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Astonishing pictures of the flooding, shep, you realize exactly why. now, as you have been reporting, president trump is set to tour this area tomorrow. and what we are giving you now is essentially a preview of what he will see via helicopter when he comes here. thousands, upon thousands of people, shep, have lost their homes as you can tell. as i say its a scene repeated everywhere. as look down to the left now can you see one of the rescue boats. they have been going watching them as they go ...

Navy ga n navigator, and from 1:00 to 4:00 a.m., we did easily over 400 rescues, getting people out of their holes. the biggest thing was getting people out of their attics, which is a horrible decision. do not go into the attic. >> reporter: right, that is -- i saw that play out in hurricane katrina, tragically, in new orleans. and the advice is, yes, do not go to the attic. many people want to head to the highest part of the house. the problem is, and you can probably explain this better, tayl...

House. homes down the street were catching fire. by the time i got home, it was a lot of confusion and chaos. it was actually scary, you know? >> as you can imagine, massive response like this, there are lots of moving pieces. one of those is the teams of three people that are going through neighborhoods house by house. they include a utility technician, first responder, and locksmith to get into houses and turn off the gas and see it theres lingering gas maybe sitting in attics and basements, t...

Storm that includes my next guest kelly warren she joins me on the phone now from her home in wilmington north carolina kelly good evening can you hear me anchor and i can hear you how but good thank you how bad was it i mean has the worst passed where you are right now. i think we have gotten the worst of the storm for us but the worst came early this morning i was up to about four thirty five oclock with some trees snapping out when i actually came through our bedroom thank goodness it just la...

Surges. people racing to the second floor, in some cases their attics of their homes as waters quickly rise. katie: nearly 1 million people now without power as outages spread throughout the coast. pete: monster storm putting parts of north carolina under water. ed: jonathan serrie in wrightsville beach where high tides were already breaking records. good morning, jonathan. >> good morning to you. the national oceanic and atmospheric association has records and keep gadgets. gauge here on writes...

Braking discovery tonight. we were on the scene, a prayer as a mother and her daughter did not survive the tree crashing down. millions in the path. we begin with gio benitez in new bern, where water was rising so fast, the families trapped, rescues still under way. >> reporter: florence raging ashore before dawn. hurricane force winds turning debris into projectiles, driving rain flooding streets, and in new bern, north carolina, a ten-foot storm surge submerging cars and trapping hundreds in t...

Were down and took seven hours to get down here which is normally a two-hour trip. we are traveling around flooded roads and lots of rivers rising and trees down and power lines down. and multiple dangers. on the coast the wind is still blowing and its going to be one of those that continues to be a news story every day. getting close to the middle of central north carolina, eastern north carolina and theres lots of flooding going on down here. lots of issues around and more tragic stories were ...

Ways. now, some good news over the last hour or so, the city of new bern has said that they have completed all of their water rescues. they are still working on what i think will be a fluctuating final count, around 400 or so rescues. but every call has been answered. folks who needed help have now gotten out. so a huge relief for the residents of new bern and their families spread out across the country and a little bit of a break for city and state officials here who can now turn their attenti...

Rainfall itself. not as much as it is the tidal surge from the hurricane. there are some areas along the river in low lying areas that are flooded and people are having to be evacuated even in some of the outlying neighborhoods outside of the city. there are rescue operations that are continuing. we do have the u.s. coast guard involved with actually flying evacuees out to memorial hospital where they are being driven to shelters by our city transit buses. >> so with those evacuations and rescue...

And with the people in any of these towns where the flooding is starting and people are quite worried, including chad myers who has been telling us for days about this storm surge. that is not survivable for many people. the thought that so many people are trapped right now on the upper floors of their roofs waiting for people to come rescue them is scarey and heart-breaking. were waiting for updates for authorities on the ground to make sure those 150 people you heard from the public informatio...