the beach patrol trying to get people -- that's the beach patrol getting people off of the beach here off of the beach trying to get people off. the beach is technically not closed. the water is what's closed. they don't want people going out there because the rip tides here really, really strong we've been told. so law enforcement has been patrolling, trying to get people out. they've been all over the state of north carolina, all along the carolinas as well. my colleague brian todd has been out and about this as well. he's in hampstead. i understand you're still driving around. what are you seeing? >> don, seeing worsening condition. i mean it's getting worse every few minutes. i was driving along watts landing road. we just learned a short time ago the authorities in pinder county where you are have established two triage centers. anyone out and about has a pretty decent chance of getting injured. tease are the conditions people are facing as they try -- if they try to get out of here. falling trees, falling limbs. we're going to pull over here. i'll show you some of the dangers he

a few people are out on the beach. can see it's low tide here, i guess another 10, 15 yards to the expanse of this beach but just at high tide moments ago. very tiny beach here, you can see it's all coming in. we're quite a bit a ways from landfall but the outer bands are coming in. i understand my colleague diane gallagher is in newburgh and she is s-- new bern and she's seein flooding there. >> don, we have seen an increase in new bern, north carolina. we're north of you where the noose river and the pimlico sound meet. a lot of intercoastal waterways leading to the atlantic ocean. the river has gone through union point park and it's now reaching across the road past the barriers into downtown new bern at this point and, again, you pointed out, we're just now seeing these outer bands. now, we haven't had too much on the part of this severe wind here but in new bern, in craven county, the problem is not going to be the wind. the problem is going to be the water. i am standing on a road right now. and for reference, i a

that is along the beach here. the giant berm that goes up and down here. the problem they are going to have here is not so much the wind, but the flooding. you will see the waves like this plus a storm surge that will push several feet of water into the area. a massive truck. a bulldozer of water by the storm. 20 or 30 inches or more of rain on top of that. they expect at least a third of the town here in carolina beach to be flooded and inaccessible because the one road in and out always floods, even on a good day. the other big concern is the brunswick nuclear power plant. duke energy taking the steps to start shutting down the two units. they are expecting winds of at least 75 miles per hour. gusts right now, but when the winds become sustained, that's where the real difficulty will be and what we are waiting for now in the next hour or so. we expect the winds to hit about 45 when the bridge into town will have to be shut down for safety reasons and emergency personnel will no longer respond to emergency situati

jonathan hunt is on the beach himself. athan. >> shep, we've been getting good wind gusts here already. with several hours from what will be the worst of hurricane florence hitting north myrtle beach where i'm standing right now. when the worst comes, it will according to the forecasters will be very bad indeed. you showed live pictures of the atlantic beach pier earlier. that's a preview of what we'll see here. this is the cherry grove pier. an iconic pier, completely destroyed by hurricane hugo in 1989. it was rebuild then. the observation deck at the end was destroyed again by floyd in 1999. everybody here, shep, hoping that this iconic peeve will survive florence. despite the dangers here, as you can see, a couple of people still out on the beach knowing that they have a few hours before it gets really too dangerous to be out here. we spoke to one woman earlier today act why she was refusing to leave. listen here. >> we have to wait and see where the storm is going. i also think sometimes the news channels hype it up to

let me take you up the beach. if you take a look at some video here, you can see not only flooding, but on the northern portion of carolina beach, there is a pier there. well, this pounding surf took out what the chamber of commerce says is about 70% of that pier. the community here says they'll likely rebuild, but at this point, they're just concerned with getting through this because this is such a slow-moving storm. florence is just feeling like it's sitting here as it's blowing. streets are flooded, power is out. cell phone service is spotty. there is no water pressure. but the good news is that the city officials here say that the few people who did decide to remain are safe and nobody is calling for any emergency assistance. ali. >> the mayor was really clear on getting everybody out of carolina beach. most people heeded that warning. around this part of the country, actually, every part of the country, you always have people who think they can outlast it and they're going to be saying for a long time, you se

we wanted to come to the beach showing you how this tropical storm is lashing here at the largest beacholina. look at the dunes here. the water went over them and reached the houses, ocean front homes. you can see the residents tried to make sure their houses were protected from the storm. fortunately it didn't cause as much damage as people were expecting. this is not over though. we're still getting 40 mile per hour winds from the south. we're four hours away from high tide and all the water and sand could flood the roads. i want our cameraman to walk out here. these are roads adjacent to the beach. they are completely flooded. it's not very deep, but they are expecting two to four feet of storm surge in the next couple hours. this, ali, as residents are being told to hunker down and not go out, but we have seen people out and about. the storm has passed us, but you don't want to be walking around and driving around water like this. ali. >> you can't tell when you're driving will the road below you has collapsed. you can't tell whether there's going to be a tornado. there are tornado

are you getting the sand blast, the beach sand coming with the rain, the wind out on the beach. you are starting to see the damage around this island. roofs andshingles are coming off. power outages everywhere, at our location, up and down the beach. the winds may of died down some. the storm surge has been felt here. it's starting to loosen the pie longs here on the peer. it's been around since about the 19 others. they're worried the pee the piey collapse. even homes on stilts and raised up are no match for the storm surge. part what had the weather service was talking about rather than slamming into the side, head on it has come around to the barrier islands, they're acting like a funnel pushing the water up into coastal carolina here where it will take much, much longer for them, shepherd to, recover here. you can see some of the debris now down on the beach. this storm stalls here the damage will only get worst. of course the water damage will only get worst here, shepherd. >> leland, thank you. down 40 miles steve live from north carolina. steve, how does it look? >> shephe

i'm going to walk out to the beach and keep checking it. by the time you get to me at the top of the hour, i'm going to see how much that beach has shrunk and how much we're going to be dealing with flood. i've been told we are at the top of the hour. >> i was going to say, florence has taken your sense of time. >> yeah, i know. i don't know what time it is. listen, chris, walk with me. i hate to turn my back on you. you and i spend a lot of time on the water. i go out fishing with you sometimes. by the way, this is cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. a hurricane is battering the carolinas. we've seen so far five people confirmed dead and there is concern about catastrophic flooding all over. wind gusts of up to 70, 80 miles an hour. there it is. there's that beach, chris, shrinking. i don't know if we have the overhead camera. but as you were counting the waves, i see one, two, three, four, five. so it's up now. what does the ocean tell you about what's happening out there at sea. christopher, are you there in. >> yes, i am. we've had a wind shift

the spot called playland -- which was not at the beach... or a very similar reason ... that closed the original amusement park.. hahahahalaughing sal is getting the last laugh....as kids and kids at heart play old fashioned penny arcade games, skee ball and pinball....playland not at the beach got it's name because this 7500 square feet of memorabilla is located in el cerrito......far from san francisco's ocean beach where the original playland stood from 1913 to 1972. this collection of circus and amusement park mementos has been at this location for 10 years....but is now shutting down for a very similar reason that brought the original playland to a close. they came down for condos we're coming down for apartments so history is just repeating itselffrank biafore who goes by the title fabulous fun facilator says the building was purchased a year and half ago and is due to be torn down to make way for 50 units. but he says he bears no ill will to the new owners. it made me incredibly happy when i came into my life, it gave me 18 or 20 years

beach. i am don lemon. this is the storm drain from the town, runs off to the beach. this was a trickle when we got here. now it is breaking off, opening up. we saw a chunk of it break off before. that gives you an idea, the reason i'm doing this, gives you an idea how much water is hitting this area. big concern, flooding, flooding, flooding as we have been seeing. 40 feet of rain in new bern. then the storm surge as well. active rescues happening. check out the beach at myrtle beach. not a soul on the beach, except for maybe some media and emergency workers or police patrols coming in to make sure people stay off the beach and out of the water. this is too dangerous now to mess around with, not to mention rip currents. the entire situation when it comes to this particular hurricane. it still as last forecasted, category one hurricane, and it is sitting there, barely moving. it will dump a whole lot of water. up the beach, nick watt my colleague in north myrtle beach where he is seeing damage going on with the hurricane. nick, what have you got for us. >> the surf has

racing over the beach at full speed in vintage vehicles on the danish island of wormer classic cars a motorcycle showed just how much life is left in them the beach race is the only one of its kind in europe. not every color is street legal like this one fitted with an airplane engine. the race is open to all vehicles built before nine hundred forty two the track is two hundred millimeters long or exactly one eighth of a mile. chords and catalina fun to have come from bavaria to take part there driving a nine hundred twenty eight model a ford it's the roadster version with ninety horsepower on the day before the big race they've come to a beach to check out the track. is completely new here this really only happens here that's why every year we drive the eleven hundred kilometers from bavaria to come here and experience this it's a true home. for making you can't enjoy this kind of freedom anywhere else and you can drive on the beach on the sand you can let the back and swing out and get a taste of the sea breeze and sand in your teeth mia i look forward to it all year long. but first

this is south of the storm in myrtle beach. so because of those counterclockwise winds, in this case, the winds are pushing the water away from the beach. look how the winds are blowing. you can see winds going out to the ocean. people along out there now because the ocean is receded a lot. you can see the winds pushing the sand out towards the beach that is all because of this counterclockwise flow. up in wilmington, north carolina, they're still getting the winds and the rain off the sea. not as bad as it was. there's bill hemmer that appears to be high and dry. hi, bill. >> hi, shepard. change of clothes here and we're back at it. you mentioned the fatalities. tough news for the city of wilmington. the police department putting out a statement about a woman and an infant killed when a tree fell on the home. the father of a household is being treated at a local hospital. a press conference is being set up here. we expect to get more information on that when it happened. that was the warning that went out and we hope for, you k

, 14 and a half inches down in the wrightsville beach area, almost 19 inches of rain and in wilmington close to 17 and a half inches of rain and there is lots more to come throughout the state. the storm is moving so slowly. what other thing i want to show you before we get out into the field where correspondence are, one more time on the location of the storm. the location is right here in wilmington and it is overland at the moment. remember, hurricanes get their energy from the warm water. the storm is now headed in this direction so it will be over warm water sometime in the next couple of hours and that means more energy for the storm and more rain to be dumped on this entire area. want to get right out to a reporter who is live in morehead city north carolina across the sound from atlantic beach. you've had a whale of the day there. >> we are still getting what you are describing, that northeast side of the shore, but what you've got mixed with the wind and i have traveled up and down the highway, there is history's down and power down, storefronts and gas

the water has come over the beach. there was about a 60-yard beach there. was a beautiful day yesterday afternoon. and then the water has kept rising. now it's actually forming a little river here and going in to the bay. so this part of the island, the houses structurally are still standing but bits and pieces of them are still being torn up at this late stage of this storm, shepard. >> shepard: steve, it's late in the storm. but have you got hours more of this, it looks like. >> can you come back with that again, shepard? >> shepard: there is more to come. >> well, you know, there is nowhere we can go, really. i mean, the bridge is closed. there is so much debris. i have seen a couple of cars drive through power lines down the street. jeff bern takes more risk than i would and he wouldn't go. we turned around. we have a generator going. we will be here, you know, we will be here until it's over. >> shepard: if steve harrigan can survive the kyber spas in afghanistan he can survive north top sail. i'm glad there aren't a lot of other people around there st

it's all the way up and down the beach. you can look down this way and see all the debris on the beach and see just how much erosion there's been. the seas are a little colder right now. the wind is coming down here, thankfully. rain still comes in in big bands. for the most part it seems done. but boy, there's going to be a long cleanup ahead. trees are down throughout the entire area, power lines down everywhere. as you know, there's one road in, one road out of this area. until these winds come down a little more, until they get the streets cleaned up, until they get the power lines back up and in working order, it's going to be hard to get people back in here, get them into their homes and get life back to normal here in carolina beach, kure beach, all these different areas along the coast here. it will be a long, hard slog. the storm, marty, may have been the easiest part of all this. back to you. >> reporter: miguel, real quick, there was a real concern that the sand on the beach would get washed into the main roadway

the beaches are pretty much desolate. but you still get the sand, you still get the wind that whips it up. but again, the big problem is going to be flooding. there are a number of them along the beach here. that thing is roaring, water coming in. it was just a little trickle, if anything, and it certainly wasn't this big when we first got here. but there are these storm drains all over the beach. the water is coming in from town. what was once a crevice has now become a cr eva ce, something that's bigger, and it's going to get worse. the worse for me here in myrtle beach, probably 10:00, 11:00, midnight, could be more if this storm continues to sit on top of the water, jake. >> it was supposed to end tonight. is there a sense of the storm being worse than had been expected? >> reporter: well, it is -- yes, worse than expected because it's not moving. you know, it's going anywhere from 3 to 10 miles an hour. it's just not moving. it just won't get out of here. so they're telling people to stay in their homes. you saw the p

this is a waterspout off the coast of myrtle beach. it's not far from where we were yesterday. just off the coast. anyone who is familiar with that area, this is the row along myrtle beach, miles of shore line there. so many families have enjoyed it for their vacations. about 15 miles inland from where that area is where we find cnn's scott mcclain in conway, south carolina. a lot of folks there allowed to come back in, i know. but there are major concerns about the flooding that could come in the next few days. >> reporter: >> absolutely. this really does feel like the -- >> we lost scott's shot there. we will try to get it back up later. obviously, both the carolinas hit very hard here. in terms of the area where scott is, we were up and around in that area yesterday morning, as well. we awoke in myrtle beach and drove up to the conway area. there was some flooding there. the main concern from officials is what could come in terms of flooding. i think we may have scott's shot back up. can you hear me? >> reporter: we don't have scott there. we are hearing from officialinizeclu

. >> the beach is now up on the boardwalk. this is about a foot and a half of sand or so. >>> someone yelled, shark! shark! >> a nightmare at the beach where a young man was bitten by a shark. >> someone had him underneath his arms sitting in the surf. >> the 35-year-old veteran of border control. he was a serial killer targeting his victims. >>> this is "new day weekend" with christi blackwell and victor blackwell. >> tropical storm florence brought catastrophic flooding and the worst is on its way. florence is creeping across the carolinas right now, just 3 miles per hour. already 13 people have died. meanwhile, 800,000 customers do not have power this morning in both states. and hundreds are still stranded in their homes. >>> the storm has dropped 40 inches of rain since making landfall friday morning. it could be three to five days before the water levels peak. and that could pose problems to those along the coastal communities and the dozens of rivers stretching among the states. this morning three of the people killed we

highs will range from 60s with the clouds hugging parts of the beaches. arts of the north bay. napa 74. santa rosa 76 and ooeskand east events, you'll have sunshine but grab a jacket because it will be cooler. oakland 67. san jose 73 and inland areas will be mild, antioch at 76. in fact, fairfield will be milder at 78. beaches today, again, low 60s with partly cloudy conditions and a high u.v. index. here is what to expect the next few days. one of the warm spots. below average but look at wednesday and thursday. inland areas possibly hitting 90. i want to give you a heads up, first day of fall saturday night and the fall equinox is when the sun rays start to move south of the equator and that's what changes things and we get the cooler weather during the fall and winter. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. a breezy afternoon with temperatures still below average. we'll drop even a little more monday and tuesday. temperatures start to rebound wednesday. look for warmth and even more sunshine on thursday near 90 inland and if you're in san francisco

so look at the sweep of the beach. jay, stay here. if you look at the sweep of the beach, okay, it is not just that you have 50 to 60 mile-per-hour gusts, but you're going to see the water is going to start to move this way and then in. so, jay, angle it this way and you'll see what the angle of assent will be. it only has to get a couple of feet up and then a plateau and it will run like it does almost every night when it isn't a hurricane. this is mostly landscaping. water will come right up and over it. now what is the force of the water? that is what i'll show you. nothing stupid, don't get in this water it would be silly and stupid. but as the -- the sense of the motion and the hydrodynamics at play, this water is going to be moving this way and then up. and the tide will be to its advantage. and all of the water that stirred up, do you see that layer of foam? it is not just a normal sand bar. energy is being contained by the storm. it is literally whipped in a circle motion like when you have your finger in a drink and you're sti

i'm now on the beach, myrtle beach at the moment. the reason being, when we were in town on ocean drive over there, the water flooded. they're putting out flash flooding in the myrtle beach area. we come back to the beach over here showing how waves are starting to climb. we expect this to get worse, flash floods in effect. trish, when you started off at the top of the show, you talked about potential damage could be going on right now. within the last hour i interviewed a woman who already had to evacuate her mobil home because the roof had completely fallen off, water started seeping into the living room. she is devastated. she has nothing. she has no insurance. the and the reason she decided to day stay, this is what i have been hearing from people who didn't evacuated. they overcame the hurricanes in the past. she clearly thought she could ride out this one. she said in the camera, doesn't do that, because you managed to survive the hurricane hugo, all the others throughout the years, don't take a risk with this one because this

all the beaches are basically on the beach—side. basically on the beach—side. thing basically collapsed. eight story hotels have been flattened. the rescue teams are now trying to find more victims. find more victims. images as the water was flooding in to what looked like flood barriers. to what looked like flood barriers. you describe the extraordinary level of the damage. of the damage. give us a sense of palu itself. palu itself. is clearly very close lying to the ocean? ocean? it is a coastal city. all the businesses are on the beach—side. businesses are on the beach—side. nandy hits, basically all of the businesses will be hit by the water. businesses will be hit by the water. the hospitals, the business centre. it was all hit by water because they are located on the beach part. are located on the beach part. are a lot of mining companies and plantations that support the city. plantations that support the city. tell us about access to the area. understand some military aircraft have been able to land. have been able to land. what are the problems facing r

the clouds curving outward in what meteorologists call the stadium effect. myrtle beach now directly in the path. an evacuation notice in place. and today, the beach shut down. the city warning anyone entering the water would be arrested. what if people say, i'm going to ride it out. are they playing with their life? >> i think they are it's not a thrill ride you want to be on. >> reporter: another potential hazard for myrtle beach, all of the amusement parks that dot the boardwo boardwalk. there's a water park here, a massive ferris wheel, a roller coaster. when the storm surge comes up with the winds, all of this could turn into massive projectiles. the new track governor to declare a state of emergency. with the changing track, some residents aren't sure what to do. jo noble shows us how she's surrounded by water. >> this comes up fast. >> reporter: inside, she shows us a boat. >>> bought myself a boat for two. >> reporter: that she says she's ready to escape on if necessary. the 76-year-old has lived through other storms, but there's something about florence that jus

it just eats away at the beaches. at's going to be part of the story, along with the inland flood threat which could be catastrophic, and power outages now up to 164,000 customers in north carolina. those numbers are going to skyrocket. that's a guarantee, brian. >> all right. meteorologist mike seidel with the weather channel in wilmington, north carolina. we can't mention this enough, over 160,000 customers, not individuals, but customers, households, think of it that way, already without power tonight. it's going to be a long time before their power is restored. we've got a lot of wind and rain coming their way over the next 24 to 48 hours. we're going to take another break. when we come back, how president trump injected himself into the politics of hurricanes earlier today. whoooo. tripadvisor makes finding your perfect hotel... relaxing. just enter your destination and dates. tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the hotel you want for the lowest price. dates. deals. done! tripadvisor. [ horn honkin

it could be a great beach day, because we will see the mid- to upper 60s at the beach, andm warmer atay at near 70s and average friday and fall begins saturday. >> and a great beach day and maybe a great day for some football. just ahead, the 49ers' home opener, and the special give away you will get if you are going to the game. >>> officials are hoping to move patients into bay area's latest state-of-the-art medical faci facility next month. a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place for the u critical care pavilion at washington hospital in freemont. this new intensive and critical care units will have 48 beds compared to the current capacity of 28. the e.r. is 224,000 square feet, and four times the size of the current facility. even the way it is constructed is state-of-the-art. >> it moves from side to side three feet in every direction, and it also can move up and down. which is kind of hard to imagine, but that is what it is built to do. it is the same size of system put into the apple campus. >> the project came in on time and on budget. the exact opening date the has not yet been

i want to take you out here on the beach. this is where the major problem where storm is rolling in and they're concerned about flooding. this is what we've been seeing all day, the storms moving from the north and coming south down the shore here. one of those places being hit hard is where miguel marquez is in, in carolina beach. all day, you have been getting inundated with water and wind. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah, this has been 36 hours of just hell in carolina beach, north carolina, don. the wind is still blowing very, very hard. the rain is coming in right now, we're not seeing a lot of rain, but the wind is still very, very heavy here. the electricity is out in carolina beach and throughout the county. about 108,000 of the 128,000 customers that they have here are without power tonight. cell phone service is down. some roofs have been ripped off. some walls have collapsed in and around carolina beach. but officials s waiting to be able to get out into daylight tomorrow to figure out just how much damage the s

at the beach that once stood at san francisco's ocean beach. dling was purchased a year and a half ago.. and is set to be torn down to make room for new apartments.. a similar reason that brought the original playland to close. but the owner of "playland not at the beach" says he doesn't fault the new owners of the building. ( james ) all the memorbila inside the museum will be up for auction on september 15. ( lydia ) an air quality advisory... has been extended through the day today. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (darya)(james) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... plenty of sunshine into the afternoon today after a partly cloudy start to the morning. temperatures will peak in a similar range to yesterday's in the 60

sand that is just blasting off the beach. more importantly, the dune and the berm eroded. that is the thing that is keeping the storm surge at bay and not having it overwash and come in to the town of carolina beach. it's already got as i'd show you on fox business, it's already got downtown flooding. but these waves as you can see right now are being fed by the storm. they're doing a good job of pushing this water in. i do think fortunately we're at low tide now, near low tide. your last guest just said, as you get passed the high tide tonight, maybe we're good. i suspect we're good. but again, i never expected we would get this kind of intensity on the back side of the storm that we're getting right now. as you know, this is up and down the coast. we're not alone. it's not catastrophic in terms of wind but it's a very strong blow and it's causing damage and potentially surge to cause further problems. neil? >> neil: thanks, jeff, very much. the winds are still whipping around there. south carolina seems to be next in its sig

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that is in the greater myrtle beach area. what's the situation like there on the ground now? >> reporter: so i'm about an hour from north myrtle beach. the intercoastal waterway is from where i'm standing now. not only do you have the waterway, you have the beach facing south and zhou the river to the east. it is in fact the largest beach in north carolina, 19 square miles and you he have these trees behind me. this is called oak island for a reason. as they start going out and about, the mayor total me that is one of her biggest concerns. but at this hour everyone hunkered down. there's a population of about 8,000 people. the mayor said at least 500 decided to stay and this island particularly vulnerable to those 90 winds to the sheer power of hurricane florence because houston is so exposed and that storm surge and flooding is what's going to wreck hask for the next couple of hours, if not days. >> if you can give us the sense of theditions there. we see the branchs swaying but doesn't seem like it's completely picked up? >> no. it seems like it's go to the north of us. whic

we will see what the beach flooding looks like. i went and looked at all of the predictions for the next high tide cycle which will be tomorrow morning 10:00 a.m. to noon, and we are still expecting that to be the highest water marks for the beach communities. so if people are wondering about their favorite beaches, how they're going to fare, up to this point it has been okay. we will see what the winds do in the next three to four hours and what the high tide does tomorrow morning. >> there's some benefit to having daylight. things are scarier in the middle of the nierkts and of course the last high tide cycle at 11:00 eastern time. when we come back we will be joined by telephone by the mayor of new bern, north carolina where they've got all of the storm they can handle tonight. who would have thought, who would have guessed? an energy company helping cars emit less. making cars lighter, it's a good place to start, advanced oils for those hard-working parts. fuels that go further so drivers pump less. improving efficiency is what

steve: on the beach in north carolina, thank you very much. the slow moving storm sparking fears of widespread flooding as it lashes the east coast. what can we expect? janice dean monitoring it's every move. >> 20 inches of rainfall in and around the atlantic beach area. last night, eight hours ago they reported a foot and now we hear reports of 20 inches and the storm is not made landfall. the worst of the wind is making its way on shore, the core of the strongest wind around the wilmington area. we think landfall around parkdale, north carolina in the next couple hours but it is slow-moving. that will cause the flooding disaster and surge disaster, 10 foot storm surge in new bern where people had to be rescued, 150 were rescued and we have 100 waiting for rescue on their roofs of their homes. that is what we are dealing with. there is new bern where we had a report of a 10 foot storm surge. the storm surges that wall of atlantic water that comes with the counterclockwise wind and because the storm is so wide and strong, it has been a categor

i stayed inside the eye and drove all the way down here to myrtle beach. ncountered trees in the road. luckily i had a chain saw with me. i was literally out there cutting up trees out of the road to get there as well as flooding was going on, and the winds were picking up and blowing debris in the road. it was a treacherous haul down here. >> you called the vehicle the hurr? >> that's correct, the hurricane eye wall research vehicle. we decided to develop this because we wanted to record extreme winds within the eye wall of hurricanes. sometimes hurricanes make landfall in areas that don't have weather stations, so we want to be the mobile lead to record the winds for historical data. >> i'm going to bring in -- stand here with me, mike. i'm going to bring in our meteorologist. allison, we are getting giant wind gusts here. tell us what is going on. >> so the big reason you are seeing it is that the storm itself is shifting. if you think about it, think of the power outages for example. for the majority of the day friday we saw the large numbers in north c

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that is much higher than the level the beach towns are built on. re i am a few miles inland we are 30 feet above sea level so there is no real risk of the storm surge. at that point your concern is the wind and the rain. the storm edit speak was 500 miles in diameter. how far to get away from the wind and the rain? it made more sense to board up the house. connell: they have gotten so much rain in that area already. so saturated. >> standing rainwater is never a good thing. it is dangerous, a health risk and you have to wait for it to dry or even apparatus or dry out, the rivers and creeks, it creates further flooding downstream, it piles on. connell: likely to have more downed trees. they got a lot of rain with the storm but the rain before that saturated the ground further. wilmington, north carolina, throughout the day today, thanks. jillian: residents facing a life-threatening storm and first responders bracing to rescue those trapped by rising floodwaters. connell: we will talk about the threat for those in the path of the storm's special cover

we are not at the beach but we're having waves come in on our area. the birds are having difficulty fly i flying because of the wind and it's kind of a perfect storm in the northern part of the state. the pimlico sound, the intercoastal waterways, they'll get this again once inland flooding comes back south so they will be victimized twice by florence, the next couple days and when the rain recedes again. >> diane, thank you. i want to go to chris cuomo. we'll be seeing a bunch of tides throughout this storm coming in and out. >> and the area is very vulnerable. we're in north myrtle beach, south carolina. jay, show them. this is normal high tide. they dumped five feet of sand here this summer. this is new sand to elevate the beach. didn't make really any difference. this is normal high tide cooling. jay, swing around and show them where the houses are. not even 50 yards, clearing people out of the way so jay can show you. it's not easy to clear people out of the way. you know why, anderson? there are so many people still here. local authorities say 85

rick, i know you had to move away from the beach. ngs from leland and steve, where they are seeing a noticeable rise in the waters, that storm surge come again, as has been predicted all along? >> yeah, i can't tell you whether or not the surge has risen here. we are on high ground. we are very close to the beach. we are trying to stay out of harm's way. remarkably, i just saw a wrightsville beach fire truck and police car drive bios here in ridiculously rough conditions. so i will keep my head on but to preach to them for hiding out in this awful weather, not sure if they are responding to a call but we have heard some explosions reported, transformers that blue, and whether they got a call or not, i'm not sure. they were on the road, still patrolling at the very least, and things have gotten very, very rough out here in the last couple of hours. they are on the job, and they have a very tough time ahead of them once the storm blows through, as you've been reporting, the floods will follow. rescue most likely will be next. wrightsvil

because i'm on the beach, what is the situation in myrtle beach in terms of power and downed trees and downed power lines? >> we do have some downed trees, some downed power lines. i think area-wide we are talking about maybe 55,000 customers without electricity at the moment, and that's grown over the last couple of hours. it started out at about 16,000. we have some electrical problems. i'm not aware of any significant property damage at this point, which is a good sign that this storm is not quite what we expected. all week it hasn't been quite what we expected. we are in reasonably good shape. we are hopeful by dawn tomorrow morning we can get crews out and about and survey the damage. >> all right. as michelle was saying, the storm is a little wobbly, it is hard to know exactly where it is going. there's some likelihood as we've been looking at new bern and places on the eastern side of north carolina that these winds and rain, regardless of how strong they are or weak they are, are going to hang around here for a while. this could be a problem for longer than we were expecting. >

what a difference a few days makes here at the beach. rolina beach right now being pelted with rain, winds at around 90 miles per hour remember, the eyewall of this storm is still 30 miles off the coast of wilmington. these are still considered outer bands. it's not even the heart of the storm just yet i saw some folks moving and walking to the beach grabbing sandbags earlier thinking to myself if you don't have your sandbags by now or you're just realizing how serious this storm is, it is probably on the late side to be making those kinds of preparations right now here on carolina beach i see lights on. we have power. so that's a positive sign, but there's still a lot of people in north carolina that are starting to lose their power. the latest number is almost 300,000. as you know, in these situations when power goes out it makes conditions even more threatening and dangerous. >> jackie, we understand north of you not everybody heeded the warnings to evacuate that there are more than 100 people in new bern, north carolina waiting to be

instead, it's blowing in towards the beach. atch on the crashing waves that are coming down on the beach. beach erosion, of course, is a huge concern for the entire coast of north carolina. the usgs has run a study suggesting that in this storm, 75% of north carolina's beaches are going to suffer some sort of beach erosion as a result of this hurricane. as far as structural damage, we're not seeing a lot of major damage. we are seeing some siding peeling off, some siding materials. we are seeing some roofing materials peeling off, and we are seeing some water. we're not seeing any broken windows yet, but we are seeing water leaching in through some of the windows on the side of the pounding wind, seemingly incessantly with the slow speed of this storm here. and as i said last time, when you're looking at it from the 35,000 foot level, these all seem like minor damages but when you are the specific homeowner, when you are the owner of this business, it's a huge deal, especially when it may be days before you can get back on to th

are pounding the beaches here and all the water is piling up. heading towards the low tide thankfully. the water isn't as high as fwofs hours ago. this is the area we're concerned with. as we go throughout the ten to noon high tide. we know that we had a record high tide in areas. that occurred about 7.2 feet. the old record was hazel in 1954. at 6.94. water never been seen before in recorded history and the next high tide will be worse. water is already in homes and businesses. near more head city. and the water will get higher. especially when you look at the radar. we have had a foot of rain in the area. with the radar presentation like that we can get another foot in the next 12 hours. winds are maybe a tenth maybe two tenths of the story. the rainfall is going to be about maybe the other 40% and the surge. 50% of the puzzle. if you haven't lost power you will with wind gusts like this. we lost the gauge in the new burn area. certain point some of the wind gauges just fail on us. and look at this out here near the eye. 96 miles per hour wind

at the beach that once stood at san francisco's ocean beach. ago.. and is set to be torn down to make room for new apartments.. a similar reason that brought the original playland to close. but "playland not at the beach" owner says he doesn't fault the new owners. ( james ) all the memorbila inside playland not at the beach will be up for auion on september 15. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... changing the way some accused crimiinals are prosecuted. the two big law enforcement bills that are now headed to the governor's desk. ( james ) and after the break... a ride suddenly stops working -- leaving some riders stranded and side down. (ácommercialá) plenty of sunshine into the afternoon today after a partly cloudy start to the morning. temperatures will peak in a simil

if you're headed to the beach, the u.v. index is high.tly cloudy conditions but it's really the sea breeze that keeps things cool so low 60s through the bay and ocean beach and half moon bay and monterrey bay at 64 and overnight lows cool tomorrow morning when you wake up, look for 40s in parts of the north bay like santa rosa. and we'll see low to mid 50s around the bay. san francisco with the cloud cover on the coast spilling into the east bay and through parts of the valleys. livermore 52 and san jose 54. i want to show you what is going on with the week ahead. we're below average and will be that way over the next few days. we'll be cooler the next couple days. wednesday things turn around, thursday will really be the warmest day of the week before we drop back down. also, the first day of fall. fall starts saturday. this saturday, september 22nd at 6:54 and what happens with withh equinox, the sun rays move north of the equator. here is the seven-day forecast. temperatures close to yesterday's numbers. we'll be below average and cool

the one not at the beach ((2shot))((ken))in the east bay.. a musuem dedicated to the memory of playland at the beach, the long closed san francisco amusement park, hosted visitors for the last time today.((pam)) kron4's maureen kelly explains that the spot called playland -- which was not at the beach, is actually shutting the doors ... for a reason, very similar to the one that closed down the original amusement park .. hahahahalaughing sal is getting the last laugh....as kids and kids at heart play old fashioned penny arcade games, skee ball and pinball....playland not at the beach got it's name because this 7500 square feet of memorabilla is located in el cerrito......far from san francisco's ocean beach where the original playland stood from 1913 to 1972. this collection of circus and amusement park mementos has been at this location for 10 years....but is now shutting down for a very similar reason that brought the original playland to a close. they came down for condos we're coming down for apartments so history is just repeating itself