Dangerous storm. Downgraded over the weekend from a hurricane, tropical storm, then tropical depression unleashing more and more rain on the eastern seaboard. Good morning. Im bill hemmer in wilmington, North Carolina. Sandra, good morning to you. We tried and could not get out. Like so many others trying to get out and trying to get back in. Good morning, sandra. Sandra unbelievable images and rescues that played out over the weekend there. Thank you for your continued reporting on the ground there. Im sandra smith in new york this morning. Take us back and tell us what it looks like there now. Bill listen, this state has been hit very hard and South Carolina as well. Not as substantial as you see here in the wilmington area. We have 17 dead blamed on the storm. That number could go higher. The waters have risen. They continue to rise throughout the day today. If you think about it, were on the highend of a bathtub. You have the Atlantic Ocean on one side and all the rivers that surro
apologize. and i appreciate the time you re giving us. thank you for trying to make this work. what are you seeing in southport? right now i m with alderman powell and we re in the situation where the power has been off for several days down here. however, we ve got power back on to about half of the city. but our main concern now is water. our water has we haven t got water service and we re working on that right now. we may have to transfer some reserve water reservoirs in town to put on our main system. bill: you are breaking up a little bit. we ll try to hang on and reestablish the signal. if you need the water i m curious to know what else you need and if you ll get it. what s your plan? we have tanker trucks.