Morning starts now. Good morning, good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im vc egg tore blackwell. Im amara walker. Thanks for being with us. Were going to begin this morning with dangerous Weather Conditions caused by now posttropical cyclone lee. The storm is packing hurricaneforce winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surges as it swipes the new england coast. Now, while lee is not expected to make landfall in the u. S. , the outer bands of the powerful storm are already hitting the east coast, packing winds of 60 miles an hour and bringing storm surges that could cause flooding along the new england coast. Tropical Storm Warnings through nantucket and maine, and authorities are telling people to prepare to stay where you are as the storm pushes north through the day. Lees also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic Coast with a lot of states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend because of the dangerous surge conditions. Of course, were cove
the death toll and the heart break is expected to rise. nbc news joins me from tuscaloosa, alabama. the devastation there musting staggering. what are you finding on the scene exactly where you are? reporter: well, martin, in this block alone we re basically seeing what you see here. this entire block was wiped out. the trees have been hacked and they ve been toppled over on top of the homes and also the cars. in this home you can see that this couple who was married just four days ago is trying to basically see what they can salvage from what s left of their home. they moved in here a short while ago. many of their blonings are right outside what used to be their driveway. angela smith, who is right there, 22 years old. she and her husband have were married four days ago and now dealing with a major disaster. on the street here if you take a look over here, you might count one, two, three homes and you might see a space right over there. that space right there, three