Hurricane Dorian batters US southeast coast

After carving a path of destruction across the Bahamas, a weakened Hurricane Dorian crawled along the coast of the southeastern US, flooding roads and unleashing tornadoes. It made US landfall as a Category 1 storm.

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Abaco Island was one of the worst hit areas by Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian hits North Carolina

Hurricane Dorian briefly made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday, hitting the barrier islands with powerful winds and battering waves days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble. Downgraded to a Category 1 storm, Dorian had maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour (150 km per hour), according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Floods in Pea Island, North Carolina (Getty Images/M. Wilson)

Not a day at the beach

Hatteras Island on Friday as Dorian passes over. Storm-hardened locals were reportedly surprised by the force of the storm, and many people have been reported trapped by floodwaters.

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Hatteras Island, North Carolina, on Friday as Hurricane Dorian passes over.

Dorian weakens but still dangerous

A Category 2 Hurricane Dorian shown here off the coast of the US state of Georgia on Tuesday night. The storm slowly moved northward targeting South and North Carolina over Wednesday and Thursday, with the eye remaining just off the coastline.

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Batten down the hatches

A boarded-up shop in the coastal city of Wilmington, North Carolina on Thursday as Dorian approaches. Many residents of the area heeded evacuation orders, while others prepared to ride out the storm.

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A boarded-up shop in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

The storm approaches

Storm surge as Dorian moves north off the coast of North Carolina on Thursday. Forecasters said the center of the storm would graze the North Carolina coast Thursday night into Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (161 kph).

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A pier in North Carolina, USA during Hurricane Dorian

Damaging tornadoes

A waterspout spawned by Dorian reportedly tore through a mobile home park located near the coast of Emerald Isle, North Carolina on Thursday.

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A damaged mobile home park in Emerald Isle, North Carolina

Streets under water

As Dorian moved along the South Carolina coast on Thursday, storm surges and heavy rain flooded the city of Charleston. Weather forecasters warned that some areas of the Carolina coast could see storm surges of up to 7 feet (2.1 meters) and between 6 and 12 inches of rain.

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A flooded street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Too close for comfort

Dorian grazed the coast of Florida on Tuesday as a strong Category 4 storm. The eye remained far enough off at sea and spared the area from major damage.

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A woman at a beach in Florida, USA, as Hurricane Dorian approaches

Total destruction in the Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian ravaged the Bahamas as a monster Category 5 storm. Abaco Island was one of the worst-hit areas. The health minister of the Bahamas said Thursday that the death toll is expected to rise as clean up efforts get underway.