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nationwide. flights here to new york have been landing up to five hours behind. >> at least five people have died. north carolina has seen the worst flooding so far. entire roadways and parking lots under water. the nation's capital hasn't been spared, either. >> it's a tropical system still impacting states from the south all the way up to new england. emily schmidt, now, begins our coverage. >> reporter: all along the east coast, people are discovering a storm doesn't need a name to be a record-breaker. >> a lot of rain. a lot, a lot of rain. >> this is incredible. i've never seen ...

coverage. >> reporter: all along the east coast, people are discovering a storm doesn't need a name to be a record-breaker. >> a lot of rain. a lot, a lot of rain. >> this is incredible. i've never seen flooding like this. >> reporter: wilmington, north carolina, got 22 1/2 inches of rain from what had been tropical storm nicole. nicole qualified as a tropical storm for just six hours. problems from the weather system are just beginning. >> i've got water-front property. >> reporter: rain-closed roads. saturated the ground, and trees toppled in the wind. four people from one family d...

see your mom. >> oh! [applause] whoo! [tim chuckles] >> who knew? oprah: who knew? >> looks great. looks wonderful. oprah: boy, look at the jeans and the pants and the--look at the jeans and the shoes and the whole thing! my gosh, what do you guys have in that van? >> we have everything. we have everything. oprah: everything? >> so basically, what we did--we just--we stocked up our van at dillard's. we got some great basics. just a little micro gingham blue shirt, a slim-fit blazer that he can wear on an interview. because he's starting kind of a new phase in his life, so he wanted t...

and "good morning america," more live reports all on the storm. and turning to other news on this friday morning, the army has lost its first chaplain in combat since the vietnam war. 43-year-old captain dale getts was among five americans killed by a roadside bomb on monday. he died after the supply convoy he was riding in came under attack. the last time an army chaplain was killed in combat was october of 1970. the search is on at the site of an oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico. the fire is out. now the company that owns the rig insists the situation here is much differ...

Tracks and if it strengthens. there's little doubt this storm will leave much of the east coast looking less like a summer holiday weekend and more like a ghost town. t.j. winick, abc news, atlantic beach, north carolina. other precautions are being taken ahead of this growing storm. national guard troops are being mobilized in north carolina, where the president has now declared a state of emergency. on top of that, the social security administration is delivering more than 700,000 checks a day early. on top of that, 50 shelters are being prepared on new york's long island. now to the sto...