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You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> harris: coastal florida is starting to feel the wrath of dorian. now a category 2 storm by a wind field that's getting wider as it moves closer to the united states. the rain, wind expected to get much worse in a matter of hours, although we're told this will be less of a rain maker than what it was over the bahamas. they were measuring it in feet there. this after a weekend when everyone from senators to mayors had one resounding message for the public. get out while you still can. bill hemme...

Augustine florida, he joins us now on the phone. mayor, thank you for joining us. first of all, what is the situation like where you are and are people prepared? >> well, part of our problem is it's an absolutely gorgeous day today and very counterintuitive when you have beautiful weather to understand that there is a significant storm soon to be off our coast. i think people in my community are well-prepared. the downtown area and the boulevard is by and large completely buttoned up. our residents i think have made a good preparations. i've spent a lot of time driving the community this morni...

We started out on this wall been way worse across florida several hours ago. now you can see it is just if earlier that category 4 storm would have moved right coming over. the water comes very quickly. into the coast. this is the best case scenario remember in a hurricane the majority of deaths are caused for florida we could have expected. from water, from drowning, not not the case for the bahamas. necessarily the wind. the pictures we see will be because it comes up so fast terrifying for most of us. that's why it poses so much of the models in good agreement. a danger. storms don't have a...

Thank on. joining us is carlos aveal las. he is the fire chief in st. augustine florida. tell us what the situation is is the this hour. >> good morning. thanks for having me. i tell you, crews have been really swamped and busy all night. this area was devastated by hurricane matthew only 11 months ago, and sadly, we're repeat thg right now as we speak. we have hundreds of residents still displays as a result of matthew or that are in the rebuilding process but overnight last night we saw significant flooding on our barrier islands and historic downtown core. i can tell you that we performed d...

Joining me now from st. augustine florida, michael holmes. a big concern where you are there, the storm surge. all this flooding. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah absolutely. i'm standing in storm surge. it is not very deep here. but st. augustine, the city itself, what's known as the oldest city in america, dating back 400 years when a spanish admiral founded it. it is back that way. and this water goes all the way back into the city. and in fact the city is officially closed. emergency services and an officer coming through now. they are the only ones going in and out of the city. it i...