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Bahamas. We talk about the wind speeds of 185 miles an hour. The most dangerous speed is 1 mile an hour. It is creeping over the bahamas. Creeping. We learned of our first fatal pi from abaco island. An 8yearold boy who drowned in the powerful storm surge. Again, as we sit here in florida and start to experience the outer bands of this storm, the rain, horizontal rain, and the driving winds, everyone is looking at the path. It is expected to turn north. I say expected because you never know. You...

Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good morning, everyone. Im john berman in Daytona Beach, florida. This is new day, cnns special live coverage of Hurricane Dorian. Alisyn camrato joins me from new york this morning. You can see the condition. Not good. The seas fierce behind me as the storm moves up the coast of florida, about 80 miles where im standing right now. The winds kicking up, raining consistently here. The focus now, where will the storm head next . Charleston, South Carolina, coul...

Tomorrow. So theres a long way to go here. Meanwhile in the bahamas, the relief crews are hoping to get more to those people in need on the abaco island and grand bahama island. 20 people have lost their lives. But bahamian officials expect that number to go up. As you can see, were four or five days into this march. And its not nearly done yet. John, i didnt think you could get any wetter. But somehow youve managed to. So clearly the storm where you are has definitely gotten worse. Well be back...

Emergency aid will have to wait until the hurricane passes. Its absolutely, you know, catastrophic conditions, those weather what were seeing with the hurricane is absolutely overwhelming and were obviously getting our rescue crews that are in the bahamas as close as we can to help out, but the conditions there with the hurricane stationary over grand bahama island, theres no ability to get in there with any assets right now. Well, mandatory evacuations are under way in coastal communities from ...

And navigation equipment. It had a pilot onboard who was familiar with the local seaways. Why did it get into trouble so quickly after leaving its moorings, its docking . And i think youre going to look directly at probably one of the four ways in which the vection get in and out of the vessel. You know, it carries in excess of 4,000 vehicles. There are four ways in and out usually, and one of them may not have been tied down the way it should have been because this thing got over on its side aw...

Tuesday afternoon. Worrying about something, hed im Brooke Baldwin here in say, its okay, weve got god. New york. Its fine. Victor blackwell is there reporter before i let you standing by in jensen beach, guys run, i have to ask you, you florida, where coastal towns are guys came here in part to starting to see the heavy rain and strong winds from hurricane fulfill his dream of starting dorian. It is now a category 2 storm, his company. While youre getting emotional, downgraded in strength, but ...

It is 4 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast and this hour the state of florida is bracing for a monster storm. Take a look here at Hurricane Dorian. There it is, very well defined eye, that storm a category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. It is still unclear exactly where the storm will make landfall. Right now it is projected to hit melbourne, florida on tuesday and then go up the coastline, but that could change and it is a large slow storm. So we shou...

Floodwaters everywhere, like this one in brunswick county. It is not over yet. Some 1600 members of the National Guard have now been activated. A storm surge of up to 8 feet could hit some parts of the state, and right now, peak surges are happening in charleston, also in myrtle beach. Thats where police discovered this suv you see on your screen right now. This was abandoned near the shore line. Their jeep got stuck. Were happy to say the driver got out. Cnns brian todd is in charleston for us....

And their families. How america is breaking its promise to those who serve and sacrifice. But first, its a grim reminder of the power of hurricanes. Officials in the bahamas are bringing in more body bags, as search and rescue teams continue to dig through the rubble looking for survivors and victims of Hurricane Dorian. The storm devastated the northern islands, laying waste to entire neighborhoods, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless and wondering what is next. The death toll stands a...

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...