international, who are watching our special coverage of hurricane irene, a category 1 storm, a massive storm that is on its move, up the eastern seaboard. it came ashore a couple of hours ago, making landfall near camp lookout, north carolina. there s new video we are getting from nearby, atlantic beach shows you what irene has left behind already in some areas. the hurricane storm surge swamping the town with ocean water. also, irene is spinning its way northward to some of the biggest cities on the eastern coast of the united states. cities like new york, washington, baltimore, boston, cities that aren t used to being prepared for a hurricane. they could all get slammed by this storm this weekend. right now, irene, a category 1 storm, it is pushing sustained winds of about 85 miles an hour. irene has also claimed at least one life in north carolina. we do have special hurricane coverage for you this morning that spans that coastline, from north carolina all the way up the a
and folks here, very government, they say time petual, really, chronic problem of rivers in this flood-prone area, just overflowing now continually. alisyn: we can t that that s a street behind you. what we re looking at right now. so do the people there think there s some sort of structural problem that the happening? you know, everybody you basically will give you a different theory. yes, many feel it has to do with flood gates put up poses a bigger problems for communities downriver. they also feel it has to do with dams. government has come up with remove debris from the river. but the bottom line is that there s no long term plan, only studies, and folks here, their frustration is only growing and look at this, the rain is coming down now as well. alisyn: adding insult to