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Going to cause some damage, don. >> yeah, absolutely. nick watt, thank you very much. appreciate your reporting. we'll get back to nick watt in just a little bit here. one of those wind bands coming through right now. i'm going to get to my colleague brian todd, he is in wilmington. we've been out witnessing rescues. last night you were out and saw people contemplating driving through floodwaters and not doing it. that's always a good idea. what are you seeing tonight? >> don, i hear you and nick talking about the power and danger of high tide where you are in the coastal areas. high tide here...

The moment including a mother and an 8-month infant who was killed when a tree came in their home a mile east of here in historic downtown wilmington. the father of the household is in the hospital. the injuries for him not known at the moment but four fatalities confirmed. the mayor tells us they are receiving hundreds and hundreds of 911 calls throughout the city, throughout the hanover county here and they can't get to all of them. they will in time he says. but not right now. people are trapped in their homes. people with the power lines down, trees coming in their homes as well. medical e...

>> all right. so in regards to florence, just because the wind speeds came down, the intensity of this storm came down to a cat two, please do not let your guard down. the storm surge associated with storm has not changed. it has remained the same. here's why. as the system is encroaching on the coast, the wind field expanded. what you will see is these wind bands that far proceed the center of circulation will start pushing water up against the coast, but more importantly up the back bay and inland areas. storm surge is not a problem, just along the coastline. it will be a major problem way u...

>> so in regards to florence, just because the wind speeds came down, the intensity of this storm came down to a cat 2, do not let your guard down. the storm surge forecast has not changed. remained the same. here is why. as the system is encroaching on the coast the wind field has expanded. what you'll start seeing in the next coming hours is these wind bands that far precede the center of circulation will start pushing water up against the coast but more importantly up the bay and inland areas. storm surge is not just a problem on the coastline, it will be a major problem way into the stream...

We're going to get to florence and push forward and concentrate on the life safety issues. thank you. >> -- time for q & a -- >> thanks, guys. got linda? all right. all right. so in regards to florence, just because the wind speeds came down, the intensity of this storm came down to a cat 2, please do not let your guard down. the storm surge forecast associated with this storm has not changed. it has remained the same. here's why. as the system's encroaching on the coast, the wind field has expanded. what you're going to start seeing in a matter of hours, in the next coming hours, is these win...