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>> my front door burst wide open and dumped an additional six feet of water inside the house. >> joining me here in the studio, today show co host al rockyr, from daytona beach, florida, nbc correspondent julia bagg. wow. when you look at feet -- feet -- of water inside your home, what are we looking at right now, al? >> the storm surge is one of the things we're really concerned about now that dorian is on the move and making its way to the north. you can see we've got rain bands stretching from charleston down to savannah, jacksonville, and in fact, the eye of the storm is almost parallel wi...

Molly. down to the florida coast where julia bagg is stationed. you guys are not totally in the clear just yet. >> reporter: you're right, hallie. the fury of this storm looking at the waves pounding, pounding the beach. in fact, the big concern here was for storm surge. waves come up quickly and surprise you. that's why the peach is closed here. local residents wanting to come out and take a look at things. we have been speaking with you. you have a boat that you had to kind of take shelter with that boat as well, too, because you live on that boat. tell me what you are thinking about this st...

This system and they can still be extensive. from coastal georgia, north carolina, south carolina and virginia now, i think, all those folks have to be concerned. >> property damage is one thing, but it never, ever can be said enough, hurricanes, if you want to talk about being life-threatening entitieentitie storm surge is what we look for. >> that's a big problem. when you talk about 4 to 7-foot storm surge on top of high tides, that brings it up to 9 or 10 feet. there's where you have homes destroyed. >> al roker, thank you so much. julia, you are in daytona and there's been steadily rising...

This morning. julia bagg is there. julia, no doubt it is windy, it is raining. tell us what it's like at this moment. >> i'm at daytona international sb speedway, but this morning it's about wind speed and rain that continues to lash daytona beach. in fact, all the bridges that lead to the mainland and the beachside communities, they've been closed since midnight this morning. in fact, right now engineers with the florida department of transportation are checking those bridges for safety. they are still allowing traffic to come from westbound -- head westbound across those bridges, but nobody ...

Surge warnings from florida to hampton, virginia. dorian has decimated large part of the bahamas, especially abaco island where relief efforts are underway. joining me now al roker and nbc's julia bagg in daytona beach. julia, first to you, the storm heading for the florida coastline. what are people doing right now? >> reporter: and let me just show you how the waves have been smashing into the coast here, just in a matter of a few moments. they can come up pretty quickly here. people are out here as you can see taking pictures. this beach technically closed but it's a sight that's hard to re...