there are thousands across the state of north carolina without power right now. as for the outer banks, they have fared fairly well. evacuation orders that were given were taken seriously. absolutely no one is on the roads. very desolate here on the outer banks. additionally, there was a curfew put in place at 8:00 p.m. that has extended until noon on the outer banks just so authorities can have daylight, check out any possible damage and see if there are flooded roadways. one thing that is still a strong concern is what s behind me. the water creeping up the beach. it is getting closer. the waves are getting stronger. a possible storm surge of 4 to 7 feet. officials say that could put a lot of these low-lying areas under water. and also cause a significant increase in those power outages. so they are keeping an eye on all of that as these conditions continue to detear kwraeut.
beach. residents so shell sharkd with maria tarps on the roof and power issues really concerned that dorian would make a direct hit here as forecasters had predicted. instead to the east and spared this island the worst of it. today they are saying reopen the ports, reopen the airport and schools are also opening. the virgin islands were not as lucky. st. john s, st. thomas got slammed by the category 1 storm last night. the island lost power. curfew put in effect expected to lift 6:00 this morning. too soon to say what the damages were in the virgin islands hit badly in the past. now this storm take as turn into the atlantic where it is fast strengthening and heading right for the u.s. mainland and the florida coast. residents there are already making long lines at gas stations to top off their tanks and emptying store shelves as they stock up on supplies. getting ready for the hurricane. getting prepared before
fill your gas tank. plan to leave with ample time to get to a safe area. jon: rick leventhal reporting live from san juan, puerto rico. another hot, sunny day here in san juan. no better sign this city is already back to normal. the lounge chairs are put on the beach again after residents the three million residents of this u.s. territory were put on notice that dorian could make a direct impact on the center of this island. they took all sorts of preparations and fortunately for san juan and puerto rico still recovering from hurricane maria two years ago the preps weren t necessary. a different story in the u.s. virgin islands hit hard yesterday by this category 1 hurricane. st. thomas, st. croix, st. john, high winds, heavy rains, power knocked out to the islands. curfew put in place scheduled to be lifted at dawn today. now the storm heading into the
go inland. still stays along the coast but it goes inland places like atlanta is a good option where yesterday we just had sunny skies and for the most part they are going to be good but you d have to travel quite a ways, neil to get into a safe spot and probably too late for that to be honest at this point because so many of the roads are impassable from the trees down and flooding ongoing right now. neil: remarkable. all right thank you my friend rick richmuth whose just been doing the work through all of this helping a lot of folks staying on top of this, way ahead of this as well thank you, rick. we re going to get the read from some of the hardest hit areas in north carolina for example, including the mayor of new bern, north carolina. now remember this was a city that had a curfew put into effect and people were told to hunker down and get out, and the latest from what s happening there, after this.
now from san juan. leyla what are you seeing? reporter: we re still saying rain and gusts of winds coming down every now and then. really, it s dark, not because it s nighttime but because there is no power on this island. power is a major issue. the other big issue right now, anderson, is communication. as i ve been talking to people on the street those are sort of the big questions, do you have power, do you have generator then it s do you have a signal. a lot of people still trying to gethold of loved ones. there was a 6:00 p.m., curfew put in place by the governor and yet i still see people walking back and forth and they are either trying to get to their homes, trying to get to loved ones or just in awe, in disbelief of the damage that