Update on tropical rainstorm in North Carolina

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A storm dropped heavy rain in Dare County, North Carolina, Monday. Dare County Commissioner Danny Couch gives an update on how bad the area suffered from the persistent rain.

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00:00We'll be right back with more

00:01details on this story.

00:06Their county commissioner

00:08Downey couch joins us again

00:10today, and certainly I think

00:12you can breathe a little sigh

00:13of relief as the worst

00:14conditions were off to the

00:16south. But let's get an update.

00:19Danny What's the latest and how

00:21bad did their county suffer

00:22from that persistent easterly

00:26wind yesterday? Well, you're

00:28right. Even though the wind

00:30has abated, it's still

00:32persistent onshore. And even

00:36though things are calming down

00:38a little bit, we're not out of

00:39the woods yet on the coastal

00:41erosion issues in regard to

00:42some of the houses that are

00:44teetering in the surf zone. So

00:46the next couple of title

00:47cycles, high tides were still

00:49in a king tide. We've got all

00:50hands on deck from law

00:52enforcement to human health and

00:54human services and emergency

00:55management and the National

00:57Park Service and the Department

00:59of Transportation. We're all

01:00sharing data. And Danny, I must

01:04say this must be a very

01:06exhausting process for you all

01:09along the Outer Banks, North

01:10Carolina. And I know the D. O.

01:12T. Was adding sand yesterday.

01:13But as I mentioned, this isn't

01:15just the summer problem in North

01:17Carolina. I mean, this is a

01:19persistent problem in the Outer

01:21Banks of North Carolina.

01:22Correct? Yes, sir. Uh,

01:27hurricane surf is problematic,

01:29but it's those northeasters. I

01:31mean, it's just energy upon

01:32energy is it's like having a

01:34washing machine on full cycle,

01:36right? So these kind of events

01:38are the ones that concern us.

01:40Hurricanes and tropical systems

01:42can pass. But when you've got

01:43three or four days of the ocean

01:45at a crescendo, that's causes

01:47all sorts of problems here.

01:48Nuisance flooding, you name it.

01:51Any update on the waterfront

01:54homes that are in danger? Uh,

01:57we are monitoring that. Yeah,

02:00we've actually got, uh, people

02:03on the ground over there. They

02:04made it through. It was we had

02:07we had overhead surf. It was

02:098 to 10 ft. And even though the

02:12winds have dropped off, we still

02:14have two more title cycles.

02:16This does not go away. And yes,

02:19we, uh, stay tuned on that. We

02:22don't know how long it will

02:24last. We don't know how long

02:26it will last. We shall see. But

02:28we've got a couple that are

02:29actually tilting. So we've got

02:33people there. When you have such

02:36a vulnerable area, and then you

02:38have just the normal weather

02:40any kind of easterly wind and

02:42then you pass in the hurricane

02:44you talk about, uh, then in the

02:45wintertime, the nor'easters, how

02:46does their county just stay

02:52We have very little turnover

02:53here in all departments, and we

02:56know what we're doing. We

02:57communicate directly with all

02:59our all our partners, all our

03:01stakeholders, and it's just a

03:02fact of life. It can be

03:04paradise here, or it can be

03:06your worst nightmare, especially

03:07if the road goes out. Uh, you

03:09just it's a challenge. It's a

03:11check. Yeah. Sounds living on

03:13the coast. Well, experience is

03:16key, sir. And it sounds like

03:17you and the other, uh, other

03:19people that are working with

03:21you have a very good idea of

03:22how to keep everybody safe, and

03:24we certainly thank you for

03:26everything that you do. Danny

03:27Couch, their community county

03:29commissioner again, sir. Thank

03:30you so much for taking the time

03:31to join us here in AccuWeather

03:33early. Absolutely excellent

03:37coverage by you guys.

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