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A pretty rough night obviously here in the state of louisiana. now that the sun is up, people are seeing the damage firsthand and trying to get an assessment in terms of how bad things are. i have to say just from driving here from baton rouge roads were sometimes difficult to pass and this is why. look at this right here. a big tree right in the middle of louisiana 73 bridge. so this has made the road impassable. many, many roads across the whole region are littered with downed trees, debris, water and also power lines as my photographer continues panning over, you can see that power line the...

Want to start with david, though, in nagshead. what are you experiencing right now? how serious are the conditions? >> reporter: yeah. we've had some ferocious winds and rain over the last few hours. but it's come in waves as we got hit by bands from the storm. right now it's not as bad as it has been. bill talking about the storm surge, it is what a lot of people feared it would be. we're here in the outer part of the banks. i drove down to hatteras which is a thin barrier island. hatteras is a very thin barrier island. there's the ocean on one side and the pimlico sound on the other. a lot o...

Think it's going to be -- i think it will be fine really. >> reporter: yeah? what makes you think it's going to be fine? >> i don't know. i i'm just guessing really. >> reporter: hopeful? >> just looking at this right now, it's pretty bad. >> reporter: but we're stopped by a street full of mud and debris and water. we can't get through. what do you think? >> we can go around that direction. >> reporter: we could try. at every turn, the road impassable. your parents must be frantically thinking about you. >> yeah. >> reporter: we find a way across glass and splinters of wood beams. watch the na...

Were stranded. gushing water continued to tear through the asphalt and dump loads of debris, rendering this road impassable. authorities say it could be weeks before that road is fixed. amateur video shows a gas pump on fire after a car crashed into it. witnesses say the man pulled into his station, entered the store and when he returned to his vehicle, drove directly into the pumpump. he fled the scene but turned himself in. rescuers say the truck's driver was compacting the trash when he heard the man screaming. his hips were crushed but he felt well enough to wave as he was being hoiste...