why see where the water level is. it will back up. what would you say the biggest threat is right now? or are you pretty much out of the woods at this point? reporter: well, it s wait and see. we are waiting for the winds to turn around and we will bring the sound side water back up. the north winds will push the water into buckston and hatteras villages and when it turns around all the way to the west, it will come to avon. we were hearing that a lot of people were evacuating on highway 12 and that it gets really backed up. you were talking about the fact that you are not quite out of the woods yet. did everyone make it out all right? did have you any calls of people having trouble getting out of town? reporter: no. we understand if there is a wreck or anything, we have to clear it quickly. we didn t have any of those. everybody got off okay. this is what they are talking about early evacuation, why when they say go, you should, because
to sea. i don t know what will happen when it passes virginia and heads up further north. but as far as north carolina, it seems to be brushing our outer banks at this point. we have had some reports of some. some overflow along the outer banks. but no real estimates of damage at this point. we won t know until first light. we are looking at pictures streaming live. you do get a sense here, mark, that the waves are not that great in wrightsville beach. what s the situation coastally? reporter: wrightsville beach is further south, closer on the outer banks, where the outer banks jut out further to the atlantic than they would at wrightsville beach. so you are seeing more storm activity along that area. it s more of a question of how much storm surge we will see and how much wind damage. give us the timed period for
this point, areas like nantucket and cape cod still potentially in the impact or direct impact, but i think it s a better chance that it will go to the east. strong winds tomorrow night. winds still up to hurricane force throughout that, maybe p.m. to 2:00 a.m. timeframe tomorrow night. so what? our lawns are going to get watered, rick? i mean, beyond that, what? games will be played. rain bands will come through very briefly, across the big and they will move out quickly. it is not a horrible day across the city. go to long island. 100 miles out, you will get quite a bit of rain and the winds maybe 40, 50 miles per hour. i live on long island. not your side of long island.
this point, areas like nantucket and cape cod still potentially in the impact or direct impact, but i think it s a better chance that it will go to the east. strong winds tomorrow night. winds still up to hurricane force throughout that, maybe p.m. to 2:00 a.m. timeframe tomorrow night. so what? our lawns are going to get watered, rick? i mean, beyond that, what? games will be played. rain bands will come through very briefly, across the big and they will move out quickly. it is not a horrible day across the city. go to long island. 100 miles out, you will get quite a bit of rain and the winds maybe 40, 50 miles per hour. i live on long island. not your side of long island.
per hour and sustained 15 miles per hour. it let s ghet the latest from rich reichmuth, standing by in the fox weather center. rick? hey t. helps if you turn the microphone on. i have that on. atta boy. we got the advisory. we get the advisories every 3 hours and complete every six hours. winds still 15 miles per hour. the strongest winds are on the right-hand side. none of those winds are on the west side of this storm, at this point. so that s good news. i don t think we will see the winds like that. but maybe hurricane-force winds like we have seen with the one reporting station will likely see more of that. interestingly enough, though, the pressure has gone up another 2 millibars, up to 955. that indicates that it continues to weaken, so that s certainly good news. take a look at the rain. orange is 3-plus inches of rain, over in this case, over the next six hours. we will see rain up and down the