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Ft. lauderdale, so many other areas. its unthinkable. >> it is unthinkable. etch worse in the grand bahamas the building codes are not as strong. so the buildings are not as resilient. the damage is worse than we would have experienced here. but people are coming forward. we asked for a few score of volunteers from our office to go there. by the way, theres no place to stay. they have to go there, stay rough. they have to sleep out, camp. we were inundated with volunteers. wove had guests saying...

To withstand about -- our building codes were built to withstand about 150 miles per hour wind. we never expected that we would one day encounter the velocity as high as 180, to 200 miles per hour. but we will take that as a lesson. >> all right. staying on hurricane dorian for a moment. for the very latest on the track of that weather pattern, lets cross over to msnbc meteorologist janessa webb. >> it hovered over the bahamas for 52 hours. the squalls are taking over most of florida, the northe...

In abaco or were people largely evacuated from the areas that were most hurt? >> i think bahamians are a resilient group. what you will find that even if evacuation after asking them to leave, et cetera, you find that the average bahamian would want to stay in their community and rebuild. weve face challenges not as bad as this before. weve faced many hurricanes where areas and communities were devastated, and communities tend to come together and rebuild. our homes are built at a very great sta...

Ayman mohyeldin. we begin with hurricane dorian lashing parts of floridas east coast overnight of with storm surge as far north as the carolinas. were also following humanitarian disaster unfolding right now as we speak in the bahamas. aerial pictures showing parts of abaco islands decimated. major homes and infrastructures flattened. at least seven people have been killed and they expect that number to rise. the countrys foreign minister said he went on a reconnaissance mission provided by the ...

Evacuation after asking them to leave, et cetera, you find that the average bahamian would want to stay in their community and rebuild. we face challenges not as bad as this before. weve faced many hurricanes where areas and communities were devastated, and communities tend to come together and rebuild. our homes are built at a very great standard. our building codes were built to withstand about 150 miles per hour wind. we never expected that we would one day encounter wind velocity as high as ...

At least seven people killed and officials expect that number to rise. the countrys prime minister went on a reconnaissance mission bit u.s. and found the airport underwater and said the area around it looks like a lake. the red cross says 62,000 people are without clean drinking water and 60,000 people will need food. heres more from the prime minister on msnbc last night. >> building codes were built to withstand about 150 miles per hour winds. we never expected that we would one day encounter...

Mean, the cd idea of a category coming on shore, its just absolutely devastating. but the cat 5, just stayed over there for so long. a real nightmare. >> yeah, most building codes, you know, as hes mentioning, you know, can go to a certain level, but not for the duration. i mean, you think usually they test it for a couple of hours. not for a day or two. so, like, think of things that can hold together like nails, and sooner or later, in some of those braces, that hold the roofs on, they cant ho...

Completed destroyed. only one way in right now. >> bret: self-explanatory as we look at these houses only a few remaining, standing. and other parts of this video look like an explosion went off. >> yeah. i have been over the top of puerto rico after maria, irma in the keys, harvey in rockport. i have done this a lot. and hurricane michael last year in mexico beach was probably more powerful for that one small area but when you are talking about widespread area of damage, its been a long time si...

>> well, we have to think where or how we are building, obviously the building code has shown that where we do have strong building codes, we see improvements. i dont think we are ready for the rainfall. this is something that we created the water management district after the great hurricanes in the 20s and 30s. with todays population and how many roads we paved over and we are seeing more rain than we have seen before. this is the challenges, as much as people focus on the web. it is the water...

Is the technology in -- >> the forecast. >> -- terms of conditions, the forecasting. i really think we need to do more in terms of mitigation. i think thats a key component of this is not necessarily developing in high-risk areas. creating building codes that elevate buildings. and i really think its a long-term problem that we need to look at. >> because a lot of the places that these hurricanes hit, particularly in florida, up the east coast, are highly developed and every patch of land on the...