But that didn't stop him from flogging the External Banks, a chain of islands located in front of part of the North Carolina coast. In that area, it devastated causing a strong swell and left many residents without light.
In one of them, Ocracoke, Dorian on Friday morning generated "catastrophic floods," said the governor of that state, Roy Cooper. Around 800 people were blocked there, he said. It was necessary to send helicopters with water, food and medicine to provide them with relief.
The Associated Press He says the authorities had issued mandatory evacuation orders for that area, but not everyone respected them. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) alerted throughout the morning in its bulletins that the hurricane was still very dangerous.
Steve Harris, a resident of Ocracoke, said that many had already relaxed on the island before the hurricane passed, thinking that Dorian would be clearer after losing strength. "We were all on social media laughing at how we had done well. There really had been no flooding, just rain, typical rain," he said.
But Dorian did not behave as expected. "A wall of water crossed the island quickly," said Harris. "Everything started to look like a bathtub." The man, who was safe in his home, said that "in a matter of minutes" he went from having zero feet of water to between 4 and 6.
"We are flooding like crazy," Leslie Lanier, owner of a bookstore on the island, told the AP, while the flooding occurred. "I've been here for 32 years, and I've never seen anything like that," he added. The Washington Post It defines what caused the hurricane as a tsunami storm surge.
According to the local newspaper Ocracoke Observer, the tide gauge located at the ferry terminal showed that at 6:30 a.m. local time, the water height was approximately 0.5 feet. But at 8:30 a.m., the same meter showed that the level had risen to 7.4 feet.
"We are significantly concerned about hundreds of people trapped in Ocracoke," Cooper said in the morning. The governor added that the island had run out of electricity. Hours later, he assured that the necessary aid had already begun to be sent.
The Coast Guard began disembarking local police officers from a helicopter and moving the sick, elderly or others in distress, according to Hyde County authorities. By nightfall, no serious injuries had been recorded either there or elsewhere in the external banks.
TRAGEDY IN THE BAHAMAS
Dorian also caused damage in other parts of North Carolina. More than 135,000 customers were left without power and more than 81 roads were closed due to flooding or debris, Cooper said.
In South Carolina, which was hit by the hurricane before it hit the nearly 200 mile barrier of the External Banks, public utility company Dominion Energy said the teams were working "24/7" to restore electricity to 47,000 customers
The hurricane also passed the side of Virginia, where Norfolk suffered floods and Cape Henry violent gusts of wind.
But the worst consequences are the Bahamas. Dorian's eye stayed above these islands for almost two days from Sunday, when he made landfall as a category 5 hurricane in Elbow Cay, on the Abaco Islands, which, along with Grand Bahama, were devastated.
The authorities have indicated as the official number of deceased the number 43. But they are expected to increase considerably in the coming days, as there are thousands of people listed among the disappeared.
Dorian is currently moving away from the US coast to Canada, according to the NHC. It is 170 miles (280 kilometers) from Nantucket, Massachusetts, in whose southeastern part it is producing winds with tropical storm force.
It could generate hurricane conditions this Saturday in parts of Nova Scotia.
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