MINOR PRECIPITATION HEADING INTO KEY WEST. A BREAKDOWN OF YOUR WHOLE LOCAL
FORECAST COMING UP IN A BIT.
FIREFIGHTER.
>> Jacey: JULIE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>> RIGHT NOW CATASTROPHIC
DAMAGE FROM BAHAMAS.
HURRICANE DORIAN IS RIGHT
THERE.
ONE DEATH REPORTED.
JUST A CHILD.
OUR OWN JENISE FERNANDEZ WAS
THERE WHEN OF.HURRICANE DORIAN
MADE LANDFALL.
>> Jacey: SO GLAD THEY ARE
OKAY ALONG WITH HER IN
PHOTOGRAPHER BRANDON ELY.
REMEMBER WAITING FOR ANOTHER
CONTACT WITH THEM AND
ULTIMATELY TO GET VIDEO COMING
OUT OF MARSH HARBOUR.
AMY VITARI TOO WITH A LOOK AT
JENISE’S JOURNEY IN THE STORM.
>> Amy: SO MANY PEOPLE RIDING
OUT THE BAHAMAS OUR OWN CREW
WAS FORCED TO TAKE SHELTER AND
WE LOST CONTACT WITH THEM AFTER
THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE PASSED
THROUGH.
TAKE TO YOU LIVE PICTURES RIGHT
NOW NEAR?
BANE MONEY TO FREEPORT,
BAHAMAS.
THE POUNDING FROM THE HEAVY
RAINS AND WIND, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE FLOODING ALREADY A MAJOR
ISSUE THERE.
WE ALSO WANT TO SHOW YOU VIDEO
RIGHT NOW OF BAHAMAS TV.
THIS IS CNS NETWORK, THEY ARE,
OF COURSE, IN EXTENDED
HURRICANE COVERAGE AND SOME OF
THE IMAGES OF THE FLOODING.
LOOK HOW HIGH THAT WATER IS
COMING NEARLY UP TO THE ROOF OF
THAT HOME.
AND DORIAN IS NOT FINISHED.
>> THAT IS THE WATER HITTING MY
FRONT -- FRONT THAT IS
EXTREMELY HIGH.
>> Reporter: VIDEO OF
DEVASTATION THROUGHOUT THE
BAHAMAS POURING IN AS HURRICANE
DORIAN OVERWHELMS SEVERAL
ITEMS.
IN GRAND BAHAMA LAPPING THE
WINDOWS AND FLOODING A HOME
WELL ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
>> THAT IS THE BEDROOM.
AND THE WAVES HITTING THERE, 16
FEET FROM THE GROUND.
>> Reporter: IN FREEPORT, WAVES
OF WATER INUNTATE A FLOOR’S
LOWER FLOOR CARRYING FLOATING
FURNITURE AND DEBRIS WITH IT.
CONDITIONS WORSE OUTSIDE AS
SEVERAL CARS IN FREEPORT ARE
NEARLY SUBMERGED IN THE HIGH
WATERS.
[BANGING SOUNDS]
>> Reporter: ON THE ABACOS
ISLANDS, THE DAMAGE IS
DEVASTATING.
LOCAL 10’S JENISE FERNANDEZ
RODE OUT THE STORM WITH BRANDON
ELY.
WE LOST CONTACT WITH OUR CREW
BUT FINALLY GOT WORD FRIDAY
MORNING IS.
>> SHUTTERS -- ALUMINIUM
SHUTTERS BLEW OFF THE WINDOWS.
>> Reporter: JENISE AND BRIAN
BOTH UNHARMED BUT THE FURY OF
THE CAT 5 STORM A SOBERING
REMINDER.
>> I PRAY THAT A STORM LIKE
THIS NEVER HITS SOUTH FLORIDA,
BECAUSE IF IT DOES AND YOU HEAR
US ON THE TELEVISION TELLING
YOU NOT ONLY TO PREPARE BUT TO
EVACUATE, YOU NEED TO DO IT.
TRUST ME WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU
DO NOT WANT TO EXPERIENCE A
STORM LIKE THIS.
IT WAS TERRIFYING.
>> Reporter: LOCAL 10 BROADCAST
IN THE BAHAMAS FOCUSING ON
THOSE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR AS
FAMILIES TRY NOT ONLY TO
SURVIVE DORIAN’S ONSLAUGHT BUT
FIND LOVED ONES LEFT WITH NO
WAY TO COMMUNICATE.
>> I AM TRYING TO GET A MESSAGE
-- IF MY DAUGHTER CAN HEAR ME
OR ANYBODY CAN HEAR THIS, I AM
TRYING TO LOCATE MY DAUGHTER
LISA AND HER SON.
I HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THEM FROM
YESTERDAY MORNING.
AND EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED.
ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED AND
THEY ARE CALLING ME AND TRYING
TO FIND OUT IF I HEAR ANYTHING.
>> Amy: SUCH A STRUGGLE FOR
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET THEIR
BEARINGS IN THE BAHAMAS.
, AND AGAIN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO WE SHOWED YOU OF
FURNITURE FLOATING ON THE FIRST
FLOOR OF A HOME.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WAVES OF
THE INTERIOR OF THAT HOME.
THE DEVASTATION CONTINUES THIS.
AND WE DO WANT TO TAKE YOU PACK
TO THOSE LIVE PICTURES WE WERE
SHOWING YOU BEFORE FROM
FREEPORT.
AGAIN, THOSE CONDITIONS
RELENTLESS AS THE WIND AND THE
RAIN AND THIS FLOODING
CONTINUED TO POUND THIS AREA
YOU ARE LOOKING AT NEAR
BANETOWN NEAR FREEPORT,
BAHAMAS.
WE ARE STILL GETTING NEW IMAGES
COMING INTO OUR NEWSROOM AS
DAMAGE CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE
BAHAMAS, THROUGHOUT THE
ISLANDS.
WE ARE MONITORING THE VIDEOS
AND WILL BRING YOU NEW