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5 hurricane. as it makes its way toward freeport, they are looking at storm surge around 20. it was 11 feet on the other end. the models continue to have this offshore. the difference is yesterday it was pulling this further east. today, they shift it toward the shore. we will thread the needle with 30, 40 miles. we look closer here, it stays as a 5. as it spins, that's going to be the key. how long will it spin before high pressure that's been blocking that movement to the north weakens and slides away? if you look at the cone of uncertainty, it's still into florida, which means we could have...

It's still setting its sights on the u.s. after hurricane dorian made landfall, instead of weakweaken this storm got stronger. these are the northern islands of the bahamas. the first land and homes and cities hit by dorian. emergency officials there are reporting major damage. houses with their roofs torn off or completely destroyed. >> this is now my house. the water is up to my calf. the kitchen. >> look at that. that's just one of many, many homes in the bahamas torn apart by this hurricane so far. it's just the beginning. forecasts say this storm is moving slower than you or i can walk. w...

Hurricanes. i don't think anyone has done a hurricane like this. you have to have respect for the storms. you have to realize every one is different. this is a different hurricane. it's powerful. it's moving incredibly slow. we know that it will transform the environment around us. it will destroy houses. it will destroy buildings. it will tear off roofs. it will fell trees. there are any number of ways that this storm could prove incredibly dangerous. we have seen that in the island next to us, only about 70 miles away. we have seen people who have lost roofs, have had cars flipped over and h...

Mile per hour wind gusts. shingles, roofs, it can only take so much before they give. it's something to have a power like that for three or four hours. but 30? it's hard to fathom. >> tom, thank you for that good information. let's go live to the bahamas where night is falling. the same time, this hurricane is hitting full force and moving closer to where patrick is in freeport. soon, you will have to move to a safer place. what do you expect to see when the sun comes up? >> reporter: you know, from what we have heard, this is going to be all night long, into the morning and probably midday to...

This one here is a category 5. it has potential to hover over us just like francis did. i can't imagine the destruction. this hurricane really and truly took us by surprise. it grew so quickly. that is something that it's nature. you can't predict what is what. our federal government have been working hard to make sure that securities are in place to protect the people and everything. there's a lot of work to do after the aftermath of the storm, to clean up and fix up and everything. we're standing with our brothers and sisters everywhere. we just hope that we don't get too much damage in gran...