carolinas. we re waiting for the sun to come up to see what florence has left them with and what is yet to come. i m christi paul. victor blackwell in myrtle beach right now. you ve been feeling a lot of different weather already just in the last hour, hour and a half. reporter: yeah. a mix of wind and rain. add a little more one, take a little less of the other. that s what we ve been seeing for the last 90 minutes. sunrise expected at the top of the hour. i want to focus on north carolina. the governor there, roy cooper, said the storm is relentless. they ve been going through this for days now. and there will be days more of this even after the rain and wind degrees down. there will be major flooding across north carolina. the water is coming here to south carolina. i want to talk to skippy winter along carolina beach, a community being cut off because of the bridge into and out of the community, it s inaccessible because of the wind.
we can go this time. reporter: are you one of the few who stayed? give me an idea of those who decided to ride it out? there s about 5,000 or 6,000 residents. we understand is 500 to 1000 still on the island. a lot of people that have been here a long time and have the experience to remain. everybody on the oceanfront needs to leave. nobody needs to stay on the oceanfront on north carolina. reporter: all right. skippy winter, old timer on carolina beach, has decided to ride this out as he has ridden out other storms. good that you have your generator since the power is out. thank you very much, and stay safe. caller:y yes, sir, thank you for calling. everything is fine immediately north, and the shoreline is catching the devil.
skippy, good morning you to. i understand the community lost power but you have a generator. how are you holding up? caller: we re holding up fine. just sitting here hanging out. reporter: just hanging out in the middle of a tropical storm. how does this compare to other storms you ve ridden out over the years? caller: it s lasting much longer than before. the only other one that lasted like this was erica and diana in 1984 eric and diana in 1984. came up the beach, it turned and came back and went on north and done a lot of damage. other than that, most when they hit keep on going. areporter: any damage to you home or property? caller: no. i have small limbs, one tree on the corner lot that s vacant.