The carolinas, maryland to maine. And the storm is so wide, it could cover twothirds of the United States. The fierce winds at the center cover an area almost the size of texas. Our extreme weather team is in the storm zone tonight and abcs weather editor sam champion starts us off right now from miami. Sam . Reporter good evening, diane. Tonight, sandy is running parallel to the florida coastline, but creating a stir in places really far north from here, like washington, d. C. , states like new york, virginia, maryland, have all declared a state of emergency ahead of this storm. Even the u. S. Navy is taking this storm seriously, pulling 21 ships out of the harbor in norfolk, feeling theyll be safer in the open water than they will be bouncing around in port when this storm comes onshore. So, where is this storm going . Lets show you the latest from the hurricane center, and youll see in the track, it is still expected to run up the coastline, go out a little bit and then coming back
The storm that was shredded by dry air all day. Not much to look at, not very powerful as the center of it sits off the coast of miami. At this moment this is what is going to happen, the setup, the chemical reaction, when it takes a left hook, oceans will surge, trees will come down, portions of the coastline could be ravaged. We have it covered and want to talk to janice huff, how are we so confident it will blow up in size and make that left hook . Well, brian, there is still uncertainty with the track of the storm, but there is a certainty that it will intensify, moving into parts of the midwest and the jet stream helping to pick up, and energize the storm even more it is weaker now, the category 1 topping winds of 75. Moving away from the bahamas, there is a chance it could be weaker by saturday afternoon. But then they project it will bring it back up to category 1 status, but they found it all the way to virginia, and maybe even the outer banks will feel its effects by then. The
Tons of damage. 11 people dead in cuba. Sandy ripping off the roofs of homes, flattening other homes al to the. The storm killed one person in jamaica. Nine other People Killed in haiti. Heavy rains from the storms outer bands have unleashed devastating flooding. Although the hurricane is still several days away from the United States east coast, sandbagging is already under way as far north as new jersey. Meet oreologist rob marciano is tracking sandys every move. Were getting already dire warnings, really serious red flags about this storm. Tell me exactly whats happening that makes it, you know, worse than what they call the perfect storm. Well, the perfect storm never made landfall for one thing. This one looks like its going to make landfall. Thats what makes it worse. The setup is somewhat similar, we have a hurricane thats moving north and a strong cold front with a strong jet Stream Energy thats moving in from the west. And this morning, more than ever, were getting more confid
Hurricane sandy is starting to look like a perfect storm, as berman was predicting, from new england to virginia and as far inland as ohio. Everyone is being warned to prepare to take action because of a rare and complex atmospheric setup. Sandy could collide with the east coast early next week as a super storm. Sandy has already done plenty of damage. 11 people are dead in cuba. The hurricane ripping roofs off some homes and flattening others. Sandy killed one person in jamaica, 10 more people in haiti. That is 22 people total killed by this storm already. Heavy rains from the storms outer bands causing flooding as well. Even though its several days away, the sand bagging has already started as far north as new jersey. Meteorologist rob marciano is tracking sandys every move, joiping us live from the extreme Weather Center in atlanta. What is the latest on this . Still a category 1 storm as you mentioned, deadly affects across the caribbean islands, battering the bahamas right now. Ab
Storm, but again, they are talking about the wind, the rain and Power Outages. And victor, thats really what people are bracing for as the storm gets to us. Im wondering, george, i saw an analyst yesterday saying this is going to be a lot worse than irene. Are people sticking around for it, or are they boarding up and getting out of town . Reporter you know, when you walk around, when you take a look at how people are preparing for this storm, everyones keeping a very close eye on us, as we report whats happening. Theyre watching the track of the storm system. Right now it looks like it will move in a little further north than where we are. But we will feel the first brunt of the storm. We will see a lot of the winds that come through, the winds that could get up 40, 50 Miles Per Hour in some places. A lot of rain that will come through later today. So the storm will definitely impact this area. But the concern right now is definitely a little further north than us. All righty. Hey, ge