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Intensifying. >> this is going to be one of the biggest ever -- >> sadly, as we reported a moment ago, at least five people on that island have lost their lives. i spoke with chef jose andres who has an organization called world central kitchen. he worked in houston during harvey. he really kind of perfected it, sadly, in the aftermath of the hurricane on the devastation in puerto rico. i speak to him a few moments ago. jose, youre in the bahamas now and rode out the storm from there. what was i...

It doesnt move at all. its staying on grand bahama island and the bad part, the strongest winds around the eye wall are the strongst winds and they have been battering the island all day long. >> this is a dumb question but why does a hurricane just stall over an island? >> its squeezed in between two areas of high pressure. there is no steering current for this storm to move. that should change, though, by the time we get into tomorrow. thats when the storm is expected to pick up a little bit o...

So explain what weve just learned. whats the latest? >> the latest information, the only change is the winds came down from 145 to 140. doesnt matter. its still a strong category four stationary. this storm is sitting over grand bahama island and sitting there since yesterday when it impacted the west ever so slowly sitting stationary. if you can imagine, its hard to believe the fact that a storm this powerful is not moving, anderson. >> how long is it likely to stay over the bahamas? is there a...

How strong the winds will ultimately be. the storm surge and rain and you can see still a sliver of florida within that cone of uncertainty so the really not completely out of the woods yet. most of the models carry it just offshore but even then with hurricane forced winds extending 45 miles from the center, youre still going to be getting hurricane forced winds on shore and could have a major hurricane category three by the time tuesday into wednesday rolls around and then keep in mind how vul...