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On the road right now because it's too dangerous to be driving around. they helped those that they need to help. but most of those calls, right now, they can't go out on because it's just not safe. they're worried about the flooding. this river, not so much in town and wilmington proper but as it works west, there's a lot of small communities, ali, that they're worried about, that could see substantial flooding later today. that's probably going to be the bigger concern than the wind. although i'm looking at trees down right over here. there are some trees down. there are branches down. there ...

When i was in wilmington yesterday, we had -- the water, the cape fear river, was about 5 feet from where we were reporting. i assume that river, because it's a tidal estuary, because it rises both with the tide and the storm surge, has come up. >> yes, and that's the thing, the tide is going to be crucial, right. high tide. twice today we're going to see high tide. that's going to be the worry. especially out as you just described. the atlantic ocean here outside of wilmington, there's barrier islands and then there's an intercoastal waterway. the mayor said to me those two things are going t...

Have been whipping around here. i'll walk that way for you, ali. you can see here, about an hour or so ago, those trees were actually about 90 degrees. so we can tell from this location here that the wind is beginning to subside just a bit. it may be an indication that the eye of the storm is actually getting closer to us. but, again, ali, a big concern here is going to be this river here. those white caps showing us at high tide. they return here in the next few hours. again, the storm surge could reach 13 feet. and that storm surge could go, we're told, two miles inland. certainly a very pre...

Rain that just keeps coming down. there are serious concerns about flooding along the new river which runs along jacksonville and then all of the smaller bodies of water that run throughout this county and throughout this area. as you continue to go inland. you can go to fayetteville, which is about two hours away from here. people are worried about flooding because there's nowhere for the rivers to go and there's going to be so much water coming down. people who live there were actually picking up some of their things and moving them to higher floors. two years ago with hurricane matthew, the...

Perspective, the colinists and when the folks first settled here, they did settle on higher ground. at least the suburban and urban area of wilmington. it drains downhill from here. so we can generally take a fair amount of water. when you combine with that with the river, you mentioned the estuary, it creates a little bit of a problem on the high tide cycle. >> you can't fight all of mother nature but at least you've got a couple advantages going for you. chief, good to talk to you again. the wilmington, north carolina, fire chief. let's go to bill karins right now. bill is -- let me just ask...