carolina. cnn's brian todd is there in one of our roving coverage vehicles. brian, what are you seeing? >> reporter: erica, this is one of the hardest-hit areas of the state in onslow county, north carolina. we're going to show you a shot out the front camera. you can see this part of mcdaniel street flooded in jacksonville, cars are stranded all over the place. we're going to make a turn and show you a car, couple cars here. the level of flooding we are dealing with. we spoke to cornelius jordan, emergency operations director for onslow county. he tells us they've had to do 20 home rescues and three water rescues since yesterday. i'm going to get out, kind of show you the depth of the water here, if i can make my way down the street. he said 20 home rescues, three car rescues since yesterday. and this is an example of some flooding that the vehicles can experience. they're telling people, you