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Orders you should get out. dont try to tough it out. >> well go to jacksonville beach, florida, and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is closely tracking dorians path. just a few hours ago the winds seem to have picked up a bit and the surf is a little stronger. >> reporter: chris, it certainly feels like that. and here at jacksonville beach, the beach is actually closed. let me show you what things look like here. it is mostly empty. we have seen a few people. youll hear some beeping. that bu...

They are in the bulls eye for that weather today. we are going to see the battering winds, the dangerous rain, and also the push of water on to the islands. winds at 165 miles per hour, still a very powerful storm. but keep this in mind. it was as high as 185 miles per hour. so we are seeing a little bit lessening, maybe a little land friction brought it down. maybe a little wind shear. that is the good news. with every advisory yesterday we saw it going up. we finally are seeing it stabilized a...

Some taking to their phones to send out pleas for help on social media. take a listen to this. >> please pray for us. please pray for us, everyone. please pray for us. >> the sea is spraying on to our houses. winds are howling like weve never, ever experienced before. >> we need help. please, someone, please come help us. >> reporter: these are people that are used to experiencing this type of weather. hurricanes in this area. but again, it cannot be over stated, no one has seen a type of hurric...

We put this into motion. it has nudged a little bit to the north. we have to wait until it moves to the north, takes the turn where we can really make that prediction of what we can expect along the coast. lets look at the latest stats. 30 miles east-northeast of freeport, grand bahama island. winds apartmet 165 miles per ho. a powerhouse of wind and rain. it is a strong storm. it is not as strong as it was. we are seeing a teenie bit of weakening which is good news. it will take a while before ...

It will be over northwestern bahamas, right over land mass there. you want to heed the warnings if youre in this area, nassau, and we have a hurricane watch in place and that will certainly be upgraded to warning. we expect conditions to change there as early as saturday and then certainly on sunday were looking at battering winds, catastrophic wind damage and also some flooding rains. as we go throughout time here, this has really slowed down so picture our cards going pretty slow at 10 miles a...

Comes on shore. talking about the winds we are going to start to see the winds pick up as early as saturday in florida. but look at the bahamas. by sunday we are really seeing that over the northwestern bahamas and thats going to be a day for them. we are going to feel for them, we are going to pray for them that day because we are going to see those battering winds and also the very heavy rainfall. then as we near towards tuesday, thats where we are going to see the brunt of the storm over part...

Distribution system so conditions very primitive. i am among the very few people having to live with it because most residents and visitors heated the mandatory evacuations and went to higher ground on the mainland to weather the storm. >> you have an hour or so, a little sunlight to see around. what did you get? 30 hours? is that fair? of a battering? something like that? >> reporter: that would be accurate. this is the slowest moving storm i can remember, getting huge battering winds and becau...

Predictions. im concerned because ive even heard some people say that north carolina is getting a break. please hear my message. we cannot underestimate this storm. wind speeds have dropped some from yesterday, but weve traded that for a larger wind field that expands 200 miles with tropical storm-force winds. and our greatest concern about this storm remains the same. storm surge and massive flooding. both are going to be extreme. catastrophic effects, catastrophic effects will be felt outside ...

Islands that find themselves going from a desperate situation to a nightmarish situation. the first thing you notice when you land here, there is no foliage left on the trees. they have been plucked clean by battering winds. smaller zets have even been tossed aside. it gives you a feeling for the force of the storm. we managed to get our drone out and start to have a look around and get a better sense of the damage which of course is huge, massive. this is going to take a major reconstruction ef...

For a hurricane to stay in the path, and that is why we are nervous, if the center stays offshore, this is going to be a prolonged event, battering waves, battering winds, storm surge, and feet of rainfall. >> leland: wamac, plus tornadoes we always worry about as well, janice dean, 55 minutes from now, well wait for that. thank you. >> shannon: breaking news on the white house, fox news learning from someone close to the situation the chief economic advisor gary cohn met with president trump, h...