and it doesn t care who or what is in the way. from virginia to vermont, rivers and streams were overflowing, some now well above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the flooding, damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion, making it one of the ten most expense si disasters in american history. as many as 5 million people are still without power. lines are down everywhere it hit. some have been electrocuted, some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three new deaths in vermont. we ll learn of the deaths shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:30 a.m., hurricane irene makes its first landfall as a category 1 hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm passed winds of up to 85 miles an hour. look this way. nothing but rain. whipped by this wind. and again we re getting hit with some of those strong gusts right now. what you re looking at here is houses that are about underwater in places, and t
look at that truck trying to get through the water. the water has to go somewhere. it doesn t care what or who is in the way. this scene in new jersey where big military trucks were even having trouble getting around. from virginia to vermont rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be, largely because of flooding damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion making it one of the ten most expensive disasters in american history. up to 5 million people are still without power. lines are down nearly everywhere irene hit. several people were electrocuted. some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three deaths in vermont. more on the danger shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:00 a.m., hurricane irene makes landfall as a category one hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm had winds up to 85 miles per hour. look at this. nothing but foam. the sea is white. just all churned up. wh
this scene in new jersey where big military trucks are having a hard time getting around. rivers and streams overflowing. some above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the damage could hit $7 billion making it one of the ten most expensive disasters in american history, as many as 5 million are still without people. lines are down nearly everywhere. several have been electrocuted. some have drowned. the death toll rose to 27. first how we got there, saturday, 7:30 a.m. hurricane irene makes its first landfall as a category 1 hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm packs winds of up to 85 miles an hour. look this way. nothing but rain. the sea is absolutely white. awe churned up, whipped by this wind. and again we re getting hit with some of those strong gusts right now. what you re looking at here is houses that are about underwater in places, and this is the bogue sound. you can see that. you re looking out right now at the b
and streams were overflowing, some now well above record flood levels or soon to be. largely because of the flooding, damage from hurricane irene could hit $7 billion, making it one of the ten most expense si disasters in american history. as many as 5 million people are still without power. lines are down everywhere it hit. some have been electrocuted, some drowned. the death toll rose to 27 when we learned of three new deaths in vermont. we ll learn of the deaths shortly, but first how we got there. saturday morning, 7:30 a.m., hurricane irene makes its first landfall as a category 1 hurricane. waves slammed the north carolina coastline as the storm passed winds of up to 85 miles an hour. look this way. nothing but rain. whipped by this wind. and again we re getting hit with some of those strong gusts right now. what you re looking at here is houses that are about underwater in places, and this is the bogue sound. you can see that. you re looking out right now at the bo
office of emergency management, their search and rescue teams have been going out all morning. we are joined by the mayor of patterson, jeff jones. mr. mayor, thanks for joining us. what is your biggest concern right now? well, the biggest concern right now is the fact that folks didn t take it as seriously as we had announced it and that s understandable. this is one of the record floods we have ever had. we re now finding more folks who are in the path of danger than one could imagine. the expanse of the flooding has almost doubled on both sides of the river. we ve lost all of our bridges, so there s only one way in and one way out, and any vehicle traffic is now only adding more to the congestion. we re just dealing with communications and trying to get people out. reporter: how many people, i have heard hundreds of people have already been evacuated, right? as of 9:00 last night, when we went to bergen community college, the designated center by the red cross, there