coastline. once you get as far north as charleston, south carolina, hurricane watches are posted. now it's going to start to move because of this dip in the jet stream across the eastern part of the u.s. it's going to give it that tug to the north and as it does so bring it very close to the carolina coastline and regardless of whether or not it makes landfall, we are still going to have significant impacts as it's going to be a category 2 hurricane by late thursday, eventually a category 1 as we head into friday and saturday. hurricane force wind gusts along the florida and carolina coastlines. we're also talking flooding . up to 15 inches of rainfall is possible in some spots. janai, kenneth. >> all right. adam, thank you. our live coverage from the badly damaged bahamas continues at 7:00 a.m. on "good morning america." and you can track this slow moving monster of a storm any time on the abc news app. >>> well, coming up, a possible change that facebook fans may not like. we'll explain. >>> but first the breaking news overnight at the scene of that boat fire off the california

carolina coast. a category 2 and could be upgraded to a 3. it will have the coastline of all of south carolina, north carolina and a minimum water level were storm surge of 4-7 feet. one foot of rainfall and coastal erosion all the way up to new york city and on long island. significant weather event. even though it is not a category 5 but it is a start. it will not pass the outer banks until friday night or saturday. >>> a beautiful picture from the top of the tower. concord is 95. santa rosa is 91. the onshore breeze kept you short of 70 degrees in san francisco and half moon bay. 60 tonight for you in vallejo. 61 and san jose. the highest temperatures for the month of september are also some of the hottest temperatures we have ever seen in the bay area. livermore high of 115 happened at september. not june or july. san fran hit 106. santa rosa had a record high of 110. it can get hot in september. this forecast is anything but. 10 belize 10 degrees below. low pressure to the west not bringing us rain fall. the counter clockwise flow will keep the feet from the ocean

ca carolina coastline. i haven't heard of a lot of damage along the georgia coastline.l streams and rivers and in the coastal areas, we get the storm surge too. areas like charleston maybe with a surge of water. same kacarolina, inland floodin major impact. you will get moderate damage. north carolina, the storm is moving a little quicker. the storm surge is not going to be quite as bad. some of the back bays and the sound you watch closely. flooding will be major. wind gusts, if we get that direct land fall and winds up to 100, 110, i'll move this up to major for impact. that's one of the majors. as far as all of our pictures, yesterday was a good day. today, we have showers and storms. it won't hinder rescue efforts. they should be able to get in there. whoever needs to get in there will be able to. >> a new report released yesterday from the inspector general revealed migrant children separated from their parents under the trump administration policy last summer exhibited a high number of mental health challenges. many children already distressed in their home countr

the forecast path right along the south carolina coastline. to get that landfall to georgetown or myrtle beach. it will be a close call for wrietsvil wrightsville beach, then we expect it to go right up throughouter banks as we go throughout this evening. here are your hurricane warnings from savannah up to the carolina coastline. here is the timing of the worst of it you'll see today. you'll see pictures of charleston with feet of water in it. it floods easily, anyway. it will not be a pretty scene there today. myrtle beach this afternoon and evening, winds get up to 90 miles per hour. then power outages will be widespread. if we get that landfall of the eye into the wilmington area, we could get 110 miles per hour winds and that will likely be about 10:00 p.m. this evening until about 2:00 a.m. and then the winds start to come down. when we wake up tomorrow morning, it's still going to the outer banks. winds could gust up to 115 miles per hour along with that 8 to 14 inches of rain. so as far as the impacts go, i have upped this to the major

folks along the georgia and carolina coastline are in danger and the florida coastline. >> let me ask you a question, because that's what we do, in all your time of covering storms, have you ever had an elected public official misdirect storm information? >> there was a few years ago in a blizzard here in new york with the mayor. we kind of had a back and forth, and my wife made me back down. >> i know your wife! >> as wives do. and, look, there have been a number of officials. >> have you seen the national weather serves correct an american president? >> no, i have not seen that. there you have it. >> i guess my other question for you, i could talk to you the whole hour but i won't do that. do you ever worry because we've been having this conversation since late last week, do you ever worry about fatigue? i knew this when i worked for jeb bush, some of the evacuation concerns if you give them the results too early because fatigue sets in. >> there is a balance, if you wait too long, people can't make plans. especially, this was a labor day weekend in some of the most popular spots fo

rain, flooding, wind, and tornadoes hit the carolinas as the hurricane skirts the coastline. when and where its eye will come ashore. >>> burning out of control, fast-moving flames and a massive brushfire threatens southern california as another explodes in size. >>> and breaking overnight. former longtime leader of zimbabwe, robert mugabe has died. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> hurricane dorian weakened overnight, but is still posing a major threat to the carolinas. the category 1 storm is lashing carolina's outer banks with torrential rains and high winds. 15 inches of rain could fall there. hurricane warnings and surges are posted along the coast. forecasters predict dorian could make landfall sometime this morning. katherine johnson is in the thick of it in kill devil hills. that's in north carolina. katherine, what are conditions like there right now? >> reporter: anne-marie, here in the outer banks there's a strict curfew for those who decided to stick it out. they've be

carolina thursday as hurricane dorian approached, as tornadoes touched down. conditions of course even more perilous as that storm swirls along the coastline. joining me on the phone, captain james bullard, the emergency management coordinator at cape fear valley health, a hospital in fayetteville, north carolina. thanks so much for taking the time, captain bullard. >> thank you for having me. >> what is your biggest concern right now? >> well, we have come through the worst of the storm at this point. i mean right now we're having some mild rain and mild winds in our area. >> tell me a little about preparations and what you saw as a result of the storm. >> well, for the past several days we've been preparing our health system, and that's several hospitals in three different counties that we're part of. and we were preparing our staff to be here, to be in place so we can continue services to our patients in the communities that we serve. >> did any of your hospitals, any of your facilities lose power or have any serious problems as a result of the storm? >> no. we've not had any serious problems. we've had some minor water intrusions and thi

those conditions are going to extend northward into the georgia coastline as well as the carolina coast into the day tomorrow. by the time we head into friday evening, it will be sitting off the virginia coastline before moving into the canadian maritime as we head into the weekend. hurricane force wind gusts expected along the carolina coast but also immense flooding with heavy downpours, some spots of the carolinas could see upwards of 15 inches of rainfall. that's most likely to occur closer to the coast. we're also talking the threat of storm surge flooding. those winds from the storm pushing the ocean water onshore, portions of the south carolina and north carolina coastline. we could be talking about more than six feet of that storm surge flooding. kenneth, janai. >> all right. our thanks to adam. our live coverage continues on "good morning america" and you can track dorian any time on the abc news app. >>> coming up, the top five american cities for job growth. >>> also ahead, what mitch mcconnell is saying about gun control. >>> but first a new twist in the college admissions b

coastline. now the storm in the middle is strengthening. big-time problems. savannah and charleston south carolina. myrtle beach. they will have a problem over the next 24 hours. around here it could not be more calm. san francisco, 58. it is 70 in concord. napa at 59. pollen count, it stays elevated through sunday. currently a seven. satellite and radar, there are storms to the west. there is some monsoon moisture which is lifted. two storms to the west. we will not get rainfall. we will keep getting the onshore flow. september is common where we get the opposite. offshore wind eventh warns usp. we will get and onshore flow which will cool us down over the next couple of days. up to 10 degrees cooler than average. coastal clouds tomorrow. afternoon sunshine wispad cer on friday. as the marine layer gets thick. fog only near the water tonight. temperatures close to average tomorrow. cooler than today. we will be cool and breezy toward the weekend. highs tomorrow, 80s inland. santa rosa 85. 70s for oakland and fremont. 68 in san francisco. extended forecast, on saturday, mainly in the 70s inland. m

residents are evacuated or sheltered in place ready for a l >> as hurricane dorian rips at the carolina coastline -- >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: -- double trouble, 21 dangerous tornados hit both north and south carolina sending debris flying, flipping rvs, tearing off rooftops, atearing up home. >> my camper was tipping over. i said lord what in the world. >> reporter: short lived but so strong adding insult to injury before the cat 2 storm ever makes land fall. now along the coast bracing for the brune.nt near myrtle beach, this suv abandoned when the driver got stuck too close to the wild surf. and the rest of the town abandoned too. no cars on the road and those that stayed hunkered down. more than 200,000 customers without power.atio centers not taking any chances. joanna and her husband evacuated during hurricane florence last year. >> i don't want to be one of those parents that's saying oh, a flood came and i couldn't keep hold of her. you know, i didn't want that to happen. so, i said we're leaving, and that's that. >> reporter: the big fear with the high tide overnight is the dangerous

watching for the potential, for there to be a landfall maybe somewhere along the south or north carolina coastline. so that's the next big game changer in terms of where this track will be. so let's take a peek at what that means for folks there because we do know, we're seeing tropical-storm-force gusts, which are already occurring across a large portion of florida. cow could even see hurricane- force conditions from charleston conditions up across anywhere room charleston into north carolina. norah. >> o'donnell: megan, i want to ask you, i know this is peak hurricane season, but what other storms are we potentially facing? >> so active out there right now, norah. let me show you, we have juliette, which is a pacific hurricane. we have another tropical storm storm right here, fernand. we have dorian which we have been tracking. anis is another area of possible ngvelopment. this is tropical depression number 8 and there's yet another area off the coast of africa. of's really just getting revved up. the actual peak, september 10, norah. >> o'donnell: sounds like we'll be talking a lot, megan, than

north carolina's coastline also bracing for impact. boarding up, packing up and getting out. and the latest advisory at 8:00 p.m. has hurricane dorian still at a category 2, so it's definitely weakened from when it hit the bahamas. it'sleper hour to the reporting live tonight in pompano beach, florida, jamie guirola, back to you. >> thanks, jamie, for that update. here is another look at the bahamas from the air. you can see the debris covering everywhere. jeff ranieri tracking dorian's path. what are you seeing over the next 24 hours? >> well, the really good news is that it took that key turn to the north today. that's really what we had been waiting on over the past 24 hours. as you mentioned, pulling away from the bahamas. look how dangerously close it is to florida. 113 miles away from the central coast of florida. even a little jog here off toward the west and those impacts could be even higher. but at this point based on the data we have, it would go parallel to florida as we continue through wednesday's forecast, winds of 110 t0 mis p. as a category 2 hurricane. now,

. >> reporter: a hurricane warning in effect for the entire south carolina and north carolina coastline which is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge of up to eight feet. south carolina's governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. >> it is the water that kills people. it is the water that is the real danger. >> reporter: fema setting up operations at ft. bragg, collecting more than 250 trailers filled with food and water. and the coast guard moving operations inland ready for potential rescues once the storm passes. >> the preparedness part is pretty much over. we're in the wait and see what kind of complexity we're going to be dealing with. >> reporter: dorian passing through florida toppling trees at its peak knocking out power to some but the sunshine state for the most part was spared. pictures of the utter devastation and witnesses say it's like a bomb went off at the abaco islands. homes ripped apart left in pieces. plane, even this yacht left scattered like toys. on neighboring grand bahama island 70% was under water. the death t

ridge of high pressure that's been steering it, and eventually a turn into the south or north carolina coastline. that would happen any time moving into early tomorrow morning. and then it's gone by friday afternoon. at that point, no more concerns. it's out to sea. but we are still talking about the potential for storm surge. ah you can see, norah, anywhere along the area from brunswick to savannah to charleston. two-four, four-six-- can't even rule out eight-foot storm surge on spots. norah. >> o'donnell: good information from tonight's track. megan, thank you. and you can get updates on hurricane dorian around the clock by using our cbs news app. you can also find our streaming service, cbsn, at cbsnews.com. we want to turn now to southern california. with each passing day the scope of the dive boat disaster there becomes clearer. 33 of 34 bodies have now been recovered from the sunken wreckage off santa cruz island. many were burned beyond recognition. and tonight, loved ones are sharing stories of unspeakable loss with meg oliver. >> reporter: today, investigators boarded the "conception" s

so, we have hurricane warnings that are posted for all the carolina coastline. that front is going to help push the front out to sea, but hopefully sooner rather than later. in the morning, charleston and myrtle beach get close to hurricane conditions. watch how that center gets closer to the coastline during the afternoon and evening. across north carolina, wilmington, nags head and then by friday morning, even virginia seeing some effects of this. we have storm surge warnings from virginia all the way down to north florida. in the end, the carolinas will see shorter, but likely much larger impacts over the next 48 hours. david? >> rob marciano, who has been there for days for us. thank you. >>> tonight, as i mentioned, there is an urgent effort under way in the bahamas. the u.s. coast guard on the scene. the death toll, we have just learned, rising to at least 20. at this hour, there is an all-out race to get to people in need. they need medical help, food and water. and marcus moore is right there, where he's been since before the hurricane hit. >> reporter:

what storm rides up along the coastline, some heavy rain expected 12 to 18 inches along the carolina coastline. this category 2, 110-mile-per-hour winds 5:00 p.m. tomorrow night. still a 2 on thursday as it's expected to move near or over the carolinas. and the winds with this storm will be gusting 40 miles per hour daytona beach. 33 charleston. you will notice 47 miles per hour at charleston later on in the week. ama? >> all right, thank you, sandhya. and people in the bahamas have a long recovery ahead of them and need help. disney, the parent company of abc7 news is donating a million towards relief and recovery efforts in the bahamas, and you can help as well. donations can be made by calling 1-800-red cross. you can text the word dorian to 90999 to donate $10 or donate through our website, abc7news.com. >>> new bills designed to make it harder for parents to skip getting their kids advanced today in the state assembly. california already requires them unless a doctor gives an exemption. the push for the bill follows the nation's worst measles outbreak in 20 years. governor newsom has pled

because not only are we looking at potential storm surge for parts of the carolina coastline. we're also looking at fresh water flooding, tornadoes, and the hurricane itself. all these things come together. and what we're dealing with at the moment-- here you are in myrtle beach. and just offshore is that center of circulation. now the eye is becoming a little more ragged at this point. interestingly enough, it's not necessarily right by the eye where we have the concerns over potential tornado activity. that's essentially in what we call the right-front quadrant. so that's right here. and it's been parts of north carolina where tornadoes have been the highest threat today. now, where does the storm go from here? first of all, we know it is a category 2. it is weakening. running into cooler water, more sheer, friction from land. all of these things are serving to weaken it a bit. it's moving north-northeast at eight, and let's take a look at that track which essentially has it gone pretty much 24 hours from now. now while the storm may leave by the weekend, norah, i can guaran

still slow by hurricane standards, but now it's heading for the carolina coastline.ill it make that direct landfall? it's still a direct possibility. we do not think it will get much weaker from here on out. it did go from a category 5 to a 2. even if it makes landfall as a strong category two, we would have significant problems in areas of the carolinas. would it look like grand alabama island or great abaco? no. still, maybe a week or two without power. storm surge issues, wind, trees. raking the florida coast. it's about 80 miles off the coast. and that's all that's really protected areas of east coast of florida. yes, we still have some storm surge concerns, but we're not thinking we're going have any direct hurricane impact. that path is safely off the coast for the next 24 hours. here is the key time on thursday. as it begins to go northward, when is it going to make that turn? is it going to go into charleston or will it make the turn, missing it? the same thing goes for myrtle beach. or it may parallel or rake the coast from wilmington, atlantic beach, morehe

but it delivered one more parting blow to the carolina coastline with powerful winds and a deluge ofn and knocked down tree, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. on ocracoke island, around 800 people who ignored evacuation orders were trapped when the storm surge rose seven feet in just two hours. >> did it scare you? >> yes, yes, mostly scary for my daughter. >> north carolina's governor says there are no reports of serious injuries or death there's. >>> well, we are back in 60 seconds. the college scandal that rocked the nation. tonight how much jail time actress felicity huffman could face for her role in the scandal. >>> did pg&e impede an accident investigation? our nbc bay area team investigates possible safety lapses that left one worker injured. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. the fog is rolling back into san francisco with 58 right now. we'll show you what else is c l cooling us down saturday, and that big drop in temperatures. how low we'll go, coming up in about six minutes. >>> a miker got disoriented and lost off the tail. a friend called for help. peop

warnings for the most part but essentially in the next few hours as that storm leaves that north carolina coastline and it was always going to brush if not make landfall then the storm will quickly move away as a far weaker system but i've been covering hurricanes like this for about 20 years this is one that's hung around longer than any i've seen before but essentially the east coast really escape what could have been a far worse situation. and again here in charleston for assad let's talk now to man what i follow who's in transit key in the bahamas quite a different picture i would imagine there are many well we saw before and often pictures of the of the devastation now of people been coping with it. that's right i'm going to put down the sat phone this is our only way to communicate while we're here on the island of treasure key on on abaco island one of the northernmost points in the bahamas and certainly one of the worst hit areas as far as how people are coping majority of people that we've spoken to here are actually trying to get off the island i'll give you a sense of what's happening be

the center of the storm right now is brushing along the north carolina coastline. it's weakened slightly to a category 1 storm, with winds around 91 miles per hour. that's 51 kilometers per hour. warnings and watches extend up the east coast into canada. the storm has kicked off many tornadoes and waterspouts in the carolinas and high winds have downed trees and power lines. so far, five storm-related deaths have been reported in the united states. and in the bahamas, a much worse story to tell you about. the death toll stands at 30 but hundreds are unaccounted for. the minister says the final death toll will be, in his words, huge. high rock and grand bahama island, those are two areas hardest-hit. no one could see the level of duction there until now. cnn's patrick oppmann brings us this exclusive report. >> reporter: we're in the town of high rock or what used to be. this is the clinic. it has been leveled by hurricane dorian's category 5 winds that came screaming through here. there's people that say the ababcos, different islands, received the worst damage. an

. >> reporter: a hurricane warning is in effect for the entire south carolina and north carolina coastline which is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge up to eight feet. south carolina's governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. >> it is the water that kills people. it is the water that is the real danger. fema setting up operations at ft. bragg, collecting more than 250 trailers filled with food and water. the coast guard moving operations inland, ready for potential rescues once the storm passes. >> the preparedness part is pretty much over. we're in the wait and see what kind of complexity we're going to be dealing with. >> reporter: dorian passing through florida, toppling trees at its peak, knocking out power to some. but the sunshine state forethe most part was spared. in the bahamas new video this morning of dorian's utter devastation. homes and buildings ripped apart, left in pieces. the death toll, now 20, but expected to rise, with more than 200 people reported missing. 70,000 people in dire need of clean water and food after s

monday night and tuesday off the florida coast into tuesday and wednesday, off the georgia and carolina coastline and looking at possibly 5" of rain for lowcountry in south carolina. really, big problems where so many folks are impacted and it continues to move very, very slowly. right now looking at 62 in hayward and oakland, san sco, 6. temperature in the 50s up to the north so it has cool off here. elsewhere pretty mild, 64 san i. here is a live look outside, nice and clear. warm to hot again this afternoon, mild at the coast. call it partly sunny there and cooler weather arrives for you at the coast on tuesday, more likely the rest of you wednesday and thursday. as we look at the beach, nice place to go today, today and tomorrow, you might have that on your mind, call it partly sunny and temperatures from the upper 60s, half moon bay, closer north. 84 santa cruz and water temperatures in the low 60s. we're beginning to say that typical september pattern where we're not going to get as much fog. numbers warmer. getting into that hot and dry regime as we get into fall months. today, though, it'

severe weather, flash flooding towards the central part of south carolina's coastline and the severek tornadoes in myrtle beach, west of atlantic beach and oak island northeast avoca island south of wilmington, several storms. you can see i will bring that back to show you a link because it is very dangerous. a lot of lightning strikes with these outer bands. there is the forecast in excess of 70 miles an hour. the closest brush we get to a landfall where the center comes on shore, the lowest pressure point for statistical purposes will be around this time tomorrow in the north carolina area in the outer banks but that is the whole coast of south carolina and north carolina taking a direct hit from this storm. and storm surge accounts for half the deaths since 1970. >> this area very vulnerable. if this hurricane made landfall as a cat 3 we've not had a category 3 hurricane make landfall in north carolina since 1996. rob: we have been looking at this forever. >> very happy when it is over. rob: other news, refusing to back the badge, gavin newsom of california signing a bill making i

the last part, thursday night into friday, talking about a cat one, cat two storm along the carolina coastline. they had 35 inches of rain and flooding with florence. liz: thank you, rick. rick just reported five more storms before watching the meteorologists. coming up. a member of the democrat progressive squad asking for support of a company in somalia that the united nations warned is the backer of the biggest terrorist group there al-shabaab that wants to take down the somalian government. the chinese state media are warning the end is coming for those who are trying to antagonize china. u.s. manufacturing in a grossy section. gross d -- gressery session. ♪ from the 5am wakers, to the 6am sleepers. everyone uses their phone differently and in different places. that's why xfinity mobile created a wireless network that auto connects you to millions of secure wifi hot spots. and the best lte everywhere else. xfinity mobile is a different kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you buy an eligible phone. click,

for our friends along the south carolina coastline and north carolina. you have today and tomorrow and your prep days to be prepared for a category two hurricane landfall. that's a big deal. at one point it is a five, that's still enough to do some significant damage. cape cod is going to be safe. we can still get hit up here. 50% chance anywhere from myrtle beach and all the way to wilmington and the outer banks. thank you, bill. >> let's turn to the bahamas. we saw the strongest impact from hurricane dorian. our morgan chesky is on the ground. the signal can be shaky every now and then. take it away, morgan. >> good evening, we are at the airport. this is grounsearch and rescue happening at abac hit when it first made sound of four coast guard helicopters going back and forth from this area where they have been able to rescue dozens of people already and bringing them here to nassau where they're loading them up. that's ongoing at abaco island. feet of rain there, we have seen in our first few videos coming in from there. the airport under water, polic

carolina. what's under way? >> well, obviously, the salvation army working on making sure they're feeding people in shelters and partnering with their local eocs, obviously for the whole coastlinef north carolina and south carolina has been hit with the storm. they've already been feeding people. here in craven county and pimlico county, which is the areas we serve, we're feeding the -- helping and partnering with the shelter in pimlico county. we're partnering with the department of human services to help feed them. because we're not -- each unit is not as big as other units. we're doing that. i believe they had over one hundred people feeding there. those are some of the things we're preparing. there are also 17 canteens ready to serve in the north carolina renal. obviously with the 600 centers in the nation, there are other people getting ready to help if the need arises. >> captain kratz, i mentioned hurricane florence, 2018. a storm that devastated your community. and i wonder what lessons you and the salvation army learned from that, what you have taken from that experience here, as we look to what dorian might do to this part of north carolina. >> i think one of the thin

do still anticipate landfall either today or tomorrow in south or north carolina as this system gets awfully close to that coastline. regardless of whether it makes a technical landfall, there are still some very significant impacts to all of these three states. by that we mean north, south carolina and virginia. here for two of those states we have a large tornado watch in effect through the afternoon hours today. we've already had over a dozen tornado warnings so far today. we've got one active tornado warning right now and it's all because of these outer bands pushing onshore. even if they begin as a waterspout, they can still make that on land. we've already had one report of damage that was originally from a waterspout that moved onshore so you have to be very careful with a lot of these storms, especially these that can be short-lived tornados. they pop up really with so little notice, so please keep that in mind. in addition to that threat, you also have the threat for incredibly heavy rain, not just for north and south carolina, but also for virginia. widespread amounts of around 4 to 6 inches, but there wi

but it delivered a below to the carolina coastline. it knocked down trees, leaving hundreds of thousands without power. on ocracoke island, 800 people were trapped when the storm surge rose seven feet in just two hours. >> did it scare you? >> yes. mostly scared for my daughter. >> the governor says there are no reports of serious injuries or deaths. obviously the worst of it was the bahamas, but still not done with the storm yet. they're getting it on the northeast coast right now. >> we're anticipating plenty of rain coming from this storm. the winds are always a concern for it and the recovery process is really what makes things tough. we're sending our best wishes out there. considering the fact that it was a scary situation, it will continue to be one of those efforts. bringing it back home in san francisco, 59 degrees. notice in the live camera, it's cloudy and we got a little bit of drizzle because of that building marine layer. check out the flag right there, you can see it waving. the winds will kick up this afternoon especial

this coastline of north carolina is very fragile. there's a national seashore. a lot of people go there. they visit kitty hawk. you can better believe there's beach erosion. we already have in excess of 200,000 people without power both in north and in south carolina. >> karen, before we let you go, i want to ask you about these and put up this video. you've seen it, these multiple tornadoes throughout the carolinas. how does this happen, and should we expect to see more of that? >> typically when we talk about tornadoes, don, we're talking about them during the spring and the summer months in the open plains and not something you typically think about with hurricanes. but actually this is relatively common. you get a lot of moisture. you get a lot of instability, and you get that moisture lifting with something like a hurricane. so at the surface, you can get these powerful spin-ups. they don't usually last very long, but we certainly did see them during the early morning hours. and on the radar, as i was looking at it, there are some of these arms associated -

overnight on south carolina's coastline, dorian leaving a trail of mass flooding and hundreds of thousands of power outages in its path. and today we're still monitoring the devastation that remains in the bahamas. the u.s. military and several rescue organizations are fighting to save for lives from t the horrors after dorian's wrath left both areas in complete ruins. i want to send you down to ali velshi covering dorian live from moorehead city. the sun has come out this friday. >> the sun is out above us. there's some clouds here. this has been a remarkable change over the last ten hours or so when it was hurricane -- it was not hurricane force, but it was tropical-strength winds. it was strong. it was raining consistently overnight. there are trees down and some power outages across north carolina, but generally speaking, things are good. if you go about 65 miles northeast, that way, as the -- as you follow the u.s. coastline, into the atlantic, that's where the hurricane made landfall earlier today at cape hatteras. the storm is well beyond that. it may hit coastal canada at some poin

it is now a category 1 but the storm is battering north carolina's coastline with strong winds and heavy rain as some areas remain at risk of flooding and tornadoes. and there are now more than 300,000 power outages across the carolinas. this new video capturing the moment that a transform exploded in wilmington, north carolina, overnight. those high winds taking it out. >> let's go over to jay gray in naf wilmington, north carolina. give us an idea what the situation is on the ground. >> reporter: hey. it was a rough right overnight. strong winds and just a driving rain that continued. we're still getting just a spitting rain here and a swirling wind at times. but as this continues a move to the north, it looks like finally it may be losing a bit of intensity. dorian announces its arrival in the coastal carolinas with violent wind, soaking rain, and a storm surge of more than seven feet in some areas. too much water too fast. swallowing parts of the low country where first responders had to push this car out of the fast rising floodwaters that took over downtown streets. >> when i saw t

. >>> a fireball on the north carolina coastline, the waterfront fire destroying six homes in surf cityth carolina. the fire broke out sunday afternoon and roared through a housing development. they say multiple buildings were fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. no word on what may have caused the fire or if anyone was injured. "early start continues right now. >>> lawyers for the anonymous whistleblower say they're worried for their client's safety, as president trump escalates his attacks. >> don't make this any worse than it already is. >>> nancy pelosi with a new message for the white house, about the house impeachment inquiry. >>> plus, new polling shows americans' opinion on impeachment is now shifting. welcome back to "early start." it christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. folks in montana digging out from snow. it will be 90 degrees out east. we start with the latest on impeachment in the nation's capital. lawyers for the whistleblower say the president's threats are causing a grave risk to their client's safety. the letter from adam schiff came as p

going to have a category two storm, category one storm right along the north carolina coastline. this comes out from an area within noaa that gives flood prediction. moderate risk is across an expensive area that we'll see the next few days. we'll be done with this by friday afternoon and saturday. that cannot come soon enough. the big story from this, remember last week, we talked about the turn. made the turn over the bahamas. had that happened across the eastern seaboard of south florida, i can't imagine the damage it would have caused there. obviously the bahamas took the brunt of this storm. >> shepard: clearly. the last hour a new tropical storm in gulf. >> there is. this is in the gulf. it's tropical storm fernand. it will bring a lot of moisture up across south texas. so the brownsville area, get ready for some significant flooding from that moisture. shepard, peak of hurricane season is september 10. we're september 3, i believe. there's a lot of activity in the atlantic. we're not done with this season. >> shepard: thanks, rick. as hurricane dorian crawls towards florid

. >> reporter: a hurricane warning is in effect for the entire south carolina and north carolina coastlinech is set to face the brunt of the storm and a dangerous storm surge of up to eight feet. south carolina's governor asking anyone who lives in the evacuation zone to get out. >> it is the water that kills people. it is the water that is the real danger. >> reporter: fema setting up operations at ft. bragg and the coast guard moving operation inland. dorian passing through florida, but the sunshine state for the most part was spared. in the bahamas, new video this morning of dorian's utter devastation. homes and buildings ripped apart, left in pieces. the death toll, now 20, but expected to rise with more than 200 people reported missing. 70000 people in dire need of clean water and food after surviving a nightmare. in south carolina they're already experiencing high tide. with the additional rain and potential storm surge, we could see several feet of flooding before dorian passes through. megan tevrizian, abc news, charleston, south carolina. >>> hi, sloid. here is the latest statisti

. >>> hurricane dorian scraping the carolina coastline.storm lashing the southeast with massive waves and torrential downpours. hurling more than a dozen tornadoes. >> holy crap. >> ripping these mobile homes to shreds. more than 240,000 homes and businesses without power across south carolina. coastal communities under mandatory evacuations. north carolina's governor urging people to get out. >> get to safety. and stay there. don't let your guard down. the eye of the storm will be close enough to cause extensive damage in north carolina. >> businesses boarding up. taking no chances as the same storm that battered the bahamas yet somehow spared florida, including the historic downtown in south carolina. >> stay off the streets. it's very dangerous. >> in virginia, the military making preparations. sending their canines further north to wait out the storm. meanwhile, thousands in the bahamas facing total devastation waiting for relief and beginning the long road to recovery. >> our response will be day and night, day after day, week after w

it just hugs the entire north carolina coastline. not going to be like coming in perpendicularly.oing to cut across the entire coast line there. so it will cause some pretty significant problems. all of our models in good agreement. take a look at this. all going in this exact direction. that's what it looked like yesterday morning. so a pretty good track of this in the center. the red one is from the national hurricane center cutting across the outer banks. this is the future radar. probably sometime tomorrow morning, a landfall around cape lookout. that is the center of what we talked about, as if it's a single point. obviously it's a big storm. it's going to bring a lot of rain in norfolk, virginia. a little rain coming towards cape cod and the islands eventually from this. the storm will expand in its size as it moves north. while the center winds will go down, that expanse will go out quite a bit. take a look at this. this is the the size of it. another way to visualize this area of low pressure growing in size. that means the impacts will happen across the northeast. this is

overnight on south carolina's coastline, dorian leaving a trail of mass flooding and hundreds of thousandsits path. and today we're still monitoring the devastation that remains in the baham

all very, very similar until we get to the north carolina coastline. there the american model gives some possible landfall late thursday, early friday around wilmington. then across the outer banks of cape hatteras. whereas the european model is a little slower with a landfall possibly early friday morning and then continues on out. so we're going to watch that very closely as we get into that. but here's what i want to talk about right now. hurricane force winds extend out 60 miles. the tropical force winds from the center extend out 175 miles. so look at this. you can see they're starting to -- as this makes its move right along the coast, we're seeing the possibility of tropical force winds. and if it makes a little bit of jog to the west, that becomes even stronger. by wednesday evening, kingsland, savannah, charleston, all within that tropical force wind possibility. then we move into thursday. wilmington's involved. so is myrtle beach. as we continue to move to the east you'll see as we get into thursday night, early friday, cape hatteras, even n

it weakened to a category 2 as it approached the south carolina coastline but then strengthen to category 3 right now it's just teetering on the cusp of category 3 category 2 classification but here's an example of what not to do during hurricanes people are out there right now they're taking selfies. >>and part of the car actually flew off to see how there's no bumper on the front was ripped right off that's how powerful the water as we get hit by it my way and watching people. >>risking their lives getting out as close to that issue is they could to take selfies that's also. >>no no and during a hurricane but. and nobody knows how or why a lot of their that's the big question. >>all right, let's bring the focus home here in the bay area we have some homeowners in marin county that may soon have to cut down all the landscaping within 3 feet of their house. it's all part of a new wildfire prevention law being debated in mill valley. so the ordinance would require homeowners to remove certain types of trees from their properties altogether trees it. the deemed to be very flammable but then

wide enough we are actually seeing some heavy rain showers and strong winds along the south carolina coastline near charleston. that will push along the coastline until it might make a potential landfall sometime early friday morning but the storm will continue to be a problem for the next couple of days, with heavy rainfall as well as dangerous storm surge. sue? >> david, thank you very much. >>> a stern warning from north carolina governor roy cooper, stating that dorian will cause widespread damage and likely deaths as well he says 50 emergency shelters are now open across the eastern part of that state >> this won't be a brush-by. whether it comes ashore or not, the eye of the storm will be close enough to cause extensive damage in north carolina >> we're watching dorian for you. that's the news update this hour brian, back to you >> it is a big storm sue, thank you very much scary stuff. >>> back to business now and tapestry shares have surged 10% in the past week options traders are betting on another 10% rally from here. jon and pete najarian have the unusual activity jon, you're up fir

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beyond that the storm skirts up the north carolina coastline and we think landfall will happen between, say, thursday night into friday morning. on the outer banks of the carolinas. that's the highest likelihood for the storm to cross over lapped. beyond that, it quickly skirts away from the eastern united states after some 13 days of threatening the caribbean and the united states before making landfall on thursday overnight. rosemary? >> we are looking forward to it removing itself from the coastline there. our pedram javaheri bringing us the very latest on the forecast. we appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> well, so far the united states has only seen glancing blows from hurricane dorian but that could change in the coming hours and once place on high alert is charleston in south carolina. now, derek van dam is standing by for us there right now. and derek, i know you've moved location there in charleston, and the big worry here is the flooding. we can see some water there. and of course they're counting down the hours until the 1:00 p.m. high tide which is going to bring some more

one model we have, which is pretty reliable, most of the model breaking it towards the north carolina coastlineeans significant rain along the coast, significant storm surge, a lot of damage at least to coastal areas of the carolinas. when we talk about flooding, you see red there, this is couple days out for north carolina, with moderate risk. this is elevated risk for flooding across the parts of the carolinas. 10 inches of rain falling in a short period of time. florida, however, throughout the night, tomorrow, storm winds and storm surge but spared the worst what it could have been in florida. connell: could have been a lot worse. thank you, rick reichmuth. melissa. melissa: response teams will soon spring into action to help communities hurt by hurricane dorian. jaeb wood, rubicon ceo. your group specializes getting into action, helping people in the aftermath of these situations. we had a mayor on from a local town in florida who was saying they have been spared a lot of the damage but they have so many resources together where they are, they were hoping a way to get some resources to the

and then we'll watch it tonight going up the north carolina coastline and heading up to the moorehead city area, atlantic beach. we're not done yet. we haven't had -- ever since the storm left the bahamas, we haven't had hurricane conditions anywhere, yet. this will be the first time tonight that that returns. that's going to be the big concern, steve. and when we wake up tomorrow morning, the storm will be over the outer banks and we'll be able to assess how bad it was this evening. >> when we talk the idea of the storm maybe making landfall. what is the difference between it actually hitting the land, actually making landfall versus being off the coast 30, 40 miles? >> two things. one of them is that the strongest winds are usually on the north or the northeast quadrant of the storm. that's the part you want to avoid. that's usually where we have the maximum sustained winds are usually measured in this region. so if this northeast quadrant can stay offshore, that will usually mean weaker winds. these are pretty good thunderstorms on the back side. the other thing that it means, if w

coastline. warnings are in northern florida and the carolinas. our team is tracking it all but we begin in the bahamas with "cbs this morning's" lead national correspondent, david begnaud. he is in the capital. i understand that is the stage for rescues. what is happening there? >> reporter: if there is hope this morning, the sunrises on hope because it is a new day of searching today. we're at airport because this is where people are being medevaced and taken to a local hospital. if you look out on the tarmac, there is about a half dozen people loading up a helicopter as they get ready to take off into an area where there is no cell signal. the reason we're in the bahamas in nassau this morning is because we have the signal live to tell you what's going on. they saw people waving for help below. they could not be rescued because the conditions were so poor. today they will try again. the extent of dorian's destruction across the northern bahamas is immense. from the air, flying over abaco island, the damage stretches for miles. entire neighborho