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All right. john berman in wilmington, north carolina. this is cnn special live coverage of hurricane florence. behind me is the northeast cape fear river. one of the rivers that flows into the atlantic from here. this is a river that is concerned about flooding. there are a number of boats here. i think you can see a jib on a sailboat that has come loose. it was tied around the mast. it has come loose and shaking violently and very loud here. i think someone was trying to tie it down. that would be a hard job. that is what could come loose and become flying debris and be dangerous as the winds...

We had diligent -- we can broadcast to you out in the elements. we are in a safe position. we are protected by a building, but these buildings create the little mini vorticities or winds. it can catch you off guard. that is why we stand with the stance to prepare ourselves for the strong gusty winds. we know this is here to stay. we have the potential of not dropping below tropical storm force until saturday afternoon. a long duration event. potentially eight months of rain equal to 24 hours. john, that is astronomical. >> thank you, derek on carolina beach. we will speak to people in danger a...

It is moving at 6 miles per hour. right now it is moving to the north northwe north/northwest. it will move down the coast and in the myrtle beach area. we have people up and down watching this closely. there is one picture i want to show you as winds pick up where i am located. yesterday, we brought you images and sounds from the light station 30 miles off the carolina coast. i think we have new pictures from the light station if we can show you. it is in the eye of the storm. this light station is in the eye of the storm. that is why it looks like it does which is still. it is in the middle ...

>> there you are. sorry about that. we had winds that came through here. can you repeat the question? it is getting really loud here. we had power flashing going off. wind gust of 79 miles an hour in the last 15 minutes as the edge of the western eyewall is making landfall in wrightsville beach. >> mike, my question was just that. we have seen pictures of things blowing over in topsail. we heard about the dunes washing away. i want to get a sense of what it is like on the water's edge. >> well, the winds are picking up strongly. we have waves crashing against the edge here. the big story and b...

Impassable. extreme danger on the neuse river. the storm surge has pushed the water up sometimes with severe consequenc consequence. you will hear hurricane florence is a category one storm with top sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. that's not the story. reduction in wind speed is not the story. it is the size and breadth and duration of the storm which is so dangerous. these communities which have already been inundated with water and storm surge will feel that for another day. this will continue for 24 hours. when you have these winds, even though they are not at 120 miles an hour. they m...