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Meanwhile, a grim and sobering scene in the bahamas. officials raising the death toll from hurricane dorian to 30 but with thousands of people still missing, they know that number will rise. body bags, coolers, morticians now being transported to abaco and other hard-hit areas. patrick oppmann on the ground in the bahamas with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, we are in the small town of high rock on grand bahama island, or what i should say was the town of high rock. look at the devastatio...

Dave, christine. >> patrick oppmann, thanks. breaking overnight. robert mugabe has died at the age of 95. his passing was announced by the current president. his complicated legacy includes transforming into an authoritarian in later years. >> reporter: good morning, dave. youre absolutely right. a complicated legacy. he is a man who was known as a liberator. he put his life on the line. spent ten years in jail. his son from his first marriage di died, wasnt allowed to bury him. hes also remem...

The minister says the final death toll will be, in his words, huge. high rock and grand bahama island, those are two areas hardest-hit. no one could see the level of duction there until now. cnns patrick oppmann brings us this exclusive report. >> reporter: were in the town of high rock or what used to be. this is the clinic. it has been leveled by hurricane dorians category 5 winds that came screaming through here. theres people that say the ababcos, different islands, received the worst damage...

Missing, they know that number will rise. body bags, coolers, morticians now being transported to abaco. patrick oppmann on the ground in the bahamas with more. >> reporter: dave and christine, we are in the small town of high rock on grand bahama island or what i should say was the town of high rock. look at the devastation here. this was the local town hospital. the clinic. and its gone. beaten down to the ground which hurricane dorians category 5 winds. we are only about an hour from freeport...

The east. weve had over 20 tornado reports in just the last couple of days from this storm alone and unfortunately this is going to continue for the rest of the day. >> allison chinchar, thank you so much. the grim scene in the bahamas. officials raising the official death toll from hurricane dorian to 30. with thousands still missing, they know the number will rise. body bags, morticians and coolers headed to abaco islands. patrick oppmann is there on the ground with are more. >> reporter: da...

Ever to hit the islands. >> those poor communities there bracing themselves for those losses. in its wake, look at those pictures. complete destruction. homes crumbled. concrete walls leveled. one telling cnn its like an atomic bomb went off. patrick oppmann, hes been on the ground bringing us a vision of the power and destruction of this hurricane all week. patrick, goodness. im looking where youre standing right now. tell us what that tells you about the force of this storm. >> reporter: you k...

Of what they already had. north carolina, virginia, likely going to be the spots for the heaviest rain today. but its not the only areas. later on tonight, boston, heartfield and portland also likely to get some rain in the outer bands. >> the whole east coast getting some experience of this storm it seems. all right, to the bahamas now where officials say prepare for unimaginable information about the death toll and human suffering. the abacos islands, one of the hardest hit places from doria...

Like so many bahamians, they are waiting for that assistance to come. patrick oppmann, cnn, the town of high rock, on grand bahama island. the main priority now for the bahamas is search and rescue. the coast guard have rescued more than 200 people since dorian hit the islands. the coast guard said its will be continuing its air operations. the other story were following this day, the death of the founding father. robert mugabe has tied and we have a look at the legacy and the impact on that n...

Water just carried me away. we didnt know where we were going. it only could have been super natural. >> we are so glad you are here. >> its a pleasure. thank god. >> not everybody was so lucky in this community. they have lost a lot of people, there are many more missing and people are still reeling from what they say was a once-in-a-lifetime storm. >> that was a remarkable story. what the gentleman describes as a miracle and the devastation we can see over your shoulder. keep your the fine wor...

Into a terminal. if anybody was here, i dont know how they would have survived. ive seen a lot of damage on this island. this is the absolute most devastated area ive seen so far. it will be impossible for anybody who was injured or just wants to get off the island to leave from here. aid will not be able to come in to this part of the airport, into this airport at all because its just a debris field now. so if help is going to come, its going to have to come through some other way. boats, anoth...