“Hurricane Dorian has its sights set on North Carolina,” Gov. The hurricane center said Dorian will soon curve northeast and “this motion should bring the center of Dorian near or over the coast of North Carolina” over the next 36 to 48 hours. Particularly at risk is North Carolina, where Cape Hatteras, Cape Fear and Cape Lookout bulge out into the Atlantic, making the state a frequent hurricane target. A large swath of the southeastern and mid-Atlantic coasts was under threats of storm surge and flooding that forecasters warned could be deadly.Ī hurricane warning extended through the Carolinas all the way up to the Virginia border. One death in Puerto Rico also was blamed on Dorian.Ĭoastal Georgia and South Carolina were getting thrashed Wednesday night. mainland death - an 85-year-old North Carolina man who fell off a ladder - was reported. On a day when the death toll from Dorian rose to 20 in the Bahamas, the first U.S.
Facing a higher risk is North Carolina, particularly the Outer Banks.Īs Florida emerged from hurricane danger, Orlando’s airport reopened, as did Walt Disney World and Universal.īy Friday and into the weekend, Dorian’s center will be moving toward southeastern New England and then toward Nova Scotia. “This is a life-threatening situation.”īut the beginning of the turn to the northeast gave some hope that South Carolina could be spared a direct hit, even as the state endures a punishing day Thursday from the western parts of the storm. “Winds, tornadoes and heavy, heavy rain, flash flooding and storm surge,” said Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center Thursday morning. Hazards would mount through the day, the hurricane center said, with North and South Carolina facing up to 20 inches of rain in spots, a storm surge of up to seven feet and the threat of more tornadoes. “On the forecast track, the center of Dorian will continue to move close to the coast of eastern South Carolina for the next several hours, and then move near or over the coast of North Carolina tonight and Friday,” the hurricane center said.
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