here's a live look at myrtle beach in south look at myrtle beach in south carolina . morning everyone i'm marty gonzales, it's saturday september 15th, 2018.lets go to lawrence karnow now with a look at our weather forecast. ( marty )(ááálandingááá) our top story this morning ... slow-moving tropical storm florence is dumping dangerous amounts of water in the carolinas-- and flooding is the biggest concern this weekend. this is a live look at myrtle beach, south carolina where florence is dumping rain. it could reach 25 inches of rain before the storm moves on. at least five people, including a mother and her infant died as the storm moved away from north carolina. this morning, nearly one million people are waking up without power. yon pomrenze is in south carolina with a closer look. look.with a closer south carolina pomrenze is in yon power. ( marty ) (ááálandingááá) our top story this morning ... slow-moving tropical storm florence is dumping dangerous amounts of water in the carolinas-- and flooding is the biggest concern this weekend. this is a live look at myrt

this is myrtle beach, south carolina. at they're seeing there in myrtle beach is akin to what we saw here in wilmington, north carolina, just a few hours ago. you see the state tree there of south carolina. the palmetto tree. blowing in the wind. back here in wilmington, though, nearly the entire city without power a. city in darkness, including woody white's house, the county commissioner for new hannover county. what are the conditions like? >> they're tough. took us triple the time to get down here from our house. the good news is the winds are now below 45 miles per hour. we started about 15 minutes, prioritizing rescue missions and that is going very well. we have had some reports of injuries and some pretty bad news that is forthcoming, unfortunately. but we are doing the best we can. >> these emergency call that is you guys were receiving, they started at the beginning of the storm? >> they did. we received 300 in the span of the first hours. most alarms from businesses. 18 or 19 medical calls saying please check on

of the hour, i'm anderson cooper in wilmington, north carolina, along with don lemon in myrtle beach, south carolina, chris cuomo in north myrtle beach. this is our special coverage of hurricane florence. today it begins. after days of warnings, the carolina coast are feeling the first band, just the first inkling of what could be the worst storm to hit this area in 30 years. this is a huge, huge storm. moments ago a new paper out on where the winds are. the area is predicted to pummel, it's now gotten bigger. it's doubled in size from fish forecast. listen to what winds sounds like at just 55 miles an hour. winds are just one of the storm's triple threat. this area could see catastrophic storm surge. the downpour is expected to be relentless, estimated 10 trillion gallons of main. in wilmington, they're talking about getting eight month's worth of rain over three days and they've already had a lot of rain this year. we're covering hurricane florence up and down the coast with crews all over. >> the storm has winds of over 105 miles an hour. moving to the northwest at 10. it's expected to slow down

. >>> live in myrtle beach, south carolina. you can see and likely hear florence is far from done with this area and with much of the area surrounding us. this tropical storm moving at a crawl of 2 miles per hour, just sitting over the region, continuing to dump rain. we are already seeing records being very clearly washed away. in the state of north carolina, we know the rainfall record has now been broken. more than 30.5 inches of rainfall rainfall. let's listen in live. >> if you aren't watching for them, you are risking your life. i have several important warnings this morning. first, to the people who have evacuated, if you are safe, stay put. we know people are anxious to get back home. don't go back until this storm passes and you get the official all clear. second, know that water is rising fast everywhere, even in places that don't typically flood. this system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall. in some places, measured in feet, not inches. many people who think the storm has missed them have yet to see its threat.

nick watt, cnn, north myrtle beach, south carolina. >> our thanks to nick watt there. to you, nick talked about the 85% that evacuated myrtle beach. here a separate town, myrtle beach, the mayor says roughly 60% of the people heeded the warning to get out of town. the remaining 40% didn't simply ignore it. they had questions about their pets or just could not afford it. we'll talk about the percentage off people that stayed here and we have the mayor coming up a little bit later. the rain and wind starting to pick up here as the storm mosou >> watching you in the last 25 minutes, i can see the change coming towards you. so do hunker down. best to you and the crew as we'll be talking to victor throughout the morning of course. it did slam ashore as a category 1 storm yesterday. we're just about 23 hourinize to this. it is still dangerous though. i want to show you a look at some of the fury the storm has given that area since it hit. >>? wind is looking stronger than it has in the last 24 hours. >> i did make land fall about six miles where i am with a wind speed of abou

jonathan hunt on the ground in myrtle beach, south carolina. we will with chief meteorologist rick from the fox extreme weather center. not getting a break. please heed the warning from the north carolina government. >> i'm glad he said it, that's exactly the message. there's going to be a lot of people impacted for a lot of time. that's really the message here. while that maximum sustained wind has come down now to 105, for it had been a few days ago at 140, the doesn't mean that all of the moisture that is in the storm and the storm surge that has been built up dissipates right away. that takes a number of days for it to dissipate. we don't have that much time. the storm surge is going to come on, it's going to be exactly equivalent to what it would have been, and the rainfall totals are going to be the same as well. we might see the maximum winds around that hundred to gusting into the 120 to 130 range. that still going to cost plenty of damage. power outages even wait inland, this is through saturday afternoon. we will see them across parts

we are back here on myrtle beach in south carolina with our coverage of hurricane florence.re starting to get increased winds and certainly the rain here, but this is not the heart of the storm. i want to go up the coast to kerry sanders who is in carolina beach, north carolina, and carolina beach is a place surrounded by water. and kerry, what is the situation where you are? >> a alli, i am here in carolin beach, and the wind has shifted w. the shift in the wind which had been coming from the northwest and now coming from the southeast, and we are actually seeing drama play out here in the atlantic ocean. let me step out of the way and so that we can zoom in. we will get a visual of what this wind does can aand how sto surge works. earlier, we had waves that were going that direction and sort of holding up, because the wind was blow i blowing the water out to sea. and now that the wind has shifted, you can see the drama of the waves as it is being pushed right up against the sand dunes here. we are awfully close to high tide, and the tide is now on the way out, but portions

we have a phone tree going here because a lot of people stayed behind in north myrtle beach, south carolina. this is south of where wilmington is. there's reed timmer. he's getting beat up for us to take us inside the storm. hopefully he can hear us. reed? >> yeah, i can hear you loud and clear right now. we are getting northerly winds right now gusting 60 to 70 miles an hour. i'm right along highway 17. we just came inland from north carolina. we were there earlier saw the surge at noon. it was already coming over and inundating some of the homes. already causing some storm surge damage. another high tide coming up at 11:30 tonight. and that is when the worst of the storm surge is going to happen, is during high tide. but it's likely not going to go out after that with those winds continuing to batter the eastern side of the barrier island. but as we were driving south on highway 17 we saw numerous trees down almost blocking the road. we were able to get around them. right now we're trying to reposition south of that wobble to the west and head toward the wrightsville beach area, possibly

south carolina. chris cuomo in north myrtle beach, south carolina. chris. >> you are our future, j.b. 5,500 people without power in south carolina and nothing has happened. the winds have picked up. it is in the tropical storm or tropical depression range now. 35 or 40-mile-an-hour gusts. enough, however, to push the tide out. what should be high tide is 150 feet back from where it is. that leads back to the vice effect that you were talking about and what were you seeing there. it will be duration that is the concern. how much wetness over how much time and once the wind chwhips , how much damage. what we are seeing in new bern is a reflection of those who decided to stay behind. putting stress on the system of first responders. how many more communities will be like new bern we'll be seeing? according to the radar, we should start seeing some kind of wetness here within the hour. i'll keep you apprised of the situation, j.b. back to you. >> chris cuomo in south carolina. chris, we are starting to get the wind gusts. 90mil miles an hour and 100 mil a

in myrtle beach, south carolina. bu we begin with jackdy angelus bhoo spent the day in the hurricane winds and rain in carolina beach, north carolina. >> reporter: it took some time for hurricane florence to arrive on the coast ofin north car but making her way here this morning around 7:15 a.m., she came with a fury. >> you're going to have a hard time finng a north carolinaa nerks that won't be effected in some kind of way. >> reporter: in some places gusts measuring close to 100 miles per hour. unrelenting rain and deadly flash flooding. like the small city of newburn, north carolina flanked by two rivers, battered by torrential pour. somef roads under 10-feet water. with 200 already moved to safety, 150 residents stranded in cars, atticnd roofs desperately waiting for emergency rtrespauntders to es them to shelter. >> i've never been so e terrifi ire life. it was terrifying just wonderin at's going on and where the water's going to go and how we're going to get out and if we were going to get tiapped in the c hav

carolina. here in myrtle beach, we're bracing for the storm that is on the way here. i want to bring in now chief joseph hill. he is the police chief for orie county, southh is located. i've been here since this morning. curfew is in effect the police department tweeted out the curfew. all hands on deck, right? >> yes, sir, don. welcome to myrtle beach. curfew is in effect from 7:00 at night to 7:00 in the morning. we did that to make sure that folks are safe, officers can traverse and we keep looters at bay. >> you're telling it residents to think before they call authorities. what do you meep by that? >> well, if you are having emergency situations, whether that's a medical is, someone's breaking into your house, someone is, you know, injured, call 911. if you have a question, we have the nonemergency line you can call.915-5150. that way, we can get you some help and you're not clogging up vital lines of 911. >> are you getting any emergency calls yet? >> we are. we're getting some calls. matter of fact, i just got a text from the police chief and we've got some possible looters in an area. dispatch is down there. we're getting some medical calls. peop

we are live at myrtle beach, south carolina with a live picture. look at the wind whipping those trees. this is major this morning. we are in myrtle beach, south carolina. steve is going to bring us the very latest. hurricane florence has made landfall. >>> welcome back. it is friday morning, september 14. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. let's go to steve. >> at wrightsville beach and just east of wilmington it has made landfall. category one. when a hurricane is out to see the winsare sustained. that's emphasized. once a moves inland gusts are emphasized. this is based on the wind and i decreasing but they are still ge

open an account today. ♪ >>> i'm ali velshi in myrtle beach, south carolina with our special coveragerricane florence which made land fall three hours ago in north carolina. we have reporters all along the coast. north carolina and south carolina covering this storm. let's talk about what has happened. north carolina governor, roy cooper called hurricane florence an uninvited brute who just won't leave. the eye of the storm hit wrightsville beach at 7:15 this morning. that area around wilmington, north carolina is inside the eye at the moment. it means it is quiet and calm. rescues are under way. north of wilmington have been getting hit with the violent side of the storm since yesterday. it is now moving a little inward and south. it's going to get to the area i'm in. they are feeling it more violent than i am not far from here. you have nothing going on. you can see, there's virtually no wind blowing. we have something interesting happening. we are an hour away, less than an hour away from high tide here, but if you look at this, you see the increasing waves coming in. you can almos

we are live at myrtle beach, south carolina with a live picture. look at the wind whipping those trees. this is major this morning. we are in myrtle beach, south carolina. steve is going to bring us the very latest. hurricane florence has made landfall. >>> welcome back. it is friday morning, september 14. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. let's go to steve. >> at wrightsville beach and just east of wilmington it has made landfall. category one. when a hurricane is out to see the winsare sustained. that's emphasized. once a moves inland gusts are emphasized. this is based on the wind and i decreasing but they are still getting gusts to 83 and 91 miles an hour at wilmington as the eye moves on shore. this is moving so slow but the problem is it flows around a high pressure so it is stuck. it is crawling along now and there lies the problem for torrential rain and storm surge coming in and also some of the wind gusts. the wind is field is massive. it goes up to hundred miles. this could, not only sustained, the gust, but some

south carolina had 139,000 power outages. gabe gutierrez is in myrtle beach almaguer in wilmington. gabe, let's go to you first. lots of winds there and rains coming down. >> reporter: hi there, alex, good morning. more than 130,000 customers in south carolina are without power. we have some wind. overnight this playground was tipped over, but that's not the big story. myrtle beach is under storm surge warning. you can see choppy surf behind me. the concern among local officials is the potential for flooding. we have been getting drenched overnight. the problem could be the next several days, local rivers are expected to rise sharply, crest near record flood stages. we have been seeing damaging effects of florence up in north carolina. now we're getting hit with the tropical storm florence. at the same time, the concern is the next several days as rivers continue to rise, places in and around myrtle beach could see devastating effects. >> gabe, i spoke with the mayor of myrtle beach and i know tammy leitner has been there in the more commercial district. the

now back to my partner ali velshi who is live in myrtle beach, south carolina, which is just 200 milesy from the eye of hurricane florence, which is certainly what that region is most focused on. >> reporter: that's exactly right. so north carolina's over there. the sea atlantic ocean, obviously. the storm's over there somewhere, and it's moving its way back frt the outer bands have already started hitting north carolina. you can see blue sky in myrtle beach. you can see a whole bunch of pa people hanging around on the beach. when we come back, i'm going to talk to craig fugate, who is the former head of fema. i want to discuss the impact this is likely going to have on population centers. they are not out of the woods. it's not just sparsely populated areas in danger. some major population centers from in danger. when we come back, this is coverage of hurricane florence on msnbc. george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. so he took aleve this morning. hey dad. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength stop tough pain for up to

my colleague nick watt has been following the storm from north myrtle beach, south carolina and explains why it's such a serious threat there. >> we are on what is known as the grand strand, a 60-mile stretch of beach in the carolinas that is normally sun-kissed and welcomes 14 million visitors a year. hurricane florence has changed all that now. we are still a little ways away from high tide here, and the water is already coming up and up this beach. the fear here is that onshore winds, this could be a deadly combination. onshore wind, a high tide in the middle of the night, and a storm surge. this town has flooded before. hurricane hugo back in '89 destroyed all of the homes along the beachfront here, and that is a fear. listen, these houses have been rebuilt up on stilts, but there are houses behind that are not on stilts. and since 1989, a lot more people have moved to this area. there are a lot more people that could be impacted now. over 400,000 have evacuated from the coast of south carolina, expecting florence to come. here in north myrtle beach, 85% of the people left, maybe 2,0

energy lives here. >>> here we are in north myrtle beach, south carolina. hem the map from the control room so you can see where we are. see how the coast of carolina kind of curves in there. you'll see north myrtle beach, you'll see myrtle beach underneath writ don lemon and his team are. we are in between wilmington, north carolina, and charleston, south carolina. north myrtle beach. that curve in tells you that north myrtle beach and myrtle beach will see florence later and with more energy than you'll see in other areas. so we've been showing you early impact from morehead city and other places around north carolina so you can get a sense of what low-power impact can do. 50 and 60 miles an hour winds can be more than enough if sustained with surge and precipitation. we're worried that when we come here, people sleeping on the strength of this storm, oh, it's a category two or three or four, what about matthew? what about hugo? it's a mistake. that number doesn't tell the whole story. the size of the storm matters. the speed matters. 30 inches of water wi

in myrtle beach, south carolina, tom llamas, abc news. >> the winds have died down but florence is expected than 3 feet of rain. >> marci gonzalez joins us from wilmington, north carolina. good morning to you. how are things looking at this hour? >> hey, guys. good morning. we are enjoying this nice calm weather while it lasts. there was a little bit of rain, a tiny bit of wind earlier but, of course, it's just such a minor taste of the effects we're going to start feeling here later today. >> and, marci, how seriously do people seem to be taking these warnings? >> stephanie, people really do seem to be paying very close attention to these serious warnings. there are a lot of people who say, you know, they have never evacuated for a hurricane before, but something just feels different about this one. so many of the more than 1.5 million people who are under evacuation orders have decided to pack up, get out of town. you know how it goes every time there is a hurricane. there are always the holdouts, the people who say, yeah, we hear you talking about the dangers but we're willing to take th

beach. north carolina. we have our nick watt in northern myrtle beach. south carolina. and our meteorologist at the cnn weather center. starting with you, there in carolina beach the wind is hitting you there. the rain hitting you. tell us about the situation as it is now. >> good morning to the viewers. the full story of hurrican florence still yet to be written. one thing is for sure. we know that where we are here at carolina beach on the coastal region of north carolina, we will be feeling the full brunt in the full fury of florence. as a projected land fall will move across the region in the over night and early morning hours of friday. something as a meteorologist i am looking forward to. this is an incredible event. we have seen the storm slow down tremendously. at snails pace. that's why the storm is so different to any other storm that people have lived out here along the coast. it is moving so slow, this is going to be a long duration event. it's just starting to show its nasty face to us now. wind gusts get this, over 60 kilometers per hour. gusting close to h

. >>> i'm erica hill live in myrtle beach, south carolina, where the winds and rains continue and the ocean behind me has been churning far more than when we first got here 24 hours ago. we're waiting on high tide here in the next hour. that is important as we know. the governor of south carolina lifting evacuation orders for a number of counties including the area around charleston. we're still waiting on more news for here in myrtle beach. what we do know at this hour, five deaths now officially related to this storm. the governor of north carolina just a short time ago talking about in his words the epic amounts of rainfall. and that is true. in the state of north carolina, statewide record for rainfall has been broken. 30.5-plus inches of rain in the town of swansboro, north carolina. what's important to remember with this storm is it is not over yet. sitting over the area, barely moving along at 2 miles per hour, and it's what will come not just with the rain in the coming hour, but the flooding in the coming days that has many people concerned. cnn's scott mcclane is just a litt

i'm erica hill live in myrtle beach, south carolina. st want to update you on some of the numbers. we learned from the national guard 6,500 force members have been activated. in south carolina alone, some 3,200 activated, some coming from the pennsylvania national guard, which also brought with them two chinook helicopters to help in these rescue efforts. we're closely monitoring the situation of course in north carolina as well. krp ace brian todd is in onslo county, north carolina. this is the point where we're starting to see some of the initial damage. and this flooding, brian is really something to see. >> absolutely it is. take a look at this apartment complex. this is the web apartments in onslo county. i heard some voices a second ago and i called out to see if they needed help. they've evacuated people from this area with high-water vehicles and boats. we're told by officials, emergency management people, that is there have been some 30 rescue missions at least in the county since yesterday. no injuries or fatalities. they've ha

want to go down to myrtle beach, south carolina. a lot of people have moved there in the past few years. that, too, an area of extreme risk over the next few days. nick valencia is there. nick? >> this is a risky place to be. the mayor is emphasizing, if you don't get out by 1:00 p.m., it may be too late. they have a curfew, much earlier than last night. that's for the safety of the residents who decided to stick it out. we'll join by a ten-year-old here. how are you nicholas? are you nervous at all? >> no, not really. i have been through two hurricanes, and they weren't that scarey. >> what was it like the last time? what do you usually do in a time like this. >> well, we usually just stick around the house and we make a plan and we follow that plan. and then after the hurricane hits, we execute the plan. >> you and your dad come to the beach a lot. almost every day or weekly pretty much. what do you see different now when you look at the waves and the condition. >> the beach there is slanted. it looks like the heavy water has been

a live picture from myrtle beach, south carolina ... as beach, south from myrtle a live picture the storm. calm before the storm. a live picture from myrtle beach, south carolina ... as a life- threatening storm surge is expected.. as hurricane florence makes landfall. (ken) officials in the potential path of a still fierce hurricane florence had a stern, clear message..... leave now... because disaster is at their door step. right now 10 million people are under a hurricane watch or warning. today georgia joined north carolina, south carolina, virginia, and maryland by declaring a state of emergency. (pam) hurricane warnings issued before the tropical storm force winds hit the areas. storm surge warnings indicate a danger of a life-threatening inundation .... from rising water moving inland from the coastline during the coming 36 hours. (pam) tropical storm olivia made landfall a second time ... as it crossed hawaii with heavy rain and strong winds. the storm came ashore the second time... in the northeast corner of lanai island. earlie

brenda bethune, the myrtle beach, south carolina mayor. each would be one of many communities in the south carolina-north carolina area that has these curfews in effect. they usually go into effect an 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day. that's a rule of thumb throughout the communities affected by this. we're looking at a number of rescue attempts going on as we speak right now. trying to get people to shelters right now. the red cross is playing a pivotal role in this after this. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you save our customers hundreds for switching almost effortlessly. it's a gift. and jamie. -present. -together we are unstoppable. so, what are we gonna do? ♪ insurance. that's kind of what we do here. >> neil: hurricane florence is continuing to batter the carolinas. these are images where a tree fell on a house instantly killing the mother and child. the father has been hospitalized. the death toll from hurricane florence is at four

carolina beach. north of me. i'll go south now and joining us by phone is the mayor of myrtle beach in south carolina.ing us. when this storm track changed 24 hours ago, your city became an area of major, major concern because of what could be a very large storm surge and a lot of rain and flooding. not to mention winds and rain hitting your city for days. give us a sense of what is happening now. >> things are calm and peaceful right now. we are buckling down. we know that not too long from now that will not be the case any longer. >> now i believe you had a mandatory evacuation order for myrtle beach? >> we did. mandatory evacuation enacted by governor mcmaster. it was for all. that rarely happens here. that in and of itself should show people exactly how threatening this storm is to them. >> did people heed the warnings? is your sense that most people did move to higher or safer ground? >> i think we had a great amount of people that evacuated. that is shown by the roads and people trying to get out of town. however, we always have people just stubborn and don't heed the warnings. they don't listen

myrtle beach, south carolina. myrtle beach, of course, will be spared the worst of it. the new information at the bottom of the screen is chilling. actually, jeff flock on carolina beach now still getting battered down there, jeff. >> this is an amazing storm. it stretches so far. you know, it's the kind of storm, as you know, shepard, if this was a cat four storm, we wouldn't be standing in it. category one conditions, you can report from the beach but the fact is, these conditions have stretched so far, to me that is extraordinary that we have those kind of conditions that have stretched to moorhead city, new bern has been getting pounded the last 48 hours. now we are and perhaps we will for quite a bit of time, too. so you know, when you have wind on structures as long as this is, whether it's a berm or a structure, the damage multiplies. you know, this story has not been finally written yet. >> shepard: any reports on damage up and down that coast there? >> we talked to local authorities here. police say they haven't had any rescues, even though there's flooding. th

he's in north myrtle beach, south carolina for us. what are the conditions like now, ben? conditions are changing very rapidly here at north myrtle beach. you have seen the devastating images coming out of north carolina. that flooding is now spreading to south carolina. this is ocean boulevard where about ten blocks of residential street have now gone under water. you see it is about three to four feet deep, coming up on mailboxes and covering front yards. >> how dire are the circumstances for folks that decided not to evacuate? >> reporter: wolf, for the last 12 hours this water row rapidly. it is almost up to my knees and this morning it was dry, so that's a very dangerous condition. the good news here in south carolina is that many did heed evacuation orders. we haven't seen any fire/rescue or boats or high-water vehicles coming into this area and we hope that continues and everybody got out before the water came in. >> do you expect the situation at least over the next 24 hours to worsen? >> reporter: yeah, wolf. we're starting to see those winds switch around on the

jeff flock is in myrtle beach, south carolina. jeff, let's start with the update. >> this is a lesson it doesn't have to be a cat 4 storm to cause extreme devastation and trouble. we are in carolina beach in north carolina where today we got the eye of the storm over us. it came across in wrightsville beach to the north of us. we went from getting hammered this morning with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to the eye of the storm which we walked out dead calm, birds flying overhead. almost saw the sun, then back into the back end of the storm, heavy street flooding in carolina beach as well as some surge. cat one storm could have been a lot worse. but we experienced these conditions since 5:00 this morning. so over 12 hours. we figure to experience them even longer. that i think is the tale of this storm and the problems and flooding that will cause. that will can the story eventually. charles: you have done a great job, we appreciate it. you look like you are a little worn down. take it easy. reporter: maybe a little. charles:

we are -- just so you know, where i am, i'm in myrtle beach, south carolina right now. so these folks i'm talking to are due that way. north carolina is northeast of here. it's north as well but the coast of north carolina is northeast. the storm is over wilmington, north carolina right now. in fact, i think the eye might be there. but i'm no expert on this. dylan dreyer is an expert on this. she happens to be in wilmington. what's the situation with the weather, dylan, in wilmingtowil? >> hey, ali, we're certainly starting to see some better conditions. we went through the eye wall of this storm. the eye of the storm is where it's nice and calm. we went through that starting at about 6:30 this morning. it's only within the last hour that conditions have significantly improved. because the eye of the storm has now slid a little further to the southwest. so that's put us in kind of the drier part of hurricane florence right now. the winds are still gusting. but the sustained winds have come down. i want to point out this roadway here. we were down there earlier this morni

i'm in myrtle beach, south carolina l carolina. >> i'm live in new york. ul manafort agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors and hurricane florence which continues to pound south carolina. >> i want to say when people tell me they love us together, the one thing i tell us is you are protective. i know this is going to make you uncomfortable. the storm is now a tropical storm. it's moving at about five miles an hour. that's a problem. that's slower than i can walk. the winds are 50 miles an hour. they're sustained winds and most people dent experience sustained winds. with all that rain

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. >>> in wilmington, north carolina, chris cuomo down in north myrtle beach, south carolina. kristine romans in new york, and this is hurricane florence. it is bearing down on the carolina coast. about 25 miles, the center of the storm off wilmington where i am right now. but don't pay attention to the center of this storm because it is so big. a huge storm with tropical storm force winds and hurricane force winds spanning 70 miles away from the center. the big fear of this storm is the storm surge, which is already putting hundreds if not thousands of people's lives at risk. a lot of rescues going on at this very moment. this storm is a triple threat. if the rain you're seeing right now could top 34 or 36 inches over the next two days, it's the winds and, still a powerful storm with gusts up to 120 miles per hour, and again that record storm surge. we're just past high tide. storm surges in some places that could top 11 feet. that is enough, it has been enough as we've already seen to flood significant communities. people trying to get through this night, but that's just the

nick valencia joins me from myrtle beach, south carolina. and again, we look at you and look at the blue skies. at least there's no one on the beach behind you. that is good because the warning there from the mayor is get out. >> yeah, they're starting to filter out slowly but surely. when we first showed up this morning there were a lot of people on the beach trying to catch the last rays of sunshine. as we have been here throughout the morning, the clouds have gotten bigger. the water, as i'm starting to inch away, has gotten closer to us. i mentioned there are still beachgoers, especially vacationers here. we're joined by a couple now. sherry hamilton, stephanie fender. you're visiting from outside of bloomington. what do you think of what the mayor is saying, that it's a plea for everyone to get out. are you leaving? >> absolutely. we're out today. >> in a few minutes. >> you had a vacation planned. drove all the way down here. >> all the way down here. made it an overnight, two-day drive, and we got here. we were about ten minutes out an

victor blackwell in myrtle beach, south carolina where they're really feel in the efects. >> good morninge more than 24 hours beyond land fall as you heard in wrightsville beach. but this storm is a mess, the wind as you can see is picking up and the rain coming to south carolina. of course the big headlines were made in north carolina. where more

storm has carolinas in its crosshairs now. >> want to give you a live look from myrtle beach in southarolina. that is a popular vacation spot on the east coast. it's a little dark, the wind blowing the flag. a couple people out. at the moment it doesn't look all that threatening, but it is pretty much deserted with a monster storm looming out there. up the coast we find abc news reporter derek lawler. it looks beautiful behind you actually. >> reporter: yeah, it's actually a beautiful beach day. but as you mentioned with the other beach down in myrtle beach, this is pretty much deserted. there are mandatory evacuations for all of north carolina's barrier islands and the message tonight is clear. time is almost out. with sand bags fully loaded, bruce and his mom terry griffin are finishing last-minute preps on their beach house before evacuating to virginia. >> if we have all our valuables loaded up and sand bags, we've boarded up the windows already. >> reporter: but it's not the structure of this 60-year-old house they're worried about. it's the potential for life-threatening storm s

nick watt, north myrtle beach, south carolina. >> nick watt, thank you. h myrtle beach important tourist area, so this is certainly an inconvenience for sure. but a lot of people watching to see what happens as this storm pushes through that area. you can see right behind me here, i'm sure you can see it, this storm chasing truck. i want to bring in mike tice. this is mike's truck. mike is a storm chaser and also a photographer with national geographic. mike, what is it like for you to drive around in a situation like this and get important readings, understanding of the storm? >> i feel like it's my passion in life and my purpose and that is to collect scientific data in hurricanes. i've always been passionate about them since a little kid so i developed the herb, which stands for hurricane eye watch vehicle. windows can't get smashed out. i have calibrated anomometers. i recorded it earlier today. adds the eye wall comes in, which is very close, we'll see if i get a higher wind gust than that. might be 90 mile, 100 range. the big thing is the surge and i

and the track does take it south of the wilmington and to north myrtle beach and go around myrtle beach, south carolina and the storm surge along with this rising water associated with the deep very intense low pressure of the hurricane. and then you'll see the water lift. and then the intensity can take it up to 16 to 25 feet that with the rain is causing a lot of issues here this is mainly for the coastal areas this morning and into this afternoon and tonight and tomorrow. you can see some of the rainfall. i've seen 16-inch amounts in the coastal locations in north carolina. it takes the turn and it looks like myrtle beach and florence, south carolina. and it starts to lift out and the inland flooding will be the issue. a lot of the rivers are way up due to the surge. some locations not reporting anymore. they'll probably see this pick up in the next 2 to 4 hours. just moving in oak island it th it could maintain it for a little bit. and there's the track to myrtle beach and turns tropical storm near florence, of all places and starts to curve northward. it will cause the inland flooding over the wee

powerful winds pounding myrtle beach south carolina. these are live pictures. the situation is just about the same to the north ine north inen carolina. >> it is now 500 miles across ready to wreak havoc. >> we are on the wrong side of this thing. this storm will bring destruction to north carolina. >> we made the decision a few days ago we should get out. >> hospitals moving quickly using specially equipped bus to get patients out of the storm zone. >> it is the absolute highest priority. >> some along the coast refusing to leave. >> are you at all worried about this storm? >> of course we are worried. we are watching the news every day. we are keeping track of it. if we feel the need we'll go. >> the wrath about to be felt inland as well. it is 80 miles from the coast, ravaged by hurricane matthew. residents heartbroken at the thought of losing their homes again. >> nowhere. it was level water. never in my life i thought i would ever go through something like that. >> people don't understand. they don't know the emotional toll it takes to literally lose everyt

here are pictures from myrtle beach south carolina. you can see the waves hitting the shore and they will change quickly over the next few hours . the hurricane has been downgraded to a category two. almost 2 million people are under a mandatory evacuation order. virginia and georgia, farmers are losing -- moving there -- moving livestock and power outages are expected. >>> the air force has given us a birds eye view of hurricane florence. here what the sky looked like over savannah, georgia. they are telling people to be ready for the worst.photo from nasa because it gives you an idea of how huge the storm is. it was taken from the international space station. the astronauts say hurricane florence is so big they could only capture this picture by using a special wide angle lens. >>> a major story in bakersfield, investigators are looking for a motive of a gunman who killed five people and then killed himself. police say the gunman and his wife went to a trucking business in southeast bakersfield last night and confronted a man. the gu

track close to wilmington, north carolina and outer banks by friday night or by tomorrow night into the day on friday as a category 3 storm and moving south towards myrtle beach, another pattern, and up and around by monday still out towards the appalachians down there to north carolina and tennessee. eventually, coming back into our region, but not a huge factor for us. i mean, again, let me rept that, amelia, not a huge factor for us. e t, rain, and wind down to the south. that's something to know.dy needs >> absolutely. this is not an event to rus fto the stor bottles of water and bread for. by no way are we looking at florence to hav a big impact on our area, however, some of the outer most areas of rain might the increase ove few days. look at your rainfall outlook. nt to start off with thursday, tomorrow, just a chance for showers out there, and have themblla handy, similar to today, most of the day dr but you might be dealing with rain and mugginess out there. the rain could be heavy in spot on friday, scattered rain is likely. that would be exactly fro florence on friday with the best chance for rain on washington and areas to the south, looking at yo

store for their weekend. >> this is aoo live at the violent grind of florence, this is myrtle beach, south carolina. you can't see anythingut ulna second. and three people are now dead. a mother and baby among them killed when that storm knocked a tree on t toir home. that was in nowilmington, h carolina. there's the flooding for >> so far the rescue effort has been simply staggering. nearly 200 people have been pulled out of the water in scenes just like that. more than 500,000,000 hav no power. president trump said he will be visiting the affected areas next week. >> an uninvited brute that doesn't want t leave. >> florence has been downgraded to am tropical st but it is also stalling even more. moving quite slowly and that will be a problem. that dangerous storm surge is continuing. and you can see the srrm ove land and in the carolinas. what is the situation now? >> turning fro the hurricane making landfall to a storm sitting right over the area. ou can see tropical storm allison, of the all time biggest floods in parts of the southeast. that was a storm that had so much rain, that stayed in th

south carolina. we turn to myrtle beach in south carolina where some say there's not much damage, but worse flooding is likely to come. a few hours ago scott maclaine and his team drove around to show you the conditions there. >> myrtle beach has not seen much in flooding, but if you move south of here, garden city beach did see some related to the storm surge. the peak of that surge was around high tide. around 1:30 today. that's when water managed to get into some homes near the water. i spoke to one man who was returning from being evacuated. and i asked him about what he found, which was a little bit of water in his front room. listen. >> so when you first heard of florence, what was your initial thought? >> oh, no, not again. >> reporter: so far, what is your reaction so far? >> i am very pleased with what we got. i came down here to see my brand new furnishings wet after replacing them a couple minutes ago. and i replaced the heat pump, so i'm pleased with how it turned out. >> reporter: the big story here in south carolina is going to be flooding over the next couple of days in places like con

and if the projections hold, it will make landfall tomorrow night or early friday near myrtle beach, south carolinaf it loses intensity as expected, it is still likely to have top wins of 120 miles per hour. and the carolinas are likely to get up to 30 inches of rain. jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon says his comments show he would not make a good politician. he says he regrets saying he could beat president trump and election, he said he thought he was as tough as donald trump is an harder. american trade associations are joining forces in a new multimillion dollar campaign to oppose president trump's tariffs , they represent farmers, retailers, manufacturers, called americans for free trade and a plan to highlight stories of business, farms, and consumers in the heartland who have been hurt by the trade war. hasurkey, the president gotten rid of the entire management team running the country sovereign wealth team, the new chairman is him and the shakeup is two years after the turkey form be fun to capitalize on $280 estate assets but his goals and strategies were never clearly defined. global news 24 hou

i've on the phone with us now, mayor of myrtle beach, south carolina.or, good to speak with you this morning and your assessment of how your city has faired in the storm thus far? >> good morning. at first glance it looks like myrtle beach faired pretty well so far. we're doing damage assessment starting this morning. we have crews on the road right now. but very little from what we can tell. the thing we're most concerned about is the flooding that has been talked about that will probably happen within the next three to five days when the rivers crest and that's what we're trying to plan for. >> so 501 into conway have you seen any or heard of any reports of flooding yet in myrtle beach? >> no, not as of yet and our concern with the flooding is the fact that with the five major rivers surrounding us in the interior areas that could hinder get in into or out of myrtle beach because all of our roads that come into us are near those rivers and bridges. it really could make get in and out of myrtle beach difficult, especially for those that have evacuated

south carolina and virginia. this is what it actually looked like on highway 501 in myrtle beach just a short time ago. this is myrtle beach south carolina, highway 501, running north and south there. as a caravan of cars tried to get out of town. i lived in south carolina back in '89 when hugo hit it. slammed the coast as a cat 4. this one expected to weaken as it approaches. but still expected to hit as a cat 3. take a look. take a look at this size of this massive storm. this is the view from space. more than 400 miles wide. president trump just commented on the storm moments ago. saying, quote, we are absolutely and totally prepared. those words coming from the president as he exited air force one just a few moments ago. msnbc meteorologist michelle grossman is here tracking the storm. i see it there behind you. it looks like quite the monster. what do we know at this point about timing? what do we know about where it's expected to strike? >> you said it, we don't have to know much about hurricanes, right, to know this is a serious situation. a textbook hurricane. we're looking at all the outflow. t

florence is getting close to the coast of north carolina this is a live picture this is myrtle beach, south carolina. look how gray it is. even though the hurricane is downgraded to a category 2, almost 2 million people are under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders. and ports are closed ago cross the carolina -- closing across the carolinas. farm ares are moving the -- farmers are moving the livestock. and 1,000 flights have been cancelled through tomorrow. >>> and the air force is giving us this a bird's eye you'll of hurricane florence. this is what the sky looked like yesterday over savannah, georgia. the officials are telling people to be ready for the worse. this an important engine this is from nasa this is a huge storm take friend the international space station. they are looking down and saying that hurricane florence is to big, they can only capture this photo with a special wide angle lens. >>> with many hotels fully booked, some that are evacuating are turning to social media to find a place to ride out the storm. a group page is called hurricane florence lodging for and it has 4100

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i'm christy paul. >> in myrtle beach, south carolina. our live special coverage of now tropical storm florence. the storm that beat on and battered north carolina is now coming south. we're see thing stronger sustained winds here, although the rain has died down. this is not primarily a wind event. the

a live look at myrtle beach south carolina. winds over 80 miles per hour. gusts have reached the triple digits. the eye of the storm is hovering just inland near north carolina. it is slowly crowelling southwest. a live look at wilmington, north carolina. winds extending outward knocking down trees and power lines. emily is live in washington now. >> reporter: we are getting the first reports of injuries caused by the storm. police tweeting that a tree fell on top of a home and at least one person was taken to the hospital. more victims could be inside. hurricane florence is unleashing her fury. hurricane florence lashing the carolinas. the slow storm delivering sheets of rain and ferocious winds topping 105 miles per hour in wilmington. waters rising rapidly. >> rainwater and surge are forcing sounds and rivers over their banks. >> in north carolina waves reaching first floor windows prompting emergency situations. >> i have never seen this kind of damage here. >> hundreds needs rescue. >> it is like a bomb has gone off here. it is a lot of water. >> along