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Expectation it will go up to 21 or 22 feet and crest on monday or tuesday. in fact, city officials were going door-to-door to warn residents to evacuate now while they can. some areas were overcome by flash flooding from hurricane florence. that flash flooding receded long after residents went into the homes and collected their belongings. as i mentioned, city officials mention more flooding is on the way. dave and christine. thank you. let's get a check on cnn money. what trade war? s&p 500 and the dow hit record highs. dow up more than 250 points for the first record since late january. wa...

Rising. nick valencia has more from conway, south carolina. >> reporter: dave and christine, this has been described by residents here as the slow-motion disaster. as hard as the residents have been hit with flash flooding, officials warn it will get worse. it is not if, but when the river behind me overflows. it was four feet past the flood level with the expectation it will go up to 21 or 22 feet and crest on monday or tuesday. in fact, city officials were going door-to-door to warn residents to evacuate now while they can. some areas were overcome by flash flooding from hurricane florence. ...

Still rising. others across the region expected to stay at or above flood level until saturday. more than 340,000 people without power. and with property damage from the storm expected to exceed $22 billion. so for anyone who said the storm is exaggerated, get your head around that.

Least 19 deaths. ait's knocked out power to more than half a million customers and it's turned some cities into just islands. flooding has essentially cut off the city of wilmington, north carolina, right now. and that is where cnn's kaylee hartung is at the moment. what's the latest you're seeing and hearing from folks? >> there's no way in or out of wilmington right now. roads impassable from 20 to 40 miles outside of the city, and it's surrounding areas, and we don't know how much longer we'll be in this situation. the river, the cape fear river that runs alongside wilmington, continues to ...

Of 30 inches so far from florence. that number is likely going to rise because we do expect additional rainfall. and it's not the only spot. you have at least a half a dozen locations on here that have picked up over two feet of rain. now we're going to be adding an additional 6 to 12 inches on top of that, erica, for widespread locations. if you isolate spots, will still pick up an additional one foot of rain before this thing finally ends. >> all right, allison chinchar, thank you. i want to bring in representative holding of north carolina. sir, we appreciate you taking some time for us t...