Nor'easter BATTERS East Coast with flooding, travel chaos

T. WEEK. ♪. ♪. JON: A FOX WEATHER ALERT, AN. INTENSE NOR'EASTER NOW SLAMMING. THE EAST COAST CUTTING POWER TO. TENS OF THOUSANDS, DISRUPTING. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS WITH. MILLIONS IN ITS PATH. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JON SCOTT. AND THIS IS "THE FOX REPORT.". ♪. ♪. JON: WELL, THE WRATH OF MOTHER. NATURE IS NOW STARING DOWN OVER. 40 MILLION AMERICANS WITH.

ROUGHLY 100,000 WITHOUT POWER UP. IS AND DOWN THE EAST COAST. MEANWHILE, THE STORM IS CHARGING. NORTH THREATENING HISTORIC. FLOODING IN NEW YORK CITY AS. WELL AS NEW JERSEY. WIND GUSTS REPORTEDLY TOPPING 70. MILES AN HOUR IN SOME AREAS. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM FOX. WEATHER, BRANDY CAMPBELL IS. BRAVING FEROCIOUS WINDS ALONG. BOSTON HARBOR, BUT FIRST, TO BOB. VAN DILLEN AT THE JERSEY SHORE. BOB. >> Reporter: JON, GREAT TO SEE. YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A DAY AND A. HALF, AND THIS IS AS STRONG AS. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN. THAT STORM OFF THE COAST OF. SOUTH JERSEY CONTINUES TO DEEPEN. MEANING STRENGTHEN, LOSING. PRESSURE. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN. THAT, LOW PRESSURE, AND HIGH. PRESSURE UP TO MY RIGHT THAT'S. CAUSING THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS. OF WIND YOU SEE ON THE BEACH. THE WINDS HAVE JACKED UP THE. WAVES. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND ME, IT IS LOW. TIDE SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BEACH. TO WORK WITH, BUT LOOK AT THE. FOAM BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE IT GETTING RIPPED UP.

AND THROWN ACROSS THE INLET. GOING FROM DUE NORTH TO DUE. SOUTH, AND THESE WINDS ARE. SCREAMING. STRONGEST WINDS WE'VE SEEN SO. FAR AT LEAST ON THIS PART, BUT. SOUTH OF HERE 74 MILE-PER-HOUR. WIND GUSTS. THAT'S THE BARRIER ISLAND IN THE. SOUTHERN PART OF JERSEY. THEY GOT SMASHED. NOW, WE SAW THE FIFTH HIGHEST. HIGH TIDE EVER RECORDED IN MANA. SQUAN LAST NIGHT. IT WAS A MAJOR FLOOD. TODAY THEY'RE GOING FOR ABOUT A.

7.3-FOOT HIGH TIDE ABOUT 8:00. THIS EVENING. THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO SEE, AGAIN, MINOR FLOODING TO MAYBE. MAJOR IN SOME SPOTS. THAT MEANS THESE ROADS ARE GOING. TO BECOME IMPASSABLE ABOUT 6:00. THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION. ESSENTIALLY FROM THE BEACH ALL. THE WAY BACK TO ONE OF THE. CREEKS. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT. AFTER TONIGHT, BUT PEOPLE ARE ON. THE BEACH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. NO SURFERS THOUGH, JON. I'VE BEEN LOOKING. NOBODY WANTS TO VENTURE OUT, NO. QUESTION ABOUT IT.

JON: DON'T BLAME THEM. I DO SEE A H HELICOPTER UP IN TE. AIR THOUGH. THAT'S INTERESTING FLYING. >> Reporter: NO, NO, THESE ARE. GULLS --. [LAUGHTER]. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE FLAPPING AS HARD AS THEY. CAN JUST TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE. JON: YEAH. WEWELL, WOW. I GUESS THEY'VE DEALT WITH. WEATHER LIKE THIS BEFORE. ANYWAY, BOB VAN DILLEN, WE'LL. GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO GET OFF. THE ISLAND AS YOU NEED TO, BOB. THANK YOU. >> Reporter: YOU GOT IT.

THANKS, JON. JON: LET'S GO NOW TO FOX. WEATHER'S BRANDY CAMPBELL LIVE. IN HULL, MASSACHUSETTS. BRANDY. [BACKGROUND SOUNDS]. >> Reporter: HEY, JON. SURE YOU GUYS CAN HEAR, THIS. WIND IS JUST WHIPPING HERE ALONG. BEACH. WE HAVE WINDS IN THE 40s. THROUGHOUT MOST OF THIS DAY, AND. IT'S BEEN CAUSING A LITTLE BIT. OF A MESS. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS WALKWAY HERE. ALONG THE BEACH A LOT OF SEA. FOAM THAT'S BEEN ACCUMULATING. AND AT TIMES FLYING IN THE AIR, ALMOST MAKING IT LOOK LIKE SNOW.

HERE. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE COMING OUT. JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE. CONDITIONS AS WELL. KIND OF HAVING FUN IN THE WIND. FOLKS HERE IN THE NEW ENGLAND. AREA, THEY ACTUALLY ENJOY THIS. TYPE OF WEATHER. I WANT TO ALSO SHOW YOU WHAT. WE'RE SEEING HERE ALONG THE. BEACH. YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES OUT HERE, THEY'RE VERY ROUGH, WHITE CAPPED. AS WELL. WE COULD SEE UP TO 9-FOOT WAVES. BUT EVEN 13 FEET AS YOU GET. FURTHER OUT ALONG THE COAST. NOW, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME. PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE.

VERSUS THE STORM IF WE CAN PULL. UP THE WEATHER GRAPHIC SHOWING. THE RADAR. WE ARE LESS THAN 270 MILES AWAY. FROM THE CENTER OF THIS STORM. WHICH IS CHURNINING UP IN THE. ATLANTIC, EXPECTED TO GO ONTO. LAND ALONG THE JERSEY COAST. SOMETIME TOMORROW. WE ALSO HAVE FOOTAGE SHOWING. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN NEW JERSEY. RIGHT NOW --. [INAUDIBLE]. OCEAN CITY. OUR VERY OWN KATIE BYRNE, ONE OF. MY COLLEAGUES, SHE'S BEENN.

REPORTING THERE THROUGHOUT THE. DAY SHOWING NUMEROUS STREETS. THAT ARE FLOODED AT THIS TIME. WE KNOW FLOODING FROM COASTAL. FLOODING, I SHOULD SAY, IS AN. ISSUE FOR CITIES UP AND DOWN THE. EAST COAST WHERE WE ARE HERE IN. MASSACHUSETTS. SO --. [INAUDIBLE]. IMIMPACT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY. FEELING AT HOME. POWER OUTAGES ARE CONTINUING TO. RISE. WE HAVE ABOUT 100,000 CUSTOMERS. THAT ARE OUT OF POWER BETWEEN. THE MID-ATLANTIC AND HERE IN THE. NEW ENGLAND AREA. WE ALSO KNOW ISSUES AT AIRPORTS.

ARE ALSO CONTINUING. HERE IN BOSTON WE KNOW THEY HAVE. A GROUND STOP CURRENTLY ACTIVE. DUE TO THE WIND WHICH, JON, IT. IS WHIPPING US HERE --. [LAUGHTER]. AGAIN, 40 MILE-PER-HOUR WIND. SPEEDS THAT ARE CONSISTENT. THAT'S ENOUGH. [LAUGHTER]. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ON TO YOUR. HAT IF YOU HAVE ONE ON. IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK, WE'RE. SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I. MENTIONED, THE SEA FOAM JUST. FLYING OVER INTO THE STREET. COVERING SOME OF THE CARS FROM. TIME TO TIME AS WELL. AND SOME FOLKS, AGAIN, COME OUT.

TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE. CONDITIONS. BACK TO YOU. JON: HATS OFF TO YOU AND YOUR. PHOTOGRAPHER, NO PUN INTENDED. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THERE IN MASSACHUSET.