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Because there is so many of these small pocket rivers they call them here. and they are expecting flooding there so, this entire myrtle beach strip, which is very popular and well-known to tourists is going to get water both ends. im sorry, im hearing you now im going to throw it back because the wind is quite strong. >> shepard: fantastic. christina part si thanks. getting brand new editorial is difficult. the thing difficult about this storm is its made a turn they really hadnt anticipated the...

The breaking news animation and breaking news announce to tell you that its okay. steve harrigan still standing out there in the wind, just want to give you a quick little look at that there is steve. there he is. he is talking to somebody else there. doing a live shot for somebody else. griff jenkins has gotten off the boardwalk and still in morehead city and along the hotel balcony. how does this look from there, griff? >> well, you know, shep, the storm gave our equipment a beating. we have l...

Especially along the carolina coast. go north of bald head island jeff flock is in the wind. jeff? >> i thought we had seen the worst of it, shep. we got a pretty good ride on the way in as the storm approached us. we got actually into the eye earlier. which is a treat for those who cover hurricanes actually see the eye. got about 30 minutes of it now the back end of this storm as i guess we should have known based on radar presentation is pretty strong. and now, of course, the wind is coming th...

Can see 106 miles, thats our highest wind recorded that doesnt mean there isnt higher winds out there in spots where there isnt a tool to measure that wind. 106 miles per hour. 105 in wilmington as well. rainfall totals also very extreme. these numbers of here i think is probably something wrong with these. were working to verify if those numbers are actually accurate. you can see the rain moving off towards the west. winds were still dealing with as well. starting to see those winds move in tow...

Storm first impacted us well over 24 hours ago. very heavy rain falling here and many indicators that we have seen between 15 and 20 inches of rain fall already from the storm. the highest rainfall total that we have ever seen in north carolina from a tropical storm was just over 24 inches. were already likely at about 20 inches in some spots and its going to go up a lot from here. all of these red polygons, these red lines here those are all areas in north carolina that are currently dealing wi...

Picture. of course, steve harrigan is still getting the blowing wind. still standing out there on the beach. where is this? north top sail. it looks like things have gotten a little better. i dont know if you hear me. do you, steve? >> he doesnt because is he about to do a live report for another network. buff you can see just standing up there becomes something thats very difficult. and then i will tell you, this after you finally get through out there in all the wind and all the rain with the ...

Will be just fine. the water is not coming into our houses. that was yesterday. they know better today. lots of people there hundreds and hundreds of residents of this town of a little more than 6,000 were up in their attics or up on their roofs waiting to be rescued overnight hours and into the morning. they got a storm surge, the locals tell us the mayors of alderman tell us the storm surge is about 9 or 10 feet. they have had it bad. things are improving at new bern. look back at steve harrig...

Drive through power lines down the street. jeff bern takes more risk than i would and he wouldnt go. we turned around. we have a generator going. we will be here, you know, we will be here until its over. >> shepard: if steve harrigan can survive the kyber spas in afghanistan he can survive north top sail. im glad there arent a lot of other people around there steve, thanks so much. its a case study in the front and back side of these storms. that counterclockwise flow, if you are 50, 60 miles f...

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This is very much a wind event still and winds are gusting about as strong as we have heard them from the very beginning. now, it is causing structural damage. over the last hour or two, this is the first significant structural damage that we have seen. stairway here, a door here. bits of roofs here. if you can look at this house behind me over here, parts of its roof over the last hour or. so and when you look down the street you see bits and pieces of houses. and downed power lines. thats why ...