bradley. >> and i'm reena ninan on this very busy fourth of july. boy, do we have lots of developing things now on this hurricane. it is actually believed to be the earliest hurricane to hit north carolina in this hurricane season since 1851. and boy, is it developing. >> it is having a devastating impact on several states up and along the northern seaboard, the eastern seaboard. and we're going to begin with hurricane arthur making landfall in north carolina's outer banks overnight, even though earlier forecasters suspected it would only brush the coast. >> arthur strengthened to a category 2 storm, packing 100-mile-per-hour storms as it blew ashore near cape lookout. kirk hawkins is live in nags head. good morning to you, kirk. >> reporter: reena, tahman, good morning to you from a wet and windy nags head. we have seen thunder and lightning, power outages, tornado warnings, high surf, just about all of it, and because of all of those