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Damage in north carolina. >> as we said were going a couple of hours here tonight. and as part of that, were still tracking hurricane dorian as the storm makes its way up the north carolina coast, along with heavy rain, winds, storm surge. carolina has had to deal with a number of tornadoes, as we mentioned, from this system today. trouble with those is how fast they were moving across the countryside. we are thankful to be joined by phone tonight by mayor joe benson of carolina beach, north car...

Safety. making sure people are doing everything they can to stay prepared and stay safe during the storm duration. on the backside of the storm, our biggest concern is we expect significant sound side flooding. initially, the sound is going to be sucked out with the wind direction, but on the backside -- so when people think it may be calming down, we anticipate storm surge from anywhere from 4 to 7 feet aboveground. >> for anyone who is planning on staying behind, even though there is this mand...

Were here to help when that type comes. when were done fixing up, well help them, too. >> shepard: love me charleston. do appreciate it, elliott. good luck. >> love to have you any time. come down. the shrimp and grits will be on the menu soon. >> shepard: its headed up the coast. hope smiles continue and doesnt move towards land that the outer banks get a scare. we dont know yet. rick reichmuth is all over this. what are you see something. >> im coming to charleston. its one of the best around....

Are 30-foot waves being measured on this particular weather data buoy. i mean, thats incredible. so the ocean is still very churned up in and around hurricane dorian, as one would imagine. were feeling the impacts of that as well. this is a breakwall you can see here just to my right. we saw the same location about midday today, and the water wasnt topping over the break wall like it is now. so were still getting that surging effect. so the immediate coastline of the barrier islands here in mart...

Dorian has had some bumps for us but from our perspective hasnt been one of the bumpier storms we had. rob: tell us what information we would not be able to ascertain if you didnt do these missions? >> the national hurricane center tells us there predictions increase in accuracy 25%-30% when they have us compared to when they are not able to get us in the storm. we are giving the wind direction, wind speed, pressure, humidity, those types of things. carley: you have to pass through the eye wall ...

Those conditions. so as the day goes, that is what tomorrow is going to look like. but what is very important is where that center goes. if it stays well enough offshore, the surge may not be too bad. but if it gets a little bit close, were going to have higher surge with the wind. regardless were going to have really bad conditions all the way up the florida east coast, all the way up to the carolinas. >> im glad you mentioned that because i spoke to someone earlier in the bahamas, and she was,...

Information. >> you use something to track these storms. we have a picture that you took which were looking at here. what are those and why are they necessary? >> so imagine it like a reverse weather balloon. we launch them out of the bottom of our aircraft. they have a small parachute that deploys. as they float down, theyre collecting atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction and relaying all of that data back to the aircraft in realtime. >> how does this storm compare to o...

C m s the association has reportedly fitted 111 of the 253 cruise ships in its fleet with the system. just how effective are the filters to find out. will be monitoring emissions on 3 separate days. the equipment he uses measures nitrogen oxides so that sulfur dioxide and ultra fine particles. a cruise ship is approaching the harbor is exhaust plume is still in only faintly visible axle for a delicious particularly interested in the amount of fine particles it contains 3 cruise ships have now do...

Smell from this algae bloom. that can drive the tourists away. one is natural, one is human. unone, the churning of the motion. but the human derived aspect can be traced back to the amazon issue. theyre using lots of fertilizers to amend the crops there. that goes straight out to the river and gives an inpoint feed for the ocean waters. we know continues to warm in a warming planet. and that causes the breeding grounds for algae blooms like this. incredible. it takes a change in an ocean curren...

Its still a threat. the radar showing it could create all kinds of trouble along the gulf coast. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is here with the forecast. >> always such a tough thing with messaging, downgrading mangedowngradingmakes you think. thats what happens as the storm goes over land. it was a minimum hurricane strength when it did so, any weakening will get it back to tropical storm force. thats what weve got going on. we heard the hurricane director saying a lot of the moisture is o...