Before-and-after images show how Hurricane Dorian's storm surge put a Bahamas airport underwater

• Video footage taken main airport of the Bahamas shows Hurricane Dorian put its runway underwater.
• The video, shared on Twitter Monday by Kionne McGhee, a Florida state representative, shows waves crashing against the terminal building.
• Old video of the Bahamas on a normal day shows what the airport is supposed to look like.
• Hurricane Dorian has caused huge destruction in the Bahamas. As of Tuesday morning, five people have been confirmed dead.
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This before-and-after imagery shows how Hurricane Dorian put the runway of the main airport in the Bahamas underwater in its historic pummeling ot the island.

The video, shared on Twitter Monday by Kionne McGhee, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, shows waves crashing against the terminal building at Grand Bahama International Airport in the city of Freeport.

Water covers the entire apron of the airport in the video, which appears to have been taken from inside the airport terminal.

McGhee tweeted that he was sent the video by Iram Lewis, a member of parliament in the Bahamas. 

Hurricane Update: Iram Lewis,
Member of Parliament,
Central Grand Bahama sent me this video of Freeport International Airport: FPO pic.twitter.com/oDPIJXBnP9

— Dem House Leader (@kionnemcghee) September 2, 2019

The picture below, taken from a YouTube video of the airport during sunny weather conditions, shows what it looks like most of the time.

As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Dorian has spent more than 36 hours battering the Bahamas, after making landfall on Sunday afternoon.

When it initially hit the island chain, Dorian was a Category 5 storm, but it has since been downgraded to a Category 3.

Read more: Hurricane Dorian is at a standstill over the Bahamas, where 5 people have died, and is forecast to move 'dangerously close' to Florida's coast Tuesday evening

It brought walls of water as high as 23 feet (seven meters) — so high that authorities told people to find flotation devices and escape from their attics if they need to, The Associated Press reported.

Hubert Minnis, the prime minister of the Bahamas, said the islands are "are in the midst of a historic tragedy." He called the devastation to the country "unprecedented and extensive."

Five deaths as a result of the storm have been confirmed so far, Minnis said.

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