Linda to the west of wilmington, North Carolina, moving very slowly off towards west the general direction. Going to continue now for the next couple of days and heres our forecast with the center at the x located midland. 24, 36, 48, thats where the center is forecast to be. Very slow motion the next few days. Thats what weve been saying for several days. Because of that, we have a very serious rainfall threat and linda. We can take a look at what weve seen so far. This is a map to date from florence. We can see that there are a couple of pockets already down near wilmington and up near newberry, morehead city, up near 20 inches of rain. Eastern carolina 510 inches, the rain is going to be spreading to the west, 23 inches as far as the west of lumberton North Carolina. Some of the rain is spreading into South Carolina right now. The pattern will grow to the west the next couple of days. By the time thats all through, we are still looking at totals that can be we are already seeing as high as 20 but as high as 40 inches over the southeastern part of North Carolina and a large area 610 inches covering the northern part of South Carolina and almost all of north carolin North Carolina. Again, we have several threats still in play, although the winds have increased a bit. We have rain in the inland areas floating down toward the coast, and we still have storm surge ripped along the coast though the wins have come down typically up the rivers still threat of storm surge as ted 812 feet, higher values north and south. Risk for rainfall in in land areas. At the National Hurricane center, im ed rappaport. Live look, new bern, North Carolina. One thing weve noticed the last 24 hours or so, the worst of the storm has seemed to come in the inland areas where a river was connected to the atlantic ocean. Thats the case here in new bern. New bern is a town thats just inland by 810 miles. Right on the river, it flooded. There were hundreds of high water rescues overnight into the Early Morning and early afternoon hours. Everyone was trapped is now safe, but these are boats along the river that, welcome the beaten up, as so many of the residence there. Spoke to one man earlier who said, i made a mistake by staying behind, a mistake i will not make again. Officials in North Carolina blaming florence for at least four deaths. Among them, a mother and infant child who died when a tree fell on their home in wilmington. Lets get a check on conditions on the North Carolina coast. Steve harrigan live. Steve . [windswept] coming back today and tied down. I cant say that yet. No blasting of the strength of the winds coming off the ocean. After 20 inches of rain, thats been causing the flooding here. Lock down carolines not down power lines you see the weather there. Things like that. Parts you see paints the picture of this. There is really no way to drive around here. The water, the debris, the downed power lines, no way to gain in or out. We have done remarkably well. They got a fair warning, got out early. Really, ive never seen better preparation. Seems we have to go back for a very tough cleanup ever. A lot of Damage Assessment yet to be done. Steve harrigan, that entire area of the coastline has been battered for the past ten hours. Lets go down the coast south of there into South Carolina. Jonathan hunt is in north myrtle beach. Jonathan . Shep, far better situation here in South Carolina than it is for Steve Harrigan and the rest of the residents of North Carolina. Southern carolina may indeed have dodged a bullet. The storm surge that had been talked about doesnt look now as though it will happen. The reason for that, shep, we ended up at the bottom end of the Hurricane Storm as you look at it on a map. That meant the wins for the time they are coming through here at their height were pushing off shore, in other words going from land onto the ocean and literally pushing the ocean back. So that prevents a storm surge. We did get minor damage from the wind gusts that we had here. Weve seen a bunch of trees down in the area, caught a little bit of damage on a couple of homes that you see along the beachfront here, but no major damage whatsoever. Coastal South Carolina is one thing. Inland South Carolina could yet be another. This rain that we see coming down still very hard here is predicted to last for at least another 24, perhaps 36, even 48 hours, shep. As you go inland, thats where the storm is moving across inland South Carolina. Remember, all of those rivers that have seen these well in North Carolina, many of those drained out through South Carolina. So officials are saying all we got to the worst of it in terms of a wind event, this is still very much a dangerous water event for inland, South Carolina. Everybody needs to remain very cautious and be very careful over the next 48 hours at least, shep. Thanks very much. Teams have made hundreds of water rescues and lots of them in inland cities where the waters have been rising. Picking up stranded people and some pets. This rescue was live in the last hour. Equal time now for the cats. They found these two cats wandering around on the boat in this neighborhood in jacksonville, North Carolina. Another one of those cities inland on the river. Flooding extreme there in jacksonville, many cases up to your waist, inside your homes. Making it so the cats can get back safely back to land. People and pets returning to normal. The North Carolina governor roy moore right now giving a live update on the storm. Lets listen. Other First Responders have rescued hundreds of people in new bern. Teams from local areas, other states, and the coast guard are responding to calls for help and they are conducting searches of the flooded areas. Even as the storm still rages, if people need help, these rescuers are going out there and doing their best to get to them. More flooding will occur in eastern North Carolina as well as areas from fayetteville through the sandhills all the way to charlotte. Some of these areas have not flooded before. If you live in any of these areas, pay close attention to the flood warnings and be prepared to evacuate quickly. Rains will be starting this weekend in western North Carolina as well where they can lead to landslides. And right now we have about 650,000 north carolinians without power statewide. The Utility Companies tell us that this number will keep rising. They think could be anywhere from a million to 2. 5 Million People that could eventually lose power. A lot of days ahead for the good people of North Carolina, South Carolina, and eventually up into virginia. That was the North Carolina governor roy cooper. 5 00 carolina time, storm has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds at 70 miles an hour. Its traveling due west creeping along at just 3 miles an hour. And that the range and continue in the carolinas into monday. The five is next on fox news channel. Your brain changes as you get older. But prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Him him him him him fox news alert, im dana perino and this is the five. Florence turns deadly knocking out power and driving residents in flooded areas. Rick reichmuth tracking the massive storm. Whats the update as of now . Winds down to 5 miles an hour so its technically a Tropical Storm. Still technically a rain event. Want to show you this, something very interesting also. Still looks really remarkably well organized after having spent ten hours over land. Youll also notice offshore winds down near myrtle beach, so no storm surge. Water being pushed off the coast. Speaking being pushed on the coast anywhere toward the north there around wilmington. There is the center of the storm. Came on shore this morning about ten hours ago. The storm has moved 36 miles, not far at all because of that. Weve seen heavy rainfall fall in the same spots for so long in the flooding is really piling up. Also watching the onshore flow which means a strong surge that came on shore. Cant really back out. Thats why itll go through various high tide cycles without water really, really high. Want to point this out, this band of storms, really similar to what happened with harvey in houston. Houston was nowhere near the center of the storm but it had the steady rain bands that were dumping may be 35 inches of rain in our across the same spo spot, new bern, where weve seen so much damage and flooding down towards morehead city, under those wind of storms for the last but are part of18 hours now. It looks like you are not going to get out anytime soon. Have used here across southern parts of North Carolina heading into South Carolina as well. Sunday, the moisture moves in under parts of the mountainous regions. Thats where things are going to be very scary for you. Not only is that ground saturated but it has to pull back out to sea. Let me show you how this all plays out. Heres a moisture, here is what we have in the rain right now. Once it gets here on the higher elevation, all of the water is going to go down and across these rivers and these tributaries. The folks that do the hydrology forecast, thats the river forecast, heres the river where we are right now. Heres what we expect this to be by the time we get towards monday and tuesday. We are going to be well below the record levels weve ever seen that that gauge, at that station, along little river. I want to show you some of these rivers, the same story. If you are down here right now and you go, we get a lot of flooding going on right now, get ready, all these rivers are going to rise next couple of days. By the time you get towards sunday monday, we will see some of these rivers go up a high amount and well above the stage looks like well stay at the record stage for a number of days. A Long Duration events. The rain is here. Weve got a lot of rain to go to the weekend. Then those rivers as it all funnels into the river, we are going to watch a major river flooding disaster across the carolinas. Rick, can i ask you a quick question . Did People Living across those areas, did they evacuate . Hopefully people evacuated. If you live in the floodplain, you might think, i dont flood. Probably talking about a 1,000 year flood coming here, so you might think you are normally okay. A lot of people did evacuate. I think people certainly had enough time to heed the warnings with others. Certainly they there will be some people who havent and they will be hurting. For the latest on the federal government planned to help those hit by florence, lets bring into thank you so much for being here. What do you have as a report today as far as federal government efforts . Thank you, dana. Good to see you as well. Right now we are focused on the response of this disaster. Weve been prepared for a week and we are ready to go. Preposition assets all of the east coast. Talking georgia to maryland. That includes personnel equipment, commodities, especially the swift water rescue teams. We have those all over the nation that have descended on the area. They are ready to go if needed but we have to be ready for the Tropical Force Winds to subside before we get into those areas with a high water trucks that we got from the National Guard and department of defense over all as well as our state and local partners. They are the ones on the front lines. They are the ones we are supporting throughout this disaster. We have a few questions for you. We are going to go to giraldo next. What do you think about the inland flooding . We are used to the flooding and the tides and the storm surge. It seems to me is what you are looking at right now, the fabled rivers of North Carolina becoming a wicked enemy of the people . Sorry, i lost the audio. What was the question . Geraldo, that was a great question. Ive got you now. What about the river flooding . It seems you have less experience with that to get the word out. Our folks lethargic about it. They are inland, it can possibly affect me in that profound way. We are used to the ocean and use it to the shots of the surf blowing and reporters holding up the poles and so forth. Seems to me what you are facing is a big water event. Did people get that, the fact that they could have a yard of water, 3 feet of water in their yard, their basement and the first floor . Thats right. Im glad you repeated the question because its a great one. We are very concerned right now still with the storm surge. The storm surges the water we saw coming across the coast. That kills. Its so dangerous. The most deadliest part of this hurricane is the storm surge. As it moves inland, what happens . And a lot of rain. A lot of rain over an extended period. Its not measured in inches, its measured in feet. People dont understand rain kills. If it comes up, as he said, multiple feet, if youre in ina lowlying area, it can be very, very deadly. Inland flooding will be a top concern now and several days into the future. One last question from katie pavlich. Thank you for taking the time. People are interested in the logistical aspects of how fema works with local volunteers and supply chain manager of all the supply chains you have ready to go. Can you talk about the partnership between fema and local officials, local volunteers, to get people the relief they need . Good to see you as well, katie. On the ground, its our state and local officials, so thats the state and local emergency managers. Also as he mentioned, the nongovernmental organizations. None of us could do that without the ngos. They are embedded in the field to help sheltering operations, feeding operations, to help people recover from this disaster. Thank you, daniel. We appreciate your time. Well have more on the storm ahead, but the New York Times issuing a major correction over a story about nikki haley. Thats next. Pen to sign up for new insurance instead . For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise their rates because of their first accident. 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I dont like to complain about media bias all the time i think its a weak thing, but conservatives can make arguments that win on the merits, but the media will often do subtle digs and constant digs with headlines, photographs, and captions. Especially you will see pictures, for example, president obama has never taken a bad picture. Youve never seen a bad picture of president obama. You can find many bad pictures of republicans. I think obamas picture with the halo on the background is very majestic. But President Trump has he cant take a bad picture . Absolutely not. If he did, it cant be in the New York Times. Greg, the apartment is 52,000 a month, the same as your apartment. Its pretty nice. No way. 52,000 a month . Majestic views of the city. The thrust of the article was, before they got caught, nikki living large off the taxpayer. The state department is slashing the budget and slide down the cutting down programs. But they got cut. Id like to say its curtains for the New York Times. This is worse than a mistake or a lie be