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Resident at this hour still dealing with heavy amounts of rain across the carolinas. the death toll stands at 16. the storm has been downgraded to a tropical depression and the big concern now is rising floodwaters. north carolina is pounded with record rain of up to 30 inches in some spots. at last count, more than 600,000 people were still without power. in jacksonville, north carolina, some people returned home to total devastation. flooding has damaged cars and homes, leaving people with not...

Already saturated and the wind we have with us is enough to keep taking down more trees. this is radar estimated totals of 20 inches in several locations in north carolina. that is what we have already seen. the rain has not stopped yet and it will fall through the rest of the early morning hours. we are seeing flash flood warnings across a plethora of counties. is picking up moisture and driving onshore as it continues to move. all the rain will be dragged with that and we will get rounds of sh...

Days we are likely to reach the 18 feet and if we get there as i say, even for these battle hardened citizens, it is going to be a very new and very different flooding threat. jon: these people who were supposed to be evacuated ahead of the hurricane or is this all come in a something of a surprise? >> it is not coming as a surprise as such, jon, but theyre waiting to evacuate because they were wondering what the river levels do. they havent ordered evacuation at this point because they have a f...

Flooding continue as we go through tomorrow, even into sunday. so the river flood joutlook is something we will be concerned about as we go through the middle part of next week, long after the storm is gone. the river flooding is what we will be talking about because the rivers will still be rising. we could see record river levels in some of these rivers. heres the cape fear river at wilmington. it is going to hit record levels, or it is expected to by the time we get into friday. so thats next...

The winds will continue to be an issue, but the big problem is really the storm surge as well as the rain. we have already had rain reports of more than a foot and a half of rain. some areas are getting close to two feet of rain, with oriental getting 20 inches and another update to those numbers are supposed to be coming out any moment. they are going to be much higher than 20 inches because its been raining nonstop. davis, north carolina got a 108-mile-per-hour wind gusts, so the winds were th...

Increase just a little bit again. all that rain thats going to fall in lead is to float towards the shore in these river words a lot of our modeling, we will see a lot of these rivers well above their highest record ever and that probably wont start until monday-tuesday, stay at those levels probably 3-4 days. >> shepard: man, for instance, raleigh. is it going to be raining on sunday and monday and tuesday? >> sunday for sure, monday and probably tuesday. once the storm gets way up ther there, ...

Issues. we are talking about three, five feet, maybe more in charleston and maybe a foot, two feet of rain. what are your flooding concerns? >> our flooding concern, mostly, with this storm is from rain, copious rain that may occur when florence, if it were to take a left turn and come down the coast of south carolina or even inland, were going to see an incredible amount of rain. as you mention, we are the low country. we earned that name because were so close to sea level. and the landscape he...

For your information. flash flooding launching an independence day celebration, fireworks show in houston canceled in high waters. jillian: it was completely swept away and look at this, water rushing into a city bus as soon as the door opened forcing the driver into the seat in the rain, more rain is expected today. meteorologist janice dean joins us live. >> they got a lot of rain in a short time and everybody is on edge in houston because last year we had hurricane harvey, 50 inches of rainfa...

Hilton head tluld new brunswick. this is the st. rivers river where we have the highest river levels already recorded there. the city recorded its highest sim or 11 hours ago. theyre supposed to go up another foot or two the rest of the afternoon. record flood and major flooding is taking place in areas near jacksonville. theres one little river the records go back to the early 1900s. it broke that record an hour ago. now its supposed to go up another two feet. off the chort river levels because...

Community effort from all levels of government. and its going to require the citizens getting involved. >> all right. you know, what was really remarkable and what really stood out, chris, is because this is something that they have never seen before, they really, truly do need as much help as they can get. its not a situation where the federal government is telling people to leave it to them. theyre actually asking people to step in, the public, the general public, to help. back to you, chris. ...