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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...

I spoke with the minister of national security, minister martin dames. he says now is the time to start to put together some type of structure, some type of process so that there is not chaos. it's not about going door to door, because based on the video we've seen, a lot of homes have no doors. you can't tell what, where these homes were. it's hard to even make out the streets that were there before dorian hit. yes, this process is beginning. it is hectic here at this airport, where we're seeing a lot of action. family members coming here. let me give you a look, brianna. people who were brou...

Medical conditions to the capital, nassau. >> you can see a united states coast guard helicopter behind me, another military aircraft helicopter. they've been running patients in and out, they've been rescuing from the abacos. >> reporter: government officials saying there are areas first responders still cannot reach, and more than 60,000 will need food and clean water. and david, the situation on the island is a dire one. they are in desperate need of food and clean water. and they hope that aid arrives soon. david? >> we hope so, too. marcus moore in nassau tonight. he has been there since ...

We have been following hurricane dorian over the course of the day and into the night. the u.s. virgin islands, took the brunt already. dorian hit as a category one hurricane. thousands of people in the u.s. virgin islands are without power. just two years after the disaster of hurricane maria in puerto rico that killed nearly 3,000 americans. there was concern about what would happen if this hit puerto rico full on. it avoided a direct hit and the storm is on its way to florida and is supposed to make impact sometime offver the weekend. this one has been a hard one to

Brunt already. dorian hit the u.s. virgin islands as a category 1 hurricane. as of right now thousands of people in the u.s. virgin islands are without power because of the strength of this storm and what it was able to take out. two years after the disaster of hurricane maria in puerto rico that killed nearly 3,000 americans, there was real concern about what this storm might do if it hit puerto rico full on. but puerto rico has taken a more glancing blow, avoided a direct hit. the storm is now on its way toward florida. it's on track to make landfall along the eastern coast of florida. somet...