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High, that will cover most of this island. water has already covered islands that were off the coast that is much more low-lying. there are people who said they were going to ride out the storm there. you just wonder how they are doing. as well the people that are under the category 5 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 ju...

Wolf? >> miguel, thank you. miguel marquez, also on the scene for us. tonight, at least five people are dead in the bahamas, as hurricane dorian keeps thrashing the island nation. cnns patrick oppmann is in freeport, for us, right now. patrick, dorian first hit as a category 5 and its still very, very powerful tonight. >> reporter: yes, its still a category 4 and we are still getting battered here, nearly 48 hours after dorian first hit the bahamas. its been a full day of this year in grand baha...

Warnings for sure. martin savidge at vero beach, thank you very much. as winds windy as it is here, i nothing to what they have been enduring in the bahamas as dorian just inches at this glacial pace over the islands. it moved so slowly. patrick oppmann has been in freeport. weve had communications with him on and off for hours. moments ago he filed this report. >> while the wind and the rain just will not stop, it has been hours of this. late last night, early this morning, first the power went...

Live in this area. so the prime minister of the bahamas on friday implored the people to listen to the government warnings and get out of the path. but this window is now basically closed at this point. people will have to shelter in place if they are not already in the refuge, and certainly the time to buy supplies and get gas and water has passed, because this hurricane is coming here, and if you are an island like this one where the airport has been closed and now it is too dangerous the leav...

Later in the week. we dont know when exactly that will happen. so for many, many bahamians, theyre on their own, and the only option they have is to try to ride out the most dangerous storm of their lifetimes. >> wow. thats quite the warning. all right. patrick oppmann, you stay safe as well. well check back with you. still ahead, we take you to vero beach, florida, and talk to a storm chacer following hurricane dorians path next. there you are, mom! thats you? that does kinda look like our fa...

Emergency areas. if people are being taken by water, its the most dangerous situation you can imagine in a powerful hurricane like this one. so people say they are as prepared as they can. about 3,000 people in shelters here on the island of grand bahama. thats not a very large number for this island all in all. and the fear is that many people here, as well, have remained in this low-lying area which will flood. >> oh, my goodness. dire situation. this is a powerful category 5. and as jennifer ...

The impacts florida will have. thats why a lot of officials are nervous. you dont want to wait too long to evacuate people. you want everybody to be safe. heres the latest hurricane forecast track. we know its shifted a little farther to the west over the last 12 to 24 hours. thats definitely of concern. here ooh is the storm surge. 18 to 23 feet in the bahamas. and then you can see along the florida coast with the data we have now, of course, that subject to change depending how close this stor...

There were islands that didnt have a single tree left and were all sort of mentally preparing ourselves for whats going to kampf becaucome becausg to take a long time to pass. >> patrick oppmann in the bahamas. thank you so much. and now we go melbourne. its the calm before the storm. whats happening out there? >> reporter: it can be deceiving. weve been out here for five days. this is the most people on the beach in five days. the reason, people want to check out the waves. atypical for this ...

Call now, fred, to evacuate people out of florida. its still several days away, but yu cant wait too long with this storm because its go ing to be on their doorstep in a matter of days. >> right. so many past instances show if you wait too late, youve got millions of people on the road at one time, and you cant do it. youve got to do it in phases like this well ahead of time. jennifer gray, thank you so much. appreciate it. hurricane dorian made landfall on elbow kay on abdbaco island. patrick o...

Of 20 feet. the highest point on this island is 340 fe0 feet. coming this time tomorrow, most of the island where im standing will be under water, ana. >> just hearing from the bahamian prime minister saying were facing a hurricane weve never seen in the bahamas, please pray for us. patrick oppmann, well be thinking of you. well be checking back here in the next hour. there will be a vigil for the seven victims gunned down in yet another senseless mass shooting here in america. brooke baldwin ...