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Welcome back to cnn's live special coverage of hurricane dorian, now a category 4 storm with max sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. very close to a category 5 but a slight downgrade in the speed of those winds. i'm standing on jenson beach here under a mandatory evacuation as this storm continues to crawl across the bahamas. i have an update from florida governor ron desantis, announced that 72 nursing homes or assisted living facilities for senior citizens have evacuated along the coast of florida. always a concern for seniors in our community but there's a heightened concern and attentio...

We'll continue our coverage of hurricane dorian in just a few minutes but right now we want to bring you the latest on another big story. the country's latest moose shooting that killed seven people in west texas. we're learning more about the victims and the gunman. "the new york times" says the 36-year-old responsible for the ram panel was fired from his trucking job just hours before the attack. cnn's scott mclain is with us from odessa, texas, where police killed the gunman after a high-speed chase. what can you tell us about the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: hey, ryan. we are ...

Rosa flores is there. i understand you've been getting a little rain? >> yeah, it looks like we're getting one of the outer bands, which is what we were expecting today. you can see behind me we definitely are seeing high tide and the winds have picked up. this is what the cnn weather center told us we could expect. these bands that are wet, windy and brief. the barrier island where i'm live right now is under a mandatory evacuation and as you can see from these boarded buildings, businesses are definitely heeding the warning. we just got an update from county officials here in volusia county,...

Taking the brunt of hurricane irma right now. cnn's patrick oppmann is there. patrick, what are you seeing? what are you feeling there? >> reporter: victor, very strong winds, very strong eye rain. all night long. it just screamed, the wind here. we're actually in a town that is under water, if you can believe it. thankfully, we're on a second story of a house. the coast which was about 50 yards away yesterday has now moved well past us in the town. the main street which we walked yesterday now has waves rolling down it. on the first floor, it's about four feet deep of water. and rising. i thi...

But right now he lives in grassy key by marathon. it took him 20 hours to go from the keys to jacksonville. 20 hours because the traffic is so bad. right now, the traffic is clear. victor. >> all right, chad myers for us there in the center weather center. a bit of the wall taking a bit from cuba. let's go cnn meteorologist derek van dam in miami beach. tell us, what makes the storm so dangerous in the latest from the advisory of the national hurricane center, people really won't feel the difference in the drop of the wind on just that front edge. this is still a very dangerous storm. >> repor...