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I lived through hurricane andrew. i just never a thought wrd id that again. >> reporter: she road out in kentucky. and once he heard that pounding rain on his house, he instantly refwreted his decision to stay and if he dood it again, he would have got out of town. theyre still in search and rescue mode as they try to get to some of the more remote parts of these counties. they expect the death toll will rise. >> thank you so much for bringing us whats happening there. and i know as we sit here ...

This major metropolis is home to 7 million people. this place has been effectively shut down because of typhoon mangkhut. earlier today, we reported on the conditions and feeling it as well, pounding rain, huge gusts of wind, clocking at speeds anywhere between 60 miles an hour to 130 miles per hour. that also introduces a threat of storm surge, peak storm surge today on the iconic victoria harbor as well as outlying areas in hong kong. hong kong is chinese territory and no stranger to typhoons....

Stuck and is just pounding this state, south carolina as well. i want to go to chris cuomo in north myrtle beach, north carolina. how are things there? >> reporter: this is witching hour. everything is conspiring together this storm right now. this is the thickest ban of rain. the tide is coming in behind me. all the energy the storm has been storing up. it is now being released. the wind has shifted and it is coming in onshore. this is what theyre worried about and well see how all these hours ...

>> thank you. typhoon manghkut roared ashore saturday. packing tajing wind and pounding rain. its moving offshore after cutting a path through the northern philippines. next land fall will be here in southern china. it will likely strengthen. manghkut lost its typhoon status passing through the philippines. its still an extremely powerful storm system. many of the country is north are reporting rising flood waters. debris and damaged buildings. were watching this. at the atlanta cnn severe weath...

Time. lets go to wilmington. a resident there, john, did you stick this out or what did you do? >> yes, sir, we decided we were going to stay because we prepared as best we could. weve been through many hurricanes in the past, but ive got to tell you, this one was worse than anything i have been through and ive been through a hurricane many times in my life. in 1985 i drove a fire truck for nine hours in hurricane gloria, in the hurricane itself and this was far worse than that, devastation-- >>...

Here something fierce. it has. what more can we expect? >> the outer eyewall is upon you. it has been to topsail and other places along the beach. are you in the -- you are in the thick of it for another hour to hour and a half before you get closer to eyewall and things begin to clear up. if you can imagine what you are seeing now is at least 3 inches of rain per hour. it rains like that for 2 or 3 more hours. all of a sudden, you are 6 to 9 inches. here is what happens. that happened in new be...

Wilmington, north carolina. we are now underneath the outer eyewall of the storm as chad myers told us. that means the rain is just pou pouring down on us and the winds picked up. we are expecting winds of 90 to 95 miles an hour here in wilmington. we have picturing coming in from all over the city -- we have pictures coming in from all over the city. you see the verocity of the storm. this is the cape fear river. this looks like a sea with the white caps and water pouring off the river right no...

Stay with their families until their 40s. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. > john berman in wilmington, north carolina right now. the outer eyewall of hurricane florence is right over us. this is the strongest wind we have felt yet. chad myers told us it would be 90 miles per hour. very strong winds. torrential rain here does continue. hurricane florence is moving at

To help. as you noted, right now, their abilities are compromised. why? you can see around me. hurricane florence is bearing down. the eye, the oughtter eyewall o the storm is over wilmington, north carolina where i am which means we are getting sustained winds of 70 miles an hour. chad myers told us a short time ago over the next couple minutes we will see 9 to 95-mile-an-hour winds. the real danger of the storm is duration. this will go on for hours and hours and hours. the rain will fall for ...

Their homes right now. the storm surge there up to 6 to 10 feet of flooding. it has gone in. it has not gone out yet. 100 rescues already. hundreds more phone calls gone in to official lines and cajun navy. the volunteer group. they will get out as soon as they can. they are staging right now. not safe to get on the water right now. in jacksonville, which is 60 miles from where we are right now. we understand a hotel there had to be evacuated because of rising flood waters. 60 people in there an...