Now. In the car carolinas, the cities of charleston, myrtle beach and wilmington are still at risk of a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian. And this is really where the focus is now. In the wake of this historic storm theres near total destruction in the bahamas, just places wiped off the map by the winds, the flooding. Entire neighborhoods simply gone. So far seven people are dead. Of course the worry is as you look at that devastation there, that others lost their lives. Theyre just beginning to search for victims. The storm hovered over those islands for two Straight Days battering them with Hurricane Force winds of up to 200 miles an hour, tons of rain, that resulted in the flooding youre seeing right there. Survivors were scrambling through those waisthigh waters trying to get themselves and their pets and their loved ones to safety. Right now you have rescue teams moving in, racing against the clock because of all that flooding. Disaster relief organizations expect to find tens of
At this moment the eye of the storm is just off of cape lookout in North Carolina. Theres still the possibility the eye could make landfall, but even if it doesnt, theyre still concerned about life threatening storm surge and flash flooding. Overnight the storm did weaken to a category 1. But more than 340,000 people are without power this morning and that number is rising. Meanwhile, the official death toll in the bahamas has grown to 30. Officials expect they say that number to increase drastically in the coming days. Hundreds of people, maybe even thousands are still missing. The need for basics, food, water, medical supplies, everything is being hampered by limited access though only International Airport on grand bahama which is so badly damaged. You know what else is not going away . Sharp sharpiegate. It is not over. President trump appears to still be fixated on his claim that alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian. This morning the Washington Post is reporting that it was
Mass evacuations have been underway in the affected regions as the hurricane will deliver 110mileperhour winds, torrential rain, possibly even what they call tropical tornadoes. According to prediction models, dorians projected track has moved slightly inland now with a possible landfall in North Carolina by friday morning. While the hurricane has been downgraded to a category 2 storm, the diameter of the storm has actually expanded as it creeps up along the eastern seaboard. We are also getting a clearer picture of the extent of devastation wreaked by dorian in the Northern Islands of the bahamas. Thats where the death toll has now officially reached 20. It is also expected to rise according to the minister of health there. The storm struck as a category 5 hurricane before slowing to a virtual stand still over those islands for almost two days. It wasnt until this morning that grand bahama island issued an all clear notice. For the second day, rescuers there continued their efforts to
Seven counties are still under evacuation, but disney is open, one sign of change. Florida officials confirming the second florida death, a man died while trimming trees in preparations for dorian. The storm killed at least seven in the bahamas with that number very likely to spike as the storm surge recedes for the islands. The morning did bring some mercy. The storm no longer sitting over the bahamas. But the damage, you can see some of it there, hard to comprehend. Harder to stomach. Entire neighborhoods submerged. Runways still under water, which means planes cannot land and supplies have been more than slow to reach the island. Volunteer rescue crews plucked dozens of people out of the water overnight, but they worry there are many more. They simply cannot get to. My brother was clinging on to a tree. He made it out safe but we were unable to locate his wife at the moment. How many people are still out there, do you think . A dozen more. A lot. A lot of people we cant even find at
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