More than a dozen deaths are being blamed on sandy right now. And that number is likely to rise. Some 5 Million People are without power so far, from all along the eastern seaboard. Even into the midwest. Today, also, stock markets will be closed again for a secondstraight day. A continuation of their first unplanned shutdown since the 9 11 attacks. And at this hour, there is breaking news from queens, new york, where as many as 50 homes have been destroyed by fire. The heavy winds are making it extremely difficult to battle the flames. Nearly 200 firefighters were called to the scene, trying to rescue people. No word yet on what set off those fires. Have to wonder if downed power lines played a role. Well see. Also, the outer boroughs of new york city have been hardhit, as well. With most areas of coney island and staten island, described as being underwater, following sandys record storm surge, as it came ashore just to the south of the state of new jersey. Dunes and sand berms were
And good morning to all our viewers in the west. Were coming to you live right now. And lure yooking at the scene overnight in parts of new york city. The fires rage. Entire neighborhoods burned up. Over 50 homes destroyed. Weve got new information pouring in every minute. This storm has been deadly. Taken at least 17 lives so far. And there are so many scenes of devastation at this hour. From sandy, as we come on the air on the west coast, the damage is still unfolding. Heres what we know right now, more than 7. 5 Million People are out of power. The center of the storm is over central pennsylvania. A berm in new jersey gave away overnight. And now an entire town is under water right now. People climbing on the roofs of their mobile homes waiting to be rescued. And also a huge story in new york city this morning. Much of the city is under water. Look at these pictures from one of the major highways. All but one of the tunnels in the city are closed right now. Officials also say this i
Hurricane sandy is a monster storm, even though its center is still out to sea. Tropical storm and Hurricane Force winds extend, get this now, for 1,000 miles. Right now, damaging winds are blowing from southern new england across long island, new jersey, delaware and virginia. We have the full resources of cnn deployed on the story including crews up and down the Atlantic Coast as well as in cities that arent used to this kind of a disaster. Heres what the storm looked like this afternoon when the International Space station flew over. You can clearly see the eye of the storm. Right now, the center is closing in on southern new jersey. Lets begin our coverage with our meteorologist, chad myers, who has the very latest. Chad, some have said that this is the strongest storm ever north of the carolinas. Explain what that means. That means it has the lowest pressure ever that has been pressured by an aircraft or on land of 939 millibars now. North of cape hatteras, weve never had a storm
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