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>> tell you the truth, i kind of feel lost. lost everything, you know? just look, you know, totally different. you never expect anything like this, honestly. >> for so many here, all they have left are the things they carry. >> and patrick oppmann joins us again. we dont know whats undernaet the rubble. we dont know that happened to hundreds, dozens of paeeople. we know people are trying to get off those islands and to the united states. theyre being restricted to travel. theyre being told to fl...

Now, on its website u.s. customs and border protection says visas are not required for bahamian residents flying to the united states. they also meet other criteria like a passport and no criminal record. president trump has been asked to waive visa requirements for evacuees. patrick oppmann has traveling to an area just destroyed. what did you see? >> reporter: good morning again, john. here in freeport, yes, theres still no power or water. but things are slowly getting better. we are seeing fo...

The storm has been found. there has never been a storm like dorian before here. >> from 1962, i ran out every storm here. >> would you ride out the next storm? >> no. i tell my daughter, when i hear a storm coming now, with the help of the good lord, i will pack up and get as far as i can from here. >> reporter: dorian has scarred the bahamas and bahamians forever. patrick oppmann, cnn, grand bahama island >> there is a massive aid effort under way now in the bahamas. and to talk more about that...

As bodies are still being recovered. u.s. coast guard helicopters hovering low, residents say, usually means another victim of the storm has been found. there has never been a storm like dorian before here. >> from 1962, i ride out every storm here. >> would you ride out the next storm? >> no. i tell my daughter, i say when i hear a storm coming now, by the help of the good lord, ill pack up and get as far the hell as i could from here. >> again, patrick oppmann reporting there. coming up, tha...

Find. this after dorian left the islands in total ruin. the storm killed 43 people there. but that number is expected to rise. some on the island who lost everything are now scramble to go try to escape. just take a look at that image. the united states says it has evacuated more than 1,400 people to the state of florida so far. one of the evacuees spoke with cnn about what theyre dealing with. >> the roof caved in. the wall caved in. it was flooded. it was awful. but im here. i made it. >> one ...

Job. it will take probably a couple of weeks to do it. >> would there be environmental concerns? >> well, youre always concerned about any kind of fuel leakage, and particularly, as i say, theres 4,000-plus vehicles inside. all of them have a small amount of gasoline. but i think the point is no one has seen any fuel leaking from the vessel, which would indicate it didnt hit anything. whatever happened happened quickly and happened internally. >> peter goelz, r y>> many thanks, ana. now to the...

Have been able to do that and that is why when youre in marsh harbour, it was like a ghosttown. it was my colleague patrick oppmann who just reported from freeport saying its eerily quiet and thats whats haunting when you get there. other thing, of course, is the devastation and absolutely complete and total and even the vegetation, ana, it looks like its been incinerated. it is literally difficult to behold the destruction of this storm when you see it. through all of that, as you were saying w...

Morgues set up to handle the bodies when theyre eventually found. so far 43 people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to go up, way up as the search for victims continues hundreds of people who stayed in the path of hurricane dorian are still missing. now this is what the coastal town of marsh harbor looks like right now, but its this level of complete destruction across much of the bahamas. thousands of homes are just flattened, entire neighborhoods wiped away and now people on the ...

Hospital and essentially hitchhiking and then you meet people who have lost family members and mentally, they need help of another kind and theyre so far not getting it. >> thank you for your report, patrick and i know you worked tirelessly to share the stories of the people who were impacted by this horrific hurricane. well check back with you. the town of marsh harbour in the bahamas took a direct hit from hurricane dorian, nothing is left standing or vifrtually nothing. it covers the island l...

Of gunshots or shots being fired at planes. our patrick oppmann is listening and says those rumors have not been substantiated. were going to check on that reporting. i think the people in the bahamas are really grateful for any kind of aid that makes its way in and hopefully those rumors will end about any planes being shot at until anything like that can be substantiated. thank you so much for joining us. scott plakon, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me on. >> you heard, patrick, ...