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Troops and civilians have been deployed. high water vehicles, helicopters, boats, army corp of engineers restoring power to those who have lost it. can you give us an update on that? >> in south carolina we're seeing the deployment of national guard, state guard as well. we have thousands of employees from the south carolina department of transportation to emergency responders all waiting for the storm to hit. north carolina has gotten it first. the direction of the storm is heading for south carolina. we're not out of the woods. not even in the woods yet. we have a lot of emergency responders...

Can outstand this weather, this damage. they believe they can outstand the forces of nature. i don't know what to say hopefully they stay safe and everybody stays indoors. this isn't the type of weather you want to hang out in. we're here because we want to bring you the images live and show you how dangerous it could be and the reason why i'm not crossing that street any closer to get closer to the debris. >> sandra: be careful out there, christina. another update from north myrtle beach, south carolina, the fire department and police have started implementing a curfew. 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m....

Where you are, do the best you can to protect yourself and property and your family. we are in constant contact with both north carolina, south carolina and also virginia. at the state level and have teams that are embedded at the state emergency operations center and are in contact with our local emergency managers. both states have activated their national guard as well as their emergency operations plan. as you know our national guard does tremendous work across our nation and they do a wonderful job both at the national level and also their state duty protecting the citizens of their repre...

Just multiple inches but over a foot of water. the water continues to build and the rain continues to come down there. there is the scene there. somebody walking through the water with a dog on a leash. amazing images coming out of there. we spoke to the cajun navy. they're on the ground there in boats trying to rescue people. they made many rescues so far, 310 volunteers trying to help out with that area that is so hard hit right now. we're waiting on the latest update from the national hurricane center. that will come 45 minutes from now the top of the 11:00 a.m. eastern time hour. that will...

And the u.s.s. north carolina can be clearly seen here. in parts here in wilmington, north carolina and just to our west tornado watches throughout this part of north carolina. they're watching the skies. there were some warnings about tornadoes when we were tucking in late last night. the watches will be up for some time. residual weather impacts in storms like this. you can see the tornadoes pop up. not the big ones you see in oklahoma or the plains of the midwest but they pop up at times when those weather conditions get right and sort of swirls and spins. they don't last long but it is som...