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People are sharing unnerving images of Hurricane Joaquin in the Bahamas

Guia Marie Del Prado

2015-10-01T21:20:15Z

Hurricane Joaquin is a strong storm. It went from a Category 1 to Category 4 in less than 24 hours, meaning the storm is sustaining incredible wind speeds of 130 to 156 miles per hour.

Right now, Hurricane Joaquin is battering the Bahamas, the Caribbean island nation that's a popular tourist spot for its beautiful beaches and temperate weather. Right now, their weather is anything but.

Already people are sharing photos and videos of flooded streets, wind-bent palm trees, and waves washing in from the beach. Often the photos were taken while evacuating.

Scroll down to see how the Bahamas is holding up under Hurricane Joaquin.

Andrew Perez, a journalist in Miami, Florida, took these photos of flooded streets in Long Island as he fled back to Florida.

—Relax In Bahamas (@RelaxInBahamas) October 1, 2015

A resident of Crooked Island took video of flood water slowly rising on October 1. The trees show how strong the winds are.

Twitter user Kamal took this video of the tide flowing over the road in Exuma, a district in the Bahamas made of 365 small islands called cays.

—Kamal (@Kg242) October 1, 2015

This photo from the second floor of a buildings shows houses already being flood early Thursday morning.

—Bahamas Press (@Bahamaspress) October 1, 2015

Luckily, it looks as though most people have already fled the scenes of flooding.

—7 Weather (@7Weather) October 1, 2015

Fashion designer Zac Posen took this short Instagram video at Amanyara Resort, a four-star hotel on the Turks and Caicos islands southeast of the Bahamas.

#Hurricane #Joaquin is a strong force! moving to safer higher ground away from the ocean! #mothernatures power! Always #bettersafethansorry

A video posted by @zac_posen on Oct 1, 2015 at 10:34am PDTOct 1, 2015 at 10:34am PDT

Casey Luaces took this Instagram video as he evacuated Crooked Island.

From my crew currently at #crookedisland #bahamas 💨 getting pounded by #hurricanejoaquin which will be sitting offshore as a Cat-4 #hurricane when the highest tide in months occurs at around 1045AM #perfectstorm Pray for them. @weatherchannel

A video posted by Casey Luaces (@caseyluaces) on Oct 1, 2015 at 5:46am PDTOct 1, 2015 at 5:46am PDT

Luaces' second video shows downed trees.

#hurricanejoaquin #crookedisland #bahamas #weather getting worse by the minute out there...

A video posted by Casey Luaces (@caseyluaces) on Oct 1, 2015 at 8:11am PDTOct 1, 2015 at 8:11am PDT

The Official Nassau Guardian newspaper posted this video of a driver in the middle of flooded roads in Exuma.

Post by Morning Blend on Guardian Radio 96.9.

Futurist Ken Bodnar's photos show more flooding in Long Island.

—Ken Bodnar (@ArtofWarm) October 1, 2015

These Long Island buildings are boarded up to the storm.

—Ken Bodnar (@ArtofWarm) October 1, 2015

A convoy of trucks cross flooded streets in Exuma.

Another Instagram user flees the Bahamas ahead of the storm. But if she goes anywhere on the East Coast, she may not be in for better weather. Hurricane Joaquin may not make landfall in the United States, but it's still bringing a lot of rain to the entire seaboard.

Shoutouts to #HurricaneJoaquin 😏

A video posted by Crystal Nicole (@__crystal_nicole) on Oct 1, 2015 at 11:20am PDTOct 1, 2015 at 11:20am PDT

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