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Joke. they're taking extreme measures to help people evacuate? >> reporter: that's right. the governor of south carolina says all lanes of interstate 26 headed from charleston to columbia will be going in one direction. and that is away from the coast. also, he says families in eight counties will have to start leaving their homes tomorrow at noon. david? >> steve, thank you. we will be on this all week long here. but we move on to the other news. in dallas, a police officer has been charged with manslaughter after going into the apartment she thought was hers. it was her neighbor's. she sho...

Inland. >> had to do a lot of rescues during hurricane matthew, hurricane floyd, hurricane fran. we have mapped out areas. we know where flooding can likely occur. so that there will be some inland evacuations as well. >> potentially evacuations hundreds of miles inland. meanwhile in south carolina governor henry mcmaster has ordered mandatory evacuations of 8 coastal county including the popular tourist destination of charleston starting at noon today. state highway officials will be reversing lanes on four major highways including interstate 26. all traffic will lead away from the coast. the...

Factor. the core of the hurricane has passed over us but the outer bands continue to affect us. seen thunder and lightning. flash flood warning in effect for the island. we understand why the governor was so derned about flooding. we tried to get out but it took us about an half and a half to go a few miles. part of the problem was the flooding. highways, interstate 26 to get out was inundated with water, downed trees, power lines, polls, making it complicated to try to travel outside of here. also a curfew still in effect that will be lifted in about an hour from now and go back into effect t...

Folly island, one of the barrier islands protecting charleston. some people have stuck around, wolf. >> the state began what are call these lane reversals on interstate 26 to speed traffic out of the coastal area where you are. is that helping? >> it's helping quite a lot, wolf, the governor is pleased with how it's gone. a lot of people have gotten out that way on interstate 26. they've closed the eastbound lanes coming into the charleston area to eastbound traffic. you can only go west and people got out yesterday, people getting out today but one thing to remember, there are bridges in this...

These are thunderstorms producing two to three inches of rain an hour in the areas they hit, it's all still focused on the columbia, especially the east side of columbia, there are 96 reports of bridges and state highways that are closed, interstate 26 is closed throughout the area, i-95 is closed trying to drive through south carolina, aymon, they are telling everyone in the state a civil emergency issued, everyone is to stay home, they're telling churches to cancel. they are rescuing hundreds and thousands of people and trying not to make the situation worse. >> if you're in south carolina, ...