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>> yes. everyone in town. >> of course that was residents of the bahamas preparing for this storm. specifically residents of abaco. which is the area that has had two landfalls so far from dorian. you see where it is right there but as you can see the radar, you need to find out where abaco is, its right there where the eye of the storm is located. 185 miles an hour winds pummelling that island. so were thankful that those people were aware enough to get prepared. but as you can see right there ...

Structures that are there on abacos cay and your island. as you think about it, 185-mile-a-hour type wind storm, a type you have never experienced before, what do you think is going on and are you worried of the fate of your fellow people? >> truthfully, my heart is really with the people of abacos and its cays right now. we have never experienced this kind of storm, not in my lifetime at least. and, you know, looking at the pictures that have come in that people are now trying to get to shelter...

Finally up to 185 miles per hour. its just -- these are amazing extremely rare numbers. thats higher than what we saw in katrina. we dropped instrument packages to confirm what that microwave instrument was reading. they fall by parachute. right before splashing in the ocean they measured winds of 175 miles per hour which is close to 200 miles per hour. 175 knots i should say which is close to 200 miles per hour. this is an incredibly intense storm. were talking about pressure in the eye thats l...

We continue to track the monster storm dorian. winds of 185 miles per hour. those are the sustained winds. the wind gusts topping 220 miles per hour as the hurricane barrels over the bahamas right now. joining me on the phone is grand bahama resident christof. are you still with me? >> yeah, im here. >> we are looking at where you are located on the island chain right now and im sure you realize this. within hours or just a few minutes youll start feeling the brunt of this storm. what are you he...

Were back with our continuing coverage of the breaking news that hurricane tracking dorian right now. it is a catastrophic storm. sustained winds at 185 miles per hour. since it became a named storm just about a week ago, thats -- forecasters have been tracking it even aurll the modern-day equipment theres uni canty in the forecast. and that said, just like katrina in 2005, we have seen what happens when those plans fail. joining me now, the man credited highly with rescuing the response effort ...

Looking at this particular storm and how powerful this is, what sort of response will be needed in the bahamas and the u.s. after a storm like this? >> well, the bahamas obviously going to need some search and rescue and life sustaining support. of course, theyre not a part of the united states. theyre aligned commonwealth with the british. and at the time i was doing this business we had a memorandum of agreement with the uk to provide assistance to the bahamas through the state department. and...

Couple of hours ago. what sort of effort do you have guys have in play right now, straight up and down the east coast? >> well, we have preparedness in getting out there and we have fema employees in the field as well. we are ready and fully postured to support and continue to support the states of florida, georgia, north carolina, south carolina. any requests that their governors make to us, we want to ensure we can support them in their response as well as in the future their recovery as it re...

Thanks to kelly odonnell and catie beck and julia bagg. the update we got from the national hurricane center as we look at the storm in the meantime. theyre saying that the eye of dorian has made a second landfall on the great abaco island near marsh harbor. sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. as we go to break there, take a note of something that -- notice there in the last couple of rings of the satellite. while it kept going west to the left. the last couple of times look. its starting to m...

Today. >> yes, absolutely that is the wrong direction. thats absolutely the wrong direction. >> lets leave it there. lets hope this is the last mass shooting that we talk about at least in west texas. no doubt there will be plenty of others all over this country. perhaps very soon. von hilliard, victoria, thank you. were following a lot of breaking news. hurricane dorian exploding in size today. growing to an unbelievable 185 miles an hour storm as it makes landfall. a lot of people offering the...

How painful is that for the next 36 to 48 hours? and anything, any of these man-made structures along the islands thats just hit the hardest. you know? a quick search, 70,000 people grand bahama island and great abacos island home. so the latest from the hurricane center, theres the -- if you want a snapshot of something to hardly ever seen, 185 miles per hour sustained winds. gusts over 220. ill say that maybe two, three, maybe four times in my weather career. heres an interesting fact. this is...