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Copious rain in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra since the last several days has increased inflow in the Krishna basin to 1,14,252 cusecs.

Of rain. >> it is a mandatory evacuation order. but it doesn't have repercussions if you don't follow it, really speaking? >> that's right. we will be on the soap box urging everyone to follow the order, yes, sir. >> let me give you that soap box because i think it is important that people hear this message. why is it important to get out if you are in one of these mandatory evacuation zones, which i believe charleston is. why sit important to get out? and what happens if you stay? >> well, you are at your own pearl peril if you own stay. at certain points in time, our public safety personnel ...

Issues. we are talking about three, five feet, maybe more in charleston and maybe a foot, two feet of rain. what are your flooding concerns? >> our flooding concern, mostly, with this storm is from rain, copious rain that may occur when florence, if it were to take a left turn and come down the coast of south carolina or even inland, we're going to see an incredible amount of rain. as you mention, we are the low country. we earned that name because we're so close to sea level. and the landscape here is very flat. many times if you get a lot of water, it's got no place to go. that's our main co...

But here is the problem that we have. this system is a major hurricane. we talk about the winds. watch how slow this moves right along the coast. 2:00 a.m. friday, 2:00 a.m. saturday and 2:00 a.m. sunday. we don't move very far. the longer this system hangs around, you get more of the rain fall and storm surge. the rain fall is forecasting 20 to 30 inches of rain. look at how far inland. very dangerous situation. >> chad myers said it's not the wind he worries about. it's the water. let's talk about that storm surge. how far in are you seeing that it could hit? >> well, it is interesting becau...

Is there anything you can compare florence to? >> you know, this is one of the big kind of rules of thumb we talk about here at the hurricane center. every storm is so different. it is amazing that i go back the last 24 years in the weather service and every one is so different. that's what we try to tell people. be very careful with the comparisons. you think you went through it, but you really didn't. try not to compare those. and think about every impact. think about the values of the rain. think about where you are in those risks. and the biggest thing, listen to those local officials. the...