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Copious rain in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra since the last several days has increased inflow in the Krishna basin to 1,14,252 cusecs.

Of rain. >> it is a mandatory evacuation order. but it doesnt have repercussions if you dont follow it, really speaking? >> thats right. we will be on the soap box urging everyone to follow the order, yes, sir. >> let me give you that soap box because i think it is important that people hear this message. why is it important to get out if you are in one of these mandatory evacuation zones, which i believe charleston is. why sit important to get out? and what happens if you stay? >> well, you are...

Issues. we are talking about three, five feet, maybe more in charleston and maybe a foot, two feet of rain. what are your flooding concerns? >> our flooding concern, mostly, with this storm is from rain, copious rain that may occur when florence, if it were to take a left turn and come down the coast of south carolina or even inland, were going to see an incredible amount of rain. as you mention, we are the low country. we earned that name because were so close to sea level. and the landscape he...

But here is the problem that we have. this system is a major hurricane. we talk about the winds. watch how slow this moves right along the coast. 2:00 a.m. friday, 2:00 a.m. saturday and 2:00 a.m. sunday. we dont move very far. the longer this system hangs around, you get more of the rain fall and storm surge. the rain fall is forecasting 20 to 30 inches of rain. look at how far inland. very dangerous situation. >> chad myers said its not the wind he worries about. its the water. lets talk about...

Is there anything you can compare florence to? >> you know, this is one of the big kind of rules of thumb we talk about here at the hurricane center. every storm is so different. it is amazing that i go back the last 24 years in the weather service and every one is so different. thats what we try to tell people. be very careful with the comparisons. you think you went through it, but you really didnt. try not to compare those. and think about every impact. think about the values of the rain. thi...

Copious rain affected dams inland, around columbia, other parts of the state. so this could really be a rain tragedy for the city of south carolina according to this latest track. so what resources do you have available now? how are you accommodating those people who hopefully are following your warnings and getting to safer ground over the next several hours? >> well, our fire, our police personnel, were at full op con one, full resources. but we requested help from the state and federal resour...