tragedy in mexico. rescue crews racing against time to find survivors. revenge. rocket man. north korea s vowing revenge threatening a hydrogen bomb test over the pacific ocean. this game has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours. sure has. 30 minutes past the hour. and the chinese central bank whether it really will crack down on the financial flows to punish the north korean regime. let s begin with hurricane maria. deadly and potentially catastrophic storm surge expected as much as 12 feet above normal. that could submerge the already battered island nation. the devastation left behind is simply stunning.
they have expect to be without power for perhaps up to six months. dave? boy, devastating. all right. live for us in san juan. it does not stop there. we have heart breaking images out of dominique ca. cnn gathering the images. you can see houses and buildings simply ripped to shreds. officials say at least 15 people died there. dominica s prime minister describing it as heart-wrenching. recovery may take up to two years. hurricane maria still a threat. what s ahead here? we ll show you the computer model the. i wanted to say to nick valencia and the crew that yes, along that western and north central edge of pouerto rico we are seeing a band of rainfall.
but if you can see behind us, lightning strikes, thunder, this rain has not stopped. there s another lightning strike. where is this rain going to go? roads flooded, neighborhoods flooded. we tried to get out of san juan and were stopped because the roads were inundated. we saw gas stations under water. metal billboards mangled. the winds are not an issue, but the water remains so, two days since the landfall of hurricane maria. it s an issue and concern government officials have had since the beginning. the governor saying this is the number one cause of death after hurricanes like this make land fall and we re learning a local newspaper is reporting at least eight people have drowned in a nearby township outside of san juan. a lot of desperation with the local mayor telling residents
and take koess, they are going to see tremendous rainfall maybe on the order of what we saw in puerto rico. these are tiny islands. everything they have they have to bring in. what about the bahamas? a very popular tourist spot. maybe not a direct landfall from hurricane maria but we will see the the computer model the now just kind of turning marie more toward the north. we ve been tricked before. here s the comparison. but this is still a long way out. the blue area, that s the european model. that s the one that s kind of the gold standard. it has a lot more information. and then we have the gff, the mort american model keeping it
he says the country as agriculture has been completely washed away and recovery may take up a two years. bananas and sugar cane. these other island nations where tourism is their sole economy, which is going to be wiped out. all right. hurricane maria, meteorologist karen mcguinness is trucking the storm. in the short term it s going to move past turking and caicos. the heavy bands of rainfalls. storm surge. they re going to get battered by the wind. one of those areas, we have seen those images. time and time again. it s just how delawavastating i. hurricane maria moves past turks