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To shore. well have to keep watching it. not for florida but for the carolina coast. also heres the wind speed coming up here. anywhere that you saw white, those were all 100 mile-per-hour gusts. well keep you posted. >> i think the important thing for south carolina, chad, and youll agree on this, is it doesnt have to make a direct landfall for it to have a serious impact. its going to get close enough where that storm surge and those winds particularly in the low country and places like charle...

Hurricane from all angles. patrick oppmann is in the devastated town of freeport, bahamas. and derek van dam is in jensen beach, florida, along the states east coast. first i want to hear from pedram javaheri on the storms path. pedram, hi. just talk us through whats happening right now. >> robyn, its still a menacing storm system. as you said, it is a category 2, 110 miles per hour at this hour with the storm system. notice the eye, the symmetry, that organization that was in place the last cou...

>> reporter: what was the last thing your wife said to you? >> im not going -- i think im going to die. and i said, no, youre not. and that was it. she took a little mouthful of water, and that was it. >> take a look at these before and after satellite images. before the storm on the left. after on the right. so much of the bahamas is now covered by water. an estimated 60%, leaving tens of thousands struggling to survive. patrick oppmann there with more. >> reporter: finally after days of being ...

Rescue crews can get on the ground. >> john, the video from the bahamas, from abacos island is just shock. theres not a single patch of land there that seems its survived. homes are ruined, cars are ruined and of course youve heard these heart breaking stories of people who have lost their lives. and what patrick oppmann was saying where he was, he doesnt think the death toll has been counted there yet. so were waiting for crews to get there today and give us a real assessment of the damage that...

Landed and we witnessed them i think putting persons in there. for the most part, i think they are taking out the injured persons. we have no information on why theyre here or what persons theyre taking out. but we have seen that. and theyre still circling around as well. >> sharon, i wish you strength and be careful in the days ahead and well keep in touch with you. >> thank you so much. take care. >> thank you, sharon. as we said, freeport is getting hit. we talked with patrick oppmann. hes no...

The other side where this white house is, but some people, the water just took them, and those are the only people that got to make it over there. some people didnt get to make it. >> reporter: those horrifying scenes were playing again and again across the bahamas. with the scale of destruction now coming to light, haunting images showing hurricane dorians dangerous power as it now takes aim at the u.s. coastline. patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, bahamas. >> thanks, patrick, for that. cnn is mon...

Need assistance, there is no relief in sight. patrick opponentma patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport. >> theres the situation for the bahamas. want to bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam in stewart, florida and nick valencia. lets talk about the big concern for florida now, the likely storm surges, the flooding, how bad could this be and just how prepared are the residents of stewart for this? >> reporter: well, if they havent evacuated yet its too late, rosemary. in fact, the shelters, the evac...

Unprecede unprecedented. >> many homes, businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. there is an extraordinary amount of flooding and damage to infrastructure. >> so far grand bahama island has been getting the worst of dorian. cnn patrick oppmann has been there in the resort town of freeport. >> reporter: it has been hours now that hurricane dorian has been battering the island of grand bahama. and still the winds continue to rise. gusts of wind, hurricane force w...

Home. some people had to break through their roofs to climb out of their homes. and the sense here is that things have completely broken down. the cell phone service is spotty at best. trek l e electricity is out. it is a dire situation. but until the airport opens and the government is able to bring in boats with resources and supplies, its not clear how the situation can improve or when there can be a wide-scale search and rescue effort. so for the moment, even as the weather slowly clears, pe...

Dave, christine? >> patrick oppmann, thank you for that. mandatory evacuation orders following dorians new track expanding up the east coast into north and south carolina. ahead of the storm, the charlotte motor speedway has opened its camp grounds to hurricane evacuees. >> we figured why go back, why dont we just go over to charlotte and hang out there instead of riding it out. >> hopefully if we can help provide them with a place to stay, then that gets them started in the right direction. >> ...