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Correspondents, simone boyce in myrtle beach. what have you got for us? >> reporter: chuck, hurricane dorian has unleashed an unrelenting assault on the citizens here in myrtle beach, south carolina. you can see these massive waves, pounding behind me. the wind, we've been feeling sustained winds at about 40 miles per hour, and the rain is just stinging us. one bit of good news, though, chuck, we weren't able to stand on this area before, this patch of sand, without being covered about up to our ankles in water. and that's just a reminder of the danger that this storm poses in terms of floodin...

A lot of folks here, as you know, have gone through a lot of hurricanes. you have to talk to some of these residents here. they're saying they lived through irma, florence. the list goes on and on. some people have lived in the community and actually witnessed hugo in '89, which caused significant damage. obviously, you're seeing here that this is nothing compared to what hugo did, because they spent months recovering. a lot of folks here are breathing a bit of relief because this is kind of the damage that's left behind, chuck. >> i was just going to say, the minute you said that the water ha...

Of storm surge, which is something that these residents have lived through with other storms like hurricane matthew and florence, the other big threat is tornadoes. we woke up this morning to an emergency alert, warning us that we were in a tornado warning zone, that there was potentially a waterspout forming in this ocean behind me. and the scary thing about tornadoes, chuck, especially in the middle of the night, is that you dent know where they're coming from and you can't see them. since then, we have heard reports of some of these possible tornadoes touching down, ripping off roofs off ho...

There is a notification on my phone. 4:00 in the morning. i open the windows in my hotel, look out over the ocean because i read a report that it was out on the water, a water spout. i can't see anything out there. and that is what is so hard about these tornado warnings when they come in the middle of the night. it is terrifying and super stressful for the residents here. >> yeah, for a hundred percent of the time i know right now until we're on the other side of this, i know the wind is coming in this way so my body is braced against wind coming in this way. i'll either stand upright if no w...

Asking residents here in myrtle beach to remain vigilant. they have issued a curfew here for nearby areas. as of just a few minutes ago, asking residents to stay off the roads because there is a potential still for flooding and storm surge, especially flash flooding. another concern that we have actually witnessed here today throughout this whole ordeal is the threat of isolated tornadoes. those started early this morning. we woke up to an alert at about 4:00 in the morning saying that there was a tornado warning and a potential waterspout nearby. thankfully, i think the threat, the immediate ...