Hurricane Dorian made landfall in North Carolina after falling to category 1

WILMINGTON.- The
hurricane Dorian He finally made landfall in the United States today. Hit on the cape
Hatteras, on the barrier of islands off the coast of
North Carolina, then down to category 1 after
its sweeping passage through the Bahamas with its maximum power level.

In recent days Dorian touched the Atlantic coast from Florida to the Carolinas before his eye hit the ground.
At 9 local time (10 in Argentina) the center of the cyclone was moving northeast at 22 km / h.

Yesterday, Dorian launched strong winds and heavy rains to the coast, which caused tornadoes and left more than 200,000 homes and businesses without electricity. The National Hurricane Center predicted that its displacement will accelerate as it moves away from the southeast corner of New England the night from Friday to Saturday before approaching
Nova Scotia, Canada.

Meteorologists said the waves could reach almost the roof of the construction of a plant in the island chain, a narrow strip of land of 320 kilometers, where about 500 of its 1,000 residents stayed to face the storm, Ann Warner said. , owner of Howard's pub.
Dorian is expected to weaken slowly over the next few days, although he will maintain the hurricane category as he moves along the coast of North Carolina.

Further north, Virginia was also on alert and authorities ordered evacuations.

The state of Florida was largely unharmed from the Dorian Pass. "We were lucky in Florida. Much, very good luck indeed," said President Donald Trump.

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The disaster in Bahamas

But the Bahamas archipelago, just 80 kilometers off the coast of Florida, is a bleak landscape. Several nations joined the rescue efforts for the thousands of victims.

Dorian was blowing with category 5 intensity when he settled for almost two days over the north of the Bahamas, where he left unimaginable destruction.
An AFP team that flew over the town of Marsh Harbor on Thursday saw scenes of catastrophic damage, hundreds of homes destroyed to the ground, cars overturned, entire fields of debris and widespread flooding.
It could be seen how a team of people wearing white masks and protective suits loaded bodies in green bags on the platform of a truck.

Some residents, still stunned by the storm, had taken to the streets dragging their bags with their most valuable possessions.
The extent of damage in the Bahamas was beginning to be known yesterday, as relief teams managed to tour the area to rescue survivors and bring help to the victims.
The United Nations warned that some 70,000 people in the Bahamas need "immediate help."
UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock said after meeting with Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis that shelters, drinking water, food and medicine are urgently needed for some 50,000 people on Grand Bahama Island .

AP and AFP agencies