overnight, bahamas prime minister grateful for the international aid. i want to assure you that more help is on the way. reporter: bahamians also pitching in as much as they can. a first step on what will be a very long road to recovery. we re happy to be alive. glad that my family is safe. you know, we can rebuild. we will re build. reporter: those who are being rescued are being staged at the airport in nassau where they re all provided immediately some liquids. because everybody shares the dehydration problem. those that have been banged up by the storm or worse are getting immediate medical attention. that was kerry sanders. thank you, do keep us posted. general james mattis will join my colleague andrea mitchell, next. ly active crohn , stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks.
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likely pale in comparison to some of the stuff that we have already seen come out of the bahamas. after a massive storm like dorian when it was a cat five where it just hung out over the bahamas for more than 40 hours, how long does it typically take to even get a real picture of what s needed on the ground? you know, it takes it takes a long time in these in these after these disasters. and, you know, one thing a lot of people out there want do the right thing to help the people in the bahamas. but really right now cash is king. you know, find an organization to donate to. there are a number of reputable organizations working in the bahamas. cash is really the way to do right now. i know people want to gather things and send them to help folks. but really, you know, it s going to cost more non ship it there. then there s logistics on the other side. if folks really want to help donate to local organizations working on the ground right now. sound advice there about the one of
in georgia. but let s turn our attention now to charleston, south carolina. it s 70 miles from the center of the storm. hundreds of thousands there as we understand it, have already lost power. kathy park is there right in the thick of it as she has been for several hours now. and, kathy, charleston is the area i know reasonably well. it is also an area where on a random tuesday afternoon if they get some serious rain those streets get flooded. i can only imagine what hours of torrential rain will do to charleston. reporter: craig, that is absolutely right. this area is already very prone to flooding and over the past couple of hours we have seen the water levels rise. i want to give you a better sense of where we are standing right now. so we are in downtown charleston. and you can see this road is now a river. and we have seen for the past several hours continuation of intense wind gusts as well as