6pET: Hurricane Dorian continues producing dangerous winds, with storm surge and flooding across portions of the Carolinas, up to 110 mph winds, moving NNE at 8 mph as a Category 2 storm.
Hurricane Dorian is pummeling the South Carolina coastline with winds, storm surge and heavy rain as the powerful storm moves north"to unleash its fury" on North Carolina overnight.
North Carolina is in for a"long night ahead," Gov. Roy Cooper warned Thursday, urging residents to stay inside and"hunker down" until the storm passes.Dorian may make landfall in North Carolina between Wilmington and the Outer Banks as it skims the coastline overnight. P.S. Don’t be that person who risks your life and others for a selfie. #NotWorth ❌🤳 #Dorian #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/tNQZF3htbO
One apparent tornado sounded"like a large airplane or a large train coming through," a resident of Little River, South Carolina, told Florence ABC affiliate WPDE. Stay where you are. Dont aimlessly drive around just to take a look at the conditions. #HurricaneDorian #IOP #BeachPolice pic.twitter.com/IYEC6PfmKw"We were kind of expecting the worst ... looks like we escaped the worst of it," Murray told ABC News Thursday."Our biggest concern was flooding. We've had flooding in the past."One storm-related death struck the Carolinas before Dorian did.
Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Wednesday that Dorian has left"generational devastation" across the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, which are both in the archipelago's northern region, east of southern Florida.
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