On the Atlantic Coast from the carolinas all the way up to new england. It has toppled cranes on skyscrapers. This is that crane falling today. Yeah, it has toppled cranes on skyscrapers, it has flooded the eastern sea board. It has messed up the president ial election. But this giant storm called sandy is not over yet. The storm making landfall just outside Atlantic City, new jersey, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time tonight. Forecasters calling sandy a post pos postTropical Cyclone which might sound better, but it isnt better. All it means is the storm has lost the characteristics of a Tropical Cyclone but still has hurricaneforce winds. We want to go near where sandy made landfall. Thank you for joining us. What can you tell us about the scene at the site of the landfall . Reporter things are a little calmer now than a couple hours ago as sandy came ashore just a few miles south of where we are. The winds have kicked up again, but the rain has stopped. The tide, which the high tide came in
Lawrence oddonnell continue our coverage by those that talked about the highest estimate. We have to get the Emergency Services to where they are needed. That means weve got to know where the emergencies are. So if youre clogging 911, we cant find that out and then weve got to get the personnel to where people really need help and if youre car is blocking the roads we cant do that. As to the current weather, the rain im happy to say has passed and moved west so we dont anything more than a few showers from now on. In terms of winds they should go below gail force in a couple of hours. As for the storm surge, a very big part of it will be over in the next couple of hours. The high tide was at roughly, 8 15. It is now 10 00. Next low tide is at 6 00 in the morning so were heading down and youll see a lot of the roads that have currently flooded, the water will drain off. Most new yorkers have followed our advice. The cooperation we received real hill has been great. But not everybody has
P. M. Here on the east coast. This is live continuing coverage of Hurricane Sandy now post Tropical Storm sandy. Good evening, im chris jansing. Well be here with you all throughout the night along with meteorologist bill karins. At this hour, we have a lot to tell you. Lets get you caught up. Serious flooding across the midatlantic coast including new york city where water is entering the subway system and the bridge connecting manhattan and brooklyn. Con edison reports that almost all of manhattan all the way down to the battery, thats the lower tip of the city, all of it without power. More than 300,000 homes without power in new york city. 3. 6 million along the east coast. Already its been a deadly storm. At least ten deaths reported. New york, new jersey, connecticut, pennsylvania, West Virginia, we have video from manhattans east side. Lets get you caught up on what is going on here in new york. Michelle franzen is on the phone with us from Battery Park City. Thats the lower tip
Superstorm sandy. We are going to be live throughout the night. We have reporters all across the region. And msnbc meteorologist bill karins on hand here in new york. Now, as of 11 30 pennsylvanias Utility Company reported more than 1 Million People were without power in that state. The Associated Press reports thats about 20 of the states electric customers. Joining me now is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. Mayor, its good to talk to you again. Weve been talking about how fluid the situation is. You and i talked about two hours ago. Since then i understand one person was killed after a tree fell on a house in berks county. Whats going on in philly . In philadelphia we do have some significant, for us, significant power outage. About 40,000 customers without power. Pico energy is our provider. They do an excellent job under these circumstances, getting people back online. About 400,000 in the region, and so, again, thats a significant number, but i am quite confident that they will
University hospital on the east side of the city when that facility lost power forcing the evacuation of hundreds of patients just as the storm was at its most severe. Rehema ellis is there covering it for the last several hours. Whats the latest . Reporter chris, i can tell you its an eerie scene where you go up to a hospital and theres just row after row of emergency vehicles of ambulances, theyre not there dropping patients off for care, but they have lined up to pick up patients. More than 215 patients and transport them, evacuate them from the hospital to another facility. Transporting them because as you say, they have lost power in this area. New york citys mayor Michael Bloomberg talked about there are massive Power Outages and flooding in the area. You can see the lights behind me but when my cameraman will pan up a little bit, take a look, you can see the traffic light but the power is out. Imagine what it will be like in the morning if we still do not have power and people d