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>> we're most concerned about flooding inland and storm surges in our sounds and rivers. >> reporter: governor pat mccrory says rescue and emergency crews are ready to assess damage and begin the cleanup effort. remember now, arthur has weakened to that category 1 hurricane, and it's picked up speed so it's bolting out of here quickly to the northeast at about 23 miles per hour, so when you look to the sky behind us, starting to see a little bit of a clearing here and there. of course the gusts are still strong. we're still getting good 40-mile-per-hour gusts out there, kicking that sand up in...

You can see easily here behind me, look at ail the beachgoers, they're thinking the sun is up. this is going to be our new threat. that's just one side of this. we keep talking about, this is the ocean. that's the concern. when what you just saw joe johns dealing with, that's because the winds switched directions as it came in from the east. that's where that storm surge came up and that's going to take hours to recede. still more dangers out there, guys. >> thanks for staying on top of it for us. also is our weather center team joining us this morning. karen, a lot of people are still wonderi...

For vacationers. the rip currents are up this weekend throughout the weekend. stay out of the water, if possible. >> the weather channel's julie martin, thank you very much. we're going to go back to sarah dallof who is joining us in wrightsville. we hear that the weather is go to make an about-face. >> reporter: that is a great statement. we have two evacuations, one mandatory and one voluntary. here at kill devil hills, it's the calm before the storm. beach goers are trying to get as much fun in the sun. many we have spoken to are opting to hunker down and wait out the storms and stores refl...

East coast. the winds are pretty mild. the sea pretty calm. when we arrived yesterday, we spoke to a few beach goers who were vacationing here and they were very disappointed to hear that hurricane arthur was make its way up the east coast, saying this was going to cut their fourth of july travel plans short. locals, on the other hand, are saying, look, we've been through worse than this. we're not too concerned about what is going to happen. they are adjust planning to ride it out and believe it will be fine. business owners, definitely affected out here. one business owner we talked to yeste...

Thank you, maria. a mandatory evacuation order is in effect for north carolina outer banks area. we are at kill devil hills where ar su arthur is getting closer and closer to shore. >> the wind is picking up just a little bit. the water is not too bad yet. it will hit this region sometime later tonight. we spoke to a few vacationers a lot of beach goers are saying we are disappointed our holiday will be cut short because of arthur. locals are saying we are going to ride out the storm. we are not too worried. we have been through worst. one business owner said we should have at least 20 peopl...