Outer Banks preparing for tropical storm
Residents prepare for a tropical storm brewing off the coast of Outer Banks, North Carolina. Storm chaser Aaron Rigsby reports.
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00:00 this doesn't have a name
00:03 it a tropical storm certa
00:05 but we're gonna have inki
00:07 that are going to be prett
00:10 along the Outer Banks. Th
00:14 correct. And I'm glad you
00:17 the tropical storm versus
00:19 a lot of differences with
00:21 versus what we saw last w
00:23 kind of underperformed fo
00:26 is going to be a strengthe
00:28 even if it doesn't hit as
00:31 it could still have the e
00:33 impacts, especially with
00:35 other people inland that
00:38 okay, we're not here. The
00:40 need to worry about this.
00:42 flash flood threat with t
00:45 areas could see anywhere
00:47 of 10 11 inches of rain b
00:50 done. And as you go throu
00:53 are you going to set up s
00:56 banks, it looks like anyw
01:00 say from Buxton on south
01:03 we're going to be the are
01:05 I guess you got to be car
01:07 banks because of that 3-6
01:09 you don't want to get cut
01:13 correct. My game plan righ
01:15 to move a little bit clos
01:17 they can get 3-5 ft of th
01:19 worry about being closer
01:21 that storm surge comes in
01:24 cutting off my road optio
01:26 I want to be is stuck out
01:28 Now I have seen a lot of
01:30 that area today. It took
01:32 just to get back to the m
01:34 another area I actually w
01:36 closer to Maryland along
01:39 of those flood gauges are
01:42 major flood stage and tho
01:44 since 2011 and their fore
01:48 record has been establish
01:51 that could lead to some s
01:53 even far away from the inner core of this storm.