where a lot of the danger lies or exactly right. thank you so much for that reporting. let s go to our meteorologist tom sater outfront in the weather center. where is dorian going now, tom? well it s picking up speed, poppy. that s what we want to see but also getting broad ner the wind field. hurricane warnings south of charleston up to the lower neck of the chesapeake right now. we thought maybe this eye would be collapsing for a while. but now the eye wall is closest approach to land within about 15 miles, a little concerned about the curvature of north carolina taking the winds straight on with the storm surge. at least the winds are coming offshore in charleston. the harbor not quite matching up the on shore winds with high tide as 2:00 p.m. they didn t get the high levels they were expecting. but as marten mentioned with, the feeder binds. tornados spin up ef 1 or 2. but many quite large in size. as the storm approaches areas to
deaths in the bahamas. and the island s health minister said moments ago, the public needs to be prepared for an unimaginable death toll. we have teams of reporters standing by from the carolinas to the bahamas where search and rescue is under way. let s begin with marty savage outfront live in miles an hourle beach, south carolina. conditions seems to be getting worse and worse by the minute for you. they are. the wind has been increasing dramatically in the last hour or so. the rain of course hitting you full face on just feels like needles. and it s been driving more and more rain into this area on top of the high winds and the high surf they ve been dealing with. this is one part of north carolina where they expected that they would get an unusual storm surge. anywhere from five to eight feet. fortunately, now, the tide is on the way out. but the other thing that was not anticipated as much were the tornadoes. it began very early this morning when the first warnings happened
claimed alabama could be impacted process. i know that alabama was in the original forecast. but he firps made that assertion sunday, long after the state was ruled out as a potential target. while the gulf coast was shown as a possible threat for dorian s track in early projections by friday the guidance had shifted to florida s east coast. two days before trump said this. this just came up unfortunately. the president cancelled a trip to poland to monitor the storm. and the white house said he was being updated every hour. meaning he would have known that information. instead of admitting the error and moving on, trump is insisting he is right. even tweeting out projections last night from over a week ago with dated information. the spaghetti models the the president is using as a defense are updated four times a day. meaning by the time trump made this claim sunday. alabama could even be in for at least some very strong winds
drew griffin is outfront tonight in wilmington, north carolina. drew, what s it like there? yeah, we just drove down from morehead city through welcomes and came through poppy sheets and sheets of rain in the bands. but sbrmtly you get into a period like this relative lull. wilmington is waiting to find out if this storm which has just been popping up and down the coast of the united states will actually make landfall here or out at carolina beach where they re getting some strong winds. right now there is a flash flood warning for this area. rain is going to be potentially a really big problem. but right now we are just waiting to see if in fact dorian makes landfall here for the first time in the united states in what seems to be a storm that just never seems to end, poppy. it will just not quit. thank you very much. hoping for the best for you and your crew. outfront now north carolina
the nourgt winds around south popularity. wektd have landfall. worried about the outer banks one of the more susceptible praises in the world for storm surge 4 to 7. may have travel disruptions saturday morning as the storm continues to move out. this is day 13. poppy of forecasting tomorrow day 14. it s traveled 3,000 miles. and look where it goes. nova scotia. across the northern atlantic up near greenland. but the middle of next week talk being about strong winds in the united kingdom. current position is 45 miles south southeast of myrtle beach. wow, it s one for the record books. thank you so much. yes. we appreciate it. outfront now with me is the mayor of myrtle beach. brenden bethune. and i spoke with you this morning. i know conditions were bad. how much worse are they now? we re still getting some of the hurricane effects, poppy. for the most part, though when i look at what the bahamas got and