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Hurricane Sandy causes evacuations, mass transit shut down

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    Anna Kooiman reports from New York

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Welcome back final preparations underway as hurricane sandy -- -- on the north east.

A live look for you at Times Square -- beginning to pick up now in New York City.

That's where mandatory evacuations.

Have been ordered for low lying areas and the entire mass transit system.

Set to shut down tonight ahead of the storm's arrival.

An appointment is live -- -- from Long Beach, New York with the very latest from there and -- what's happening.

Well -- do you Heather add the wind is really started picking up here recently in that.

The ocean is just getting angrier by the minute as the tide starting to come in Nassau County residents in low lying areas and storm surge zones are under a mandatory evacuation.

And many folks are heeding the warnings remembering what Irene did when she barreled through -- -- in this storm is expected to be much worse.

The Red Cross is set up shelters assisting residents as they brace for strong winds and heavy rains and storm surge that could cause massive destruction and widespread power outages we saw folks filling up.

Sandbags trying to protect their homes earlier today.

As far as airlines go 3000.

Flights have been canceled it also reminiscent of Irene is that as you mentioned.

The subways the buses in the railroad systems in the city of New York all shutting down at 7 o'clock tonight and your city mayor Michael Bloomberg and also ordering evacuations for low lying areas in the Borough of queens and also lower portion.

A Manhattan and Heather also mentioning that the one point one million school children in the city will not be going to class tomorrow.

The New York Stock Exchange however will be opening.

And what about the rest of the northeast -- we talked about upwards of fifty million people possibly being affected by this storm what about the other areas.

Yes isn't that really big deal along with new York and New Jersey handful -- other states.

Have declared a state of emergency and with that declaration by.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie twelve casinos in Atlantic City for example -- having to shut down -- only the fourth time -- -- 34 year history so -- economic impact.

As well.

Amtrak also announcing that at 7 o'clock tonight they're suspending their services north of New York.

And tomorrow virtually everything along eastern seaboard for in track is not going to be running with the exception that he -- And Florida North Carolina back to you I -- climate reporting live -- thank you -- and.

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