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Blocks that way. there is a chance this sliver of land could be covered in water. now, this area has seen hurricanes in the past. h hugo in '89 was massively destructive, category 4, but it did not have the rain this is going to have. 40 inches expected in places. that is going to be the big danger. nick watt, north myrtle beach, south carolina. >> nick watt, thank you. north myrtle beach important tourist area, so this is certainly an inconvenience for sure. but a lot of people watching to see what happens as this storm pushes through that area. you can see right behind me here, i'm sure yo...

When it does stall out, which it's coming in very slow with all the rivers, it's going to be a big problem with flooding for sure. but the big -- the good news on this is it's not a category 4 any more so it doesn't have those extreme winds of category 4. but we do have winds as you can see, but the big story here is the water, the rain, the storm surge. >> let's talk about what we are experiencing right now. we're talking all the facts and figures, right, we're talking about what people have done to prepare. but we're feeling it right now, right? the winds are pretty intense as they come and ...

Charleston. those are areas that are low-lying, are going to be greatly impacted with this broad shield of wet weather. so, charleston has one little band that just moved through. wilmington, yes, george and it looks like for derek the winds have been gusting between about 15 and 16 miles per hour. what about that storm surge? it's going to be very persistent. over the next 24 hours, and we think it will make landfall sometime within the next six, eight hours or so, but the storm surge could be 6 to 9 feet, even into some sections of virginia, 2 to 4 feet possible. that's enough to flood some ...