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Morgan, you heard him talk about nassau where you are right now. has conditions kind of det deteriorated a little bit while you're there? >> reporter: we have seen conditions pick up and then die down as we have caught the outer bands of dorian and just to echo what bill was saying, the sorries will come out of abacos island and happy to let them have the stories considering the devastation out of the area as dorian makes the way through there. sustained winds of 180 miles per hour. hours at a time as dorian simply churned the way through over the islands. the good news is that people knew wha...

Families still have time to prepare. that's exactly what they're doing right now. you have lived here 20 years. what have you learned about storms like these? >> well, what i'm doing now. like i always prepare for the worst. hope for the best. so i have always taken everything in. just to make sure take everything in and put it in the garage. so doesn't take me what an hour or two hours to do all that. >> but it's worth it. >> it is. it is. because you never know. >> local police will be closing the beaches here officially beginning on tuesday morning at 12:01 for safety reasons and the big qu...

Nobody rests on their guard at this point. >> wharps if many. we've had so much rain in the past couple weeks, our grounds are already saturated and we're also dealing with extra high tides recently. >> thank you so much for joining us. palm beach county under. >> brevard county is the one under warning right now. >> adding insult to injury. let's go to julia bagg who is in miami for us. julia, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: alex, a hot commodity for people all over south florida. bottled water here. some new shipments came in just this morning, two trucks, to the

Here. this is satellite beach, florida. as you can imagine, people are using the plywood there to board up businesses and try to keep themselves safe even though we're hearing from michelle that it may not be a direct hit on florida, this is the wise thing to do. so good on those folks there in satellite beach, florida. of course, millions are still in the crosshairs. we've got live team coverage on the ground there. we have julia bagg from nbc 6. she joins us live from miami. but still mariana atencio in miami, florida. i know the mayor isn't taking a chance of it letting up, and there you se...

Heading toward us. we're just keeping an eye on what's going on and making sure that everyone communicating with us should not let their guard down just yet. >> there is flooding and then you have the king tides which are at 100% right now. the ground is already saturated so they will feel the effects of this storm, and that's why it is so important for businesses and homes to be vigilant and to prepare. this county, palm beach county, right now under voluntary evacuation order, but of course that could change in the next couple days. >> joining me now, julia bagg from our nbc station in miami...