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i ve been through hurricane which was a 5 also. i tell people this was like a 10. i mean, everything is gone. and there s nothing left. where we re standing there s not much left to it. some structures are standing, some are completely gone. rescue and recovery efforts are under way right now in those devastated areas. you can see from these terrible images that will have to be a massive effort to help the decimated areas. this is going to take a big, worldwide effort. the u.s. coast guard says it has rescued more than 130 people in the bahamas since dorian hit. 17 shallow water rescue teams are standing by for this effort. national red cross says 70,000 people in the country may be in need of medical aid. 62,000 people on abaco and grand bahama islands are without water. 10,000 homes have been destroyed.
dozens of investigations into the trump administration that elected house democrats won. the list is a doozy. we ll show it to you. where is this all going? welcome to thursday. it is meet the press daily. we ll get up to all the day s political news in just a moment. first, we want to get you the very latest on hurricane dorian. the big 5:00 update. at this hour the carolina coast is taking a pounding. category 2 storm spent the day hugging the coast of south carolina, unleashing wind gusts of more than 70 miles per hour. around a foot of rain. more than 120 streets are closed in the city of charleston right now and 200 thousand customers are without power statewide. widespread flooding along the south carolina coast charleston up to the myrtle beach area, getting some of the worst from dorian right this second. now the national hurricane center measured storm surge up to eight feet near myrtle beach.