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And this is on the french island of martinique. a road collapsing. flash flooding hitting throughout the caribbean. no other major damage reported. folks up and down the state of florida preparing for dorian to come ashore as a major hurricane. you have to prepare. the governor there declared a state of emergency for all the counties in the potential path. hes warning people to have seven days of supplies ready to go. people season to be listening this time. storm shelves empties out ahead of th...

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Cone of uncertainty. residents there are bracing for the worst stocking up ahead of the storm while the u.s. virgins islands are recovering with scattered power outages throughout the area. joining me with the latest on the storms track is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, tell us about where this is headed. there are a whole lot of populated areas wondering if this is coming to them. >> thats right, ali. a whole lot of populated areas at the worst time, labor day weekend. we a...

During the day tomorrow, likely becoming a 10 mi 100 mile an ho storm. makes landfall as a category 3, widespread average. average forecast area, 200 miles. that means all of florida needs to prepare. >> thank you very much. as you saw on the map hurricane dorian just missing a direct hit on puerto rico. its strong enough to cause potential mudslides and flash flooding. many there still recovering from devastation from hurricane maria two years ago. victor oquendo is there. >> reporter: tonigh...

Storm to category 1 hurricane earlier today, slamming through the virgin islands. while it slid past puerto rico, the national hurricane center is still warning of the risks of flash flooding through tomorrow morning. theres already one reported hurricane-related death in puerto rico. by this weekend, dorian could be making its way to florida as a category 3 hurricane. were keeping an eye on that. dorian comes two years after nearly 3,000 fellow americans died in puerto rico after hurricane doin...

It was upgraded from a tropical storm to category 1 hurricane earlier today, slamming through the virgin islands. while it slid past puerto rico, the national hurricane center is still warning of the risks of flash flooding through tomorrow morning. theres already one reported hurricane-related death in puerto rico. by this weekend, dorian could be making its way to florida as a category 3 hurricane. were keeping an eye on that. dorian comes two years after nearly 3,000 fellow americans died in ...

Dangerous somehow? >> yeah, the whole island really covered in precipitation. we got the new plot this morning looking at that track chance. once you change that track, youve got to change all the impacts as well. yesterday we were talking about the heavy rain on the west end of the island and now its the east end. up to 10 inches of rain in some areas. absolutely you take the gusty winds plus all that rain and you get some flooding in the mountains as well. you get increased amounts of rainfall...

Hurricane maria, it happened less than two years ago, there are many places that are feeling the effects of the damage and devastation that that brought, whether that is still tarps on roofs, homes that are still yet to be rebuilt, there was great concern about those people, trying to get them to shelters in case of heavy winds or flash flooding. even though dorian continues to gather strength just off the east coast of where we are on the island, the rain was going to be the biggest fear in thi...

Obviously, the devastation that hurricane maria brought less than two years ago now is still very much top of mind. it is why they have tried to make sure that everything has been as prepared as possible, and that of course extends from help from the federal government, and fema resources, and also down to the 78 mayors across the island, and to the of course citizens as well. now, one of the things they have tried to keep a handle on, is power outages across the island. so they have tried to ma...

Winds, well see some gusts maybe 40, 50, 60 miles an hour, most of that is going to stay over water. its not good for the u.s. and british virgin islands. >> thank you for the update. lets go straight to puerto rico and see how people are bracing for dorians hit. omar, heavy rain, flash flooding, you just heard tom, you know, people are still -- they have blue tarps on peoples roofs as you land there in san juan. are people ready? >> brooke, at this point the good news, i want to start with that...