it s hurry up and wait a bit right now. but we re ready. we re right in the middle of it. steve: let s go down the coast a piece to delaware. peter doocy is standing by. peter, the bulk of the storm not there yet, but you certainly are feeling some tropical winds. we are. the wind is hard. the air is very cold. and just look behind me. the waves, now that the sun has come up, we get a sense of how tall the waves are. we ve been seeing them when they were closer to shore with our camera lights. now you can see they re not just coming straight in. they re all crashing in. it s really loud. you re hearing it. here in delaware also we re getting reports now that the national guard along with some fire companies and police departments are having to rescue some folks who did not evacuate last night by 8:00 o clock like they were supposed to. they re dealing with the very harsh effects of some flooding now. we don t have any reports about how those rescues are going, burr the governor o
e-mails in the states in the line of torm s path he s urging supporters to cipe millions at risk in their prayers . they are concerned about the storm and our thoughts and prayers are with those people who are in harm s way. today romney will visit ohio, wisconsin. and travelers stranded because of hurricane sandy. many planes were moved to safer ground. one family stranded for days and leaving their kids on their own. we have children up in new york that are preparing for the hurricane and they have to go through it on their own. i don t think we will fly out on tuesday . we ll get lucky for tuesday or thursday. they are waving fees for
this storm. we ve been live since 4:00 o clock in the morning. she joins us with the latest information. hey, maria. good morning. the center of sandy now is located about 385 miles to the south southeast of new york city. south-southeast of new york city. some of those wind gusts being reported at over 40 miles an hour. i did see one wind gust across reported about 37, 38 miles per hour. even though it s far away, we re miles an hour. we are feeling the impact of sandy across the new york city area. one thing i do want to point out to you guys, we have an advisory from the national hurricane center. we ll see if sandy has intensified further. the central minimum pressure is incredibly 946 millibars that. could be breaking records out across portions of the northeast as the system continues to make landfall. currently maximum sustained winds at 85 miles per hour. forecast to continue to strengthen as we head into later on today and by the time we make
tonight and even as tuesday and wednesday . many of you will see accumulation of a foot in the portions of the midatlantic. landfall expected tonight, sandy will be more of a nor easter. that is not to make a difference in the impact in the northeast. water rising 11 feet in new york city area. you are on the northern side of the storm where you get the on shore flow. we are expecting historic flooding in long island sound and parts of manhattan. and we have prepare mayor bloomberg issued the evacuation in the five burroughs of the new york city area. time line in the afternoon hours. rain will pick up and gusts to 65 miles per hour. and worst of the storm monday night and tuesday morning when
the storm makes landfall gusts to 85 miles per hour or greater possible. and back end of the storm snow in west virginia and parts of the state of virginia. those folks could wind up with four feet of the snow. incredible. brian: i have never seen the streets empty. we got a memo to everyone s e-mail. we could at any time close all of the bridges and tunnels. steve: that s for people coming in to go to work today. last night the mayor along with other authorities turned off the buss and subways. brian: and there is no rain yet. steve: they are just being safe. local papers. new york city shut down and public transportation shut down and hundreds of thousands of people forced out of their homes and monster storm, and brings the city to a halt.