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still moving very slow. in fact, the latest information that we had with the aircraft and also looking on radar moving west at only 5 miles per hour. so moving very slowly. so around that center you can see that intense rainfall and also some still gusty winds with the latest information still remaining at 75 miles per hour. so, still a lot of gusty winds and, you know, very dangerous situation right center. let s look away from that. these rain bands can be particularly dangerous as you have areas like this. i want to draw it like that because this is important to look at because really when you look at it on the radar you start seeing this rain moving really fast that s really because the rotation around the hurricane. but, notice, that entire band stays within the lines that i drew. that means repetitive rainfall over the same areas and that s where we are seeing incredible rainfall totals. radar estimating 15 to 20 inches in some of these areas. that s a very danger ....
400 miles offshore approaching north carolina and south carolina. very dangerous hurricane, category 3 on the scale, winds of 120 miles per hour. don t think there will be much change in terms of intensity over the next day or two. likely to approach the coast late thursday into friday with winds near that strength. because of those wins, we are expecting a very high storm surge. as the center of the storm approached the coast, strong winds, pushing water ashore and it will mean a storm surge as high as 9 to 13 feet. along portions of the north carolina coast and up some of the rivers as well with somewhat lower values but still very dangerous all the way down into south carolina and up to the virginia border. there is a storm surge warning along the coast for life-threatening storm surge. this will be one of the key hazards for this hurricane. we expect that everyone who needs to prepare is in the process of doing so or is completed doing so so and is following recomme ....
banks. we see what you are seeing, talk to us. let me reset things. if you re waking up the conditions are bad, just north of where the eye wall is expected. conditions are deteriorating. the seawall, this is the bay, atlantic beach, yesterday, the chief of police over there, the fire chief, the wind and the surge, the texture of the surge and high tide comes around noon and the water surge in this area is only going to get worse, this continues at the chief of police in atlantic beach, in morehead city, difficult for law enforcement to get around, when authorities tell you they need to evacuate, and power lines, and power lines littering it and the real story we are talking about is inland, 40 miles northwest of here in new bern, 200 rescues have taken place. and talking to authorities all night long and people saying we need help, we are up to our chests in the living room and authorities telling them to get on their rooftops. just be patient, trying to get there, t ....
about 750 miles offshore from the southeast coast of the united states from south carolina and north carolina. it s moving in that direction pretty quickly. the forecast shows the center of the hurricane approaching the coast and likely coming ashore late thursday into friday. expected to remain very strong, category three or possibly category for all that time. expect to see destructive winds all along the coast. those ones will be pushing storm surges all along the coastline and here we have a map showing there is a storm surge and effects now for much of the south carolina and north carolina coast and this is where we expect the inundation levels to occur as a hurricane makes landfall. as much as 9-13 feet for the rise of the water with the waves as landfall occurs. as the center comes ashore, we expected to slow down significantly. that s going to increase the threat of another kind of flooding, and that will be rainfall mainly in the inland areas. so here is a map ....
got big issues with storm surge. he hundreds were rescued overnight from the rushing water. dozens more are still trapped. right now, you can t tell the tvers from the roads. i ve never seen this kind of damage here. it s bad. the water is coming up. a lot of winds. a lot of trees. we have a lot of downed power lines. reporter: we are about 20 miles inland from the coast. this is a massive 63-year-old oak tree that was toppled. it has been a restless night for many of these evacuees. now, they re hoping that they will still have homes to return to. this is life threatening. we ve never been in anything like that. the winds were howling past. this is scary. it s exactly what they said it was going to be. glor: good evening. i m jeff glor from wilmington, north carolina. and this is a special one-hour edition of the cbs evening news. i am standing in a parking lot that for much of the day was part of the swollen cape fear river as we talk about these ....