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Bahamas Tells Tourists, Residents: Move to Shelter Now From Dorian

Reuters

   Authorities in the Bahamas made a last-minute plea to residents and
   tourists Saturday to seek shelter as time ran out before powerful
   Hurricane Dorian hits, warning those who refused to move that their
   lives were at risk.

   "Hurricane Dorian is a devastating, dangerous storm approaching our
   islands," Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a nationally
   televised news conference.

   Packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph), the Category 4
   storm was forecast to hit the Bahamas Sunday with more than two feet of
   rainfall in places, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

   Dorian was later likely threaten Georgia and the Carolinas, possibly
   sparing Florida a direct hit, as communities in those states raised
   alert levels.

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