Quickly went to make mention we have an area of low pressure that could develop and bring rain along the coast of texas, this is separate from florence, several systems we are watching but the bottom line is we are uncertain. We are uncertain thursday and friday what happens. That cone of uncertainty getting wider. Bottom line North Carolina, South Carolina, georgia. If it stalls this is going to be a prolonged impact along the coast. Remember harvey when it stalls. Rob if it stalls over the ocean it could be good news in the Wind Department because it might lean less powerful winds. Going back to diana a couple decades ago. It stalls, moved southward before making landfall and it weakened to a category one. That would be awesome. However we want people to still
keep your eye on the ball. This is a category 4, still a major hurricane. We have to finetune the forecast. Along the coast, carolinas, georgia, virginia, keep watching. Jillian people who live along the North Carolina shorelin
Coastal experts say North Carolina lacks the money and laws it needs to deal with hundreds of beachfront houses at risk of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean because of sea level rise and erosion. A new state task force is looking for solutions.
this town in 1954 and required significant rebuilding. here is one survivor. hurricane hazel s wave action destroyed those beachfront houses. a foot, two feet of sand. we had sand in our house. everybody, heading straight for us, pretty much taking it seriously. reporter: mandatory evacuation at 8:00 am, just 21/2 hours from now and this evening officials plan to begin shutting down the town s water system to protect it during the storm and local officials predict power will go out shortly after the winds pick up. rob: thank you so much. people who live in the evacuation zone in north carolina are being urged to listen and leave. jillian: lieutenant governor dan forrest, thank you for being
north carolina urging people to take these warnings seriously. reporter: the storm is a monster. it is big and vicious. it is an extremely dangerous, life-threatening, historic hurricane. reporter: the silent community is no stranger to severe storms such as matthew which struck in 2016 but residents are comparing this to hurricane hazel which devastated this town in 1954 and required significant rebuilding. hurricane hazel the wave action destroyed those beachfront houses. two feet of sand, we had sand in our house. everybody, heading straight for us, taking it seriously. reporter: mandatory