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Associated with these bands that are encircling the eye. the strongest winds are occurring and in fact, these winds are blowing the water ashore. that's been our big concern. and we now have received a report just in the last hour up here up the neuse river storm surge of ten feet. and a second site that's had close to six feet. let's look at how that's occurred. this is one of the sites that's along the north carolina coast just up the river there. you can see how over the past 12 to 24 hours the water level has risen. this is going from the normal to up above normal. this particular site has...

>> anderson cooper in wilmington, north carolina. he is watching this thing. he's got it covered so that you don't have to get out in it. we'll tell you what's going on. anderson, thank you. we'll be back to you in moments. now i want to go to ed rapoport. he joins us now. ed, thank you so much. appreciate your time. tell us more about this storm surge and the update on this thing. it's been downgradeded to a 1. i don't know if we should lead too much into that. tell us about the communities along the coast here. what are you expecting? >> that's right. the fact that the winds are down five mi...

Flooding from rainfall. that could be catastrophic there, as well. >> all right. ed rapoport, deputy director of national hurricane center. thank you, sir. flooding is heavy in new bern, north carolina tonight north of wilmington. i want to bring in dana outlaw, the mayor of new bern. can you hear us, dana? >> yes, uh-huh. >> mayor, thank you so much. yes, i can hear you. i got you. last time we had a bit of trouble. new bern is already experiencing major flooding. could see up to 9 to 13 feet of storm surge. you've been hearing an the updates all over. so tell us what's going on. we hear ther...

North carolina. braving the elements for us. we'll keep an update from ed, as well shortly here. hurricane florence inching closer to the carolina coast tonight. conditions are forecasted to get worse and worse here in myrtle beach throughout the day tomorrow. i want to bring in mark, the public information officer for the city of myrtle beach. thank you so much for joining us. come on in a little bit closer. i spoke with you a little bit earlier. you had concerns about people getting out in the water. that was earlier. what about now? >> we're going to get what north carolina has been getting...

Been called the storm of a lifetime. >> nobody should have any false assurance about this. i think we all better just get ready to the maximum. >> reporter: despite all of those dire warning, there were still a lot of people that hadn't made up their mind. many had hoped this storm was going to suddenly veer away. that is not going to happen now. it is time for them to decide. wolf. >> it is time for them to get out and get out quickly. martin savidge, thank you very much. let's go live to the national hurricane center right now. we're joined by the acting director ed rapoport. ed, thanks so m...