Hurricane dorian now a catastrophic category 5 storm. Right now the bahamas is getting pounded as the storm heads towards the United States. Now, this is video from the abacos, where dorian made two landfalls there. We are getting reports of ripped off rooftops and maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. The storm is tied one of the strongest Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded. Earlier this morning the National Hurricane center warned of the ongoing life threatening situation in the bahamas and warned that the storm will move dangerously close to the u. S. Meanwhile, more than 1 Million People on the coast of florida, georgia and South Carolina are under mandatory evacuation orders which take effect as of noon today. For the very latest lets bring in the meteorologist janessa webb. Where do things stand right now . This is an unfortunate situation for the grand bahamas right now. You said about 5 miles an hour with the latest update currently moving out of the west at 1 miles an h
Crushing blow to abaco island to the east. The Prime Minister said the islands suffered a historic tragedy. The initial reports from abaco, is that the devastation is unprecedented and unextensive. They are deeply worried. The images and videos we are seeing are heartbreaking. Many homes and businesses and other buildings have been completely or partially destroyed. And in the United States, mandatory evacuations are under way in four states. The storm is predicted to turn north at some point. But people along the u. S. Coast are urged not to take any chances. Cnn is covering this hurricane from all the angles. Patrick altman is in freeport on grand bahama island. Nick valencia is in melbourne, florida. Lets hear from our meteorologist, adam cabrera, in our studio. The big news, youre sensing, from what youre seeing, that dorian could very well move, start to move, in five or six hours. It will start moving to the north. Its too late for the bahamas. Its been stalled, 24 hours, categor
Palm beach. You can see those bands still coming in. The winds have dropped about 5 Miles Per Hour now. 150 Miles Per Hour westnorthwest at 1. What is interesting is because were starting to see this thing widen out. Tropical force winds now extend out 140 miles from the center. We have hurricane warnings out right now just north of West Palm Beach to north of melbourne. We have hurricane watches up to the florida georgia border. Weve even got Tropical Storm watches for inland parts of florida. Now, this is a very very weak Steering Systems with this. So what is going to steer this . What weve got, this ridge of High Pressure that was right, stretched all the way across from the mid plains all the way out into the atlantic. But we expect it to break down a little bit and allow this system to slip up and through, get caught up in the jet, and then accelerate it out through the northeast and moved away by that trough later in the week. However, until this happens, we started to see a wes
Flooding, unprecedented damage, at least five confirmed dead. The damage is so widespread, we dont have a full picture of what things looking in the bahamas. Meanwhile, millions of residents under a mandatory evacuation order. Bridges in florida are set to close at midnight in anticipation of the storm. Fema urging residents in those areas, stay vigilant, prepare for the worst. Nbc news meteorologist bill karen is with me now. This is unusual in its behavior. Its moving a mile an hour. Were normally used to seeing a pattern. Were waiting for them and now were waiting for it to move. So unusual. Yeah. Having a category 5 forestall in one area. If you happen to be in that area, thats really serious. Weve had them stall, but stall over land . We hear these stories, its going to be theyre going to need so much help. I hope theres a ton of resources positioned and ready to go in. Tell me whats going on. Obviously stationary, as we would say. That hasnt changed. The winds have ticked down, 1
Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast, we start with this big monster storm thats headed this way. Hurricane dorian, a massive storm that is gaining strength as we speak, headed toward the state of florida. Heres the latest update that just came in. Dorian is described as an extremely dangerous category 4 storm. Right now, it has maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. Its still unclear exactly where the storm will make landfall. Right now, it is projected to hit another melbourne, florida, on tuesday and go up the coastline. Again, lets take a look from space just to see how large the storm is. This is the view from the International Space station. Dorian is still at least a day away from the bahamas where hurricane warnings and evacuation orders are already in effect. Storm intensified very quickly and could even get stronger in the coming hours. Heres a look again at the Hurricane Hunter aircraft. The fligh