Screen. Sandy should make landfall in southern new jersey; but the impact will be felt for miles and the worst is yet to come. At last check, the storm center was within 50 miles of the city. City. It is forming a powerful super storm like weve never seen before. For the latest lets turn to sue in the weather center. Sue, i understand this storm about to make landfall near atlanta city. Yeah. Going to be real close. We just got the update from the National Hurricane center. Its 0 miles to the south of atlanta city, 30 miles from cape may. So you can do the math. Still moving to the north, northwest at 20 Miles Per Hour. It will be ashore probably between 6 and 6 30 somewhere in south jersey. Maybe the delaware bay gets clipped. An amazing forecast. The big change is that it sped up a little bit more than we thought. Right. Its probably making landfall three hours faster faster. We were thinking right there at it will wear bay. And its still got that incredible recordsetting low pressure of 940milibars, the difference now between what has been a tropical system turning into winterlike system. The wind field will expand out. Up in rhode island there was an amateur weather station that was 84 les per hour wind gusts wow. So the package of high winds extends out far. Want to talk about radar here locally, because some bands of heavy rain getting ready to moven through. Were going to spotlight them for you here. This yellow band pushed through baltimore. Its still pushing through baltimore, and we know that not only is this where the heavy bands of rain are, but this is where the heavy winds are. As you begin to feel more intensity with the rain outside your house or whatever, youre also going to notice that the winds will kick up as well. And i suspect we are beginning now to transition into where anytime now, these wind gusts could be 60 plus. As the storm is. Along the Eastern Shore just into delaware, this line of yellow, the moderate showers out there will really contain the highest winds weveseen so far. So give them a couple more hours to come on through. I think thats when well begin to get more reports of 60 plus Miles Per Hour wind gusts these are just gusts. A better way to say that would be occasional gusts within the bands moving on through. And all these bands now are rotating around the hurricane, moving from east to west a. Heavy bandaid has moved through baltimore. So i suspect if youre in the northern sections of Prince Georges County into the extreme eastern parts of Montgomery County within the next 30 minutes or so, youre going to be getting these heavier rains and the higher wind gusts that are now moving through columbia, severe that park and indianapolis. Were getting a lull now west of 95. Over time it will start kicking up. One of the hall marks of this system is the winds have been to the south and west. So watch out in delaware and through the bay. Those are going to be big winds as the center is just literally about 30 miles away from the coast. Gary is beginning do a little bit of measurement here. You can see where were spotlighting what we expect to be intense rain and wind here within the next hour to 90 minutes as that moves on through. So some of the worst it has to offer will be coming on shore, and then from here, if we do tracking if we have a moment, as our storm comes to shore and moves to the west northwest at 28, it will take a track that brings it into South Central philadelphia. So along the Mason Dickson line. We could have winds of 75 Miles Per Hour at two in the morning. And then it progresses up through central philadelphia into new york state, something we didnt even mention here, gary, were getting gusts of 52, just as we expected. The big winds picking up here, and well just end on the fact that sandy is beginning have a snowy side, too. Well tease you with that and tell you more about the snowy side of sandy with our next update. If its named a super storm it has to come with a little bit of everything. Yes. Shawn, back to you. Thanks, guys. Power outages are jumping up now. If you take a look at your screen we can give you the latest numbers. Pep key reporting 16,000 customers in the dark. Virginia approaching 10,000. In Northern Virginia beg has 1600 out of power in montgomery and prince georges counties. The heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy has damaged a fishing pier in ocean city, maryland. The mayor said 150 feet of that pier is gone. He said he would sacrifice the other 150 feet of it if it would mitigate the low level flooding going on in his city right now. Were live in the city with the latest now. Sherry . Reporter well, brian, if only the mayor could make that deal. But i have a feeling Hurricane Sandy is beginning have none of that, because she is just pounding ocean city from all sides. Were getting the heavy rain, the heavy winds here, the heavy surf. Were getting pelted by sand as well. You can look out here, and that just shows you how ominous this storm is as it gets closer and closer to coming ashore. You can see these massive waves that have been pounding the beach. As the high tide begins to come up, were starting to see it encroach upon the sea walls again. You can see the trees over there just bending in the winds out here. One of the biggest concerns here is that storm surge not only from the ocean; but from the bayside as well. Were seeing flooding on the bayside, some backyards and homes seeing several feet of water. Were seeing streets as well through the area with a foot and a half or more of water. They are impassable. But as you mentioned perhaps the most significant damage, the most memorable damage so far from this storm has been to the fishing pier here in ocean city. About half of it has just been wiped away. It took a beating from all of the heavy surf overnight and all day today. When they came out today to take a look at it, you can see it has just washed away, the pilings buckled under the power of those avs, and it continues to take a beating now. I would expect we see more of that pier to collapse into the ocean as the hours go by. At this point, what we are seeing in ocean city is that about half of the town here is essentially cut off. They have traffic that has been cut off from the route 90 bridge all the way south. They have also cut off electricity as a precaution, because we are seeing flooding in the southern end of the town here from 11th street south along the oceanside. The electricity has been cut off, as well as the Second Street to the inlet. Thats a precaution, because you dont want to see those floodwaters causing any short or fire. At this point at this point, theyre telling people the best thing to do is shelter in place. All right, sherry. Were going to take you to a Live Press Conference where Martin Malley is giving a briefing now. We believe just seconds ago he mentioned that 75,000 people in the dark now in the state of maryland. Thats expected to go up. Lets listen in. Well be continuing to monitor that through the night. So in conclusion, 75,000 outages so far. The storm is likely to make sooner than we thought because she is picking up speed along with picking up intensity, and we expect landfall in new jersey, steve correct me if imim wrong somewhere between 8 and 10 00 p. M. Okay. More like 8 p. M. And then the storm will make its way across maryland. So this is still a very violent and dangerous storm. We all need to act responsibly in order to minimize the potential for loss of life. This storm has already taken a lot of lives in the caribbean, and now its moving back on to land here in the United States in our most densely plated areas. Please stay indoors. Were not trying to scare anyone; but we are being honest. This is a dangerous storm, and you need the stay indoors. One incident to update you on in richfield. Some of you go to the miller toss clambake in the summer on your way, way to the right, theres a Housing Community there called summers cove. With the tidal surge that came up within the last couple of hours, it raiseed the water level such that its about 3 feet of water spread all over the ground waters of summers cove. So serious as etc. From the Volunteer Fire Department to johnson is here with us to the dnr, and their water as etc. Are removing people from there. I dont know if youve been in chrisfield when it rains. That lower end takes to tend on a lot of water not unlike the downtown of ocean city in big rains. Thats about the holiday yen at the boardwalk. 17th street. You can see the ocean pouring over the breakwall on to the boardwalk at 17th street. Looks like a reporter getting a little too close for comfort. Just a snapshot whats going on with the property loss thats currently occurring in ocean city in all sectors. Weve seen photos like that and worse. And we know that sound of the landmark institutions, and businesses are taking on a amount of water. Were getting reports throughout the night. As you heard a short time ago, sandy expected to make landfall, officials warning residents not to take a gamble by riding out the storm, well have an update on the situation there when we come back. We want to welcome you back. Our coverage continues. The Chesapeake Bay area keeping a close eye on the storm surge. Parts of annapolis have already seen flooding. Not as bad as it could be. John harion taking a look at things. John . Reporter high tide is not scheduled until 6 01, just under an hour from now. As you can see the water is not a particular problem. Its a foot and a half to 2 feet below. Just an hour or so ago, there were people still strolling around. The wind has stiffnd, coming in at 25 to 35 Miles Per Hour with some gusts higher, and now theres virtually no one out, at least in this part of annapolis. There are occasional cars cruising by a. Couple of bars are open. But all stores and services are closed. About 80 of the gas stations about two hours ago when we cruiseed the town looking for diesel fuel from our truck, 80 of the gas stations were closed. Theres some flooding in low lying parts of anne arundel county, and there are road closures. Heres a list, river road, south of harrell harbor closed because of standing water. Defense highway, which is route 450 at Stevens Church road. Thats the crossen area. The road is closed. One more for you. Near the border of Prince Georges County, closed because of standing water. So though we do not have flooding in downtown annapolis, theres because of the heavy rains water on the roads. Do not try to go through it if possible. If you need a shelter, its annapolis high school. And we are told it is a pet friendly shelter thanks to the help of some volunteers. Thats the latest from downtown annapolis. Hey, john, i saw a car there driving down city dock, and hopefully you can hear me. And im just wondering on a rainy night, and were right now facing a category one, almost two hurricane coming to shore north of us. Are you getting a sense its because of the winds and the way the winds are blowing thats keeping the water. Reporter i dont know. These people are coming down to look. They were getting out of their cars and looking around. Now the rain is so cold and so stinging, almost everyone is staying in their cars. As you can see at the end of the dock, nobody is out of course crazy tv reporters telling you about the storm. All right. John hanrahan, reporting tonight in annapolis. Hurricane sandy expected to make landfall, of course, in new jersey within about the next hour or so. Craig boswell joins us from a town thats right near atlanta city, new jersey where the storm is expected to come ashore. Reporter we have moved to Higher Ground as roads are turning into rivers as the worst of sandy is yet to come. Reporter high surf along with heavy winds and rains are pounding the east coast as sandy closes in. People have turned to caw ins to get around, hunkering down and preparing to ride the storm. Generators, canned foods, water, anything we can. Got the boats ready. Reporter all the while knowing the weather is just getting worse. Going to be scary. Once those winds get up there and gets dark and you cant see whats coming that will be scary. Reporter sandy is making landfall in south jersey as it joins up with two weather systems to create a massive super storm. President obama and local officials are warning the 50 million residents to take the weather system seriously or risk taking their own lives into their own hands. Dont question the instructions that are being begin because this is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequences of people dont act quickly. The days ahead are going to be very difficult. There will be people who die and are killed in this storm. Reporter authorities warn new york city may see the worst of the storm surge with sea water threatening to flood lower manhattan. Not underestimate this storm. These forecasts for the surge are really extraordinary, and theyre talking about surges that we have not seen before. President obama has declared emergencies in six atlanta states. Craig beside well, fox news. Lets take you downstairs to the weather department. What struck me at the top of this hour is they mentioned, sue and gary did, how the storm is speeding up and impacting the area faster. I wonder if thats good sign in many respects. Sue whats the word . Reporter i think it does a couple of things. First of all, hopefully we get the worst of the surge before the high tide. I know in new york city the tide is at 8 13. We think this will be on land before. Were hoping. Its hard to time all of that. Out in ocean city, the high tide is 8 05. Hopefully the surge is over before the high tide begins. So maybe that Forward Motion is a good sign. John, i wanted to answer your question you posted about why were not seeing the tidal flooding. Its because the wind is out of the northwest. So its not piling up just yet. Eventually that might shift a little bit as the storm system gets more to our northwest and we get a south wind. Right now its pushing away. As we look at radar, as we watch big heavy bands of rain coming in, were getting winds inside of them. Let me put radar in motion. These are all spiraling in from the west; and as theyre coming in, we picked up a gust to 68 Miles Per Hour al wallops island. Andrews air force base had a gust up to 54. I mentioned earlier, the 70 miles an hour gust as well as. The satellite and radar, as we go over to our mac system, the hurricane will be making landfall within the next hour, hour and a half. As you can see the system you can see it spinning there. The heavy rain pushing ashore, and within the next hour or so, youre going to hear that we had a landfall in the south jersey area. Winds gusting to 02 in d. C. , 43 at annapolis. We slide over to the coast, ocean city getting a gust to 00. It will probably come ashore somewhere between wildwood and atlanta city. And we work our way up to new york city and find islip at 69, jfk at 61. So a big storm surge expected as you heard the reporter saying maybe 6 to 11 feet in the new york harbor, 4 to 8 feet of storm surge. Hopefully we get it in tonight. Were keeping an eye on it for you. Sue is this window shrinking . I dont think so, brian. 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And im asking for your vote. So together, we can keep moving america forward. Im barack obama and i approve this message. Ocean city, maryland. You know what we need to find out is where exactly sherry lee is in ocean city. It doesnt look like shes at the boardwalk, obviously at a hotel shelter. Doesnt look like the waves are pushing up as far up in her part of the boardwalk as we have seen pictures in the past. We know the waters are are not receding. The waves not as choppy as they have been. An alert came across from the town of ocean city on facebook. The route 90 bridge is being closed to nonemergency vehicles dow to the increasing windsnd rain. It will be closed at 5 00 p. M. , which has just passed asking all citizens to go ahead and stay indoors at this hour. The last bit of news is that theyre expecting about 10 inches or so of rain, 4 to 50 Miles Per Hour gusts. Theyre saying it appears theres a lull in the storm, and warning folks not to take the lull as the storm being over and that perhaps its part of the eye and the winds will pick up aga