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The worst part is that eyewall itself, the center of the eye is calm. we don't care about that. >> and it's sitting in the jet stream, gathering more heat and potential momentum. >> the gulf stream. >> the gulf stream. thank you, sir that's why he's the meteorologist. for more, we go thrive jensen beach and meteorologist derek van dam. good morning, derek. >> reporter: good morning, christine. you know, we've been here for about eight hours now. and we've endured driving rain, we've had tropical storm-force gusts all night. and also surging ocean, as well. that's the threats going forward as...

Seeing the outermost bands of the storm passed through. we've had periods of driving rain. we've had gusty winds, right around 30 miles an hour gusts u to 68. these areas have flooded out even going into the hotel right up on the top of this boardwalk so police are really enforcing the mandatory evacuation in thi area. we are beginning to see intensifying bands of the storm passed through. still it is nothing like the winds and rain that was over th bahamas. images coming in from the bahamas showing tornado like damage. 185 mile-per-hour winds that hovered over the island for two days. we know...

Times, i've never seen waves like this, storm surge like this, wind and driving rain. we're getting hit by the bands so it is alternatively calm, relatively little wind and overcast to crazy storms. >> where are you now, a hotel or a shelter? >> we are at our hotel, we are at the atlantis property on par december island -- paradise island in nassau. it is relatively safe, we're fortified. there is a lot of storm impact in terms of wind and rain. a lot of the staff couldn't get in so most of the shops are closed, the restaurants are closed, but everyone is safe. we're grateful to be here somewh...

Up to 58 miles per hour and that is tropical storm force winds. it has been kicking up a lot of surf, just stumbled on a coconut that washed up on shore. if you look here into the dunes, this is a sad sight, a sea turtle nesting area, it is protected and these are all eggs that are just ruined. that's little balls that look like golf balls, these would have been protected there were wooden stakes in the area to prevent beach goers from interfering with those but this whole area has been lapped with waves and you can see the rain, one of those lands coming through right now and it is driving ra...

This is jerry canceling a few things. booyah. this is jerry appreciating the people who made this possible. oh look, there they are. (team member) this is wells fargo. welcome back. john berman here in jensen beach, florida. this is cnn's special live coverage of hurricane dorian. just in the time of that commercial break, during the break there was driving rain. i could barely see the camera from where i am. driving rain, complete cloud cover, and now the sun is out just seconds later. that's how quickly things can change here.