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Correspondents, simone boyce in myrtle beach. what have you got for us? >> reporter: chuck, hurricane dorian has unleashed an unrelenting assault on the citizens here in myrtle beach, south carolina. you can see these massive waves, pounding behind me. the wind, weve been feeling sustained winds at about 40 miles per hour, and the rain is just stinging us. one bit of good news, though, chuck, we werent able to stand on this area before, this patch of sand, without being covered about up to our a...

A lot of folks here, as you know, have gone through a lot of hurricanes. you have to talk to some of these residents here. theyre saying they lived through irma, florence. the list goes on and on. some people have lived in the community and actually witnessed hugo in 89, which caused significant damage. obviously, youre seeing here that this is nothing compared to what hugo did, because they spent months recovering. a lot of folks here are breathing a bit of relief because this is kind of the da...

Of storm surge, which is something that these residents have lived through with other storms like hurricane matthew and florence, the other big threat is tornadoes. we woke up this morning to an emergency alert, warning us that we were in a tornado warning zone, that there was potentially a waterspout forming in this ocean behind me. and the scary thing about tornadoes, chuck, especially in the middle of the night, is that you dent know where theyre coming from and you cant see them. since then,...

There is a notification on my phone. 4:00 in the morning. i open the windows in my hotel, look out over the ocean because i read a report that it was out on the water, a water spout. i cant see anything out there. and that is what is so hard about these tornado warnings when they come in the middle of the night. it is terrifying and super stressful for the residents here. >> yeah, for a hundred percent of the time i know right now until were on the other side of this, i know the wind is coming i...

Asking residents here in myrtle beach to remain vigilant. they have issued a curfew here for nearby areas. as of just a few minutes ago, asking residents to stay off the roads because there is a potential still for flooding and storm surge, especially flash flooding. another concern that we have actually witnessed here today throughout this whole ordeal is the threat of isolated tornadoes. those started early this morning. we woke up to an alert at about 4:00 in the morning saying that there was...

Simone, thank you for that. joining me now by phone, jerry jones, he is the mayor of moorehead city, north carolina. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. youre certainly familiar with the reports were familiar with. there is a possibility this storm could make landfall where you are. are you prepared for that. >> i dont know if youre ever prepared. but as i describe hurricanes, its always a work in progress. you do the best you can this year. but as we know, hurricanes are unpredictable. so the ...

This afternoon in charleston or myrtle beach, and we havent had them yet towards little river and georgetown. thats what were going to be watching, steve, how much of the core, the damaging part of the storm moves over eastern north carolina tonight. >> okay, thank you, bill karins. appreciate all the information. and nbcs simone boyce is in myrtle beach. so simone, you are the closest. we mentioned the eye of that storm passing north of where you are. but you were the closest of our corresponde...

You see the gusts all of a sudden come in. i could be standing straight and all of a sudden we have this big gust. were on a stone pier. this pier is not going anywhere. the only danger weve got right in this spot that we are are two things. the water over topping this pier, which is not going to happen now as you heard the mayor say. earlier it looked quite possible that we would within the couple hours see this water over topping the pier. were not seeing that. look over by the wooden piers no...

Were seeing flooding today in south carolina along stretches of coastline from charleston up to myrtle beach. with hurricane force wind gusts pushing more water on shore. the storm is moving toward north carolina now. local crews are preparing for the system spotting a tornado near the coast just north of wilmington. state leaders this morning pleading with residents in and around the outer banks to get to safety ahead of a potential landfall. >> hurricane dorian is ready to unleash its fury on ...

Now. but those are some of the things that officials are going to be have to monitor over the next few days, as well as downed power lines. that of course electrocution is a major threat after storms like this. steve? >> simone boyce, stay safe there in myrtle beach. i appreciate you taking a few minutes with us. turning to the bahamas, that is where a massive relief effort is just getting started. rescue workers are making their way to the most devastated areas of the islands. the death toll no...