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Charleston, south carolina where conditions are getting worse. the storm is 80 miles from you and inching closer. >> i can feel it hitting me hard. every now and then i feel that big band of gusts and powerful rain but im standing in the middle of one of dozens of flooded streets in charleston and you can see it is coming up to my ankles. is going to keep rising in the next couple hours. this is a triple threat storm, storm surge, flash flooding, the warning going out a moment ago and wind gusts...

200 miles from the center of the storm. so results of this storm widespread and threat for not only storm surge, heavy rain fall. lightning but we have tornado warned storms as well. several tornadoes warnings for parts of north carolina. all of these effects we were anticipating whether it was a category 2 or category 3. flood advisories in effect. flash flooding is occurring in charleston. it doesnt take much for this area to flood. we have flood advisories and flood warnings. flash flood warn...

This is turning out to be a dangerous impact from this storm even though it has not made landfall. the closest brush we will see his this time tomorrow morning for north carolina, the outer banks. here is future radar, approaching hatteras, this time tomorrow friday as point of landfall. landfall is the lowest pressure when the center comes on shore. the effects of this are going to be widespread for the carolinas. heres the tropical models in very good agreement, the storm in the last 3 or 4 da...

Category 2 but if the storm were to make landfall as a 3, that hasnt happened in several decades. storm surge is the major concern, that kills more people with these landfalling hurricanes, 528 feet in some of these vulnerable areas and that is why we had evacuations in place and potentially going to see quite a bit of flash flooding along the coast. this is a dangerous situation and a dangerous storm. >> scary when you look at the maps and see that red in a circle headed towards the coast. we w...

Higher amounts, upwards of a foot of rainfall depending where you live and hurricane force windss coming on shore. severe weather, flash flooding towards the central part of south carolinas coastline and the severe storms. these are weak tornadoes in myrtle beach, west of atlantic beach and oak island northeast avoca island south of wilmington, several storms. you can see i will bring that back to show you a link because it is very dangerous. a lot of lightning strikes with these outer bands. th...

His home? >> if you take a look at that event it will get above that. i dont think it will get as high as this top step but we are ready. a couple years ago we were swimming in the street. >> people who decided to stay cannot leave any longer. a lot of streets closed. we will stay put and show you more. heather: aishah hasnie in charleston, south carolina. janice, you heard her report of the wind and rain coming down. much of what you told us would happen after a flash flood warning. just north ...

This area is so prone to flash flooding. so im concerned we saw a report of three inches in just an hour in the charleston area. also with these land falling hurricane are hurricanes that come close to shore and outer bands these are tornadoes warnings. threat for weak tornadoes for north and south carolina as these outer bands come on shore and can you seat strikes of lightning. so, in addition to all of the effects we are seeing from this offshore hurricane, we are going to see the potential f...

Remember, it only takes a few inches of water for flash floods and to wash your vehicle off of the road. the majority of deaths from hurricanes are from drowning. we know that too well in north carolina. never drive on flooded roads and never drive around a barrier. its there for your protection. turn around, dont drowned. dont risk your life and the lives of those who may have to rescue you. we have more than 50 shelters today open in our state and more than 1,000 people are already using them....

A deluge of rain where were seeing the flash flooding. be careful. were seeing a lot of lightning and tornado warnings. this is what were focussing on, too. a big, big concern for us storm surge. you want to be careful here. you want to stay indoors and well continue to track this for you, chris. >> thank you so much for that. i know that youre going to be following this throughout, michelle. lets go back to ali. ali, as shes talking about people staying out of the path of the storm, we have b...

As far as what were going to deal with is, thats the center of the storm. we didnt have too bad of a storm surge in savannah. they are expecting tonight to have the third highest water level they have recorded since the 1940s with that high tide cycle. >> in savannah? >> savannah. 1:15 in charleston, second highest water levels. we could have significant damage along the coast tonight. then as the storm moves and rakes the coast from charleston to the outer banks, thats 280 miles of a category 2...