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How do we set up here from a topographical standpoint in terms of its ability to collect moisture and send it somewhere else? >> well, were very, very flat terrain. theres not much elevation. and when it gets onto the ground it takes a long time for it to actually flow out. and until the storm surge abates luckily in south carolina right now were not having that. that will trap the water back and slow its progress even more. so it takes -- it takes weeks for all that water to drain out just into...

Sunday, the moisture moves in under parts of the mountainous regions. thats where things are going to be very scary for you. not only is that ground saturated but it has to pull back out to sea. let me show you how this all plays out. heres a moisture, here is what we have in the rain right now. once it gets here on the higher elevation, all of the water is going to go down and across these rivers and these tributaries. the folks that do the hydrology forecast, thats the river forecast, heres th...

In a pharmacy. i dont know if you knew that. >> beautiful place. >> it is surrounded by water. theres the noose river and theres also the trent river. and then they dump into the pimlico sound. and thats where all the problems have arose. in case youre joining our coverage, this was sent out by the city of new bern. theyre saying this is approximately maybe 100 or a little worse than that flood levels. this is the noose river here, this is the trent river that dives down here and all the water i...

Waterway which separates the sort of barrier islands, small beach towns from the rest of the state really. as you see some of the debris here in the road. one of the issues in north carolina and certainly that eastern part of north carolina where we are now is the elevation really doesnt change. were only about 30 feet right now above sea level, and thats about as far above sea level as weve been all night. continuing sort of the conversation that you were having there with miguel, it is going t...

Where we get our gas because the trees are down in sort of downtown wilmington. the power is sort of fluctuating and popping on and off. we have seen a couple of transformers go in the last few minutes. this is the first real band that wilmington has gotten. remarkable, just sort of ten miles to the north of here as you work your way up the coast, as you work your way sort of parallel to those barrier islands, the weather getting really sort of bad. it is unfortunately going to stay bad for the ...

Cue efforts, when youre talking about strieng stay hurricane force winds over the course of 24 to 48 hours. it give i couldnt see an idea of why people were urging evacuations along the coast. you could be in a situation where youre without power, help the authorities cant get to you. >> this is a fairly big city as we see the lights are still on. what have you been seeing as kbroirch driving around? >> power lines down just in front of us right now. erse as you get away from the city center the...

>> thats why when you live near the coast or evacuation area. know your elevation. if it was a nine foot storm surge and you live at ten feet youre fine. one of the biggest things emergency manager struggle with. people that evacuate that shouldnt. or refuse to that should. knowing your elevation is crucial. the storm surge numbers when were saying the max well say this morning is 7 to 11 feet. from the computer models. we know that where the high tide line is supposed to be on the beach. and yo...

Thats worst case. thats not going to happen. can that will we really see something that bad? six or nine feet. you have floating cars. and peoples first floor covered. >> it depends on how low the elevation is. eastern north carolina is relatively flat. houston and even some of the below sea level. new orleans. a lot of eastern north carolina has a little bit of elevation. i dont think well see nine feet of water up to a rooftop. well see the houses the building codes are strict. they get a hurr...

It doesnt matter whether youre talking about a category 1 storm or a category 3 or 4 storm. when it comes to getting the power back on, and you can see its gotten very dark now in wilmington. getting the power back on is an impossible task when youre talking about anything above sort of tropical force winds. thats the problem in this area. the other problem is weve been looking at our elevation. and, you know, you dont have to go more than a mile from the coast. youre not going to get above sort...

>> i can. >> oh, my gosh, can you tell us what youre seeing right now? >> right now were on the west side of the circulation flying around the eye clockwise. its fairly bumpy, but not as bumpy as you probably expect. were fairly high up and we dropped a coin down through the center of the storm. >> what elevation are you flying at? >> right now were about 42,000 feet. >> oh, my gosh. listen, just even thinking about how bumpy it is flying through this storm gives me goosebumps. look, do you this...