over hatteras. this could potentially be our landfall point for hurricane dorian. any shifts in that track, if it continues to move a little bit farther to east we may miss a landfall entirely just getting some of those strong winds out here. notice even other places. portions of connecticut, portions of massachusetts, even main likely going to get some rainfall from this storm albeit they will be a very long distance away. they won t get the same impacts of the carolinas, florida and georgia did. areas in both north and south carolina picking up over ten inches of rain, dave. for some places we re going to see those numbers going up. still a lot to come. allison, thanks so much. one of the cities on that list charleston is where cnn meteorologist derek van dam is live for us this morning. what s the situation in the carolinas, derek? reporter: yeah, good morning, christine. this is a city that is breathing a sigh of relief because they