ABOUT 14 MINUTES RIGHT NOW. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD DOWN TO THE GOLDEN GLADES WILL BE EIGHT.
>> Eric: RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING
NEW VIDEOS OF DORIAN’S
DEVASTATIONS ACROSS THE BAHAMAS.
DEATH TOLL CLIMBING.
AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE KILLED BY THE
STORM AND RESCUE CREWS STILL
TRYING TO FIND AND EVACUATE
SURVIVORS TRAPPED BY THE FLOOD
WATERS.
>> Jacey: THIS MORNING,
CHRISTIAN DE LA ROSA IS JOINING
US LIVE FROM NASSAU, ONE OF THE
CENTRAL LOCATIONS ON THE ISLAND
WHERE THE RELIEF EFFORTS ARE
UNDERWAY.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING OUT
THERE, CHRISTIAN?
>> Reporter: WELL, GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR CAMERAS
WERE ROLLING ON SEARCH AND
RESCUE EFFORTS OVERNIGHT FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
THE U.S. COAST GUARD GOING OUT
AT NIGHT.
THEY DEEMED THAT THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WERE APPROPRIATE AND
THAT IT WAS SAFE ENOUGH TO DO
THIS.
SO A LOT MORE SURVIVORS HAVE
BEEN RESCUED.
HERE WHERE WE’RE STANDING AT
THIS PORTION OF THE AIRPORT, A
FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER
WHERE A LOT OF THE SURVIVORS
THAT ARE ARRIVING HERE ARE
MEETING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE
U.S. COAST GUARD JUST TOLD ME
THAT A FLIGHT WILL BE COMING IN
FROM MIAMI WITH ADDITIONAL
PERSONNEL, MEMBERS OF THE COAST
GUARD, TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF
GETTING THE AID TO THE HANDS OF
THE PEOPLE SO IN NEED.
OVERNIGHT, LOCAL 10 NEWS CAMERAS
ROLLING.
THE U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCH AND
RESCUE CHOPPER ARRIVING FROM
ABACO, ONE BY ONE SURVIVORS JUST
RESCUED ARRIVING TO THE AIRPORT
IN NASSAU, GETTING URGENT
MEDICAL CARE AND RUSHED TO AREA
HOSPITALS.
[ SOUND OF HELICOPTER ].
>> Reporter: SURVIVORS IN
DESPERATE NEED OF MEDICAL
ATTENTION ARE BEING RUSHED TO
GET THE HELP THEY NEED.
MANY STILL DESPERATE TO BE RE
REUNITED WITH LOVED ONES.
ARRIVING AT THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE CREW STAGING AREA AT THE
NASSAU AIRPORT.
>> MY DAD IS THERE.
AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: WHAT’S YOUR FEAR?
>> MY FEAR IS -- WHAT WE’RE ALL
FEARING, LIKE THE WORST.
BUT YOU PRAY FOR THE BEST.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE LIKE THIS
FATHER WHO CAME HERE HOPING TO
SEE HIS THREE CHILDREN AND
PARENTS ARRIVE ON A RELIEF
FLIGHT.
YOU HAVEN’T HEARD FROM YOUR
CHILDREN OR YOUR PARENTS.
>> I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MY
PARENTS.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU DEALING
WITH THIS?
>> RIGHT NOW, I’M JUST TRYING TO
HOPE THAT THEY’RE SAFE.
[ SOUND OF HELICOPTER ].
>> Reporter: THE U.S. COAST
GUARD GETTING AT LEAST 114
PEOPLE TO SAFETY SO FAR.
THE DEATH TOLL RISING TO AT
LEAST 20.
NEW DRONE VIDEO GIVING A CLOSER
VIEW OF THE ABACOS, HOME SS
SHREDDED.
SOME AREAS STILL UNDER WATER.
COMMUNITIES LEVELED, LEFT IN
RUINS.
SO YESTERDAY WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS,
FINDING AREAS WHERE SOME OF
THESE TEAMS AND THESE AID AND
THESE DONATIONS CAN ACTUALLY
ARRIVE TO PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT
IN ABACOS AND GRAND BAHAMA.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
ARRIVING HERE TELLING US THEY
CLEARED AREA FOR THAT PROCESS TO
HAPPEN.
AND I CAN TELL YOU ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THIS HANGAR, WE’VE SEEN
A LOT MORE ACTIVITY.
AIRPLANES WITH MEDICS, CHOPPERS
WITH AID, HEADING OUT THIS
MORNING TO GET THE AID TO THE
PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST.
SECURITY A BIG ISSUE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
ALLEGATIONS OF WIDESPREAD
LOOTING.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS MORNING,
WE’VE CONFIRMED THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS INVESTIGATING
SEVERAL CASES OF LOOTING.
BUT THEY STRESS THIS IS NOT
WIDESPREAD.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Eric: CHRISTIAN DAY BY DAY,
THE ORGANIZATION ON HOW TO GET
THE SURVIVORS BACK, HOW TO RE
RECONNECT THEM WITH THEIR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND CLEARLY HOW TO START
THE PROCESS OF DISTRIBUTING AID
IS BECOMING CLEARER, THAT’S A
GOOD SIGN.
>> Reporter: A VERY GOOD SIGN.
I CAN TELL YOU YESTERDAY WAS
WAS -- THEY WERE SO SLOW AND
SEEMED SO SLOW AND SO PAINFUL
AND EVEN SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE
THERE ARE PLENTY OF AID FLIGHTS
HERE THAT ARE JUST STANDING BY
READY TO GO.
BUT THEY SIMPLY WERE NOT GETTING
THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO SO.
TODAY IT APPEARS THAT THAT IS
CHANGING.
>> Jacey: I DON’T KNOW IF WE
HAVE THIS SET UP YET, BUT A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE E-MAILING AND
MESSAGES ME SAYING THEY CAN’T
DONATE SUPPLIES AND RELIEF
EFFORTS, THAT’S OUT OF QUESTION
FOR THEM.
BUT THEY HAVE CASH.
IS THE OBAMABAHAMIAN GOVERNMENT
SETTING UP ANY SORT OF WEBSITE
OR WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT OR
CHARITY FOR -- I KNOW WE’RE
GOING TO NEED THE MONEY FOR
REBUILDING, CHRISTIAN.
>> Reporter: YEAH, YOU KNOW, I
THINK THAT WILL BE IN THE COMING
PHASES.
I THINK RIGHT NOW, NUMBER ONE,
THEY WANT TO CLEAR AS MUCH SPACE
AS POSSIBLE.
SO MORE OF THESE AID FLIGHTS CAN
MAKE IT TO THE ABACOS AND GRAND
BAHAMA.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WILL BE
MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
NEEDS TO GET OUT CAN GET OUT.
WE OURSELVES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
GET IN SOME OF THESE AID
FLIGHTS.
OF COURSE A PRIORITY IS GETTING
THE SURVIVORS THE HELP THAT THEY
NEED.
AND THEN THE LONG PROCESS OF
REBUILDING WILL START.
THAT’S WHEN A LOT OF THAT CASH
WILL COME IN.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS: TOUR RICH
HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AFFECTED.
EVEN HERE IN NASSAU, WHICH
REALLY WASN’T AFFECTED IN LARGE
LARGE -- LARGE EXTENT REALLY,
NOWHERE NEAR THE EXTENT OF THE
ABACOS AND GRAND BAHAMA.
PEOPLE HERE IN NASSAU ARE
TELLING US, PLEASE TELL PEOPLE
BACK HOME, BACK IN MIAMI, NASSAU
IS OPEN TO TOURISTS.
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE PLANS
TO COME TO NASSAU AND WERE KIND
OF THINKING ABOUT IT, PLEASE DO
COME.
THE PEOPLE NEED YOU.
>> Eric: WE’LL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD THAT MESSAGE AND OF
COURSE THE MESSAGE THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO NEED THAT KIND OF
HELP AND SUPPLY AND RELIEF.
CHRISTIAN DE LA ROSA LIVE FOR US