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Sandy's wrath: 50 million Americans in storm's path

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Another Fox News alert a Levy has just broking in northern New Jersey across the river from New York City and its flooded at least three towns.

Officials say the towns of -- jockey.

Little -- -- Carlsbad.

Near the metal it's the big sports -- have been quote devastate.

We're told an additional -- -- five feet of water now rushing into those -- crews are on the scene trying to rescue people from their houses.

Officials say they are in rescue mode in those three counts of knocking little -- and -- -- majors.

-- right now is meteorologist Joseph was -- he is with.

Whether bell analytics and warranty -- nice to be here thanks for having me let's start with the Levy breaks this is to be expected after such a such a gigantic storms are.

Yeah I believe this what was caused mainly by the storm surge rather than heavy rains you know a lot of times.

You'll get the young levees breaking and with the amount of rain but.

Unfortunately.

That we did have major rainfall on the Hudson River valley because of the structure.

Of the -- so we do not have water coming down the Hudson River meeting this storm surge.

That would have been here the storms are meant to pictures out of New York have been devastating where where where where the -- as flood and his stuff like getting people off well it didn't really -- that much yeah it wasn't the rain it's the gigantic pressure of the storm that -- in the water in New York that's exactly right this is you know -- what Neal and everybody talking to Sean back on -- -- ten to fifteen foot storm surge in that we were going to get this happening.

And it's because in the nature of the storm the track of the storm the amount of energy associated with the storm.

Even -- were spread out they wanna call these things a category one I have some that -- power scale of the storm.

Which incorporates a barometric pressure will give you a better overall view of the entire powered structure of the storm.

Rather in that one minute wind speed right nexus -- sure exactly and and for people who are worried about the storm surge today.

Storm surge is going down the apple haven't high tide we're -- big way yet we still have that it's gonna take a while to diminish but you'll find this evening's tied.

He's just the -- a regular sort of flood tide and and tomorrow we'll be getting back towards towards normal but.

-- because a storm went west in the wind stayed from the south and southeast.

-- going bias and have the wind shift to the west.

And in and pushed the water out the water keeps trying to come back -- break and your father I'm meteorologist yes down in Atlantic City got the ultimate he was in the catbird seat last night -- -- I came -- radio I came right over and the words this is why -- got mad at the hurricane center for declaring it post trouble because.

The wind came out of the south stronger than McCain now the north the classic guy passage where they tell you don't go outside the -- going to come roaring back in.

They -- -- -- on the south Jersey coast from Atlantic City southward.

Came after the EI passage -- was the worst part of the -- now now it's certainly.

Getting ripped apart and it's you know becoming non tropical now as as we start to get this -- comes up here shortly and people are gonna start to get a good look at that at the damage.

You say.

Get used to big storm doctors and even cigarettes for awhile for the that's five to seven years a lot of global warming people what I call weather warriors they only -- -- And give you an example when it's going on when you go back and look at the 1950s when the Pacific cooled in the Atlantic was warm -- -- it's happening now it's natural cyclical.

Ten major hurricanes at the eastern seaboard including six in two years in fifty ward 55.

The big thing about this storm was it was similar hurricane hazel where hazel -- trade him but hazel came up further west.

This one came from east of hatteras and and shot back into the northwest and unfortunately it was so powerful got to look at it did well it was not like it wasn't predictable absolutely not we -- about -- for a couple of days take -- -- -- thank you.

Very much from whether -- analysts.

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