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Record-breaking rainfall has hit the East coast, with New York and New Jersey roads flooding as residents brace for a second landfall. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson has the latest on the relief efforts.
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Record-breaking rainfall has hit the East coast, with New York and New Jersey roads flooding as residents brace for a second landfall. NBC News' Priscilla Thompson has the latest on the relief efforts.
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00:00Tonight, treacherous storms slamming the entire East Coast.
00:06Floodwaters filling the streets of New York and New Jersey.
00:09Cars abandoned.
00:11The region experiencing record-breaking rainfall even before the remnants of Debbie arrive.
00:17Officials in New York City using drones to warn residents.
00:21Be prepared to leave your location if flooding occurs.
00:25Do not hesitate.
00:26Oh, my God.
00:27I never heard it so bad.
00:29It, uh, it was coming down in buckets.
00:32Overnight, more than 2,000 flight cancellation and delays in the New York City area alone.
00:38And there's a tornado somewhere in the area.
00:42And in Ohio, tornado sirens sent shoppers fleeing.
00:46Strong winds shredding homes, knocking down power lines like dominoes, and flipping this car upright.
00:53Further south, tropical storm Debbie gearing up for another destructive run.
00:58Now churning over the Atlantic, restrengthening before a second landfall on the Carolina coast.
01:04Already today, a tornado touching down in North Carolina.
01:08Residents in Huger, South Carolina rescued by boat after the rising river sent floodwaters rushing in.
01:15As officials in Charleston work desperately to pump water out.
01:20We have never experienced anything like this.
01:23NBC's Erin McLaughlin is in Myrtle Beach.
01:26Here at Myrtle Beach, we're being hit by a pretty significant storm band.
01:30Lots of wind, but it's the rain that authorities are most concerned about.
01:35Now is not the time to see if your car floats, because it doesn't.
01:39Here in Lumberton, crews worked through the night building this makeshift dam, hoping to save off rising waters.
01:46So this might look like a pile of dirt, but what is it to you?
01:50This is hope.
01:52Hope to avoid a repeat of these desperate scenes from past storms.
01:57When the river comes up, I guess after about 21 feet, it comes through this opening right here and turns all of this into the river.
02:05So it can flood the whole city?
02:07About half of it. This absolutely will save property and lives.
02:12All right, Priscilla joins us tonight from Lumberton, North Carolina.
02:16Priscilla, we can see there some of the measures put in place there, those makeshift levees, if you will.
02:21How concerned are the residents you've been speaking to as Debbie takes aim again there in the Carolinas?
02:27Yeah, Tom, they're very concerned.
02:29Officials tell us that 911 has been inundated with calls about flooding, evacuations and shelters,
02:35and some wondering whether this makeshift dam is going to hold.
02:39Now, the man who built it tells us that it will,
02:42but the people who live on the other side of this dam, closest to the river, are very concerned.
02:47We just spoke to a resident there who says that if the rain keeps coming down like this, he thinks they'll be OK.
02:52But if it starts to rain harder, they may be in trouble. Tom?
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