‘Historic rain’ blamed on Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight [Video]

COURTROOM. FIRST, AT FIVE, A TROPICAL SYSTEM CAUSING ROUGH SURF AND HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS. VIDEO ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN SHOWING MAJOR FLOODING IN CAROLINA BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. AND THEN ON YOUR RIGHT, THAT’S A LIVE LOOK FROM MYRTLE BEACH. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES INLAND, WE’RE EXPERIENCING WE’RE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE RAIN AND THE WIND. THAT IS WHY A LIVE SUPER DOPPLER IMPACT WEATHER DAY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TOMORROW. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS CHASE JUSTICE JOINING US AT THE DESK NOW. CHRIS, HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING FOR? OUR AREA ANYWHERE FROM A HALF AN INCH WEST OF GREENVILLE TO TWO INCHES IN SPARTANBURG, BUT SOME AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA HAD 18 TODAY. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT GET THIS ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER 12 TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. YEAH. DEVASTATING FLOODING A 1 IN 1000 YEAR FLOOD FOR PARTS …