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Rescue missions keep stopping because of flooding. >> john: it could be that there have been severe injuries on some of the outlying islands that no one is hearing about yet. right? >> matthew: right, yes. the village people on those outer islands, they did receive an evacuation order by the . as of now, they should be on the mainland. >> john: not everybody moves though, even when they get an evacuation order. we knew know that from past st. >> matthew: right. we know that five people are dead....

And destroying homes in the bahamas. roofs are torn off. cars flipped over. this is just on the outer islands of the bahamas. the full force of the hurricane has not yet reached the big population centers. nassau and freeport. we are hearing about widespread power outages and that the government has disconnected the public water service as this storm bears down. lets go to our severe weather center. the power of the storm is compounded by how slow its moving. right? >> im at a loss for words whe...

Because were not able to get our people and reporters there. you talk about jose. how are authorities in nassau as well as the bahamans islands to tell people to stay in place, have these hurricane warnings in place until these hurricanes pass? >> theyve not said when theyre going to lift it. as you know, these storms move and they shift. so theyre not clear just yet. we were talking with authorities yesterday. theyve said that the airport here is going to remain closed at least until tuesday. n...

Florida. he joins us by phone. we get great information for you. so please be safe out there. lets talk about the images were seeing of irma. were looking at pictures now from a noah aircraft that flew into the eye of irma. this is at the top of the scale when it comes to severity of the power of the hurricane. >> this is off the charts. if theres possibly a category 6. theres a few other examples but we dont see this very often. the outer islands im exfreemly concerned for them right now. theyr...

That flew into irma. >> this is off the charts. i mean if this were possibly a category 6, this could be entering that realm. this is extremely scary. theres a few other examples, but we dont see this very often. those outer islands, i am extremely concerned for them right now. theyre going to take a direct hit, some of those islands with 185 mile per hour type winds, thats going to be catastrophic. i hope they prepared and for everybody in the united states we still have time. start evacuating,...

Was getting to is that the storm surge there is a real problem, that is the lowcountry, south carolina, charleston, there are counties that are flat-out below sea level and there is concern they could be inundated with water. stephanie elam is in another vulnerable peace of ground. she joins us now from savannah, georgia. stephanie, how are conditions where you are right now and also some of the outer islands near savannah? >> reporter: right, john, well, where we are right now, we are right on ...

>> theyre all good points. because we havent had one hit florida and hit this region and hit the space coast in recent memory, as you say. just put some substance to the numbers of what this storm can do to what it touches. >> you know, i saw what charlie did to punta gorda and all the mobile homes that are parked there. beautiful little places on canals. many mobile homes on these outer islands. on these barrier islands and they will not take 1 145-mile-per-hour wind. absolutely, you cannot sta...

Was found. he is reminded he must not speculate until we determine this is from mh-370. to that end, over the weekend, a lot of other pieces have been turning up on reunion island. one object that was considered an object of interest but so far, i want to make it clear to everyone nothing has been determined to be from mh-370 or indeed since this flaperon arriving here from any aircraft at all. reunion island we have teams keeping a close eye on developments there. the search has been expanded t...

Water days after cyclone pam roared through. the storm cut off communication lines between the capital and many of the outer islands, making it nearly impossible to access many areas. ivan watson traveled to one of the hardest hit areas to take a look at the destruction. >> reporter: jacob waits and worries, wondering what hell find when he land home on the island of tanna. this is one of 83 islands that make up the nation of vanuatu. the scene here isnt pretty. tanna has been all but cut off fr...

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