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H him. did you think you'd be here? >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: his neighbor steve harris, who road out the storm in the dark with his family did not know how big a storm they survived until i told them. >> it felt like hell. >> reporter: 8-year-old sophie. >> it was terrible. >> reporter: and her 11-year-old sister, samantha. >> it was scary but i'm glad we're still alive and we're safe. >> reporter: one of the survivors, a little girl called this the bomb shelter. this is where she rode it out with their family. a category 5, because of the poured concrete words and a swimm...

Of hours. take a look at these massive waves flashing around in the ocean out there. of course when the high tide coincides with the power of this storm, that could be a recipe for disaster. storm surge is something that we're concerned about here in myrtle beach, craig, as is everyone along the eastern coast and in the carolinas right now. but, craig, i'll tell you when it got really reem fal for us. at about 3:30 this morning we started getting texts, emergency alerts telling us we were in a tornado warning zone. i opened up my hotel windows. we're staying right here on the beach. i looked o...

Senior official lars anderson is with me. and, lars, when -- i believe it was yesterday. i believe it was wednesday people in the affected areas who decided to stay were told to be prepared, to be fortified for at least 72 hours. dorian's still a very strong storm. what's your message to them now that dorian is coming closer to shore? >> yeah, so my message to them now is if you're in a safe place stay where you are. when you just talked about people driving around be in cars, it is extremely dangerous. we are expecting to see record flooding in charleston. this is not a time to be outside of ...

Operations getting into those hardest hit areas. it's only a 45 minute flight from here to grand zero. great abaco and grand bahama. >> we need help. we need help. >> reporter: amid so much misery this morning there are also signs of hope. for thousands at their breaking point, that help has finally arrived. many have been stranded for days with no food, no water, and no shelter. with half of the homes on their islands destroyed by dorian. we joined a u.s. customs and border protection air and marine operations on a search and rescue mission. for some survivors on the outreaches of abaco islan...

Under a tornado watch. but just outside wilmington we have a tornado warning and south of kingston we have a tornado warning as well. charleston, we saw a 55-mile-per-hour wind in the is going to be starting to continue to ramp up. right now this is the latest from the national hurricane center. 50 miles east/southeast of charleston, south carolina. 110-mile-per-hour winds. moving north/northeast at 8 miles per hour. now here's what we look at. here's wherewe we we were talki about the tornadoes. national severe prediction center issuing an enhanced risk for severe weather cape hatteras, moorh...