supplies. they really couldn t find their way out. it was an issue of where to go. and that is the case for a lot of new yorkers. many people don t have the capacity to leave the city or don t have a place to go inland. so they don t have hurricane plans. they re die-hard new yorkers. they re going to stay where they are and hope for the best. fredricka, it s all yours. you have a long day of coverage here as well. i ll see you tomorrow morning. this is like one long psych zbll it is. we want to welcome our international viewers this hour. 65 million people could be in harm s way this weekend in north america as hurricane irene sweeps up the east coast of the u.s. parts of the region haven t seen a storm like this in two decades. from north carolina into new england, bracing for irene. right now, irene is battering north carolina after making landfall a few hours ago near cape lookout. the winds, rain and surf were brutal as irene slammed ashore. and right now, mo
carolina coast. as many as 65 million people all along the eastern seaboard are going to be impacted in some way, shape or form by irene. and many people are already trying to find shelter where they can. take a look at the size of this storm. eight states from north carolina to massachusetts are under states of emergency. and right now, this first hurricane of the season that is impacting so much of the east coast is pummeling north carolina. it barreled ashore on the outer banks of north carolina just after dawn this morning, about five miles northeast of cape lookout. it is now down to a category 1 hurricane with maximum winds of 85 miles per hour. still very significant. make no mistake, it is a very powerful storm. and it is still very dangerous. there have been two storm-related deaths in north carolina reported so far. and we re seeing a lot of fierce winds and drenching rains there. parts of the region haven t seen a storm like this in decades. we re talking about alo
airport director, she said you know they re not really as established for dealing with large volume of passengers over there to the way lambert certainly is. and, you know, the east terminal or terminal two, is probably a better option using the available gates down there. but then you also have to find facilities for the ticketing agents because the ticketing agents in all your counter folks working up at the front desks, those folks are all in pretty much for the other airlines outside of southwest, pretty much, are all in the main terminal there. well, you re watching if you re just joining us, you re watching live extended coverage of our good friday storm follow-up. this is daylight. and now we re getting a better look at the damage and the devastation that these storms left behind. scott was saying, it was so widespread and it affected so many to our viewers, you have been listening in to our affiliate
got flooding situation on the hilo side. now the expectation is it could be between one and seven foot waves in that area. let s listen in to our affiliate coverage. but we heard an oceanographer earlier this morning that there is no sure way to tell which wave will be the most devastating. we re stand big in the forecast center. yeah, thanks. hang on, justin. i think it s 10:56. i think we do have mark ranieri is standing by via skype. we re trying to arrange to get that up and running. once again we re trying to utilize all the technology available to us. and we thank mark very much for being with us from hilo this morning. of course, that is the focal point of all at tension of the state if not the nation. mark, everybody safe there so
and that was an 8.0 magnitude quake. this one that occurred this morning 3:00 east coast kind of time or 3:00 local time, i should say, it was an 8.8 magnitude quake. also chile triggering the tsunami. so that is the concern that, like you said, josh, history just might be repeated. perhaps not with the level of damage and fatalities because people have been warned. warnings are different as well. that made a big difference. and through social networking, people communicating and reminding one another of the safe things to do. josh, thanks so much. going to return to our affiliate coverage and listen in one more time to kitv. they ve had their cameras fixated on the hilo bay area. let s listen in to their, of course, report on it. as i mentioned, the surge is coming in and out. now that surge is going in again. we re starting to see that current change. and the river current of the water pick up flowing into the river and also starting to fill up. and we have seen more changes,