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Dorian is still a deadly, dangerous storm. and for more than 24 hours, it's been sitting over the northern bahamas, pounding those islands and leaving desperate people wondering when the rain and the wind will ever stop. we know at least five people have been reported dead. and in the u.s., mandatory evacuations are under way in four states with the path of the storm still quite up in the air. we'll have more on that in just a few moments' time. but another story we're following here at cnn, it was supposed to be a fun overnight scuba diving trip off the california coast, but it turned into ...

That we've felt since we've been out here. we haven't felt a single drop of rain just yet, but we just felt a really strong wind gust here. that is only going to get worse throughout the morning hours. i mentioned the fatigue factor. what i'm seeing here is a lot businesses as early as yesterday hadn't really been taking the precautions or preparations. we saw limited sandbagging, limited plywood going up, no shutters deployed. that changed. just across the street from me, all the businesses here within eyesight have been boarded up. mandatory evacuations went into effect at 1:00 p.m. yesterda...

Looking for a potential landfall sometime on thursday and into friday as a result of that turn there. but it still has a chance for our good friends in the carolinas. there is still the chance it could go out to sea, but we have to prepare for landfall because some of the models are indicating that at least raking the carolinas with the potential of cat 2, cat 3 winds thursday into friday. it will be two weeks at that point we've been covering this thing. incredible. >> thanks so much. nick valencia is covering the hurricane in melbourne, florida. i want to see what it's like where you are rig...

The grand bahama island and then along the florida coast. watch the clock here tuesday into wednesday and then into thursday, all the while hitting the east coast of florida with significant rain and the potential for storm surge as well. so double threats there in florida that will continue. is it going to make a landfall in florida? we don't think so at this point, which is excellent news, but we can't say that about the carolinas because basically the coast just juts out, so it's going to run out of ocean and hit the carolinas potentially thursday and into friday. but the threat continues f...

We're going to see pouring in over the next number of days and i think it's going to be shocking for all of us. >> martha: we wish them the best over the next 6-12 hours all this continues to turn over that area and we hope that we're going to get someone on the phone, give us a little bit more insight to what's going on there and we just -- you know, thoughts and prayers, it becomes a hackneyed phrase because it feels like we go there so often, but we certainly are praying for them tonight and we hope that they are safe. thank you very much for being here. we will stick around and watch this ...