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Hour to 6 miles an hour. This is north and east of the eye of the storm and its still receiving heavy winds and lots of water. Much of that town said to be flooded as well. Part of the carolina coast, lots of cleanup ahead, we are told that largely this town was evacuated. More than 570,000 customers are without power and just heck of up and down the coast. The storm is moving inland, not good news for those of you are in the raleigh area or anywhere inland from the storm except the storms get their energy from the moisture in the atlantic ocean. Now that i have that storm, the central pressure should begin to rise. When low pressure centers get higher pressure, it means they are not as strong. There is one spot right at this moment where weve got reports in Morehead CityNorth Carolina, the National Geological surve ....
From our nbc news headquarters in new york, day 603 of the trump administration. And while it has not diminished the damage, it is delivering florence is now thankfully a Tropical Storm. Still pounding the carolinas and well have a late live update ahead. We begin with a huge announcement that Paul Manafort, the man who offered to work for donald trump for free, is tonight working for the feds. The man who has enjoyed the good life after a lifetime of orbiting at or near the top of the republican political solar system has been living in jail of late. Today Donald TrumpsCampaign Chairman pleaded guilty toe two federal counts and made a deal to cooperate in all ways with special counsel Robert Mueller. By doin ....
More, with you that seemed to. Were going to get to those comments and the fallout in just a moment. As you heard we have a lot of breaking news right now. Hurricane florences long siege is underway. This storm has begun slamming the coast of North Carolina. North carolinas governor is about to hold a briefing. We will take you there when it begins. But first lets we have the new 5 00 forecast. We have the new update, so lets go to bill karins, our nbc meteorologist on duty right now. So, bill, what did we learn at 5 00 and where is it headed next . Not weakening fast enough and we didnt really see too many changes with the surge in the rainfall forecast. It looks just as bad now as it did say 6 hours ago when we got the 11 00 a. M. Advisory. You can clear see where the eye of the storm is. It is start that stall or slow drift. Its not going to completely stop. All ut outer banks getting hit with thunderstorm bands, wind gusts occ ....
With florence moving slowly and stalling the surge will be a bigger problem than normal. Because as one expert put it the water just keeps piling up. We have reporters in places up and down the coast. The winds keep coming and the rain keeps falling and millions continue to brace for the worse. Hello, everyone its 3 00 on the east coast. We have a busy hour ahead. We start with the situation in North Carolina. Brad johnson in wilmington. They started getting hit with Hurricane Force winds just after midnight. Hows it feeling there now and how does it compare . Do you find major changes from the last hour . The strongest bands that we have seen come through wilmington. It has been an extremely fickle storm as you know. Thinking that a cat 4 was probably coming on shore. To a 3 to a 2 and it started crawling to a one. In wilmington woef seen some of the strongest bands where i ....
Hurricane. And theres breaking news on the russian investigation. Paul manafort has buckled. He has tentatively agreed to a plea deal with robert mueller. A plea deal that could cause all kinds of trouble for President Trump. Lets begin with the historic weather. Even before hitting land, Hurricane Florence a category 2 storm is making its presence felt with wind gusts up to 110 miles an hour and widespread flooding already. Officials warn that florence could bring substantial storm surges of up to 11 feet. And more than 10 Million People live right now in the storms path. Tens of thousands have already lost their power. While North Carolina governor roy cooper made this plea to area residents. To anyone still unwilling to take this storm seriously, let me be c ....