WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA -- Winston-Salem was one of the four stops Gov. Roy Cooper made Friday.

• He toured storm damages in several counties
• The storm brought in heavy rains causing floods
• Fire officials say they made about 100 rescues

He toured storm damages in Wilkes and Watauga counties before he arrived in Forsyth County.

"Tropical storm Michael when it came through took a more western tact than the line that they had predicted," the governor said.

The storm brought in heavy rains causing floods.       

"Flooding and the down trees and power lines created a huge problem especially for the responders trying to get to the calls," Zachary Smith with the Winston-Salem Fire Department.

Fire officials say they made about 100 rescues.

"This is what we prepare for. These calls these incident are few far in between that's when you need highly skill highly trained with the best equipment,” Smith said.

The governor also stopped by Duke Energy’s operation center in Greensboro to discuss the current outages.          

"I think the fierceness of the wind that came through here and the number of people who lost power was almost equivalent in both of the Carolinas to the people who lost power during Florence," he said.

In the meantime, he wants everyone to put their safety first.