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Build up and that event becomes a cascading event for the inland communities. remember, south carolina just had a 1,000 year flood 2 1/2 years ago, which means the agriculture community in florence and throughout the p.d., there is not a lot of elasticity left. there are a lot of folks whose livelihoods could be lost during that devastating event and why it's important for us to be on the front end in preparation and not simply hustling on the back end. >> sandra: we're waiting on a couple of big updates. senator tim scott. thank you for your time this morning. while we were talking myrtle bea...

Out. unfortunately, though, the rain and the size of this hurricane even though the wind may not be as strong as what we expected, it will hover a lot longer and that's going to create a lot of damaging forward. >> sandra: i'm looking at the updates that we're getting from the myrtle beach police and fire departments obviously most of these municipalities have twitter accounts. they're sending out warnings about flash flooding in the area. christina, they're warning residents who are there who did decide to wait this out, stay inside. they're telling everyone we're working under the assumption...

Can outstand this weather, this damage. they believe they can outstand the forces of nature. i don't know what to say hopefully they stay safe and everybody stays indoors. this isn't the type of weather you want to hang out in. we're here because we want to bring you the images live and show you how dangerous it could be and the reason why i'm not crossing that street any closer to get closer to the debris. >> sandra: be careful out there, christina. another update from north myrtle beach, south carolina, the fire department and police have started implementing a curfew. 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m....

Where you are, do the best you can to protect yourself and property and your family. we are in constant contact with both north carolina, south carolina and also virginia. at the state level and have teams that are embedded at the state emergency operations center and are in contact with our local emergency managers. both states have activated their national guard as well as their emergency operations plan. as you know our national guard does tremendous work across our nation and they do a wonderful job both at the national level and also their state duty protecting the citizens of their repre...

From the east in a moment here. they swirl and change direction. the sky gets a little lighter but the bands are starting to whip around. as you look on the radar on the back side of the storm that's what we'll experience in the coming hour and the hour after that and possibly hours after that as well, sandra. >> sandra: amazing to watch the conditions change right there. you are in it. bill hemmer, thank you for your reporting on the ground. hurricane florence continues to pound the carolinas with massive storm surges expected to bring life-threatening flooding to coastal area. our live cover...