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alone the service lines that are to come down as a result of trees. and that's going to make for miserable conditions. if you haven't arrived, go away from the storm, wait out 24 hours and see if the area can still be occupied. >> thank you for the sound advice. warren judge, stay safe out there. we'll think and pray for the people of derrick county. more on hurricane arthur just how much cities and towns along the eastern seaboard will the storm smash? we'll take a closer look at the most vulnerable areas coming up. >> also ahead tonight, new details, heart wrenching details out of the cobb county georgia courthouse today. this is the father facing felony murder for killing his little toddler, alleging sexing with different women as his son was trapped slowly dying in a scorching hot car.
being closed off because of storm damage and/or sand. what do you know about that? >> good morning. actually, the two counties that cover most of the outer banks, derrick county and hyde county, they are getting out now that the sun is up and, obviously, very interested in finding out if highway 12 which goes down the outer banks, is still clear and operational. >> yeah. that would be a concern because they would not then be connected at least via a land connection like the highway 12 you're talking about. what have you heard about damage or injuries from those either on the outer banks or more on the mainland? >> currently -- well, with the sun just coming up, most of the numbers are just kind of -- there really isn't anything coming in yet. we are just starting to get poup t out. getting out and starting their damage assessment and see where the most critical needs are at
wash highway 12 is closed at the bottom of the bridge going across the inlet. that's the biggest news right now. their county emergency management as of 1:00 in the morning, no serious reports of any type of damage. they will be meeting at 4:30 in the morning, and they will figure out exactly how much damage has been done from early reports. there goes another wave right there. but the bottom line is, with the outer banks, they got lucky on this one. . the hurricanes are moving north and east away from us and it should be completely out of our area hopefully by 3:00 a.m. the bottom line for derrick county, this hurricane could have been a lot worse. hurricane earl could have been a disaster, and the outer banks dodged a bullet. on the outer banks of north carolina, andy fox, fox news. >> again that was andy fox.
wash highway 12 is closed at the bottom of the bridge going across the inlet. that's the biggest news right now. their county emergency management as of 1:00 in the morning, no serious reports of any type of damage. they will be meeting at 4:30 in the morning, and they will figure out exactly how much damage has been done from early reports. there goes another wave right there. but the bottom line is, with the outer banks, they got lucky on this one. . the hurricanes are moving north and east away from us and it should be completely out of our area hopefully by 3:00 a.m. the bottom line for derrick county, this hurricane could have been a lot worse. hurricane earl could have been a disaster, and the outer banks dodged a bullet. on the outer banks of north carolina, andy fox, fox news. >> again that was andy fox.
parallel to us, so i'm guessing that the waves are going to be up here near this dune. the good thing is that north carolina beaches, a lot of them are protected by big dunes, unlike the gulf coast. but the waves can get monstrous, in an area where there's not the big dunes, you can get washouts, roads that are completely cut off. so that's going to be the fear here as this storm comes on board. we do have evacuations, mandatory evacuations for all visitors here in derrick county and the entire outer banks and some mandatory evacuations for some residents in some of the outlying islands. the forecast hasn't changed a whole lot. if it does jog a little farther west, we'll see cat two, cat three winds here. we'll be in the eyewall. but as it stands now, we're hoping the forecast verifies, and it would probably give us category one-strength winds tonight around midnight. as the guys in the cnn severe weather center have been telling you, it's too close to call when