THE
THE NEWS
THE NEWS AT NOON. >> LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. IT IS ALL ABOUT HURRICANE
DORIAN.
WE'RE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT
NOW AT THE RADAR.
THIS STORM IS STILL A STRONG
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE NOW.
YOU CAN SEE IT IS CHURNING OFF
OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST,
PICKING UP SPEED AND IT IS
MOVING NORTHEAST.
LET'S GO TO LIVE PICTURES FROM
MYRTLE BEACH.
YOU CAN SEE ROUGH SEAS THERE,
STRONG WINDS, RAIN FALLING AS
WELL.
THE CAMERA BEING TOSS LED
AROUND A BIT AS WELL.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
DORIAN SPAWNS A TORNADO ALONG
NORTH CAROLINA'S COAST.
THIS TWISTER WAS SEEN FROM A
FIRE STATION THIS MORNING WHICH
IS JUST NORTH OF WILMINGTON.
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ROY
COOPER JUST SPOKE, TELLING
NORTH CAROLINA FAMILIES TO STAY
VIGILANT AND WEATHER AWARE.
>> THE MESSAGE THIS MORNING IS
THIS: GET TO SAFETY AND STAY
THERE.
DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
>> WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
AT NOON RIGHT NOW.
>> LET'S START WITH LARRY WHO
IS OVER IN THE STORM CENTER.
THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK HERE.
WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT
POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN ADDITION
TO THIS LEADING UP TO THE
HURRICANE.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT
HURRICANE, YOU THINK OH GOSH,
WINDS 110 MILES PER HOUR.
BUT QUITE OFTEN WITHIN
HURRICANES WHICH IS A WHOLE
SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS,
THUNDERSTORMS HELP CREATE
TORNADOES, YOU GET THE SPINUP
TORNADOES.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE A FEW
SIGHTINGS TODAY.
THE HEAVY RAIN POUNDING THE
COASTLINE AROUND CHARLESTON, UP
AROUND THE WILMINGTON AREA
RIGHT NOW VERY HEAVY RAIN.
BIG THUNDERSTORMS UP TOWARDS
INTERSTATE 40 GOING WESTBOUND.
ALL THE WAY OVER TO AREAS FROM
CARVERS AND SURF CITY.
HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER SPAWNING TORNADOES.
YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER OF
CIRCULATION CLOSE TO
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
NOTHING IN THE CHARLOTTE
MECKLENBURG AREA BUT A FEW
SHOWERS FROM LAN COMMITTEES
ENTER TO SHAW.
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS.
OVER TOWARDS THE WILMINGTON
+@AREA, A TORNADO WARNING IN
EFFECT UNTIL 12:30.
ANOTHER TORNADO SIGHTING RIGHT
OVER THERE.
THERE WILL BE MORE OF THOSE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY.
THE VERY LATEST WINDS SUSTAINED
115 MILES PER HOUR NOW BACK UP
TO CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE.
IT IS ABOUT 45 MILES
EAST/SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA, ONCE AGAIN
MOVING NORTH/NORTHEAST AT 8
MILES PER HOUR.
ALMOST ON A BEELINE FOR THE
SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
COULD WE SEE LANDFALL THERE AND
WHAT ABOUT THE EFFECTS IN THE
CHARLOTTE AREA WITH THE WINDS
CLOSE BY.
WE WILL CHECK ALL OF THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES.
>> LARRY, THANK YOU.
>>> STILL A MASSIVE STORM.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
IMPACTS ALONG THE CAROLINA
COAST ALL MORNING.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT NEW VIDEO IN
FROM OVERNIGHT.
YOU SEE HEAVY WINDS AND RAIN
FROM THE STORM THERE.
BRINGING SEVERE FLOODING TO
MUCH OF THE COASTAL PART OF THE
CAROLINAS.
>> SO THAT'S WHERE WE FIND NBC
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CAROLINAS. >> SO THAT'S WHERE WE FIND NBC CHARLOTTE'S CHRIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR HOURS.
>> WHAT ARE DIFFERENT NOW AT
NOON AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE
SPOKE TO YOU AT 5:00 THIS
MORNING?
>> Reporter: IF I SEEM A LITTLE
DISTRACTED IT IS BECAUSE A BIG
PIECE OF SOMETHING CAME OFF OF
THE ROOF.
OUR HOTEL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF
FINISHING UP THEIR ROOF.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BIG CHUNK OF
TAR PAPER CAME OFF OF THE ROOF
WHEN WE STARTED THE LIVE SHOT.
WE HAD TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS WHERE I'M STANDING AT
THIS POINT.
SUSTAINED AT 40.
THAT IS LOWER END TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH.
THEY'RE GUSTING OVER 60.
THINK ABOUT IN CHARLOTTE WHEN
HE HAVE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 58 MILES PER
HOUR DURING A THREE-SECOND TIME
FRAME.
FIRST OFF THEY'RE LASTING
LONGER THAN THAT.
ON TOP OF THAT, THEY'RE A LOT
MORE FREQUENT AND CONTINUED FOR
HOURS.
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.
ONE ROOF WAS ACTUALLY BLOWN OFF
OF A CHURCH AT JAMES ISLAND.
ALSO DOWNED POWER LINES WERE
OVER 200,000 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
POWER ACROSS CHARLESTON AREA,
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST.
THE RAIN HAS BEEN RELENTLESS.
IT HASN'T STOPPED.
WE'RE HEADING TOWARDS HIGH
TIDE.
YES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE STORM
SURGE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE
LESS PREDICTED THAN THIS
MORNING BUT IT WILL STILL BE
SIGNIFICANT.
YES, CHARLESTON DOES FLOOD.
BUT WITH THE COMBINATION OF THE
RAIN AND WIND, A SERIOUS
SITUATION WHERE I'M STANDING IN
CHARLESTON AND THE SOUTH
CAROLINA SHORELINE.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
BE SURE TO BE SAFE, BOTH YOU
AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER MIKE
HANSON.
>>> THAT IS THE SITUATION DOWN
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LET'S TALK ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA
RIGHT NOW.
EVEN THE STORM -- EVEN THOUGH
THE STORM IS OFF OF THE COAST
OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN CHARLESTON
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MAJOR IMPACTS ALREADY HAPPENING
BEFORE IT EVEN HITS THE TAR
HEEL SATES.
>> I'VE SEEN SO MANY VIDEOS OF
TORNADOES TOUCHING TOWN.
A LOT OF DAMAGE.
SAVANNAH IS LIVE IN WILMINGTON.
SHE IS NOT ACTUALLY FAR FROM
BRUNSWICK COUNTY WHICH IS ONE
+@OF THE AREAS NOW UNDER A CURF
RIGHT AT NOON.
RIGHT?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SOUTH PORT ACTUALLY INITIATED
THAT NOON CURFEW.
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS DAMAGE
HAPPENING BEFORE DORIAN BEFORE
GETS HERE.
WE'RE STILL SEVERAL HOURS OUT
FROM WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE THE
MAIN IMPACTS OF DORIAN.
WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES.
I JUST GOT AN EMERGENCY ALERT
ON MY PHONE FOR THIS AREA.
AVOID FLOODED AREAS.
I THINK WE HAVE VIDEO OF ONE OF
THE SPOTTED TORNADOES OVER IN
PENDER COUNTY BY ONE OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENTS THERE.
PULL THAT UP AND TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THAT VIDEO.
I HAVE THIS ALERT BUZZING IN MY
EAR RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TORNADO A BIT
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS IKE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE VIDEO OF
DAMAGE THAT IT DID TO THE FARM
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY.
I THINK YOU HAVE THAT VIDEO ON
YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
JUST REALLY CRAZY TO SEE THE
DAMAGE THAT THE REPORTED
TORNADO DID IN SUCH A SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME.
YOU FEEL FOR THOSE FOLKS
BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO +@
THEIR HOMES BEFORE THE EFFECTS
OF DORIAN HAVE GOTTEN HERE.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME
TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FIXES
THAT THEY NEED TO DO BEFORE WE
START FEELING THE WEATHER
IMPACTS WHICH YOU FEEL FOR
THOSE FOLKS.
I'M GETTING REPORTS THAT FLASH
FLOODING IS HAPPENING UP TO 7
INCHES ALREADY.
THAT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
RAIN THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THIS
MORNING.
LOTS OF LOCAL COUNTIES PUTTING
IN CURFEW.
THE SOUTH PORT NOON CURFEW IS
THE EARLIEST THAT I'M SEEING.
MOST GOING INTO EFFECT AROUND
7:00, 8:00 P.M.
I JUST CONFIRMED FIVE MINUTES
AGO WITH THE LOCAL NBC
AFFILIATE HERE THAT THEY HAVE
CONFIRMED ONE INJURY RELATED TO
THESE REPORTS TORNADOES.
A MAN WAS IN HIS HOME AND A
WINDOW BLEW OUT AND HE FLEW
ACROSS THE ROOM AND BROKE HIS
WRIST.
HE IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY BUT
NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR WHEN
WE SEE THE IMPACTS FROM DORIAN.
I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
WILMINGTON, NBC CHARLOTTE.
>> THANK YOU, SAVANNAH.
>>> THE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
+@
>> THANK YOU, SAVANNAH. >>> THE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE BEEN TRENDING ALL
AFTERNOON.
NORTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT JUST TWEETING THERE
VIDEO OF ALL OF ALL THE DAMAGE
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MANAGEMENT JUST TWEETING THERE VIDEO OF ALL OF ALL THE DAMAGE IN EMERALD ISLE WHERE A
REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN.
LOOK AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WERE
INJURIES REPORTED.
LOOK AT THE HOUSES COMPLETELY
DESTROYED.
+@
LOOK AT THE HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED. PEOPLE DIDN'T EVACUATE AND WERE
THERE.
MORE PICTURES HERE OVERHEAD.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN
A TRAILER PARK OF SOME SORT.
AND THIS VIDEO THAT WAS TAGGED
BY -- WITH BRAD IN IT SAYING
YOU CAN SEE THAT POP OF LIGHT
THERE THAT A TORNADO POSSIBLY
TOOK OUT POWER IN THE EMERALD
ISLE AREA.
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO IN MYRTLE
BEACH.
A JEEP IS ON THE BEACH THERE.
PEOPLE STANDING ON THE BEACH AS
WELL.
MAYBE NOT A SMART IDEA AS WE
CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS STORM
HERE.
A LOT OF DAMAGE.
A FREE COMPLETELY UPROOTED.
MOVING TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH.
THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA PICKED UP BY NATIONAL
NETWORKS OF A REPORTED TORNADO
IN THE DISTANCE THERE.
THAT WAS AS SOMEBODY WAS
DRIVING TO CHECK OUT ONE OF
THEIR STORES.
THIS VIDEO OF A WATER SPOUT
TORNADO, SOMETHING THAT YOU
DON'T TYPICALLY SEE.
THIS IS EAST OF OCEAN ISLE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE TORNADO
MOVING PAST THE FIRE STATION IN
PENDER COUNTY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON TWEETING THAT.
ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WE'RE
CLOSELY MONITORING THAT, IS IN
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.
WE KNOW THEY ARE PRONE TO
FLOODING.
+@
WE KNOW THEY ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. PEOPLE WERE KAYAKING THROUGH
ASHLEY AVENUE AND KING STREET.
SOME OF THE MAIN BLOCKS AND
STRIPS IN CHARLESTON THAT WE
HAVE A REPORTER NEAR COVERING
THE LATEST.
BEN.
>> AND THE CRAZY THING ABOUT
THIS IS THE STORM IS A FEW
MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON RIGHT
NOW, NORTH/NORTHEAST OF
CHARLESTON RIGHT NOW.
SO THE DAMAGE WE'RE SEEING IN
NORTH CAROLINA IS AHEAD OF THE
ACTUAL STORM.
SO WHO