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virginia beach too. this wind field in yellow, it s a huge encompassing storm, but the center is not as intense as it was. we ll wait and see. we have morehead city. there is a wind gauge there, and there is also one at cape lookout. we ll get a good idea. when the band moves a little farther to the north, we ll see how high the winds are, and that will determine how much damage we re going to get. we ll watch these over the next two hours, alex. even on the back side of the storm, it s still gusting pretty good at wilmington 57. i m sure that s keeping some people up in the middle of the night, not lets them get some good sleep. hey, bill, is there any chance dorian could reconfigure itself into a more powerful hurricane? no. too late now. that will peter out? it s actually being more sheared. it s starting to move faster now. but the wind shear, the winds aloft are not favorable for development. and that s why it s still over warm water. the hurricane center says it will slow
treacherous conditions near the coasts of both south and north carolina. meanwhile, the bahamas devastated by dorian. people there are camping out at the abaco airport, trying to get out of the disaster zone. that tiny island is serviced by small propeller planes that carry only 16 passengers each. many survivors say they have nowhere to go. it is a tragic time there. let s go to meteorologist bill kari karins. where do things stand right now? what are things we have to watch for in the next few hours? and how long do you think we will be keeping an eye on dorian? the storm itself now is bringing its worst weather conditions it has into areas from morehead city into areas around cape lookout. this is carteret county in north carolina. the winds are showing up 59, 55, 56. they haven t really updated in a while. sometimes when the winds get too high, the devices with stop working. i notice hatteras had a gust of 57. that s the highest wind gust you ve had. wilmington is at 57.