hug the coast following right along with that jet stream is. now it looks like it's going to be picking up some speed and then pulling away from the coast, but you can better believe there is going to be a rip current here. you may see bands of heavy rainfall. we're going to see it gradually weaken. it is currently a category 2. we anticipate by morning it's going to be a category 1 hurricane, but still the impacts are going to be felt across this region. cape hatteras, moorhead city, wilmington, myrtle beach, south carolina, hurricane warnings in effect until we see hurricane dorian go down on its last legs, perhaps by the morning hours a much weaker system. natalie? >> many people will be breathing a sigh of relief when that happens. all right. karen, thanks so much for bringing us the latest there. well, some of the worst destruction we've seen so far has been in the abaco islands of the bahamas. paula newton and her crew made it to abaco and saw the