Hurricane Dorian has been pummeling the Bahamas for a day and a half. Some of the islands are just 4 feet above sea level -- and were hit by a storm surge of up to 23 feet -- higher than the roof line of most homes. On Monday, the prime minister said his country is "at war" with Hurricane Dorian, but is without a weapon to defend itself. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Some computer models have Dorian passing very close to Charleston, South Carolina. Jamie Yuccas is there and tells us more than 800,000 in the state have been told to get out.
Towns up and down the coast are becoming deserted. Janet Shamlian reports from Jupiter, Florida, to set the scene.
Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities along Florida's east coast have been evacuated while seven Florida hospitals have also been evacuated. Mark Strassmann reports.
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Winds are picking up as Hurricane Dorian is headed dangerously close to the Florida’s east coast, with 25 million people in its projected path. Dorian could hit nearly a 1,000 miles of coastland and more than 5.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate.
The International Red Cross believes as many as 13,000 homes have been severely damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Dorian
The Category 4 storm unleashed massive flooding in the Bahamas, while more than a million people are ordered evacuated on the U.S. coast
CBS News weather producer David Parkinson joins CBSN with the latest forecast for Hurricane Dorian as it draws near to Florida's east coast as a powerful Category 4 storm. It has already slammed the Bahamas and caused "unprecedented damage."
All proceeds from the sale of the shirt will go to gun control groups, rather than O'Rourke's campaign
FBI special agent Christopher Combs said the gunman "was on a long spiral down" before the shooting on the day he was fired
