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McDonnell carried four of his neighbors, one by one, on his back to the house next door. But as the flames spread, McDonnell had to think quickly to save his neighbors.
Cleaning supplies are at the top of the list of necessities needed by many residents.
As power is slowly restored to some areas of Hoboken, N.J., the level of devastation is becoming more apparent.
The storm surge also tossed boats onto Cross Bay Boulevard and tossed cars around like toys.
In South Beach, yards are littered with cars, broken windows and fences and clothes and furniture carried by the rushing water.
Romney was asked at a presidential debate whether FEMA should be shut down in light of the deficit. Romney replied that FEMA should "absolutely" be shut down. He was asked specifically if that included disaster relief. He replied that it was "immoral" to provide such relief in the face of "larger debts", emphasizing that "it makes no sense at all" to have such programs.
The city known as the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra is reeling from Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy is battering the Tri-State Area, prompting bridge and tunnel closures around New York City.
Bloomberg warned residents who live in Zone A that all elevators in the zone will be shut down at 7 p.m. and urged residents to get to higher ground quickly, before subways and bus service is shut down.
The storm is forecast to linger for 36 hours, according to experts. The prolonged event means high tides will complicate the effects of the storm.
While the exact track of the Category One storm is still unclear, "it's going to make landfall in New Jersey, that's clear," Christie told reporters Sunday afternoon.
Gov. Malloy has again urged shoreline residents to heed his evacuation order. He declared a state of emergency on Saturday. Malloy said Sandy is forecast to cause more flooding damage than the state saw in the devastating hurricane of 1938.
All across the region, supermarkets, convenience stores and home fix-it stores have been selling out of some products.
CBS 2 is forecasting that Sandy will dump five or more inches of rain, which would mean both river flooding and urban flooding are likely, Murdock reported.
A pair of powerful, funnel-shaped clouds landed in New York City on Saturday. At first, nobody was really sure what to call them.
Workers based in Connecticut are on the ground working to provide relief from the damage of Hurricane Isaac.
Some people still aren't back in their homes and debris is still being cleared from the Passaic River.
Several feet of water swamped cars in Mineola and Queens as intense rain came pouring down midday Wednesday.
A Honda, a van and two other cars were submerged in water on Joyce Kilmer Avenue in New Brunswick. It took just minutes for the fast-moving rain to flood out the street, stranding a driver right in the middle of it.
Portions of the Long Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway had to be closed down due to flooding.
Route 111 in Hauppauge became a river Wednesday morning, WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reported.
There have been six major floods since Gov. Chris Christie was elected in 2009, the Sierra Club of New Jersey's Jeff Titel told WCBS 880's Wayne Cabot.
The nearly 600-page report found that the Pompton Lakes Dam floodgates worked correctly during Hurricane Irene last August and during flooding in March of 2010 and March of 2011.
Some who live in Morris County's flood-prone areas, such as along Riveredge Road in Lincoln Park, have simply walked away. Their homes are boarded up after one flood too many. Others praying for a buyout, but it's a struggle.
Recent storms have devastated parts of Westchester County and now some money is being spent to actually prevent that flooding.
