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We change the exact name of what the storm is right now, it is not packing any less of a punch. we are still going to see this produce torrential rains, coastal flooding because of a huge storm surge and the damaging winds. right now the rain is affecting the east coast of virginia all the the way up into maryland and delaware with heavy rain. winds are gusting right now up to 25 to still up to 40 miles per hour. but the storm is still more than 300 miles to the east of the carolinas. we're also seeing the cold front back through pittsburgh move to the west. that's the drawing in action that's...

Up. even 20 miles an hour. they are gusting to 84 miles an hour in this wind tunnel. >> easy, and it's a stinging rain. >> yeah, i want to thank mother nature for this free daeerma abrasion here. >> that's the "today" show's al roker and jim cantore. this storm's damage is far from over. it's forced a massive national rescue to take place. a national guard rescue in plaquemines parish. this is a live look in st. bernard of another rescue that's taking place there. just look at the water that's amassed there on the street level. damage is visible all over and around the gulf. nearly 500,000 c...

good morning to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. welcome to our viewers watching us in the u.s. and around the world, as we continue to follow a category 1 storm, hurricane irene, that is threatening about 20% of the u.s. population. some 65 million people in its path. it has been hammering north carolina with heavy rains and fierce winds for past several hours. it was just a couple of hours ago that it officially made landfall in north carolina. more than 200,000 people are without power as we speak, and the path of destruction is spreading as this storm continues to move north. major nort...

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north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that don't get a direct hit though, there's the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. you're looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they haven't been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the governor declaring a state of emergency ahead of the hurricane. many areas are accessible only by fer...