Millions. Deadly boat fire brianna people are onboard the island of the california coast. A local official confirms multiple fatalities. And storm. President trump goes golfing and starts tweeting hes never heard of a category 5 storm despite having faced four of them in his presidency. Im wolf blitzer. Youre the situation room. Breaking news. The latest frap is just in, and Hurricane Dorian is moving ever so slowly as it threatens florida after hitting the bahamas as a category 5, causing catastrophic damage. This storm is still pounding the islands as a very powerful category 4. It will move dangerously close to florida tomorrow, and the slightest wobble in its course could raise the risk higher for millions in its path. Evacuations are under way in florida, georgia, and South Carolina, where lightthreatening storm surges and hurricaneforce winds could pose a threat for days to come. Our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the breaking news as we bring you this sit
I missed you, too. Water. The biggest threat right now is people not heeding their local and column shift Kristen Soltis officials asking them to stay indoors right now. Stay off the road. Anderson and david webb of the no need to be out there. Dont go out and be a disaster tourist. Stay inside and stay safe. David webb show. Let the First Responders take reality check is on fax nation, care of those who need it and david webb is outnumbered and dont get in their way. Did you bring four more mugs . Melissa in terms of the surge versus the rain versus the wind, they are all deadly. David i better have them can you tell us a little bit upstairs. About what the threat from this amanda, if youre watching, can you get the mugs down here . Particular storm looks like harris mandatory evacuation versus the other ones that orders are still in effect for floridians have seen in the past . I think on this one were coastal cities facing hurricane going to be okay on the amount dorian conditions l
Konc coverage of Hurricane Dorian. We just received the 11 00 a. M. Update from the National Hurricane center. Chad myers will have that for you in just a moment. Lets go to dc for an update on the breaking news. This boat fire off the coast of southern california. Ryan. Reporter victor, thats right, we are watching for that breaking news out of los angeles. Keeping an eye on an unfolding rescue operation off the coast of southern california. A number of people dead after a dive boat catches fire near santa cruz island. Some of them have been rescued, but dozens are still missing. Well hear from a local fire official in just a moment, but first lets get back to victor with the latest on the track of Hurricane Dorian. Victor. Reporter ryan, thank you so much. Listen, the surf is really kicking up here. Were in between those extreme outer bands of Hurricane Dorian. There were people on this beach. This is under a mandatory evacuation, but people are taking advantage of those dry moments
Destroyed or damaged. Lets get right to cnns tom sater. Hes in the Weather Center with the new forecast for us. Tom, what does the forecast show right now . Well, weve got a new track now from the National Hurricane center, don. But for the most part as we focus in on this, its still a strong category 2 and will remain that way for about 36 hours. Its still moving at 6 miles per hour, jogging now northnorthwest. But again, at 6 miles an hour, thats pretty slow considering this is still a tropical system. But because its been so strong for so long, don, were going to continue to see the winds extend out ward. Dont concentrate that it went down from a 5 to a 4 to a 3 to a 2, the winds have been broadening the wind field. The trop storm winds are out now farther. The winds here in grand bahama island, i know youve been showing and everyones been showing this image of the inundation. The winds tonight have been onshore, which has been impeding the receding of the waters at the airfield. Th
Continue that category 2 status as it bends back to the northeast. Once we get into the carolinas, thats when we could possibly see an actual landfall with this storm. Anywhere from, say, South Carolina all the way up through North Carolina, the outer banks even could get category 2 conditions. So, we know thats a vulnerable part of the state right there. They could get plenty of storm surge, wind and rain as well. Here are your current wind gusts 32mileperhour winds in fort pierce. 36 in melbourne. 28 in orlando. As the storm travels to the north, those winds will increase as well. Here are your hurricane watches and warnings. We have hurricane watches all along the North Carolina coast, South Carolina as well. The storm surge threat has gone down a little bit across portions of florida from 3 to 5 feet which is good news. But we still have the 4 to 7 feet along the georgia coast, South Carolina, as well as North Carolina. I want to show you something. This is a picture of grand baham