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Pounding the carolinas. it is still extremely dangerous, and joining us now with a quick update on the ground in north top sail beach, north carolina, is hurricane steve harrigan. steve? >> sean, this part of the coast has simply been pounded for the past 30 hours. we have seen more than 20 inches of rain and winds strong enough to shear off the roofs of houses close to that beach line. finally we are getting some break in the action. a light rain and light breeze. thats going to make it a lot e...

Because there is so many of these small pocket rivers they call them here. and they are expecting flooding there so, this entire myrtle beach strip, which is very popular and well-known to tourists is going to get water both ends. im sorry, im hearing you now im going to throw it back because the wind is quite strong. >> shepard: fantastic. christina part si thanks. getting brand new editorial is difficult. the thing difficult about this storm is its made a turn they really hadnt anticipated the...

Sheriffs and police chiefs and mayors for that matter meeting some three per day yesterday. trying to communicate with people and all the agencies the best i can say they are trying to stay in communication. when it hits do what we need tto do. steve: we are looking at image in top sail beach where a canopy blew over and there she goes. 1.7 million people we are told in the storm target area to evacuate. that many people did not. now this morning they are waking up and in some cases there is wat...

Especially along the carolina coast. go north of bald head island jeff flock is in the wind. jeff? >> i thought we had seen the worst of it, shep. we got a pretty good ride on the way in as the storm approached us. we got actually into the eye earlier. which is a treat for those who cover hurricanes actually see the eye. got about 30 minutes of it now the back end of this storm as i guess we should have known based on radar presentation is pretty strong. and now, of course, the wind is coming th...

The hurricane, the winds are coming out of west. see that? the palm fronds are blowing towards the beach there because the winds are coming out of west. the winds are coming from the land because the storm has a counterclockwise flow. so, below the eye of the storm, the winds come from the dry side. all of that air will continue to blow from the land to the sea. so, the sort of on shore flow, the flooding of rivers and that sort of thing will not be happening in myrtle beach unless there is some...

Came ashore 40 or 50 miles as the crow flies. cant get that far by car. as the crow flies its that far north. they have taken a beating throughout the dale. early in the morning it started midnight, 1:00. the winds and rain and sea just pounding and pounding and it did so for the better part of, i dont know, it seems like 16 hours. it certainly is degree creeinrecedingnow, significant,. we have not been able to move about in these beach towns top sail beach, north top sail beach. all of those ar...

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...

Oh, man, have you got to turn backwards just to stand up in it. the water has come over the beach. there was about a 60-yard beach there. it was a beautiful day yesterday afternoon. and then the water has kept rising. now its actually forming a little river here and going in to the bay. so this part of the island, the houses structurally are still standing but bits and pieces of them are still being torn up at this late stage of this storm, shepard. >> shepard: steve, its late in the storm. but ...

First responders and people like electrical companies that need to do it. but really do we do have an influx of quite a lot of water here. look toe distance to the south, that strip of land is where the newport river comes around there. so thats one of those rivers and you know, you talk about the hog farms and the waste thats going to get into this water that were going to be covering the next few days in new bern and other areas going to be quite a mess, shep. >> shepard: griff jenkins live fo...

Saving you time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ >> dana: fox news alert. folks along the carolina coast line batoning down the hatches bracing for hurricane florence. steve harrigan is top sail beach, south carolina. steve, what is the mood down there. >> dana, just a beautiful beach day here. the odd thing is from one end of the beach to the other, as far as you can see, not a human being out here. the mood here among the people we ha...