a flood response, both shallow water rescue boats spread out across the state. we re paired up with state and local partners there, with fema. we re part of those water rescues. it s a big storm that expands over 400 miles in width. it s very slow moving, 3 miles an hour. it s a deluge inundation across the state and it s going to be expanding here, so i think we re just in a protracted flood situation and we re teaming up and getting ready to respond to the demand here. i assume you re seeing lots of people who are in need of being rescued? reporting is there are a hundred folks or so being rescued by agency folks. we re doing a broad assessment across the state of north carolina, so i believe we re starting to get the state of awareness. there are incoming requests being responded to by the entirety of the state and local federal response system. what are the biggest challenges you re facing? i think the biggest
effects of precipitation from florence. we re working with the army s installation management man to make sure that dams on fort greg north carolina, fort jackson south carolina, any effects of damage are mitigated. in terms of navigation, we are working with our partners and prepared to rapidly open federal channels and other navigation. and finally, flood response, we are integrated with state and local county governments to provide technical assistance and flood finding before the storm and after. thank you. thank you. next up, our partners with the coast guard, admiral austin. thank you, mr. long. the safety of the people in hurricane florence s path are a top priority. and we are working in close concert with fema and other federal, state and local partners in preparing for the
to insure dams in north carolina and south carolina, any effects of florence to those dams are mitigated. in terms of navigation we re prepared to rapidly open federal channels and other navigation. finally in flood response, we re integrated with state and local county governments to provide technical assistance and flood fighting both before the storm and after. thank you. thank you. next up our partners with the coast guard rear admiral austin. thank you, mr. long. the safety of the people in hurricane florence s path as well as our own coast guard men and women and families are a top priority and we re working with fema and other federal, state and local partners in preparing for the storm. in preparation for the storm the coast guard has taken the following actions. the ports of wilmington and moorhead city, north carolina
many spokes are still in need of rescue. the 25 inches, 24 hours down in the port arthur bow month southeast texas is a high activity. we had a lot of calls last night. the we are pre positioned with helicopters lying out of a fort operating base in louisiana. to hop into as soon as the weather abates. we ve got six of our flood response shallow water boat crews that are heading out again this morning. they were on the water last night ant with state and local partners. and americans helping texantexa. we re in the fight to respond. that is sort of where the urgent cases emerging cases are today. back mere in houston we are
people since harvey made landfall. you are taking on a big role in this rescue. tell me what s going on with the coast guard right now. good morning, sir. the coast guard is actively searching and working with local state and federal responders who are assisting in response efforts in the greater houston, galveston region. coast guard currently has 18 helicopters as well as nine teams of different flood response out there. rescue at this time, as you heard from other interviews, there are people who need evacuations. there s a critical shortage of rescue assets. a lot of good samaritans out there doing the right thing. one thing we want to get across to people who are in distress is to stay away from the addicks. a lot of phone calls coming in people going to addicks. we want to discourage that. do not go into you your attic. remain calm and stay out of your