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Well, just as chad myers had predicted or told us to expect, winds picking up here. rain also now just starting to pick up a little bit. we anticipate obviously even more rain in the coming hours, as much as, you know, in five or six hours, even greater bands of rain as the storm continues to just slowly churn over this region after making landfall early this morning. i want to check in with our nick watt, who i think is in north myrtle beach. nick, explain -- correct me if i'm wrong if you're not in north myrtle beach and how are things there? what's it looking like? >> anderson, i am in nort...

Because there's still a lot of people here, even though a lot of people have already left. is it rain all day long? because right now, the rain has subsided somewhat. >> yeah, you know, i'll go back to this radar because i think this shows probably the best we can do. there is a small break back out here, anderson, to dry air that came from columbia, all the way across into the storm. and that cut off this normal, northeast quadrant, but this entire thing is going to slide this way, so this part of the rain, the heaviest rainfall will get back to you, but that may be six hours from now before ...

40 inches of rain falling over the next three days. they are expecting eight months worth of rain over the next three days. and with the potential for storm surge. but that storm surge may not even bring this river to a crest until tuesday, according to the mayor. so it gives you a sense of how long a timeframe people here are going to be focused on water on the ground. i want to check in with brian todd, who is elsewhere in wilmington. he's been out and about. brian, have you gotten a sense or have you seen areas where there is water on the ground? >> i have, anderson. i'm standing in one of ...

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Because the water keeps rising. so we are going to send it back to you real quick here so we can maybe assist some on getting this through the shallow area if that's all right. >> okay, we'll check in with you a little bit, because really, the area you're in is where we have seen at this stage the most number of people who have been in need, as you heard from those volunteers who came down here from maryland. they were working all night, only took a couple hours off. they have a long day ahead of them, no doubt. as the wind has changed direction here, it's really pushed some of the rain away. ...