Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho
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This tonight we have this weather front which is linked to storm alex which is bringing wet weather to a good deal of england and wales and eastern scotland and north east england by the end of the night. For scotla nd england by the end of the night. For scotland and Northern Ireland, clear and cool. For such a deal that looks extremely wet for a good portion of england and wales and also eastern scotla nd england and wales and also eastern scotland turning much wetter. A little bit of dry weather for Northern Ireland but the winds will be strong around irish sea coasts. We could see some brightness into the afternoon for the south east of england. Elsewhere it is going to feel cool. The met office have amber warnings for the rain particularly for wales into south west england, heavy rainfall could see in excess of 50 millimetres, maybe up to 100 millimetres across higher ground. North east scotland could also see the risk of some flooding so disruption likely. The new area of
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It is possible, i suppose, gorilla mums might be a bit chary about you getting too close to their offspring so we getting too close to their offspring so we might have to meet more to find out but a nice story. Great story if you get the opportunity to visit it. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Hello. After what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. Still pretty breezy out there at the moment, some showers around, some slightly longer spells of rain moving out of Northern Ireland into north west england, parts of wales. But as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, i think some will return later in the night through south west england, parts of wales and Northern Ireland. And so a relatively cool, fresh feel, particularly in northern scotland. 9 degrees for stornoway, 15 the overnight low in norwich. And then for tomorrow, a bit like today, we wil