people in and around her neighborhood that are not far from her neighborhood waiting for boats to get them not that anyone is not doing the best they can but 20 minute after 3:00 in the afternoon the day after the storm they have not been able to get to anyone. thank you, all the best to you. the storm surge hit really hard in new york city, with parts of lower manhattan still underwater, there are downed trees and power lanes across the region and dozens of homes burned down at least 80, 80 homes in one large new york city neighborhood, breezy point and rockaways. one hospital forced to evacuate hundreds of people after in the dark of night the backup generator failed and the storm triggered an average of 10,000, 9-1-1 scales in this city alone for a half hour. the massive subject of water that hit the region it washed a tanker ashore.
rockaways. in addition, you should know that mta service, including subways, buses and railroads will begin to shut down tomorrow at noon. we ll discuss that and other measures in a moment depending on the effect of the storm, let me caution you in regards to the mta that service may or may not be restored in time for rush hour monday morning. i would urge employees checking with their employers regarding business openings on monday. cnn s reporters are showing us some of the stormy surf in florida. video shot by sheterly, don off new smyrna beach. amazing how rough the ocean is there. janet napolitano telling people not to mess around with this storm. she briefed president obama by phone earlier today and the president is going to leave marthas vineyard a short and return day short and return from his vacation. he s urging americans to prepare for the worst. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precaut
the subway system which is not operating today. as cleanup efforts get underway the national guard is headed towards hardest hit areas to help out. this as the storm sets its sights on chicago and wisconsin. it is not over. jonathan hunt on hard hit long island with more on conditions there and our first look really. high hi, jonathan. reporter: hi, jenna. as the sun rose on long island this morning the devastation became horribly clear to everybody. it is quite extraordinary as you walk around this barrier island city. a block in front of me is the ocean. just about half a mile behind me is the bay side of this barrier island and last night, when that storm surge hit, it was worse between 6:00 p.m. and about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m. last night. waters from both sides met. there is not a street on this barrier island that was