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This is incredibly low lying. there are houses all along here. do you think most got out or they will just ride it out? >> it's hard to tell. people along the front might have gone out. we are expecting to get up to the dune line by later today. that's the danger point. we built new dune systems. we have protections in place. the real concerns are the backside of the island. >> yeah. >> it will come along with the storm surge. we will be watching that real close. these people have been flooded out two of the last three years. we hope it doesn't happen again. >> this island will be cut off from...

Saturday into sunday, even into areas of western north carolina. someone's going to get three feet of rain. i was just checking one of the river gauges. we're going see rivers in south carolina not cresting until tuesday of next week. so there are marathon hurricanes. i'll call this one the ultra marathon because this story is going to last well into the middle of next week. >> bill, let me ask one clarifying question. looking at the storm surge numbers, 7 feet, 9 feet, 11 feet. can you give us description how destruct they've is? what happens to buildings what happens to people left behind? w...

Mayor, therese cooper, and the chief of police, jeff harvey, of atlantic beach, both come down here and look at this pier with me. look at the surge. here's what they say they are most concerned about. take a quick listen. >> we are worried about what happens after the storm habits. we are focused on safety now, making sure our team is where they need to be to respond to any human safety issues. >> right now, i think we are pretty good. we are in contact with the eeoc over in morehead city that is connected to fema and all the other assets that we will have. we'll have to wait and see what the...

Expecting for your coastal structures? >> we have a very strong dune line and a good beach program. the photos of the pier, there's no dunes there. that's the worst part of the island. unfortunately my house is there. the rest of the town has a strong dune line. i'm hopeful that those will sustain this storm surge. >> shepard: atlantic beach, those that don't know is a barrier island on the other side of moorhead still. that's bogue sound there. it could fill and flood and the whole area could flood. the worst case scenario is sadly upon us. >> yeah, i think so. people focuses this on the cate...

Breaking of the levees, lo and behold what we have here is a storm surge coming right off the atlantic ocean, which could be absolutely devastating. it will not only come straight over the dune line, but it will fill up all the inland waters that, in fact, such as the indian river lagoon. so people will get some storm surge even if they're not right on the ocean. >> senator nelson, good luck to you. good luck to everyone in florida and up the east coast of the united states. what a monster this storm is already. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. all right, we're going to h...