capacity, we have capacity at four others. but it s time to hunker down. nobody needs to be out there. wherever you are, stay safe. the first responders are ready to deploy the moment the storm passes. just in terms of what wilmington looks like with 20, 30, 40 inches of rain in some areas, i mean, this area here, do you expect it to be water we expect it to be over that board walk, and we also expect the cape fear river to crest sometime on tuesday. so we ll have an incredible amount of water. that s what the anticipated cresttime is on tuesday for this river. so we ll have a lot of flooding and water coming down. record for this river was in floyd in 1999. you expect it may go higher than that? that s what they re expecting. i think more than 23 feet, which is just incredible. we re looking at possibly 25. so it s definitely going to be break that record.
facility. i asked are these people in danger? one of the officials said that facility is built to withstand a category 4 and they re confident they re far enough inland that they will be safe. but we ll be keeping an eye on it, anderson. with the amount of time this storm is probably going to sit in this state, it s going to go through several tide cycles, so with you ll be seeing all of the effects s of that over several case. we just got a new update from the national hurricane center. jennifer gray joins us now with the latest. jennifer, what does this storm look like? because some people come up to me already and said, you know, what s going on with this? we saw some bands of rain and wind here in wilmington, and then now we ve taken off our raincoats because it s not raining, it s not that windy. what are you seeing? that s normal with
very, very slowly, carrying enough rain and storm surge to potentially cause catastrophic damage. i want to get the latest now from our ed lavandera, who is to the north of us in jacksonville, north carolina. ed, how are things? reporter: hey, anderson. we have been on the north side, the topside of this storm. we re really so far throughout the course of this day at least, the brunt of the storm and the heavy winds and rain that have been packed into this storm, and lashing out against the coastline. this is where the brunt of that we have seen throughout the day. we have driven from morehead city to south of jacksonville where we are. for the most part, everything seemed to be holding up rather well, but it is still extremely early. we have spoken with emergency officials in these areas and what they re most concerned about is that flooding situation that will come with this storm surge. for now, the winds have been coming out of the north down to the south, so that has essentially
very easily have water in their first floor. very much so. and that s why our council earlier in the week went and issued a mandatory evacuation for 8:00 last night, and then a curfew for 8:00 last night, trying to encourage people to leave, because this will be a devastating event for rain and storm surge. and people aren t used to that here. we do get storms, and our storms are usually in the one and two category type storms, or at least they have been recently. but this one is a little bit different with that storm surge and the amount of rain. yeah. and the length of time also that it s going to be sitting there. michael cramer, we ll check in with you again. when we come back, two tweets from president trump about hurricane victims in puerto rico that have people questioning not only the president s command of the facts, but also his basic
power hospitals and schools, trying to be as ready as possible for what is ahead. joining me right now is michael cramer. michael, what is your biggest concern at this hour from what you re seeing? presently, now that the storm has actually reduced in speed, our main concern is the storm surge and the rain. we re talking about 20 to 40 inches of rain, and 9 to 13-foot storm surge. to put that in perspective, most of our housing on the coast is elevated. and that would mean that even with an elevated structure, you would have water on the first floor, the first habitable floor. so for anybody who has stayed behind, who thinks just because they re in a structure that s elevated, they need to be on their guard, because they could