and now turning back to hurricane irma. of course, in the bahamas. the largest evacuation to date in that island's history is under way. 1,000 people from six islands are being transported to nassau, the capital of the northeast island of the bahamas. nbc's rehema ellis is in nassau, where these people are arrivin . rehema, i can only imagine the fear people have as this is approaching. >> reporter: yeah, it is a lot of fear, a lot of caution. and people are getting themselves prepared. they've got 26 evacuation shelters that are going to be open for some people who are coming up from the southeastern bahamas. also for people here in nassau, who might need them. because while we might not get pounded like southeastern section of the country, they're still expecting tropical storm-force winds here, and nassau, the storm surge could be 20 to 25 feet.