storm on all fronts for you. let s first go to our meteorologist, michelle grossman. okay. it is a category 5. what does that mean? how dangerous is it? put it in perspective for us. alex, this is a dangerous and dire and scary situation for the northwestern bahamas right now. now making almost as land fall. winds of 170 miles per hours. gusting near 200 miles per hour. hoping and praying that residents and tourists have taken shelter there. le let s look at this. you note how powerful this is. look at this eye. it is perfect. textbook perfect. looking at the cloud tops, the thunderstorms or other thunderstorms bearing down on the islands. they re going to have a rough go over the next 46 hours. we re looking at a dangerous situation. here s the location right. affecting it right now. 180 miles per hour winds. gusting higher. there was only one other
i had a chance to speak with him personally short time ago. he tells me that all of the rescues have been carried in out this area. no one is stranded at the hour. the storm is huge. my colleague rick reichmuth feeling isle sac s wrath. live on dauphin island in alabama. hey, rick. it is still raining here. torrential downpour throughout the day. last night was rough. tropical storm force wisconsin. steady winds in 50s. gusting higher. good news? the power has come back on in the last 20 minutes or so. the water is receding. getting close to low tide. the water was up over the cement dock but now pulled back down and hopefully it will continue in that direction.