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Followed those orders, but so far were not hearing of anyone having to be rescued. its going to be to a point very soon where theyre not getting out. wind speeds, they stay hunkered down until after the storm. watching the waves is what were doing now, brianna. >> first responders need to stay safe as well when things get really bad. martin savidge in myrtle beach, south carolina, thank you so much. with each day we are seeing more of the damage that hurricane dorian left behind in the bahamas...

Got briefed on. so it does happen, we correct it. its important that we acknowledge when we make mistakes and make the corrections. but its -- again, you have to stay focused on the origination of the message from the hurricane center. we dont embellish, we dont add to it. we dont offer our own opinions because quite honestly thats -- our job is to deal with the information theyre presenting and make these decisions. >> lets talk about the storm. obviously right now were keeping our eye on the c...

Hours today. weve already had over a dozen tornado warnings so far today. weve got one active tornado warning right now and its all because of these outer bands pushing onshore. even if they begin as a waterspout, they can still make that on land. weve already had one report of damage that was originally from a waterspout that moved onshore so you have to be very careful with a lot of these storms, especially these that can be short-lived tornados. they pop up really with so little notice, so pl...

Ocean ends and the beach begins. the water will continue to rise, combination of the storm surge and the winds because in this particular area of the beach, were pretty much running north and south, which means were getting the full brunt of the force right at the time of the waves are at their highest. so thats not only going to be a problem for erosion but also likely to damage some of the boardwalks, the piers that are here and any of the waterfront buildings nearby. if you break any of those...

Ill come on down here a little bit out of the wind and rain and talk to a seafood restaurant owner named brett. he was witnessing this with us as we were watching that transformer down there. you saw it along with us. that was very violent. what was going through your mind? >> yeah, no, it was a giant fireworks show. i didnt know if it would shoot down the water and come to us. it was loud and scary for sure. >> reporter: were you worried about some of the currents here -- >> there are a punch m...

Hatteras and wilmington, youre talking 4 to 7 feet. this area stretching from myrtle beach down towards charleston, youre talking 5 to 8 feet. the good news for charleston is as that system moves away, that storm surge should go down rather quickly, but its still going to be raining so youre still going to notice a lot of the floodwaters on the streets, on the sidewalks and even coming into some of the homes just because the rain will not likely let up for several more hours. >> all right, allis...

Issis taking care of them. so theyre staying at a hotel. theyre counting their blessings today. >> we just heard the loud rumbling noise. sounds like a train in a sense. and went to the window to see what was going on were lucky we didnt have any damage much. >> as you take a live look, can you see the power of this tornado how it uprooted a tree, now, according to the fire department the direction of this tornado was in that direction toward the west. you can almost see it because of the destru...

>> reporter: were facing a number of threats here. dorian is making its approach so thats the number one threat. you already talked about the tornados. this morning starting around 7:00 a.m. we began getting warnings about every half hour of a tornado warning. these were not the kansas or oklahoma kind of varieties, the really big tornados, but as allison was explaining, these are the weaker, spin-off ones that come from the outer bands. they did damage. ripped off siding from homes, ripped off ...

The circumstances are deteriorating day by day. there must be a national -- there should be a global appeal to those who can help to help, whether its medical necessities. of course the concern is rising that casualties as well as those who were impacted medically, so there is a need to bring attention to the medical concerns of persons. if people have the capacity to donate, i think that they should. im urging that they do because the situation is historic. ive been dealing with hurricanes for ...

We talked at the beginning of the week how trump has done generational damage, in large part because more people didnt jump off the trump train earlier. >> a quick break for us. our guests will stay here in the studio. coming up, the words today from first lady michelle obama taking on donald trump and then some. "the 11th hour" continues right after this.