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Similar situations as the storm turns and moves south? >> yeah, i think we will see flooding occur in other areas. where that's going to be is hard to predict, but we certainly expect there will be other cities in the same situation. there are officials in some towns having conversations about potential evacuations, so. >> keith, just one more question. i was told the rainfall at this point is falling at about three inches per hour, and some 20 inches of rain already in atlantic beach, north carolina, and chad meyers, our meteorologist, said we could get 20 more inches by the time this is all ...

The power outages first in the state right now? >> statewide we are looking at about 320,000, that was the update we had. that numbers to grow quickly and jump up in large chunks. >> 320,000 and rising -- and rising. keith, one of the areas of great concern is new bern where we understand there are people trapped in their homes and there have been calls for rescues. can you give us an update on the situation? >> i think the rescuers on the ground are doing everything they can do at this point, and they are out there in the 90-mile-per-hour winds, so it's quite a challenge. we are doing what we...

Now because all the water that falls inland back towards the inland, and we fully expect to see that with this storm. >> keith with north carolina emergency management, thank you so much for joining us, and thank you more for the work you have done and will be doing over the next few days. it's so important and it's just a big effort in front of you, so we appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, and stay safe out there. >> we are just getting word the north carolina governor will brief at 11:00 a.m. this morning, and that's when the storm will still be bearing down on his state and coast here. the o...

Go into that mode. >> how -- >> we might end up in the river here in a minute. >> i will hold on to you. your rescue teams, how are they doing and how are they staged? >> we have federal search and rescue assets staged five minutes from here at the airport. they are waiting to go to work. we have preposition teams not too far out of town in raleigh, and they are ready to go to work. our folks definitely are prepared to go to work. i promised our citizens and visitors that we will get out as quick as we can. i promise you. >> get dry and stay safe, you have days of work ahead of you. we appreci...