you aren t watching for them, you are risking your life. some of those tallest walls of water have been in new bern, north carolina where the trent river and noose river meet. and garrett hague has been there as the waters have risen. a tremendous amount of rescue efforts there. what can you tell us from new bern? reporter: i think the good news here is that the water is at least starting to move in the right direction. i talked to the mayor of new bern and he told me the city has not seen anything like this in the last 70 years. they actually have pumps in place to drain the water out after big storms, but that the water levels were are so high here that they couldn t turn the pumps on. he was scouting this area i m in now to see if it was possible finally to get those pumps on and help this draining process. the area that i m in now, we finally got a chance to put a drone up over it once we got on the back side of this storm, got out of the wind. you were able to see substantial
juncture of two rivers, right? yes, right where the trent river and the noose river meet. what are you hearing there? what are the forecasts for where you are? how long is it going to go on and what is your biggest concern right now, obviously besides the people who are very concerned about their lives right now? right. we re very concerned about the people and the danger that they re in because of the high water, the floods and the storm surge. the storm is slow moving, as you said. it is slow moving and kind of hovering over the new bern area, bringing in winds and blowing water up through our rivers, causing that storm surge. it looks like it is going to be here for quite some time. ashley, are you able to look outside? do you have a window? what can you see? is there anything that you can tell us? what are you hearing? what does it sound like where you are? we do have windows here at the emergency operation center. the last time i looked out it was very dark. i could not