Atlantic basin. We know of one fatality already, an 8yearold who drowned in the storm surge there, 20 feet or higher. The storm is moving along at 1 Miles Per Hour right now, inching over the bahamas, inching toward the florida coast. The longer it lingers, the more devastation it causes. There have been mandatory Evacuation Orders for several counties in florida. In just a if you hours we expect mandatory evacuation to go into effect in georgia, South Carolina as well. This is a huge event which has the potential to impact millions. Even if it doesnt make a direct hit on the florida coast, we do expect Hurricane Force winds and the impact of a storm surge or even worse. Lets go to chad myers at the weather center. Chad, 8 00 a. M. Advisory, brandnew information, what do you see . 165 moving west at 1 Miles Per Hour, just as we had at 5 00 a. M. There has not been a new Hurricane Hunter aircraft in it yet. It will be on its way. That will be for the 11 00 advisory. What we know is this
Uncertainty. Does it look like dorians going to pivot northwest . And if it does, what does that mean for floridians and the rest of the southeast . The cone hasnt moved farther west which is good news. Floridas still going to feel the impacts of the storm. Its still too early to tell exactly how much more northwest this storm is going to go. I think the one mile per hour is actually a generous speed. It doesnt look like this thing is moving at all. This made landfall in the abacos mid yesterday. Its barely moved. Sitting over grand bahama island, 15 mileperhour winds and moving at literally a snails pace. Look at this radar. There is a sixhour loop, and it looks like it is staying still over grand about mabout mama island grand bahama island. You cant wrap your head around the devastation thats going to be coming out of the bahamas in the coming days. Its incredibly, incredibly devastating. The Tropical Stormforce winds trying to pick up along the florida coast. Still under that, 28 i
Getting devastating rainfall, storm surge and category 5 winds, the storm is not moving and you can see the eye, the 10mile wide eye, so theyre getting calm weather. Its not moving, so its like a category ef3 tornado that continues to just pound this area which is going to be devastating, catastrophic, damage that we perhaps have not seen before because of the slow movement, now, we have hurricane forced winds, 140, Tropical Storm forced winds, 140 miles from the center of the storm and we are about 120 miles due west of florida, so theyre already experiencing the potential for Tropical Storm forced winds and those outer rain bands are moving across the east coast of florida. Here is the 5 amtrak, so we are expecting the storm to weaken but not by very much between category 4 and category 5, you know, not that much relief if you will as the storm moves closer to florida, we think that the center will be just offshore of the east coast of florida but as we go further out in time because
Its still setting its sights on the u. S. After Hurricane Dorian made landfall, instead of weakweaken this storm got stronger. These are the Northern Islands of the bahamas. The first land and homes and cities hit by dorian. Emergency officials there are reporting major damage. Houses with their roofs torn off or completely destroyed. This is now my house. The water is up to my calf. The kitchen. Look at that. Thats just one of many, many homes in the bahamas torn apart by this hurricane so far. Its just the beginning. Forecasts say this storm is moving slower than you or i can walk. We do have camera crews and correspondents in the bahamas. First to the Severe Weather center. Lets talk time line. How long before the force is felt on the east coast of the u. S. . I think its going to slow down overnight tonight. As you mentioned, its probably going to move at 2 1 2 miles anticipate hour. It could hang around the be bahamas. The only change is the pressure is up a little bit. Meaning it
A somber tone on sunday. Most persons are live in the this is probably the most sad area where they are either on the water or near to the water. So they came here, more inland, and worst day of my life to to move away from the coastal area. Because we were advised by our address the bahamian people. Federal government to move out and i just want to say that as a of the coastal area, and so this is why we came here. Physician, ive been trained to withstand many things, but never anything like this. So this is an area where its, i the storm has destroyed homes mean, its really been taken and ripped the roofs off care of really well. Buildings in the abaco islands. The workers here are really, really extremely nice. We all understand what were one woman trapped with her family pleaded for help. Going through. We go through this so much, you know what i mean . Yes. Please pray for us. So and since ive been please pray for us, everyone. Please pray for us. Living here in freeport, this is