it s really an exponential effect of damage between the amount of rain we are seeing, the amount of storm surge we are seeing and the duration of it that we are seeing. it is easy in the first few hours after they pass where you say we don t see that much destruction. but it will take days to survey what happened. and there are areas we can t get to. we drove around a little bit today and we saw marinas decimated. that means people s livelihoods taken away in addition to the homes most likely taken away. the boat captains are out here and they won t be able to make a dive living for a long time. tucker: it takes a long time to know what happened. leland vittert, thank you. move now to rick leventhal who is live for us tonight in wilmington, north carolina. rick? rick: we moved from
wrightsville beach. two of the four fatalities reported so far was a mother and her infant who were killed by a falling tree on their house. well, there are trees all over this town. and this state
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Ray, what s it like? . tucker, good evening. you know, the conditions have calmed down here in wilmington quite a bit. the rain and wind have slowed down. although just an hour ago was a very different story. and we were getting absolutely pounded by nonstop rains. the thing we are thinking about now as it goes into the night the power outages across the state. there are 780,000. duke energy says there is a chance it might not come back on for weeks. this afternoon one of the most extraordinary things we saw is when the cape fear river overflowed hit an all new time record fly of 8.2 feet. and it got back down now and as the winds pick back up, it s gone back down now, but there is still potential for flooding, tucker? tucker: thanks a lot, ray. ray brogan for us tonight. keep watching fox tonight and throughout the weekend. we have this storm covered all the way up and down the coast. and we will.
Ito take care of anyct messy situations.. and put irritation in its place. and if i can get comfortable keeping this tookus safe and protected. you can get comfortable doing the same with yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. tucker: this is a fox news alert. hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm but the threat persists. fox news ray brogan joins us live tonight from wilmington, north carolina.