The embedded purple hitting places like surf city. It is going to take a while to get there, but right now wilmington has all of the weather they can handle from this storm. Nbc news correspondent Miguel Almaguer is putting up with it as part of our coverage. Miguel, it is clear to see on the radar why it has picked up where you are. Reporter yeah, brian. As the winds here increase, we certainly can feel the bands of rain also picking up here. Power has gone in and out for many who are in this city here. The mayor of wilmington told us theyre expecting upwards of four feet of rain. We are starting to see the steady precipitation now here over the last several hours. We have been outside at this location, which is a safe location, for the last six or seven hours here. Brian, as we have rolled into the evening and now officially hit friday morning, we can tell you that the weather here is beginning to deteriorate significantly. We had heavy rain here earlier today. Now it is just whippin