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Boats off their moorings, sustained winds can change the way a community looks and functions for a long time. ed, i'll check back with you. now we'll go to carolina city. miguel marquez in north carolina along the coast starting to see more of the effect of florence. what is it like where you are? >> we got a good punch of rain a short time ago and we are expecting more short ly. the we have as are getting bigger and more frequent. they have had some flooding on the north part of carolina beach from where the dunes are lower. about 18 inches right now but not terrible, they are expecting much,...

We have seen first hand how communities are getting cutoff. >> reporter: the south platte river here in morgan county have never seen it before. normally a little stream. but after the rains, this is what has happened to the main route out of the town, route 144. this is just half of the road. the rest is being taken away, and the yellow median line showing just how much damage has been done. fortunately, the community is being evacuated, but clearly, it is going to be some time before they are allowed back. and harris, this road, well, moments after recording that segment, the road beneath us...

political university for the republican white house hopefuls. most of the candidates have iowa on their schedule today with their eyes on the all important caucuses less than three weeks away. that includes newt gingrich, who's iowa campaign director resigned amid reports he called romney's mormon faith a cult. but do voters share that view? and could that be part of the reason why mitt romney isn't xweting even more support? joe johns is joining us with more. he's been taking a closer look at romney's faith. i guess the question is mormon faith holding him back? >> it's a very good ...