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Wilmington, north carolina, but the outlook is bleak. the governor said we are a state that is hurting. the state will hurt for some time. they still have thousands of people in shelters and hundreds of roads closed. the long-term impact is beginning to be calculated. the north carolina area relies on tourism and agriculture. fields have been inundated. 3 million chickens killed and 5,000 hogs dead. the people of south carolina may still have the worst to come. the last spot on the trip here for...

Being warned not to go back to thundershower homes. this has to be very difficult for those >> reporter: absolutely. you know, evacuation orders, jim, have been lifted but people are being warned it is still dangerous, and i can attest that it is still dangerous. hundreds of roads are closed, still in north carolina, it is very difficult to get around. we have tried. a journey that should have taken two hours yesterday took us about seven. and you know, the governor up here has said we are a sta...

In the new book, "we fed an island: the true story of rebuilding puerto rico one meal at a time." i spoke with jose andres just before the broadcast. >> jose, your efforts there, first of all, how are they going? how many people have you been able to feed so far? >> i think by the end of today, we did 80,000 meals. we have two kitchens, one right here in wilmington, another one in raleigh. we have three more ready to go if we feel we need it. but you know, in wilmington weve been able to feed di...

I spoke jose just before the broadcast. jose, your efforts there, first of all, how are they going? how many people have you been able to feed so far? >> i think by the end of today, we have 80,000 meals. we have two kitchens, one right here in wilmington, another one in raleigh. we have three more ready to go if we feel we need it. but you know, in wilmington, weve been able to feed more than 20 shelters in the area. so so far very happy of the response i see on the feeding front and all the he...

Cause flooding in communities far away from the coast. >> water level is the biggest one. and then secondary would be downed tree, power lines, anything to prevent our vehicle from getting to them. >> reporter: new hanover county which includes wrightsville beach in wilmington has nearly 200 roads closed, and public schools will remain closed this week. the few stores that are open have long lines of people waiting to restock on food and supplies. >> im hungry. we didnt get enough food. line for...

Is disasters are getting bigger. part of it is the storms are producing more rain and are more intense, so we have two problems here. were growing our risk too fast, and the storms are getting worst and trying to build systems big enough, thats the challenge, and as we saw last year, three back to back hurricanes, you started running out of people and stuff very early in that response, and thats a big challenge to overcome. >> reporter: all right, whats your sense of, you know, for people who ha...

Power has also saved honolulu and oahu because the storm has lost power, which has allowed the trade winds to push it westward away from the islands. as the mayor of honolulu said, honolulu dodged a bullet here, but there have been big problems, as we just talked about. all that rain down on the big island and then three brush fires on another big island on maui, and one was over 1,500 acres. we dont know what started the fires, but the winds whipped up the flames. seven houses destroyed or dama...

Storm hits sometimes the next few hours. moving north. first place it hit, the big island and it hit hard. 40 inches of rain in places. that is described as catastrophic. the flooding is really immense down there, and also the land, the ground is now so waterlogged, any new rainfall can immediately be a flash flood. weve had landslides down there. there are roads closed, tourists about to be rescued from rental homes down there and if you move further north, maui is being hit. wildfires there an...

Exploded. its more than 3,000 acres. campgrounds, roads closed. a lot of mountain communities are under serious threat. thousands of firefighters scrambling to slow it down. the terrain and weather is making it tough. two firefighters have been hurt bringing the total to four. thankfully they are all expected to make a full recovery. the photographer here noah berger for the associated press. yosemite one of the best places on the planet. more to come online on insta, facebook, twitter. ill repo...

In houston. >> getting ready to head over to a man whose truck was high in floodwaters. >> and she was doing this while her station was broadcasting while water was rushing into the first floor of their station. it just led me to ask, who are these enemies of the american people and how helpful is his rhetoric. i have been a journalist for a long time, i dont want to go around saying that all journalists are heroes. but the point that needs to be made here is that journalists are human, and we s...