closed, and people had a lot of notice about getting out. it s a risky strategy to stay on a barrier island when you know there s a hurricane coming toward you. but a lot of people did and now there are rescues under way. the good news, stephanie, is that because we ve been talking about this for so long, electrical crews, fema boat rescue, urban search and rescue, we saw a team in charlotte yesterday, national guard, all of these people were stationed and ready to go. any rescues that have to take place should take place in a quick fashion. we re going to keep a close eye on the island. let s go to simone boyce. what s the situation where you are? ali, the damage here in emerald isle is surreal. this is the damage left behind by a water spout that tore through this mobile home. as you can see behind me, it almost looks like a film set.
landfall earlier today at cape hatteras. the storm is well beyond that. it may hit coastal canada at some point. but it s off people in the united states are out of more danger of a direct hit by this, but it has left behind a wake of damage. in some places, down further the coast and a little further up, you saw storm surge damage, flooding, yesterday i was in charleston, there was flooding there. some of that is drying up. there is some structural damage and as you just reported, there appear to be, according to the governor and some video, people trapped on okracoke island. it would have been southeast of where the hurricane made landfall, but it would have largely passed over that area. it is interesting because that s a barrier island behind me. most people throughout all these barrier islands in the carolinas, these were under evacuation orders, bridges were