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Will try and stop the water. theyre moving sand up toward the dunes to prevent the water from coming up. most of the buildings on the beach in myrtle beach are raised above ground level. you have to have a seven, eight, nine foot surge. the bad news is the surge we do get is going to be in combination with high tide. if you add the tide and the surge, you could see more flooding. that can lead to power outages. there are a lot of power outages across north carolina. the last official numbers are...

See 4 or 5 inches of rain today. flash flooding comes on very, very fast. you have to be aware of that all throughout today, tomorrow, and monday will be looking at a better picture. here is that rain train. were seeing tons of rain, the darker colors indicating that very heavy rain, even some purples off the coast here. i wanted to stop this for you. look at all these lightning strikes. and i know its over the ocean and it tends to gain a little bit more energy. well see that translate inland. ...

Ruhle." we got all the storms in. hats off to my dear partner, ali velshi, there he is, braving the elements down there in myrtle beach since wednesday. ali, come home soon. >> i will come home soon. im grateful this didnt come ashore as the big storm we thought it was going to be, but seven people have lost their lives that we know of. people have lost their property. a lot of people inland are getting ready for devastating rains and flooding. our thoughts are with them and our coverage will co...

Were four hours away from high tide and all the water and sand could flood the roads. i want our cameraman to walk out here. these are roads adjacent to the beach. they are completely flooded. its not very deep, but they are expecting two to four feet of storm surge in the next couple hours. this, ali, as residents are being told to hunker down and not go out, but we have seen people out and about. the storm has passed us, but you dont want to be walking around and driving around water like this...

Houston doesnt have any zoning laws in place. as a result, you had all kinds of buildings all over the place. i dont know what the cases for south carolina or north carolina, but of course its not as densely populated as a major metropolitan area. but there are a number of buildings in low-lying areas that are at risk with all of this flooding. >> did houston change zoning laws afterwards? >> they did pass legislation i believe in the following months. >> there you go. up next, the eyes on the...

There. if i was to tell you that charlotte, north carolina, one of the biggest cities in the east coast is going to get 15 inches of rap over the next three days, that would be a big story all by itself. it hasnt begun there yet. that could be a huge issue and a story through the weekend. here is how it will play out. here is our future radar which predicts where the storm will be. as we go throughout the next 4 hours. we spin it into areas of central portions of south carolina. this is as we go...

That already was breached three years ago, causing 15 to 25 deaths. thats what people are worried about here, more flash flooding and a delayed response from the effects of hurricane florence as it climbs into the appalachian mountains and releases still more moisture. and thats why even though it looks like south carolina might have avoided the worst of hurricane florence, the worst might still be yet to come for this state. david? >> on the banks of the ever rising congaree river there in colu...

Story through the weekend. here is how it will play out. here is our future radar which predicts where the storm will be. we spin it into areas of central portions of south carolina. this is as we go through noon saturday. heavy band of rain sitting near the jacksonville area. by the time we get to midnight still watching the heavy band, maybe shifting finally away from wilmington into areas of fayettevil fayetteville. the charlotte area starts to pick up heavy rainfall through sunday morning. w...

Possibly topsail beach to reposition when the surge comes in. right now with these northerly winds even as damaging as they are, they are coming off the land. so friction is slowing them down. but once that eye gets a little bit closer and those winds shift over to the northeasterly thats when theyre really going to start ripping up the water and that storm surge is going to come up very fast and its very likely that this storm is -- [ inaudible ] >> now, reed, usually a storm is going four or f...

Ripping down the street and thats why its so dangerous in areas like new bern as well and this rain just continues to fall as we said earlier, theres nothing more dangerous than a stalling out tropical cyclone as we saw last year with storms like harvey, once these storms stall out, these rain bands just hammer the same areas over and over again and you have on shore flow as well piling the water in these inlets and all that river flooding, flash flooding, storm surge and every high tide cycle i...