nassau and freeport. we are hearing about widespread power outages and that the government has disconnected the public water service as this storm bears down. let's go to our severe weather center. the power of the storm is compounded by how slow it's moving. right? >> i'm at a loss for words when we think about what they are going through. very few people who have ever lived on our planet are going through the horrifying conditions of these family members huddled in their homes in the dark of night without power and they are putting up with wind gusts equivalent to an ef-5 tornado and going through it for hours. keep them in your prayers. headed toward freeport. it should slow down to two and a half miles an hour. it may hang over freeport for 30 hours straight. that slowing will allow the environment around it to kind of make up its mind where it's going to make it. these systems just want to take their heat and transfer it to the north. they take the path of least resistance. if you look at the history

hi, shep. >> all of the video is out of freeport. freeport never had the worst of the conditions. other areas in the bahamas, the storm made landfall initially at that 185 miles an hour sustained winds down around marsh harbor. and then eventually got over towards freeport. we have not seen a lot of the images yet to keep from the ideas. i'm afraid to be honest with you. the center of the storm had the strongest winds. i want to show you, this is tropical storm force winds. that's what sandy looked like. katrina. we know what those storms did damage-wise. dorian has winds extending out 350 miles. so it's a little smaller in the expanse of the strongest winds. that is strong enough that we're seeing tropical storm force winds along the coast and likely see hurricane force gusts overnight tonight around cape canaveral and tomorrow morning, this is a representation of what we believe the radar will look like in time, this is tomorrow morning. daytona beach, a lot of water in towards the jacksonville area, a lot of water around tybee island. this is thursday morning. charleston. under

i love freeport. it is a very nice and beautiful place, but we just have to build hard and build strong. i know a lot of people left, but i'm not going to leave and i'm going to go back and build back up. that's my plan and get my cars back on the road and getting business back on the road and fix freeport and communicate with people and network and get things going. i'm not going to stop. >> kyle edward, you're an inspiration. stay strong, my friend. you people are so resilient and your attitude and perspective, and best of luck to you and your little boy. that little boy is such a blessing. >> any sponsors or any donations can go to viphugs.org. that's my non-profit organization if you guys want to send donations. i'm heading over to nassau and i'm going to help my family and do anything i can do for the people and that's viphugs.org and that's my donation. thank you so much. i appreciate you. >> thank you. we appreciate you, too, kyle edward, thanks for joining us and if you want to find out other

. >> which is where freeport was -- >> freeport, all of grand bahamas. watch the last couple frames. right there. it inched north ward. for the first time in 24 hours we finally are watching this go north. come over here, i want to show you the radar view. that's the satellite view, this is the radar view coming in here. you can see the black lines. the hurricane center gives us hourly coordinates where the storm is. it hasn't been moving much. now this due northward motion has started to occur. so, yes, the southern eye wall is still over grand bahama island, but at least we're starting to make a tiny bit of progress. if we can get that out of there and hopefully reduce their winds so when it comes tomorrow morning monterey bay they can have a little bit of time to get outside and just try to assess what is going on. >> that's progress for the people in the bahamas. >> correct. >> for the people in florida who don't want this thing to move north, where is it headed? >> they want it to move north. they don't want it to move west, because west would be to

>> i'm actually from freeport.ing in nassau right now and i came back home to stay with my dad during the storm. >> and your loved one, is everyone you know okay? >> everyone that has been missing is now accounted for. just a few minutes ago, i got news that my friends at -- are okay right now. so, yes, everyone that i know right now, that i know is missing is accounted for right now. there may be other people that we haven't got wind of yet that may have passed away. but it's a small community and you're going to know everyone. so i'm just hoping that the death toll when it comes through, that they're not people that i know closely. but it's going to be -- it's very unlikely that we don't know the people that have passed away. >> of course. we can hear the desperation in your voice. i know you spent the last 24, 48 hours trying to reach your mother. the communication kept coming in and out because you're on a different island from her right now. is she okay? >> no. she's on the same island. we're both in freeport.

that is the wind in freeport in the bahamas. after making landfall late saturday night, hurricane dorian has essentially parked itself, spinning in place over that part of the island chain for more than a day. one resident in freeport describing it this way, it's utterer destruction everywhere we look. >> what happened? >> oh, my god. it's gone. >> that's one early snapshot of the destruction. getting a clear picture of the scope of the damage has been really tough so far as many people have been completely cut off. search and rescue has been hard because the storm is still over freeport. let's show you one government minister describing the shock of seeing waves crashing against his windows 20 feet up. >> that's the water hitting my front window, which is extremely high. that's my kitchen window that water is hitting and that has to be a minimum of about 20 feet off the ground. and this is the water by my back door and glass. >> and then there is the free port airport. we're going to show you on the right part of your screen, y

vamos en vivo con patrick quien se encuentra en freeport en la isla de gran bahama.s Últimos dÍas. llegamos a lo que era el aeropuerto de freeport aquÍ en esta isla y estÁ casi totalmente destruida. la pista estÁ llena de pedazos de metales, de escombros. tiene brazos de un aviÓn, parte de un ala. otros lugares del aeropuerto quedan vÍas bajo agua. es muy complicado que venga la ayuda que necesita esta isla tanto a travÉs del aeropuerto. la historia es que salgan personas por el aeropuerto porque realmente el aeropuerto es casi totalmente destruida. en otros lugares de la isla se ve que sÍ estÁ llegando gracias a los helicÓpteros de la cuerda costa de los estados unidos. hemos visto por primera vez helicÓpteros de los estados unidos de la guardia costa llegando aquÍ, rescatando a personas y se supone trayendo ayuda. pero en esta isla en este momento no se encuentra agua. es muy difÍcil encontrar comida. todavÍa no tenemos luz. no hay agua y mucha gente que sufrieron dÍas y días atorados en su casa, ahora se encuentra en un estado precario de salud. entonces necesitam

wellman weather apollo joins me live now from freeport in the bahamas when will we can see for example a plane in behind you tell us a little bit about where you are and what's happening there. we're outside of the freeport airport in the island of grand bahama this is one of the worst hit areas by hurricane dory and you can see behind me this is the aircraft that was washed here by by hurricane dorian because it wasn't just those strong winds remember it's a category 5 hurricane it took 36 hours for this storm to make it across the island of grand bahama and to make it across the island of abaco along with those strong winds was the storm surge so this area outside the airport where we're at right now was actually under at least 2 meters of water up until just a couple of days ago so the devastation here is pretty widespread now that's one of the main challenges that search and rescue operations are faced with here in the bahamas is the floodwaters that are or have only recently begun to recede runways roadways bridges the infrastructure here very much damaged by by the by the storm i

here is freeport. here is where it's calm right there. they are getting the north part of the storm here. this the south wind here. they are filling up this harbor near freeport with certainly big surge. but this here, this island, abaco, that's the area that got hit when it was 185. i can't believe there's anything left of that. at least that man said he talked to someone on abaco and they were okay. it wouldn't be out of the question that no one would be okay. i mean, everyone could have had some type of damage or water or whatever it might be, 25 feet. this island is 30 feet tall tops. so y'all had to get to the right place at the right time to survive that. hopefully that is the case for everybody out there. communication, to be very honest, with abaco has been impossible. even people with sat phones haven't been able to get there. here is the storm right now moving over freeport, moving 1 mile an hour. it's going to move close to the coast of the u.s., very close to the space coast as it sticks out, cape canaveral. as it gets closer,

this one of -- i believe this was the freeport airport, completely under water. there's also a video that he sent from a member of his own family showing the massive flooding as they were trapped in their home. he had lost contact with his family when we spoke. yesterday he had gone out to try to reach them, was forced to turn back because the roads were too dangerous. he's joining us once again by phone. can you hear me? >> yes, good morning, kate. i can hear you loud and clear. >> thank you so much. when we spoke yesterday, you'd said you weren't able to reach your sister-in-law and her two young children. have you been able to make contact with them? >> yeah, thank god, we were able to find them yesterday. they are thankfully sheltered as we speak. we do have a bahamian sky. we just don't have bahamian sea and land anymore. what it used to be is no longer. but that's how nature works. we have clear sunshine right now. i'm driving through areas of grand bahama. areas i used to recognize i can no longer recognize. however, we have teams on the ground doing as mu

also in freeport, sam teicher, the founder and chief reef officer for coral vita, which is based in freeport, grand bahama. we welcome you both to democracy now! under these severe conditions. i want to start with crystal. you are bahamian. you're just visiting your family when the hurricane made landfall. can you describe the scene and what has happened to your family their? >> it is devastating. the toll of the hurricane is truly indescribable and unprecedented. much of the island is under floodwaters. citizens are still out in the rescueattempting to those in distress. mind-boggling because this is not supposed to happen to these areas. suburbs, if you will, not see facing properties. we really otherwise thought them to be safe. amy: what happened to your sister and her family? >> it is crazy. a call came in that the water was rising. their soon to be at steps. then the next call came in that their neighbors house had taken in substantial water. they had sought refuge with my sister, but the waters in her house were also rising several feet. really quickly. it was like flash flooding. the

patrick ottman live from freeport, bahamas. let's talk more about what's going on where you are and these storm surges. >> reporter: yes. the storm surges are a major concern but let's talk about the wind first. we are being lashed in freeport by dorian's wind all night long in the dark because power is out here. it sounds like a jet engine, just screaming winds that pick up but never really go away. they die down a bit, but they never really go away. keep getting stronger and stronger. people are in their homes, no power, no information, no tv. maybe they're listening to radio. it has to be terrifying. nobody here in the bahamas has ever experienced a storm like this because they've never had a storm like this. and a real concern though is later on with the storm surge, talking about a storm surge exceeding 20 feet. the highest point on this island is 30 feet. much of this island by the end of today, by tomorrow will be under water. >> patrick ottman, appreciate it. thanks so much. >>> an eerie calm in coastal florida as doria

las medicinas o un techo bajo el cual dormir, desde freeport rogelio con la realidad que se >>> asÍ es paso de dorian aquÍ en este vecindario lo que causÓ destrozo fue el agua y tambiÉn la combinaciÓn con lo vientos de dorian pero vean esta estructura que es de concreto la parte trasera la derribÓ totalmente, y de acuerdo con los vecinos nos cuentan que en esta parte de aÁa el agua subÍa hasta arriba del primer piso por eso que la estructura que estaba conectada aquÍ, y quedÓ bajo el agua esto y muchas personas que se quedaron a pasar el huracÁn aqÍi que corrieron el riesgo tuvieron que ser sacadas a travÉs de motocicletas acuÁticas o por lancha, porque el agua subiÓ demasiado en algunos casos tapaban los techos de las viviendas de esta zona y obviamente que hay mucha gente que estÁ pasando de las bahamas que estÁ pues totalmente abandonada a su suerte porque no tienen agua, y sin luz y estÁn pasando una situaciÓn muy difÍcil, hemos accedido aquÍ a freeport gracias a que una compaÑÍa de cruceros trajo ayuda humanitaria y aprovecharon para mostrar un poco a los medios que no habÍamos te

freeport has been out of the eye walls. and the wind gusts are 165. i know that doesn't sound like much. it was over 200. but i think we need to start preparing ourselves for the images we're going to see out of this. the devastation. i know there's five fatalities, but that number is going to go up. the u.s. coast guard has landed where it made landfall. but that eye is mean and nasty and it continues just to pummel this area most likely changing the coastline of the grand bahama islands. look, it also went well to the north because it's been trying to calculate these currents. high pressure which was over the north of it, pushing it toward florida has moved away. but this is what we've been waiting for. change in the color palette here, if we broaden out, you're going to see a short-wave trough. that is a trough that's moving across the tennessee valley and we expect for the most part, these winds will help create a lift and that's what we've been waiting on. >> it's awesome that the u.s. coast guard has been able to get to abaco island. they saw th

and the airport in freeport is still closed. just one look at damage there, of course, explains why. the death toll in the bahamas now stands at 20 and that is expected to rise. well, cnn's patrick oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport. coming up, our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, south carolina. but let's begin with the forecast. so we turn to meteorologist pedram javaheri, who joins us from the international weather center. so talk to us about this. it's been upgraded and where is it going? where is it headed? >> yeah, rosemary, it's a menacing storm system. a major hurricane, as you said, a category 3, sitting just about 100 miles south of charleston, south carolina, at this hour. take a look at the fortunate nature of some of these cities, daytona beach, jacksonville, savannah, in incredibly close proximity to the storm system. the luck going to run out in the next 24 hours as we see dorian make landfall and approach the u.s. significant rainfall already be

if it's over freeport or west of freeport, then we're on this side ft o cone. side of the cone. the whole key, once it takes that northwards turn, we want that to be as early as possible. then it would be on this side of the cone, farther away from the florida coastline. that's going to be the million dollar question. just how close does it get to the east coast, and when i was talking to ed there, some of our computers do take it landfall here into areas of eastern florida. we'll wait and see how this plays out. once again, for our friends northwards, we have a chance of a major hurricane near jacksonville, the brunswick area to sa vvannah, and that's nothi to sneeze at, a number of commercial airlines are waiving cancellati cancellation fees. and airports are closely monitoring the hurricane, as they decide whether stay open orlando international airport is open tomorrow. lind linden pindling. steve kornacki is back with me, and more kasie dc is back in a moment. >>> for a breeief moment this wk it looked like joe biden's lead over the rest of the democratic

>> sam teicher is in freeport, on the southern end of freeport.t is, as he said, fortunately the southern end of the island is not being hit as hard, but those winds, 100 mile an hour winds, 130 mile per hour gusts, that is still substantially stronger than most people can stand up to or most facilities they're in can stand up to. >>> all right. coming up, multiple people have been killed in a raging boat fire in california. dozens more are still missing. we've got the latest on the investigation and what caused the blaze. >>> and new details on saturday's deadly shooting in odessa, texas, which left seven people dead. we've got detail on a revealing phone call the shooter made to police before the shootings. more on the other side of this break. is break. tomer service, every time. our 18 year old was in an accident. usaa took care of her car rental, and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure that my daughter was ok. if i met another veteran, and they were with another insurance company, i would tell them, you need to jo

reports from freetown freeport. floodwaters have finally receded on the island of grand bahama. presidents of this part of the country this means coming to terms with the devastation left over from hurricane dorian on the eastern end of the island more than 80 percent of homes were destroyed. this high school near free ports tourist district has been transformed into a shelter for the displaced many here have lost everything to the hurricane even their loved ones for me and i lost my house. because he had decided to stay home. from what i was saying and heard everything else like completely gone actual. you know this is because you know. on and i you know know any player those but. about 80 people are staying at this shelter freeport remains without electricity and the heat is almost unbearable but there is food and water and doctors on site to provide medical attention to anyone who needs it by i really thank god for life right now on i thank god for the u.s. coast guard and participated you guys and you know bringing us food and clothes and water and stuff. search opera. sions

patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. >> an incredible account there of the damage in freeport from cnn's patrick oppmann. >>> and my next guest is the director of communications for mercy corps and joins me now from nassau. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you. >> now, we just saw there in patrick oppmann's report the total devastation at freeport's airport in the bahamas. clearly unable to receive planes at this time. although the international tourism sign terminal is apparently still standing though damaged from flooding. what's your organization's plans right now for getting aid deliveries in for those most in need? >> well, you've put your finger on just the biggest challenge that we're facing right now. these are two islands that were incredibly hard hit. there's widespread flooding and there's almost no way to get supplies in. there was a flyover done yesterday in which we saw basically freeport sort of standing and then flattened ground on either side of it to the north and south of the island. so at this point all responders are standing by while we all

patrick ottman is the outfront in freeport on grand bahama island. you had a firsthand look at some of the massive devastation on the only airport on the grand bahama island frb, freeport what did you see the airport like so much of the island, it's been under water, jake. first to the runway and it was easy because most of the fencing has come down. we walked out to the runway. it's covered in did debris. we couldn't see if anybody was in the control tower. no generators running. there was concrete blocks and metal sheeting all over the runway. it's impossible to land ray plane. there was a coast guard helicopter parked upon the -- landed on the so that has been a very positive sign, but as of now, the airport either the terminals are completely destroyed or spent days under water and they are still debris and several terminals that we could get in were either destroyed or we told you we tried to go and film inside. i don't know how anybody can land a plane. if we're not able to land planes here, it's difficult to get the aid this island needs. >> p

cnn's patrick oppmann is there in resort city of freeport. here's his report. >> the weather here in freeport is gradually deteriorating as hurricane dorian moves off the nearby island of abaco and heads this direction to the island where we are, grand bahama. and we are sensing winds picking up, more rain coming, and that is just going to get worse and worse because this storm, while incredibly powerful, a category 5, the strongest storm ever to hit the bahamas, it is also moving very slowly. it's a deadly combination, particularly on an island chain where so many islands are very low lying. where we are right now, the highest point on this island is only about 30 feet high, the highest point of land, and so when you hear about a storm surge of 20 feet, that means in the hours and days ahead much of this island where i am standing will be underwater. islands around us which are more low lying will be completely submerged. it is a terrifying prospect for the people, the many people who have decided to ride out this storm on those low-lying pa

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 a landfall anywhere where you see the cone of uncertainty. it's not out of the question. could it happen? we have been watching this change day in and day out. when we talk about the winds -- we will come back and talk about this in the next half hour. this is the history of the five-day plot from the national hurricane center. you can see what they have been dealing with, watching and waiting for high pressure to lose its grip. we could still see a landfall in the carolinas, like matth

. 70,000 live in the bahamas. 26,000 in freeport. they're already -- they're about 30 feet above sea level whe. where it made landfall, it was only, like, 11. they're inundated. the trend in the last 24 hours, everything was trending away from the coastline. in the last 24 it kind of moved back toward the coast. we're talking the difference between 20, maybe 30 miles. power outages, light destruction, or death and billions and billions of dollars in damage. so, again, this stall down here means everything. it's going to happen in the next several hours. it will probably stay near freeport for 30 hours straight. at cat 5 status. then maybe just then, ana, we'll be able to see how pressure which has been steering this storm toward florida. loosen its grip, slide away and that could be just what we need to keep it away from florida but then what happens up in south ad north carolina? so, again, it's a lot like matthew but that caused some tremendous flooding for the carolinas. a lot can still happen. it could still make landfall in flor

freeport bahamas. a u.s. sent turkish troops started patrolling a so-called buffer zone in northwest syria because crossed the turkish border into an area that used to be controlled by u.s. backed kurdish forces turkey's boosting its military presence of along its border with syria and is pushing displaced syrians to return home. is in hot near the turkish syrian border. the start of joint patrols between the u.s. and turkish military is are being seen as a positive step this because both the americans on the charts were unable to see eye to eye as to how to operate within syria over the past year or even longer than that turkey has always insisted that it needed to establish some sort of safe zone up until up to maybe 30 kilometers inside syria essentially to ensure that there was a safe space for displaced syrians but more importantly flying career as it's had. often said was that in order to ensure that it could target what it described as terrorist organizations namely groups like isis but also kurdish se

freeport about to get the worst conditions of what this category 5 has to offer here. i tell you what, for it to hit that small starting in the bahamas is just incredible. worst case scenario for them as it continues moving off to the west through the next, well, at this point cup of days. as we've been talking about, this thing is -- look at the movement here. this is now a three-hour -- it's barely moving toward the west. it's begun to feel the steering currents that are not going to allow it to barrel through into florida. that's a good thing. but also not allow it to move up to the north. the radar now is basically the outer bands are about 150 miles. which is an incredible thing to see just to the west of west palm beach there and into the fort lauderdale area. this is, again, we've been talking about, not going due west thankfully for florida. but it's also i don't think going to turn in time to avoid any significant impacts and i think it will be coming. look at all the colors here. let me try to break this down for you. obviously hurricane warnings in the baham

you know, this is something new to freeport. category 5 hurricane and the amount of destructive damage that it did to the homes. the shelter that i was at, we went from 25 persons to about 400 persons in less than two hours. you know, that should show you how people are running scared for their lives. and, i mean, the fact that they ran out, left everything, brought nothing with them. >> yeah. >> so it's something we have never experienced before. in 2004 when we had hurricane francis, yes, we were locked in for two days, but at the end of the day, the destructive path that this -- dorian has created, we didn't have that for francis. and we had more with the aftermath. yeah, there were some things to deal with for a few months. >> right. >> but this here is a totally different situation altogether. >> and, of course, everyone's facing major challenges right now, including access to food, water and shelter. what is available to people right now? and what's the government doing to help? >> well, the government was waiting for the

he joins me live from freeport in the bahamas. sam, thanks so much for joining us. we are sure that you've been through a lot. what can you tell us about what you experienced and what is the situation there in freeport for many of the people around you? >> well, i and my friends who i stayed with fortunately were very safe during the storm. that cannot be said for most other folks. there was catastrophic flooding, wind damage, storm surge that ripped across freeport and all across the island. we've been able to start getting out efforts. the coast guard was here rescuing people with urgent medical needs via helicopter, but we were out today -- yesterday we tried to get to the roads, they were too flooded. today we teamed up with a group called bahamas adventures. they had kind of an off-road safari vehicle. our friends luke and joe were able to get all the way to pelican point. still out to the eastern end of the island. there is absolute devastation. people are in desperate need of water. lots of missing people still. a few dead bodies. but people still with resili

we have a report, stunning report coming to us from freeport.get to our correspondent there, patrick oppman. what can you tell us? >> reporter: brianna, some breaking news that's quite important for the people of freeport and the bahamas. after two days, we were finally able to get into the freeport airport, the only airport on the island, airport we traveled to the other day. it is gone. we saw video waves crashing into it taken during the height of the hurricane hitting here. the level of devastation is absolutely breathtaking. there are no walls left to the airport. the ceiling has come crashed in. part of a plane had been picked up and deposited in the middle of the terminal. the runway field is now a debris field. it would be impossible until all of that debris sbrk there's a lot of it, could be cleared for a plane to land or take off. why is this important? this island, we are cut off and desperately need people who are injured, and many people who are injured, need to be medevaced. they can't be medevaced by plane. i don't nothing can com

about 80 people are staying at this shelter freeport remains without electricity and the heat is almost unbearable but there is food and water and doctors on site to provide medical attention to anyone who needs it by i really thank god for life right now on i thank god for the u.s. coast guard and participated you guys and i you know bringing us food and clothes and water and stuff. search operations continue for hundreds of people still missing but the destruction from the storm is so widespread that even with the assistance of the united states coast guard and border patrol there are still places in the country that rescue teams have yet to reach. one of the biggest challenges in delivering disaster relief to survivors of hurricane dorian has been limited access to the areas worst hit by the storm only up until a few days ago this airplane for example along with freeport airport were sitting under at least 2 meters of flood waters. it's been several days since the storm passed many of the people we've met seem to still be in shock but nonetheless grateful to be alive. i'll just freep

yeah there are there are problem with getting out east on my island in freeport but they have been able to find people here and there were getting little bits of information but not a lot luckily for us our prime minister was very smart and told people to evacuate which is something we've normally never done in those areas so that saved a lot of people all at the flooding wasn't expected over in some of the very nice rooms by the canals it's just perhaps. i know that unfortunately it in abaco it's going to be which is the city island that's closer to us it's actually really dramatic there because there's a lot of undocumented haitians and they were really struggling with the amount of the bodies there but the government is trying to do its best they're trying to make sure they do every get properly we're very small country we only have limited resources but i think everyone's doing well but we're it's starting to hit people now how many people it's the most we've ever lost and you know we've had plane x. stands. you know other things but there's nothing like this and i think people are

of survivors from hurricane dorian now crowding shelters as the new menacing storm approaches in freeport deliveries delayed. and so are 20,000 meals. >> we just were not able to get on the ground there today but we will be getting there on the ground immediately as soon as the storm passes >> reporter: meanwhile, in abaco cleanup and recovery continues. nearly two weeks after hurricane dorian made catastrophic landfall here there's still no power, food, or water. some of the stranded and homeless are using damaged classrooms from this cathololic school for shelter >> this is where you sleep now? >> there i sleep there. >> reporter: this school bus was even used as a shelter for people right after hurricane dorian hit the area people had to hide from the elements and protect themselves from more nasty weather. so they made up makeshift beds here. they've got fofoodere. they basically took cover in this school bus to survive >> a lot of this was -- they came and just cleaned up >> reporter: and now a nearby church says it's getting ready to shelter up to 2,000 residents. residents who just

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freeport bahamas. well earlier i spoke to walter caught a what ing and he's the america's regional director of the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies i began by asking how his organization is coordinating such a large recovery effort we have different kinds of supplies is based only darwin. we have some. water. systems and we are also beginning blankets on other kind of relief i think is the support in that aids but of course even when we are doing response and really we also are in the process to prepare well the recovery phase very point who eat the jet more. it with really their unlikely. we are looking now open this debate you know the bridge that of the recovery site we are well in but also responding to the but also repair you know what it is what it together with the other oh go to the u.n. . and see the might of the region were in favor of the 4 to go with it as well as all i would understand that the situation on the ground is extremely complex and very confused h

we're in freeport grand bahama we just arrived today from the island of abaco want to give you a sense of where we are right now because this is one of the worst hit areas by hurricane dorian you can see behind me this is what's left not only from those strong winds wind gusts upwards of 350 kilometers per hour but it wasn't only the when it was the storm surge this area that we're in right now was under at least 3 meters of water behind me is everything from home appliances refrigerators washing machines there's telephone poles trees snapped in half basically people's entire lives and livelihoods lying in the debris here so it really is wide scale devastation when we were flying in from the outer island of abaco today we really got a sense of that of that devastation there were entire neighborhoods that appeared as though a bomb had gone off some sort of large large. it sounds cliche but almost as though a nuclear bomb had gone off it was just absolutely flattened the big concern here as this crisis continues to unfold are the shortages of food shortages of medicine shortages of water

the center is supposed to be north of freeport. of the cone. we had it to take a turn as early as possible. that's what we'll be watching tomorrow. that would be the million dollar question. just how close does it get to the east coast? some of our computers do take it an landfall here, so we'll wait to see how it plays out. once again, we still have the chance of a major hurricane maybe to jacksonville, is a vsa. >>> a number of commercial airlines, they're waiving cancellations fees to help out those affected, and airports are closely monitoring the hurricane as they decide whether to remain open. as things starred now, both orlando and daytona beach are open tomorrow. palm beach international is stopping commercial air service tomorrow. li lynden pindling will be open until tomorrow at 7:00. >>> we'll have more in just a moment. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so you can move more. dr. scholl's. born to move. it's been a long time since andrew dusted off his dancing shoes. lu

freeport about to get, again, about the worst. experiencing the inner eye wall with the winds of 175 miles an hour. the radar, just 120 miles. an incredible scene there in south florida and the hurricane and how close it will come. i'll break down the threats for you here because they are going to be significant, despite the fact that we don't think this is going to barrel in from east to west. hurricane warnings posted from boca raton up into cape canaveral and hurricane watches for the north. hurricane conditions within 24 hours. hurricane conditions possible within 24 hours. the watch in the yellow you see, the winds are going to be so expansive here because it's going to be getting so close, that is the center of the storm, we could be looking at sustained tropical storm-force winds for a day orisy world. that is something else, right? so here are the storm warnings as far as the watches and warnings. the storm surge warning goes from boca raton all the way up into the orlando area. that would be cape canaveral, acro and furth

kevin tomlinson joins me now via skype from freeport. thank you so much for being with us and for doing all you can along with a team of other people of course to help rescue those in need. how many people were you able to find and bring to safety and what were some of the circumstances you found those people in? >> well, numerous people we were able to find. we had persons who were stuck in the ceiling. we have persons who were struggling walking through water up to their shoulder level. you know, there are so many different situations that we experienced throughout the movement of the storm. and it's something we've never experienced before. you know, this is something new to freeport. a category 5 hurricane. and the amount of destructive damage of the homes. the shelter that i was at, we went from 25 persons to about 400 persons in less than two hours. that just shows you how people were rung scared for their lives. and i mean they just ran out, left everything, brought nothing with them. so we really and truly, we've never experience

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we're closing in on freeport. it's roughly about 70 miles away from freeport. here's the latest path. the newest is coming out this hour. the stall and slow movement is the story. that's why the destruction is going to be so much worse throughout areas from grand bahama island. tonight and tomorrow in freeport. then we take it along the coast. all the east coast of florida and north of ft. lauderdale is in the cone of uncertainty. computer models are following the hurricane center's path off shore. a few of these lines we don't like. they do show landfall in possibly the daytona beach area. for our friends to the north we'll watch the path along the coast line of south carolina and north carolina. this is wednesday, thursday and friday. speaking of the bahamas i was looking at the latest information, in freeport, they have 100 mile per hour plus winds for 30 straight hours starting tonight. >> we'll get another update in about an hour. >> usually they come in around 4:45 to 5:00 p.m. we'll give you the new forecast path and see if it's closer to the coast. >> a

or kimberly rowlings is a journalist in freeport on grand bahama a short while ago i asked her for an update on the rescue efforts. i'm not sure about past 2 exams at this point you know they're still course canvassing the air police officers and knocking on persons door is you know a lot of people of missing persons reports which are with you supposed to do at this point now that he can actually get to the police station because that means underwater during that storm so that our command center and me mum could not work properly here in the bahamas which is the national emergency management agency so a lot of those people you know are trying to connect them and their families as best as best as we can but rescue efforts at this point they just need really a lot of them to manage through this or they're like you know it doesn't make sense rescuing me. we just need to stay but get as you would get us in water let's just clean up we have all we have our mail boat which is coming in from the capital which are transporting people out of the island as not as also they are bringing bringing

now kimberly mullings as a journalist in freeport on grand bahama a short while ago she gave me an update on the rescue efforts. the rescue physically. ill and i had this finds you know. and then left to china for a living some people people did not do that like there was very they need effort of actually a lot of the water to. hold out. or see if they did so now if they need items people have lost everything all over the island. it's sad that find out what happened after 1000 right now the biggest issue is getting across the red state that the government is sort of set up to stop people from. organizing let's say personal. efforts to get things to the island buy a plane buy a boat whatever it is i think that the government is taxing these private organizations to bring really last unless it's one of their charity and i think there can charities you know charities and organizations the government will then or who want to get certain things and you know living in my entire life it's not always the case you'll find that everybody when you've got one get out. i'm so what it's a problem with

patrick oppmann, freeport in the bahamas. >> remarkable work from patrick.ing from nassau in the bahamas. thanks for joining us. i know your team in there includes some water, a doctor, a couple of water purification experts. talk to us about what you're trying to do first here using some solar powered generators, trying to get some light and power there, also trying to get some clean water. >> hey, good morning. yeah, we're trying to get to the abaco island first. we're waiting for the paths to clear out. it's very difficult to find a way to get there. we've been trying to get with the -- with different means to get to the island. the priority right now is search and rescue. we are in hope with all of the equipment trying to figure out the best way to get there and start helping the people. we have water equipment ready to go to desally nate tdesalinate make it fresh. and solar powered equipment so people can have little electricity to charge their cell phones and see during the night. >> if you could, take a step back and describe for us the destruction, t

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freeport bahamas.and orients now head in canada after making landfall in the eastern province of nova scotia more than 300000 people are without power and coastal towns have been told to expect heavy rain and flooding roofs have been ripped off houses and a crane toppled. saudi arabia's king someone has replaced the energy minister with one of his sons prince abdullah. at some one of the most important positions prince abilities will replace khalid al ahli who was dismissed as chairman of the state and a ram co a few days ago a company is preparing for a much anticipated stock listing and saudi arabia is reiterating that it won't lift the blockade on katara the air sea and land embargo by saudi the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain was opposed more than imposed rather more than 2 years ago they accuse qatar of violating a 2014 agreement with members of the gulf cooperation council by meddling in regional affairs and quote supporting terrorism doha strenuously rejected those allegations forms of locusts are usua

the high, not quite to freeport. the eye is in freeport. winds over 100, not 165, but on the way if the eyewall gets to them. it's been slightly drifting to the north, and i do mean slightly. there are you john in jensen beach, more offshore. as it comes town, wind will come to it. all of a sudden from sunny, windy, rainy. this storm is forecast to stay offshore still. there's a chance still the cone is onshore. but even if this is 40 miles off, the eye is 20 miles across. the hurricane force winds are 40 miles from there. there will be hurricane force gusts all along the coast. let' is tuesday and this thing is west of north palm. think about it. it's here now. 1:00. hour after hour of these winds. not one or two minutes. 3 miles per hour over melbourne by tomorrow afternoon and finally moving on up. the on-shore flow will push water on land. that will cause surge without a landfall. we will get 7 foot of surge behind the barrier islands into the intracoastal and along the neighborhoods along extra coastal up the river, canals where boats

yes, it is going to get worse from freeport. hurricane hunter just found 177 mile per hour wind gust so the hurricane center has reduced the sustained winds to 165. i really don't think you can understand what 1 65 is because 155 begins category 5. people were tweeting out category 6. there isn't such a thing. if we had break points, it would be past the 5, no doubt about it. this is almost as strong as the hurricane that hit the philippines, hyanne, and did major damage. we will get storm surge. we will get thunder and lightning. we will get heavy rain. we will get hurricane conditions along the east coast. there's not a question in my mind that you're going see 75 to 100 mile per hour winds right along shore. not inland 20 to 30 miles an hour, there's nothing stopping it. it will whip across the ocean and on to all of those areas and then after that finish going north. so very close, you can't take your eye off of this. it's not a line, not a point, it's a 70 mile wide bowling ball that will approach the carolina coast and all

has more now from freeport. we're in freeport grand bahama just outside of the airport as you can see behind me this is an aircraft that has been kind of delivered here by the storm surge from hurricane dorian again this was a category 5 hurricane wind gusts upwards of 350 kilometers per hour it wasn't just those strong winds that caused so much devastation in this part of the country was also that storm surge exactly where we are right now just next to the airport tarmac this will be a couple of days ago was under 2 meters of water now at the moment there is still a lot of concern over shortages of food shortages of water and shortages of medicine but we've heard from the world health organization that help and disaster relief is on its way and we've heard that somewhere around $8000000.00 tons of food supplies have arrived in nassau and are are and will be delivered to the island most affected in the northern part of the country the only difference by hama and the island of abaco just a couple days ago we were