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I expected a lot worse from this. matthew had a lot of trees down in florence. this year ive seen maybe two or three trees down. >> reporter: across the state officials say in south carolina at least 170,000 people are without power but all in all, the people that we have spoken to say what they have experienced in this state is not as bad as they were expecting but they also say they know theyre not out of the clear just yet. >> i think that its still some yet to come, because its still raining...

The worst is apparently, they say, yet to come. bill. >> big part of the story today. thank you, jonathan hunt. today going forward and the days to come, thank you, sir. conway, south carolina. the cape fear river behind me reached an all-time high yesterday, higher than matthew of from 2016, higher from hurricane hazel from 1954, 64 years ago, florence beat that record yesterday. on the phone, joe wilson, a republican represents the second congressional district in south carolina. in columbia, ...

The winds that were up to 100 miles an hour of don because this is a weakening system but still looking at wind gusts close to 50 miles an hour and they have been like this for the last 40 hours, in some cases 60 hours. the ground saturated, trees will come down and 50 mile an hour winds when you talk about the ground being as wet as it is. forecast model, it stays moving slow tonight and overnight, likely 3 miles an hour, so tomorrow and by sunday it takes off. moving out of the way so you do d...

Levels arent what we thought, but what were seeing today is the huge risk for flooding. that can have substantial economic impact on these various communities throughout the carolinas, and so its very important that we prepare for that, that we brace for that, but we also have the conversations that we need to have to better prepare for disaster in the long-term. things like infrastructure investment, things that we need to have the hard conversations now so we do not forget that later on and ho...

Onlies safely and getting the power back on and some of the infrastructure problems become more long-standing as we saw in the wake of super storm sandy, a lot of folks inland had a lot of problems getting things back to normal. mike: with all the flooding, cleanup and recovery will be a massive project as well. bill: thats right. thats right, mike. i just saw a family at six, we have been at the hotel with them the past three days, they went walking behind us with the luggage, they said were do...

And saw that it was still raining and looked at our radar apps and saw that we were in a theater band of this now downgraded tropical storm even though it is no longer packing hurricane force winds, florence poses a serious threat because of the seemingly incessant rains that will follow over not only the coastal areas but eventually inland areas of north and south carolina, increasing potential for flash flooding throughout the region. >> it has got to weigh on people emotionally. you said your...

Is going on. currently, you have flash flooding. eventually you end up with river flooding as that water flows into the bigger streams. and we still have that on shore flow. meaning the wind continuing to push towards the ocean or towards the shore and that doesnt allow that storm surge to back off. and its not going to allow it to do that for quite a while. in fact, probably a couple of days still yet. a lot of spots well over 20 inches of rain. 24 is the record they have ever seen from any sto...

Quickly. flash flood warnings in effect for many, many cities in north carolina stretching down towards south carolina, including wilmington, including fayetteville, including raleigh. so, inland flooding is going to be a risk as we go through the next couple of days. here is whats going on right now. here is the current river flood gauges you can see right here. thats giving you an indication of moderate to major flooding and here is the forecast. so, thats going to continue and expand into sou...

The island, check on their homes, check on their businesses, but they cant yet because the conditions are still too treacherous and authorities are not allowing anyone back over the bridge just yet. meanwhile, on the mainland, in wilmington, wilmington police say that they are going to go out and begin their initial assessments of the damage a little bit later this morning. they think that the conditions will allow officers to go out. that will lead to the initial clean-up. but again, we are not...

Public officials, ongoing warnings from public officials that waters are rising, continuing to rise. the water is still coming down and so often, its the aftermath of the storm that can also claim lives, whether its the downed power lines or the flooding. and still ahead on the next hour of americas news headquarters, the latest from the carolinas, and the storm as florence continues to batter the coast. we will bill. bill: look at the rain come down yet again. it comes down in sheets and just d...