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You can contact the red cross, salvation army, or team rubicon, just a few of the many organizations already providing disaster relief in the bahamas. the websites are on our screen right now. any little bit you can do certainly helps. now lets turn to a live look at wilmington, north carolina. we are tracking dorian. this thing isnt over. it is now battering the carolina coast. this hour, some hours could see up to 15 inches of rain. up next, president trump defending his use of a doctored hurr...

Carolinas where it could make landfall as a category 2 storm leaving devastation behind in the bahamas as rescue crews work around the clock searching for survivors. senior meteorologist janice dean tracking dorians new path, businesses are boarding up, griff jenkins has more on the threat in daytona beach. >> the threat of storm surge and heaviest bands coming to daytona this morning into the early afternoon. we are here with the sheriff of volusia county. >> we take you down beach street, one ...

Complete team coverage, tracking dorian now, aishah hasnie is in south carolina. griff jenkins is in daytona beach, florida where the governor is warning no one is in the clear just yet. >> reporter: that is right. what they are worried about is storm surge and flooding. near daytona the international speedway, the beach just over the bridge and the river about to crest that runs parallel to the ocean. we have the sheriff of volusia county. are you ready for this. have you seen flooding yet? >> ...

There the east coast is preparing for the worst. our meteorologist janice dean is tracking dorians path and joins us now. janice? janice: new advisory coming out in minutes. we will make sure have you that take a look at what we have right now. the storm is just offshore of florida about 90 miles due east of daytona beach. cacan you see tropical storm force winds already escaping the coast line. we have had wind gusts 50, 60 miles per hour. here is the future radar, we expect the storm to come v...

Dumps foot after foot of rain. >> the severe flooding. and we fear for the lives of many. >> the bahamas prime minister says help is on the way. stresses hes never seen such a powerful storm. >> its disheartening. its as if were fighting war. with the enemy having all the weapons at its disposal. and we have nothing. hopeless. the only thing we have is god. so we can pray. >> wow. it is remarkable seeing the pictures. dorian is churning at a snails pace. forecast ers expect it is going to get da...

Above. its difficult to predict exactly what will happen along the coast. >> we need to know the steering current. maybe a thousand miles away. >> forecasters use the data and sources like weather balloons and satellite to track slow moving dorian and analyzing new information at it comes in. the slightest shift in course could be the difference between dodging danger or disaster. the work continues as the powerful eye of dorian sets sights on the east coast. >> alex, certainly a dangerous job. ...

>> dorian baring down on the bahamas at this hour. and were getting an extraordinary look inside the eye of the storm. from a group of brave enough to fly right into the beast itself. >> inside the cockpit of air force hurricane hunters scientists look dorian square in the eye. major is at the control. these air force and high flying weather stations travel through conditions. slicing through the eye wall of the hurricane. to determine the conditions at the heart of the storm. probes are dropped...

One direction to make sure there wasnt any gridlock. with the evacuation. were in the low country. when theres rain and the forecast, i have been talking to folks here in the downtown area. theyre saying flooding is a common problem. and just this past week alone, this area experienced king tide. where the tides were higher. there was coastal flooding already in the region. fortunately the tides have gone down. and we dont know where this storm is going to hit. but theyre saying there is potenti...

Well go straight to the bahamas. a category 3. thats the change this morning. its churning. its absolutely devastated the region. leaving five dead and 21 injured. celebrity chef says currently there in the bahamas. he told the "new york times" he is providing humanitarian relief making 10,000 witches. >> thats a huge effort for his to take under there. all as the u.s. is bracing for impact. dorian currently hovering 75 to 100 miles off the florida east coast. winds up to 140 miles per hour. tha...

>> we will not respond after hits of 50 miles per hour. we evaluate it at the time but generally 50 is the limit for us as far experienced flooding during matthew or irma in the last few years, they really should the governor has asked. and most everybody else who welcome back to "vels stays in town ought to hunker down and baton down the hatches and be ready. "velshi & ruhle." >> joining us from jensen beach, nasa has been tracking dorians florida, which is starting to path. as the category 2...