negati negative way. we are going to give an update on the road closings. mike, i appreciate your great leadership. you have been a true leader of this entire team. i would like to thank you very much for that. >> yes, sir. >> thank you, governor. good morning, everybody. welcome to the north carolina eoc. so far, we have dochblgdged wha could have been a major bullet with two hits, one from hurricane joaquin an the heavy rains. no danger from the hurricane at this time. we are going to experience heavy rains like we have the last couple of days. we still have portions of the state scheduled for 7 more inches of rain on top of what we have already received. >> the particular risks are counties west of asheville. i am now going to review the current situation regarding flooding caused by our heavy