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Because its so slow moving another concern at is it can dump feet of rain on top of the islands that can put them under water for weeks on end. that was a problem with the last major hurricane that hit grand bahama, putting portions of the runway under water. as it stands right now well see the full extent of the damage on abaco island an on grand bahama where dorian is wreaking so much damage there. >> morgan, this is yasmin vossoughian. thinking about the people that are on abaco and that are ...

Looking at this, this is tracking like an ef-3 tornado potentially. you know, these outer bands are very harsh, its torrential rain. that is really our major concern. folks, even if we dont see a landfall here its the outer edges of this storm system thats really going to cause the major damage. so right now were forecasting four to seven feet potentially for the low-lying areas across west palm beach. so thats just a very low elevation for the florida panhandle as well. and thats going to be a ...

System is doing. its out. the west at 1 mile per hour, but its so trying to shift and it will completely park out over freeport into marsh harbour for the next 36 hours here. that is catastrophic for that area. this elevation of the northern bahamas is at sea level here. so were going to see that storm surge and the flooding really be an issue. were forecasting potentially up to 20 inches of rain. so now we do have hurricane warnings that are in place for southern florida here. i do expect the n...

Relates to the elevation to the front step of your house because your iphone will tell you whats the elevation on your front step. if you come in below that number, you better move or youre going to get water in your house while youre in it. and it could have dark consequences, ali. >> right. and again i want to remind people the reason its important to talk to you is there are two parts of any hurricane. there is the part while its happening, the wind blowing, whether your roof gets blown off o...

National television talking to their communities to make sure they reach out to people who may be isolated and give them the opportunity to go to shelter. and i dont know if anybody do this better than florida dealing with the old. they actually have a special task force that do this that deal with people with disabilities and the elderly to get them to shelter. but that is still a problem because some people do not want to leave their home. they are afraid if they leave, they will never get bac...

Lets start with allison in the cnn weather center. were about 25 minutes out from the next advisory but what do we know? what are we seeing with this storm? >> right. so the big focus is how conditions are quickly deteriorating over portions of the bahamas. winds are sustained at 150 miles per hour but when you zoom in here, look at how close the outer bands are getting into places like marsh harbor and nassau and pushing into fr freeport. one of the biggest concerns is going to be the storm sur...

Going to see the heavier band of rain, even the winds picking up higher than that. so, were about an hour to two hours away, before that direct hit, that youre going to see that calm after the storm and behind that. the winds will pick up once again. the movement right now, is still west at eight miles per hour. as it goes through the island, you think it would lose some force. but the bahamas, the elevation is very low here. its not going to lose two much momentum here, but going to be in place...

Winds. its because of the power the storm is bringing that the president of the bahamas encouraged everyone to get out of the low-lying areas. we know ten shelters are open on the it. you have 70,000 people in dorians path. 20,000 homes stand to get damaged by this. when you look at the elevation of both of the islands, you have to have concern because of the storm surge, ranging from 10 to 15 feet, in the hardest-hit areas. here in nassau, were seeing waves up to the top of the beach already an...

Having my medication, cat food, dog food, and cash, because banks will be closed and they will be out of power, so you cannot get money out of the bank so youve got to have cash. >> nbc meteorologist is tracking the latest moves. weve got morgan waiting for the storm and mario in florida bracing for impact. janessa, to you first, any chance that dorian turns into a category five before it hits the bahamas? >> potentially with the slowdown that were seeing out of the west here at only 8 miles per...

>> nbc meteorologist janessa webb has been tracking the storm all morning. and melvin is bracing for the impact. janessa, you say its slowly slowing down here. and this is bad news. >> yes, its slowing down and this is a bad thing. bahamas on our radar with hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings put in place here. bahamas is a very level elevation and we are talking storm surge 10 to 15 feet, this will be catastrophic for this island. we are seeing rain bands starting to hit that area. y...