let s get right to our hurricane update. ocean city maryland you can see some of that right there. heavy rain also beginning to fall in that area. take a live look at norfolk virginia. that s where the heavy rains are already coming down millions of people from north carolina to the state of maine could end up losing power. as a precaution they are stocking up on supplies. peter doocy is live in delaware. todd starks live elizabeth pran is live in the outer banks of forth carolina. good morning maria. national hurricane center within the next 30 minutes. i want to point out sandy will transition from a hurricane to something called a post tropical hurricane. it will move from the tropical
24 ins. and that is going to test those levels. if it does not slow down the fruthtruth is, it is not just for new orleans. everyone in slidele and gret naand pass yistian and fort walton beach and beyond. this is your storm as well. jackson, mississippi, you could get a foost rain and up north of little rock it could be bad as janice talks to the producers in the background. we ll be with her in a few minutes as we expect to hear the from the national hurricane update. we ll have it for you live. the storm is still causing changes in the republican national convention live look at the weather. oh, my goodness. what a night in tampa, first few speeches are set for tomorrow. and the convention got
call you a prize winner? it was ten years ago. we ll give you a hurricane update. states along the east coast are preparing for irene as the storm heads to coastal north carolina. the outer banks are expected to get the worst of it. the national weather service says heightened waves and swells up to nine feet high are striking the area. the governors of at least seven states declared a state of emergency including new jersey. president obama who spent nearly four hours on the beach in martha s vineyard declared a federal state of emergency in north carolina. in new york city, mayor bloomberg is preparing them for flooding and shutting down the public transportation system. up to 250,000 people living in
cameras and that can record h.d. video quite an upgrade. jobs announced a new version of the apple tv video player that can stream videos from your computer as well as netflix and you tube. it s expected to go on sale next month for $99. and there s word facebook is entering the retail world. reports indicate target will soon be offering facebook gift cards that folks can use to buy virtual goods for the site s most popular games. according to reports, some 200 million people play games on facebook. and we re told many of them are beginning to pay for premium content. a state of emergency declared across the state of north carolina tonight. hurricane warnings and watches are up from north carolina all the way to massachusetts. as forecasters upgrade hurricane earl to a strong and deadly category 4 again. where it s expected to hit and when with a hurricane update from the extreme weather center.
we have the next hurricane update coming in two hours. bottom line this remains a serious storm. some people are breathing a sigh of relief it s a category 2 hurricane. but still a very powerful storm that will dump a lot of water and create serious storm surges. i want to bring in meteorologist michele grossman to tell us about this storm. we re focusing on water. we re to concussion on the life threatening surge. this is what it looks like right now. a big storm about 300 miles wide, even 400 miles wide. it s moving fairly slow right now but really slow down as we head towards the overnight hours. these are the latest numbers as of 2:00. ali mentioned we have one coming out at 5:00. category 2 storm. it s a strong category 2 storm. but this is what we re seeing already. ali mentioned this depends where