hug the coast following right along with that jet stream is. now it looks like it s going to be picking up some speed and then pulling away from the coast, but you can better believe there is going to be a rip current here. you may see bands of heavy rainfall. we re going to see it gradually weaken. it is currently a category 2. we anticipate by morning it s going to be a category 1 hurricane, but still the impacts are going to be felt across this region. cape hatteras, moorhead city, wilmington, myrtle beach, south carolina, hurricane warnings in effect until we see hurricane dorian go down on its last legs, perhaps by the morning hours a much weaker system. natalie? many people will be breathing a sigh of relief when that happens. all right. karen, thanks so much for bringing us the latest there. well, some of the worst destruction we ve seen so far has been in the abaco islands of the bahamas. paula newton and her crew made it to abaco and saw the
last 24 hours? we were concerned at the time of about a dozen or less than a dozen folks that you wanted to make sure were able to get out. good morning afternoon. in the space of 24 hours we ve seen hurricane dorian go from a category 4 hurricane to very powerful category 5 hurricane. so right now our deepest concerns were for the well-being for residents and the visitors. luckily reports are there have been no loss of life. as you reported, the damage to property and infrastructure is monumental. that s where we re going to have to pick up the pieces once dorian passes us. as we have seen this particular storm change in the last 24 hours, have you been