carolinas. fox chart's bret in charlotte tonight. >> we just had an outer rain band move through the area. the winds have been strong all day long. this is a car and a limb fell into it. no one was in it. this tree fell on his car. we are expecting a foot of rain in charlotte in the next couple of days which is something that many places in the area have not seen before. this is just the start of the storm in charlotte. we have had the trees down. but the officials are expecting more power outages. trees down and devastating flooding over the weekend. >> tucker: a foot of rain. unbelievable. we are going to steve harrigan in topsail beach. how is it?