Per hour to get to a category two. It may not happen until it takes a turn around South Carolina or North Carolina. It is 75 miles off of the florida coast. The outer bands are causing all sorts of tigers are is very windy conditions. Again, does not look like it will go anywhere as far as making any impact with florida, but some bands are producing very heavy rain and also the surf that we are talking about, the storm surge is coming up. Cocoa beach is will escape canaveral certainly are right in there and some of these can produce storm activity. It looks like to eventually the steering currents should pick up in the next 2436 hours which would take it a little to the north. Right now, it is been stationary. It does look like it is beginning to make a little bit of a push to the north, northwest. It is a category three, going along the florida coast. Georgia, the South Carolina North Carolina. The closest, looks to be, would be South Carolina and North Carolina. It should weekend, bu
Activity and the wind haas picked up. Also orlando, day to i that beach, cocoa, cape n ca navral in on that. You can get gusts ath 50 miles per hour. Sit offshore and close enough that some of the impacts are now being felt. Storm surge as well. It does look like the track is going to take you to the north slowly. It should start to accelerate at 24 to 36 hours. The best opportunity for the high to get close enough would be South Carolina or north carolina. That is a couple of days away, you guys. Thank you, steve. As steve is just talking ant those outer bands already causing some severe weather. Hurricane dorian cons to cause historic destruction. Cocoa beach, florida. We can see a significant amount of wind there. Thats right. Good morning to you. We are standing on the beach here and you get a great look of the ocean why where you can see the waves are getting bigger and far more powerful. High tide is not for another three hours, but already the waves are coming right up to the tu
Recovered so far, of the 34 people presumed dead. The cause of that fire is still unknown. Reporter the process of identifying the victims and notifying families is underway very search efforts for survivors ended tuesday after labor day dive boat excursion of Southern California turns tragic. 39 on board, 33 passengers, six crew. But early monday morning a fire broke out, dropping those sleeping in bunks below deck, blocking, according to the sheriff, the one exit and escape hatch. 34 died in the inferno, 20 bodies recovered. Deputies hope to find remaining victims today, but the conception remains upside down and unstable and 65 feet of water. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts, we know this is a very difficult time for families and friends of the victims. Five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck escaped by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety. Two went back to look for survivors but found no one. Today efforts will be made to stabilize the boat so that
Elsewhere in the storms path. Authorities are also just beginning to assess the damage. Dorian isnt expected to affect the u. S. Until late tomorrow or early wednesday. Mandatory evacuation orders go into effect in florida, South Carolina later today. , ifema sent search and rescue late last week. That gave them time to prepare. There is stash to support any medical evacuations that are needed. We have been at this for five or six days preparing. We have been activated in the National Response Coordination Center which you can see behind me. We have food, water, generators, staff, helicopters, ambulances from florida all the way to north carolina. Reporter the federal government also deployed special teams to help the 169,000 people in florida who rely on medical equipment powered by electricity. It is 4 32. Lets check in with steve. The fact that it is moving very slowly gives more people time to evacuate or plan. It is not moving at all. It is not moving at all now. One mile per hour
Freeport. Strong powerful winds are all blowing all across the islands destroying homes and businesses. The storm conditions are a serious threat to the safety of everyone in the bahamas and elsewhere in the storms path. Other parts of the bahamas have seen the impacts. The hurricane made landfall as a category five storm on great avaco island yet yesterday. The winds ripped roofs off homes and brought down powerlines. Thousands of people evacuated their homes to seek shelter in schools and churches. The Prime Minister of the bahamas says at least one down of more than 6000 people appears to be under water. Authorities are just beginning to assess the damage. Three airforce are flying moderate recovery planes aiming for the eye so they can get the most Accurate Information on where dorian might be headed. They used radar and other equipment. The hurricane speed and direction as well as whether it is expanding or contracting. Teams are gathering information on the ground in the state of