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Came to ride out the storm, those people who chose not to evacuate. i spoke to one woman, she said her house is on the sound side, the lower side of the island, and shes really concerned about flooding because the big concern from officials here was that in the aftermath of this storm on the backside of it you would see that storm surge in the sound 4 to 7 feet. people who have been riding out the storm for the last few hours still dont know what theyre going to get home to. brooke. >> keep us p...

These unbelievable winds. i was in a solid concrete building and lot of it collapsed at the eye of the storm. there were a few cars not totally mangled outside, one of them being mine. we all piled into those three cars and found a government building to ride out the backside. people from that neighborhood, everyone was converging on that one government building to get in there before the backside of the storm hit. >> i have to wonder because our reporters on the ground now in the rescue phase a...

The coast of north carolina, what are you guys experiencing tonight? >> at this time were experiencing tropical-force winds and rain. actually, i believe from the last forecast, ive heard the storm is actually north and east of us. so its passed over us. but were kind of on the backside of it now. still experiencing those winds and rain. we do have some good news about it. i was pleased to compare this one with hurricane florence. this one is moving a lot faster, and hopefully it wont do as much...

Thats not just a cat five, thats way into cat5. hurricane michael devastated the panhandle with 160 so this is whole magnitude beyond that. when you are in a solid concrete building you arent even safe. you are in a school which is a designated shelter that the wind was so intense that the concrete was smashed. at the height of the storm you couldnt see anything. all you heard was crashing. the windows blowing in from a holding furniture against the shutters to give them from caving in. barely m...

The winds down to 51 miles an hour. as the system continues to we can you will see these winds get to tropical force wind and that is what we are seeing now. i do think we will run over several of the barrier islands from now into friday morning until you finally run back off the coast and then we are heading back out over open water. into portions from dc to new york, stay mostly dry and then clipping a little bit of areas in new england, southern new england from boston to portions of coastal ...

>> the house is a mess. >> dana: alison barber is reporting live from the capital of nassau. >> reporter: this airport is one of the place wheres the people rescued are being brought whether rescued by a private airplane by friends and family or a company thats volunteered to get people or coming after being rescued by the united states coast guard. the area over here you can see people walking into it now and some people in there sitting seeming to get treatment. this is one of the areas where ...

>> result will be the same even if it was a 2 or close to a 3 the storm surge is 4 to 7 feet, we will see gusty hurricane force winds on the outer banks. good news is the worst of it is out of morehead city. it is moving to the northeast. we havent had a landfall yet across the us mainland. we could have that happen in the next hour or so over cape hatteras where the center of the storm, just a technicality where the lowest pressure point comes across land. people want to know if there is a land...

Virginia beach too. this wind field in yellow, its a huge encompassing storm, but the center is not as intense as it was. well wait and see. we have morehead city. there is a wind gauge there, and there is also one at cape lookout. well get a good idea. when the band moves a little farther to the north, well see how high the winds are, and that will determine how much damage were going to get. well watch these over the next two hours, alex. even on the back side of the storm, its still gusting p...

Here near atlantic beach, moorehead city. thats where were going to be watching the possibility of the highest winds. and so far as i mentioned it hasnt been that dramatic with the winds. even wilmington youre not that far from the center but your winds only gusting to 55. myrtle beach still gusting to 52 on the backside of the storm but your weather will dramatically improve as we go through the night. heres that potential landfall some time right around it looks like maybe 2:00, 3:00 a.m. in t...

This is the part that were going to be watching as we go throughout, especially id say in the next two to three hours as it heads northward. lets get the latest measurement on this to see how far away we are. this is the atlantic beach area. then down to the eye. you know, right now its about 26 miles. so this as the storm pushes up along the coast is going to brush this area here. so well see how that all plays out. but thats what were watching. because thats where the highest winds are. heres ...