north and south carolina, and the rain likely won't let up until at least tuesday evening. that means the worst and most dangerous flooding is yet to come. our polo sandoval is in lumberton, north carolina where officials are afraid a levee may not hold the river that's rising very quickly. >> reporter: the residents of lumberton, north carolina are very familiar with the damaging potential of flood waters that come after these tropical systems. it's been only two years since hurricane matthew swept through the region sending flood waters into the neighborhoods. here it is again. many of the residents tell me they feel like history is repeating itself. this time, however, they tried to get ahead of this storm. last week they came together, strangers with city officials to create a manmade, makeshift levee, if you will n a certain parts of town they say is where the water swept in after hurricane matthew in an effort to keep that happening again, they created that levee. however, on sunday it was compromised. we were there with the u.s. coast guard as we noticed the water began seeping in, breaking part of that barrier. it did buy them time, however. an opportunity to eva

in lumberton, north carolina, residents came together to do what they could to protect their city. polo sandoval has this report for us. >> reporter: everyone after the rain stops, the flooding threat will remain for the community inland throughout the carolinas. including here in lumberton, north carolina where on friday we witnessed something truly incredible where neighbors came together to try to defend their community against potential flooding from florence as we saw strangers came together filling sand bags, creating a barrier under an overpass along interstate 95. you see that location had been identified as a problem spot when hurricane matthew swept through the region two years ago. that is when water essentially flooded much of the community particularly on the west side of the city. so this time neighbors determined not to let that happen again. a call on smoed for peopocial m people to come together to join city workers to create this barrier here. now they are with their families waiting for the worst to be over in terms of the weather, but the potential flooding thre

right now, one of the most dire situations is unfolding in lumberton, north carolina.temporary levy is in serious danger of breaching. the break could threaten hundreds of homes. polo sandoval is there for us. and what's the situation with the levee, polo? >> two key points here, access and rescues. the first is rescues. we have mentioned many of these rescues take place on this street here in lumberton, turned into a boat ramp. we have seen these volunteers come and go. in fact, a little while ago, we may have some video of this woman and her puppies getting rescued from her home. she says this is much worse than what they witnessed during hurricane matthew about two years ago. some good news here, some officials telling us the majority of areas that were deeply affected were evacuated. and a lot of that has to do with what you just mentioned, that temporary barrier, that temporary levee that was erected in a certain part of town where the waters breached two years ago. we were with the coast guard and watched as that levee was compromised. the water was seeping throu

north carolina with 20 inches of rain 10 years later. but it was hurricane matthew, just two years ago in 2016, that turned the quaint city of lumberton into a veritable water world. the category 1 hurricane left 43 dead here in the u.s., 22 just in the state of north carolina. its catastrophic flooding ruined hundreds of homes, leaving a staggering $2.6 billion cleanup. >> matthew came through on a saturday, october the 8th, 2016. whole lot of rain. 18 inches of rain in 24 hours. next thing you know, the rivers were overflowing. >> reporter: reverend rick foreman is pastor of west lumberton baptist church. it's served this community for over 100 years. >> sunday night the second flood came when the river went even higher. we went from a foot and a half to over three foot of water in 30 minutes. >> reporter: our station was with the pastor in the months area. >> this was the children center. because of the storm we had to tear it down. >> you lost a deacon? >> one of our church members lives across the street. they believe he had a heart attack. >> reporter: so many in this city are still dealing with the aftereffects of hurricane matthew.

he's in lumberton, north carolina. onditions where you are. >> reporter: maternity, if there's anybody who is familiar with the damaging potential of floodwaters after a hurricane, it's the people in the city of lumberton, north carolina. we are driving the streets of the city, giving you a view of what the situation is like. you can see some ponding on the streets. two years ago i was here, covering catastrophic flooding after hurricane matthew. that is when there were many people who were displaced from their homes. the floodwaters after hurricane matthew basically ravaged the area here. you can see people are, again, out and about, driving right now. it really did cripple the infrastructure here in lumberton two years ago. and according to the forecast, we are expecting even more rain right now. the main threat is coming from the lumber river that is expected to go about a foot higher than what people experienced here during hurricane matthew. this is already leading to some road closures. the interstate that runs th

let's go to lumberton, north carolina, where polo sandoval is near the river. as nick referenced the 1999 flooding here, people there have to think back to hurricane matthew and flooding they faced, they're seeing the threat of that again. >> reporter: that was only two years ago, victor. most of the residents have experienced that flooding already. the lumber river is on the rise. officials telling me it is about 11 to 12 feet. flood stage is 13 feet. you can imagine we do expect to hit flood stage in the next hour or two. the concern is that the river level here will continue to rise. what we have seen here, residents are keeping a close eye on water levels. people say their belongings are packed, especially those near the river, prepared to go in a moment's notice. many of them coming out to see for themselves, engage with the situation. the river forecast shows a major flood stage by tomorrow. that gives you an idea all of that rain that florence dumped has to go somewhere as nick mentioned. it makes its way to streams, creeks, and major rivers. that's what

32 in three states. 25 fatalities reported in north carolina as remnants of the powerful storm dump feet of rain. kristina partsinevelos live in lumbertonnorth carolina, where the lumber river has all kinds of homes, just swamped there. is that a river you're standing in or is that just water, kristina? reporter: trish, i feel like you're seeing a lot of shots like this from reporters. shows how bad the situation remains in these communities. i'm in lumberton, north carolina. this area is alamac. the moments are completely ravaged. nobody is inside luckily because rescue boats went to check. waters, again, yes, to show how deep it is still is and dangerous and sewage caps came off. i have to watch where i'm standing this is street or potentially a street and you can fall right through. latest numbers for north carolina, still 3,000 people without power. they're working on that. look at areas like this, almost impossible to get power going up again. nor are anybody in homes here luckily. you have roughly about 10,000 people in north carolina still in shelters. trish last night i went to one at lumberton high school. 600 people just at th

north carolina alone. matt bradley is in lumberton north carolina. matt, you were looking aft a ley that had breached a bit. what are you seeing now? >> as i mentioned to you a little while ago, this was a heartbreaking scene we witnessed here a couple of hours ago. it was pouring down rain and there were people movers -- i'm sorry, earth may havers with personnel driving them back and forth seriously across what used to be a parking lot that's now flooded trying to close off this levy here which as you can see has since breached. so it was going on for hours and hours. this follows days and days when the people here of lumberton were trying their best with just shovels and their bare hands to try to create this berm that we see. it was really a race against time in the last couple of hours. it was heartbreaking to see these workers trying so hard so save their town and now we've seen that levy break and it's a repeat of what happened back in 2016. that was the aftermath of hurricane matthew. that was when once again this levy broke and the water fro

want to go to polo sandoval in lumberton, north carolina. this is an area hit hard the last couple of years in 2015, 2016 with flooding. some of that they have not yet recovered from, i know. >> reporter: right. it has been about two years since that happened, erica. behind me, the lumber river here. it is currently about 12 feet, 13 feet. it is forecast to make it up to 24 feet by monday. so this water is steadily rising. that's the concern for people here in lumberton, including city officials. i want to bring in the mayor pro tem. you were telling me you were effected three years ago. you expect it to be worse than what took place in 2016. >> yes, we do. all reports i have seen is telling us by sunday at 12 noon, this river is going to crest at 24.9 feet. and that is a couple of feet more than matthew a couple years ago. >> you were telling me you've seen people in shelters think it is over, go home. that's a big mistake. >> yes, sir. i'm urging everyone if you're in a shelter, if you know someone in a shelter and can contact them, tell t

one area of concern is lumberton, north carolina.ls say if they get much higher, quote, all bets are off. even with this levee holding, the city is already under water in many areas. our next guest is actually stranded in the city as we speak and is joining us by phone. hailey, first of all, i want to make sure you and your family, everybody is doing okay. >> yeah, everybody is okay. >> i understand that you and your family were actually trying to drive to virginia from georgia, and the roads were too flooded, forcing you to stop in bum l lumberton. what is your situation right now? >> right now we're actually being rescued and taken to a shelter. >> this is like rinse and repeat because this is what happened to you last night, right? >> yes, it is. >> can you fill us in on the details of how that unfolded? >> well, last night we -- we're driving 95 north, and realized we couldn't go any further. so we took the exit into lumberton. the alternate route was also flooded, so we tried to get back on 95, which was under about three feet o

jonathan serrie, lumberton, north carolina, boy, do they have a long road ahead of them. storm at that strikes you when you're doing there, we have video from chinopin, north carolina, took a boat tour and you're driving down roads in boats at 20 or 30 miles an hour. it's weeks before that water recedes to where people can get back into their homes. the fellow we were riding in the boat with was a fellow named josh, medic in navy and-- steams you hear about the worst of the human equations and this is the best. josh helped to rescue two little puppies. maybe one was a puppy. the porch that they sought refuge on and the dogs will be on the show tomorrow and we'll show you how you can help. that's the rescue right there. more when we come back. . . i don't keep track of regrets. i never count the wrinkles. and i don't add up the years. but what i do count on... is staying happy and healthy. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. new boost® high protein nutritional drink now has 33% more high-quality protein, along with 26 essential and minerals your

in lumberton north carolina.. residents are bracing for the worst as the lumber river levee teters on failure. florence has weakened.. but has moved northward.. causing concern for virginia. ( darya ) new this morning... police in menlo park have arrested a man... accused of trying to rape a woman. it happened yesterday just before 5-p-m near oak court and woodland avenue. the woman was able to fight back and break free from the man. police arrested 19-year-old rogelio artiga... after he was positively identified by ( james ) in the east bay... a 10 year old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car in brentwood. police say it happened at balfour road and guise way. they say the girl was in the crosswalk when she was hit. she was flown to u-c davis medical center. the driver is cooperating with police... and they did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. ( james ) three antioch high school students were hit by cars... in two different crashes that happened about an hour apart. the

as florence barrels toward the east coast, the storm is stirring fearful memories in lumberton, north carolina. >> butterflies in my stomach. just not sure what to expect. two years ago we didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: hurricane matthew devastated the town in 2016. many of the survivors were forced to live in fema trailers for nearly a year and some homeowners are still rebuilding including jerry pone sr. >> and i peeked out the window. my god, you know, it was water. all the water was up to right along here. >> reporter: right here. >> right along here. >> reporter: and you didn't just see water. >> i see fish and all kind of debris and everything. >> reporter: jerry contacted his friends on facebook and someone came to his rescue on a boat. the idea of facing another powerful hurricane bringing jerry to tears. >> all that do is bring back memories. that's the roughest part of all of it. >> reporter: on myrtle beach the surf started picking up before sundown. authorities there say anyone trying to get into the ocean will be arrested. one of the biggest concerns is this 200-foot fer

confirmed dead including an elderly man his body was found in a submerged pickup truck in lumberton north carolina. reporting for fox news. >>> the weather here at home does not feel like fall. >> temperatures of the next few days, we are talking about 80 degree and 90 degree temperatures. as andre mentioned, it is the fall equinox this evening. tomorrow will be the first full day of fall. we are talking about cooler temperatures in the short term. take a look at the highs from this afternoon. we have been cooling off with pacifica being 54 degrees. santa rosa is in the low 80s. we have a few 90 degree temperatures toward antioch. here is a satellite. the main reason for the cooldown is this weather system appear. this is a weak front that setting in some clouds. we have low clouds and fall -- clouds regrouping. they're factoring in on the coastline for good part of the day. you can see the clouds, especially from half moon bay over to pacifica. current numbers, still 70 out toward concord. santa fe 62. santa fe -- santa monica 65. santa rosa and nevada are cooler. looking at fort san francisco, t

north carolina."communities -- like new bern north carolina -- now underwater.the rivers already rising from the record rainfall.many waterways not expected to reach the highest levels for another couple of days.john cantey/ lumberton, north carolina mayor pro tem: "this is not over. all the water up upstream has to come downstream... we are doing all we can."thousands are under new evacuation ordersas people who live in these communities escape to higher ground"susan bostic /rocky point, nc: "the river is coming up into our property."tucker sparkman / rocky point, nc "we've been moving beds, linens, clothes, as much stuff as we could to get it out, you know, so we won't lose itsusan bostic /rocky point, nc: "so, we know it's time to go. it's already up in our yard."emergency officials say people may encounter walls of water -- even when florence eventually subsides.tracy jackson/cumberla nd county emergency services interim director:"we're in a situation that is progressing and has us extremely concerned when it comes to the threat to life safety of citizens here in cumberland county... we do believe that there will be a worst-case scenario" (natasha) (justine) thank you natasha... south carolina had its first dea

all eyes are on lumberton, north carolina this morning. relentless rain from florence caused the river to swell, rising overnight to more than 24 feet in an already inundated city. emergency officials and volunteers have been working around the clock to keep the river at bay. as florence raised friday they sand bagged the area where hurricane matthew had rushed in two years ago. as you can see, the sand bags did not work. this is lumber river. >> the priority is getting people out. the so-called cajun navy, a rescue team from louisiana helped transfer residents from a nursing home. a few miles away, firefighters raced sunday to rescue people trapped in homes surrounded by rain. jessica locklear and her two young children were rescued as floodwaters started creeping into her home. >> can't swim, and i don't want my babies to drown. >> reporter: the firefighters and local volunteers going through treacherous conditions. to the north downtown fayetteville sunday water and could be more submerged when the cap fear river is expected to crest th

north carolina."communities -- like new bern north carolina -- now underwater.the rivers already rising from the record rainfall.many waterways not expected to reach the highest levels for another couple of days.john cantey/ lumberton, north carolina mayor pro tem: "this is not over. all the water up upstream has to come downstream... we are doing all we can." thousands are under new evacuation ordersas people who live in these communities escape to higher ground"susan bostic /rocky point, nc: "the river is coming up into our property."tucker sparkman / rocky point, nc "we've been moving beds, linens, clothes, as much stuff as we could to get it out, you know, so we won't lose itsusan bostic /rocky point, nc: "so, we know it's time to go. it's already up in our yard."emergency officials say people may encounter walls of water -- even when florence eventually subsides.tracy jackson/cumberla nd county emergency services interim director:"we're in a situation that is progressing and has us extremely concerned when it comes to the threat to life safety of citizens here in cumberland county... we do believe that there will be a worst-case scenario"in wilmington north carolina -- i'm natasha chen reporting. (justine) sou

north carolina. offices received hundreds of complaints of price gouging. depending on where you are, a full tank of gas won't do you much good. this is i-95 in lumberton, north carolina. you can see several cars abandoned in flood wires -- floodwaters. some trucks are managing to plow through. this flooding is going to get even worse before it starts to reseed. president trump has already declared a federal disaster in the carolinas. the storm is expected to turn north overnight toward tennessee. >>> meanwhile, the world's strongest storm of the year, the typhoon is leaving devastation in its wake. the typhoon roared into china after pummeling the philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain. people living in hong kong hunkered down as the typhoon slammed into the city. boats were tossed around like toys. the wind was so strong it sent a sofa bouncing down a hong kong street like a ball. witnesses shot the video of the piece of furniture tumbling over and over. check this out. fierce winds brought down this large tree and brought up a section of the sidewalk in slow motion. it was a slow-motion disaster for the car that was parked underneath. >>> a

north carolina still dealing with the rising floodwaters there. now there's a new concern that one river may be contaminated. jonathan serrie is in lumbertonth carolina with the latest. hi, jonathan. >> hi, eric. you know, residents here, they went through hurricane matthew. they experienced epic flooding. they were told that it was a 1 in 500 year floods and now they are dealing with this all over again. i will have details when we come back. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. what maheart-healthyle salad the california walnuts.ver? the best simple pasta ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org. eric: the neighborhoods that already experienced flooding from florence, well they are getting hit with another wave of water. the heavy rainfall travelling to the ocean at the coast a

north carolina after hurricane matthew. had there been a breech of the levee? >> reporter: we are witnessing what will likely turn into the worse casey is necessaryio in lumberton, north carolina. the this is a rare look at the main point where the floodwater breached during hurricane matthew two years ago. flooding many neighborhoods and crippling the infrastructure of about 21,000 people. what was protecting that inf infrastructure and the 21,000 people who had been sheltering was this man made levee that we were able to see. we were out here about three or four days ago when the entire town, strangers and the town and the national guard caming e intr to move sandbags here. because of the torrential rains of florence, you have seen basically many of the creeks and rivers including the lumber river not far from here go back up to historic levels and the station here, what we are witnessing is the scramble by officials to try to keep more of this water from breeching this levee. they are certainly up to a tremendous challenge. the water being held back by the levee will make its way into the neighborhoods that we believe for the most part had been evacuated bec

christina is in lumberton, north carolina with all the details.orter: i'm at lumberton high school where evacuees have been able to seek shelter. curfew in the entire city is 8:00 p.m. eastern time. there is an older woman who didn't want to leave her dog, but she isn't allowed to bring it inside. you have 600 people being provided cots by the american red cross. because of security issues, privacy issues, i'm not allowed with a camera inside. but i'm told the space? between cots is about this wide. they have toilets inside and toilets outside the school. you have mossive floods, and i was naive to think today is going to be a nice day, super sunny. most of of my crew got burnt while we were out on the rescue boats. now we are seeing massive lightning in the sky. we don't even have a hotel room tonight. but it's not about us. 600 people are inside right now and they are not allowed to come outside for safety reasons. we were on rescue boats on the water, literally where we saw cars completely submerged in water. i was walking in water hip deep wel

. >>> the town of lumberton, north carolina, is especially vulnerable to flooding and florence presents a huge challenge. first responders have beens reskewing people nonstop -- rescuing people nonstop. we get her on this from paolo sandoval. >> reporter: we have been seeing today that the local river continues to worsen. this is close to what i witnessed about two years ago when hurricane matthew, before an extremely dangerous situation in the same area where people lost their homes, we have been witnessing the lumber river continue to rise, currently flowing at 17.5 feet. and it is expected to crest tomorrow, still has at least 7 more feet to go according to the current forecast. my colleagues and i spent today driving through the streets the of lumberton today. and we reached a point where we couldn't press forward anymore because of the danger, i can tell you i have not covered these situations before, but i can't remember the last time i saw water, floodwaters rise so quickly in neighbors and the businesses. some of the footage we shot is some we shot above. to have a vehicle to dr

north carolina. that pet ended up strapped on the front porch of the home. peta said they rescued the dog after floodwaters kept it trapped. this is in lumberton, north carolina. hurricane florence moved through and broke temporary levees. good to see the dog is all right. >>> a closer look at some of audi's new electric vehicles. audi set up a display in san francisco showing off an suv called etron. ist is priced at $74,000. there it is. also on display, a formula e pof you can see them in person starting 11:00 today at audi's service station unleashed event on broadway and front near the embarcadero. the vehicles will be on display saturday. the new electric cars won't be be available in all kpaoupbts. b communities. one would create outreach to low-income communities by prioritizing rebate payments. they are helping to craft the second bill. it includes, among other things, more rebates for low income residents. >> they will scrap it, throw it away. and you get a voucher for $9,500 to buy a new or used. >> the voucher program has been successful in central valley and the greater los angeles area. it will soon come to the bay area. >>> heal

jonathan serrie is live in lumberton, north carolina, where rivers remain at flood stage this week.onathan? >> arthel, an example of that right behind me, this used to be a public park, now under water. what happened is the lumber river rose to such high levels, the water over topped this protective flood control berm and now the waters are beginning to recede, the berm is keeping floodwaters on the other side. the city of lumberton brought in the industrial grade pumps which are now pumping the floodwaters back into the lumber river. many roads remain closed here in lumberton and throughout this part of north carolina, as part of last week's damage assessment, the north carolina d.o.t.'s division of aviation sent up a drone to survey conditions on interstate 40 about 30 miles north of wilmington. three days after the storm made landfall, this is what i-40 looked like near mile marker 387 in pender county. it looked more like a river. a week later, 547 roads remain closed statewide including sections of i-95 and i-40. state highway officials are asking people to avoid travel in the

north carolina and south carolina coping with closed roads and flooding. the death toll from the storm has reached 33. christina joins us from lumberton, north carolina.ter: i'm still here. you often hear the stories about flooding. people snuck their homes or having to evacuate. the question, when is this water leaving? sometimes it can take one to two weeks to even see water go down. water seeing behind me is an example of how they are pumping out the water from neighborhood. they are essentially sucking out the water through these pumps and putting it into this area. you wonder, where is this water going? the roads are blocked due to the flooding, so there are police officers on both end. you can see near the train tracks how tall it is. this is a contributing factor with the floods. the north carolina governor says there are 300,000 people still without power. i spoke to one woman who had to use the neighbor's generator to plug in her cell phone so she can have contact with the outside road. a lot of people still without power. 10,000 people still seeking shelter at night in north carolina. last night we went over to one shelter. there was 600 peo

on that let's send it back over to erica hill in fayetteville, north carolina. >> reporter: just a little bit south of where i am is lumbertonlina, which suffered a lot two years ago during matthew. what folks are focussed on is the lumber river. they are watching the dams in the area and the makeshift levee that they are hoping holds. on stand by and ready to go if more rescues are needed there are a number of folks and officials. there are also members of the all-volunteer america's cajun navy which have been instrumental across the carolinas over these last few days. joining us now is the texas leader of america's cajun navy. you are actually in lumberton. give us a sense, have you been called in at this point to help out at all? >> yes. a lot of it is also monitoring the situation and kind of keeping my guys ready. the boats are in the water. we have been very careful today. we are coming back from a german shepherd rescue and heading back. >> so you are helping to rescue people's pets, the pets of people who had to evacuate right now? >> yeah. the first night i got here i was in fayetteville. we got the call that newbur

inches, the rain is going to be spreading to the west, 2-3 inches as far as the west of lumberton north carolina. some of the rain is spreading into south carolina right now. the pattern will grow to the west the next couple of days. by the time that's all through, we are still looking at totals that can be -- we are already seeing as high as 20 but as high as 40 inches over the southeastern part of north carolina and a large area 6-10 inches covering the northern part of south carolina and almost all of north carolin north carolina. again, we have several threats still in play, although the winds have increased a bit. we have rain in the inland areas floating down toward the coast, and we still have storm surge ripped along the coast though the wins have come down typically up the rivers still threat of storm surge as ted 8-12 feet, higher values north and south. risk for rainfall in in land areas. at the national hurricane center, i'm ed rappaport. >> live look, new bern, north carolina. one thing we've noticed the last 24 hours or so, the worst of the storm has seemed to come in the inland ar

lumberton, north carolina, bracing after appear gap in a temporarily levee on sunday afternoon. expected to crest today above 25 feet innodating a city still recovering from hurricane matthew two years ago. the floodwaters engulfing entire neighborhoods and forcing closures on major interstate highways. officials advising travelers to avoid driving through the state. >> we have not seen the worst of the flooding. people need to heed warnings from their local emergency management and stay on dry grounds. >> reporter: the little and cape fear rivers are unevacuation orders and the mayor was clear, this is not the time to be co complacent. south carolina residents anxious to get home as well, facing long lines and questions about their future as rivers continue to swell. rescues throughout the weekend, ferrying people and pets to safety. some unsure when or if they will ever return home. of course in some of the areas further south of us where the water has begun to recede, what it is revealing what is left behind is a monumental task of cleanup. here in fayetteville, the cape fear

lumberton. about 21,000 people call this part of north carolina home. they are very familiar with the damaging potential of these storms with hurricane matthew when it swept through this region two years ago. tonight is when the lumber river is expected to crest. that's when it's hard to make it out beyond this roadblock here but about an hour ago a state police officer moved that barrier up a few feet, an indication that the water line is on the move. people here did try to get ahead of this. last week they built a makeshift levee of at the location where they say the water from -- the floodwater caused by-hour main matthew basically flooded all these neighborhoods. however, that was compromised. that was breached. we were with the coast guard doing a survey and we witnessed that breach happen. the water was essentially seeping through the gravel and the sandbags that were placed there by volunteers and police officers. members of the community. however, that wasn't for nothing. that at least bought people precious time to evacuate, to head to higher g

in lumberton north carolina.. residents are bracing for the worst as the lumber river levee teters on failure. florence has weakened.. but has moved northward.. causing concern for virginia. at least 12 tornadoes were reported in virginia yesterday. this is video of a tornado tearing the roof off a building in midlothian... about 14 miles west of richmond. one person was killed after a tornado collapsed on a building in chesterfield county. ( robin ) new this morning... police in oakland are investigating a shooting. it happened just before 8:30 last night in the 1-thousand block of aileen street. one man was shot. he's now hospitalized in stable condition. ( robin ) happening today in the north bay... trial begins for the man accused of kidnapping and sexually assautling a 13-year old girl. timothy marble is accused of picking up the girl at a napa gas station ... after she ran away from home. investigators say the two stopped to smoke pot and that's when marble tied the child to a tree and assaulted her. the vic

improvement store an hour and a half inland from where we are here in wilmington, north carolina, a store in lumberton, north carolina, that sold more than 200 generators in the past day. so many people here preparing for a storm that this area really hasn't seen in about 20 years. you mentioned those evacuations. hatteras island now under mandatory evacuation starting at noon today. hatteras island in the area familiar called the outer banks, that entire county of dare county will be under mandatory evacuation starting 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. people here are taking this serious, so are officials. we're aware of the states of emergency that were declared before even the weekend. people asking why were those declarations made so early? for this reason. so allocations could be made, resources and assets put in place well before the storm hits. >> kaylee hartung with the latest for us. thank you. >>> at the trump white house, the list of suspects shrinking. the roll call of denials growing. in the latest twist here, a sitting vice president goes to extraordinary lengths to say he will prove his loyalty to th

. >>> well, the town of lumberton, north carolina, is especially vulnerable to flooding. and florence presents a huge challenge. officials there say first responders have been rescuing people nonstop from the rising floodwaters. our polo sandoval has that part of the story. >> reporter: we have been seeing today so far as to the situation there along the river that it continues to worsen, something similarly to what i witnessed two years ago when hurricane matthew made for an extremely dangerous situation in the same area where many people lost their homes. we are seeing, we have been witnessing the lumber river continue to rise. currently flowing at 17.5 feet. and it is still going up, expected to crest possibly tomorrow. still hassed a least 7 more feet to go -- still has at least 7 more feet to go according to my colleagues today as we traveled. it's been a while, at least i can't remember the last time i saw water, floodwaters rise so quickly in neighborhoods and in businesses. some of the footage we're showing you is some of the footage we shot off our vehicle with s

steve: jordan joins us live from lumberton, north carolina. good morning. why do you do it?heard the president of the united states give your group a shout out during the state of the union address. why do you do it? >> we have the resources and health available, to help save lives, going to be a little easier. >> we are familiar with the cajun navy because what happened in texas but is it a formal organization? do you train for these things? how do you organize for this deployment to this location? >> every year it gets more formal. there are new groups in the cajun navy that come up every year. i'm with the louisiana cajun navy and been around since katrina but since 2015 from the back roots. throughout the off-season we stayed together and try to come up with a plan and put resources together and network all year long at times like this. ainsley: we think of louisiana, your group is from baton rouge and hurricane katrina and you hear the word navy and think military and training. do you go through a certain type of training to join your group? >> no, ma'am. we have as muc

becomes a major issue for parts of the coastal carolinas region contessa brewer is live in lumberton, north carolinaith the latest are conditions somewhat improving now? >> they are improving. the power is on here in lumberton. the good news is the lumber river is receding. yesterday the river had crested over these bridges, and the town was flooding, immobilizing cars in the middle of the roadways. today the roads are passable and the river is going down. let's look at some other rivers of concern here. by the way, it did crest at a record it broke a record yesterday. the record had been 21.8 for the lumber river, now it's 22.07 so we're still above that record flood stage. the cape fear river, the flood stage is 10 feet it's expected to crest tonight at 24 1/2 feet the waccamaw river won't crest until saturday these are the rivers of concern in north and south carolina. depending on where you live the threat is not over and the problems are persisting now because the flooding has undermined the roadways and the rail lines there's a csx line that run just along the river here it's immobilized you c

for many people in low lying areas near the lumber river in lumberton, north carolina. cnn's polo sandoval is joining us on the phone. he's calling in because of safety issues. polo, gives an update. >> reporter: martin, what we've been seeing, the lumber river continues to worsen, disturbingly similar to what i witnessed about two years ago when hurricane matthew made for an extremely dangerous situation in this same area, where many people lost their homes. we're witnessing the lumber river continuing to rise, currently flowing at 17 1/2 feet. it has at least seven more feet to go, according to the current forecast. my colleagues and i drove through the streets of lumberton today and we reached a point where we couldn't press forward anymore because of the danger. i can tell you, having covered these kinds of situations before, it's been a while, i can't remember the last time i saw water, floodwaters rise so quickly in neighborhoods and in business businesses. some of the footage we're showing you is shot from our vehicle, our specially fitted vehicle that can drive

already being closed at this hour, martin. >> reporter: polo sandoval, thank you very much, in lumberton, north carolina. there are so many places bracing for the floodwaters that they know will come, and there are so many that are coming. volunteers, many of them, who are trying to assist. included in that are many volunteers that were born out of the tragedy in louisiana, i'm talking about the cajun navy. they're now playing a critical role in the aftermath of hurricane florence. taylor [ inaudible ]. >> we're with the american cajun navy. [ inaudible ] hello? >> reporter: yes, sir, go ahead, tell me what you're saying. >> can you hear me? right now we're seeing a lot of lane closures. the water is rising and a lot of places are turning into islands. >> reporter: so your people are out and making rescues. how many rescues have you been able to carry out today, and how difficult are the conditions for you to work? >> uh, it's different. i'm from houston, harvey was in my own backyard. we were in suburban neighborhoods. this is kind of a different animal. you have a katrina-style surge that came in with

fayetteville, lumberton, north carolina, in danger. let go to lumberton.hen we'll get to erica hill in fayetteville. polo, what are you seeing? >> reporter: john, poppy, it's been an eventful 24 hours for people here. as we now know, they've been with this two years ago with hurricane matthew. history seems to be repeating itself in some ways. businesses under water, will stay that way several days. we were with the united states coast guard as a makeshift levy began to fail. yesterday afternoon it was basically set up to try to keep the floodwaters at bay. however, we witnessed the water begin to seep through the rocks and sand piled up. it was compromised, that at least bought 1300 residents in this city some time to head to nearby shelters where they remain today. the main levy along the lumber river, the source of all this water, is still holding up. according to sources at last check, it is still doing its job. the lumber river is cresting, as we speak, according to the information coming n it's expected to drop about a foot shortly after that. but it

in lumberton, north carolina with fox news. >>> in the bay area two people are recovering heifer -- after being rescued by the coast guard . the coast guard says the two adults were having trouble navigating their sailboat yesterday morning. they radioed for help the coast guard says the trouble started when the sailors hit some rough water and part of their navigation equipment went down. rescue crews from san francisco airports helped. >>> a new report says fire investigators still don't know the cause of some the worst wildfires in the state. the ap looked at data on the most destructive fires in california dating back to 2008 . the reports that investigators could not determine a cause for about one third of those fires. the cases where investigators did find a cause for lighting and power lines that were the most common reasons for the fire starting. >>> two firefighters recovering after a grass fire in san jose that started yesterday afternoon. more than 30 acres burned before dozens of firefighters god is under control by about 8:30 last night. two firefighters suffered minor injur

north carolina, some people returned home to total devastation. flooding has damaged cars and homes, leaving people with nothing. want to go to lumbertonwhere river levels are rising. nbc's matt bradley is there. matt, have you noticed a rise in the waters? it seems like they're pretty forceful there behind you. >> that's right, frances. we were here earlier today. it was quite a dramatic scene, as you can see. this is supposed to be a levee. this was actually built not by professionals, mostly built by the people of lumberton earlier last week. they all came out with shovels and tried to build this levee to protect their town. now, in the last couple of hours, what we saw were earth movers moving back and forth across what was a parking lot here, trying to re-enforce this berm. and in the last couple hours, they failed. as you can see, the levee basically, the waters breached the levee and now the town is being flooded. now, this is so tragic for so many reasons. lumberton is one of the poorest cities -- excuse me, towns in north carolina. and they're still reeling from the effects of flooding two years ago after hurricane matthew. th

lumberton north carolina is bracing for the worst. as the river levee teeters on failure.shbacks to 2016 when hurricane matthew made its unwelcomed visit. >> where we're standing right now, it scoured 20 feet deep when matthew came through. >> the time to return home is still unknown for thousands who evacuated. >> we do not dwant evacuees to go back, we do not want that to happen right now. >> matthew only got up to right there. >> in south carolina, pastor tim osmond woke up to the smell of smoke from his electrical circuit shorting out and the smell of water. moments later he was walking through a knee deep fast moving current to get out. >> it was scary as we were going out, 2 was up to my knees. and i'm six feet tall. that much water moving swiftly, it can take you off your feet. >> you need help, you need it bad. >> mccall had to walk out of his apartment in waist deep water. it's the second time he's been flooded in the past two years. >> kate, i'm now standing on what would be main street here in conway, south carolina, it's become an extension of the wakamau river

jonathan serrie is live in lumberton, north carolina, now. jonathan? >> good evening, jon, lumberton is about 60 miles from the coast, but it's all that inland rains that has been causing this flooding. ordinarily this is a small creek that runs by a residential area. you can see that creek is so swollen that these raging floodwaters are surrounding many of the homes here. lumberton city officials say more than 800 people are in shelters and supplies are running low. >> citizens are devastated. they are hurting. we need supplies. we need water, cleaning supplies, sheetrock, mud, osb board, we just need everything. >> city officials say many residents rr still recovering -- were still recovering from hurricane matthew which flooded much of lumberton back in 2016. at the time, many described it as a 500 year flood, once in a lifetime event, but two years later, heavy inland rainfall from florence is bringing huge amounts of flooding to the region all over again. driving is difficult in the southeast section of the state. flooding continues to affect hund

lumberton, north carolina is still trying to recover from a hurricane two years ago, now dealing with florence and trying to shield itself as best as possible tonight. demarco, what's happening in lumberton? >> reporter: volunteers and national guardsmen are here outside the west lumberton baptist church sandbagging, trying to protect the town. tese volunteers, many of them residents, got the call for help earlier this morning, and they showed up in big numbers, as you can see. but they are in a race against time, because they need to get these sandbags to the most critical area, which is not too far from where we are standing. are you guys trying to get ahead of this thing? because it's heading our way now. >> we are trying to get ahead of it. the water levels are expected to be higher than matthew, so we're trying to sandbag this opening up, trying to save homes and businesses. >> reporter: two years ago, hurricane matthew dumped 20 inches of rain on lumberton. according to city officials, the town's protective levee never breached during that storm, but here, where the railroad pas

one area that's watching this closely, lumberton, north carolina, where we find polo sandoval.t closely, they remember clearly what happened two years ago after matthew and some of the damage. they have still not referred from. >> reporter: just about everybody we have been speaking to remembers what matthew caused in lumberton, especially with respect to public utilities. this is the water supply. five gallons of water in a giant tank. officials raided this barrier with concrete barriers, tarps, soil. they want to keep water from reaching here. what happened two years ago, water flooded this entire facility. people had to wait up to 30 days before they had water service. not only is that happening but also they're receiving all sorts of support and help, including from national guard. you see them lined up here. we are told they're heading to what's considered a vulnerable part of the city where lumber river basically flooded parts of the city two years ago. we have seen preparations. they have been happening the last several days. officials on the ground are expecting catastr

jonathan serrie is live in lumberton, north carolina, with the latest from the region.ter: hi, jon, despite the apparent discharges from the retired coal plant, duke energy conducted water quality tests upstream and downstream on the cape fear river and says it has no significant impact on the water quality, that the water quality still falls well within state and environmental standards. meanwhile, what you see takes place behind me is going on all over the state. utility crews working hard to restore electricity to 26,000 customers down from 1.8 million power outages according to duke energy. flooding a reality from many residents and business owners. the city installed giant pumps along the riverwalk trail which flooded during hurricane florence, when the lumber river crested it spilled over a flood control berm. the pumps are bringing the water back over the berm and discharging it back into the river. though floodwaters are beginning to recede. there are plenty of neighborhoods and hundreds of roads throughout south carolina that are impacted by flooding, jon. jon:

north carolina tomorrow. kristina partsinevelos is live in lumberton, north carolina.tina. >> thank you, i'm standing in a town in south lumberton. we took a while to cross the water behind me because it was so high. you have cars turned back around. some are trying to get towards wilmington, trying to get back home and they just cannot. we spoke to police officers behind us right now. they said they will close off the entire area because they're expecting the water to climb higher. yes it is sunny day right now, but there is issue with the sewage. everything is blocked. honestly of all the water i stood on this trip, this is smelliest. this is clearly contaminated. from the governor of north carolina there are 300,000 people without power. they're working hard to fix it. still a lot of people are without power. that means people have to seek shelter. 10,000 people are in shelters. we have a car coming through. the situation will be like this for quite some time. people are preparing to be without power for several days. i spoke to a few, we tried to go around and get

we start our coverage in lumberton north carolina. matt, how bad are things getting there are? >> reporter: francis, as you mentioned, this is no longer a hurricane but a tropical depression, but that doesn't mean that we're out of danger. this is proof of that. as you see, this lumber river which is just over my right shoulder just over route 95, that has been breached its walls now. there was a levy here that the residents of this town of lumberton spent days building with their bare hands and with shovels. we witnessed a really dramatic scene here earlier today when there were earth movers that were racing back and forth between these piles and the levy trying to firm up that barrier. trying to keep that berm from being breached by the lumber river. they failed. it broke through. as you can see, there's stillwater coarsi stillwater coursing through the levy right behind me. they've been through this back in 2016 in the aftermath of hurricane matthew. the lumber river also breached and spread water throughout the town and tauzcaused some fatali and the residents here are worr

lumberton, north carolina, is bracing for the worst as the lumber river levee teeters, flashbacks tocane matthew's unwelcome visit. >> throwing everything we got at it. we're we're at, it's 20 feet deep when matthew came through. >> reporter: the time to return home is still unknown for thousands who evacuated. >> we do not want evacuees to go back. we do not want that to happen right now. there's too much going on. >> this is worse than matthew. matthew got up to right there. >> reporter: in lower south carolina, pastor tim osment woke up to the smell of smoke from his electrical circuit shorting out and rushing water as the storm sent more than two feet of water into his basement. moments later he was walking through a knee-deep, fast-moving droe current to get out. >> it was scary as we were going out. it was up to my knees, and i'm six-feet tall. that much water moving swiftly, it can take you off your feet. >> reporter: osment has flood insurance. c carl lee mccall does not. he had to walk out of his apartment in waist-deep water. the second time he's been flooded in the past tw

in lumberton north carolina, jonathan serrie, fox news. >>> congress will vote on the number of things that will effect airline passengers. the plan is to require the faa tooth set minimum dimensions for passenger seats on airplanes including legroom. the move is part of a bipartisan 1200 page faa reauthorization bill that was unveiled over the weekend. the distance between seat rows was one about 35 inches. it is now measuring less than a 30. the bill also perhaps airlines from involuntarily removing passengers a from flights after they have cleared of the boarding gates. >>> san jose police chief holds a town hall. why the teeth is talking to the san jose state double team and what are the issues they are concerned about? >>> in vacaville couple credited with saving three kids what appeared to be an attempted kidnapping. this happened next to sierra vista school. the kids were playing when police say a man in a truck pulled up and offered money to the kids to get inside. the kids ran down the street screaming, that is when a man and his wife jumped in to help. like i told him to get

this neighborhood here in lumberton, north carolina saw the river rise several feet overnight. are completely submerged. this area of south carolina was hit hard by hurricane matthew two years ago. earlier we were with the coast guard as they were going door to door. they have since moved onto another rural location just a short distance away. this shows this is ongoing disaster. the rain has stopped. it's very sunny out there today. over the next several days the rivers in the area, the lumber river here as well as the cape fear river, to our north in fayetteville and several other rivers throughout the state are expected to crest. some of them staying in record flood stages until saturday. we see this truck is pulling out here, we'll make sure we're out of way so we don't get some water here. again, we're at the end of this neighbor where over the past day or so the lumber river has overflowed and flooded parts of lumberton. this is part of town that yesterday amp it was a makeshift barrier. a gap in the city's levee. that was breeched. the water levels had risen here in this