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Going here. you can see mike standing out there along the beach there in the outer banks of north carolina as this storm has been relentless with these winds here. do we have mike? is he dialed in, you guys? reporter: the water has backed off because the tide is low. we still have to deal with a lot of wind. the heavy rain is falling on the other side of the sounds where the center of the circulation is. on the western side of the circulation we re getting reports now of flooding, some significant flooding in hyde county up along the river where it s pouring down rain. those are the main bands near what was the eye, now the center of hurricane irene. we ve also got unfortunately a report of our first fatality in north carolina. to give you a sense how large this storm is, this fatality occurred west of interstate 95 in rocky mound. a gentleman was out feeding his animals and a tree fell on him. ....