University hospital on the east side of the city when that facility lost power forcing the evacuation of hundreds of patients just as the storm was at its most severe. Rehema ellis is there covering it for the last several hours. Whats the latest . Reporter chris, i can tell you its an eerie scene where you go up to a hospital and theres just row after row of emergency vehicles of ambulances, theyre not there dropping patients off for care, but they have lined up to pick up patients. More than 215 patients and transport them, evacuate them from the hospital to another facility. Transporting them because as you say, they have lost power in this area. New york citys mayor Michael Bloomberg talked about there are massive Power Outages and flooding in the area. You can see the lights behind me but when my cameraman will pan up a little bit, take a look, you can see the traffic light but the power is out. Imagine what it will be like in the morning if we still do not have power and people d
Just after 3 00 a. M. Here on the east coast and at least 16 people have reportedly been killed. More than 7 million are without power as sandy now is moving inland across pennsylvania. Good morning, im Chris Jansing live in new york. We want to run down the latest development as cross the midatlantic and the northeast and lets start in new jersey which took the brunt of this superstorm when it came ashore. Atlantic city and cape may have been absolutely inundated with water. Further north in jersey city reports of building collapses, the Oyster Creek Nuclear plant has been put on elevated alert amid high water. In new york, all of Lower Manhattan below 39th street is without power. Some of that caused by an explosion at a con ed substation. Right now new york city is seeing more Power Outages than at any time in its history including two out of every three people on long island. Its also forced the evacuation of the nyu Medical Center after the generator there went out. Further south
Destroyed at least 50 homes. Thats 50. In new jersey, Atlantic City was largely submerged and cutting it off from the mainland. Up and down the new jersey coast, communities are seeing significant flooding. Downto downtown hoboken and jersey city seeing water in the streets. We talked to the mayor and she said perhaps 50 of that city is underwater. Some shoreline residents in connecticut are stranded in their homes and the National Guard has been called out to rescue them. The storm damaged property from stonington to greenwich. In delaware, the storm wiped out beaches in several communities and Rehoboth Beach and dewey beach, thousands of people were evacuated from wilmington and delaware city. Now one final word, there is some word that the potomac river, specifically the area between hancock, amaryland and washington, d. C. , could begin flooding to night. The National Weather service says it could be worst flooding that area has seen in 16 years. Nbcs Michelle Franzen is at Battery
Tuesday, october 30th, 2012, this is the daily rundown, im chuck todd. Lets get right to what we know this hour. At least 18 people have been killed, early estimates, but the damage from sandy at somewhere between 10 billion and 20 billion, but that figure could rise as people assess in the daylight. Nearly 8 Million People waking up without power this morning. Sandy made landfall as whats being called a post Tropical Cyclone on the Southern Coast of new jersey not too far from Atlantic City at about 8 00 p. M. , sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, thats hurricane force, folks. And hurricaneforce winds extended up to 175 miles from the center of the storm. Tropical force storm winds spread out 485 miles from the center, a 13foot storm surge flooded Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan and that broke a record that had been set in 1821. Records were shattered in sandy hook, new jersey, where tide levels also topped 13 feet. The metropolitan Transportation Authority is calling this the
Announcer news4 at 4 00 begins with breaking news. And that breaking news involves reports just coming into us that multiple people are dead following an incident near the World Trade Center memorial. News4s Scott Macfarlane monitoring developments for us at the live desk. Whats the latest . Reports are thin right now. There is gun fire and vehicle accidents blocks away World Trade Center memorial site. New York City Police, the n. Y. P. D. And medics are surrounding the area. We have reports initially of vehicle crashes, possibly including large box trucks and a school bus and the first images from the scene show the damaged school bus. They also show crowds that have gathered in Lower Manhattan. One person is in custody according to nbc news. It is also unclear from whom the gun fire emanated. Was it police or was it this individual who is in custody . There are some graphic images we are not going to show you. They are making their way through social media. We dont want to show you