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.