Announcer live in times square and across the storm zone this is a special of gma, Hurricane Florence, state of emergency. Good morning, america. Lets get right to that breaking news. Hurricane florence has hit the east coast right now. Want to take a live look at wilmington, North Carolina, right there. We have amy robach there. Our correspondents, you see the wind is picking up across wilmington right now. The rain coming down. Hurricane florence hit as a category 1. Well talk to ginger but its roaring ashore packing winds topping 90 Miles Per Hour. One of the reasons its so dangerous, its moving slowly. Just hovering over towns, hammering them for hours with torrential rain up to 40 inches in some areas. Were already seeing that lifethreatening storm surge, up to ten feet in new bern, North Carolina, where the situation is growing so desperate, rescue crews have already been called this to save hundreds of people. Well talk to the mayor of new bern in a moment. Our extreme weather t
Good morning, america. We are live for our viewers in the west. We want to get right to that breaking news. Hurricane florence hitting the east coast so hard this morning. That was the scene earlier this morning. Our team out there in wilmington, North Carolina, facing torrential rain, heavy winds. They are all safe, but it was a tough few hours. It certainly was. The hurricane making landfall, packing winds that topped 90 Miles Per Hour. Now one of the reasons its so dangerous, speed or lack thereof, is moving so slowly, just hovering over towns, hammering them for hours. Torrential rain up to 40 inches in some areas. We have seen that. We already saw that lifethreatening storm surge. Up to 10 feet in new bern, North Carolina. Rescue crews have been called in to save hundreds of people who have been trapped. Our weather team is spread out all over the storm zone, and well begin with our world news tonight anchor, david muir. Once again, its acting up there. Good morning, david. Report