>>>
>>> NEW
>>> NEW BERN WAS HIT HARD YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY 200 PEOPLE WERE
RESCUED.
150 WERE WAITING TO BE RESCUED
. THOSE FLOODWATERS ARE HIGH.
IT IS NOT SAFE.
ONLY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SHOULD
BE DRIVING.>>> WE ARE 30 HOURS
OUT FROM WHEN THE STORM HIT NEW
BERN.
GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE
ONGOING EFFORTS UNDERWAY THAT
IS ON+@ YOUR SCREEN.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A HARD AT
WORK FIRST RESPONDER.
YOU CAN GET A SENSE THAT THESE
MEN AND WOMEN ARE HARD AT WORK
WITH VERY LITTLE SLEEP TRYING
TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF NEW BERN.
>>> WOULD THIS BE STORM SURGE?
WOULD IT BE RAIN?>>> IN NEW
BERN , THE RIVER GOES RIGHT
THROUGH THEIR.
IT HAS OVER FLOWN -- I+@T HAS
FLOODED.
THERE IS OUTPUT OF WATER WHERE
HE IS.
THE RESCUES WILL CONTINUE.
THOSE ARE FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
NEW BERN , DOWNTOWN THE RIVER
FLOWS THROUGH.
>>> 11 FEET? IS THAT CORRECT?
>>> THEY ARE DEALING WITH
RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF THE
RAINFALL THEY GOT AND ARE
GETTING NOW.
THERE IS STILL MORE RAIN OUT
THERE.
THEY ARE EXPECTING MORE.
THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND YOU
TAKE THAT ON TOP OF THE RIVERS.
YOU TAKE THE FLOW OF THE RIVERS
THEMSELVES AND TO THE CURRENT.
THAT IS A DISASTROUS SITUATION.
>> HAVE THEY SEEN THE LAST BAND
OF THE STORM?>> NOT REALLY.
>> WILL GET HIGHER FOR THEM?
>> IT WILL TAKE LONGER.
THE STORM REALLY STOPPED.
WE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE
STORM IS AT THE MOMENT.
WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THIS
AND THEY ARE AS WELL.
THE STORM SYSTEM IS JUST TO THE
WEST OF MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
IT MOVES THAT TO MPH.
-- MOVES 2 MILES PER HOUR.
>> IT IS SUCH A SLOW MOVING
STORM SYSTEM THAT WE WILL FEEL
THE EFFECTS NOT ONLY +@TODAY,
MONDAY, AND POSSIBLY EARLY
TUESDAY.>>> IT +@LOOKS LIKE THE
WEATHER IS THAT THERE NEEDS?
ARE WE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT
FLOODING?
>> IF YOU ARE FAMI+@LIAR WITH
CHARLOTTE CLOSE TO THE MEN'S
SHELTER.
THERE IS A BRIDGE OVERPASS.
I CAN REMEMBER, IT FLOODS EVERY
TI+@ME.
YO+@U COULD HAVE A COUPLE FEET
WATER RIGHT THERE.
I AM CONCERNED WITH UPTOWN
CHARLOTTE WITH NO TENET --
DRAINAGE.
WAS A MONTH AGO THAT WE HAD A
FLOODING SITUATION IN A
CONSTRUCTION ZONE WHERE THERE
WAS NO DRAINAGE.
WE WILL HAVE HIGHWAYS WITH A
COUPLE INCHES OF WATE+@R.
I AM TALKING ABOUT STANDING