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The potential was 4 to 7 feet, according to the national hurricane center, thats just potential. that really hasnt materialized, thats great. one thing happening right now is life-threatening flash flooding. this area in pink is under a high risk of flash flooding. theyve got ann ton of rain today. its going to pour another 12 hours or so. and heres the map. everywhere in green means a chance of flash flooding. this purple is 3 inches, red is 5, an additional 7 inches of rain, thats why they hav...

Tropical-storm-force winds and then the hurricane winds weve been having close gusts turnover past few hours. but, you know, our biggest concern right now is making sure that people stay in place with flash flooding being our primary concern, and then the upcoming river flooding that well see over the next couple of days, especially with the dark -- downed trees and water over the roadways arent going to be easy to see. turn around, dont drown. our public safety partners are reporting that its a...

Even the buoys offshore in the 60 to 75 range. thats what well expect in the outer banks. thats not going to cause a lot of damage there. what we have to worry about, we still have one more high tide cycle in the outer banks from 1:00 to 3:00 a.m. in general. the potential is there for four to seven feet for the last three days, especially in the carolinas. weve only done about two to three feet. its been underachieving and not reaching potential. no complaints whatsoever. this is the graphic th...

Rained enough to issue flash flood warnings. we turned these into maroon. now weve got all of duvall county all the way back to fayetteville, heading out to the areas towards central portions of eastern north carolina. we have a lot of people under flash flood warnings. that means low-lying areas could have roads closed, situations like that. and people are starting to lose power too. so its still a hurricane, its over eastern north carolina. will the destruction be horrendous? probably not. but...

Inland areas towards the coast. you get an approaching category 3 hurricane, it only makes matters worse. we have reports of flooding downtown. the threats going forward are real. people are taking them seriously. you can see how im getting battered by the gusts of wind. national weather service starting to pick up on a real flood threat here. i cant overstate that enough as this eye wall makes its closest approach this morning coinciding with high tide, we have the potential here for over 15 in...

On shore. this morning more than 1 million people in the carolinas are under mandatory evacuation orders. in coastal south carolina they are bracing for catastrophic flooding. parts of downtown charleston already underwater. already more than 34,000 customers without power. officials are asking residents to shelter in place. meteorologist derek van dam is there for us this morning. derek, good morning to you. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. this is a city on edge this...

Already 76,000 people without power. theyre asking people to shelter in place. meteorologist derek van dam is there. its called low country for a reason. i cant imagine -- >> no. >> -- the flooding into charleston now. >> reporter: flying into charleston late yesterday, we saw the low country and all of its glory. why this area is so sus se septemb september. >> reporter: a flooding potential exists in charleston. this is a city on edge. vulnerable coastal city facing a threat this morning, flas...

Orders. coastal south carolina getting hit hard. right now parts of downtown charleston of under water. power outages quickly skyrocketing to 95,000. 15 to 20 inches of rain is expected. meteorologist derek van dam is there for us this morning, and you were saying earlier already parts of historic downtown charleston have flooded. >> reporter: yeah, thats according to law officials who are already cordoning off some of the roadways there as well. good morning to you, christine. good morning to o...

Time. theyll are to rebuild and come back or some people talking about never coming back robyn. >> thank you, paula newton. the u.s. only seen glances from hurricane dorian. that could change in the coming days. one place in ehigh alert is charlest charleston, north carolina. what will is it like where you are right now? >> reporter: we are in south carolina, charleston. the city is on high alert because of the vulnerable coastal city. there are a trio storm that we are facing right now. we ha...

Because i am weird, too. >> melissa: check out fox nation. we are back on the couch at noon eastern tomorrow. in the meantime, keeping track of dorian, heres harris. >> harris: new video, a lot to bring to this hour. hurricane dorian is hitting right now this hour off the coast of south carolina. wins so high, it is spawning tornadoes in london has already knocked out electrical power to a quarter million people. "outnumbered overtime" now, im harris faulkner. dorian shifting strength again. its...