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Around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following two major breaking stories on the carolina coast. The first confirmed deaths in the Hurricane Florence disaster. At least four people have been killed including a mother and a baby whose house was hit by a falling tree. Hours after florence made landfall it is now a Tropical Storm and on a slow, a very, very punishing crawl. Rescuers are scrambling to reach people trapped by lifethreatening ...

Early, you know. the governor did the right thing early. i feel that were prepared to handle this, although it is going to be -- it is going to be a challenge in the days to come due to the length of time that were going to be dealing with this flooding. >> give us some perspective. how do you compare this storm to others that you have had to deal with? >> matthew was one of the biggest flood events besides floyd that weve had in, you know, recent history. this one has the potential the do worse...

Right now florence continues to batter us here right on the beach on myrtle beach. minor damage. most of the saving grace has been that the hurricane, now tropical storm, has pushed the water away from myrtle beach because we have an off-shore flow. not much storm surge here. theyre hoping that will hold as this slow, torrential rain keeps churning through south carolina. as i said, wolf, people are really starting to look inland for where this disaster is going to be. low-lying areas, anywhere ...

Of people that have left the area, but, again, our concern right now is the river flooding in the inland areas outside of myrtle beach that could potential cut off access in the days to come to our city. >> so what is your advice for those people who are hunkering down in those areas right now? >> the best thing i can tell them right now is to be patient, and just be patient. this is going to take a couple of days for us to figure out. the governor has not lifted the evacuation order, so -- and ...