doing. there s been three deaths in virginia and playing in these floodwaters not funny. we just heard from the governor of maryland. his biggest concern is urban flooding. when i spoke to governor mcdonnell a couple of hours ago he said the flooding there is much worse than they expected. let s go to meteorologist eric fisher of the weather channel who has been fwaerg brunts of this storm in virginia beach. what s the situation there, eric? reporter: good evening. fortunately here in virginia beach things are glradually starting to improve. his shot was going in and out. reporter: here in eastern virginia area. and we were talking about tornadoes earlier on this morning. roof tops that were blown off three structures. they are seeing some oversplash from the ocean working its way to the street there in the sand bridge area of the city. hearing a lot of noise behind us. something broke loose.
severely. here is the only video we have out of it. the sand bridge area. i thought was another town but we ll check and look it up on. danny couch is bucs ton, north carolina, runs tours around the outer bank. it s my understanding you have your own vehicle and take people around. what is your census saying? the island i am on is 52 miles long but it averages half-mile wide. we had six breaches in the regular trouble spots here from the ocean today. even though roads were passable you have a lot of salt water. you don t want to drive your car through salt water. as we are getting on the back side, we have 180 degrees from the opposite direction southwesterly and pamicos down is the western inland body of
to. he said, maybe the watermarks will make the paintings even more valuable. that is the kind you get out in these beach communities i think. steve as you know is pretty unique character. shep: it looks as if somebody brushed his hair? that was me, i did a couple shirt buttons up. he likes the buttons up but i tidied him up just for you. jonltdz hucht or resident brit standing on the beach. shep: i was reporting a little while ago on what we believe or the locals are believed is a tornado. we can t confirm it until the weather service says so. sand bridge area, check that. sand bridge area, i guess five houses have been damaged. a couple of them pretty
of cereal and the milk sloshes all around. it s been bush and pull all day. when you have that amount of water and hemmed in and it s shallow nature, there is almost and immediacy of impact in any direction you get. shep: danny live on the line. helping us out in con technicals. i reported earlier and you know this was in virginia beach. sand bridge area, we said norfolk a little while ago. there is confusion, we have a station that is terrific. they work with us so well and so helpful. they are based in norfolk, this
international, who are watching our special coverage of hurricane irene, a category 1 storm, a massive storm that is on its move, up the eastern seaboard. it came ashore a couple of hours ago, making landfall near camp lookout, north carolina. there s new video we are getting from nearby, atlantic beach shows you what irene has left behind already in some areas. the hurricane storm surge swamping the town with ocean water. also, irene is spinning its way northward to some of the biggest cities on the eastern coast of the united states. cities like new york, washington, baltimore, boston, cities that aren t used to being prepared for a hurricane. they could all get slammed by this storm this weekend. right now, irene, a category 1 storm, it is pushing sustained winds of about 85 miles an hour. irene has also claimed at least one life in north carolina. we do have special hurricane coverage for you this morning that spans that coastline, from north carolina all the way up the a