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major readwaoadways still unpas. live in north carolina where the storm first made land fall. what is the situation this morning? reporter: well, there is a question sense of relief here as residents return to their homes for the first time since that storm made land fall here. the dock here is just about the worst of the damage we can see here. but it s incredible the difference that just a couple of feet can make as the docks to my right all seem to be intact. very little structural damage here. a couple of shingles off of roofs and whatnot. but otherwise this island was fladed by two feet of water. people here feel like they dodged a bullet. and now we know that flooding threat remains inland. the mayor of wilmington telling
several areas recorded over a foot of snow. we saw strong winds across portions of long island. wind gusts over 90 miles per hour. we are seeing these trees down power lines down such widespread impact. not just across long island but across new jersey, further inland. land fall did occur at 8:00 p.m. eastern time near the atlantic city area 5 miles to the south, southwest of that city with maximum sustained winds at that time 80 miles per hour. at that time sandy was not officially a hurricane any more it made the transition to the post tropical cyclone. you can see extensive damage. i am glad many people have taken the storm seriously and hopefully many people heeded the evacuations will be serving the damage as the sunrises later on today. we are seeing strong wind gusts 48 miles per hour across the new york city area. that wind is coming out of the southeast. we will continue to see high water levels across coastal areas. we set a record yesterday
new jersey is where the storm made land fall. in long beach island water flooding the streets. record setting surges also causing massive flooding here in manhatt manhattan. sandy s impact stretching from virginia hammering the coastline there as well. we will talk to virginia director of emergency management in a bit. long island new york that region has been lash withed extremely heavy winds as a result. that is from suffolk county management joins us now. i haven t been to sleep. good morning to you yourself. what can you tell viewers that live in suffolk county how they are going to be living the next couple days? viewer as they are waking up this morning they will see there is still considerable flading on south shore that come during high tied and the surges. we had wadz 25-30 feet on top of
summer games, right? so much fun. good morning, everyone. welcome to early, early early start. up first, debby doing more damage and dumping more rain than some full-blown hurricanes. the deadly storm now downgradeds to a tropical depression where is slashes across florida where a state of emergency is still in place. that storm is second to bring rains to florida for another day. george, i was reading this morning the folks here were really scared because the water came in so quickly. how are the conditions there now? well, you know, zoraida, good morning. we know the storm cloud have all passed here but again, these residents are dealing with a very difficult situation right now. just take a look. you see this home submerged for the most part in water. that s what you find in many of these low lying areas. it s hit or miss that more water that is covering these homes. in some places drivers are having to deal with six inches to a foot of water on the road. you see pol