look at that! reporter: hurricane isaias spawned waterspouts along the jersey shore and brought with it wind gusts of over 100 miles an hour. we started feeling it in cape may, new jersey, just after 9:00 a.m. that washing machine feeling, that s what we re in right now. it actually just calmed down in the last five seconds. but the wind, the rain, the sand, just really whipping around. those winds knocking down traffic lights, trees and power lines, putting more than 3 million in the dark across the storm zone. more than a million just in new jersey. should you have to go out and come across a downed power line, please immediately report it to emergency services. reporter: someone reported this sparking line. and while we were interviewing emergency manager jerry inderwies, it exploded. no one was hurt. this is basically a result of the storm, power lines down, causing fires and explosions in the neighborhood. that s correct. that s correct. so, you saw what can happen. re
irma. the hurricane made landfall on the northern coast bringing with it wind gusts so strong that they destroyed the instruments that are used to measure those gusts. let s go to patrick, live in cuba. you ve been getting some really rough weather. what are you feeling now, patrick? reporter: irma continues to lash cuba, victor and to give you an idea, we are in a coastal town where the ocean as flooded the entire town, continuing some debris going by and right where we are is about five feet of water. we re on the second floor but we are oar watching with some concern as the water continues to go up for most of the houses in this town, they are single story houses and they ve been flooded and probably destroyed by this storm. so even though irma is heading towards you, it is continuing to have a major impact, continuing
and we love every minute of it. you have two little terrors right now. yes, we do. and you are smiling because you re back at work. that s why i m smiling. we will have more on diana s family and more pictures coming up. let s begin with the unusual late season snowstorm that slammed new england. less than a week away from april, one of the most powerful storms in decades pummeling the area with hurricane force wind, record shattering cold. here is abc s linzie janis. reporter: a powerful blizzard turning cape cod into a desolate windy tundra. the angry ocean churning, threatening coastal homes. battering hurricane flags flying overhead. here on cape cod, that massive storm over the atlantic is clipping the land, bringing with it wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and up to a foot of snow. in chatham, this 200-year-old home now a pile of timber. store fronts shuttered. shovels and plows back at work again. this man struggling just to
with that. the winds are expected to go up to as much as 155 miles an hour. a lot of warnings out there. about 255,000 people are going to be affected, and mandatory evacuations for folks in some of the low-lying areas. it s going to be big. we will continue to follow everything out of egypt and check in with you, zane. thank you so much. we re following a lot of developments in the next hour of cnn newsroom. let s start with the massive storm. reynolds wolf in the cold on the ground in st. louis. reporter: that s right, kyra. first it was the freezing rain. now it s the sleet. next up the snow and with it wind gusts possibly approaching vift miles per hour, part of a giant snow system that will affect over 150 million people. more coming up. i m stephanie elam in new york. if you had to choose, which one would you give up, your cable service, your internet service or would you give up your cell