>> reporter: as you can see here in bladenboro, north carolina, the water has gone down dramatically,ll you that people we've spoken to say that last night it was up to the top of this shrub. we're talk about 3 feet of water. businesses here prepared, they put sandbags out, but it was not enough given how high the water came up and how quickly we're told that it came up. one person here telling me that in a span of about 20 minutes this water rose feet. now, the good news here is that you see that water whirling there. that drain is working. it is doing its job, and that is why we're seeing the water here start to go down, start to recede, but last night people were out here as this water was coming in and coming down, and they were trying to get things out of these businesses, salvage what they could to help out and thankfully, there was no one injured or killed here in bladenboro, but that was not the case elsewhere. in lukama, north carolina, a tornado tore through there. at least one man died bringing the death toll from this storm to seven people as it now heads north. priscilla

. >> reporter: bladenboro, north carolina, is a one-stoplight town. and dowless' family store is among five that flooded. they spent the day cleaning up. >> this is our family's livelihood. so we have a lot of employees and different families that depend on this business. and so it means a lot. >> it is at your door in minutes. >> reporter: across the street, mark hester, owner of the medicine shoppe, the only pharmacy in town, doing the same thing after being up all night. >> it's a business that we need to to keep running. we can't just shut it down because people are going to need medicines here pretty soon. >> reporter: statewide, tens of thousands are in the dark. >> water is up to their chin. they are holding on to a limb right now. >> reporter: there was a ray of light in raleigh. >> got your little girl. >> reporter: three children trying to cross a rushing creek were nearly swept away when emergency crews saved them after another child called 911. within minutes they were reunited with their parents. >> andrew, he held on it a branch, then it

. >> reporter: bladenboro, north carolina is a one-stop-light town. dowless' family store is among at least five that flooded. they spent the day cleaning up. >> this is our family's livelihood, so we have a lot of employees and different families that depend on this business, so it means a lot. >> it is at your door in minutes. >> reporter: across the street, mark hester, owner of the medicine shoppe, the only pharmacy in town, is doing the same thing after being up all night. >> it's a business that we need to keep running. we can't just shut it down because people are going to be needing their medicines here pretty soon. >> reporter: statewide, tens of thousands are in the dark. >> water is up to their shin. they are holding on to a limb right now. >> reporter: but there was a ray of light in raleigh today. three children trying to cross a rushing creek were nearly swept away when emergency crews saved them after another child called 911. within minutes they were reunited with their parents. >> andrew, he held onto a branch, and then it broke, and

. >> reporter: further south, bladenboro reeling from the rush of rain the town couldn't handle. >> it'sery heartbreaking for these businesses. they work so hard and call this place home. >> reporter: tomorrow flood risks and tornado threats continue moving north from virginia to vermont. remnants of debby should be arriving in new england by the weekend. lester? >> all right, marissa, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, has enough been done to bring lahaina back after the wildfire that killed more than 100 people? we return to maui one year later as people struggle to find somewhere to live. year lata i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up ♪ ♪ i've got symptom relief ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me ♪ (♪♪) ♪ control is everything to me ♪ feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi is the first il-23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. and skyrizi is proven to help deliver long-lasting remission at

. >> reporter: bladenboro, north carolina is a one-stoplight town and dowless's family store is amongast five that flooded. they spent the day cleaning up. >> this is our family's livelihood. so we have a lot of employees and different families that depend on this business. and so it means a lot. >> it is at your door in minutes. >> reporter: across the street mark hester, owner of the medicine shop, the only pharmacy in town, is doing the same thing after being up all night. >> it's a business that we need to keep running. we can't just shut it down because people are going to be needing their medicines here pretty soon. >> reporter: statewide, tens of thousands are in the dark. >> water is up to their shins. they are holding on to a limb right now. >> reporter: but there was a ray of light in raleigh today. three children trying to cross a rushing creek were nearly swept away when emergency crews saved them after another child called 911. within minutes they were reunited with their parents. >> he held on to a branch and then it broke and then he slid down and he held on. and then w

. >> reporter: further south, the town of bladenboro still flooded.wners in places like sarasota, florida, are struggling to salvage what they can and worry this kind of flooding could become more common as tropical storms drop rivers of rain for days on end. >> if you are watching these images which are profound and you were thinking that could never be me, you are incorrect. >> reporter: tragically this storm is being blamed for one more death in the carolinas. we saw reports after tornado outside wilmington, delaware. as far as air travel and travel delays, they're not too bad right now, delays and cancellations in the triple digits, but we do expect those numbers to creep up. headaches still even as debby leaves us for good, a lot of people looking to get this storm well past behind them. >> yes, we all want it over. george solis, stay safe. thank you for bringing us the latest. we've been talking about this storm all week. where is the biggest threat this morning? >> we are so ready, ana, for this to be out of the picture. we are looking for a mu

we've seen video, several feet of flooding in places like bladenboro, north carolina, two to three feet we know. our correspondent priscilla thompson has been doing reporting from there. there were several rescues. so far no report of injuries. all of this is part of why it's so important to stay off the roads if you don't have to be on the roads, and places like north carolina, there's tree branches coming down as i speak. we might have to move out of here. all of this is such an important reminder of why it is important to take these warnings seriously. as this storm continues to move north, jose, we're looking at north carolina and virginia which, of course, our weather teams can speak to. >> marissa parra, thank you so very much. let's speak with our weather team. the head of that weather team, bill, where is debby headed now? i want to ask you after this, though, about the whole heat advisory for the entire state of florida today. let's check in on debby right now. >> okay. so the first thing with debby is the storm is finally starting to move. up to ten miles per hour. from here o