up, stilling to okay,ing to the job it is supposed to to. officials say and they fear if that gives out, all bets are off. polo sandoval lumber don, north carolina. >> earlier the mayor of wilmington, north carolina said the city was effectively cut off by flood waters. let's discuss this with the deputy director of hanover county management region. he joins us on the telephone. zach, this is just hard to fathom that wilmington has been cut off. we know the number of boat rescues is in the hundreds. what's the situation right now and are there still people that need rescue? >> hey, good morning. we are hopeful that there's not too many more rescues to go on in the coming day.