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>> in costco, a man walked into a costco looking for generators and bought them and sent them to the bahamas. a 10-year-old boy reunited with his relatives after being separated during the hurricane. many families are hoping for similar outcomes but fearing the worst. cnns patrick oppmann is on the ground for us. he has been on the grand bahama island. >> reporter: dave and christine, for the first time u.s. coast guard helicopters and airplanes have begun conducting flights on the island of g...

Boats, another airfield, but this is really the only -- this is the only airfield for this island and it is in utter ruins. so that terminal that we gained access to was one of the domestic terminals. we tried to visit two other terminals that were still standing but had been in floodwaters for days and at one of the term signals which is for flights to and from the united states, we were told that it was simply too dangerous to enter, that nobody has been in there to do a damage assessment just...

No >> now, we just saw there in patrick oppmanns report the total devastation at freeports airport in the bahamas, clearly unable to receive planes at this time, although the international terminal is still standing but damaged from flooding. whats your organizations plans right now for getting aid deliveries in for those most in need? >> well, youve put your finger on just the biggest challenge that were facing right now. these are two islands that were incredibly hard hit. theres widespread fl...

The clock is ticking for those in the bahamas waiting for crucial aid like food, water, baby supplies, batteries, and medicine. but heavy damage to the airport is, of course, complicating this entire situation. cnns patrick oppmann got an exclusive look at whats left of the airport in freeport. >> -- going to point the camera over here. look at this. thats a wheel. this is the underside of a plane. this is whats left of the wing. you think of the force required to throw a plane from the runway i...

They are turning away private sea craft, private boats because theres too much debris. there has to be an assessment before they can open up the waters. the u.s. coast guard and navy are helping with that. the airport is a disaster. some buildings, as you saw were totally torn apart. planes were strewn around, several pieces of them. whole planes flipped. there were two others still standing but in the water for days. and one of the terminals was open. we peaked inside and the security guard sai...

View of some of the damage there in the abacos, miles and miles of what was a tropical paradise has been reduced to rubble. incredible aerial shots there. and the airport in freeport is still closed. just one look at damage there, of course, explains why. the death toll in the bahamas now stands at 20 and that is expected to rise. well, cnns patrick oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport. coming up, our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charles...

Like the whole bahamas has been destroyed, and thats not the case. but the really terribly affected areas are completely destroyed. and its horrendous. >> i mean, patrick oppmanns report, where we saw the airport completely destroyed. the only reason that your teams can get in is because theyre on sea planes. >> because theyre on seaplanes, with the navy marines, literally trained for this exact purpose. you cant -- everyones offering me planes, because i was the plane girl during puerto rico. b...

Of 70 miles an hour on land here, an enormous amount of rain, in some cases up to 3 inches an hour. they could get 15 to 20 inches of rain in charleston over the next 12 hours and there is concern about flooding. high tide comes about 1:00. if that tide reaches 10 feet as is forecast, that would mean several feet of water in some parts of this city. there are emergency flash flood warnings in effect, and we are watching the storm very closely as it moves up past charleston, and it could make lan...

>> the eye of the storm is expected to move close to the coast of south carolina today and then move near over over the coast of carolina tonight. and as carolina residents brace for the storm dorians death toll in the bahamas has now jumped to 20, and as you look at pictures there, this probably doesnt come as a surprise. people there still desperately need in need of aid. entire neighborhoods destroyed, homes turned to rubble and the only international airport on the island of grand bahama com...

That is really a challenge for this island because on an isolated island like this one, the airport is a vital link to the rest of the world. that is how aid can come in. that is how people and many people we have seen have injuries that need to be medivaced now. that is how they would leave and right now although we are told cleanup crews will begin work at the airport very soon, it is a priority to open up the airport, it doesnt seem like thats going to happen very soon. it certainly wont be s...