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South carolinas interstate 26 small, and donating, risking we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you >> tech: at safelite autoglass, the people along the coast who now only open in the westbound their lives trying to go out have been bracing for days for there and get their fellow to get your windshield fixed. this massive storm. with safelite, you can see exactly when well be there. >> take a look at this graphic. direction. bahamians. but there is concern not enough while we were the...

They swam across and made it. and they are thankful to be alive tonight. and it really was a race against time, because the eye was moving across the area and we knew any moment that the intense storm could return. >> all right, marcus, were just glad that you and scott and the entire team there are okay and that that family is okayitnigh are sang remain nt when it comes to the evacuations from florida all the way up to north carolina. this is from south carolina late today, all lanes of interst...

Obviously this is top of mind in the region and evacuations for the coastal areas in south carolina. that went into effect at noon yesterday. so we saw a couple of things. visitors heading out around that time frame. the hotels began telling folks actually leave. because they were also part of the evacuation. which we are in right now. the danger zone. we saw the residents getting ready yesterday. the lines werent significantly long. nothing like in florida. but people were starting to get ready...

And i would like to ask everyone to heed those warnings especially those that are on our barrier islands. you may be on your own if first responders are unavailable to get to you. >> so evacuations there happening in a couple minutes. joining me now, kathy park in charleston and also catie beck in savannah. catie, i start with you. tell us how the community there in georgia is handling the storm and the upcoming evacuations. catie, you got me? all right. seems like she didnt hear me. so lets go ...

Storms before, they know about hugo, were through it in 89. one resident remembers hurricane hazel in 1954. a lot of residents here see it as the norm. what the mayor is worried about, it will be a painstaking process for those that are leaving. if youre familiar with the area in myrtle beach, theres no major interstate. theyre not connected to a major interstate. that means a lot of cars are on two lane highways trying to get out, hopefully not at the same time as we wait for the storm to make ...

Joke. theyre taking extreme measures to help people evacuate? >> reporter: thats right. the governor of south carolina says all lanes of interstate 26 headed from charleston to columbia will be going in one direction. and that is away from the coast. also, he says families in eight counties will have to start leaving their homes tomorrow at noon. david? >> steve, thank you. we will be on this all week long here. but we move on to the other news. in dallas, a police officer has been charged wit...

Inland. >> had to do a lot of rescues during hurricane matthew, hurricane floyd, hurricane fran. we have mapped out areas. we know where flooding can likely occur. so that there will be some inland evacuations as well. >> potentially evacuations hundreds of miles inland. meanwhile in south carolina governor henry mcmaster has ordered mandatory evacuations of 8 coastal county including the popular tourist destination of charleston starting at noon today. state highway officials will be reversing ...

Factor. the core of the hurricane has passed over us but the outer bands continue to affect us. seen thunder and lightning. flash flood warning in effect for the island. we understand why the governor was so derned about flooding. we tried to get out but it took us about an half and a half to go a few miles. part of the problem was the flooding. highways, interstate 26 to get out was inundated with water, downed trees, power lines, polls, making it complicated to try to travel outside of here. a...

Folly island, one of the barrier islands protecting charleston. some people have stuck around, wolf. >> the state began what are call these lane reversals on interstate 26 to speed traffic out of the coastal area where you are. is that helping? >> its helping quite a lot, wolf, the governor is pleased with how its gone. a lot of people have gotten out that way on interstate 26. theyve closed the eastbound lanes coming into the charleston area to eastbound traffic. you can only go west and people...

These are thunderstorms producing two to three inches of rain an hour in the areas they hit, its all still focused on the columbia, especially the east side of columbia, there are 96 reports of bridges and state highways that are closed, interstate 26 is closed throughout the area, i-95 is closed trying to drive through south carolina, aymon, they are telling everyone in the state a civil emergency issued, everyone is to stay home, theyre telling churches to cancel. they are rescuing hundreds an...