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Destructive waves. patrick ottman is live for us in freeport, bahamas, with the latest. patrick? >> reporter: good morning, again. grand bahamas getting lashed by the hurricane strength winds all night long. this is what we have heard in the dark here because much if not all of this island is without power. it is a haunting and frankly terrifying scene. im just going to step out of the way. cameraman is going to show you how the hurricane is whipping around the very tall pines. these are pine tr...

Continue on all day into tomorrow. for so many people help is not coming for several days. they are going to have to ride it out. >> patrick ottman, stay safe. eerie calm in coastal florida as dorian inches closer. tolls suspended now to assist evacuation orders in effect for palm beach, martin, saint lucy, saint martin. volusia. martin county warning a near miss or devastation, both possibilities. >> we are within 20 miles of an apocalyptic hurricane coming ashore on the treasure coast. if it...

Apathy and play games with. this is a storm that we want all of our residents to not be on the road, lock down, be ready and lets ride out this storm. >> reporter: be ready, your plans needed to be made already. stay safe over the next few days. mayor, thank you very much for being with us. you please stay safe as well. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much, john. >> reporter: all right, were getting periodic communication with patrick ottman who was in freeport on grand ba hahama. patrick, wha...

Withstand many things but never anything like this. >> chilling. storm surges are still expected to lift water levels as high as 18 to 23 feet above normal producing large and destructive waves. patrick ottman live for us from freeport, bahamas, with the latest. hi, patrick. >> reporter: yeah. conditions are just getting worse and worse. were getting beat around here by the winds and you look out in this city and there are almost no lights. we lost power last night so you imagine for thousands o...

Damage. it is absolutely impossible, guys, to go out and see what has taken place here because the winds are so strong. we are very concerned about that storm surge. over 20 feet we are expected to see here, 20 feet of storm surge probably by the end of today. its a terrifying thought because there are islands around us where people live that are just about sea level. there are people there who said they were going to brave out the storms on the islands. people here on coastal parts of the islan...

Under water. >> patrick ottman, appreciate it. thanks so much. an eerie calm in coastal florida as dorian moves forward. evacuation orders in effect for palm beach, martin, saint lucy, indian river, voe lulusia. following the path of hurricane matthew from 2016. martin county sheriffs warning a near miss or devastation, both possibilities. >> we r within 20 miles of an apocalyptic hurricane coming to shore on the coast. if it does what the models are predicting, we will be okay. if on the othe...

And reported worse damage but its just a terrifying scene. you dont have power. you dont know when youre going to get it back. this is a hurricane that is moving so slowly and it just gets stronger as it inches closer and closer to us. and its really stalled out over us. so it is a worst case scenario. you have a category 5 that is not moving hardly at all. basically at a walking pace. over a very low line of the bahamas. many houses here are at water level. others are just above it and were tal...

Much everything that we can talk about here with a tropical cyclone. the second strongest in the atlantic ever since 1980, that was 190. >> very concerning that its such a slow-moving storm. thank you very much. catastrophic damage is already being reported in the bahamas. >> everyone pray for us please. please pray for us. >> the first areas hit by the storm are devastated. dorian ripped the roof off this home. and storm surges are still expected to lift water levels as high as 18 to 23 feet ab...

Slowly off the coast there in the bahamas. appreciate you joining us. thank you. catastrophic damage is already being reported in the bahamas. >> everyone pray for us please. please pray for us. >> the first areas hit by the storm are devastated. dorian ripped the roof off of this dw-- >> this is probably the most sad and worst day of my life to address the bohemian people. i just want to say that as a physician ive been trained to withstand many things, but never anything like this. >> storm ...

All right quoting now the price you may pay for not evacuating is your life. that warning from the prime minister of the bahamas. hurricane dorian now a strong category 4. and its expected to slam into the northwestern part of the islands tomorrow. cnns patrick ottman is in free port. describe whats happening there. >> were seeing people making their final preparations, getting the last tank of gas, going to the store to buy whatever there is left. and there is not much here, fred, left on the s...