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wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected president of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don t wait, don t delay. we all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. we how is it going in new york right now, mary? you just heard the president speak about this hurricane. new york had asked the president to declare emergency assistance. and the president did have an emergency declaration for new york, meaning the city and state will get federal help. but this is an unprecedented move in new york today, joe. the mayor michael bloomberg has ordered iffer the first time mandatory evac yags in low-lying areas of new york. and this encome passes areas that affect between 200 and 300,000 people. this out of caution and concern about high water and heavy winds. earlier throughout the day, there have been some evacuations taking place in hospitals ....
Warning, an catastrophic flooding is ongoing. rivers are well above record stage. mud slides are an issue. it s important to know that we have just begun to see some of the damage that s out there. usually after a huge hurricane like this, it can take two, three days to get a good proper assessment of just how bad it is and especially areas away from the cities are. those areas are all we ve seen are mostly pictures from san juan and some of the bigger islands. right now still 115 miles per hour winds. there s a huge way. it s a major category 3 storm. the forecast takes it dangerously close to the turks and caicos. that will be the next area. right now we know we re getting the hurricane type gusts in the dominican republic and hurricane warnings for the turks and caicos. it s supposed to go just east of the turks and caicos. it s not a direct hit, but they could get gusts. this is the current wind field. the return force winds are in ....