standing could be under water, covered in floodwater. here s what hurricane irene looked like when it hit the bahamas. new yorkers now of course are used to seeing this on tv. not up close but they might see it here and soon. here is the view as irene began moving up the eastern seaboard. as it did emergency plans started to kick in. airlines began cancelling flights. hospitals moving patients and here in new york mayor mike bloomberg be issued the first evacuation orders in city history for low-lying areas including the area, including the one we re standing in tonight. a hurricane warning is in effect for new york city. meantime as we speak north carolina s outer banks are getting hit. we have reporters all over the region. i do want to begin with chad myers who just got his hands on a fresh update from the national hurricane center. chad, what have you learned? i ve learned the storm has turned to the north-northeast. that is the continuation of the right-hand turn, ande
here. we re standing, a lot of this was beach. we got here this morning. quickly it s already risen several feet. i was talking to the mayor. he said one of the big worries in this area is when you go past here, there s homes that s built on a cliff. at this point their worries not so much the wind, this is not going to be the kind of storm here where the wind is going to do catastrophic damage, but what they are worried about is, it s moving so slowly, and it s going to hit right before high tide which comes about 3:30 in the morning here, that they are worried that there may be so much water brought into the areas quickly that it could erode a lot of the soil that these homes are built on a cliff. so he s been going around today trying to make sure, you know, people have left their homes or if they haven t that they are at least aware of the risk that they are taking by staying inside. wolf? even though everyone was strongly urged to leave where you are as you say, chris,
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and it s a report that will deeply disappoint the parents of josh and shane who were deeply hoping this or deal would be over for their sons. it appears that this or deal is finally over. a court in iran has convicted bauer and fattal of spying and trespass and sentenced them to eight years in prison, three years for trespassing and three years for spying, a charge that the men and their lawyers have been declaring all along. his attorney says he was ain t ware of the verdict until he heard it in the media. he says he s not going to comment until he s spoken to court officials. of course this is a case that made worldwide headlines shortly after the hikers were detained in july 2009 and it has increased tensions between iran and the u.s. and this verdict certainly won t help relations between washington and tehran. but analysts say this case is far from over. the lawyers have 20 days to appeal the verdict and don t rule out the possibility that iranian authorities will releas