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For you with harvey trying to get with people with houses under water. noose river is one of four major rivers, five actually. noose river, the newport. the peopl pemlico and tara. all feeding down to this area here in morehead city. when this water comes, in and atlantic beach finally is able to have their surge go out, and that's 36 to 48 hours away, they are going to be inundated with the amount of water in those rivers because unlike the ocean where the tide can go back out, well, it can't go anywhere when it stresses those rivers. that noose river you will hear a lot about up in new bern ...

Town. she has essentially ridden out a lot of hurricanes in the past. she just didn't think this one would be any different. unfortunately that's been what i have been hearing from a lot of people. yesterday when i was at a gas station i asked people why haven't you evacuated? and they said oh, we survived hugo. we survived a lot of hurricanes. but this one, the difference with hurricane florence is that it is moving very slowly. yes, it's a category 1 right now. but think of the rainfall. you've just discussed that moments ago. rainfall, there is only so much a wooden board and plaque of stee...

The coast as we speak in the outer bands. still a hurricane through really tomorrow afternoon. so through this afternoon through tomorrow afternoon, it is a day of these hurricane force winds battering the coastline and the storm surge and the rain. all of those impacts are independent of the category. i've seen low categories produce a top of storm surge. so it is about the size. it is about the speed. those are the characteristics that go into these hurricanes that cause those giant impacts. >> what does that mean? there will be at least two high tide cycles because this storm will linger fo...

But here is the problem that we have. this system is a major hurricane. we talk about the winds. watch how slow this moves right along the coast. 2:00 a.m. friday, 2:00 a.m. saturday and 2:00 a.m. sunday. we don't move very far. the longer this system hangs around, you get more of the rain fall and storm surge. the rain fall is forecasting 20 to 30 inches of rain. look at how far inland. very dangerous situation. >> chad myers said it's not the wind he worries about. it's the water. let's talk about that storm surge. how far in are you seeing that it could hit? >> well, it is interesting becau...

The water on this one is predicted to be heavier rain fall, which we know is guaranteed we're going to have a lot of flooding. the only question is how high is the surge going to be and where it will be. but we're taking nothing for granted. we are being careful. we are digesting and analyzing all the information that's coming in 24 hours a day, and we're going to keep the people alert and notified of what we know as soon as you know it. >> governor, we hope that all of your residents are heeding your warnings. we appreciate your taking time out of your very busy day to talk to us today. >> th...