Form Udable Storm News Today

An entire island is without power tonight. it is way too early to have any sense of the death toll. to give you an idea of just how high the storm surge was, what the united states could be looking at, you can see waves nearly reaching the second story of a home. rescue crews are just starting the grim task of searching for signs of life among the piles of debris. and it is scenes like this has that officials in florida pleading with people in evacuation zone whose are still there to get out. we...

Storm there. that is rotating. that has a rotating updraft. you can see the dense rain shaft. that was only minutes away from approaching the shore. after that came through we were blasted by 50 to 60 miles per hour winds. you saw beach goers running when they saw that storm approaching. it looked very ominous. they were running to get out of the rain. a storm like that is certainly capable of producing a very damaging waterspout that can come ashore via tornado. i have chased well over 35 of th...

>> kaitlan collins is "outfront" tonight. the president knows the optics are 234not good. he called president obama out all the time for this. it appears he doesnt care about the optics. >> reporter: it was two trips the president spent at his golf course spending four hours today opening him up to criticism from people like pete buttigieg that said he would be so busy working he wouldnt have time for golf. now the white house is pushing back on this saying that the president was still being bri...

So you can see the winds of dorian lash us as it has for hours. i never covered a hurricane that just goes on and on and on all day long. were still getting hurricane force winds. a few people came in absolutely soaked. there is a woman who had fallen and broken her hip. they carried her in. people came with their pets and came because they knew it would be a safe place. there was nobody there to rescue them because of the dangerous winds because of the dangerous storm surge because it is night ...

Storm. you hear people saying lets wait. is it going to wobble or turn? what is the forecast right now? >> we are still hopeful that it will start to make the jog to the north now and stay offshore. the adoor has not closed on that yet. the sun is setting. another night for those in the bahamas, about 70,000. 360,000 overall. we have heard total decimation of homes. it is stationary. its not even moving one mile per hour now. we cover a lot of hurricanes, typhoons and super typhoons, cyclones in...

>> i want to talk about force pierce you see her there, the mayor joins me now live. i appreciate your time. the storm dangerously close to florida and so enormous that you have the impacts but so slow that you have people saying i want to get a better sense of things. what is your biggest concern right now? >> i am concerned that people will not take it seriously still even though it looks better for us. its still going to be a serious effect on this area. the winds are going to be high and the...

Outfront. we begin with the breaking news this hour. hurricane dorian, the massive deadly storm is lashing the florida coast. powerful winds whipping on shore. conditions are getting worse with each passing hour. and it is going to be hours upon hours and hours. this is from moments ago from melbourne beach, florida. mandatory evacuations are underway there. lets show you the storm from the international space station. 300 miles wide. right now winds up to 145 miles per hour. the picture of the ...

You are that ray of hope for some people. what can you tell me about the rescues that your team can do there at this time? >> what we were able to do is today early on we were able to get the helicopter from our clear water air station on the west coast of florida across to an droes island to nassau and then finally approach the storm and see how close we can get. we were able to make it as far as marsh harbor. and when we got there, we were able to drop off a doctor and a couple medics who coul...

Stronger up to the carolinas. this is what we have been waiting for. high pressure has been blocking the storm from moving northward. as i broaden out here, notice the color of this kind of brown. that is a trough. we have been waiting for the trough to move in now to kick the system upwards. u again, a form udable storm even in the next 24 to 48 hours, still a major hurricane. >> thank you very much. so stunning to think how we wait and wait and how little we know. thank you. now patrick ottoma...

>> you have a house around the corner. i think you were talking to my producer a few moments ago, flipped upside down. water up to the waist. this storm is still there. you must be so frightened, chris. >> its very frightening. i went through parts of eugene. i have memories of those storms. this is a new memory for me. i walked past the house. there is a house that is actually upside down. so i know a lot of people because my roof is still leaking, but i can find a dry spot. there are people wa...