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>> you know what? 50 people lost their lives in that storm. then there was fran. fran was in 1996. extensive flooding and damage all the way from south carolina to ohio. look at those images. 26 people died. >> it's just gone. it's shifted off the foundation. everything is broke. everything you've worked for for the last 22 years is just gone just in the matter of an hour or so. >> a matter of moments. then most recently isabel. in 2003, packed the greatest storm and wind surge in half a century. >> waves started hitting above the porch. we took refuge to my attic in my garage. >> the names of...

>> so florence, it's a strong category 3 at this point, and it could bring a storm surge of up to 13 feet, jay. do any of these past storms that hit the carolinas look like what we're already seeing with florence? >> well, one thing that the history does tell us is that each storm is unique in its own way. every storm has a different size, intensity, forward motion, and track. and you can do some comparisons. hazel was a category 4 at landfall. fran perhaps would be a good comparison as a cat 3 in the same region. but fran raced inland to raleigh and became an inland storm in a different way. ...

Than with past storms? >> well, i think that one of the differences as the years roll by, we have more people and more property in harm's way. that's really one of the stories that's emerging as the coastal regions of our country continue to grow. we're going to continue to see more large-scale evacuations and really have more dollar damages in the aftermath of some of these, particularly in the more populated regions. but, you know, all of the north carolina coast just like the rest of the u.s. coastline is growing rapidly. what we're seeing with florence is a pretty good response so far. i t...

And in 1955, north carolina was hit by three hurricanes within six weeks. so there are some examples like that, but let's just hope that florence is going to be the last we see of this for 2018. >> jay barnes, i learned a lot with you. thank you very much. i hope the audience did as well. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. when we come back, a massive stockpile of bottled water sitting unused on a puerto rican airfield, raising yet more questions about how the federal government handled hurricane maria. we're going to have the story behind those bottles. that's next. - i love my grandma....

Florence is going to be the last we see of this for 2018. >> jay barnes, i learned a lot with you. thank you very much. i hope the audience did as well. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. when we come back, a massive stockpile of bottled water sitting unused on a puerto rican airfield, raising yet more questions about how the federal government handled hurricane maria. we're going to have the story behind those bottles. that's next. but they're different. it's nice to remove artificial ingredients. kind never had to. we choose real ingredients like almonds, peanuts and a drizzle of dark ...