dauphin island is reporting four foot of storm surge currently and it's covering the road there.t's a barrier island just south of alabama. there's a lot of storm surge that's happening now, and this is when it's the dangerous part. this is some of the nighttime video of dauphin island and some of the power is out and you can see that's the road there and that's the storm surge. part of it coming in there. this is what you expect. storm surge inundation. this is when the wind turns south and the storm makes landfall and we're at high tide. unfortunately two things have coincided with each other. yeah. that gets a little iffy and a little hairy driving on that road for them. you can see the water coming up. and they get out of that. >> and the word is from noaa it's very clear on the website they say one to two feet. don't be driving through that. it can move forward not only to six inches but it can sweep a person away. >> mobile bay is also on the rise now. they're starting to report some flooding along mobile bay. just because we're getting the eye, the landfall, what's left of

. >>> we have this now in from dauphin island, alabama. mayor there tells cnn there is significant flooding, homes and cars are flooded throughout the island, and the causeway leading to dauphin island is now closed. the west end of the island is inaccessible because of the depths of water, 4 to 6 feet, he's saying. this is mayor jeff collier who is checking in, saying the water is starting to recede, that's happened in the past hour or so. >>> well, "saturday night live" honors the victims of the las vegas massacre with the very man who was on stage when it all started, jason aldean. >> you can be sure that we're going to walk through these tough times together every step of the way. ♪ in a world that keeps on ♪ if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer with deeply restorative care. garnier whole blends. legendary olive leave-in conditioner. enhanced with olive oil & olive leaf extracts. to detangle, work a dollop through damp or dry hair. and infuse it with softness. garnier whole blends legendary olive. for you, it's always now over later.

east to slidell and along the gulf coast as far as dauphin island. we talked about the eye. was there going to be an eye? here is the latest hurricane hunter aircraft. i know it is difficult to see. i will draw it for you. there is not a west side of the eye right now. that is good news. as long as there is not a complete circular eye breathing in and out as hurricanes really do, the storm will not rapidly intensify. it is still intensifying today because the storm is warm up over the water and that will make it at least a 90-mile-an-hour storm. it needs to get to 96 to get to category two. look at the power outages expected with a category one. >> let's hope it doesn't get t 6 to 96. chad, thank you. >> we have cnn's ryan young in mobile where residents are taking things seriously. what are you finding there, ryan? >> reporter: christi, absolutely. you know when you have the hurricanes hitting the u.s., you have people having the conversation. especially in the coastal cities. no different here from the 5 to 9 feet storm surge. people are watching and and looking for precau

for more on that nbc's gadi schwartz is in dauphin island, alabama.t looks like bright skies and a clearer picture for sure. >> reporter: definitely, bright skies, a clearer picture but also a long walk for residents out here. let me show you what i'm talking about. this is the boulevard here on dauphin island, you can see it's been flooded out. in fact that military vehicle down there it got stuck earlier. so up into here is where vehicles can pretty much make it and then all the way down here you've got earth movers. but then you see that man down there. he's walking that is what's happened for people that are trying to get to their homes. in fact, just over the ridge it's hard to see with the haze, but that over there that is about four miles of this type of situation. about three to four feet of sand in this area. and thomas, i want to show you something else over here. one of the things that the residents said that they were happy that this hurricane didn't pack as big of a punch as they were anticipating. they said one person said if you had to

dauphin island was hit with the storm's worst. >> we had a our yard. about two feet of water in the bottom of our house. just a lot of mud and debris. >> reporter: roadways were impassable and reports of widespread outages on the island. meanwhile, it washed some things ashore. many residents are breathing a sigh of relief. >> we got very lucky. really impressive that we haven't had so much damage as expected. >> reporter: while crews worked to remove debris and repair power lines, for many residents, life is back to normal. >> we're walking on the beach looking for shells. it's much better than i thought yesterday. >> reporter: the threat from nate is over. but the atlantic hurricane season is not. it runs until the end of november. dan scheneman, nbc news. >>> all right. what's left of nate coming this way. sheena parveen watching closely. lots of mugginess this morning to talk about. it's thick. >> this is the comes in when we get a tropical system. we're talking about it feeling more like the gulf coast states around here this morning. it is humid

gulf coast residents heeded those warnings..janson graham, owner of ship & shore; dauphin island, al:we're doing everything we can to prepare and hopefully help the islanders with batteries, flashlights ice. we have a generator here so hopefully that will work."in mobile, alabama, i'm omar jimenez. (marty) coming up... the state wants to make ride-share services safer for california passengers. we'll explain. live look outside... san francisco international airport. for the weekned... it's the soundtrack of the 60's in berkeley. come out and enjoy performances, drinks and more. it's all happening at the veterans memorial building from 2 to 5. the event is free to attend. - everything we stock at grocery outlet has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. we've got name-brand, top-quality groceries priced 40-70% off every day. bargainomics. that's our business model. and our business model is... delicious. ♪ grocery outlet bargain ma

. >> i'm here in dauphin island, where roads are still impassable even to big trucks these homes aretill cut off by about 3 to 4 feet of sand. >> reporter: tonight, thousands without power and martin thankful that's been the biggest problem from nate. >> i woke up this morning and i went, thank you, god, you smiled on us. >> reporter: after katrina levelled much of this coast 12 years ago, governments mandate ed new codes. >> we have rebuilt in the aftermath of katrina, higher and stronger and our people are a lot smarter now, wiser and more prepared than we've ever been for a catastrophic event. >> reporter: tonight, emergency officials say despite the lack of extensive damage, they hope residents that just went through hurricane nate don't become complacent for the next time they're urged to evacuate. kate? >> quite a picture behind you. thank you. zblncht. >>> in salt lake city, new developments in a police shooting. district attorneys said the killinging was legally justified. some are finding, which came as the police released body cam vitd of the hooting. matt bradley is in sal

the most populated one is this dauphines island here.e this band comes inland, that's when the strongest wind will be. if you're going to lose power, it's going to be with this band. it's only a category one. i say "only" because we dealt with such monster storms this year. category one will have tree damage, knock down a couple trees, minor roof damage. that can cause power lines to go down and a loss of power. we'll see how biloxi fares. we heard from the mayor, everyone still has power on. if we lose it, it will be in the next half hour to next 45 minutes and then it will clear out. once they go through the center of the storm, the winds will just be breezy on the back side of the storm. here are some of the current wind gusts. i think we have a picture of new orleans. new orleans is on the weak side of the storm. they didn't get a lot of rain from this system, didn't get a lot of strong winds. right now winds are at 24 miles per hour. new orleans area south to louisiana coast is doing just fine. there is some high water from the miss

would be entirely underwater and things would be even worse with the big barrier island here, dauphin island. oreos of flooding although mostly due to the high tide. people have been doing what they can to prepare over the last few days. the last storm to threaten mobile may have been hurricane katrina. nate not nearly a positiverful although we could see tornadoes depending which part of the storm makes landfall. now we're expecting the worst of it overnight and into tomorrow morning expect a lot of places to close up. we just got word a lot of the churches are already canceling sunday services ahead of nate's arrival. jon, paula. >> all right, victor, thank you for your reporting. >>> we want to turn to the latest in the las vegas mass trying to figure out stephen paddock's motive. >> authorities are learning more about the methodical way he planned the massacre. abc's kenneth moton is in las vegas with more. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon and paula. just an incredible memorial behind me here. this community rightly wants to focus on the victims but this morning they

things already worse for dauphin island, reports of flooding already mainly due to the high tides. people in the area have been doing what they can to prepare over the last few days. the last storm to threaten mobile hurricane isaac in 2012 made landfall in louisiana. but it brought a lot of rain and coastal flooding to mobile. could see tornadoes here depending upon which part of the storm makes landfall and expecting the worst of it overnight and into tomorrow morning. "a lot of places to close up. we've already gotten word a lot of churches have already canceled their sunday services ahead of hurricane nate's arrival which would come anywhere late tonight into tomorrow morning. jon, paula. >> all right, victor, thank you for your reporting. >>> we want to turn to the latest in the las vegas mass shooting investigation. police are extremely frustrated trying to figure out stephen paddock's motive. >> authorities are learning more about the methodical way he planned the massacre. abc's kenneth moton is in las vegas with more. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon a

we did hear about a few water rescues to our south down closer to dauphin island. at least two families had to be rescued. police, though, now really out assessing the situation. now that we have light here, they can get out, they can see a little bit better what has been going on. the fear was overnight with this high water that driving through it could be really dangerous if the water -- if you hit a dip or something in the road, that would float cars. so it was a dangerous situation overnight. as of now, it appears to be getting better, alex. >> except for that one guy who got right in the thick of things. good to hear that. thank you. >>> let's get the latest on the track of tropical storm nate. bill karins is joining us for that. so when you look out at the area of concern, where are you seeing some trouble? >> we still have to worry about isolated tornados and the possibility of flash flooding from some rains. if we take a step back, this is our first hurricane this season that underachieved. you talk with harvey that way overachieved with crazy amounts of ra

area where we're standing right now would be underwater and things will likely be even worse for dauphin island, a barrier island and there are reports of flooding already because of high tide. people throughout the area have been doing what they can to prepare over the last few days. the last storm to really threaten mobile was hurricane isaac in 2012. it made landfall in louisiana but it brought a lot of rain and coastal flooding to mobile. we can also see some tornadoes here with hurricane nate depending on which part of the storm maybes landfall here. we're expecting the worst of it overnight into tomorrow morning. a lot of places are already closing up. we're hearing from churches who decided to cancel sunday services before nate arrives. john, paula. >> all right, victor, thank you for your reporting. >>> we want to turn to the latest in the las vegas mass shooting investigation. police admitting that they are extremely frustrated trying to figure out stephen paddock's motive. >> but authorities are learning more about the methodical way he planned the massacre. abc's kenneth moton is in