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Thats when its going to feel like youre in a hurricane. thats when well first start to feel wind gusts in the 70, 80-mile-per-hour range. notice the buoy on the back side. 74 miles per hour. the back side got a little bite to it. clinton at the airport out there at 58. in wilmington, 55. it does have a little kick to it on the backside. as far as other areas to the north, we still are in a tornado watch. we do have a threat here. even virginia beach is starting to get into some of the heavier ra...

This is where the highest winds would be, and this is what well be watching to see if that moves on shore. the center of the storm is located down here. thats right in this area here. and so were going to have to wait and see exactly what distance or how that plays itself up. this path may be along the coast. were not sure well get official lachkd ondfall or not,. well be watching that in the next two hours as we go along. 3:00 a.m. is when we estimate we get the eye moving on shore. >> weve bee...

Kids back to school and we can get on with our lives. i dont think anyone is going to complain after what they saw happen in the bahamas, theres no fooling around. evacuations and getting out of the way, people will be happy to return home to a house and they dont have to do a lot of repairs. >> bill karins joining me, hats off to the hard-working folks at the national hurricane center. >> this storm, we dont know where its going. the path has not changed from the hurricane center ever since fou...

Places, and theyll get those power trucks in as soon as this wind dies down. about 75,000 customers from duke energy in the state of north carolina without power right now. when you talk to officials here, brian, theyll tell you one of their concerns is, last year people couldnt get back to their houses, so theyre worried people stayed behind in this storm whereas they would have normally sort of -- there it is, yeah. where they normally would have moved on. right? its a little bit unnerving. th...

Safety. making sure people are doing everything they can to stay prepared and stay safe during the storm duration. on the backside of the storm, our biggest concern is we expect significant sound side flooding. initially, the sound is going to be sucked out with the wind direction, but on the backside -- so when people think it may be calming down, we anticipate storm surge from anywhere from 4 to 7 feet aboveground. >> for anyone who is planning on staying behind, even though there is this mand...

We were i was very nervous. we got in the few cars that were still functioning. one was mine. we had to make the trek to the complex. we didnt know what debris was in the road. my biggest fear was getting stuck on the road. as 185 miles per hour wind on the backside came in. because there were actually a lot of deaths from flying debris. its lethal at those speeds. >> thats what a lot of people forget about. not only the wind picking up things but the storm surge coming. theres all sorts of debr...

>> a lot happened. it felt like a whole odd see. the hurricane struck. i have been in about 47 hurricanes this was probably number one or two. in terms of how intense it was. i road out the storm the front part of the storm in a concrete school. so it was a designated shelter it was supposed to be a place that was sturdy and protect people inside. by the time we got to the calm eye of the storm. the half way point. the building was so badly damaged that we a bunch of us had to bail. we had to ge...

Talking about. rainfall 10 to 15 inches of rain so a flash flood risk for south carolina and north carolina and this the leading cause of fatalities from tropical systems. 4 to 7 feet, 5 to 8 potential inundation in some areas above ground. water up your pant leg. >> sandra: fox news coverage john roberts at the white house with the federal response. first to griff jenkins in folly beach, south carolina, griff. >> the downgrade from a 3 to a 2 doesnt feel much different here. the winds are picki...

Strongest winds are usually on the north or the northeast quadrant of the storm. thats the part you want to avoid. thats usually where we have the maximum sustained winds are usually measured in this region. so if this northeast quadrant can stay offshore, that will usually mean weaker winds. these are pretty good thunderstorms on the back side. the other thing that it means, if we have a parallel the coast, we dont get that water piling up. we dont get the high storm surge. its much worse if yo...

Its just about gone, it looks like. obviously, youre getting some bands there. >> reporter: uh-huh. >> what are you seeing now? >> reporter: so, chuck, we are now on the back side of dorian. so the rain and the wind, theyre actually starting to taper off. were told between 6:00 and 8:00, the system will be heading up the coast, headed north. now that we are on the ground, were getting a closer look at the damage. i want to show you a couple of things. this is kind of the scene thats playing out ...