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Above. it's difficult to predict exactly what will happen along the coast. >> we need to know the steering current. maybe a thousand miles away. >> forecasters use the data and sources like weather balloons and satellite to track slow moving dorian and analyzing new information at it comes in. the slightest shift in course could be the difference between dodging danger or disaster. the work continues as the powerful eye of dorian sets sights on the east coast. >> alex, certainly a dangerous job. not a job i sign up for. an important one. old tech in a way. >> those guys, think about the braver...

>> dorian baring down on the bahamas at this hour. and we're getting an extraordinary look inside the eye of the storm. from a group of brave enough to fly right into the beast itself. >> inside the cockpit of air force hurricane hunters scientists look dorian square in the eye. major is at the control. these air force and high flying weather stations travel through conditions. slicing through the eye wall of the hurricane. to determine the conditions at the heart of the storm. probes are dropped into the hurricane to measure pressure. temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction. >> gettin...

One direction to make sure there wasn't any gridlock. with the evacuation. we're in the low country. when there's rain and the forecast, i have been talking to folks here in the downtown area. they're saying flooding is a common problem. and just this past week alone, this area experienced king tide. where the tides were higher. there was coastal flooding already in the region. fortunately the tides have gone down. and we don't know where this storm is going to hit. but they're saying there is potential for more flooding. especially in the downtown area. we saw businesses board up and put sand...

We'll go straight to the bahamas. a category 3. that's the change this morning. it's churning. it's absolutely devastated the region. leaving five dead and 21 injured. celebrity chef says currently there in the bahamas. he told the "new york times" he is providing humanitarian relief making 10,000 witches. >> that's a huge effort for his to take under there. all as the u.s. is bracing for impact. dorian currently hovering 75 to 100 miles off the florida east coast. winds up to 140 miles per hour. that means it is extremely dangerous still. let's go over to msnbc meteorologist tracking dorian i...

>> we will not respond after hits of 50 miles per hour. we evaluate it at the time but generally 50 is the limit for us as far experienced flooding during matthew or irma in the last few years, they really should the governor has asked. and most everybody else who welcome back to "vels stays in town ought to hunker down and baton down the hatches and be ready. "velshi & ruhle." >> joining us from jensen beach, nasa has been tracking dorian's florida, which is starting to path. as the category 2 storm gets closer to the florida coast, the feel the effects of dorian is flight facilities at the...