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Pummel this area here, starting about 11:30 p.m. there will be feet of water with winds gusting over 80 miles an hour and its going to stall also with the eye coming in probably in the early morning hours with another low tide at 6:00 a.m. and if this storm stalls off shore, it is quite possible that this storm surge could even include a few high tide cycles. with a storm like this its very likely that the outer banks of north carolina including the barrier islands will never look the same again...

With a six foot storm surge youll have three feet of water right there with waefgs on top of it and also the wind as well. and its the power of the water that makes this storm so scary as well as its very slow speed because youre just going to prolong the battering on the eastern shores by that storm surge and that incredible wave action with this storm. >> absolutely, reed. hang on if you can with me because i want to go to the air right now. joining me on the phone is lieutenant commander nico...

Also starting to float away. sand bags or not. and, again, florence hasnt actually shown up yet. so these are just those outer bends sort of producing rain, wind, flooding. were on the noose river. were not technically on the atlantic ocean. we have the pemlico sound. we have several channels. waterways and basically its a place thats beautiful. this is why they vacation here, because its surrounded by water. they flood a lot. people who live hearsay this is intense since the storm hasnt come ye...

Watching. >> and interestingly enough, kate, a slow, weaker storm like this produces a bigger surge than a fast, powerful, fierce storm. >> thats the thing everyones having to wrap their mind around tonight. tom, thanks so much. >> youre welcome. "out front" next breaking news. conditions across the carolinas are going to start deteriorating rapidly. im going to talk to one man whos going to stick it out. also, a community is on edge as homes started exploding. schools and entire neighborhoo...

Again, like i said, thats early. its too early for that. but, you know, the big thing is the trees. you know, have a lot of trees. some of the residential areas, those can be real weak. weve had a very rainy summer and that could cause a lot of trees to be blown over at real high winds because the grounds not real secure. thats one of the big things. and, you know, power loss again is the other. >> yeah. >> big concern. >> absolutely. governor saying already that there are people that are alread...

Where he is. plus, were going live to a hurricane hunter who just flew over the storm. hell give us the latest news on the storm. breaking news, alarming details coming out of massachusetts tonight. at least 39 buildings exploding into balls of fire. major evacuations underway and the threat is not over. we have the latest details coming up. erin burnett "out front" is brought to you by the thrilling new film "white boy rick" based on the unbelievable true story starring matthew mcconaughe...

Surge is going to be the most immediate impact and i think since the storm has slowed down and perhaps because its slowed down so much and the wind has reduced, people may get a little bit of a sense that theyre kind of dodged a bullet with this one, but as all of your reporting has indicated already, this is a long-term event and the amount of water thats going to be either displaced, being pushed into the river basins and in the sounds of north carolina or falling in the form of rain over the ...

>> thank you. >> as i said, the citys mayor has left. the governor has warned, dont risk your life riding out a monster is how he put it. why are you staying? >> 84 years, ive been through every one of them. >> how many storms have you -- how many storms have you ridden out at home? >> ive rid them out at home. ive rid them out on our boat. ive rid them out on the road. a storm just like this style, ive been on a boat. rode them out on the boat. we had a pretty big boat. big cruise boat.

Of that wind already since before the hurricane has even made landfall. ed lavandera is off the coast. ed, where you are will be the first location to feel the real hurricane force winds. the storm surge there could hit, what, 12 feet? i mean, what are you looking at right now? >> reporter: well, its odd because right now were in the middle of like this dry and calm space between these bands that have been coming on shore here through much of the afternoon so its a little deceiving given the sit...

Are you confident the coast guard has all the resources in place that it needs right now and that youll need throughout and after the storm? >> yes, kate. we have about 800 coast guard men and women ready to respond to the storm, including an incident command post that weve established in golds borrow at the seymour johnson airbase. the thing about the coast guard, we are nimble and can respond. we are able to respond to a broad scope of flooding and impacts from this storm. >> and the broad sco...