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really powerful when they came, but they did cause some flooding in our village here, which we have about 400 homes. so for right now, we re concentrating on that. we know we re going to get some wind from the ocean. the town has done a great job and the county in general of renourishing our beaches, so we hope that provides some protection from the ocean overwash and those winds. but for right now, our big concern is townside flooding. andy stewart, thank you very much, sir. be safe. appreciate it. thank you. appreciate it. the death toll in the bahamas now up to 30 with that number expected to rise. how those who survived are coping in the midst of so much destruction. that s next. if you build a truck tough enough to pull this much forward. you better make sure it s smart enough to back it all up.
buckston, north carolina. i think we have pictures where it looks dark and the storm looks like it will be bearing down soon. joining me now is mare eella with radio hatteras, a community radio station which i imagine provides information to the community there. i think everyone there pretty much has evacuated except for you, mary helen. tell me why you stayed. because radio hatteras is part of the emergency communications network for dare county. if the tv goes out, unfortunately, we re an internet broadcast radio that s still on air, and we have a responsibility to keep us on the air during that time or during any kind of emergency. and i have an update for your listeners. we have had two nc-12 overwashes up here already. high tide is supposed to be at 10:45, just a few minutes ago, and we have already had ocean overwash at two vulnerable
jonathan ferrera is his name, and jonathan lions, they talked by why they wanted to leave. well, with a category 4, you could have lots of ocean overwash and flooding and i just worry the roof might blow off or windows might crash in so i definitely think it s safer. i definitely did not want to, i got my windows all boarded up, got my boat with me, got my dog with me. it s not what i wanted to do, but it s what i had to do. reporter: and we just spoke with the commissioner of hyde county north carolina, he lives on ocrocoke island, he said despite the evacuations, some 200 people have elected to stay on the island. so they are isolated right now. we saw some ambulances come off the ferry, and we re told that emergency is services are shut down on the island now. if there are 200 people, they
did the same. i ll take you to this area where this last ferry docked a little over an hour ago. they re coming from ocrocoke island which is about 25 miles of the of ye east of year, it s one of the most vulnerable islands in these barrier islands. this was the last chance for people to get off ocrocoke island, we talked to two people who did take advantage of this kind of last desperate chance to get off that island. their names are jonathan and joseph. this is what they said about why they decided to get off. well, with the category 4, you could have lots of ocean overwash and flooding and i just worry the roof might blow off or windows might crash in so i think it s safer. it i definitely did not want to, i packed up everything as well as i could and got it all prepped up, got my boat with me,