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Has already devastated one country, and its not over yet. For days Hurricane Dorian slowly tore through the bahamas. And we are getting a look at that destruction right now. Whole islands look like theyve been smashed with a wrecking ball. At least seven people were killed. Homes torn to shreds. Communities gutted. The Prime Minister says his country is facing a national crisis. The National Airport in abaco is underwater. The runway is completely flooded. And in fact, the area around the airport now looks like a lake. Knot harbor has suffered i would say an estimate of 60 damage to the homes. The mud, as we know, has been completely destroyed or decimated. And as the people of the bahamas struggle, dorian is rolling on. The hurricane has gotten weaker over the past 24 hours. But its still packing a punch. Its now in ....
Destroyed or damaged. Lets get right to cnns tom sater. Hes in the Weather Center with the new forecast for us. Tom, what does the forecast show right now . Well, weve got a new track now from the National Hurricane center, don. But for the most part as we focus in on this, its still a strong category 2 and will remain that way for about 36 hours. Its still moving at 6 miles per hour, jogging now northnorthwest. But again, at 6 miles an hour, thats pretty slow considering this is still a tropical system. But because its been so strong for so long, don, were going to continue to see the winds extend out ward. Dont concentrate that it went down from a 5 to a 4 to a 3 to a 2, the winds have been broadening the wind field. The trop storm winds are out now farther. The winds here in grand bahama island, i know youve been showing and everyones been showing this image of the inu ....
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Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Good morning, everyone. Im john berman in Daytona Beach, florida. This is new day, cnns special live coverage of Hurricane Dorian. Alisyn camrato joins me from new york this morning. You can see the condition. Not good. The seas fierce behind me as the storm moves up the coast of florida, about 80 miles where im standing right now. The winds kicking up, raining consistently here. The focus now, where will the storm head next . Charleston, South Carolina, could take something of a direct hit. The storm could make landfall there tomorrow. Thats where the storm is going. Where its already been theres been so much devastation. The bahamas, theyre only now waking up to the damage there. Rescue crews not able to arrive on mass yet. There have been some coast guard operations. The skies are ....
Into the flood waters risking their lives to save others. Take a look. Reporter how many people are out there still . A few hundred. Reporter a few hundred . Yeah. A lot of homes. Reporter its tough to get out there and get them . Its tough. Reporter why do you keep doing it . Until we get everybody. Were bo bohamians. Conditions and casualties, first a new track for the hurricane, new word on where on the east coast could get hit the hardest and for that we turn to Jennifer Gray. Where is it . Whats the latest . Anderson, as we move forward, the carolinas is where we need to focus on because thats where we could see a potential landfall as well as the biggest impacts moving forward. It is basically paralleling the coast of florida finally picked up some forward speed today so moving out of grand bahama island, their conditions will continue to improve, but its still a 110 mile per hour windstorm with gusts of 130 and the wind fiel ....