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And tomorrow as well as the physical trading floor here in lower manhattan. that s shut down as well. thomas, we are in for a long haul as you can see, weather wise, we haven t started yet. it s a bizarre storm. this abundance of caution is the way to go until we know more. michelle franzen, thank you. it is the second time in as many years the densely populated northeast correspond had to prepare for a massive hurricane. coming up, an expert in public health and disaster will address the question of how ready we are this time around. keep it locked in here. this is the extended coverage of hurricane sandy. we are back with you after this. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role ....
Widespread power outages, widespread flooding up and down the eastern seaboard. we already have wind gusts up to 44 miles per hour in virginia beach. and the storm is still more than 300 miles to the east of that area. we will end up with about 7 to 8 inches of rainfall, so inland flooding is an issue with the streams and rivers overflowing their banks. and the peak time for the storm to hit the midatlantic is monday evening into tuesday morning. we will end up with some areas about 10 to 12 inches of rainfall. it is all about the storm surge at the coast combined with all the water making for a very soft ground with wind gusts up near 80 miles per hour. that s just at the peak of the storm. on either side of that monday evening timeframe we will see sustained winds up near 40 to 60 miles per hour. thomas? thank you so much, dylan. and thank you for watching. we do want to impress upon you that this is a fast moving changing storm. it s a slow mover but changes happen quickly. so sta ....
Activity and flooding you would normally see at the height of the storm. that s one. two, we are expecting the storm to stay with us for awhile. it is slow moving. it s a problem because it s going to last over several tidal cycles. a lot of flooding. we expect it to be once we are out of power, we expect it s going to be awhile before the power is on. it could take awhile to send their people out. that was delaware governor joining me earlier this evening to talk about the state of delaware. maryland governor is going to join me next along with an update on where the storm is now. we are back with more on continuing coverage of hurricane sandy, after this. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world s only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. ....
we will certainly be able to make up the early voting scheduled for tomorrow. we ll be able to do that on friday. and we ll be watching weather conditions, hopefully we ll be able to resume early voting on tuesday, but this is a big massive storm. we ll make that call tomorrow. governor martin o malley of maryland. sir, thank you for your time. appreciate it. thank you, thomas. let s get the latest now from dylan driar. we are keeping an eye on the coastal warnings with waves battering the coastline and the storm surge up to 4 to 7 feet. there s a good chance we are going to deal with widespread coastal flooding. combine that with the high winds, we will see gusts at the peak of the storm up near 80 miles per hour. as we go into monday afternoon, conditions will deteriorate rapidly. monday evening looks awful with torrential downpours. we ll have sustained winds up to around 40 to 60 miles per hour. then it makes landfall around 2:00 a.m. tuesday morning, but again, it s the ....
At fema, we spoke with the regional leaders as well. i had a phone call with governors of the states being impacted. at this stage, everybody is confident that the staging process, the prepositioning of resources, commodities and equipment needed to respond to the storm are in place. as craig emphasized, this hasn t hit land fall yet. we don t yet know where it s going to hit, where we are going to see the biggest impacts and that s exactly why it s so important for us to respond big and respond fast as local information starts coming in. i want to thank all the members of the team for the outstanding work they are doing but the other thing that makes the storm unique is we anticipate it is going to be slow moving. it may take a long time not only to clear, but also to get, for example, the power companies ....