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In very quick. well above your average levels and goes away a little bit but it will come back and along with the rain and surge, thats our problem. we are probably, i would say, about 30 or 40% of the way done with the storm second quarter. a long ways to go with the rain that is going to continue to fall. if you take a look at rain thats going to fall through saturday, here did you go. right here the worst of it right along the coast line and you might be thinking over here across the interior...

Can see 106 miles, thats our highest wind recorded that doesnt mean there isnt higher winds out there in spots where there isnt a tool to measure that wind. 106 miles per hour. 105 in wilmington as well. rainfall totals also very extreme. these numbers of here i think is probably something wrong with these. were working to verify if those numbers are actually accurate. you can see the rain moving off towards the west. winds were still dealing with as well. starting to see those winds move in tow...

Storm first impacted us well over 24 hours ago. very heavy rain falling here and many indicators that we have seen between 15 and 20 inches of rain fall already from the storm. the highest rainfall total that we have ever seen in north carolina from a tropical storm was just over 24 inches. were already likely at about 20 inches in some spots and its going to go up a lot from here. all of these red polygons, these red lines here those are all areas in north carolina that are currently dealing wi...

Who is the coast guards vice admiral scott bushman, the coast guard -- with the coast guard, in the atlantic area commander who is with us. sir, its nice to talk to you, thank you. >> good afternoon, thanks for having me. >> shepard: scott bushman what can you tell us about the situation as the coast guard has been finding it? >> well, the coast guard personnel we are monitoring the progress of hurricane florence as it comes ashore. hurricane with a very strong surge. still remains, although the...

Over 20 inches in atlantic beach. the storm is just about to make landfall in the next, i would say hour we are going to see the calmest point of the storm, the eye coming ashore. and that is the lowest pressure point as it moves on shower. shore. there is top sail beach. we think the landfill point is going to be top sail beach up toward surf city. north of the wilmington area. thats where the eye, the calmest part of the storm is going to come to shore probably in the next hour. the worst part...

For you with harvey trying to get with people with houses under water. noose river is one of four major rivers, five actually. noose river, the newport. the peopl pemlico and tara. all feeding down to this area here in morehead city. when this water comes, in and atlantic beach finally is able to have their surge go out, and thats 36 to 48 hours away, they are going to be inundated with the amount of water in those rivers because unlike the ocean where the tide can go back out, well, it cant go ...

Town. she has essentially ridden out a lot of hurricanes in the past. she just didnt think this one would be any different. unfortunately thats been what i have been hearing from a lot of people. yesterday when i was at a gas station i asked people why havent you evacuated? and they said oh, we survived hugo. we survived a lot of hurricanes. but this one, the difference with hurricane florence is that it is moving very slowly. yes, its a category 1 right now. but think of the rainfall. youve jus...

The coast as we speak in the outer bands. still a hurricane through really tomorrow afternoon. so through this afternoon through tomorrow afternoon, it is a day of these hurricane force winds battering the coastline and the storm surge and the rain. all of those impacts are independent of the category. ive seen low categories produce a top of storm surge. so it is about the size. it is about the speed. those are the characteristics that go into these hurricanes that cause those giant impacts. >>...

But here is the problem that we have. this system is a major hurricane. we talk about the winds. watch how slow this moves right along the coast. 2:00 a.m. friday, 2:00 a.m. saturday and 2:00 a.m. sunday. we dont move very far. the longer this system hangs around, you get more of the rain fall and storm surge. the rain fall is forecasting 20 to 30 inches of rain. look at how far inland. very dangerous situation. >> chad myers said its not the wind he worries about. its the water. lets talk about...

The water on this one is predicted to be heavier rain fall, which we know is guaranteed were going to have a lot of flooding. the only question is how high is the surge going to be and where it will be. but were taking nothing for granted. we are being careful. we are digesting and analyzing all the information thats coming in 24 hours a day, and were going to keep the people alert and notified of what we know as soon as you know it. >> governor, we hope that all of your residents are heeding yo...