WATCH: TV channel releases INSANE graphics showing reality of Hurricane Florence

Sep 15 (AZINS) As Hurricane Florence made landfall in Carolinas, a weather channel released a  graphic showing the reality of water apocalypse.

The video by The Weather Channel featured a graphical representation of the storm that depicted the rise in water level in a worst case scenario. It showed the reporter standing in the middle of the storm surge as background displayed the visualisation of the water level in feet. It showed how dangerous the storm can be if the water level rose above 6 feet and how destructive will be 9 feet of the water level.

Tropical Storm Florence trudged inland on Saturday, flooding rivers and towns, toppling trees and cutting power to nearly a million homes and businesses as it dumped huge amounts of rain on North and South Carolina, causing five deaths. "This system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall, in some places measured in feet and not inches," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told a news briefing about a storm that forecasters said was 300 miles (480 km) wide.

Florence diminished from hurricane strength as it came ashore on Friday, but the large storm's slow progress across the two states could leave much of the region under water in the coming days, according to forecasters. Along coastal communities, people trapped in homes by relentless flood waters awaited rescue, and tens of thousands hunkered down in shelters after fleeing their homes as the storm approached.

In Wilmington, a city of about 120,000 people on North Carolina's Atlantic coastline along the Cape Fear River that is home to historic mansions and even a decommissioned World War Two-era battleship, streets were strewn with downed tree limbs and carpeted with leaves and other debris. Electricity remained out for much of the city, with power lines lying across many roads like wet strands of spaghetti.

"The fact that there haven't been more deaths and damage is amazing and a blessing," said Rebekah Roth, walking around Wilmington's Winoca Terrace neighborhood on Saturday.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm would dump as much as 30 to 40 inches (76-102 cm) of rain on the southeastern coast of North Carolina and part of northeastern South Carolina, as well as up to 10 inches (25 cm) in southwestern Virginia.

At 11 am EDT (1200 GMT), the hurricane center said Florence had maximum sustained winds near 45 miles per hour (75 km per hour) and continued to produce catastrophic flooding in the Carolinas. It said it was located about 40 miles (65 km) west of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and forecasters predicted a slow westward march.

Cooper said many people in his state who may think the storm has missed them have not yet seen its actual threat to their regions, advising residents inland that "rivers will rise days after the rain has stopped," reaching their highest level days from now. He said five deaths were confirmed from the storm and "several others are under investigation."

"Remember most storm deaths occur from drowning in fresh water, often in cars. Don't drive across standing or moving water," the governor said, urging people to heed evacuation orders.

"Please be safe and be smart and use your common sense," Cooper added.