The State Highway Patrol, Emergency Management Officials and the Department of Transportation say if it is east of I-95, do not plan to drive.
The North Carolina Emergency Management Office sums it up with one blanket statement.
"All roads east of I-95 are closed. In many instances, they're impassable. They're blocked or there is a very strong potential that they are going to flood," said Tom Ditt of N.C. Emergency Management.
There is a flood of calls coming into the State Highway Patrol's communications center. Everyone wants to know if they can get to the coast.
"We can remove trees. We can remove power lines. We can restore power, but we cannot control Mother Nature. When these flood waters get across our highways, there is nothing the state can do. Mother Nature's the one closing the highways; the state is not," said Trooper Wade Bullock.
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