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More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide is what were really worried about at 1 00 p. M. When the storm could be right near us. Emergency off...

Morgues set up to handle the bodies when theyre eventually found. So far 43 people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to go up, way up as the search for victims continues hundreds of people who stayed in the path of Hurricane Dorian are still missing. Now this is what the coastal town of marsh harbor looks like right now, but its this level of complete destruction across much of the bahamas. Thousands of homes are just flattened, entire neighborhoods wiped away and now people on the ground in these towns say theyre overwhelmed by the unmistakable stench of death. Cnns Patrick Oppma...

View of some of the damage there in the abacos, miles and miles of what was a tropical paradise has been reduced to rubble. Incredible aerial shots there. And the airport in freeport is still closed. Just one look at damage there, of course, explains why. The death toll in the bahamas now stands at 20 and that is expected to rise. Well, cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport. Coming up, our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, South Carolina. But lets begin with the forecast. So we turn to meteorologist pedram javaheri, ...

To the country, leaving entire islands in ruins. At least seven people have been killed. Homes are gone and hospitals crippled. People need shelter. They are drenched. They are hungry. The islands Prime Minister is asking for global help. I think we would need at this point in time were concerned about security, safety and food. So we would need a lot of water and dried food. Ad whatever other assistance the International Community can give. As you know, we will have to rebuild our infrastructure. Well, as the bahamas struggled, dorian is rolling on. The hurricane has gotten weaker over the pa...

Here just kicking up already. Not high tide yet, a long way to go for this water. The rain comes in in bands, like you can see right now. It comes in strong. The consistent wind speeds are around 30, 35 miles an hour. Expected to rise throughout the next 24 hours. So theres a long, long way to go with this storm, alisyn. John, youll be monitoring it for us from florida all morning long. Please be careful. Okay. This storm has already left at least five people dead. So we will check back with you throughout the program. But of course, meanwhile, theres other news to get to. We have developments...