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>> reporter: you to wish they were moving quicker? >> yes, i wish they move quicker. >> reporter: and tell me what you need here. what are the priorities? >> a lot of people have lost most of their clothes, water, need food and you know, basic stuff right now. >> patrick ottman, thank you for telling all of these stories. you have just done phenomenal work this past week. we are hearing more from those who battle dorian as they fought for their lives. let me show you a picture in the is adrian f...

Left of the airport to just get supplies. the prime minister says an estimated 60% of those homes there have been destroyed and cnns patrick ottman has been in the bahamas throughout the storm and has the very latest. patrick, just these stories that youve been telling, what more are you hearing today? >> reporter: hey, brook, so many more things. we just had a coast guard helicopter literally behind us. and theyve hovered for maybe five minutes, very, very low. lower than i thought they really ...

Patrick ottman, cnn, grand bahama island. >> such an incredible amount of devastation, it is hard to comprehend. if you would like to help the victims of the storm, head to our special impact your world website. there, youll find a list of aid organizations working to help those devastated. the address cnn.com/impact. the center of hurricane dorian is brushing the north carolina coast at this moment. the storm has already produced several tornadoes in the area like this waterspout in emerald isl...

Man-0-war. it essentially sat over the islands and churned for two days, hitting that island chain with a great deal of power and rain. some areas in the bahamas have been cut off since that storm passed through. high rock and on grand bahama isle, for instance, no one could get there to see the level of destruction until now. our patrick ottman shows us whats left behind in this exclusive report. >> were only about an hour from freeport, but it took us much longer to get here, driving around de...

Rationing food. you lost power, cell phone service for a while. >> yes. >> no where to go. >> i have the i had to stand on the beach to find a tower to get service. where we are we are blocked off on every side. the roads are flooded we cant get past without a high level vehicle. we cant get food or water our rations are getting low. were trying to signal any nema helicopters are flying. >> our colleague, patrick ottman who has been reporting on freeport throughout the storm said that he doesn h...

And something more than that it could be. >> they had been updated at least 15 times. its against the law to knowingly issue or publish a false weather forecast though right now both fema noaa are not saying. >> my colleagues are telling us that in afternoon the president summoned the fox news white house reporter to the oval office to convince him he was right about the claim about alabama after edin criticized op the air and even in an email that that reporter sent to colleagues saying the pre...

Mind-set of these people and why they want to leave charleston. its a little bit unlike the people in florida who many say i can ride this out. in south carolina, in charleston, theyve had so many experiences with bad hurricanes. also in recent years. this is going to be basically the third punishing hurricane to hit this place in three years and theyre wondering how much more they can take here. >> brian todd in charleston, south carolina, thanks so much. i want to go back to the bahamas to pat...

Thank you very much, jake. >> i appreciate it. and there is breaking news now from the bahamas where the death toll from hurricane dorian is rising. the minister of health telling the "washington post" that at least 20 people in the bahamas have been killed because of the strongest storm ever to hit the bahamas in recorded history. 17 of the deaths in the abcos islands and three in grand bahama island. that number expected to go even higher as crews and volunteers race against the clock to try t...

You know -- >> more than 20 coast guard cutters are conducting rescue efforts in the bahamas. theyve saved 19 people. patrick ottman on the ground in freeport. >> reporter: dave, christine, hurricane dorian continues to batter grand bahama hour after hour. you would think this storm would quit, but so far it is not showing any signs of easing up on this island where people have lost roofs, theyve had their cars submerged, under water. there is the fear here that people here could have lost their...

I have to tell you, we may not be able to get a live shot from patrick ottman, but if we do, it will be incredible. he will experience the 165-mile-an-hour winds which is where we are right now. gusts to 200. that wind is going to come from the north and then its going to go calm. you can see the stars in the sky from that center of the eye zero in and then on the back side, 180, 165 at this point-mile-an-hour winds coming from the other direction. so no matter how you slice it with an island, y...