Damaged or destroyed. Thats about 45 of all the homes on abaco and grand bahama islands. I want you to remember that abaco got hit much harder than grand bahama island. The storm stood over grand bahama island for a day. Its hard to know how all that divides up. But these are initial reports. 62,000 people do not have access to water on those islands. I want to get right to nbcs al roker for the latest on dorians track as it moves toward the u. S. Coast. Interesting you bring that up, ali, about the time. So dorian has stayed over the entire island chain for 51 hours. 51 hours. 41 of that was over grand bahama. Wow. So lower winds by the time it got to grand bahama, but a lot of hours. And people remember this. Its not just you know, your home may be able to withstand some of these winds for a typical amount of time. This is atypical. Most tornadoes are moving 10 to 15 miles an hour. This one, 0 to 1. Its barely moved from where we were 24 hours ago. Lets take it in fact, take a look h
Moments ago, an update from the National Hurricane center, Hurricane Dorian, a category 5, with the east coast of florida in its sight. At hong kong, hundreds gathered at the airport, shutting down Train Service. Well have the latest on the continuing unrest. We begin closely following the news of another mass shooting. More dead in a mass shooting in odessa, texas. Officials identified the shooter as a white male in his 30s, but they have not revealed a motive. This began as a traffic stop, where Police Stopped him for failing to use a turn signal. He fired at the officers and ran off, shooting at innocent civilians. He ditched his car to hijack a mail truck. The vehicle that was described, actually was behind us, like, a little less than 500 feet. We saw the flash of the guns and we leaned the seat all the way back and went inside. Going down, hearing gunshots, and still trying to drive. Scary moment. That was a close one. The rampage ended when officers killed the gunman outside of
Breaking news. Hi. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Thanks so much for joining us. Im robyn curnow. So at this hour we are following two big stories in the uk, a major blow to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson after a Rebel Alliance of lawmakers seize control of parliament. But we also begin with the very latest on the destructive path of Hurricane Dorian. For almost two days now, Hurricane Dorian smothered the bahamas. We heard reports of utter devastation. Well, now we get to see the destruction. Parts of the island are in ruins. As you can see from these aerial images, many, many areas underwater, homes ripped apart, communities gutted. Flooding is a threat to rescue efforts as well and the rescuers themselves, in fact. Every day people are using boats and jet skis, putting their lives at risk to save others. At the moment, the storm killed at least seven people, but the Prime Minister expects that to rise, and hes called dorian a historic tragedy. We
Killed. Right now dorian is down to a category 3 hurricane, but that is still a monster storm. It still has 120mileperhour winds and still poses a potential threat to our east coast. The big question is, whether its next move takes it closer to land or keeps it further out to sea. Weve got people up and down the coast as well as meteorologists in the weather center. Bill, lets start with you. What is the latest on this storm and where it is headed next . The fact that it hasnt moved, give us some historical perspective. Lets start on this. 48 hours since it made landfall and this is the satellite imagery of that. So this is only traveling about a hundred miles. There it goes. Then it stalls. This was all day yesterday, all last night, a category 5 going to a category 4 and then a category 3 and then finally the eye disappears as it begins to weaken. The latest update from the Hurricane Center now for the first time in 12 hours, its not stalled or stationary anymore. We are drifting at
Crushing blow to abaco island to the east. The Prime Minister said the islands suffered a historic tragedy. The initial reports from abaco, is that the devastation is unprecedented and unextensive. They are deeply worried. The images and videos we are seeing are heartbreaking. Many homes and businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. And in the United States, mandatory evacuations are under way in four states. The storm is predicted to turn north at some point. But people along the u. S. Coast are urged not to take any chances. Cnn is covering this hurricane from all the angles. Patrick altman is in freeport on grand bahama island. Nick valencia is in melbourne, florida. Lets hear from our meteorologist, adam cabrera, in our studio. The big news, youre sensing, from what youre seeing, that dorian could very well move, start to move, in five or six hours. It will start moving to the north. Its too late for the bahamas. Its been stalled, 24 hours, categor