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You arent watching for them, you are risking your life. >> some of those tallest walls of water have been in new bern, north carolina where the trent river and noose river meet. and garrett hague has been there as the waters have risen. a tremendous amount of rescue efforts there. what can you tell us from new bern? >> reporter: i think the good news here is that the water is at least starting to move in the right direction. i talked to the mayor of new bern and he told me the city has not seen ...

Gusts over 35, but basically we can be out here working in anything as long as were doing it safely. >> all right. ill let you get back to work. thank you very much for your help. >> reporter: frances, you heard him, they cant get out until the winds die down. that is what has slowed down a lot of the debris clearing. and i dont know how far you can see. creeks are turning into rivers and rivers are turning into lakes. and that water is coming up. that is why the governor is still urging caution...

Down, trees on lines, trees on houses, cars, fences. there is minor flooding in some areas. and other neighborhoods that have major 234r50ding. trees down across entrances to neighborhoods. i dont know how people are coming and going. really just everything associated with a cat 1, cat 2 storm. >> so you will take the trees first i assume off the roads and then houses and then the power? >> reporter: well, the power lines usually are contracted by power companies. were a private service, so we m...

Situation along the atlantic ocean itself. we have to stress that. the situation now is that the wind, of course, of flor nls is coming from exactly the opposite direction. stressed all those buildings, those structures for at least 12 hours one way. now its stressing them the other. this is the problem that happens, when the lines snap, when the roofs begin to break apart, and this is when the long slog of this storm begins to take its toll on the many, many buildings here. on the drive in from...

As primarily ponding due to the howeveavy rain or storm surge f the atlantic ocean. thats their very initial assessment. there was some structural damage to older buildings. modern buildings seem to be holding up. as you know, anderson, its how long this goes on and on top of that, a flooding event, that is beyond question. now, its the back side of florence that is beginning to pound against this same area and likely to doso for some time. anderson. >> i want to find out more about potential da...

Wrightsville. i want to go to miguel marquez who is in carolina beach, where they are obviously without power as well. miguel, talk a little bit about what youre seeing there. >> anderson, i want to show you whats happening on carolina beach right now. that back side of the storm is definitely here. the wind now blowing up from the south. this is the ocean. the waves are now coming up much higher. were getting pretty close to high tide at this point. so the waves are starting to come up much hig...

From the east in a moment here. they swirl and change direction. the sky gets a little lighter but the bands are starting to whip around. as you look on the radar on the back side of the storm thats what well experience in the coming hour and the hour after that and possibly hours after that as well, sandra. >> sandra: amazing to watch the conditions change right there. you are in it. bill hemmer, thank you for your reporting on the ground. hurricane florence continues to pound the carolinas wit...

Sometime, maybe 24 hours or mor more. its going to take them a long time. >> shepard: could your camera guy pull out and give us a wide shot? >> if you could just give us a wide shot so they can get to see that, again in the distance, the south facing beach, between morehead and the coastline, the northeast winds whipping at the last couple of hours. the flooding situation on the back side of beach, we will get a little bit of better light but the storms are still coming and going. >> shepard: i...

Storm surge inundation. we had winds of approximately 90 miles an hour when the eye was coming on land in wrightsville but so far our damage and our impact has been very light. i think that well see that on the back side of the storm pick up significantly where it just sits on us and drops an awful lot of water. >> bill: you waited it out overnight as the town manager. how many people make a home in carolina beach. of those people, how many people do you think stayed overnight? >> we have a litt...

Flooding rivers in north carolina and south carolina is not good at all. no bueno here for the carolinas. however, the back side of the storm as you talk to the hurricane hunters of the past 24 hours or so, they saw a weakening on that wall. so, maybe this is the worst of it. we will sees a we go throughout the day here. its early in wilmington, steve, ainsley, pete. steve: it is. as you were arriving to that location, a couple of days ago, as compared to now, you started to see people evacuate....