This system gets closer. Governor Martin Omalley over the battering in baltimore. And Ted Strickland on what the storm means for the political storm in ohio. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Sandy is expected to make landfall at this hour on the coast of new jersey. The storm is now a post tropical cyclo cyclone. The path on the northeast corridor has been slow and moving very wide. Hundreds of thousands of people in coastal areas have been evacuated up and down the east coast. This is a live shot from delaware. Well get a live update from the shoreline in just a moment. Authorities say new york city and long island could get the worst of the storm surge. Sea water could rise up to 11 feet. The damage from sandy was on display hundreds of feet above manhattan today. Youre seeing a Youtube Video of a crane collapsing on the 57th street highrise. City Officials Say workers would not be able to access the crane to keep it from falling. At this hour, the crane is still hanging in t
P. M. Here on the east coast. This is live continuing coverage of Hurricane Sandy now post Tropical Storm sandy. Good evening, im chris jansing. Well be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. At this hour, we have a lot to tell you. Lets get you caught up. Serious flooding across the midatlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. Con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, thats the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. More than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3. 6 million along the east coast. Already its been a deadly storm. At least ten deaths reported. New york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, West Virginia, we have video from manhattans east side. Lets get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. Michelle franzen is on the phone with us from Battery Park City. Thats the lower tip
It is two minutes past midnight on the east coast. This is msnbcs live coverage of Hurricane Sandy. Im chris jansing. We will be here all through the night along with meteorologist bill karins. Lets get you caught up on how things are looking and start in new york city right now. Where it is eerily dark. Over pretty much all of lower manhattan. More than 300,000 new yorkers without power. More than 3 million up and down the east coast are i want sesti the dark at this hour. Some of the worst damage here in new york is downtown, by battery park, where a near 14foot wall of water has flooded the streets as well as the brooklyn battery tunnel which connects brooklyn and manhattan. That is one of two major commuter tunnels in new york that flooded tonight. This storm has left a path of destruction in its wake. The Associated Press reports at least 15 deaths associated with sandy. Mostly the result of falling trees. Stormrelated deaths have been confirmed in new york, new jersey, west virgi
Superstorm sandy. We are going to be live throughout the night. We have reporters all across the region. And msnbc meteorologist bill karins on hand here in new york. Now, as of 11 30 pennsylvanias Utility Company reported more than 1 Million People were without power in that state. The Associated Press reports thats about 20 of the states electric customers. Joining me now is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. Mayor, its good to talk to you again. Weve been talking about how fluid the situation is. You and i talked about two hours ago. Since then i understand one person was killed after a tree fell on a house in berks county. Whats going on in philly . In philadelphia we do have some significant, for us, significant power outage. About 40,000 customers without power. Pico energy is our provider. They do an excellent job under these circumstances, getting people back online. About 400,000 in the region, and so, again, thats a significant number, but i am quite confident that they will
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