Hurricane Dorian -- News Updates September 1, 2019

Daily Mail: South Carolina orders the evacuation of nearly a MILLION people along its ENTIRE coastline as 'Apocalyptic' Hurricane Dorian barrels towards the US and batters the Bahamas with 200mh gusts

* As Hurricane Dorian comes perilously close to mainland US, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced mandatory evacuation orders for the state's coastline, which will go into effect on Monday
* The order covers some 830,000 residents, many of whom will be evacuating their homes for the fourth time in four years
* Hurricane Dorian intensified into a Category 5 storm early Sunday morning with record-setting gusts exceeding 200mph
* Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas on Elbow Cay in the Abacos Islands at 12.40pm ET then again at 2pm ET, bringing with it 'catastrophic' conditions
* Video posted to social media by residents of Abaco in the Bahamas shows homes missing parts of their roofs, utility lines down and cars overturned
* 'You cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins,' Bahamanian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said on Sunday
* As of 8pm ET, Dorian was centered about 155 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida

South Carolina on Sunday ordered nearly a million people living along its coastline to evacuate in anticipation of the arrival of Dorian, a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that is currently battering the northern Bahamas.

The evacuation orders were announced on Sunday evening by Governor Henry McMaster, who is taking no chances despite forecasts saying that the storm will move parallel to the coast.

McMaster’s order goes into effect at noon Monday, when state troopers will begin reversing lanes so that people can all head inland on major coastal highways.

Authorities say the order covers approximately 830,000 people, many of whom will be evacuating for the fourth time in four years.

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Hurricane Dorian -- News Updates September 1, 2019

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