Dorian makes landfall in the Carolinas: Hurricane that has killed at least four in the US reaches the Outer Banks with 90mph winds while 415,000 homes and businesses are STILL without power
Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a Category 1 storm over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina at 8.35am EDT
At least four people have died in the US after the hurricane struck both North and South Carolina
It has spurned tornadoes, with one in North Carolina damaging scores of trailers at a campground in Emerald Isle, but no one was injured
Floodwaters rose to a foot or more in low-lying parts of the historic South Carolina city of Charleston, where more than seven inches of rain fell in some areas, officials said
Nearly 415,000 homes and businesses were without power in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
Governors in the region declared states of emergency, shut schools, opened shelters, readied national guard troops and urged residents to heed warnings
In the Carolinas alone, more than 900,000 people had been ordered to evacuate their homes. It was unclear how many did so
DAILYMAIL.COM
6 September 2019
Hurricane Dorian has made landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, flooding coastal towns, whipping up tornadoes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands of people a couple of days after it reduced parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
The National Hurricane Center tweeted on Friday morning: ‘#Dorian has made landfall over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina at 835 AM EDT. Maximum sustained winds were estimated near 90 mph (150 km/h), and the estimated minimum central pressure was 956 mb (28.23 inches).’
At least four people have been killed in the U.S.; all were men in Florida or North Carolina who died in falls or by electrocution while trimming trees, putting up storm shutters or otherwise getting ready for the hurricane.
Floodwaters rose to a foot or more in low-lying parts of the historic South Carolina city of Charleston, where more than seven inches of rain fell Thursday in some areas, officials said. Up to 15 inches of rain is expected in isolated areas of North Carolina.
Nearly 415,000 people were without power service in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, according to tracking site poweroutage.us.
Governors in the region declared states of emergency, shut schools, opened shelters, readied national guard troops and urged residents to heed warnings, as media circulated fresh images of the storm’s devastation in the Bahamas this week.
‘Do not let your guard down,’ Dare County emergency managers warned people who insisted on riding out the storm. Water levels were dropping on the western side of the islands, but that water will return rapidly as winds shift, ‘bringing extreme soundside flooding for some areas,’ the county said.
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