The bahamas right now and threatening florida next. The Prime Minister of the bahamas says the devastation is unprecedented. The Foreign Affairs minister there is urging people to stay inside. From all accounts, we have received catastrophic damage. It is not safe to go outdoors. Power lines are down. Lamp poles are down. Trees are across the street. Its very dangerous to be outdoors if you dont have to be outdoors. As soon as conditions permit First Responders will go to areas where we had reports individuals are in distress. Were holding strong. We ask you to continue to pray for us. And look at this video taken this morning in freeport where dorian was still a category 5 storm. The woman who took this video said there was 6 feet of water outside her house, 5 feet of water inside. She says everyone is hunkered down upstairs, safe for now, but she says the worst is yet to come. And dorian is inching closer to the southeastern coastline of the u. S. Where it threatens millions of peopl
Effect. And serious back injuries for actor kevin heart. His car rolling down an embankment. Welcome everyone to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is a special Holiday Edition of early start. Im amara walker. Im dave briggs. Monday, september 2nd. 4 a. M. Breaking news. Hurricane dorian unleashing a category 5 storm on the bahamas. Gusts over 200 miles an hour. Sustained winds now at 175. The hurricane made landfall on grand bahama eiland island overnight. The most powerful ever to hit the bahamas. Hurricane watches in the state of florida now extending all the way north to the georgia border, and a storm surge watch has also been expanded to the same regions. Evacuation orders now in effect for much of florida, georgia, and South Carolina. Coastal areas. Officials calling that inconvenience a small price to pay for the damage dorian might deliver. Think. Worst Case Scenario. This is a storm of storms. Dont know where its going to hit. Dont know what the impac
And worst day of my life to address the bahamian people, and i just want to say that as a physician, ive been trained to withstand many things, but never anything like this. The storm has destroyed homes and ripped the roofs off buildings in the abaco islands. One woman trapped with her family pleaded for help. Please pray for us. Please pray for us, everyone. Please pray for us, me and my baby. Everyone thats staying in the apartment building, were stuck right here. Please pray for us. Im asking yall please pray for us. Flooding is also a major concern with a storm surge up to 23 feet or 7 meters. The northwest bahamas could see as much as eight months worth of rain in just a few days. This is now my house. The water is up to my calf. So is the kitchen. The hole is getting bigger in the roof. Thats a lot of water. And this is what dorian looks like from the International Space station. That gives you an idea of the size of this storm. As we said, the strongest anywhere on the planet t
Were also learning new details about some of the victims, including 17monthold Anderson Davis, wounded in the gunfire. One of the 22 hurt. Her family says shes recovering and will have surgery tomorrow to remove shrapnel from her chest and to fix her mouth and tongue and lip. And there are new warnings about the other big story were following. The threat of Hurricane Dorian. Hurricane dorian is becoming more dangerous by the minute, growing to a category 5 storm. The largest on the planet so far this year. It made landfall earlier today in the bahamas. This amazing video just in to cnn showing one woman desperately pleading for help in the storm. Please, pray for us. Please pray for us, everyone. Please pray for us. Me and my baby. Everyone thats staying in the Apartment Building. Were stuck right here. Please pray for us. Please, pray for us. Pray for abaco. My baby is only 4 months old. Please, pray for us. Im begging you, pray for us. The Apartment Building, as we stand, the whole r
90 miles from West Palm Beach to the center of the storm. Here. Brian for more than one Tropical Storm forms extend 140 Million People under mandatory Evacuation Orders in florida right now. Intelligence georgia and away from the storm. South carolina. We have Team Coverage this morning. We have jillian mele out and Hurricane Force winds, 70 miles about and Griff Jenkins. From the storm. They are both live in the wind field is expanding. Florida. We begin with meteorologist because the storm weakens a janice dean who is tracking little bit, it allows to get this beast of a storm. Janice, man, this is moving expand and get bigger. Steve look at that its a slow. Janice 1 mileperhour per hour. Fox news alert. The worst of the storm already getting wind gusts of surge. The worst of the heavy rain. Hurricane dorian bearing down on the bahamas at this the worst of the 165 36 Miles Per Hour for cocoa hour. Brian you are taking a live beach, florida. Mileperhour sustained look there as you saw