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In the carolinas. Ill be back tomorrow. Our coverage will continue with my colleague george howl. Take it away. Thank you again. Several hours of coverage today. So much involved in the storm. We will continue to cover it live here from wilmington, North Carolina. The wind here is hitting strong and the rain coming down. Keeping in mind right now this storm its been downgraded from a 2 to kate goir 1. Lt eye of the storm sill on track towards wilmington, North Carolina. 50 miles from where we are now. 85 kilometers. The wind gusts at this point around the eye wall, 90 Miles Per Hour. Sustained...

Carolina. Good morning, guys, for our viewers just waking up, its been a long night. The winds whipping more head city, we are on the sea what yowall. We are separated by Atlantic Beach Barrier Island parallel to just a mile that way. Thats where we were yesterday where that pier was really swaying back and forth. We are in inland of Morehead City. See the surge coming in here. Look at the dock behind me the Structural Integrity of the docks in this Fishing Community has really been challenging. We have seen all sorts of debris flowing by and i have talked to the chief of police out over in At...

From there as well as from new bern, where overnight, dozens of people have been rescued by volunteers in boats. We earlier talked to Dianne Gallagher who was out with a team of volunteers who were actually out in new bend, not far from new bern, trying to find some more boats they could do even more water boat rescues. Theres a lot of folks who have brought their boats and staged them here, ready to go out when the winds die down, when the water dies down. In fact, lets check in with Dianne Gallagher. Are you still i cant see you obviously. Tell me, you know, whats been going on. So anderson,...

He see winds coming up the ocean. The rain coming in sheets sideways. This wind is Strong Enough to break off parts of the houses along the beach. [sound of wind blowing] [ ] we need a boat to get everybody out of there. Jesse wilmington, North Carolina took a direct hit. Thats where we find rick leventhal. Reporter we had a lull in the rain until five minutes ago. We are expecting another heavy squall to come through here. They restored some power. But not in the Historic District that is littered with trees. An unfortunate situation earlier we drove up on, some people take advantage of the s...

Two feet of rain has already fallen. We have 20 to 30 more inches expected in places. And within the past few hours, the death toll now standing at 5, the number of homes without power in the region inching a lot closer to 1 million. The National Weather service says flooding could be life threatening, and officials are warning residents to take florence seriously. People should not return to their homes or neighborhoods until theyve been cleared by their local officials. And the continuing risk of falling debris, rising waters are potentially a great hazard, also with the loss of power, weve ...