Becoming deserted. Janet shamlian joins us from jupiter about 120 miles south of here. How is the wind and weather there . Conditions are getting worse very quickly here. The storm is 100 miles to the east. Were in between rain bands right now but the wind is kicking up. Its churning the surf. And its foretelling of what is to come. There is a mandatory Evacuation Order in effect. People are being warned to stay in their homes at their own risk. Restaurants, businesses, stores are all closed. And schools here will stay closed until thursday. City officials tonight are planning for street flooding and for Power Outages because of the storm. And tonight, norah, they are warning people not to come down here and sightsee at the beach. Norah . Janet, thank you. Nearly a quarter of floridas population is over 60. 93 Nursing Homes and seven hospitals have been evacuated ahead of dorian. And Mark Strassmann is in st. Augustine and found some folks who live a block from the beach that dont want to leave. Reporter this community has a mandatory Evacuation Order but sergeant krissei pagget cant enforce it. Are you staying . I prefer to stay. Reporter and Patricia Laurencelle wont leave. Are you nervous about this . Uneasy. Reporter she packed a bag just in case. We also met k. C. Kelber heading up to check on his neighbor buzz rosman. Both will stay put for now. Were going to have to vacate. Reporter more than 8 million seniors live in the east coast counties and face the menace of dorian. I probably cant run anymore, but i can trundle out to my car and take off. Reporter kelber agrees, thats not much of a plan. What your worried about . Just him being able to get out of here because he does move sort of slow. And hes a little bit, you know, fragile. Reporter we gave both their names and address to local police to check on them because, norah, they belong to a group thats a major worry here. Hurricane holdouts who are also seniors. Mark, thank you. Late today, the National Hurricane center extended Hurricane Storm surge watches to South Carolina. Jamie yuccas is in charleston. Jamie joins us now. I imagine that city has good reason to be worried tonight. Reporter norah, absolutely. Charleston is known as low country, which means its extremely prone to flooding. Thats why businesses have already started boarding up, even though dorians forecast is days out. The governor also taking things seriously, ordering a mandatory evacuation for almost a Million People across the coastline. Theyre all headed in one direction, and thats out to higher ground. Homeowners, before they left, picked up sandbags to try to protect their homes from potential floodwaters. One location gave out 750 sandbags in one hour. You can see businesses here in Historic Downtown charleston also using that sandbags to protect their merchandise and other items inside the stores because theyre worried dorian will make its way here. We learned today the gunman who went on a killing spree in west texas called the fbi and 911 just minutes before saturdays rampage. The seven people who were killed ranged in age from 15 to 57. 23 others were wounded, including a 17monthold girl. Mireya villareal has new developments from odessa, texas. Reporter the fbi believes seth ators downward spiral began long before this mass shooting. Hed been calling the fbi tip line for years, leaving rambling, incoherent messages. Then saturday morning, he was fired from his job at a trucking company. I want to be clear. He showed up to work in a very distressed mental state. So its not because he got fired. There are reports of people citing him with a rifle. Those reports did come in. Officers did respond to those areas. And he was just gone. Reporter before and during the shooting rampage, he called police and the fbi tip line. He said he was the guy doing it. Reporter ators mobile mass shooting took him on a tenmile journey from Midland County into odessa leaving a trail of 15 individual crime scenes. I saw a very large gun come up out of the car. Reporter Shauna Saxton was driving when the suspect drove up next to her and pulled a gun. I was honking. Clearly, i was traveling weird and maybe got somebodys attention. Reporter he was eventually confronted by police near the cinergy movie theater. Seven people died as a result of the shooting. 20 more injured, including 17monthold anderson davis, recovering at home today after surgery to remove shrapnel in her chest and injuries to her face. The fbi searched the shooters home right behind me. It was a chaotic mess. We also know that he failed a background check recently and was not allowed to legally buy a gun. 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And still much more news ahead as protests in alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wish it n ca ia fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. Oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too chinas government had an ominous warning for protesters in hong kong. They said the end is coming. Protests now in their 14th week hit a new level of chaos over the weekend. Demonstrators firebombed government buildings while police fired tear gas and water that was dyed blue to mark the protests. Today the Trump Administration reversed course on a controversial decision to deport immigrant children undergoing lifesaving those who requested protection from deportation before august 7th will now have their applications reconsidered. Up n as we begin to feel the effects of dorian here, the hurricane continues to pound the bahamas. That country needs help, and south florida is coming through. The city of miami has created 16 dropoff locations to collect donations. That includes fire stations and some churches. The citys commissioner is hoping a near miss so far in miami will mean people donate what they bought in preparation for dorian. They are asking for things like water, canned goods and baby formula. The supplies will make it to the bahamas on wednesday, if weather allows. This is going to be one of the biggest ever. Worldrenowned Chef Jose Andres is on the ground in the bahamas getting ready to feed the people there. He hopes to be in the impacted areas by tonight. If kitchens are destroyed, theyll build a makeshift one and cook in big paella pans. We spoke to him from his prep kitchen. We hope to feed everybody and were going to do it fast, quick and with the least amount of money possible. And thats what we are here for. To make sure that anybody that is hungry in these islands in the north of nassau, that will get food sooner rather than later. This is an historic storm. If you want to make a donation to one of the organizations helping, visit cbs news. Com dorianhelps. Im Norah Odonnell in cocoa beach, florida. Well see you on cbs this morning and right back here on the cbs evening news. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im jericka duncan. Hurricane dorian is finally crawling away from the bahamas after devastating the island chain with category 4 veracity. Dorian lingered long enough to shred roofs, hurl cars and force even veteran rescue crews to seek shelter for themselves. The storm is headed to the u. S. Mainland, but right now theres just no best guess as to when it will make landfall if at all. Norah odonnell is in cocoa beach, florida, where she begins our coverage. Reporter the lifethreatening storm is unleashing unprecedented devastation in the bahamas. It struck as a category 5 with sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. Gusts over 220 tore the roofs off houses. An estimated 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. And the floodwaters reached to the tops of trees. These cars were piled up like childrens toys. Tonight were learning at least five deaths are reported. The search for victims is just beginning. In the u. S. , dorian could hit nearly a thousand miles of coastline. Thats more than 5. 5 Million People ordered to evacuate to leave their homes. Despite that order, some families told us they dont want to leave. Tonight, dorian is still packing 145mileanhour winds. Watches and warnings now up in three states florida, georgia and South Carolina. Thats new, the South Carolina part. Up to 80 of the beaches from florida to North Carolina could be damaged by erosion. Tonight were also learning the Hurricane Center is roughly about 100 miles offshore. It is parked over grand island in the bahamas. It is forecast to turn west to northwest in the next 24 hours. The center may not make landfall here in florida, but they say that even a glancing blow could bring hurricaneforce winds to the coast along with disastrous storm surge. So the question is where and when . Dorian has been pummeling the bahamas for a day and a half. Scientists say its like having an ef4 tornado over your house for 30 hours. Imagine that. Some of the islands are just four feet above sea level and were hit by a storm surge up to 23 feet, higher than the roof line of most homes. Today the Prime Minister said his country is at war with dorian but without a weapon to defend itself. Please, pray for us. Desperate cries for help as dorian pounded the bahamas for more than a day as a category 5. With catastrophic winds tearing off roofs, toppling trees and downing power lines. The storm surge claiming at least five lives in the abacos, including a young boy, with fears there could be many more. Bahamian Prime MinisterHubert Minnis the initial reports from abaco is that the devastation is unprecedented and extensive. Residents scrambled to their attics trying to escape the storm surge as high as 23 feet as authorities urged people to grab hammers to break out of attics. More than four feet of rain is expected in the next few days. Complete devastation. Look at these cars, man. It was the strongest hurricane to hit in modern history. Tonight the monster storm is expected to get dangerously close to here in florida. Nearly 4 million are under mandatory Evacuation Orders in 12 counties. The other counties in yellow are under voluntary evacuations. Governor ron desantis if youre ordered to evacuate, you need to do that. Authorities in california still dont know what touched off a deadly boat fire off the coast of ventura county. It was load with divers when it burst into flames before dawn monday. Five crew members managed to escape, but nearly three dozen others asleep below deck werent so lucky. Jonathan vigliotti has that story. Reporter we just returned from the scene where the dense fog has hampered the search effort. Were learning this evening the Coroners Office is on standby for possible mass casualties. That fire broke out just after 3 00 in the morning, and thats when the captain radioed mayday. The ship burst into flames. The accounts heard on this dispatch audio are chilling. Coast guard received a report of a vessel on fire with 33 people, correction, 34 people trapped below deck. The vessel fully engulfed now . No escape hatch for any of the people on board. Reporter by the time the coast guard and other life boats reached the stricken ship, fire was everywhere. I cant breathe. Reporter the call went out to every boat nearby. If you have any firefighting gear on board, hose, anything like that, that would be great, over. Reporter but it was too late. The ship listed, then sank. The coast guard blocked off the area where the fire took place. The diving vessel was anchored about 25 yards off the coast. Its now completely submerged. The passengers were all experienced scuba divers on a ship called the conception. Authorities say the Company Operating the boat had an excellent safety record. But at 3 00 a. M. , most passengerswere likely asleep. The bunk area has a stairwell up to the galley, the only way out. The crew was actually already awake and on the bridge and they jumped off. Can you get back on board and unlock the door so they can get off . Reporter its unclear if there was time. Good samaritans rescued the five surviving crew members but said there was nothing more they could do. They called the scene horrendous. There was also this heartbreaking scene of family members of the passengers waiting for any word. Right now they are conducting shoreline searches for any available survivors. Were learning more about the gunman who killed seven people this weekend in odessa, texas. It turns out seth ator was fired from his job just hours before the rampage and called both the fbi and 911 before he opened fire. Mireya villareal has the story. Reporter the fbi believes seth ators downward spiral began long before this mass shooting. Hed been calling the fbi tip line for years, leaving rambling, incoherent messages. Then, saturday morning, he was fired from his job at a trucking company. I want to be clear. He showed up to work in a very distressed mental state. So its not because he got fired. There are reports of people citing him with a rifle. Those reports did come in. Officers did respond to those areas. And he was just gone. Reporter before and during the shooting rampage, he called police and the fbi tip line. He said he was the guy doing it. Reporter ators mobile mass shooting took him on a tenmile journey from Midland County into odessa leaving a trail of 15 individual crime scenes. I saw a very large gun come up out of the car. Reporter Shauna Saxton was driving when the suspect pulled up alongside her and pulled a gun. I was honking. Clearly, i was traveling weird and maybe got somebodys attention. Reporter he was eventually confronted by police near the cinergy movie theater. Seven people died as a result of the shooting. 25 more injured, including 17monthold anderson davis, recovering at home today after surgery to remove shrapnel in her chest and injuries to her face. The fbi searched the shooters home right behind me. It was a chaotic mess. We also know that he failed a background check recently and was not allowed to legally buy a gun. On top of that, theyre investigating how he got ahold vo diarrhea . New pepto diarrhea to the rescue. 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