00:00Right now, we want to check in with Allie Reed in Carolina Beach, North Carolina.
00:05And Allie, you've been talking to locals all afternoon, and I've heard this term so many
00:11times.
00:12I've never seen this before.
00:13Now, a lot of people have only been here 15 to 20 years.
00:18It's not like we're talking 60 or 70 years, but that's still a big statement to make when
00:23describing this tropical rainstorm.
00:26Yeah, absolutely.
00:29Many people this afternoon into this evening really just trying to assess the damage in
00:33their homes.
00:34A lot of loss that we're going to see from businesses and homeowners.
00:38I want to show you a few things here.
00:40You'll notice that throughout the area, big trucks like this are really making their way
00:44through town to really assess the damage.
00:46We've seen a number of live rescues, a fire truck, and a number of police crews just made
00:51their way through here within the last few minutes.
00:54I also want to explain one thing for you.
00:56Okay, let's see.
00:57Who are these guys?
00:58New Hanover Company Fire.
01:01We got different fire companies coming into Carolina Beach to help out this afternoon.
01:06Hi, guys.
01:07All right, they're hanging in.
01:10A few things I want to mention if we can.
01:12Andy, flip back the other way.
01:13Hold on.
01:14I'm getting tangled up.
01:15There you go.
01:16Yeah, come back this way.
01:17A few things.
01:18I don't know if we can see the guys anymore.
01:20At one point, there were two teens that were fishing in this parking lot over here, and
01:25I'm going to show you with my hands.
01:27They mentioned that a couple of their friends caught a red drumfish.
01:31For those that aren't aware what a red drumfish looks like, that's about this big.
01:35So people that are fishing in this water here are catching massive, massive fish that are
01:40swimming through the streets here.
01:42But the biggest thing right now is that many people are still dealing with the flooding.
01:46That's going to be a problem not only for today, but over the coming weeks and months
01:50as well.
01:51Many people waking up, again, deciding what they're really going to do here.
01:54A lot of them trying to get their cars out of water, as many people are stalled.
02:01And a lot of people in this community already helping each other out because they know what
02:05can happen in situations like this.
02:07We've seen people that are going up really just assisting as many people as they can
02:11because they don't have vehicles to get to right now.
02:14But a lot of people, again, just walking through the town, really getting a feel for what it
02:17looks like right now.
02:18And I just got to show you.
02:19I mean, this is just wild to me, guys.
02:21It really is.
02:22Look at this.
02:23This is North Lake Park Boulevard, completely underwater.
02:27I mean, I truly, again, as we've been talking about it throughout the day, Bernie, Jeff,
02:32an unnamed storm, certainly, but one that is not going to be forgotten.
02:36I can tell you that much.
02:37One that I won't forget.
02:38And I know a lot of people in this town, very devastated.
02:42And Allie, I have to ask you, has that been the biggest takeaway here, just the massive
02:47amount of flooding that you've seen in Carolina Beach?
02:54It really has.
02:55The flooding is the biggest deal here.
02:56A lot of people, yeah, they said, yeah, we got some rain.
02:58We got some wind.
03:00But the biggest thing right now is the flooding.
03:01And it's everywhere.
03:02It is widespread in Carolina Beach.
03:05Again, it's not just the street here.
03:07We're showing just a portion, a sliver of what this area really, truly looks like.
03:13Again, this goes miles, guys, miles of people underwater.
03:17All right, Allie Reed reporting from a flooded out Carolina Beach.
03:22And Allie, we'll stay in touch with you as we go through the rest of this evening.
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