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Dorian Crawls Up US East Coast After Weakening to Category 1 Storm

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   Hurricane Dorian has weakened to a Category 1 storm, after generating
   tornadoes and flooding roads in North and South Carolina.

   Early Friday, Dorian made landfall over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
   before moving out into the Atlantic ocean on its trek up the U.S. east
   coast with maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour.

   In its most recent bulletin, the National Hurricane Center said, "The
   center of Dorian will move near or over the coast of North Carolina
   during the next few hours." NHC added, "The center should move to the
   southeast of extreme southeastern New England tonight and Saturday
   morning, and then across Nova Scotia late Saturday or Saturday night."

   The NHC expects Dorian to produce a life-threatening storm surge and
   dangerous winds along parts of the North Carolina and Virginia coasts.
   Flash flooding across eastern South and North Carolina and southeastern
   Virginia was expected to become more widespread Friday morning.
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