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We were i was very nervous. we got in the few cars that were still functioning. one was mine. we had to make the trek to the complex. we didnt know what debris was in the road. my biggest fear was getting stuck on the road. as 185 miles per hour wind on the backside came in. because there were actually a lot of deaths from flying debris. its lethal at those speeds. >> thats what a lot of people forget about. not only the wind picking up things but the storm surge coming. theres all sorts of debr...

During the calm eye. we got inside and there was the after math. just days of many many people without phones and basically anything but the clothes on their back. many with injuries living in and around the government complex. trying to figure out whats next. >> exactly where were you? which town. >> i was in marsh harbor. the main town of great abaco. the fly into if you go to the island. it took a perfect direct hit from the hurricane. the violent inner core and the exact center of the eye pa...

Storm surge. waveland, the whole coast just rubble. thats what it looks like where that eye came ashore in abaco. this is what is left after the flood waters rose 23 feet. the winds were 185 miles an hour sustained, 220 miles an hour gusts and went on and on and on. like a tornado that beats you up for days. the bahamian prime minister that says that the abaco islands suffered generational damage. this woman is standing on a concrete slap. it is the slab which once held her home in marsh harbor ...

Major rescue efforts are underway in the bahamas as aid workers make their way to grand bahama and abaco island. 20 deaths now confirmed. officials are still working to reach everyone impacted. nbcs kerry sanders went to abaco and spoke with survivors from some of the hardest hit areas. >> i thought i was going to die. hour and a half, two hours in that rubble at 185. i crawled out. i had a pair of blue jeans on. i felt my legs, i got my legs, i recollect get out of here. >> it felt like hell. i...

D dr. karins, by then i hope. always a pleasure to get your knowledge on this. destruction from hurricane dorian in the carolinas is just a fraction of the destruction it brought earlier this week in the bahamas. lets be realistic here. the united states got lucky. the bahamas did not. countrys health minister confirmed 20 are dead on abaco islands and grand bahama. he expects that number to, quote, increase significantly. dorian made landfall saturday as a category 5 hurricane with 185-mile-per...

One factor comp getting everything, this storm not only had 185-mile-per-hour winds, but it also dumped rain. that means the main airport in freeport is 6 feet under water right now. that is comforting rescue efforts. all bcs helicopters, no fix-wings planes to carry the heavy loads back and forth yet, harris. >> harris: the demon has been water. satellite imagery can show places like that much. you were in haiti right after the earthquake. of course, it was the earth breaking apart. it was diff...

>> yeah. like dozens and dozens of times, but this one, man. ive been chasing hurricanes for years and this is number one or two in the ferocity. i got spooked by the storm and thought i better ride it out on a -- you know, in a solid building in marsh harbor which is the main town. i rode it out in a solid concrete school which was a designated shelter. to give an idea of what 185 mile-an-hour winds were like, despite us being in a solid concrete building, it was so badly damaged, by the time w...

Through these areas. this entire area will see that surge because thats where the storm is going to go. its going to follow the coast. i believe this will make landfall somewhere. at least the eyewall will do damage at 110 miles per hour. think about that. i know its not 185 and its not what the president is talking about what happened to the bahamas, but 110, 115 for this entire length of coast, thats going to do billions in damage. so, be prepared. >> be prepared. chad myers, thank you so much...

And what really i noticed about this hurricane is how much structural damage there was, you know, on an island that usually just does not have structural damage in hurricanes. but that government building held and protected everybody. >> theres not much you can do when 185 mile-per-hour winds are st sitting over you for 24 hours. josh, whats the state of mind of the people on abaco as you lived through that storm. what were people doing? >> the people there -- im glad to have this opportunity to...

Oceans. but dont forget its not like all of a sudden we have hurricanes like crazy. the last two years we have, but dont forget we had a ten-year drought of no hurricanes in the united states. so i do believe theres somewhat of a cycle of active periods, and then you have a lull. but just the fact that the oceans are warming, i mean theyve got to be getting stronger, right? that is the energy for a hurricane. >> you know, youre calling what we saw in the bahamas, mike, downright scary. you dont ...