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Feel a little more confident, but officials here in florida are trying to tell them don't get overconfident. listen to local authorities. heat any evacuation orders. >> trace: it is very good advice because you don't know. this thing is a monster. it is better to be safe than sorry. ellison barber, very nice work down there. well, the coast guard recovering for bodies after a dive went up in flames. 29 people still missing. it happened near santa cruz island. the boat was apparently used for multi-day scuba diving trips with bunk beds for dozens of passengers. mark barney with the u.s. coast g...

Cooperation from truth aquatics which owns this dive boat? >> we are in coordination with the people who are directly involved as well as our partner agencies, the santa barbara fire department, ventura county fire department, vessel assist, the coast guard and any other local responder who's available to get on scene because we -- a lot of people, 34 people are still unaccounted for. that's 34 families that we have to contact to let them know the update. so a lot of the information isn't coming out as fast as many people would like it, but we are doing our best to ensure that the families are...

Survivors and there are 34 people still unaccounted for 20 miles off the mainland coast here in california just off santa cruz island. this was a dive boat. this left santa barbara saturday morning. 39 onboard, 34 we still don't know. back to you. >> all right, nick watt, thank you so much. for more on this let's talk now to petty officer mark barney with the u.s. coast guard. sir, what can you tell us about the current search and rescue operation? >> good morning, ma'am. so right now like captain rochester stated, this is still very much a active search and rescue case. so we are combing the ...

Call this number immediately to find out more information on these other passengers from friends or family aboard the vessel. the number is 833-688-5581. >> trace: 833 -- one more time. >> 833-688-5581. >> trace: got it. we will try to put that on our facebook page. again, best of luck to you. mark barney with the u.s. coast guard. >> thank you, sir. >> trace: we have a lot more to come on dorian. cops are going door to door, telling them it is time to leave. will they heed those warnings? it's not optional. we will have much more on that. the storm is category 4. moving out one mile-per-hour....