >> bill: for those who thought that irene was over, think again. this is newport rhode island and that is quite a scene. and the harbor just off of newport, all the sail boats getting kicked around. going to go that way for some time because it is lashing newport rhode island. all of that strong wind and heavy rain and we talked to molly line a bit earlier today. she is live in newport. camped out there for hours. how is it going now. from here it looks like it is getting worse. is it? >> reporter: absolutely. that the last hour or so we have seen some of the strongest gusts we have seen throughout the morning. we have been watching the boats really bob around for the last hour. for the morning, quite a few walkers and people with their dogs and we saw a guy with a stroller and a baby. they are not outside right now. authorities say right now there are about 170,000 people without power in rhode island. that is about a third of the people that have national grid power here which is the majority of the state. still a big power emergency here in the state. the city of warwick is asking people to not go down to the beaches to check things out because they are seeing so many onlookers coming out to look at the storm that they are having trouble getting the emergency vehicles through and making sure that the police can get from place to place. but here out here on the water we still have some folks battering down in the fishing boats that are staying here because this is their livelihood and if anything gets freed they want to be able to snag it and pin it back down. one of the other dangers is the boats out here in the newport, rhode island harbor. if any come free that can cause danger to a lot of boats. thus far everybody seems to be pretty locked down but they are really bobbing out there right now. things have gotten worse in the course of the last 20 minutes to an hour. authorities calling for everybody to stay inside and take the storm seriously despite the fact that it has been downgraded. >> on the radar it looks like another hour, two hours of that. >> thank you, good news. >> bill: you got it, molly. >> martha: as the deadly hurricane raged outside their hospital, a north carolina family welcomed a little girl. they could have thrown an areason in there perhaps. came into the world. what a cutie. her more says she could see irene outside the window but was too busy focusing on the baby at that time. no word if any have been named irene. >> bill: i heard a couple of middle names went irene. >> martha: just name the baby what you want to name it. >> bill: shepard smith picks ud coverage now. we come back at 4:00. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. the newest release with verizon 4g lte. the first phone pre-loaded with access to netflix's massive movie library. powered by verizon 4g lte for an unparalleled streaming experience. see how mobile entertainment was meant to be seen. only with verizon 4g lte. now get the revolution by lg for $199.99 and receive 3 months of netflix free.