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And our leadership getting on the ground to really see the damage and bringing that sense of confidence and optimism to the area is really important. >> bill: talk about the numbers. theyre astounding. the cape fear river cresting in fayetteville, north carolina inland three hours from the atlantic ocean at 25 feet above flood stage. 61.4 feet, which is just hard to get your mind around a river that can rise that high and when it overspills the banks and where that water goes. water has a mind o...

Very difficult long, drawn out period. and people will start getting impatient as they get through the shock of what just happened to them. >> you were the governor when matthew hit back in 2016. what kind of resources did you have to bring to bear for that recovery as you mentioned? and has the state ever been by anything like florence? >> i would say florence is very similar to matthew, but a little bit stronger and a little bit more water. so kind of similar trends in some of the same areas a...

Saw with houston and katrina, people that immediately days of impact communities but if they havent experienced that it has to be hard and unsettling for a lot of people. >> it sure is. two years ago when matthew hit, it flooded jillian: we will find out in

But as we have been saying all along, its not about the wind, its about the rain, its about the water. and thats whats different about this hurricane to others that have hit here in the past year. matthew hit here, 2016 killed 30 people in the carolinas but the rainfall totals was a maximum of 30 inches then. were talking now about 40 inches. and of course there was hurricane hugo back in 1999. but again not this volume of water that were expecting. where we are here, the beach, the shore is abo...

70 miles an hour, but the big problem is going to be the rain. when matthew was here it dropped 15 inches ora 15 inches of rain. this is going to be historical can 20, 25 inches of rain sitting in that area. so were going to have a lot of problems from egress and veins coming in from place like this to get back into the beach. >> youve seen this before and know how unpredictable this can be. generally you know where its going, the wind speed. it can move fast, do a lot of damage with winds or go...

Or 10 feet. they cannot handle that kind of water because there is nowhere for the water to go. it hits hog farms. two years ago when matthew hit, it devastated that area with floods. we are getting a gust now, i will take ahold now. we are getting images from inside more city. all the way from raleigh all the way here to morehead city, we have a lot of destruction. the combination of the wind and surge we are starting to see come up along with the excessive flooding thats happening this early i...

Sections of charleston still under water. residents using city provided tubes to pump out some of the water to the hard-hit areas. brent, why dont you come over here, man. one of the guys that went through it last night. what was it like, man? people are saying it was kind of scary. >> tons of rain and it started and our place will flood with a good rain, but what was scary about last night, it went from probably about a foot of water to about two and a half feet of water in less than 30 minutes...

You have a suspected case of cholera that showed up. shes dehydrated. the veins start to collapse and make it difficult to start an i.v. catheter. theres no choice. this iv has to go in and it has to go in now. >> this is a case that prompt treatment will help this lady get through this episode. nearby a woman shows me what remains of her home. she and her five children still live here. >> the whole community knew matthew was coming and went into the church but unfortunately the church crashed o...

Blew through here. we started to see more and more trees knocked down. palm trees completely decapitated. i live in palm beach county. this is like the other side of the world but were only 90 minutes out of miami. cholera is the big fear on this island. >> on the way, a never ending line of decimated towns. the only thing that remains untouched by the storm are the headstones that line a nearby cemetery. we finally reach the village. quickly sets up the clinic in one of the only homes left stan...

Julie was on the ground when matthew hit. >> there was no food and there were dead animals on the side of the road and people having to resort to the state where they were needing to eat those animals. food insecurity if its starting at this level, what will it look like? >> this is it. this is the bridge. this is where it all happened. this bridge washed away in hurricane matthew essentially cutting off the southern end of this very long peninsula from all communication, all food, water and sup...