This big blob. It aint going anywhere anytime soon. It is moving at a snails pace, but it is powerful, it is dangerous. And that is the problem with this system. It is not leaving anytime quickly. The rain keeps falling and it is causing a great deal of floodwater. And you see here the northeastern quadrant of the storm where it seems to be moving like a train, that is the concern. That is the dirty side of the storm where we are. This storm has also proven to be a deadly storm. At least five people reported to have died as a result of florence and the damage along the east coast, the carolinas, it is extensive. Both from wind and water. And the recovery will be long, slow, and no doubt an expensive process. Nearly a million without electricity. And hundreds have had to be rescued. And here in North Carolina alone, some 20,000 people staying in shelters. Cnn covering this of course throughout the region. Lets check in with our derek van dam, he is in carolina beach, North Carolina. Tell us the situation there right now. Reporter george, were still getting battered. You probably are too. You are only about 20 minutes away from where i am. But being on the coast, we are susceptible to the strong, strong winds of the feeder bands that are coming off of the Atlantic Ocean. And just when we think that there has been a bit of a calm, a lull in the storm, then well get smacked sideways by some of the Tropical Storm force gusting that are easily 8 on 0 to 100 kilometers an hour. It doesnt take much for some of that wind to spin around, so i have to brace myself for some of the stronger wind gusts that come through. We currently are part of the millions of people without electricity where we are located in carolina beach, but that also means that we dont have much communication as well. Were doing whatever we can to keep our cellphones charged. The crew that i have, the cameraman, producer, technician, well go into our vehicles just so we can get a little bit of signal and a little bit of electricity for our allimportant cellphones. And just sitting in the suvs, they are rocking back and forth because the wind continues to batter us in this region so hard. We have had chanced walls, fences blown over, multiple trees knocked to the ground. Power poles snapped. And electrical lines on the ground, sometimes in some of the standing water that we have seen here around carolina beach. So lots of hazards across this area. And we know that the tornado threat is real tonight. We know the flooding threat is real because weve already experienced over a foot of rain. There are places that are reporting nearly 2 feet of rain already. And there is no turning back, really no turning off that tap from the Atlantic Ocean because we continue to feed it in. And i know you experienced this with me a couple hours ago when the eye of Hurricane Florence came through, everything went ererily calm. The birds came out, i saw a little blue sky. It was so strange and it was a false sense of security here. People came outside, the ones that decided to rides out the storm. They checked on their property and all of a sudden ten minutes later the wind picked up and the hazard started right back up. And that is where we are right now, the dirty side of the storm. The threats continue. Back to you. Derek van dam live for us in carolie beacolina beach. And thank you for your reporting. Throughout our broadcast, you may see some technical issues here, but again, that is all part of it. When these storms are passing on over, it certainly causes problems. Audio, communication. But again, good to get that information out to the many people, the thousands who are wondering when can they come home or the people who are hunkered down in their homes wondering what things will look like as the storm passes through. Of course what can people expect in the coming hours . That is the big question. Lets go now to the cnn Severe Weather center. Karen maginnis has been following the radar loop. How fast is this thing moving right now . Has it slowed down, is it speeding up . It is running about 5 miles an hour. You can walk fairly briskly at about that pace. But i want to point out a couple things. First of all, here is the coastline of North Carolina and then there is South Carolina. Here is myrtle beach. The eye is positioned just to the west of mrytle peach. So there is conway, garden city. Know these areas very well. But there is still enough of a circulation offshore that it is still picking up all of that moisture coming in off of the warm atlantic. And it can seemingly do this forever. It wont be forever, but it will be for a couple of days. So all those amazing rainfall totals that we told you about yesterday, 2 feet in some areas, well, take a look at this. This is what we call the forecast of where we anticipate the moisture to be. And look at this, it is not moving a whole lot. It is still picking up the moisture offshore. And aiming it at wilmington. Aiming it at the sound. Aiming it at myrtle beach. So it is just going to meander a little bit, maybe sneak its way over this vicinity, but it will do it at a very slow pace. It is in no murray to move out. And the doubters who were saying, oh, computer models are probably way overblown . This is proving that those computer models were spot on. It made landfall during the Early Morning hours right around wrightsville beach. And we start to see now these just incredible lines muof embedded thunderstorms and that is why we have the tornado watch which goes until about 7 00 local time in the east. The winds associated with Tropical Storm florence now Still Holding at 60 miles an hour. Just around top of the hour, we will see another update from the National Hurricane center. These are the real problems, there is a real dynamic taking place here. As you said, the dirty side of the system and it is that right front quadrant, although it is not very powerful right now, but it is powerful because it is nearly at a standstill. Moving to the west southwest at about 5 Miles Per Hour. But creeping along, it will move in the vicinity of columbia and then weaken considerably takes heads up toward the blue ridge on mountains, smoky mountains. So if you were going to camp out there, may not be the best weekend to do that. But nonetheless, this has been powerful. Trees down. Horry county, but 50 of the county is without power right now. George. All right. And of course that will be something that people have to be concerned about for the next several days, without power and as the storm slowly moves inland. Thank you very much. Rescue work, that will be very important over the next 24 to 48 hours. Many people who will be in need of rescue and these rescuers risking their own lives to do that work. Dianne gallagher was with some of those rescuers earlier and when the National Guard members drove into water, they found themselves in an unpredictable situation. Take a look. Reporter situations like this really do illustrate just the kind of danger that these First Responders take on when they come out to do these rescues. We were embedded with the North CarolinaNational Guard. We were in a vehicle just like this one, just with a different paint job on it. Called an lmtv. And you can see the area with the canvas, it is empty except is for some seats there. We were sitting, myself, producer, my photographer, with a member of the North CarolinaNational Guard. We were on our way to rescue three people who were trapped by floodwaters. The neighborhood that we were in was extremely flooded. The water was very high. And it appears that one portion of it, the road had washed out in a certain area. And so the back wheels of this type of vehicle here ran off the side, it caused the vehicle to kind of dip down. We started taking water on in that back area where we were sitting. Now look, the National Guard, they train for stuff just like this. They are trained. They did everything they needed to do. They got us out, made sure we were wearing our life jackets, we had flotation devices, but we didnt need all of that because there happened to be a boat with some teenagers from new bern area nearby, they came over and got our news crew out and they were able to help some of the members of the National Guard as well. They ended up getting their vehicle out and the three people who we were originally got to get rescued, they did get rescued. But again, we cannot express the danger that some of these First Responders are putting their lives in when they do go out on the rescues. I think we take it for granted because they are also successful for the most part. And it is scary for them. Almost every First Responder ive spoken to has talked about some sort of frightening horror story that they have dealt with over the past two days here in the Craven County area because there is so much water and so many rescues being done. More than 300 rescues at this point in this just immediate area because of Hurricane Florence. So everybody in the situation is okay. Our situation is not the story. But the story is the fact that, look, know the risk that these people are taking when they are coming to get people after these hurricanes and these conditions. Thankfully, good to know she is be okay and the rescuers are okay as well. And that is the story and play over the next several days ahead, these rescue workers who will go into these communities where flooding has taken police, where rivers will be rising to make sure that people are okay, people who need help. Our coverage continues here on cnn. Breaking News Coverage of two major storms affecting both sides of the globe. Cnn live following the story across the philippines, this deadly typhoon bringing high winds and a lot of rain. Anna coren is covering that story from hong kong as our coverage continues after this. Hey there people eligible for medicare. Gimme one minute. And ill tell you some important things to know about medicare. First, it doesnt pay for everything. Say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. This much about 80 medicare will pay for. Whats left is on you. 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It is a slow moving system that has hit the carolina coastline, hit the carolinas quite frankly with a lot of rain and much more to come. A mother and infant were kille , when a large tree fell on their home. Firefighters you see here paused to pray for the victims. Falling trees are also a big problem. Downed power lines as well. And across the region, a million customers without electricity. A gas station canopy was torn off. Take a look at that. By the very strong winds. And First Responders have identified hundreds of people who have needed rescue from the rising floodwaters. Again were covering two major storms, one here of course on the u. S. East coast and another affecting asia. Anna coren picks things up from hong kong. Thank you, george. Mangkhut was a super typhoon foon, t packing winds of up to 280 kilometers an hour or 180 miles an hour. The storm has been downgraded to a typhoon, but it has turned deadly. Within the past hour, we have learned of two deaths and there are dozens of landslides and hundreds of homes that have been destroyed. The storm is headed for Southern China which is where we are based and could gain strength as it crosses the south china sea. Alex sandan and a, what havare from authority, two deaths. Any other updates . Reporter yeah, it has taken many hours to understand the impact. Two deaths are linked to the super typhoon. Dozens of landslides have now been reported and certainly there is a concern that there could be additional landslides to come in the coming hours, that is the effect when you have hours and hours of the heavy rains that were experienced in this part of the philippines overnight and into the dade. In that region, they have about 20 roads shut down right now, part of that is precautionary measure as landslides continue to be a risk. Weather of that and northwest part, concerns still about the storm surge and were learning more about what happened in the northeast part of north luzon where this super typhoon initially made landfall here in the philippines. Officials have discovered about 1,000 homes have been destroyed in that area alone. And certainly we expect these numbers to climb as responders make their way to the affected areas. Were talking about coastal areas and also mountainous terrain. They are not he is to geasy to. You had a storm that lasted about 12 hours, that hampers the efforts of responders to make their way to the areas hardest hit. But there were preparations in place. We do know about a dozen helicopters are at the ready if needed to conduct rescue operations. There are cargo planes full of supplies that can be sent into the area if those are needed as well. Still a lot to learn in the coming hours. Obviously a huge operation will be carried out in the coming hours and days as those crews access those very remote areas. How difficult will it be getting to these parts of the country . Reporter there are a number of challenges that are faced here. This was a storm that was row jek projected to affect about 4 Million People, but they are spread out. It is not a densely populated region. It is pretty rural. A lot of agricultural land. Were learning that a lot of what was damaged was the agricultural land. The issue with this storm has been communications. The storm cut off a lot of those phone lines, so it was difficult in the early hours for First Responders to have a handle on exactly where they needed to go. That is the work that has been happening now in the Daylight Hours and since those heavy winds have started to subside. That means that First Responders can figure out where they need to go. You also have to depend on the weather clearing will order to bring in aircraft if it is needed. So a number of challenges, not the least of which is figuring out where people need help. A huge operation ahead. Alex field joining us there from the philippines. Many thanks for that update. George in North Carolina, back to you. Anna coren, thank you so much. And look here in the states, in a few hours it will be daylight again. Daylight you could say, but well be under thick clouds so you wont see the sun. At the same time, rescue crews will venture out again to see who needs mehelp. They have identified almost 500 people needing rescue from the rising floodwaters. Earlier i spoke to lieutenant mitchell russlander of swift water rescue. He and his team have been working around the clock and he told me how he believes the next few hours will be very important. My expectations are nowhere close to where i thought. That has been proven since i got here. It is way more than i expected. And when you talk about that, explain to us what is the bigger factor of this storm . Was it the storm surge, is it the flooding that has been associated with the storm . What are you you seeing . Seeing a little bit of everything, but the absolute worst is the flooding. It is like the part of where im at tonight, when high tide came in, it rose up an additional 12 feet from the already flowing that it was. So we tried to get everybody up as quickly as possible that still remained, but we still get calls to constantly getting more and more people out. So on it is definitely tough. Mitchell, a lot of people, they see what you do, they respect and really greatly appreciate the risks that people take, people like you take, you know, to help people in need. But look, there are many people who are watching us right now, people who left wondering when they can come back. What would you tell them . As far as making sure that the coast is clear, that things are safe enough for them to ret