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Simone, thank you for that. joining me now by phone, jerry jones, he is the mayor of moorehead city, north carolina. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us. you're certainly familiar with the reports we're familiar with. there is a possibility this storm could make landfall where you are. are you prepared for that. >> i don't know if you're ever prepared. but as i describe hurricanes, it's always a work in progress. you do the best you can this year. but as we know, hurricanes are unpredictable. so the next hurricane brings new challenges. but we are prepared. right now the model shows the eye, i...

This afternoon in charleston or myrtle beach, and we haven't had them yet towards little river and georgetown. that's what we're going to be watching, steve, how much of the core, the damaging part of the storm moves over eastern north carolina tonight. >> okay, thank you, bill karins. appreciate all the information. and nbc's simone boyce is in myrtle beach. so simone, you are the closest. we mentioned the eye of that storm passing north of where you are. but you were the closest of our correspondents to where this storm actually is right now. set the scene for us. >> so, steve, it has been u...

You see the gusts all of a sudden come in. i could be standing straight and all of a sudden we have this big gust. we're on a stone pier. this pier is not going anywhere. the only danger we've got right in this spot that we are are two things. the water over topping this pier, which is not going to happen now as you heard the mayor say. earlier it looked quite possible that we would within the couple hours see this water over topping the pier. we're not seeing that. look over by the wooden piers not stone obviously. they're a little more vulnerable. you can see how close the water is to the bo...

We're seeing flooding today in south carolina along stretches of coastline from charleston up to myrtle beach. with hurricane force wind gusts pushing more water on shore. the storm is moving toward north carolina now. local crews are preparing for the system spotting a tornado near the coast just north of wilmington. state leaders this morning pleading with residents in and around the outer banks to get to safety ahead of a potential landfall. >> hurricane dorian is ready to unleash its fury on our state. the message this morning is this, get to safety and stay there. don't let your guard dow...

Now. but those are some of the things that officials are going to be have to monitor over the next few days, as well as downed power lines. that of course electrocution is a major threat after storms like this. steve? >> simone boyce, stay safe there in myrtle beach. i appreciate you taking a few minutes with us. turning to the bahamas, that is where a massive relief effort is just getting started. rescue workers are making their way to the most devastated areas of the islands. the death toll now is 23, according to the minister of health. that number sadly is expected to rise. joining me by p...