says all bets are off. over a half million customers without power in north carolina. state s attorney general has received more than 500 complaints of price gouging for hotels and gas and water and more than 15,000 people are in shelters statewide. transportation officials are telling people not to travel anywhere in north carolina. flooding has cut off wilmington from the rest of the state. that is where we have meteorologist derek van dam. der derek, good morning. what are you seeing there? reporter: dave, what i witnessed yesterday and late last night was the city s infrastructure on the verge of collapse. sinkholes forming on the thoroughfares across the city. completely flooded out roadways. parts of interstate 40 northbound, north of exit 420, was completely abandoned. void of people on any given sunday would be full of