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You didn't have the hope of it leaving. every update it was zero miles per hour, it wasn't going anywhere so the devastation and destruction didn't stop. it just kept pounding and pounding and so nothing could stand up to it, and the problem was, the wind was really bad but the storm surge was brutal, and the flooding that came in, the northern part of the island flooded all the way into town. homes were destroyed, friends, their homes, they flooded to their ceilings and they were in their attics with their children and their dogs trying to survive. two-story homes that were flooded out, boats...

Cat five storm, now it's hit warmer waters and the fear is that it will push that wall of water, that storm surge, into jacksonville and while the winds won't be nearly as catastrophic as they were before, the concern is that the winds and the rain will inundate the jacksonville area with water. this is the jacksonville pier. you can see the waves lapping up upon it. this we're told is going to get worse before it gets better. we're starting to hear from more of those that survived hurricane dorian in the bahamas. some of them are telling about how they made their way to their attics and then ...

And praying for the best. >> shepard: you know, we look at these pictures, denise, from abaco and especially marsh harbor and across grand bahama. you wonder how anybody could have survived in certain neighborhoods. it's horrifying. >> yes. there were reports coming in, you know, some -- the water was so high that they have to go into the attic of their home. they have to break out of the attics of the home. there's still people in the attics waiting to be rescues. if you look to the side, you can see rescue teams, helicopters traveling back and forth since this morning. they're still rescuing...

Story tall flood surge that left much of the island under water and residents without roofs or walls. death toll has risen to seven. the prime minister and leaders of the bahamas say the death toll could rise as they get to more areas. people in free port were trapped in attics and shelters destroyed. some of those people being rescued by jet skis and boats. authorities say at least 13,000 houses, 45% of the homes in grand bahama and abaco are damaged or destroyed. 60,000 people need food and clean drinking water. in florida the situation far better. there has been some localized flooding. 20,...

Of them had just been clinging to roofs. don't even know -- th no words for pictures like this. your heart goes out to the good people of the bahamas. jennifer. >> yeah. it's incredibly sad. i think about all of the homes in portions of the bahamas that aren't very well built, you know. and you really hope that people got out of those situations. i know, when you're in an island, it takes you flying somewhere else or getting on a boat somewhere else to get out of the way of storms a lot of times. and some people don't have the means to do that. hopefully, they got to a shelter. but i just thin...