At least five people are feared dead as one of the strongest storms in recorded history batters the Bahamas.
Hurricane Dorian swept through the area today, destroying or damaging as many as 13,000 houses, turning over cars and snapping trees.
According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force five people have lost their lives in the brutal winds and flooding.
Videos of the category 5 hurricane making land in the town of Freeport in northwest Bahamas show the raw strength of the 220 mile-an-hour astorm.
Heavy rainfall from the storm has caused widespread flooding across the town, which is usually a major tourist destination and tropical paradise.
Footage shows choppy water submerging cars as palm trees bend in the wind.
Another video taken inside a person's home shows water covering the floor and rising up the steps.
Out of the window a ferocious torrent can be seen pressing up against the glass.
In a different clip a road is barely visible amidst the murky gloom of wind and rain.
A car can be made out in the foreground almost completely underwater, its hazard lights flashing through the grey water.
Dorian, which is the second strongest Atlantic storm ever recorded, has already claimed on life.
Seven-year-old Lachino Mcintosh drowned as his family tried to flee their home in Abaco.
Dorian is now slowly moving west towards the US with Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina declared as states of emergency.
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis has begged residents of Abaco and Grand Bahamas to head for the main island to escape the "devastating, dangerous" storm.
"I want you to remember: homes, houses, structures can be replaced. Lives cannot be replaced," he told a news conference on Saturday.
He added that 73,000 people and 21,000 homes were at risk to storm surges, which are predicted to reach up to 20 feet (6.1 meters).
Most tourists who planned to leave the Bahamas got out before the main airport closed on Friday night.
The storm is scheduled to make land in Florida at around 12am GMT.
