Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin 201909

CNNW CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin September 2, 2019

Uncertainty. Does it look like dorians going to pivot northwest . And if it does, what does that mean for floridians and the rest of the southeast . The cone hasnt moved farther west which is good news. Floridas still going to feel the impacts of the storm. Its still too early to tell exactly how much more northwest this storm is going to go. I think the one mile per hour is actually a generous speed. It doesnt look like this thing is moving at all. This made landfall in the abacos mid yesterday. Its barely moved. Sitting over grand bahama island, 15 mileperhour winds and moving at literally a snails pace. Look at this radar. There is a sixhour loop, and it looks like it is staying still over grand about mabout mama island grand bahama island. You cant wrap your head around the devastation thats going to be coming out of the bahamas in the coming days. Its incredibly, incredibly devastating. The Tropical Stormforce winds trying to pick up along the florida coast. Still under that, 28 in west palm beach. Of course, as this continues to make that northward shift as it should, by tomorrow thats when well really be zeroing in on this cone, especially right around the space coast, Treasure Coast. Thats where were going to be looking at its closest approach to florida. And possibly still a major hurricane, category three, 125 mileperhour sbinwinds. Youre also going to get the storm surge as well as the rain. All that water is going to be pushed in. This is basically going to ride the coast of florida, georgia, the carolinas, could be making a landfall, as well, anywhere on south carolina, North Carolina coast. Still a little early to tell. That could still be a categorytwo storm. Were still talking about a lot of destruction with this storm all up and down the southeast coast. We have hurricane watches and warnings in place all up and down the florida coast. Here is the wind threat. And you can see the area shaded in red, all along the coast, 74 to 110 mileperhour winds in this red. And thats pretty far inland. Thats well west of u. S. 1, i95, and a lot of these places. So as you travel up the coast, even people that have moved inland quite a ways, theyre still going to get possible hurricaneforce conditions at your location. Even up into georgia. You can see that 74 to 110 mileperhour threat. The storm surge threat, as well, four to seven feet up and down the coast. As this moves farther to the west or the possibility of that, that could be adjust eed even more. Theres a possibility that that could increase. Heres your forecast, rain accumulation on top of everything else. We could pick up ten to six to ten inches of rain along the coast. Then well inland, even in orlando, could pick up four inches between there and the coast. Could be four to six inches. Then into the carolinas, the outer banks, and you know thats a vulnerable area along the coast, they could see quite a bit of storm surge, as well as erosion which they dont need whatsoever with a possible landfall later in the week. Gorgeous area but indeed vulnerable. Thank you so much. Well stay in close contacts with you. Im back on when she said one mileanhour is generous. A generous pace. Lets go to Victor Blackwell. He is live in Hutchinson Island, florida. Victor, hows it looking out there . Reporter yeah, the wind has certainly picked up here along jensen beach in just the last couple of minutes. About 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour. We know that this will get stronger. Were feeling the edge of one of the outer bands coming. The rain started a couple of seconds ago. Now earlier this morning, there beach was crowded with dozens of people coming here to take photographs, to look at the churning ocean out here. Now, virtually empty. You can see no one from this vantage point. I could see one or two people on the other side of the camera. Thats due in part to the shutdown of bridges. The Martin County Sheriffs Office a short time ago shut down the causeway from the mainlands across the intercoastal from stewart and jensen beach causeways to get to this beach. So you probably wont see many people coming out here. Many of the locals decided to get out of town, although there are some who are here. Now they know even as this storm gets closer to florida, what they will experience will be nothing compared to what the people on the islands of the bahamas have experienced for the last 12 to 24 hours. And i want to go now to keith tom kevin tomlinson, on the island of grand bahama in freeport. Kevin, first, thank you for talking with us. I know communications are touch and go. Tell us where you are and what you saw overnight. Well, were right in the middle of everything. Were being pounded with strong winds and lots of water. I just im actually at a shelter, and we had to leave a few minutes ago to assist some people in getting here. And im really really and truly being out in that experience is something ive never experienced before. Like you said, the winds are moving at about a one mile per hour. Its unbelievable for us. In 2004 when we had hurricane frances i think she sat over for about two days. We know what that feels like. And this is a totally different category altogether. And one thing i dread is the aftermath of this entire thing. But like i said before, we have builders here in the bahamas. We know how to rebuild. Im very confident that we are going to rebuild our island. You know, were known around the world for our beautiful sun set and sea. At the end of the day, theres Something Else about us. We have very smart and genius people. We know how to put things back together. Im excited that we are going to Work Together to put this back together. Yeah. So kevin, when we spoke yesterday, sunday morning, you were confident in your decision to stay in your home there on freeport in freeport there on grand bahama. What was the indicator that you had to get out . Where did you leave and then go to the shelter . Well, like i told you that i lived in a wonderful kopd minutes yum complex condominium complex on the shoreline. The challenge was when the wind gusts had picked up, i got a bit nervous because we have never experienced a category five before. But i didnt know what to expect even though i had hurricaneimpact windows, i didnt know if the wind was going to push it out. I still wont know. I wont know until i get back home. Then i have a very a nagging niece who insisted that i get out. So i had to make sure and leave so that i could be on safe grounds. Im glad i did because the effects that were seeing right now, especially when we got word back from what the storm has done to our neighboring islands in abaco and the traumatic experience that people experienced there and even some cases we have some loss of life. You know, its really heartbreaking, i feel it, we feel it. My government feels it. Our country feels it. Our Prime Minister spoke about it. Reporter yeah. Again, weve learned a lot from you in america. You are like a big brother to us in the north. And we watched you go through katrina. We watched you go through sandy. We saw the responses that you had. And you knew how to come together, to build and unite and to rebuild your country. Thats the same way with us. We will come together whether its from grand bahama, were going to come together and rebuild these broken places. We cant replace the lives, but we will rebuild the country. Yeah. You know, so many people have fond memories, photographs and emotional connections to the islands of the bahamas. Many as tourists, some have familial connections there, as well. And i am confident that it will be rebuilt. Weve seen just a few photographs, just a few videos on social media, but what did you see as you were leaving your home and headed to the shelter . Did you see the type of destruction that youre fearing as a result of dorian . While i was leaving my home to head to shelter, we werent in the storms way yet. We just had some outer bands, winds starting to pick up. I went out a few minutes ago, and when i began to look around and see what was happening at, just a few blocks down, the ocean is actually in the road. And so you know, that is something that im really that really got me. When you see some of the houses already and the devastating positions that theyre in and the power lines and things of that, i felt the wind, the car, we almost got swept off the road. So i felt it, and i realized that this storm is nothing to play with. We havent really gotten the full brunt of it yet. You know, i understand the eye is trying to reorganize. We certainly have not seen all of the effects of Hurricane Dorian. As we get there and others, we will see the full damage there. Unfortunately so much weve seen so far has been destroyed. We know that rescue efforts have begun on abaco as they can get to people safely. That from the bahamian government. Kevin tomlinson, thank you so much. Thank you for speaking with us. Well check in as the storm moves on. Right now as we know from the National Hurricane center moving at just one mile per hour. A strong categoryfour storm. Back here in florida, i want to go to Singer Islands and my colleague randi kaye there. I wonder if you are feeling the wind that were feeling here on jensen beach. Its picked up in the last 10 or 15 minutes. Reporter yeah. Absolutely, victor. We are feeling the winds certainly has grown stronger here. Were on Singer Island which is about a fourmile stretch of beach. Its a Barrier Island in west palm beach. And says you can see the wind the picked up. Weve been getting bouts of rain here. The sun is out but is kind of coming and going. I want to call your attention to the water, though, the key story here right now. Just take a look at that. Normally here on Singer Island it is really calm. It is beautiful, clear blue water for snorkeling. Really crystal clear, and were seeing waves that we dont normally see here on Singer Island. And people here were evacuated. The evacuations started yesterday in this area because it is a Barrier Island. Around 1 00 yesterday afternoon. Most people did heed those warnings and evacuate the buildings all along this, the highrise buildings and hotels along this stretch of beach have evacuated. There were a few people that were down in the distance there. Some curious folks just coming down to see what the water looked like today. But as Hurricane Dorian is moving closer to florida and could brush the edge of florida or maybe even make landfall, most folks did pack up. And i got to tell you something because its not just the the People Like Us that are in trouble here, its not just the human life thats at risk. But i want to call your attention here. This is a baby turtle egg on the beach here. The sea turtles come out of the ocean here, as you know having lived in florida, and they come out to the beach, and they lay their eggs. And you can see that here and a lot of these turtle nests have now been churned up and dug up from the winds and the ocean water thats been rising here. So those are in trouble, as well. But it is quite a scene here on Singer Island. The businesses have closed up. The restaurants at the beach. This is labor day, so a lot of people would normally be out here on this beach. It would be packed, kids and parents, and just everybody having a good time. And thats certainly not the situation here. Palm Beach Airport remains closed, and people are certainly not letting down their guard just yet here in west palm beach, victor. Yeah. Weve seen scores of those turtle eggs here. There are probably maybe 10 or 15 within at the point or 15 feet of where im standing on jensen beach. That florida takes great care to protect those turtle egg nests. But when this water comes ashore, it damages what is protected by the government here. Reporter yeah. Randi kaye on Singer Island. Thank you so much for that update. Brooke, im going to send it back to you. We are of course going to stay here as this island has now, you see just a few people down, a few hundred yards behind me. But most of the people have cleared off of Hutchinson Island earlier in the day. Its tell to know if people are not on the streets, if the traffics light because of the hour or the urgency, but now we know that many people are getting as far away from the Barrier Island as possible. The county has prevented anyone who doesnt live here or have business here from crossing the bridge just to take pictures. Yeah. Im glad people are heeding warnings. It has been an obstinate storm and people havent known whether to ride it out or need to get out of dodge depending where it hits. Well chat momentarily. Thank you so much. Well talk to a south florida mayor about what they will face in the course of the next two days. Thats coming up. Meantime, multiple florida airports have shut down all commercial traffic. Several mandatory evacuation have been ordered in both georgia and florida. Leyla santiago is live in ft. Pierce, florida. Whats the story where you are . Reporter lets talk about the airports quickly to make sure that everyone is aware. It is a ft. Lauderdale hollywood, melbourne, west palm beach, those airports are closed now because of dorian. As far as what we are seeing, hearing, feeling in ft. Pierce, st. Lucie county, its been a mix right now. We have moments like this of pretty sunshine and then downpours. The wind is starting to pick up. You can see that reflected a little bit in the trees behind me. But also starting to really kind of get a sense of urgency from a lot of the officials who are doing updates. Many stressing that there are mandatory evacuations in place right here right now. They have five shelters, four for general population, one for special needs. And right now, the county administrator saying they have about 500 people in those shelters. You know, the people that ive been talking to, have found this to be a storm that while theyre used to hurricanes here, its hard to predict. So theyre still trying to figure out how how big of an impact this will have despite what officials are saying. I actually spoke to one man who said, im a little nervous because i understand that if this shifts just a little bit this will have a very big impact on us. This is an area under Tropical Storm, storm surge, as well as hurricane warnings here. Were starting to see a little bit of a change in weather that could be a sign of whats to come. Nothing nothing steady at this point. Just a lot of officials trying to make their case, make sure that people are listening, to get out and be well prepared for dorian. Brooke . Significant. Youre talking inland, you mentioned orlando airport. I started my day yesterday morning in south florida. I was talking to an airline, they were like, we cant believe, its that far inland thats taking this sort of precautions. Thank you so much. Ft. Pierce, florida. As i mentioned, well talk to a south florida mayor coming up about what theyll be facing in the next 48 hours. 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