steve harrigan with the latest. hey, steve. >> neil, it's been a sunny day here. but despite that the water keeps rising. and real fear that this cape fear river could peak tomorrow at over 60 feet. if that happens the flooding is going to be catastrophic. at this strip mall here we have been watching small business owners pull out what they can salvage. michael is with me. what do you have it looks like hands full. >> right now bringing out office supplies. fortunate enough that we had a couple of larger desks in there they stayed dry we have 2 and a half, three feet of water inside now. i'm trying to rise everything up as high ascii in case it comes up anymore. >> about 3 feet of water inside and trying to put everything off up on tables. they have been blocking off roads. across north carolina, more than a thousand roads are blocked off. including about 250 very major roadways. parts of i-5 blocked off as well. they are still performing water rescues across the street. more than 2,000 water