High winds follow Matthew in S.C.
>>> WELL THE STORM ACTUALLY MADE
LANDFALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH.
BUT ADAM OWENS HAS BEEN SEEING
LOTS OF WIND AND RAIN CERTAINLY
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
>> WE'RE GOING LIVE TO ADAM IN
MYRTLE BEACH.
FOR A LOT OF THE TIME, AND IT
LOOKS LIKE IT'S COME BACK NOW,
IT'S AS IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A WIND
TUNNEL.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, I AM NOT
AERODYNAMIC.
I'VE BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED
TODAY.
I'M NOT AS AERODYNAMIC AS I
PROBABLY ONCE WAS.
THE EYE DID TOUCHDOWN HERE.
WE WERE HOPING --S STORM WAS
HEADING OUR WAY AND EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS WERE PREPARING AND WE
WERE TALKING WITH THEM, THEY
JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET --
SCATHE AS LITTLE AS THEY COULD.
THEY WERE HOPING FOR THE BEST
POSSIBLE TRACK.
IT SEEMED LIKE IN THE 11TH HOUR
THAT IT CHANGED AND NOT ONLY
CHANGED DECIDED IT WAS GOING TO
PAY ITS FIRST VISIT LANDFALL NOT
TOO TERRIBLY FAR FROM WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH WIND AND
RAIN, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH
WIND RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE IN
MYRTLE BEACH, DUNES WHERE THERE
USED TO BE DUNES THEY'RE NOT
THERE ANYMORE.
THERE IS FLOODING FURTHER
INLAND.
MANY, MANY, MANY MAJOR THOROUGH
FARES, YOU CAN TAKE MY WORD FOR
THIS, HAVE WATER OVER THEM.
THEY'RE FLOODED.
THEY'RE IMPASSABLE.
IF YOU DO FIND ONE YOU THINK YOU
CAN TRAVEL DOWN, YOU'RE MORE
THAN LIKELY BOUND TO COME ACROSS
A DOWNED TREE.
I CAN TELL YOU WE DID, DREW AND
I, MY PHOTO JOURNALIST DID ON
SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE WIND THAT IS
STILL HITTING ME.
WE'VE SEEN MAJOR PLACES AROUND
TOWN TODAY THAT IS HAVE HAD
DAMAGE FROM THESE WINDS.
THE PALACE THEATER IN TOWN, IT'S
MISSING A BIG CHUNK OF ONE WALL.
THAT WALL IS -- THE LAWN AREA
AND THE PARKING LOT AREA.
WHEN THE MORNING LIGHT COMES,
WE'RE GOING TO FIND A LOT OF
DAMAGE AND A -- IN A LOT OF
PLACES WE KNOW ABOUT AND A LOT
OF PLACES WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO
ABOUT ONE WE DO KNOW ABOUT, A
SAD ONE, THAT CAME TO LIGHT NOT
TOO TERRIBLY LONG AGO.
A FIRE IN THE CHERRY GROVE
SECTION, THAT IS NORTH OF US
HERE IN MYRTLE BEACH.
THE FIRE GREW, IT EXPANDED TO
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES, WE BELIEVE
WE HAVE A CONDO BUILDING, OTHER
HOMES, BASICALLY MULTIPLE PLACES
THAT PEOPLE CALL HOME CAUGHT
FIRE TONIGHT.
AND AT ONE POINT WE WERE TOLD IT
DID NOT APPEAR AS IF EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS WOULD BE ABLE TO GET
TO THOSE PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING
TO TRY TO PUT THAT FIRE OUT
BECAUSE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE
STORM WE ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT
NOW, BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME MORE
RECENT VIDEO, NOT TOO TERRIBLY
LONG AGO ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT
SHOWS ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT
FIRE, A CLOSER ANGLE, WHERE YOU
CAN SEE RATHER LARGE HOSES ON
THE GROUND THAT ARE PUTTING
QUITE A BIT OF WATER ON THAT
FIRE.
SO IT APPEARS MAYBE THERE WAS
SOME EMERGENCY OFFICIALS THAT
WERE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND DO
WHAT THEY COULD.
BUT IT IS ALSO ABUNT ANTLY CLEAR
BOTH IN THAT VIDEO IRE SEEING
AND THE NEW VIDEO THAT IS
STARTING TO COME TO LIGHT, THAT
THERE ARE REALLY HEAVY LOSSES IN
THAT AREA.
YOU WILL -- WE HOPE THE BEST FOR
THIS AREA AND THEY REALLY HAVE
TAKEN IT VERY HARD.
MATTHEW HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO US
HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND CAN I
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY FOR MYRTLE
BEACH.
AGAIN, IN THE MORNING, WE'LL SEE
EXACTLY WHAT WE -- WHAT WE HAVE
LEFT AND WHAT WE WERE GIVEN.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> STILL SEEING THOSE VERY, VERY
HIGH WINDS THERE.
OH, AND BEING BLOWN AROUND.
LIVE IN MYRTLE BEACH.