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You know. >> reporter: some of the worst damage was inland and on the sound side of the outer banks that doesn't benefit from the natural prevths sand dunes. the governor, who had urged residents and visitors to use their best judgment. >> don't put your stupid hat on. >> reporter: today -- >> happy fourth of july. >> reporter: -- is smiling. >> we are glad that the public took our warnings and because of that i think we've reduced the negative impact of hurricane arthur. >> reporter: no serious casualties have been reported. but threats still remain as independence day celebrations resume. >>...

But, again, they are strong, narrow, you just got to swim along the shore. >> duck diving will not work there. >> no, no! >> aton, to you, my friend. with this hurricane and not only the rip tides that we are worried about, there are the storm surges. >> right. >> as noaa has warned many up and down the coast 3 to 6 feet of storm surge in some areas. that is a danger and how might be we aware of when it does become a storm surge? >> obviously, when you see that the water is swelling and you see it poweriuring into your ar you know you're probably part of one. make sure you got all of your gutt...

>> noaa estimating an hour ago even some spaces as close as washington, d.c. at the moment where they do have some warnings about concerns of storm surge so this is an important issue as we look up and down the coast here on the east coast. thank you both so much. we appreciate all of your guidance there on storm surge, as well as rip tides which we will see throughout the next couple of days. another update on hurricane arthur in a moment. first, following the heated immigration debate going on right now this independence day. more bus loads of undocumented immigrants expected to arrive in ...

In the life guards and local authorities say don't get in the water. we could have rip tides further up, es salesperspecially the no beaches. we don't want any casualties at this point in time. let's get to sara joining us from kill devil hills. what is the scene like there, sara? >> well, craig, what a difference night and day. a couple of hours makes out here. the storm has cleared out. we have light winds but the rain is gone. ocean still somewhat angry but nothing compared to what we saw this morning when the hurricane was whipping through here. you heard north carolina's governor speak ...

How fast are these rip tides, ellen? >> the rip currents and, again, they are narrow jets that flow offshore. you know, they are fast enough that they are extremely hard to swim against, even for strong swimmers. as your graphic showed, the best thing to do is not try to swim directly against them, but swim along the shore or parallel to the beach. basically, you just want to get out of that narrow strong jet of water going offshore so you can swim back to the beach. >> 30 feet wide in some cases. how deep, ellen? >> you don't know how deep they are. they could be fairly deep. what is happenin...