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Hurricane dorian now a catastrophic category 5 storm. Right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads towards the United States. Now, this is video from the abacos, where dorian made two landfalls there. We are getting reports of ripped off rooftops and maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. The storm is tied one of the strongest Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded. Earlier this morning the National Hurricane center warned of the ongoing life threatening situation in the bahamas...

Crushing blow to abaco island to the east. The Prime Minister said the islands suffered a historic tragedy. The initial reports from abaco, is that the devastation is unprecedented and unextensive. They are deeply worried. The images and videos we are seeing are heartbreaking. Many homes and businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. And in the United States, mandatory evacuations are under way in four states. The storm is predicted to turn north at some point. B...

Palm beach. You can see those bands still coming in. The winds have dropped about 5 Miles Per Hour now. 150 Miles Per Hour westnorthwest at 1. What is interesting is because were starting to see this thing widen out. Tropical force winds now extend out 140 miles from the center. We have hurricane warnings out right now just north of West Palm Beach to north of melbourne. We have hurricane watches up to the florida georgia border. Weve even got Tropical Storm watches for inland parts of florida. ...

Flooding, unprecedented damage, at least five confirmed dead. The damage is so widespread, we dont have a full picture of what things looking in the bahamas. Meanwhile, millions of residents under a mandatory evacuation order. Bridges in florida are set to close at midnight in anticipation of the storm. Fema urging residents in those areas, stay vigilant, prepare for the worst. Nbc news meteorologist bill karen is with me now. This is unusual in its behavior. Its moving a mile an hour. Were norm...

Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast, we start with this big monster storm thats headed this way. Hurricane dorian, a massive storm that is gaining strength as we speak, headed toward the state of florida. Heres the latest update that just came in. Dorian is described as an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. Right now, it has maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. Its still unclear exactly where the storm will make...

Dorian. A massive storm gaining strength in the atlantic with the path set for florida. Heres the thing. In just 24 hours dorian went from a category 1 to an extremely dangerous category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. It is still unclear, as you can see from this graphic here, exactly where dorian will make landfall. Right now it is projected to hit near melbourne, florida. Thats in the middle of the state on tuesday. And continue up the coast. And again,...

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In activation 1 level. that means from their eoc they have dispatched crews of policemen that are going to be working in 12-hour shifts throughout the day. you can already see it. that water is starting to come in. well be reporting from here throughout the day. >> mariana, let the residents know if theyre waiting for a sign from al roker he literally just told me if the authorities in your neighborhood and your town and city are telling you to evacuate, then you should definitely be heeding tho...

>> what are you doing to help those who are most vulnerable, bringing up seniors, those in the hospitals, babies at risk, new mothers in hospitals. what are you doing on a local level on the ground to make sure these residents are helped in an effort to get them out of mandatory evacuation areas? >> what we did was we have a special needs shelter which is at our south florida fairgrounds which is basically a hospital which can hold over 500 to 600 seniors or vulnerable population. and we have ov...