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northeast this morning leaving behind a trail of flooding, downed trees and travel headaches. overnight the drenching rain and high winds pounded maryland, where up to eight inches of rain fell and some 40,000 customers lost power. but, so far, north carolina, where at least five people were killed, has had the worst of it. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64, two hours east of raleigh, where it plowed into a watery ditch killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern ...

as rainstorms go, this one is huge, and it's heading up the east coast tonight. flood warnings and watches are posted from the carolinas to the canadian border, and the rainfall is setting records. while most places will see between two and six inches, some will get close to a foot. dean reynolds is in carolina beech, north carolina, tonight. dean, this storm is making it dangerous on the roads, and i know there's been one deadly crash already. >> reporter: sadly that's true, katie. the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim'...

the storm is moving into the northeast this morning leaving behind a trail of flooding, downed trees and travel headaches. overnight the drenching rain and high winds pounded maryland, where up to eight inches of rain fell and some 40,000 customers lost power. but, so far, north carolina, where at least five people were killed, has had the worst of it. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64, two hours east of raleigh, where it plowed into a watery ditch killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous stor...

>> reporter: sadly that's true, katie. the first fatalities from this storm that has been pounding east coast from here to maine. the victim's car ran off rain-slicked highway 64 over two hours east of raleigh where it plowed into a watery ditch, killing four members of a georgia family. the first fatalities from this enormous storm that roared up the eastern seaboard, surng roads into canals, ponds into lakeses, and front porches into docks. >> just keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't come in because when it decide to come in, there's not much you can do. >> reporter: the stor...

where the water sits right outside his door. he's been emptying his pump all week. >> probably a fifth or sixth time. >> reporter: today? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: town manager tim owens said it's tough to keep up with all the rain. >> i think rain-wise it is extraordinary. this doesn't happen that often. >> reporter: local residents agree. >> it's crazy. i've never seen the water come up like this before. it's just nut. >> reporter: to the north, two commuter buses collided as sheets of rain fell in maryland, injuring 26 people and tornado watches extended from the outer banks to new ...