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Dorian to come closer, it has been a trying time for folks, especially those who havent been through a hurricane before, there are a lot of nerves and theyve been coming down to the beach to see what theyre about to encounter. >> its a little scary. and its not even here yet. thats the scary part. seeing this and its not even here, so whats it going to be when it gets here? >> a priority for the city is getting vulnerable people to shelter. cities using buses to transport disabled folks on the h...

Workers you mentioned in the earlier segment clearing roadways so emergency services and utility workers can get to people and get the services back online as quickly as possible. >> julie: the road clearance, those are the most critical teams. there are evacuation orders in place. once those evacuation orders are done and the winds get to a certain speed in some places over 45 miles per hour emergency crews arent allowed to enter those areas. those people braving the storm are stuck. it is up t...

Receiving another update. >> and people certainly keeping an eye on what happens with that. well wait to hear from you then. so around the united states, people are headed to florida right now, they are headed to do whatever they can to prepare for it. take a look at this scene from the atlanta area. my co-worker took this picture of crews headed south. the license plates were from as far away as indiana, ohio and the state of michigan. other states are also helping out. in pennsylvania, 50 ut...

As it moves north, its affecting a lot of folks. >> yes, it is. its going to keep affecting people well inland from the coast. some of the flooding threats will be into northern mississippi, arkansas, possibly even the tennessee river valley. yeah, this is affecting a huge group of people as these storms often do. >> when can the crews get back in there, those brave utility workers out there every time during such a situation, whether a tropical storm or hurricane moving through. also, there are...

Conference from officials tonight. well bring that to you live as soon as it happens. these details are just coming in. we know what happened next door to city hall. and the operations area of the municipal center. >> thats what the police said. describe this as the operation building of the city the public works area. so its probably some of the utility workers and the road workers. some of the other folks who really keep the city running perhaps. these were the victims. inside the building. a ...

Operations building of the city, the public works area. so it is probably some of the utility workers, some of the road workers, some of the other folks who really keep the city running perhaps. these were the victims. these were the people inside this building. there was a school administration building next door as well. they were placed on lockdown. there was a courthouse nearby as well attached to this building. it is really the nerve center it sounds like of the city, of virginia beach wher...

Indiscriminate. but is there any more information you can give us? >> right. so the police chief did say these are city employees. city employees were injured inside the building. whats interesting about this location is that the operations building of the city. there is a public works in that building. there perhaps are other operational things that are used to run the city. utility workers, perhaps, other kinds of local governments. this is a large complex. its a municipal building. there is c...

Efforts as ensuring we have covered the specific areas of particular concern in regard to those that are not accounted for at this particular time. >> harris: lives for us in the county, alabama page on? >> hi. right now im in an unincorporated portion of lee county called salem. this community was hard-hit by the storm. you can see that authorities have done a great job. they have cleared the ruling to allow emergency vehicles, and also utility trucks to come in. utility workers wasted no time ...

Favor of search and recovery crews. no more rain, the wind has really started to die down and as a result, the clues are out in higher numbers and able to work a lot faster as they sift through the wreckage. we also see more utility workers out and about. clearing some of the down trees as well as the powerlines and powerpoles. that is allowing this community to better get back on his feet with so much devastation still in this community. we talked with one of the crewmembers about how they feel...

Favor of search and recovery crews. no more rain, the wind has really started to die down and as a result, the clues are out in higher numbers and able to work a lot faster as they sift through the wreckage. we also see more utility workers out and about. clearing some of the down trees as well as the powerlines and powerpoles. that is allowing this community to better get back on his feet with so much devastation still in this community. we talked with one of the crewmembers about how they feel...