IT IS GOING TO BE A DOOZY, BUT
WE ARE PULLING FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Trace: HURRICANE DORIAN
DESTROYING HOMES, CAUSING
CATASTROPHIC FLOODING.
WE DO NOT YET KNOW THE FULL
SCOPE OF THE DEVASTATION THERE
OR HOW MANY MAY BE DEAD.
LET'S GET BACK TO
ELLISON BARBER.
SHE IS LIVE IN JUNO BEACH
FLORIDA.
WITH MORE.
SHE IS KIND OF TRACKING FLORIDA
AND THE BAHAMAS FOR US.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THERE?
>> YET, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY HEARD, THE ISLANDS ARE
HIT ESPECIALLY HARD.
BUSINESSES TURN TO STACKS OF
RUBBLE.
STREETS NOW LOOK MORE LIKE
RIVERS, AND IT IS NOT OVER.
PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
BECAUSE THIS HURRICANE IS SO
SLOW, WHAT OFTEN COMES WITH A
HURRICANE, IT HAS TURNED INTO AN
EFFECT FOR THE BAHAMAS.
DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO USE IT
OVER GRAND BAHAMA MOST OF TODAY.
EXTREME WINDS ARE EXPECTED.
GUSTS UP TO 190 MILES PER HOUR.
STORM SURGE, 18-23C.
RAINFALL, UP TO 30 INCHES.
THE PRIME MINISTER TOLD
"THE WASHINGTON POST" ABOUT
BAHAMAS ARE AT WORK, ATTACHED BY
HURRICANE DORIAN.
BUT HE SAID "IT HAS NO WEAPON AT
ITS DISPOSAL TO DEFEND ITSELF,"
TALKING ABOUT THE BAHAMAS THERE.
ASSETS FROM AIR STATIONS IN
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
THE ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMA, THEY
ARE SEEKING HELICOPTERS THERE TO
HELP WITH POSTER CANNED RESPONSE
AS SOON AS IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET
INTO THOSE HARD-HIT AREAS.
YOU MENTIONED THE POTENTIAL
DEATH TOLL.
WHAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT RIGHT
NOW, AND THEY HAVE NOT COMMENTED
ON THIS JUST YET, BUT LOCAL
MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT A
7-YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNED.
THE FIRST DATA AS A RESULT OF
HURRICANE DORIAN, AND THAT HIS
SISTER IS MISSING.
TRACE.
>> Trace: YES, THAT IS JUST
HEART-WRENCHING.
SOME PEOPLE ARE FACING MANDATORY
EVACUATIONS OF BOTH STRONG KIND
OF MOVES THAT WAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS AND PARTS
OF THE COUNTY.
MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR
STRUCTURES THAT ARE CONSIDERED
VULNERABLE, LIKE MOBILE HOMES,
OLDER HOUSING.
ALSO FOR LOW-LYING AREAS THAT
ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
AND PLACES THAT COULD SEE STORM
SURGE, LIKE THE BARRIER ISLANDS.
PEOPLE HAVE BOARDED UP THEIR
HOMES, THEIR BUSINESSES.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE EVACUATED.
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT
PEER MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS
FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF JUNO
BEACH, WHERE WE ARE NOW.
SOME HAVE STAYED IN AREAS WITH
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
HUNKERING DOWN.
LOOKING AT THE BEACH, BUT THEY
SAY THAT THEY WILL STAY PUT.
STATEWIDE, AT LEAST EIGHT
COUNTIES IN FLORIDA PUT OUT
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS.
THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON.
A LOT OF FLORIDIANS ARE USE TO
HURRICANES, BUT HURRICANE DORIAN
IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST
SOUTH FLORIDA HAS POTENTIALLY
SEEN IN QUITE A WHILE, AND FOR
SOME YOUNG FLORIDIANS, THIS IS
REALLY THEIR FIRST BIG
HURRICANE.
THEY SAY IT IS NERVE-RACKING.
>> THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
I AM KIND OF NERVOUS FOR THIS
ONE.
IT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE SINCE
WE HAVE LIVED HERE.
WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED A BIG
HURRICANE IN OUR LIFETIME.
>> TREES, I AM WALKING UP HERE A
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOME OF THE OTHER
DEVASTATION.
DEVASTATING HOMES IN PEOPLE'S
LIVES, BUT WILDLIFE IS ALSO
IMPACTED.
THIS IS A SEA TURTLE.
WE HAVE SEEN TRAILS OF THEM ALL
ALONG THE BEACH WHERE THEY WERE
NOTHING.
PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT TO US
THAT THE NESTING SEASON ENDS
MID-NOVEMBER.
IMPORTANT TO THE OCEANS
ECOSYSTEM, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE
ALREADY SEEING THE IMPACT.