Near the outer banks. Dorian has turned the popular vacation destination of the bahamas into a humanitarian crisis. Look at this video. The death toll there has climbed to 20. Search and rescue missions are still under way and with each rescue more heart breaking stories of loss and survival. A house landed on top of me. I laid on the floor for about two hours and the debris kept closing in on me. Finally got one arm out, crawled out, crawled into a shed over there. Did you think you would be here after this . No, i thought i was going to die. The roof literally caved in on us. And we had to make a run for it in the midst of the hurricane with all of the debris flying around. We had to run. This is the most devastating thing you could imagine. I cant even believe it. Just unbearable. I was fortunate i was able to get out, but there are a lot of people that are dying on the spot. We have had people that have had seizures and just died, a lot of people, because theres not enough food and
Per hour. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. More than 800,000 south ca carolinans are being asked to evacuate. Experts have determined a guaranteed severe storm impact. With the storm now away from the bahamas, there is an unobject strukd vi unobstructed view of the carnage left behind. Seven deaths have been reported so far, but they fear that could rise significantly. Part of the island is still under water. At Nassau Airport, abaco is under water. The runway is completely flooded. In fact, the area around the airport now looks like a lake. My front door burst wide open and dumped an additional six feet of water inside the house. Joining me here in the studio, today show co host al rockyr, from daytona beach, florida, nbc correspondent julia bagg. Wow. When you look at feet feet of water inside your home, what are we looking at right now, al . The storm surge is one of the things were really concerned about now that dorian is on the move and making its way to the
American Airlines Mechanic is accused of sabotaging the Navigation System of a plane with 150 people on board. The flight aborted on the runway at the very last moment. And President Trump strains to justify his mistaken claim that dorian at one point had alabama in its sights, but instead of apologizing for his hand drawn fake weather map, hes demanding an apology from the media. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news as search and rescue crews struggle to reach areas of the bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian, there are now dire warnings about what they will find. A survivor tells cnn there are bodies everywhere. One official says hundreds, up to thousands may still be missingment amis missing. And while the recorded death toll is 30, another official says to expect and im quoting now unimaginable information about fatalities. This storm made landfall today in North Carolina as a category one hurricane leaving people isolated on one
Hurricane dorian sat over the bahamas for 1 1 2 days pounding the northwestern islands for hours and hours on end. It first made landfall as a monster category five storm with a 23 foot storm surge and wind gusts topping 225 miles an hour. Thats the same strength as a powerful tornado. This is what folks woke up to this morning in freeport. This woman in chesthigh waters with two dogs. More than 60,000 people will food, clean Drinking Water and other aid according to the United Nations. Take a look at this. Shepard a live look at this is the second floor of a ft. Lauderdale beach now. Well south of the area that is home in freeport. You can see the waves splashing supposed to get storm surge. Against the second florida ominous clouds there even with windows. Flood waters coming up the people on the beach today, many likely trying to get waves out stairs. This is grand bahamas of this thing. Hurricane dorian is pounding the international airport. Under water. The tarmac looks like a rag
We have the path, the most likely outcomes, florida seems out of the woods. Its really hard to say with this storm because of how it lingers. The carolinas, they better get ready. So, what we were just talking about with anderson, that dive boat bursting into flames in california, why did only crew members survive . Why did so many die so young . The situation does not meet our expectations and im going to argue why this is something were going to need to look at more. Theres plenty to care about tonight. So what do you say . Lets get after it. So here is what we know now. Floridas east coast is picking up in terms of wind, all right . Dorian is moving very slowly. And thats going to duration is a danger with every storm. This storm is so slow that they say this will be a Long Duration event. Heavy rain, soaking, flooding, storm surge, whipping it up, making it higher, the wind, obviously, being able to exacerbate everything. Isolated tornados as well in part because of that linger eff