a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! john berman in wilmington, north carolina. the 5:00 update from the national hurricane center just in. 90-mile-an-hour winds from hurricane florence. the eye of the storm is 20 to 25 miles away from where i am. east of where i am in wilmington, north carolina. moving so slowly. 6 miles per hour. crawling over the coast bringing so much rain. already 22 inches in atlantic beach which is not far from where i am and it will crawl down the coast to south carolina and north myrtle beach where chris cuomo is just waiting. chris, what are you seeing there? we re getting the first bands
atlantic beach had 22 inches of rain already. 185,000 people without power in north carolina. 6,500 people without power in south carolina. those numbers could rise and could rise by quite a bit. the cause of biggest concern at this moment from hurricane florence is the storm surge. again, 80 miles from where i am in new bern on the neuse river, the storm surge has led to severe flooding. flooding and surge of ten feet. we spoke to an operations manager there with 100 calls coming in for rescues still pending. we understand people have moved to the roofs in cases to try to say stay safe. zodiac boats are out doing what they can. first responders are out despite the dangers. however, some areas will be impassabl
all right. john berman in wilmington, north carolina. this is cnn special live coverage of hurricane florence. behind me is the northeast cape fear river. one of the rivers that flows into the atlantic from here. this is a river that is concerned about flooding. there are a number of boats here. i think you can see a jib on a sailboat that has come loose. it was tied around the mast. it has come loose and shaking violently and very loud here. i think someone was trying to tie it down. that would be a hard job. that is what could come loose and become flying debris and be dangerous as the winds pick up in a storm like this. powerful outer bands have passed through. sustained winds of 50 to 60 miles an hour and gusts more powerful than that. it is just the beginning. it will be like that for some time here in wilmington, north
with me, explain why it is this is the northeast cape fear river. it flow into the ocean. from inland it flows into the ocean. from inland. the wind is coming up stream down toward the ocean. explain. you are still on the west side of the eye. here is you right there. here is cape fear river going through there. because the cape fevar river is not filling up. the wind is blowing in this direction on this side of the eye blowing that water up to new bern and atlantic beach and morehead city and up to emerald isle. this area is flooding. topsail, you will get that water quickly. john, all you are getting is the outer eyewalls. john, you said you had a wind gust to near 9 90.
it doesn t this outer band continues to pour through more he morehead city. we know emerald isle. north of atlantic beach with 22 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. there is the satellite. it is not moving. it is sobering. it gets down to chris cuomo. people in north carolina are in danger. you need to try to evacuate because the water is still going to go up. there is no relief in sight. get to the highest piece of ground you can. that s is all you can do. if the water is on your door step, do what you can. go up on your roof. john. chad myers, i keep looking behind me because something is shaking on one of those boats. i see a sail that s come loose. i don t know if you can see it here. a sail has come loose on one of the boats behind me there. it is really blowing. chad, actually, if you are still