the ship, investigators will turn their attention to figuring out what went wrong. david? kaylee hartung leading us off tonight. kaylee, thank you. and of course, we cannot forget the growing humanitarian crisis in the bahamas tonight. the desperation and the new images coming in. and what president trump has said about people in the bahamas who want to get to the u.s. no end to the devastation from hurricane dorian. people who have lost everything desperate to get to safety. abc s marcus moore tonight in the bahamas again for us. reporter: tonight in the bahamas, first responders with the grim task of recovering the dead. as aid arrives, survivors telling us they want to see promises kept. but let me tell you what i can appreciate is that action be taken place and no broken promises this time. we tired of broken promises, man. reporter: many rushing to leave the abaco islands. and this morning here in marsh harbour, they are still loading cars and people onto this ferry that
up the coast parts of the northeast will be feeling the impact in the coming hours. al roker joins us now. al, where is it headed lester, right now dorian is 330 miles south/southwest of nantucket. 90-miles-per-hour winds as a category 1 but it s rocketing now, moving northeast at 24-miles-per-hour. it will hit canada then on its way to create snow for greenland. it still has some affects along the coas we re talking tropical storm gusts for long island tonight and tropical storm winds for the coastal new england. and beaches are closed up and down the east coast. we ve got rip currents, new york city s beaches closed. we will finally say good-bye to dorian in the next 12 hours. lester all right al roker, thank you. we are of course keeping closwatcon the bahamas tonight where desperation is growing. relief workers are struggling to get aid to the devastated country, and hundreds if not more are trying to find a way off one of the hardest hit islands. nbc s morgan chesky is there
new threat with conditions deteriorating and thousands unaccounted for, frustration is boiling over don t allow us to suffer anymore by staying here another night. reporter: home after home destroyed i ve got my two boys, my wife, and i and we don t have nothing now. reporter: on abaco island everyone we met including nicole levins says help can t come fast enough there s no more. reporter: nothing nothing our house gone everything gone. reporter: we visited a town of marsh harbor on abaco island a little bit of food and a little bit of water for now, but how long is that going to last us you see? that s a million dollar question now. reporter: here in bahamas the buildings have to be built to withstand a category 4 hurricane but a quick look around in any neighborhood shows you the difference with a category 5 and what it can do the coast guard rescuing more than 200 people so far, the
late. but not commissioner bob woodard staying behind to keep an eye on locals. i don t want to see anybody in harm s way. reporter: on the evacuated outer banks, even the hospital is empty, patients moved inland for safety, staff bracing for what could come after the storm. after it s over, i think that s when we re going to see an influx of patients. reporter: conditions are expected to get worse here on the outer banks overnight and into tomorrow morning. authorities will start enforcing a curfew at 8:00 this evening. katie, thank you. in the bahamas tonight where at least 23 people died in the hurricane, the united nations says 70,000 people need immediate humanitarian relief as dramatic rescues are underway right now on abaco island, the hardest hit. morgan chesky was there today. reporter: in the bahamas it s the nonstop mission with no end in sight. this family pulled one from one just in time.
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