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>> there are two units, they expect those winds to hit 75 miles of sustained winds. we are moving toward that. we're about a half hour southeast of where anderson is right now where they're not seeing too much rain here. the rain has been coming down very subtly. the wind is starting to pick up and become more steady. that's the big thing. you get a lot of those gusts from time to time. but that sustained wind, once you -- it's like a sideways waterfall coming at you basically. that's when it becomes very, very difficult to operate in these conditions. that's when it's difficult for first resp...

It's not really a downpour at this point. but it is deceptive. because as you know, as we all have been reporting and hearing from officials up and down this coastline, this is a multiday event. we're talking 24 to 36 hours. we're talking eight months of rain in three days here in wilmington. there is a lot to come. this is just the very early hours. by afternoon tomorrow when we're expecting this to make landfall as you said, don, this thing is slowing to a crawl. there's already an awful lot of water on the ground. and on top of that that storm surge which we're all watching so closely. >> a...

The amount of rain it's going to produce. it's just stalling. we don't know what to expect. hopefully it will be better than what we're seeing. i hate for anybody to be experiencing what north carolina is right now. and i just hope and pray that's not the case for us. >> look at those images. this thing hasn't even made landfall. we're still getting the outer bands. for anyone who says what's going on, where is it, what's happening, what do you say to them? they're underestimating the power of this. >> it's a mistake. we cannot underestimate this storm. it is massive. it is covering two states...

They have emergency services here. they have the ability to respond by boat once they need to. right now everybody needing to hunker down, waiting to see how bad this thing gets. don? >> how often is this happening that it's coming on strong and receding? >> it's becoming more steady. it's been going for about an hour, hour and a half. what you're seeing right now is the strongest it's been. but it has come on much stronger. the bands were -- they were -- a lot of time between bands earlier in the day. and now it's a fairly steady drumbeat of rain and wind. the one thing we are not seeing, tho...

Power. our correspondents are stationed all along the carolina coast here. all along the carolinas. one of them is miguel marquez joining us from carolina beach. north carolina and you've got rain there, buddy. >> we are starting to see the most intense rain and wind. this storm is finally starting to punch and it is coming very, very hard. the authorities here expecting anything from 20 to 40 inches of rain over the next 24 to 36 hours or so. the weather we are experiencing right now they were expecting this afternoon. this is how slow this excruciatingly slow this storm has been moving. now ...