pummelled by this is the intercoastal way. i m trying to show you as you look out here in the distance, one of the barrier islands. in this case, that barrier island is hutchison island. this storm surge, these waves are coming across the sea wall. we ve been showing people today this storm surge. it s four to seven feet. it s coming across because of dorian. it s 115 or so mile, maybe less now, but not much. in the outer bands have been coming all morning long. they re going to continue most of the afternoon. that barrier island there brings us all sorts of situations where it is low lying and there is flooding. you can see the flooding here [ inaudible ] we can report that one st. lucie county deputy was injured. he was hit head on. he was in an humvee flood
nos longer openly carry guns into their stores or sam s club. the ceo s statement also reads wal-mart encourages the nation s leaders the move forward and strengthen background checks and to remove weapons from those who have, quote, been determined to post an imminent danger. wal-mart previously stopped selling ar-15 s and raised the limit to purchase firearm or ammunition to 21. dana? dana: thank you. hurricane dorian inching closer to the u.s. mainland with its outer bands hitting florida. the storm has been downgraded to a category 2. however, emergency officials warning danger is far from over. joining me is the mayor of vero beach. great to have you here. i know that you re very busy. what is your concern about people feeling complacent since this storm is moving so slowly? yes. we were prepared very early on and then what happened, and this is because we ve been through these storms many time befores.
that. storm probably has a more positive track a little bit off shore. even with that, the wind has expanded. we re dealing with wind and surge as it makes its way up the east coast of florida into georgia and the carolinas. dana: it does make it hard to plan when it moves so slowly. stuck over the bahamas for so long. anticipation getting a little nerve-racking for you. a little bit. i think we re on day 11. we are focused to make sure we are ready to respond. all our partners, state and local. locally managed, state managed to include citizens. citizens are probably the most important part of any response to a disaster like dorian and hurricane. preparation is key. we encourage all citizens that are at risk of dorian to make
on in the evening. we could have three to five foot storm surge here where we ll expect heavy rains and even stronger wind gusts. dana: jeff paul in cocoa beach, thank you. let s head over to jacksonville where residents remain on high alert, despite hurricane dorian s shift to the east and people getting frustrated and maybe a little stir crazy. rick, how are the winds where you are? reporter: it s blustery, dana. we re told we could get pretty strong winds tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. the tide is a couple feet above normal in this area as well. high tide was about two hours ago. it was up to the edge of the dunes here. i want to show you what existed through the dunes to get into the streets of atlantic beach. they piled up sand there to create a berm, a wall, to keep back that three to five foot expected storm surge that could come sometime tomorrow. we do know there has been a lot of activity by the coast guard
bahamas, who are finally getting relief as the storm pulls away. for the folks, millions in the southeast part of the u.s. will finally start to get some direction as to when dorian makes her decision. forecasters can give us an idea about what to expect. dana, i know you love the ocean, so do i. where we are, in atlantic beach, five miles east of jacksonville, florida, this is just a spectacular day to be on the surf if, if you are not waiting for what was coming after ward. the white caps go as far as the eye can see. the surf is up. high tide hitting here about 90 minutes ago. it was beautiful. it s a great time to walk on the beach. but you don t want to go out in that water. we just saw two surfers. hard to catch a wave, it is so choppy. for those who love to see mother nature in this form, and i m one of them and i know you are as well. it s a beautiful day, for the moment. but, dana, all this is going to