>> FLORENCE MAY HAVE DROPPED IN STRENGTH, BUT SHE HAS LEFT HER MARK AS A DEADLY STORM AS IT CONTINUES TO RAIN DOWN ON THE SOUTH.
THIS MORNING, HOW YOU CAN HELP THOSE AFFECTED AND WHAT IS AHEAD ON THIS HURRICANE SEASON.
THE RAIN HAS NOT STOPPED SINCE THURSDAY SOME AREAS TO OUR SOUTH.
IT APPEARS TO JUST BEING THUS TO JUST -- IT APPEARS TO JUST BE SITTING THERE.
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD.
MOST OF NORTH CAROLINA COVERED IN RAIN.
A FEW LOOKS AT THE AREA BEING HIT BY FLORENCE.
A LOT OF RAIN DUMPED ON TO THOSE STATES.
ON THE RIGHT, A LIVE PICTURE FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOME COASTAL FLOODING.
BUT NOW, AS THE STORM STARTS WEAKENING, WE TURN OUR FORK -- OUR FOCUS TO THE AFTERMATH AND THE RELIEF.
AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THE LATEST WITH FLORENCE, WE WANT AN UPDA FROM MATTHEW HAS AN ISLANDERS ODDS ON THE BEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
-- HAS AN EYE ON THE RESPONSE FROM GOVERNMENT.
MATTHEW: FLORENCE CONTINUES TO POUND NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
>> IN SOME PLACES, RAIN IS MEASURED IN FEET AND NOT INCHES.
MATTHEW: THE THREAT IS FAR FROM FINISHED ASKED FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.
>> WE WILL SEE AREAS FLOOD THAT HAVE NOT FLOODED BEFORE.
YOU’LL HAV PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
MATTHEW: 11 HAVE DIED AND MANY A DISPLAY STAND STILL OTHERS WITH THAT POWER.
OVERALL, OFFICIALS ARE CONFIDENT IN THEIR RESPONSE.
>> EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE AND RECOVERY IS JUST THAT.
IT IS NOT ONE GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
IT IS A TEAM APPROACH.
>> WE HAVE HAD HELP FROM NINE DIFFERENT STATES AS WELL AS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INVOLVEMENT OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.
MATTHEW: THE NEXT CONCERN IS WHERE THE STORM MIGHT BE HEADED.
THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA CAN SEE HEAVY RAINS, WHICH MEANS THREAT OF FLOODING COULD BE HEADED THEIR WAY.
JASON: KIND OF RESPONSE HAVE WE SEEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE?
MATTHEW: YESTERDAY, HE RESPONDED TO THE DEATH TOLL WHICH JUST THAT FIVE PEOPLE.
JASON: THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE A DATE.
LOWELL -- THE UPDATE.
LOWELL SPENT TIME TRAVELING THROUGH THE CAROLINAS.
HE SAYS DRAWING WATER IS THE GROWING CONCERN.
LOWELL: GOOD MORNING FROM WINTERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH BANDS OF LIGHT AND HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHT WIND.
THE MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS HIGH WATER IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND SIDESTREETS.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER, OTHER SPOTS CLOSE TO A FOOT.
THAT IS SOMETHING FOLKS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
SOME SPOTS HAVE OVER TWO FEET OF WATER.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE COMING DAYS, THERE IS A STORM SURGE RISK THAT ANOTHER THREE TO FIVE FEET OF RFID BE PUSHED IN THOSE AREAS, SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WILL BE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT
AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK.
THAT IS THE LATEST IN WINTERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
JASON: MARYLAND MOBILIZING TO HELP THOSE WHO BY FLORENCE, FROM EMERGENCY WORKERS TO EMERGENCY FUNDS.
MORE OF THE EFFORTS TO LEND A HAND.
OUR GAIN IS THIS EVENT AND IT’S THEIR LOSS THERE.
WE FEEL SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
>> SOME OF OUR KEY MUSICIANS, THE BEST STARS OF OUR SHOW, WERE IN THE AREA.
THEY WEREN’T GOING TO HAVE TO TRAVEL TOO FAR TO BE HERE.
THEY CAME TO US AND SAID WHAT CAN WE DO?
CAN WE DO SOMETHING ELSE?
WE CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF A HURRICANE PARTY?
>> PROCEEDS HELP THE MARITIME MUSEUM AND THEY COLLECTED DONATIONS FOR THE RED CROSS.
>> WE ARE NONPROFIT, BUT WE CAN DO OUR PART TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE FLORENCE.
>> OUR HEARTS GO OUT FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL RAISE MONEY TO HELP THE RED CROSS TO HELP THEM OUT.
>> THE STATE IS SET UP TO HELP HERE GOVERNOR HOGAN IS SENDING TWO AQUATIC HELICOPTER TEAMS.
>> WE TRAIN SPECIFICALLY IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, STRANDED AND ARTISTS -- STRANDED AND ISOLATED PERSONNEL, > THE TEAMS COULD BE IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR 10 DAYS OR LONGER.
RESCUE TECHNICIANS FROM BALTIMORE, HARVARD, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY EFFORT.
>> OUR PRIMARY GO TO IS THE HOIST.
WE USE THE RESCUE BASKET AND BOOK -- AND THE PLOY -- AND DEPLOY FOR RESCUE.
JASON: THOSE RESCUE WORKERS HAVE ARRIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IS SKILLED AND HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE COLLAPSE AND WATER RESCUE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES DOCTORS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
MEMBERS OF THE AIR WING LEFT ON SATURDAY.
TEAM MEMBERS W