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Make landfall in south carolina a little bit later on this week. but let's head to jensen beach, florida, and derek van dam. derek is standing by now. hi. this storm has also been, as we've watched what's happening, it's moving slowly toward you. it's certainly been a logistical headache, hasn't it been for residents, officials? let's talk about the evacuations where you are. >> reporter: well, the evacuations have been lifted for martin county where i'm located, but the county just to my north, st. lucie county, they're still valid until 6:00 a.m. the conditions we've experienced today, robyn...

As we've been reporting, crucial in telling us where it will go next and hopefully move off the bahamas. derek van dam is in stuart, florida. just give us a sense of where you are and what people are expecting. >> reporter: well, we are about a kilometer off the coastline from the actual barrier island that's on the east coast of florida. we aren't experiencing anything like the nightmare, never-ending nightmare that is unfolding just 100 miles to our east in the island of grand bahama. but regardless of that, every 30 to 45 minutes, we are getting walloped by literally these outer rain bands ...

Winds here are fierce. category 3 winds, you're going to continue to pile water over and over and over. sometimes you get the storm surge coming in, and then it comes back out as things are supposed to go. but when you get a hurricane parked on top of you, this is what happens here. then on the back side of the island, by the way, we have a reverse storm surge coming in with a southerly wind, although this way less populated than freeport, but not entirely so. some of the outer rain bands, you've been seeing those with our reporters fanning along the east coast of florida there, and we've had ...

Very area we were talking about this time last night across grand bahama. dorian, cat 3, remains stalled over that same area, but we are expecting and anticipating that turn to the north to begin sometime on tuesday, and then it will parallel the coast along florida, which is not going to be a good thing either. but it is going to be better for grand bahama. i mean talk about a worst case scenario. this eye on top of the eastern flank of the island, it just bisected the island entirely. this is a small target and for a cat 5 eye to do that, it's quite remarkable. then for it to stall on top of...

Second story rooms. i must imagine the people probably on the rooftops waiting to get plucked for help. this will be quite something here. the problem is we can't get the help to them. we have a major hurricane lurking offshore. it's dangerous for the first responders. it will take tomorrow for this to left out and finally get the help they need. this is going to be quite an event. you'll see that with the aerial picture. some of the way outer rain bands affecting florida. gusty wind and showers continuing here. it won't be until this gets closer. that will happen tomorrow. when we feel less a...