significant impacts in north carolina. the coast will feel the blast first thing in the morning with damaging, life threatening surge, winds and rain. those of you in central north carolina should be prepared to feel the impact of the storm from thursday night through the weekend due to the sustained rainfall and persistent wind. in western north carolina, residents should be prepared for heavy rain. as we remember earlier this year, that can trigger mudslides and road closings. in short, every county and every person in north carolina needs to stay alert and to take this storm seriously. yesterday, i ordered a stat evacuation of north carolina s barrier islands from the virginia border to the south carolina line.
this storm seriously. yesterday i ordered a state evacuation of north carolina s barrier islands from the virginia border to the south carolina line. thanks to our local partners many evacuation orders are in place for other areas. i urge residents to heed those orders. for those not under evacuation orders, gather your emergency supplies if you haven t already, food, water, flashlights, extra batteries, medications, important documents if you need to evacuate. remember to make plans for your pets. and clear your yard of debris that can cause damage in high winds. finally, download the ready nc app for updates and to learn the weather about the storm. call 211 for information or to
hurricane matthew come through, and we still have a lot of folks throughout my congressional district and all throughout along the south carolina line there, in particular, other districts as well, there are still suffering from the flooding of matthew. harris: i m very familiar with that state. we lived, fort bragg, stationed there. my first television market was in washington-new bern, one much those areas along the coastline. the infrastructure those years ago was suspect. i know you spent a lot of money in your state and tried to pull along. you mention 2016 with hurricane matthew, that infrastructure takes a punishing beating. 40 inches of rain they re measuring in feet in some areas, what does that do to the structures in your state? well, any time you have a massive flooding, it shows you all of the weak spots of your infrastructure. certainly, we saw it during the course of hurricane matthew and the aftermath of the flooding
the coast will feel the blast first thing in the morning with damaging, life-threatening surge, winds and rain. those of you in central north carolina should be prepared to feel the impact of the storm from thursday night through the weekend due to the sustained rainfall and persistent wind. in western north carolina, residents should be prepared for heavy rain. as we remember earlier this year, that can trigger mudslides and road closings. in short, every county and every person in north carolina needs to stay alert and to take the storm seriously. yesterday, i ordered a state evacuation of north carolina s barrier islands from the virginia border to the south carolina line. thanks to our local partners, many evacuation orders are in
a ways inland. hundreds of miles inland as a matter of fact. where do you recommend they go just as far inland as possible? what are they being told? well, you know, we have asked people to start evacuating a couple of days ago. we anticipated the storm s track is to hit the carolina coast anywhere from the south carolina line all the way up to virginia. people have heeded that advice. a lot of people have already left the area. but, for those few or those that have decided to stay to the last moment, you still have time to get out. you got 40 heading west that will take you to the middle part of the state up into charlotte and ashville and greensville salem. even going south going down 95. down that way. but, we want people to get out of harm s way. for those that are wanting to ride it out here in the wilmington area and a lot of people have decided they will try to ride this thing out. we want them to secure their