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Camera over the interstate highway maintained by the department of transportation in north carolina. i-40 is closed from i-95 all the way to the coast. the next metropolitan area dealing with flooding now is fayetteville, north carolina, where the cape fear river is expected to crest at 61 feet, just a few hours from now overnight. in some cases, the national weather service doesnt have depth readings because flood gauges have been swamped. turns out the highest recorded rainfall was in elizabet...

Last thing before we go tonight, just a reminder that our friends in north carolina are suffering. one image in particular today got our attention, and here it is. the meteorologist who posted this picture writes, thats not a river, its interstate 40 into wilmington, north carolina. this image is from a traffic camera over the interstate highway maintained by the department of transportation in north carolina. i-40 is closed from i-95 all the way to the coast. the next metropolitan area dealing ...

Interstate 40. just completely submerged. same thing is happening along a 60-mile stretch of interstate 95. i-95 is the all the way up and down the east coast artery that runs through the heart of the carolinas. officials say there are as many as 16 rivers at major flood levels tonight. president trump is expected to visit the storm zone, expected to visit north carolina tomorrow. we shall see. as fema is saying, the next 48 hours are critical. we are thinking and praying for everybody in the ca...

The death toll from hurricane florence is now at 32. 32 people killed. rising floodwaters remain a big concern in the carolinas. new aerial video shows interstate 40 completely submerged in floodwaters. i was driving on interstate 40 saturday -- or friday after the storm hit. now look at it. more than 340,000 customers are still without power. thats a lot. it is an improvement. one of the storm deaths is linked to a tornado in virginia. i want to get to cnn meteorologist chad myers with the very...

Interstate 40 in pender county. water as far as the eye can see. conditions could get worse today. james ammens moved wilmington a few weeks ago. he lost his car in the storm when he tried to help a girl who needed food. he has been in and out of three shelters, but keeping it in perspective. >> we have people who have lost houses and relatives. it is hard to see that. at the same time, you have to be grateful for what you have right now. i feel that is what is happening. we have to be gratefu...

Dont go anywhere in north carolina. flooding cut off the city of wilmington from the rest of the state. that is where we find cnn meteorologist derek van dam. that is something when you hear officials say dont get in the car or drive around. it is a deadly situation. >> reporter: christine, there is 30-foot wide sinkholes on interstate 40 north of the city. you can imagine why it is virtually cut off from everything around it. just driving around, we had the fortune yesterday to have access to a...

Says all bets are off. over a half million customers without power in north carolina. states attorney general has received more than 500 complaints of price gouging for hotels and gas and water and more than 15,000 people are in shelters statewide. transportation officials are telling people not to travel anywhere in north carolina. flooding has cut off wilmington from the rest of the state. that is where we have meteorologist derek van dam. der derek, good morning. what are you seeing there? ...

Some of these streets. for example, this is what you would see if you come right off of the interstate and that was open and you can see road blocks are set up there, all of this water coming again from the lumber river that is expected to reach record levels tonight into tomorrow. but again, we have to highlight that main point, authorities say that the main levee along the banks of the lumber is still holding out. that is okay. however, as one official told cnn earlier today, if that does not ...

Interstate. i want to give you an aerial view. you can see why about 20 miles or so of the interstate right now remain closed of i-95 from u.s. 64 all the way up to dunn, north carolina and nearby interstate 40 closed as well. and this is why, all of the water coming from the lumber river which the folks in the city are extremely familiar with. for the last several day, they have been coming together, basically creating a make shift levee in the area of the city where they believe that the water...

Great interview with captain bob beck. reminds us that there were so many business owners i have a lot to do as well. the high wind and massive amounts of rainfall also causing major travel delays in the sky on the road, 11 airports have closed during the storm. forcing more than 3300 flight cancellations throughout this tuesday.heavy rain also forced officials to shut down interstate 95 in north and south carolina. and portions of interstate 40 in north carolina. the north carolina department o...