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Doing and all the many months that will be endured by these bahamians. and even as dorian expected to move out to sea later today, the govern nor the north carolina had this message for folks who live there. don't let your guard down. he urged them to stay off the roads, continue to shelter in place. the storm surges could reach 7 feet in some areas. in high county, north carolina, is now preparing to evacuate folks by air on the island where the sheriff says there have been reports of catastrophic flooding. one person there tells cnn that the water was knee deep in some homes and people had t...

Wage but companies provide housing and meals for them. so you know, you can't have it both ways. the companies have benefitted by the low wages and not paying health insurance and all this stuff. >> neil: thanks very much. now to dorian down to a category one storm but causing major flood damage. the reports are people are climbing in their attics to avoid the waters. senator tillis here with us. what is the latest? >> right now we're more concerned with the outer banks. looks like we dodged a bullet. we had several tornadoes and structural damage. right now we're worried about the sound flood...

United states, as many as can. is that the current most important focus is finding and identifying these victims? >> well, that's one of the focuses. i mean, we've been doing that today, getting into the eastern side of the island today, and unfortunately, we did recover some bodies today. however, that's just one of the concerns. we have hundreds of persons on our island that are homeless. we have about 400 now that remain in shelters. a number are still with their families. one part of our island was really completely devastated. we had flood waters in the range of 20 feet high. some persons...

They're working with the government and other groups. but there are a group of people that have taken it upon themselves to coordinate rescues and people that have personal vehicles and jet skis to rescue people. they are the ones that have been working together as a community to rescue people because we don't have time to wait. because people are stuck in their attics and they've been there for days. we don't know if we get to them in time. we can't wait for the authorities to all come together and make a plan. we have to work right now. >> of course. people stuck in their attics for days. un...

Many people here, if not everybody. we are awaiting for any sign of helicopters coming in, for boats. the need here is incredibly desperate. we've not had any resources since the storm, and people are running out of food, out of water and many people are still in the homes where they rode out the storm, where the storm surge flooded them and they dropped off food in their attics or on their roofs. a brave crew of bahamaians have gone out, risking their lives in dangerous conditions to pick up people in their boats, in their jet skis and get them to safety. but at this point, gasoline is runnin...