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Dorian grazes

Carolina coast, aims

for Outer Banks

By MEG KINNARD
Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Dorian sideswiped
the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and side-
ways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit
on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four
deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm.
Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped
trailers, and more than 250,000 homes and businesses
were left without power as the hurricane pushed north
along the coastline, its winds weakening after sunset to
100 mph (160 kph). Trees and power lines littered flood-
ed streets in Charleston’s historic downtown. Gusts had
topped 80 mph (129 kph) in some areas.
North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a thin line of islands that
stick out from the U.S. coast like a boxer’s chin, braced
for a hit late Thursday or early Friday. To the north, Virginia
was also in harm’s way, and a round of evacuations was Residents of the Boardwalk RV Park discuss the path of a possible waterspout or tornado, generated
ordered there. by Hurricane Dorian, struck the area, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Emerald Isle, N.C.
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