this is the northeast cape fear river behind me. ear river they are expecting to reach highs of 22 feet. ten full feet of where it's higher than it is now. these boats, imagine these boats a full ten feet higher than where they are right now. that would mean they are here on this dock where i'm standing. it's enough water to put the boats on the land. tha that's a serious issue. that could be from the rain and the storm surge pushing the river upstream. that will be met in two days by the rainfall flooding downstream. it will have an impact here for days and days to come. wolf, wilmington hit its average rainfall for the year at the beginning of august. over the next three days they will get eight months worth of rain. wilmington will go way over its record rainfall for the year. there's the wind right now. when you have winds that are higher than 45 miles an hour, category 1 at 75, even higher than that for two full days, that is a serious danger. wolf. >> we're going to get back to you. thank you very much. be careful where you are

we've talked a lot in fayetteville about the cape fear river. are, you're cle keeping a close watch on the little river, correct? >> yes, cape fear river won't affect us directly, but the little river does have the capability to block off some north/south highways. but one of the big things that i'd like to stress is where we are located, we're up on high ground by the little river. so our airfield and the people that live around it, they're in fairly good shape at this time. >> so they're in fairly good shape. in terms of the surrounding areas, is ft. bragg lending assistance at this point? >> we've been doing that ever since and before this even began. ft. bragg is a large staging location for fema. we're able to give them a secure location with a large area to park hundreds of trucks and fuel tankers along with generators. it gives them easy access to the highway system right by us. plus, we've been sending out convoys. >> sorry, sir. go ahead. >> yes, i was also saying that we've been pushing out convoys from the units on ft. bragg to the po

manchester in cumberland county, lumber river at lumberton, northeast cape fear river, news river at goldberg in wayne county, tar river at greenville in pitt county, kinston in lenore county, cape fear river at fayetteville in cumberland county, cape fear river in pender county. it will remain at a major flood level until the 20th. the trenton river at trenton and jones county. it also will remain in a major flood level until the 20th. then the lumber river act fair bluff in columbus county. we urge all of our residents to log into our flood innovation mapping and alert network at fiman.nc.gov. that way you will be able to see what roads and structures are going to be flooding, and you can also sign up to be notified by text or emaile when the rives begin to rise in your area. at the emergency operations center, we continue to be engaged in large-scale search and rescue operations, as well as logistical resupply. we have received over 3000 resource requests in the last nine days from county partners, and we continue to push out resources as quickly as possible, both by land and by a

at 8 1/4 feet according to our weather people, and that broke all records for high tide at the cape fear riverof the river where wilmington sits near where the river pours into the atlantic ocean. upstream on the northeastern cape fear river is a place where they expect the tide levels to rise sometimes maybe between 15 and 20 feet above the record stages. so this is really a dangerous situation here. this is a tidal river. that makes it predictable under normal circumstances. but right now, with so much water coming in and the storm surge pushing the tides even higher as i've just been talking about, that water is not going to have anyplace to go. the river, don, has different contours in different places. here it's deeper and wider. but in the northeastern section of the cape fear river, it's more shallow. it's got tributaries flowing all over the place, a lot of people living near those tributaries. some of those people in those rural areas like what we saw in new bern, north carolina, today with its flooding, some of those people are going to be in for some real trouble, especially if they

and the cape fear river mandatory is effective immediately till tomorrow september 16th till 3:00 p.m should evacuate at their own risk, national weather service has predicted catastrophic flooding of the cape fear river and other local waterways, matthew levels rose 58 feet to put in perspective. residents in flood-flown areas should go to one of the county shelters or residents of higher ground, family, friends. the city put websites that were flooded during matthew and may be flooded in this event. we are particularly concerned about the residents and all residents in low-lying areas and flood-prone areas so please take this assess yourly. flood waters predicted to rise higher, so i repeat the worst is yet to come, get to your higher ground, once flood waters rise it would be hard to come to your rescue and before i leave i would like to remind everyone that if you need transportation, the number is listed here to my right, so please call that number and you will have transportation coordinated to get you to a safe place. also the red cross is asking those who would like to volunte

so between 1:00 and 3:30 this afternoon, the cape fear river overflowed its banks. there was a high tide at 2:15. it came down around the hotel where we are staying and into this neighborhood where it got up to about my knees. as low tide started to come, the river went back into its banks and started going back down and there was no more flooding. however, some of the water that did flood stayed there because it wasn't able to drain and didn't have anywhere to go. speaking of the cape fear river, we checked it about 10 minutes ago, it was not overflowing. there is a high tide coming up at 2:30. i don't want to make predictions about what's going to happen with the cape fear river over the next couple of days. based on what we observed this afternoon when there was a high tide at 2:15, the fact that it's not overflowing right now as it's about to hit high tide at 2:30 appears to be a good sign. tide cycles change every six hours. there could be more storm surge an more rain. so we are going to continue to pay close attention to t but overnight right now, we are feel

the northeast cape fear river. this is one of those rivers that flows into the sea and the concern is that storm surge could actually push the river up and come upstream as all this rain, two feet plus of rain, dumps and pushing water down stream. water gets caught in the vice. the water level could rise ten more people. that is well over flood level. they are prepared for that here, but it will lead to a lot of suffering in the low-lying areas. 185,000 people without power in north carolina. there have been rescues going on in new bern. 80 miles from where i am right now. 200 people rescued already. 150 in need of rescue. they had huge storm surge issues there. a cause of great concern. as the storm moves down, more and more communities will face what new bern has begun to face. we are in the middle of it right now. this storm is crawling. 6 miles per hour. crawling toward us. after it hits here, it moves down the coast and heads to south carolina. chris cuomo in north myrtle beach, south carolina. chris. >> you a

behind me is the northeast cape fear river. one of the rivers that flows into the atlantic, the concern is that the storm surge will push some of the river up, and you might see flooding from the surge pushing up, but in the next few days, the rainfall falling at three inches per minute will flood the rivers and put them well over their banks. it floods at ten feet. and it could reach 22 feet. >> reporter: all right, j.b., obviously with all the increasing winds and him being close to the wall, you know, the signal is getting into competition. we are going to make sure j.b. is all right, him and the team will ride out this part of it and so chad meyers, john has been using the accurate number of 280,000 without power in north carolina, and now it's over 300,000 people. we are getting gusts of 40ish, a little more. we are starting to see things change angles a little bit, shingles here and there, already over 5,000 people without power. we have seen going north to south what the storm can do. john berman, calms are back now. if y

this is the cape fear river right behind me. ten does rise above flood stage. in this storm, authorities are very, very concerned that the cape fear river could rise several feet above normal levels, several feet above some of its record flood stages, and we could be getting to that point right now, because some of the water, i'm standing in some of the water that the river and the storm surge has pushed on to water street here, now, in some of these areas -- the good news for people in this neighborhood, kate, is that just to my right, your left, there's an incline, a loif little bit of a hill that goes up to some of these streets where there are homes and businesses up here. the key question here, is this incline going to stave them from potentially catastrophic flooding. that's what we're going to be watching in the days ahead because as of now, this rain has just been completely relentless, it is not letting up. and this place is abandoned except for journalists and some stragglers who just want to come down and have a look.

talk about the cape fear river, 62 feet. >> yeah, that's unprecedented. cape fear is not one that generally gets flooded, it's a very large river anyway and days and days and days of the storm pushing water off the river. normally our problem is water coming down the river and the mountains and the central part of the state and it floods over days but this one we are going to get the double whammy, the water coming in and the water coming back down as the storm passes up through the mountains and central part of our state so it's going to be double whammy and to know flood danger zones are and so the emergency operation center folks are planning for that, they are, you know, plan forking hot spot, they are getting the swift water rescue teams out, they are getting people to evacuate where they can and everybody is going their best under the circumstances and changes minute by minute. eric: we thank you for spending time was, we thank those folks at emergency center and, of course, all of the first responders who are trying to deal with florence as best we

the wind is flowing off the river, and the bulk of the water is coming off the northeast cape fear river, which is right behind me. we have been speaking to the river masters, the river masters on these rivers, one of their biggest concerns with the flooding -- they will flood at ten feet above the stage they are at right now, and we are expecting 22 feet on the cape fear river and that's extreme flooding. north carolina, a big hog farming community, these hog wastes could wash into the river and flow downstream to the cities. this storm is a triple threat. it's the category wind force about 90-mile-per-hour right now, and it's the three inches of rain per hour, and some 40 inches of rain total by the end of the weekend, and then the storm surge. the storm surge has created the most acute danger so far. a storm surge of six to 10 feet in new bern has led to all kinds of rescues overnight. more than 100 rescues overnight in new bern. new york citi forced evacuations, and even more calls coming in as we speak. i think we have diane gallagher, who spent the night, braved the storm up in new

it's a long creek that feeds down into the cape fear river. it's still rising. s also rising and cutting off roads there. it's becoming dire for the situation. for this location. officials that i speak to say they had 300 calls for water rescues in this area overnight. they were able to get to about 172. they need more resources. they lost two ambulances in the water overnight. they don't have enough fuel for some of their rescuers to get to those rescues. in one case, there was a woman and two children clinging to a tree for much of the night as helicopters try to pluck them out. we don't know whether they survived. it's critical. it's a critical time for the people in this county and in this area. there are shelters open. the rain keeps coming down and the rivers keep rising and it is not clear how long the people can survive here especially those who have been cut off by very fast rising waters. back to you. >>> you're live in the cnn newsroom. city officials say the worst is yet to come. they are talking about flood waters that continue to rise. covering home

it started out the cape fear river was at 35 feet. it's now at 40. it will go up another 22 feet by tuesday, cresting at a record 62 plus feet. because of that, the authorities in cumberland county went a mile inland from the banks of the river on both sides telling residents they had to leave 2,800 homes there. people taking off into evacuation centers tonight. this is a helpless situation as people watch this all unfold. >> kate. kerry. thank you so much. along with all the heartache, there are a lot of stories of neighbors helping neighbors. on friday here on "nightly news" i told you the sto charles powell who spent $1,000 of his own money to rent a big pump to save his neighborhood froflooding. it seemed to be working at the time, but today things got decidedly worse. >> oh, charles. i'm just so sorry. >> reporter: this morning around 1:00 a.m. charles powell's wife katie woke him up. the rain was pounding down again. >> it just wouldn't stop. it just wouldn't let up. >> and the pump got overwhelmed? hours he just can't your eyes how sad and dis

i'm kate snow on the cape fear river with th battleship north carolina behind us.ee you back here tomorrow wishing everyone in the region a safe night. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> time for the redskin's foach's show. coach, lots excitement. your team played great last how was your practice this week. >> great week of practice.go to start fast, and get our crowd into it and it will be great. >> you ran the ball the entire game. the tight endt the end looked terrific. what happened there with the run game? >> i think combination. i think our offense

this is the cape fear river, which is just raging. we're right in the eye wall, the eye wall winds, which is the worst. at one point, the 350-mile-wide, slow-moving storm packed wind so fierce, we all but lost contact with our new york studio during our morning forecast. >> we may in fact have jeff now. jeff, can you hear me? >> glor: apologies again for some of the communication issues here as we deal with some of the worst of florence as she arrives now. rain is coming sideways, down and up. florence drove more than a million people from their homes, and more than 700,000 lost power. rain ranging from one to 3.5 feet has already fallen, and it's not over. north carolina governor, roy cooper. >> for overall damage, it will be hard at the end of the day, i think, to find a rival for this storm. >> glor: in wilmington, many of the trees that contributed to its historic beauty are now gone. >> this is my street. >> glor: this is your street right here? >> yes. >> glor: george pace returned to his neighborhood and saw his home for the fi

i was seeing some forecasts the cape fear river, which sort of, you know, buttresses one end of wilmingtoncape fear river could reach record levels? talk to me about that. >> all of this rain, which, of course, that is a very large storm over 200 miles wide, you're going to feel it all the way up into charlotte. the cape fear river is the only river in the state of north carolina that's contained within the state of north carolina. so all of that rain, all of that water that's going to be dumped on the state of north carolina, it will be coming down the cape fear river. we most definitely are going to see significant rises in the river. we may see some record-level rise in the river. and for those that went through matthew two years ago, as you mentioned, we lost several people because they tried to traverse roads, bridges after the storm passed. and their cars got swept away. and what i'm asking our citizens is to make certain, before you approach any kind of standing water, significant standing water, do not try to cross it, because you may be swept away. and we lost several people two y

and rivers spilling over their banks which is exactly what they're worried about here along the cape fear river and in fayetteville north carolina where i am residents who live within a mile of the river have been asked to evacuate even though some areas along the coast are being allowed to return home where they were asked to evacuate earlier we have been here watching the situation for the last few hours and it's remarkable how quickly the river has risen behind me we've seen signs that were visible when we first got here that are now under water and trees and bushes along the sides of the banks of the river that are now underwater as well and officials meteorologists are predicting that this river could crest its banks in less than twenty four hours but what's really remarkable is that it won't peak the flooding won't peak until two days after that is what they're predicting so authorities are warning everyone not to get complacent it may just seem like a bad rainstorm but with so much rain coming in for so long they're really worried about the potential for accidents most of those deaths th

rose described going down the cape fear river, being shot at by ships. she got terribly seasick and she had taken lots of goton that cotton that jefferson davis had -- given her to pay to sell to go over there. the cotton was on deck. to keep her from being violently ill she would sleep on deck putting her fingers around the bail of cotton to keep from falling overboard as the ship pitched and swerved as it was being shot at. the detail in the diary is absolutely extraordinary. she made the last entry one year later just before she boarded for her faithful journey home. the diary is absolutely remarkable when you put the names and the faces together. rose had negotiations with napoleon iii in which she describes in great detail. she had arguments with the british prime minister, the lord palmerson whose name i didn't recognize. arguing with him that he recognized the south, that he send them arms, that he send them ships. she talked with the aristocrats and the society people at the highest levels of british aris to be rassy. she considered, british aris

. >> reporter: the cape fear river is bringing just that to the communities near it. fear. >> some areas have not seen the worst flooding yet. . >> reporter: constant rain from hurricane florence caused rivers and creeks in the carolinas to swell, flooding homes and businesses. as the rivers crest, flooding is only expected to get worse. . >> i think people are getting complacent and that's dangerous. >> reporter: he's worried about the cape fear river's crest.. >> that's a lot of water. that water has to go somewhere. >> reporter: rescues continued monday through north carolina. crews used boats to help evacuate people trapped by flood waters. >> i thought we were okay until last night when the water just kept coming up and up. >> reporter: the lumber rir is crest -- river is crested and will the hit major flood stage until next week. >> the biggest threat is the lumber river. . >> reporter: we rode along with the police on monday. >> lumber river caused the massive flooding in hurricane matthews. >> reporter: as the water rises, so does the death toll. >> i was hold

you're between a barrier island and the ocean and then the cape fear river. >> yes, i'm standing actually right behind me is the cape fear river. the situation right now, it's windy. it's not quite as bad as it was maybe an hour ago, ali, as this thing kind of crosses over us. we're getting the northeast side of the storm right now. i was just talking to the mayor. power is out through the whole city. our power went out at our hotel maybe three hours ago, about 6:00 in the morning. it's out for the whole city. there's about 210,000 people that live in this county. the mayor told me they've had about 100 calls for help, but i got to tell you, ali, driving around, there's nobody out. there's no first responders out on the road right now because it's too dangerous to be driving around. they helped those that they need to help. but most of those calls, right now, they can't go out on because it's just not safe. they're worried about the flooding. this river, not so much in town and wilmington proper but as it works west, there's a lot of small communities, ali, that they're worried about, tha

mandatory evacuations have been issued for hundreds of people who live a mile from the cape fear river in wilmington. that river is expected to crest at 62 feet on monday morning.ha now. >> reporter: there is so much water in the coastal city that no one can get to it. >> our roads are cut off. there's no access to wilmington today. >> reporter: the city, now, basically an island, cut off from the world. i surveyed a flooded neighborhood with new hanover county commission chairman woody white. where did all this water come from? >> this is rainfall over the last 12 to 20 hours. >> reporter: we found chris tyner trying to jump-start a flooded truck. it stalled out when he was trying to drive his family to safety. >> i'm from wilmington. i've been in every hurricane since the '70s and i never experienced anything like this before. >> reporter: how fast did it come in? >> like lightning. kind of scary that it happened so sudden. >> reporter: though the storm came in swiftly, it will likely take months to overcome damage like this. if you had to do it over again -- >> not at all. >> report

that is where we have brian todd, he's in wilmington, north carolina, on the cape fear river. now, brian, i've been telling people, you have storm surge coming one way from the ocean and then coming down the rivers as well and people could get pinched in the middle. what is the situation where you are? >> reporter: chris, powerful stuff you just showed viewers about the power and the surge and the sheer energy of the ocean where you are. that is at play here. you just mentioned, cape fear river is right over here beyond this barrier. you can't see it because it is so dark and that is part of the fear that is going on in the city because as you mentioned, chris, the darkness is what people are really concerned about. when is it coming and when is this river going to breach, when could my home be flooded. high tide is coming in a few hours and that is what officials and forecasters here are concerned about. this area where i'm standing just a couple of hours ago was heavily floods. now the tide has pulled it back out. but the river there is -- believe me, you can't see it but it

where the cape fear river is rising fast. expected to crest overnight tonight or early tomorrow. officials are estimating there may be as many as 12,000 people in harm's way, as that river heads toward its peak flood stage. the cape fear river has quadrupled in size in the last two days. it's over 60 feet deep and counting. all that water needs to go somewhere. it can't be held at its banks when it's up to 60 feet deep. what's happening with the cape fear river, some of the water that's beyond its banks is causing spontaneous new rivers to spring up. this is what happened in penburg county, north carolina. i know this looks like a river. that nice straight deep river you see is i-40. just completely submerged. same thing is happening along a 60 mile stretch of i-95. i-95 is all the way up the east coast artery. there are as many as 16 rivers at major flood levels tonight. president trump is expected to visit the storm zone, expected to visit north carolina tomorrow. we shall see. as fema's saying, the next 48 hours are critic

. >> reporter: this is the cape fear river today. the river could crest at 62 feet, but right now, it's barely halfway there. florence may dump as many as 18 inches of rain before she's finished. 30 miles south, the city of lumberton is bracing for the flooding many see as inevitable. on friday, even as the storm raged, an army of volunteers and national guardsmen came here to try to close up a section of the levee that drops down for railroad tracks. robin bridgett came to this red cross shelter the day it opened. >> so we already know that the flood is coming, so why stay when we know we could come and be safe? >> reporter: back in fayetteville, the deep creek bait and tackle shop was about the only place for hot food and will likely be flooded out soon. but owner craig williams kept it open for neighbors, power line workers and first responders. >> we said we would set up for them and try to feed them until we run out of food, which is coming up real fast. >> reporter: the cape fear river is standing at 25 feet. but during hurrican

already, the cape fear river at wilmington reached that record height today. at 8.288 feet. another location along the northeast cape fear river, this is a little bit further inland, we expect that to end up reaching a record crest, as well, don. but again, that's not likely to get to that point till well into sunday and more likely not till monday. even as the storm begins to make its way inland and push away from the carolinas, there is a problem they'll be dealing with for at least the next five days. >> alison, it's unbelievable. just for the last couple of days, thing has been just sitting here and pouring water on top of people. tuesday till some of these rivers and the rivers crest. i can only imagine what that means for flooding situation here. this is we are. i want to take a walk out here. you may lose me in the dark a little bit. but the concern was that this water from the beach may start coming up to the berms and flowinging in there. it's pretty much high tide. hopefully that is not going to happen. we do know because we've been getting so much rain. and then th

this river forecast, this is the northeast cape fear river, this is a little bit oh the northetot of area. this shows you the river heights. this is the record, 22.5. that was hurricane floyd. we passed the record as we go through sunday night. then we say ttay two feet above record all the way through wednesday. that means roads washed out, homes with water and people evacuated because of the river all the way into the middle of next week. that's crazy. 72 into next week. wilmington, 72 miles per hour. the wilmington area, stay in your homes over the next three or four hours of strongest winds and you will experience as we are watching the eye making land fall. we'll check back in with you. there are people waking up and finding out the situation there as hurricane florence makes way. let's turn to marianne atencio. give us the update there. >> reporter: these trees, i don't know if you can make that out, we are starting to sway much more of the oak trees. i am 150 yards from the intercoastal water way and a mile from the beach. we are starting to feel the full effect of florence he

scotty is along the swollen cape fear river this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. a massive evacuation zone still under way here. this is about a half a mile away from the cape fear river. and most of those evacuations have happened near the cape fear river. and you can see for good reason. that evacuation zone extends about a mile out and finally last night, we saw the cape fear river reach its peak. this morning, the cape fear river cresting at over 60 feet. it's just the latest north carolina river to burst its banks, pouring more water into the already saturated region. part of this hotel buckling from the raging currents of another cresting river outside of fayetteville. now sunny skies for the first time in five days. the danger isn't over. >> sunshine doesn't necessarily mean safety. >> hundreds of thousands still have no power in the carolinas going on six days. generators running now low on gas, the wait stretching several hours. >> a mad house. everyone is trying to get gas and people are fighting. >> over a

. >> reporter: all eyes tonight on the cape fear river, predicted to crest at 2:00 a.m. these pictures show the river climbing to 60 feet. >> it's pretty rough. worse than i've ever seen it. >> reporter: from the air and ground, search and rescue teams working around the clock to pull families to safety. >> i feel better now. >> reporter: the rising water stranding people and their pets. >> you don't know what's going on, but you know you've got to get out of there. >> reporter: in lumberton, a failed emergency berm, allowing the river to flow into the city. hundreds of thousands are without power. residents forced to wait in long lines to buy gas. >> mad house. everyone is trying to get gas and people are just fighting. >> reporter: north carolina governor roy cooper asking for patience. >> i know that many people are tired of the present, and are scared of the future. but please know we will not give up on you. >> reporter: and in south carolina, a tractor trailer still stuck on a chanced road. the mayor of this small town of spring lake, north carolina, says two years

around the corner here as you get this point of view and you can see the problem is not only the cape fear river rising but the tremendous flow of the cape fear river. let me go around this tree for a second here. understand when water is flowing, it can be incredibly dangerous. the flow of the water only about three inches of water can knock you over. i am not good at calculating how fast that flow is but that's moving quickly because you can see the speed of the water going around the trees there and as you look over here, you can see a bridge, the water is rising there. so city officials here are most concerned that people who are in their homes the one mile either side of the cape fear river, get out before 3 cho:00. chris, you can see the fire hydrant which is ready to be submerged. as i am watching it, i can see the water rising and over there. all these roads shut off. bottom line is fayetteville had the blpolice and fire out and n only getting as much of information out. even going out on bull horns and announcing to people, you must leave. there is no option. >> the question is how do t

port, but they feel they're far enough inland, they're four miles inland and not right on the cape fear riverthey're a couple of miles from the cape fear river, so they're not close enough to water for that facility to be compromised by flooding. but these are two facilities we're watching tonight. based on past experiences with the assisted living facilities and with nuclear power facility, those are the areas that can be compromised to devastating effects. anderson? >> yeah. brian, appreciate that. again, with water on the ground, a lot of this water is going to be on the ground for days and days. you heard the mayor just a second ago saying that the river, the cape fear river, they don't expect it to crest until tuesday. that gives you the length of time that folks are going to have to be very aware of water on the ground and concerned about moving around if they are able to even move around very far. we've been getting the up-to-date forecasts, and that's all made possible because of hunter pilots who are helping to track the storm, putting sensors into the storm. flight director jack par

the northeast cape fear river. s is one of those rivers that flows into the sea and the concern is that storm surge could actually push the river up and come upstream as all this rain, two feet plus of rain, dumps and pushing water down stream. water gets caught in the vice. the water level could rise ten more people. that is well over flood level. they are prepared for that here, but it will lead to a lot of suffering in the low-lying areas. 185,000 people without power in north carolina. there have been rescues going on in new bern. 80 miles from where i am right now. 200 people rescued already. 150 in need of rescue. they had huge storm surge issues there. a cause of great concern. as the storm moves down, more and more communities will face what new bern has begun to face. we are in the middle of it right

we're driving near the cape fear river and you can see white caps on the river.see the winds blowing and gusting. but in addition, we've got some ponding and flooding, minor flooding that we've seen so far in and around wilmington at least where we've been able to move around. what we're looking at is still a category 1 hurricane. i expect that we're going to see at least tropical storm force gusts here in wilmington probably until sunday. so moving forward my biggest concern is the fact that this thing is moving so slowly. this by the way is the absolutely latest from the national hurricane center. the track becomes still important but a little less important now that it's made landfall. what we need to focus on is the fact that it's not moving quickly at all. it's so tight here over the next 24 to 48 hours. it's down to 3 miles per hour and that's the problem. it's still going to be a cat 1 hurricane likely at least through the next advisory before going down to tropical storm status. even once it does that we still have the rain. that is the biggest concern. r

this is the creek that dumps down into the cape fear river. it is still rising. it started raining again. on the other side of this rise that we are on is the black river. that river is still rising as well. the roads all-around this area are cutoff. this is the makings of a major, major catastrophe. erica? >> it absolutely is and it's so important that word gets out. miguel, appreciate it. we will continue to get updates. i want to get a better sense of how much more of this is still headed the way of folks in north and south carolina. in the weather center, allison, i know from speaking with you yesterday on our drive to try to get here and speaking with officials here in town today, their concern is there is still a significant amount of rain to come. >> yeah, the system is still moving incredibly slowly and as the main center point finally begins to exit the area and it will do so in about the next 24 hours, you are still going to get the training bands out behind. watch this play out in motion. here's where you have a lot of flash flood warnings and threats.

-day along the cape fear river, we are not far from cape fear river but perhaps you see it, it's way outside the banks here, off in the distance is dark, maybe next hour we will get sunshine for you, dagen, and see homes back in the -- you can't hardly see them inundated with flood waters and this is the day we expect a crest along the cape fear, at least in upper cape fear, i checked the gauge last hour, we are gaining at about 3-inches per hour, yesterday we were gaining 6-inches per hour, so that's maybe good news, rescues across, incredible pictures from the air, i think the drone pictures perhaps give you the best sense of the enormity of this, i mean, this is a over very large swath unlike houston flood where you had concentrated neighborhoods, homes side by side, many destroyed, entire neighborhoods, here it's a wide swath, people with much more land and much more space between them, i guess, that's good news but if your home is destroyed not so, we will watch this all day here along the cape fear river as the crest moves on down and perhaps causes even more havoc that it alre

major roadways are blocked i'm certain areas because of plotting and where i am now along the cape fear river is an area of particular concern to local authorities they have ordered evacuations here for anyone who lives within a mile of the cape fear river they're very worried about the river flooding its banks. nine hundred people have already been rescued throughout the state that's mostly been to the north and northwest of here this is increasingly what they're worried about and they're telling people that if they don't get out of this area within an hour they're going to be on their own people are going to really have to take care of themselves i spoke to the mayor of pedro earlier today mitch coleman and this is what he said he was worried about. doing as much as you can as an organization but now we need to just mention a bubble and so we're impressing upon him not to be complacent not a thing to the worst is behind us in fact the work is in front of us we're seeing roads in downtown areas float away and all of those tributaries and for its feet and it is river so we have a problem so w

this is a number of small creeks and waterways that feed into the cape fear river. we got here a bit before 11:00 this morning. there's a lamp post way off in the distance behind my shoulder. we can see the base of that. there are trash cans that are now under water. this has been steadily rising tlo throughout the day. mandatory evacuations were put in place yesterday. police and fire officials going door to door. we spoke with a woman earlier today. she answered the door when they came and said you'll need to evacuate. she said she remembers what happened in her neighborhood during matthew. that's why she was packing up her car today. the biggest concern is folks become complacent. when the rain has stopped, people will decide to go outside. they will decide it's out safe to be droiving around. you can't tell if a roadway is flooded in the dark. that's where the danger comes in. the cape fear river that crested to 53 feet during matthew, this part was covered in water well above my head at that point. the concern is when the river crests in the early part of this

keep in mind, during hurricane matthew, the cape fear river had 53 feet of water.pected to crist between 50 and 55 feet. we were able to establish contact with derek and he filed this report out of murrayville. >> imagine if this was your home and your car. this is what people are dealing with in murrayville, north carolina. we are very close to the closed interstate, i-40, a major artery for this location. we just got on to the scene here. i will double check to make sure that nobody is in this house. the doors are locked and hopefully they have been evacuated, but a dire situation for people here. floodwaters rose very quickly last night. homes behind me are also flooded out. residents telling me they have never seen flooding this bad, even with the benchmark storm, hurricane floyd in '99. this will be for the record books. florence already setting state records for tropical rainfall well over those levels. back to you. >> as derek mentioned is the fact that they are not done yet. north carolina governor roy cooper saying today at a press conference a short time

all week long we'll be talking about flooding along the neuse also the cape fear river, on tuesday we shld hit over 61 feet which keeps it well above that flood stage. it takes it until the end of the weekefore that river itself go back below flood stage. additional rainfl at this point will be improving. we'd only say 1 to 2 inches across most of north carolina and then the situation shifts up into virnia and eventually to the northeast where the remnants of florence will continue to move, even parts of massachusetts could about 4 to 6 inches of rain. that could lead to flash flooding in that area. hodady >> n, thank you. >>> now to another major story this morning. thencertain future of brett kavanaugh's supreme nomination, the woman who accused him of sexual assaulthe when were teenagers is going public with hery. st we'll talk to her attorney in a moment but firsthite house correspondent kristen welker with the latest. >> good moioing. the que looming over the white house could be allegations that derail brett kavanaugh's nomination. she says she was sexually assaulted when they w

the cape fear river is set to crest today. residents have been warned to pick a side of the river stand there. as the storm moves north, it's already spawned a deadly tornado in virginia. millions of people in the northeast are under flood watches. emily rau continues our coverage in will miniton, north carolina. >> reporter: good morning, janai. the remnants of the storm are proving deadly five days after making landfall. the food and water supply is running short here. another deadly day in the path of what was hurricane florence. >> a tornado! oh! >> reporter: the storm spawning tornadoes as it moves inland, killing a person near richmond, virginia, after a building collapsed. water wes cues still happening. in kelly, north carolina, cruise helping this pregnant woman and her 4-year-old through neck-high water. >> this ma ha has suffered tragically. >> reporter: outside of charlotte, help did not come in time for kaiden lee welch. floodwaters pinning his mother's car against trees. she freed him from the car seat but lost he

the cape fear river, and my crew was remarking from yesterday to today, how swollen that river looks even close to when that river has the potential to flood the most which would actually be late weekend, early next week. this area, wilmington, had 20 inches above their average to date before the storm started. >> just incredible. >> reporter: they had 63 inches. they could do it. >> they could have over 100 inch 100 inches before this season. now we're looking at the rainfall that you mentioned. not just the cape fear river, but the river in new bern, and we have seen the flooding and we don't have much in the way of camera. several high tide cycles of this storm surge, and the rainfall will continue as well. ginger, you had some floor boards come up underneath you. that's a brick structure. not many spots have brick homes. so it's still very dangerous. >> reporter: you know, and this is in the historic district. this is more than 100 years old, so we felt like this was a safe structure. the house itself was, but this deck pulled up with the nails with the wind. it was coming up und

because that river feeds into the cape fear. feed the cape fear river are really contributing to the flooding. the river is expected to crest tomorrow at 64 feet. when it was matthew's turn, it was only 53. >> erica hill in fayetteville, thank you very much. >>> in our national lead, how a woman's narrow escape led police to a border patrol agent-turned-accused serial killer. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ no matter when you retire, your income doesn't have to. see how lincoln can help ensure you still have income every month of your retirement, guaranteed, at lincolnfinancial.com. oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovas

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eric: for more of our continuing coverage, we turn to rick, where the cape fear river is expected to inundate the surrounding area. we can see you there at the moment. what's it like right now? reporter: well, this river hit record highs yesterday and is now around high tide, it's already over its banks again. you can see it coming up and over the seawall behind me. i can show you this lower cape fear river here and along the water street, where there is water in the street, of course. this is a concern with flash flood warnings now in effect across wilmington and across many parts of north carolina. we have been driving around the city. we have seen a lot of cleanup in progress today now that the rain has started to slow down. front end loaders on some major thoroughfares trying to clear big branches, big trees and debris out of the roads so they can get utility crews in to get the power back on. of course, there are roughly a million power customers across the state of north carolina still in the dark. we also saw another area where it appeared that a tornado may have touched down.

the cape fear river swollen after hurricane florence anbreached a dam flowed into a reservoirnected to a duke energy coal fired power plant. it's raising ars toxic coal ash could be flowing into the river, a ssibility the company says it cannot rule out. t >>re are new twists in the case of a college student accused of breaching security at a florida airport and attempting to steal a passenger plane. the fbi testified nttoday that the stude a licensed pilot wanted to harm himself and didn'tare who else he may have hurt. nbc's kerry sanders with the latest on that. >> reporter: today 22-year-old nishal sankat in florida, an fbi agent said during the suspect's interrogation he told them why he did it. >> he advised us he intended to harm himself and in that process regard for potentially harming others in the process. >> i'm sorry, you said he intended to harm himself? >> yes, ma'am. an> reporter: that allege thwarted by two maintenance technicians working on the plane at the time. one of the technicians told a local reporter in orlando, i was up in the cockpit doing my thing, troublesho

the cape fear river basin, the santee river basin, and northeastern south carolina.t water is just going to spread out. the rainfall totals in some of these coastal areas, 10 or 20 inches, some computer models are saying we could see 30 inches. some other computer models earlier had said 40 inches of rainfall. so where is that rain going to go? well, we've got that flow that's moving on shore and then the rivers are going to fan out. so you could be way inland in north carolina, way inland in south carolina, and you are still going to see the potential for extreme flooding. remember matthew? even interior sections of south carolina, columbia, south carolina, where some of the homes are still just sitting there after water was up on the second floors. that was two years ago, 2 1/2 years ago. >>> all right. here's a different perspective with a hurricane. you get a lot of dynamics in the atmosphere, so we have this tornado watch in coastal sections of north carolina. here's the eye. doesn't look all that impressive. it's still holding together, though, 90 mile an hour

that's the river walk where cape fear river has made its way up on to the river walk in wilmington, north carolina. sad day in wilmington. a mom and infant daughter have been pronounced dead as a result of this storm. authorities went in to try to save them but couldn't. the husband has been taken to a nearby hospital. so they're hoping for no more fatalities in this storm, which has now officially claimed three lives. in south carolina, they may have missed the worst of it. conditions have deteriorated to some degree as the winds have pushed the sea outward. jonathan hunt is live in north myrtle beach. hey, jonathan. >> shep, this is likely to be a tale in two parts for south carolina the next couple days. first, the good -- we hope the good part. that is the coastal south carolina, including north myrtle beach where we are right now, may have dodged a bull let. we're being told by rick reichmuth, our chief meteorologist, that we're let's likely now than we were before to see a storm surge from the ocean. that is very good news indeed. it was predicted at one point to be anywhere from 2

. >> over the weekend, water from the -- look at that, the bloated cape fear river forced the closurelants fearing that industrial waste could seep into waters nearby. meanwhile eight rivers remain at flood stage with at least one river expected to rise another three feet by tomorrow morning. kaylee hartung joins us in north carolina. this is what they were talking about with all these concerns over what would the aftermath of florence be. what are you seeing? >> that's right, jim and poppy. the threat to the carolinas continues and the work of the volunteers of the united cajun navy has evolved well beyond operations that began more than a week ago. i'm here in the volunteer group's command center. it has turned into a distribution center, something of a 24/7 walmart if you will, where folks can come in and pick up the essential supplies they need, everything from dog food, canned food, snacks, produce and medical supplies. the volunteers here will deliver if they can't come here to get what they need. those same fishing boats are taking these supplies into areas that are now cut off

a mandatory evacuation order has wish you'd for everyone along the little river and cape fear river about 60 miles northwest of here about 2800 households. the cape fear is expected to crest at record 62 feet come or tuesday with water possibly going a mile beyond its banks. north carolina governor roy copsier urging residents to take the threat seriously. >> we face walls of water at our coast, along our rivers. this system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall. in some places measured in feet and not inches. >> in jacksonville and new bern hundreds who defied earlier evacuation orders had to be rescued from rising waters yesterday by rescue workers and volunteers. the mayor of fayetteville parts of in the evacuation zone warned his residents not to make the same mistake. >> you are refusing to leave during this mandatory evacuation, you need to do things like notify your legal next of kin because the loss of life is very, very possible. >> president trump has issued disaster declaration for north carolina which will make federal money available to those affected by florence and plate la