SUCKED
SUCKED UP
SUCKED UP INTO THE AIR BY A FIRE TORNADO.
TORNADO.
TORNADO. ALL 3 FIREFIGHTERS ESCAPED
WITHOUT INJURY.
WITHOUT INJURY. >>> FROM FIRE 4@TO FLOODS, 5 DA
AFTER HURRICANE FLORENCE MADE
LANDFALL, FEARS ARE RISING IN
NORTH CAROLINA AS WE SPEAK.
COMMUNITIES BATTERED BY
HURRICANE MATTHEW A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO NOW 4@ARE BRACING FOR
HISTORY TO REPEAT.
IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS, THE CAPE
FEAR RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST
. MORE THAN 4 FEET BEYOND
MATTHEWS LEVELS, 11ALIVE'S
JEREMY CAMPBELL SHOWS US HOW IT
IS ALL UNFOLDING FROM 1
REMARKABLE VANTAGE POINT.
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
CAME OUT TO SEE IT 4@FOR
THEMSELVES, WHEN FLORENCE'S
WATERLINE MAKES HISTORY.
>> DURING MATTHEW, IT WAS STUCK
IN THE MIDDLE.
>>4@4@ ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE I
TOUCHES OVER THERE?
>> I NOTICED SOME OF THE BACK
STREETS WHERE I LIVE, YOU
CANNOT GET BY THEM.
>> IT WAS 4@A LITTLE BIT LOWER,
MUCH LOWER.
MUCH LOWER. I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE LIVING OUT HERE. 4@
THEY HAD TO EVACUATE.
SAY A PRAYER FOR ME.
>> Reporter: FIVE DAYS AFTER
LANDFALL, THE BIGGEST THREAT
FROM FLORENCE IS FLOODING.
>> IT IS4@ SCARY, REALLY 4@SCAR
IT PULLED ME AND I GOT TO WATER
OUT TO HERE.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE JUST
PUTTING THEIR LIVES BACK
TOGETHER, THEIR HOMES REPAIR4@E
AND THE WATER4@ INVADED AGAIN.
>> IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
AND HERE WE GO AGAIN.
>> Reporter: BEFORE THE COAST
GUARD COULD ARRIVE,4@ CAROLINA
COASTAL RESCUE TEAM RESPONDED
TO THIS IS -- DISTRESS 4@CALLS.
>> THERE WERE LIVING PEOPLE
INCLUDING ELDERLY AND SMALL
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. ABOUT 3 MINUTES AFTER WE GOT
THERE, A TORNADO CAME THROUGH.
WE CAME THROUGH SOME PRETTY
HEAVY WEATHER.
HEAVY WEATHER. >> YOU GOT OUT OF THE BOAT AND
YOU HAD WATER STANDING UP TO
YOUR KNEES AND YOU DID 4@NOT KN
IF THERE WERE SNAKES.
>> IF PEOPLE NEED HELP --4@
4@>> WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
HERE FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS TO
GIVE OUT ABOUT 200 MEALS.4@
WE ARE PREPARED.
>> HOPEFULLY, THIS IS A ONCE-IN-
A-LIFETIME THING.
A-LIFETIME THING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
MATTHEW.
MATTHEW.
MATTHEW. IT JUST DOESN'T DO THAT AND NOW
2 YEARS 4@LATER, IT HAPPENS
AGAIN?
AGAIN?
AGAIN? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT?
>> Reporter: JUST BEFORE
SUNRISE ON TUESDAY, THEY GOT
THE ANSWER WHEN THE CAPE FEAR
RIVER SWELLED.
RIVER SWELLED. >> IT KEEPS GETTING BIGGER.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW STRONG THE
BRIDGES.
BRIDGES.
BRIDGES. DID THAT -- THE BRIDGE IS.
>> Reporter: IT HAPPENED TWICE.
>> -- A LITTLE 4@MORE -- WE KNE
WHAT THE POSSIBILITY COULD BE.4
>>> I AM IN THE STORM TRACKER
CENTER WITH CHEAP UROLOGIST,
CHRIS HOLCOMB.
CHRIS HOLCOMB. FLORENCE MOVED OUT DAYS AGO.
WHY ARE WE STILL FEELING --
SEEING FLOODWATERS RISING?
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
45 INCHES 4@OF RAIN THAT FELL I
PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
HERE IS SOMETHING MAYBE YOU
HAVE NOT4@ HEARD, 8 TRILLION
GALLONS OF WATER.
ALL OF THAT WATER HAS TO GO
SOMEWHERE.
SOMEWHERE. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE RIVER
GAUGES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
NORTH CAROLINA.
NORTH CAROLINA. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 4@THE LAB --
YELLOW, RED OR PURPLE COLORS.
THAT IS CONCENTRATED FROM THE
RALEIGH AREA IN NORTH CAROLINA
AND FLORENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA
-- SOUTH 4@CAROLINA.
THOSE ARE THE RIVERS
EXPERIENCING FLOODING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. IS
NOW. IS YOU COUNT ALL OF THE WATER,
$1 TRILLION OF WATER IN NORTH
CAROLINA AND -- SOUTH CAROLINA,
EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED,
THE WATER TO THE NORTH IS
RUNNING OFF INTO THESE RIVERS
AND STREAMS AND4@ KEEP MOVING
DOWN TOWARD THE OCEAN.
ALSO THESE RIVERS, ESPECIALLY
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. 4@
CAROLINA. THIS IS THE WACCAMAW RIVER, THE
LATE4@ST STAGE OF THIS IS AT 11
FEET WHICH 4@IS MINOR STAGE.
LOOK AT THIS, AS WE GO THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY,
THOSE WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO
RISE, EVEN WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN
COMING IN, THE WATER FUNNELS
INTO THE RIVERS AND CREST AT
MAYBE 17 FEET OR MORE