first hit. in that time he was blasted by some for possibly turning his back on those seeking shelter. he is the spokesperson from lake wls wood church. i appreciate your taking the time and answering the questions people have. you have said the doors were open today. how many people are there now? well, you know, we ve had several busses. i don t know the exact count, but i know that george brown, which was the shelter that was closest to us here that they chose to use has now come to capacity or overflown to capacity and they have brought in several busses. so i would say probably a few hundred at this point have entered the building. you have been putting pictures out tonight to explain the delay. i will show them to our viewers. they show flooded hallways. obviously the church is more than 600,000 square feet.
martha: in fact it was, it is second in terms of monetary damages only to katrina. it s a heart-breaking story every single day still for so many people in these devastated areas. this is seaside heights new jersey, one year later after a massive construction project to rebuild. our rick leventhal was reporting round-the-clock when the storm first hit. he is back there live from seaside heights where the boardwalk is still reeling from the effects of the storm there. so, rick, tell us what is it like there one year later? reporter: you know, martha, it depend where you re looking. you can see the construction going on that fun town pier where the jet star roller coaster fell into the ocean. the boardwalk to the north of us is in great shape. it was all rebuilt. right here where they had to chop through the boardwalk for a firebreak when the boardwalk went you up in flames. you see businesses that were torn down damaged by the fire.
accident or arson. brett? rick levinthal live in seaside park. one disaster now to another. the threat from flooding is still very real in colorado tonight, and the death toll has just been raised to four. our correspondent is, once against, watching the waters in boulder. hello. reporter: hi, brett. the rain has stopped for now. authorities warn now is not the time for residents to stand down. at least two communities were cut off after floodwaters destroyed all roads in and out. national guard troops are finally getting into the small town of lyons with tactical vehicles. and in nearby jamestown, the weather finally allowed rescuers to reach locals by helicopter. nearly two days after this storm first hit. i ve never seen it like this. you know, we sort of roll our eyes when they say, you know, be prepared for the 100-year flood, but here we are. once this rain begins to recede, we certainly are going to need help with the recovery.
and along the new jersey shore, there are some evacuations under way. i ve already removed three condominiums that were in my backyard when the storm first hit. so i m very concerned about the storm. reporter: as residents prepare for storm surges that could slow their recovery even more. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. in coastal areas hard hit by hurricane sandy can expect 50-mile-an-hour winds. the storm coverage continues now with accuweather and meteorologist jim dicky. good morning. good morning. a mess on tap here for the mid-atlantic. our storm system transferring energy from a low that brought the heavy snow to chicago to a low moving towards the coast here. snow falling in northern virginia, along i-81. that will only continue as we head through the day. that rain/snow line is going to creep ever so slowly towards
citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nation s capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without air conditioning in the middle of a brutal heat wave. cnn s brian todd is there. fredricka, temperatures are spiking here in west virginia where it is to get up to 95, and well on the way to that right now. power is out for roughly one quarter to a third of the customers in west virginia, but some people in the more rural areas won t get it until the weekend and a key reason for that is right behind me, and this scene played out all throughout west virginia and downed trees are a huge problem f