feeling those effects along the coast. that will cause storm surge. anywhere from 2 to 4 feet in central florida. coastal jacksonville to savannah, about 3 to 5 feet. 4 to 7 feet all the way to cape lookout, and rain is going to be possibly heavy, upwards of 15 inches of rain in some spots, lester, but from jacksonville to cape hatteras, generally 5 to 7 inches the florida coast, the georgia coast and the carolinas all still have to be on a high alert. all right, al, thank you. in california tonight, the search for answers intensifies after that devastating boat fire authorities now saying all 33 passengers and one crew member are presumed dead. among those lost, five members from one family. ploded so quickly off santa barbara s coast, the sheriff says there was likely no chance of escape for the 34 victims now presumed dead. may day, may day, may day reporter: the mayday call came in from five survivors. i can t breathe
fatalities. listen to the dispatcher on that mayday call asking questions. roger, are they locked inside the boat? roger. can you get back on board and unlock the doors so they can get off? reporter: we cannot hear the answers and the coast guard said the boat was in compliance. we are combing the shoreline. we have vessels, two vessels from coast guard stations and coast guard helicopter aircrews and doing everything we can in the nearby area to search for these missing people. reporter: it sank 20 yards from the shore of santa cruz island. a 7 a-foot dive boat on a previous trip had left santa barbara. the cause of the fire still unknown. the ntsb is en route and the coast guard is working with the vessel s owner but the priority right now, the fight with hope fading to find any more
more bodies have been recovered but no word yet on how many. as our nick watt reports, there are many questions about what went wrong. reporter: a mayday call before 3:30 a.m. mayday, mayday. conception, platts it keeps reflashing due to the amount of fuel possibly. unsure why. reporter: five crew members escaped. the crew was actually already awake and on the bridge and jumped off. five people were evacuated aboard a good samaritan pleasure craft known as the grape escape. reporter: one brought ashore an a stretcher rushed to the hospital. one limping, an injured ankle. two shoeless and shocked. 34 others were below decks. we re told there are numerous
per hour causing major flooding as it sits over the islands there. the island showing the effects. dorian is now a category 4 hurricane with 120 mile per hour winds. it is expected to approach the coast of florida tonight. we re going to update you on dorian s newest forecast and path later this hour. it s always changing. we re watching it very closely. meanwhile the search and rescue effort following a devastating boat fire off the coast of santa barbara, california, is just a search and rescue mission. it started early monday morning, about 3:00 in the morning. the new york times says about 20 bodies have been recovered now but more than a dozen people are still missing. the only survivors are five crew members who jumped overboard. you can hear the panic and confusion in their mayday call. can you get back onboard and
extinguishers onboard. that sounds like a death trap. it does but the coast guard has got it totally wrong. i think he absolutely misunderstands what he s been told. first of all, there s no way to lock people in the bunk room even if you wanted to which you certainly would not. that escape hatch absolutely exists and the boat has fire fighting equipment. it has fire extinguishers, it has fire hoses. this is situation i think the one side we re hearing and i ve listened to this mayday call a number of times and you really hear that s a crew person, first of all. let s not lose sight of the fact that you know this boat. you re certain they would have had fire fighting capability? absolutely.