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Are waiting and have a lot of work certainly ahead. we want to make sure all the information very clear, this storm still in play right now. and right now in this part of north carolina there is a tornado watch. so still a lot to keep a track on. derek van dam live for us in carolina beach, north carolina. again, cnn covering two major storms on opposite sides of the globe. we'll go live to the philippines for an update on the typhoon that's bringing high winds and very strong, a lot of rain. stay with us.

We also know rescues are under way. many people will be in need of rescue as these flood waters continue to rise. we're also following this other major storm that is affecting the philippines right now. our anna coren following that story this hour with an update on typhoon mangkhut. >> the typhoon is now headed to china, but the typhoon will continue to hammer the philippines. it'll likely gain strength as it crosses the south china sea with its sight set on hong kong. as of yet there's been no report of casualties. what can we expect this typhoon

The northern part of the philippines and there was a lot of warning. there was wasn't a last minute change in paths so people were able to prepare. and over the last two days you had some 2,000 personnel deployed and going to the regions they thought would be most heavily affected and we're told they had some 3,500 families mostly in those coastal areas move more inland. they setup thousands of shelters in the country so people had a place to go. and it's worth pointing out this a part of the country prepared and used to typhoons. there was a typhoon that hit back in 2016 damaging tens of thou...

Military personnel, and also had relief supplies prepositioned including food and clean water, that of course key in the aftermath events. and also additional resources. and we heard earlier this morning there were two cargo planes packed with food and supplies ready to go, and also ten helicopters ready to go that could be sent in once weather cleared in order to conduct more rescue operations in the mountainous region, that was the more heavily hit region in this storm. >> some of these areas we know that they're remote, we know they're cut off. how difficult is it going to be to access thes...