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Offshore winds. that's why the waves aren't that big, the surf hasn't been that big. another on the south or west side of the storm getting offshore flow. once the eye gets closer and winds shift, you'll get not only heavy rain, stronger winds, you get on shore flow. that will pull in more surge to the area, increase waves, and that's when we will see more flooding in the myrtle beach area. don? >> reporter: can i ask you, jennifer, you saw brian todd in new bern, the flooding for those people, a lot of issues had to deal with flooding. they're going to get much more. this is sadly for them, t...

We're going to continue to see and yes at times some pretty heavy rainfall. here's where the storm currently sits, category 2, expected to drop down to cat 1 in the next few hours but still a powerful storm. it will be passing through the tampa area after midnight, then continuing its track up the coast, running through portions of georgia, becoming a tropical storm. atlanta probably tomorrow late tomorrow seeing winds running up to 55, 60 miles-an-hour with gusts. this is a major system that still has a while to play itself out. here's another hour by hour forecast. taking you as we begin to ...

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Oil continues to gush from the leaking well itself. the four-story containers will be lowered into leaking pipes to siphon away the leaking oil. joining us from biloxi, mississippi, barrierp>b-÷ islan which would be the first to hit if the oil comes to shore. some good news if you think about the weather in the last few days. what can you tell us you see on the ground there. >> reporter: hi, tamron, how are you? weather has given a break to those out there laying booms to protect the shoreline as it approaches the coast. that's only a reprieve. if the winds shift, and they will, now predicted...