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And water flooding places that are not on the water. you are on the bay side, but not on the ocean. you never expected water to get that far in. you are right here in wilmington location. that is -- i'll try to make this bigger. it will be jumpy. that's live. there you go. here is wilmington. that's where you are right there. under that white spot right there. right there. the wind coming around and coming around will get stronger before it finally stops. surf city. topsail beach. you are almost into the eye itself. don't go outside and look for it. even if the winds die done, don't go outside...

The outer bands. little farther outside where are you right now. what will that do to tidal surge? a mandatory evacuation area. a curfew is in effect. a lot of people did not leave. i wonder if we will hear echo of new bern or morehead city where people are desperate for rescue. can the first responders get out? we will see where the stoir -- we will see where the story goes. j.b. >> we will hear more stories of the rescues. we will check in, if we can, in a little bit. i want to give you an update on the power outages in the time that chris was talking. we got a new report in north carolina. ...

Go down. we have been getting reports of electric standing water on the ground. that is why you have to be careful. chris is saying it is not here, but south carolina. let's bring in chad myers. cnn meteorologist in the weather center to give us a sense of the forecast and sense of the latest national hurricane center update. chad. >> the forecast for you, john, you are about to get rocked. 95 miles an hour for you probably in the next ten minutes. you are about five miles from the outer eyewall right now. atlantic beach reporting 22 inches of rain overnight. we said can that really be possibl...

Come down in inch 20 inches in spots. let's get to this graphic. if you have not been with us since 3:00 a.m., you have not had it. atlantic beach had 20 inches of rain already. we are wondering can atlantic beach really be 22? yes. that verifies. we have 20 inches of rain in emerald isle. it has come down all night long and it will continue. the wet side of the storm over the ocean will continue to pour water into the same area and continue to pour rain in new bern. new bern gets worse before better. we had people in attics and it is a dire situation for some of them. winds blowing 60 miles p...

A snail's pace over the coast. that is a real problem. when you feel the winds, they stay. they stick around for a long, long time. they will pound the coast for hours. the rain will fall for days. the real threat of this storm, the real danger of this storm has been the storm surge and flooding. we have a near crisis situation 80 miles of where i am in ne -- new bern on the neuse river. 100 outstanding calls for help. we spoke to the volunteer group cajun navy who received 500 calls of help. they are staging right now. they cannot reach people yet because conditions are not favorable. they ar...