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Because it's so slow moving another concern at is it can dump feet of rain on top of the islands that can put them under water for weeks on end. that was a problem with the last major hurricane that hit grand bahama, putting portions of the runway under water. as it stands right now we'll see the full extent of the damage on abaco island an on grand bahama where dorian is wreaking so much damage there. >> morgan, this is yasmin vossoughian. thinking about the people that are on abaco and that are also on grand bahama island, people in freeport especially that are just getting pounded right now...

All right. as the top -- it's the top of the hour on september 2nd, labor day, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside geoff bennett and susan del percio will be with us all hour. hurricane dorian is a category 5 storm and right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads to the united states. this is video from the abacos where dorian made two landfalls. we are getting reports of widespread damage across the islands from ripped off rooftops to overturned cars and who knows what else with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. the storm is tied as one of the strongest atlantic hurric...

Welcome back. we'll go straightaway now to nbc news correspondent morgan chesky who is in nassau in the bahamas. we have been hearing all morning about the 165 miles an hour winds, but where you are things are looking pretty good. so what's the deal, set the scene for us. >> yeah, geoff and yasmin. the good news is we had the outer bands of dorian make their way through here last night. keep in mind, those are tropical force winds less than 100 miles an hour but enough to bring plenty of damage here. we saw trees down, light property damage in and around nassau but the brunt was felt 90 miles ...