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Enough, essentially its like multiple hurricanes making landfall, right? if you get that outer eye wall or certainly the inner eye wall raking across most of the coastline, instead of punching in. we are not thinking thats going to happen, but were thinking its going to get close enough where the hurricane-force winds and the tropical storm-force winds extend into the coastline of florida. >> thank you so much. >> we do, again, know that the storm made its second landfall on grand bahama island....

Been under the gun all day long, emergency rescue workers have not been able to get to them, because of this wind, because of the storm surge. so we are hearing on people that are waiting on the roofs for rescue. people who have had to cut a hole to get out of their house. people whose homes have been completely flooded and have of rescue at this moment just because it is so dangerous to try move around on this island with dorian overhead. some good news, though, the coast guard has sent a rescu...

There were people who said they were going to ride out the storm there. you wonder how they are doing and as well the people under the category-five eye of this hurricane and have been there for hours. you can only imagine what that has been like. dorian has devastated parts of the bahamas, and the sad thing is this powerful storm is not done with the bahamas just yet. >> patrick oppmann there in freeport. please, be safe to you and your crew hunkering down on that third floor apartment. well co...

Weather center. look at the image of freeport, what i saw with my laymans eye, the eye seems to be right on it. thats when its not as bad, meaning are they going to get worse? >> the eye is 20 miles east of freeport right now. they are in the eyewall. they arent as bad as it will get, they are probably 120 miles an hour and headed to 140 before the eastern eyewall passes over. this is what it looks like from space right now. this the visible slight. maybe you cant from the tv but i can. you can ...

Of saturdays mass shooting. in the coming days, it will sweep up the southeastern coast seven people murdered, 22 others of the united states, just 40 to injured. among injured a 17-month-old 50 miles offshore. that is close enough to thrash little girl. the shoreline with winds as high much more on her and all the victims ahead. as 100 miles an hour. lets begin this morning off the evacuation orders are in effect coast of california. the latest on that coast guard for millions of coastal areas ...

Island and cnns patrick oppmann is there in freeport. >> reporter: the weather here in freeport is gradually deteriorating as hurricane these are avas shoulders. dorian moves off the nearby island of abaco and heads this they square off, hold firm, direction to the island where we bear it all. are, grand bahama, and we are this is her physical therapist, who lends his strength, to hers. sensing winds picking up, more rain coming, and that is just these are avas shoulders, now stronger than ever....

Consistently overhead there in the bahamas. >> i think one sound no one should hear is the sound of the building youre in creeking, the structure actually creeking. thats what patrick had to deal with overnight. erica, thank you very much. stand by. were here in jensen beach, the wind passing over us. well speak with rick scott, governor for a long time, he dealt with hurricanes. well get more on how the state of florida plans to deal with daern next. usaa took care of her car rental, and gettin...

Endure this for over 24 hours. >> john, its devastating. its one thing to get those conditions in and out, its another thing to get those conditions for 30 hours or more, 36 hours. its devastating. think about 165-mile-an-hour winds now, 185 before prolonged for a day, then starting to see rainfall continue to accumulate. 30" possible in some places. in the other part, storm surge. the forecast there 18, maybe 23 feet of storm surge. water, water everywhere. such a dangerous situation, not only ...

And this is a storm for the history books. hurricane dorian is going to hit the bahamas in a way that this island chain has never experienced. it is going to hit the bahamas harder than any hurricane ever has before. patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. >> and from the bahamas we have now caseton pinder with us, a fisherman in the spanish wells. thank you again for being with us. >> good to be here. >> caseton, we do understand youre among the lucky ones. you went through this storm in a...

Miles in six hours. it just has stopped. the one good thing ive noticed on the past couple of frames. maybe im wishful thinking. the white is leaving, the white cloud tops, now were into grays and blacks, which means the storm is losing some intensity. why would that happen? epa though the eye is clear, youre getting the water around freeport to be colder. the hurricane has used it already, the heat. youre mixing it up from the bottom. so it may not be 88 degrees anymore. we may be 78 degrees. t...