mr. ray alexander. >> thank you, administrator long. good morning. the caarmy corps. of engineers ready to respond. we're working with our state and local partners. to date, we have over 200 personnel engaged with over 6 million and mission assignment dollars for fema. and in our pacific ocean division continues to assess and respond to the affects from the typhoon and the hurricane out in the pacific. while here in the atlantic, our authorities are postured to provide temporary power support and debris management, temporary roofing, housing, and conduct infrastructure assessments in the carolinas, virginia, and elsewhere where needed. as far as dams, there are five corps. of engineers dams in virginia and north carolina. all have sufficient flood control capability to accept the affects of precipitation from florence. we're working with the army's installation management command to ensure that the fort jackson, south carolina any effects of florence on those dams are mitigated. in terms of navigation, we're closely working with our partners from noaa and the u.s. coa

next up our partners with the army corps of engineers, mr. ray alexander. mr. alexander: thank you, administrator long, good morning. the army corps of engineers is prepared and ready to respond to hurricane florence, working with our federal family members and state and local partners. to date we have over 200 over six engaged with million in mission assignment dollars for fema, 19 mission assignments and over 13 million in federal coastal emergency dollars. pacific ocean division continues to assess and respond to the effects of the typhoon and hurricane out in the pacific. while here in the atlantic under our stafford act authorities, we're postured to provide temporary power support, debris management, temporary roofing, housing, and conduct infrastructure assessments in the carolinas, virginia, enelsewhere -- and elsewhere where needed. as far as dams, there are five corps of engineer dams in virginia and north carolina. all have sufficient flood control capability to accept the effects of precipitation from florence. we're working with the army's installa

ray alexander. >> thank you, administrator long, good morning. the army corps of engineers is prepared and ready to respond to hurricane florence working with our federal family members and state and local partners. to date, we have over 200 personnel. >> please, heed this reminder. it is not the wind, it is the water. the storm surge could cause massive flooding. could reach as high as 9 to 13 feet in some coastal areas. so for those who are saying they're going to stay home and hunker down, please, get your head around that. understand the risks of flash flooding. nbc news meteorologist dylan dryer is on the coast in wrightsville, beach, north carolina, with more. dylan, what kind of damage could this storm surge do? >> it's hard to really understand the amount of water, but 9 to 13 feet above sea level on top of the normal high tide. i mean, i'm 5'4", so that's going way above my head and it goes above the average sized person's head. once you're looking at a storm surge around 9 feet, that could easily fill the first floor of a home. if it's

ray alexander. >> thank you, administrator long. good morning. the army corps of engineers is ready to respond to hurricane florence working with federal partners. we have over 200 personnel engaged to date with over 6 million in mission assignment dollars from fema, 19 mission assignments and over 13 million in federal coastal emergency dollars. in the pacific ocean division continues to assess and respond to the effects from the typhoon and hurricane out in the pacific. while here in the lat particular under our staff order act authorities we're postured to provide temporary power sport, debris management, conduct infrastructure assessments where needed. as far as dams, there are five corp of engineer dams. all have sufficient flood control capability to accept the effects of precipitation from florence. we're working with the army's installation management command to insure dams in north carolina and south carolina, any effects of florence to those dams are mitigated. in terms of navigation we're prepared to rapidly open federal channels and o