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Evacuations put in place for lumberton. the main concern is for the inf infrastructu infrastructure. this water has the ability to make its way to the water plants that supplies the entire city. this is what we can expect to be a worst casey is necessaryio. they are mobilizing the personnel and positioning them for potential rescues that could happen in the next few moments. erica? >> those calls can begin coming in. we will stay with you for more developments out of the lumberton area. miguel, officials wering you they were running into issues with fuel and may not get to the rescues. where d...

>> this is highway 421 in pander county. it's now a lake. several hundred yards wide that lake and down that way is wilmington and up that way is raleigh. you can't get there. this is all runoff from the long creek that feeds down into the cape fear river. it is still rising. the cape fear river is still rising. on the other side of this area ward's corner where we are is the black river. that river is also going to be rising and cutting off roads there. it is becoming dire for this situation for this location. officials that i speak to here say they had 300 calls for water rescues in this are...

Is broadening its warnings into inland north carolina where fears of flash flooding and river swells are there loud and clear. beginning to cut off major roadways. this is hindering evacuation routes and road teams. >> reporter: this is highway 421. it's now a lake. several hundred yards wide, this lake. down that way is wilmington. up that way is raleigh. you can't get there. it's a long creek that feeds down into the cape fear river. it's still rising. the cape fear river is still rising. it's the black river. that river is also rising and cutting off roads there. it's becoming dire for the ...

Storm not only on the coast but in the interior of the state and the very unusual part is it's going to last about two days. so that means that we're going to have to be patient. as we leave our homes and we now have over 421 people that we counted, 421,000 that have actually evacuated and we expect more, but there will be still -- people will be on the roads. we would say when it comes time for those winds to get to myrtle beach, it will be the first place they'll arrive, sometime this evening, 39 or 40 miles an hour. as the storm moves in and charleston tonight, you should not be on the road...

This is a very dangerous storm. not only on the coast but in the interior of the state. it means we'll have to be patient. as we leave our homes we've now add over 421 people in the county. we expect more. there will be people on the roads but but we would say when it comes time for the wind to get to myrtle beach will be some time this evening. as the storm moves in, you should not be on the road.