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Destructive waves. patrick ottman is live for us in freeport, bahamas, with the latest. patrick? >> reporter: good morning, again. grand bahamas getting lashed by the hurricane strength winds all night long. this is what we have heard in the dark here because much if not all of this island is without power. it is a haunting and frankly terrifying scene. i'm just going to step out of the way. cameraman is going to show you how the hurricane is whipping around the very tall pines. these are pine trees that survived hurricane matthew three years ago. that was a cat kbor ri-- cat at the -- categor...

Continue on all day into tomorrow. for so many people help is not coming for several days. they are going to have to ride it out. >> patrick ottman, stay safe. eerie calm in coastal florida as dorian inches closer. tolls suspended now to assist evacuation orders in effect for palm beach, martin, saint lucy, saint martin. volusia. martin county warning a near miss or devastation, both possibilities. >> we are within 20 miles of an apocalyptic hurricane coming ashore on the treasure coast. if it does what the models are predicting we will be okay. if on the other hand the storm wobbles 20 mile...

Apathy and play games with. this is a storm that we want all of our residents to not be on the road, lock down, be ready and let's ride out this storm. >> reporter: be ready, your plans needed to be made already. stay safe over the next few days. mayor, thank you very much for being with us. you please stay safe as well. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much, john. >> reporter: all right, we're getting periodic communication with patrick ottman who was in freeport on grand ba hahama. patrick, what are you seeing? >> just the wind coming in sideways, it really is incredible. it's incredible be...

Withstand many things but never anything like this. >> chilling. storm surges are still expected to lift water levels as high as 18 to 23 feet above normal producing large and destructive waves. patrick ottman live for us from freeport, bahamas, with the latest. hi, patrick. >> reporter: yeah. conditions are just getting worse and worse. we're getting beat around here by the winds and you look out in this city and there are almost no lights. we lost power last night so you imagine for thousands of bohemians to go through an entire night and now morning of hearing the sound of this hurricane, i...

Damage. it is absolutely impossible, guys, to go out and see what has taken place here because the winds are so strong. we are very concerned about that storm surge. over 20 feet we are expected to see here, 20 feet of storm surge probably by the end of today. it's a terrifying thought because there are islands around us where people live that are just about sea level. there are people there who said they were going to brave out the storms on the islands. people here on coastal parts of the island, they said they were going to stay in their homes that they had done in previous hurricanes. so t...