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Pummel this area here, starting about 11:30 p.m. there will be feet of water with winds gusting over 80 miles an hour and it's going to stall also with the eye coming in probably in the early morning hours with another low tide at 6:00 a.m. and if this storm stalls off shore, it is quite possible that this storm surge could even include a few high tide cycles. with a storm like this it's very likely that the outer banks of north carolina including the barrier islands will never look the same again after a surge this substantial. >> multiple cycles as you've said of high tide. you've called thi...

With a six foot storm surge you'll have three feet of water right there with waefgs on top of it and also the wind as well. and it's the power of the water that makes this storm so scary as well as its very slow speed because you're just going to prolong the battering on the eastern shores by that storm surge and that incredible wave action with this storm. >> absolutely, reed. hang on if you can with me because i want to go to the air right now. joining me on the phone is lieutenant commander nicolas morgan. he's a flight director for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration hurric...

Also starting to float away. sand bags or not. and, again, florence hasn't actually shown up yet. so these are just those outer bends sort of producing rain, wind, flooding. we're on the noose river. we're not technically on the atlantic ocean. we have the pemlico sound. we have several channels. waterways and basically it's a place that's beautiful. this is why they vacation here, because it's surrounded by water. they flood a lot. people who live hearsay this is intense since the storm hasn't come yet. most of them tell me, i was bored. i just am sitting in the house all day waiting for this...

Watching. >> and interestingly enough, kate, a slow, weaker storm like this produces a bigger surge than a fast, powerful, fierce storm. >> that's the thing everyone's having to wrap their mind around tonight. tom, thanks so much. >> you're welcome. "out front" next breaking news. conditions across the carolinas are going to start deteriorating rapidly. i'm going to talk to one man who's going to stick it out. also, a community is on edge as homes started exploding. schools and entire neighborhoods evacuated. what is behind these multiple explosions. ♪ i've got hungry eyes applebee's new...

Again, like i said, that's early. it's too early for that. but, you know, the big thing is the trees. you know, have a lot of trees. some of the residential areas, those can be real weak. we've had a very rainy summer and that could cause a lot of trees to be blown over at real high winds because the ground's not real secure. that's one of the big things. and, you know, power loss again is the other. >> yeah. >> big concern. >> absolutely. governor saying already that there are people that are already losing power from the storm and it's all still coming. mayor, thank you so much for coming on...