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River, people around the river. they expect it to crest at 17 feet above flood level, which is five feet-- more than five feet before where matthew crested two years ago. were going to continue to see inland flooding for days. waters will continue to rise. theyve issued a disaster declaration, fema has, for a number of counties in north carolina, i believe eight or nine. harnett has not yet been designated as a disaster area, but i was talking with fema this morning and they are continuing to ex...

Storm, bret. we will be watching power outages continue probably throughout the weekend. the winds will continue throughout the day tomorrow and one point today over a million people without power from the storm from parts of the mid-atlantic throughout the northeast. we still have the storm winding up, continuing to strengthen. it will pull offshore tonight. eventually the precipitation gets out of here. but the wind is going to be with us through tomorrow. because of this persistent wind out o...

Especially when its just below flood level gunstar good evening after its been raining hard in the park now is full to brimming with a nature takes over. then youre really in wild pristine nature thats when i like it best. before it was open to tourism the pot now was used to transport timber which wasnt without its share of. it and now were at your favorite spot why is it so special to you that its up because its the most dont know the year you could see the madonna it was she was put there in ...

Them any longer because theyre going to take this wind. but the flooding, the water is the killer. just before we came on the air, we did a quick survey of a lot of river games in puerto rico. they run a line like this and then shot straight up. some of these river gauges are already running 10 feet above flood level. were going to see 25 inches of rain move across the island of puerto rico. now, puerto rico, a good-size island in this area. only hispaniola is bigger, cuba is bigger, they have m...

Servants. everybody on the airplane has a job. the focus of the crew becomes just incredible when we have to actually do the hazardous stuff, get through these eye walls, make the center hits, get the drops on to get the pressure in the center and move onto the next fix. your crews that flew with us tonight saw the way we spent most of eight hours seat belted in turbulent conditions. every moment of the time we did it safely tonight. >> how intense were the winds? >> we saw flood level winds gus...

And this i dont like. this line is now over pinales county. we did have it over tampa. >> bill hang on a second that piece of information you gave us is relevant. if thats over pinales county where we have tweets we dont have gas. bob buck horn, the mayor of tampa, mayor we were talking to you yesterday when you made a decision that you were going to order evacuations for the area a in tampa, the low lying area. you have an awful lot of low lying area in your city. >> we do. we are surrounded by...

Far. you can see the water here on the roadway and how much its come down. this little girl is having a great time, a lot of people coming out now. they have pretty much dodged a bullet here. they have about 200 businesses and homes that are completely inundated. they had to evacuate an elderly center early this morning in the overnight hours. they did on an emergent basis. they were concerned, not sure how high the water was going to go. they were expecting 49 feet above flood level. flood leve...

Here. its come down about 2 feet so far. you can see the water here on the roadway and how much its come down. this little girl is having a great time, a lot of people coming out now. they have pretty much dodged a bullet here. they have about 200 businesses and homes that are completely inundated. they had to evacuate an elderly center early this morning in the overnight hours. they did on an emergent basis. another one they did it just because they were concerned. they were not sure how high t...

Above flood level, that is 5 feet higher than it has ever been in history. it is a threat to life. thats why its mandatory evacuation. those folks need to leave. if they do not leave we are going to rest them and get them off of the property to safety. >> it is here where its a voluntary evacuation, but thats because the devastation they saw last year memorial day for these homes, theyre hoping people will get out. right now communities need to get ahead of any potential flooding. the flooding w...

People in the midwest are knee deep in clean-up this weekend after heavy rains caused severe flooding across parts of missouri, arkansas, illinois and louisiana. officials are blaming this flooding for at least six deaths in missouri alone with governor eric greitens declared a state of emergency. the mississippi and missouri rivers are expected to crest today. they could reach 12 feet above flood level, so people are not in the clear just yet. governor greitens joins us now from the phone in mi...