that runs along here, highway 12, a good part of that was washed out. they re not expecting quite a direct hit with this particular storm, but again, they are talking about the wind, the rain and power outages. and victor, that s really what people are bracing for as the storm gets to us. i m wondering, george, i saw an analyst yesterday saying this is going to be a lot worse than irene. are people sticking around for it, or are they boarding up and getting out of town? reporter: you know, when you walk around, when you take a look at how people are preparing for this storm, everyone s keeping a very close eye on us, as we report what s happening. they re watching the track of the storm system. right now it looks like it will move in a little further north than where we are. but we will feel the first brunt of the storm. we will see a lot of the winds that come through, the winds that could get up 40, 50 miles per hour in some places. a lot of rain that will come through
i m john berman. happy to have you with us this morning. i m zoraida sambolin. hurricane sandy is starting to look like a perfect storm, as berman was predicting, from new england to virginia and as far inland as ohio. everyone is being warned to prepare to take action because of a rare and complex atmospheric setup. sandy could collide with the east coast early next week as a super storm. sandy has already done plenty of damage. 11 people are dead in cuba. the hurricane ripping roofs off some homes and flattening others. sandy killed one person in jamaica, 10 more people in haiti. that is 22 people total killed by this storm already. heavy rains from the storm s outer bands causing flooding as well. even though it s several days away, the sand bagging has already started as far north as new jersey. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking sandy s every move, joiping us live from the extreme weather center in atlanta. what is the latest on this? still a category 1 storm
early next week and that would make it a devastating superstorm. the hurricane s already done tons of damage. 11 people dead in cuba. sandy ripping off the roofs of homes, flattening other homes al to the. the storm killed one person in jamaica. nine other people killed in haiti. heavy rains from the storm s outer bands have unleashed devastating flooding. although the hurricane is still several days away from the united states east coast, sandbagging is already under way as far north as new jersey. meet oreologist rob marciano is tracking sandy s every move. we re getting already dire warnings, really serious red flags about this storm. tell me exactly what s happening that makes it, you know, worse than what they call the perfect storm. well, the perfect storm never made landfall for one thing. this one looks like it s going to make landfall. that s what makes it worse. the setup is somewhat similar, we have a hurricane that s moving north and a strong cold front with a s