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More than 52,000 unaccompanied children have crossed the border since october 1st and that number grows. hurricane arthur now to our top story. flooding the world of social media. we have been watching a lot of those reports and those that happen right around eight hours ago when the center of arthur hit the coast. our nbc affiliate justin kissenberry had this vine and took it in moorehead, north carolina. arthur just hitting at least the center of arthur just hitting where he was reporting from in moorehead city, north carolina. he has had about 67,000 people watching that loop. then there ...

Outer banks. >> wild winds as strong as 100 miles per hour, knocking over trees, whipping up the sand on the beaches in north carolina. >> so right now the town of kill devil hills in north carolina is getting slammed with the worst of the hurricane that is where we find michele. what are the conditions currently? >> reporter: good morning, heather. this is, if you can believe it, one of the slower parts of this morning. arthur hit around a few hours ago around 11:15 thursday night and now we're the calmer parts of one of the bands. winds reached speeds up to 100 miles per hour. this is calmer...

Cod on the way to making landfall and in nova scotia talking about what might be possible, here is bill karins, msnbc meteorologist. what you got, bill? >> three stages to this storm. the one we just got done with or ending right now is with arthur over north carolina. later tonight, we are going to deal with it near cape cod and saturday as we go into on nova scotia. it's not going to making landfall in cape cod and brush the cape and make a direct landfall. nova scotia is going to get a direct hit from 75-mile-per-hour hurricane and they are not as category safely built and prone as eastern ...

I will say people were very prepared. they had water and hotels have stocked up to keep their guests comfortable in case that road closes down and we are cut off from the mainland for a few days. >> sarah, thank you very much. the outer banks there in north carolina and watching as arthur moves away from the coastline there. thank you so much. let's move to the residents along the eastern seaboard farther north. they are bracing for the effects of hurricane arthur. as it moves north the category two storm climbing up the coast and making landfall as we have just been reporting in north carol...

Brunt of arthur the last 12 hours. first hurricane ever to make landfall in the u.s. on the fourth of july arthur is threatening holiday plans. the category two storm climbing north while the new york area should escape a direct hit. forecasters warn of high surf, dangerous rip tides and nbc ron allen is live on long island beach, new york. looks like you got good waves there, ron? >> yeah. warnings here no swimming, water hazard. you shouldn't be in the water. they are probably up and down this beach. there are no lifeguards yet. early in the morning. you can see a few yards out, there are ...