Dune Line News Today

This is incredibly low lying. there are houses all along here. do you think most got out or they will just ride it out? >> its hard to tell. people along the front might have gone out. we are expecting to get up to the dune line by later today. thats the danger point. we built new dune systems. we have protections in place. the real concerns are the backside of the island. >> yeah. >> it will come along with the storm surge. we will be watching that real close. these people have been flooded out...

Saturday into sunday, even into areas of western north carolina. someones going to get three feet of rain. i was just checking one of the river gauges. were going see rivers in south carolina not cresting until tuesday of next week. so there are marathon hurricanes. ill call this one the ultra marathon because this story is going to last well into the middle of next week. >> bill, let me ask one clarifying question. looking at the storm surge numbers, 7 feet, 9 feet, 11 feet. can you give us des...

Mayor, therese cooper, and the chief of police, jeff harvey, of atlantic beach, both come down here and look at this pier with me. look at the surge. heres what they say they are most concerned about. take a quick listen. >> we are worried about what happens after the storm habits. we are focused on safety now, making sure our team is where they need to be to respond to any human safety issues. >> right now, i think we are pretty good. we are in contact with the eeoc over in morehead city that i...

Expecting for your coastal structures? >> we have a very strong dune line and a good beach program. the photos of the pier, theres no dunes there. thats the worst part of the island. unfortunately my house is there. the rest of the town has a strong dune line. im hopeful that those will sustain this storm surge. >> shepard: atlantic beach, those that dont know is a barrier island on the other side of moorhead still. thats bogue sound there. it could fill and flood and the whole area could flood....

Breaking of the levees, lo and behold what we have here is a storm surge coming right off the atlantic ocean, which could be absolutely devastating. it will not only come straight over the dune line, but it will fill up all the inland waters that, in fact, such as the indian river lagoon. so people will get some storm surge even if theyre not right on the ocean. >> senator nelson, good luck to you. good luck to everyone in florida and up the east coast of the united states. what a monster this s...

Mandatory evacuation under way, and its supposed to be wrapped up by 4:00. there are a lot of people still in town on the boardwalk checking out the surf, checking out whats going on, checking out the media. i think the police are going to start getting them off the streets. just a moment ago, the water -- now the tide is coming back in. we have about three hours until the next high tide. the water came up to here and chased me from the surf. by this morning, the tide only got up to here. and we...

Communities from north carolina to new england are on high alert. the intensifying hurricane earl is streaming towards the eastern seaboard this morning. lets go live to the weather channels mike seidel in long island. a big holiday weekend coming up. a lot of people have plans there. >> well, the thing is with this hurricane, chris, is the fact that its going to be gone before saturday morning gets here. so if youve got any kind of waeked plans, saturday, sunday and monday, the weather is going...

The dune line. we mentioned yesterday. a 15-foot elevation up to the motels and certainly keep the property safe. wind may be an issue in some respects. we are expecting gusts maybe as high as 50 miles per hour. quick-moving system and cuts down on all the impacts but nonetheless we will have impacts here on long island by saturday morning the sun will be out across the east coast. so if you got weekend plans, you will be fine. the only thing is cape cod may take enough of a hit that they will h...

That will take a beating as we get into friday. here well see the beach under water. that is not saying much in the short term because at high tide well see the water coming up towards this fence. behind me, a significant dune line protecting this beach front property. that will save the property, the motels from any serious structural damage but these beaches hit hard and a lot of beach erosion and the rip currents which were a problem last weekend will continue even into saturday once the stor...

Surge from this storm and matthew could very well end up being worse or as bad at least as what we saw right after super storm sandy. our bill karen is standing by for us. >> thats an incredible reporting from kerry. hes showing us firsthand of what this storm does. when the water is coming into high tides. the dunes is out there. ea once it get past the dune line.