Overly-Dramatic Weather Reports

Weather reports during super storms are often dramatic, but sometimes these reporters embellish... just a wee bit.

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00:00Don't take risks on treacherous roads, and don't swim in the sea.

00:04We're in one of these vans. This is about as nasty as it's been.

00:14Probably at about, let's see, 38 miles per hour.

00:18Every business is shut down. Many of the residents have evacuated.

00:23But not the flooding. This is essentially now a part of the Passaic River in this neighborhood.

00:29Church Street is a bit overwhelmed this evening. Every time it rains hard, it floods hard.

00:36We can show the folks at home what's left of this pier.

00:39There is no sand. It's hitting up against the seawall. And also, we're worried about

00:44the—

00:45Whoa!

00:46Whoa!

00:47Whoa!

00:48What, about 60, 70 miles an hour there?

00:49Easy!

00:50Heading out far, far east, Bill, into the most extreme parts of eastern North Carolina.

00:57Don't make unnecessary journeys. Incredibly, people have been throttled in the water here

01:04in Blackrock and Salt Hill both today and yesterday.

01:08Galway City Council say their actions are idiotic.