A weakening Hurricane Dorian, downgraded to a Category 1 but still packing 90 mp...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A weakening Hurricane Dorian, downgraded to a Category 1 but still packing 90 mph winds, crawled north on Friday, skirting the Carolinas and flooding coastal towns a couple of days after it reduced parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
It is expected to push farther out to sea before making landfall in the state later on Friday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in a 2 a.m. EST advisory. Among the few people in the streets Thursday as one of the largest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded drew close were John Rivers, 74, and his three children. They cleared drains of branches, leaves and debris, using a shovel, a rake and their bare hands.
But as Dorian picks up speed from its 15 mph crawl, life-threatening storm surges and dangerous winds remain a threat for much of the area and Virginia, the NHC said. In the Carolinas alone, more than 900,000 people had been ordered to evacuate their homes. It was unclear how many did so. Dorian whipped up at least three tornadoes in the region, officials said. One in North Carolina damaged scores of trailers at a campground in Emerald Isle, but no one was injured, the News & Observer said.
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