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It certainly wouldnt be soon enough for the very residents desperate situations here on the island of grand bahama. patrick oppmann, freeport in the bahamas. >> remarkable work from patrick. tweeting from nassau in the bahamas. thanks for joining us. i know your team in there includes some water, a doctor, a couple of water purification experts. talk to us about what youre trying to do first here using some solar powered generators, trying to get some light and power there, also trying to get so...

Air conditioners pulled out from their homes. tossed upside down. it is just an absolute mess. an absolute mess. and when they see that, when you see the debris and you witness that for yourself, you realize how lucky people felt to come out of this storm alive. >> and it is amazing to consider what was then a category 5 hurricane was over the abacos and grand bahama for almost two days. pounding the area relentlessly with winds and rain for hours and hours. freeport took a beating, especially t...

Patrick oppmann has the story on the grand bahama island. >> reporter: dave and christine, for the first time u.s. coast guard helicopters and airplanes have begun flights over the island of grand bahama. this is inkretd continue bring problems. people are short on water, food, we need more generators brought in because theres no power on the entire island. we drove out to the airport today. we were able to get there. we tried the day before and it was impossible but many of the roads have begun...

The mud. its in a low lying poorer neighborhood. it got swept by a tremendous storm surge. the whole neighborhood, very large area of the city, is just wiped out. its like football fields of rubble. >> people everywhere stepping forward to help. in freeport a volunteer looks for a owner of a dog and others rescued a stranded family. in jacksonville, florida, a good samaritan walked into a costco and purchased 100 generators all at a cost of $45,000. theres this emotional moment captured by c...

The airport there which will be such an area of need because they need to get planes in, the airport in freeport and grand bahama island has been devastated. we will check in with patrick oppmann in the bahamas very shortly. but first lets get the latest forecast in the track of this storm from allison chinchar in the weather center. >> so lets take a look at what we know right now. still sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. that is a category 3 storm. we have started to notice that forward mo...

And my next guest is the director of communications for mercy corps and joins me now from nassau. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you. >> 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 tourism sign terminal is apparently still standing though damaged from flooding. whats your organizations plans right now for getting aid deliveries in for those m...

Is in charge, that is a huge statement. youre feeling that as a reporter there with resources. i know cnn prepares you well when you go into situations like this. for the average, you know, citizen on the island, they must be getting to a point of hopelessness or despair if they dont even know who is in charge let alone who is coming to help. >> reporter: we have heard some reports of looting. not confirmed by the police because i have yet to see the police here. its a rough situation getting ro...

People without power in south carolina. that is a lot of people. and we dont know how long that will go for. >> yeah. >> and how long it will take for them to fix everything. our derek van dam bringing us that live report. derek, get into the shelter, get warm and get dry and well talk to you again very soon. well, for two days, dorians category 5 winds of relentless rains devastated grand bahama island. the airport in freeport is usually one of the busiest in the country. and one of the main ...

Cnns patrick oppmann there on the island of the grand bahama island. >> reporter: dave and christine, for the first time u.s. coast guard helicopters and have conducted flights over the island of grand bahama island. thats encouraging because up until now theres been no assistance from the outside world to this isolated island. theres so much need here right now. people are running short on water, on food. we need more generators brought in because theres still no power on the entire island. so ...

Addition to the heavy rain and the gusty winds out there. right now youve got a handful of them. this is expected to go on off and on today. but the biggest threat is going to be the flooding both from the rain coming down as well as storm surge. you can see the map here savannah looking at 4 to 7 feet. wilmington also 4 to 7 feet. but this area from charleston up to myrtle pitbeach is 5 to 8 fe. the other concern is the rainfall. widespread amounts 4 to 6 inches but some areas picking up 10, 12...