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Latest from florida s governor coming up. if you ve had hepatitis b which may flare up let s begin with nbc s gabe and cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. gutierrez in jensen beach, florida to the east of port st. tell your doctor if you ve had hepatitis b, a liver or kidney transplant, other liver problems, lucie. gabe, evacuation orders in place there. what are you seeing, feeling, hiv-1, or other medical conditions, and all medicines you take including herbal supplements. and hearing? reporter: good morning, don t take mavyret with atazanavir or rifampin, chris. over the last hour we ve seen or if you ve had certain liver problems. some of the outer rain bands of common side effects include headache and tiredness. hurricane dorian. right now it is actually sunny. with hep c behind me, i feel free. a half hour ago or so we were .fearless. pelted with heavy rain. .and there s no looking back, because i am cured. the last several hours since about 2:00 a.m. we ve ....
Orders you should get out. don t try to tough it out. we ll go to jacksonville beach, florida, and nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is closely tracking dorian s path. just a few hours ago the winds seem to have picked up a bit and the surf is a little stronger. reporter: chris, it certainly feels like that. and here at jacksonville beach, the beach is actually closed. let me show you what things look like here. it is mostly empty. we have seen a few people. you ll hear some beeping. that bulldozer you see there has been pushing sand in the area toward the dunes. what you won t see is life guards. because the beach is closed, if somebody were to go into the water right now and need help life guards would not be available to help them. also, this morning we re just talking to people who are out here walking on the beach. pam turner is joining us. you re from here, pam. you re looking at this surf. tell me what you think. incredible. we don t see waves like this hardly ever. ....
They are in the bulls eye for that weather today. we are going to see the battering winds, the dangerous rain, and also the push of water on to the islands. winds at 165 miles per hour, still a very powerful storm. but keep this in mind. it was as high as 185 miles per hour. so we are seeing a little bit lessening, maybe a little land friction brought it down. maybe a little wind shear. that is the good news. with every advisory yesterday we saw it going up. we finally are seeing it stabilized at 165 miles per hour. so again, very, very powerful. but it is a little indication that things are starting to lose its steam just a bit. it will take a while, at least five days actually and practically parked over the bahamas moving west at 1 miles per hour. then we want to talk about the east coast. we have to start preparing now. we had the evacuations in place. you want to heed every warning you ve heard so far and we have tropical storm warnings. hurricane storm warnings in places along th ....
Some taking to their phones to send out pleas for help on social media. take a listen to this. please pray for us. please pray for us, everyone. please pray for us. the sea is spraying on to our houses. winds are howling like we ve never, ever experienced before. we need help. please, someone, please come help us. reporter: these are people that are used to experiencing this type of weather. hurricanes in this area. but again, it cannot be over stated, no one has seen a type of hurricane this powerful hit this area of the bahamas. that is why there is such a growing level of uneasiness right now because a lot of people here in nassau cannot reach friends and family to make sure they re okay up north on abbaco island and in grand bahama where dorian currently sits. of course we want to remind you we re waiting to hear from the governor of florida less ....
We put this into motion. it has nudged a little bit to the north. we have to wait until it moves to the north, takes the turn where we can really make that prediction of what we can expect along the coast. let s look at the latest stats. 30 miles east-northeast of freeport, grand bahama island. winds apartmet 165 miles per ho. a powerhouse of wind and rain. it is a strong storm. it is not as strong as it was. we are seeing a teenie bit of weakening which is good news. it will take a while before we see major weakening but at least some friction over land, a little more wind shear. we re not seeing the strengthening we saw with every advisory yesterday. there is the movement at 1 mile per hour. a very, very slow walk. that is allowing all of this rain to fall over the grand bahama island and it is just awful for the island. water does a ton of damage. this is going to be a lot of money, lives on the line here, and we ll be talking about this for several days to come once we can get in t ....