storm from those brave enough to fly right into the beat. here s katie beck. reporter: inside extraordinary look inside the eye of the storm from those brave enough to fly right into the beat here s katie beck. reporter: inside the cockpit of air force hurricane hunters scientists look dorian square in the eye. major alex boykin is at the controls of today s flight the winds on the way in and through the eye wall and be able to track its movement. we ll be reading the winds on the way in and through the eye wall and be able to track its movement this one has been very hard to predict. reporter: these air force and noaa high flying weather stations travel through weathe stations travel through turbulent conditions slicing through the eye wall of the hurricane to determine the conditions at the heart of the storm. turbulent conditions slicing through the eye wall of the hurricane to determine the conditions at the heart of the storm. probes are dropped into the hurricane to measu
the storm came, and then all communication was lost at that time nothing nothing reporter: right now flooding is among the biggest concerns with cars submerged at police as dorian dumps foot after foot of rain. we fear for our head quarters as dorian dumps foot after foot of rain. we fear for our lives reporter: tonight the prime minister tells me help is on the way but stresses he s never seen such a powerful storm. it s saddening. it s as if we re fighting a war with the enemy having all the weapons at their disposal and we it s as if we re fighting a war with the enemy having all the weapons at their disposal and we have have absolutely nothing. we re hopeless the only thing we have to us is god. so, we can pray to god and ask god to bring us strength reporter: and again the prim now responsible for at least five deaths here in the bahamas. he went on to tell me minister confirming dorian is now responsible for at least five deaths here in the bahamas. he went on t
and how was it that the crew was able to make it off the boat bu? all these questions remain unanswered at the passengers were not? all these questiremain unanswered at this point but such a tremendous loss of life the ntsb team is sending 16 he investigation. gadi, thank you. to the other major headline tonight. hurricane dorian still people to help with this investigation. gadi, thank you to the other major headline tonight. hurricane dorian still an extremely dangerous category 4 storm battering the bahamas and posing a powerful threat to the southeastern u.s our team is in place in the storm zone, but first al roker with the new track. al, all eyes are on this storm tonight. what are you seeing? kate, dorian continues to come is here with the new track al, all eyes are on this storm tonight. what are you seeing? kate, dorian continues to come down. right now it s stationary with 145-mile-per-hour winds, hurricane warnings stretching from north palm beach to the georgia
and all of a sudden it s like boom somebody dropped a drum full of water on you reporter: though the monster storm is turning well offshore, it s already threatening the livelihood of shrimpers during a crucial time of year this comes in here, it s going to mess us up.es in here, it s going to mess us up. reporter: across the u.s. more than a thousand flights reporter: across the u.s. more than a thousand flights cancelled today. airports in fort lauderdale and west palm beach are shut down, orlando international closing tomorrow i ve never experienced a hurricane. hopefully i can get out of here before that happens. fingers crossed. orlando international closing tomorrow. i ve never experienced a hurricane. hopefully i can get out of here before that happens. fingers crossed. reporter: tonight the race to beat dorian who in reporter: tonight the race to beat dorian who in their right mind would stay in a trailer during a hurricane? reporter: under way. righ
we expect to see hurricane force and tropical force from north of miami all the way to thefriday . we expect to see hurricane force and tropical force from north of miami all the way to the carolinas and as far as storm surge from west palm beach up to the wilmington a wobble of 15 miles either way could impact who feels the wilmington. a wobble of 15 miles either way could impact who feels the strongest impacts of dorian. kate. strongest impacts of dorian. kate i know you ll keep an eye on it tonight officials in the bahamas are calling the devastation from dorian unprecedented, the images showing homes demolished and do the images showing homes demolished and streets under water from widespread flooding. late today the prime minister confirmed at least five deaths on the hard hit islands. morgan chesky is in the bahamas for us. reporter: tonight the bahamas torn apartthe bahamas torn apart. dorian, a slow moving monster, swallowing dorian, a slow moving monster, swallowing homes,