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Dorian Bashes US Carolinas After Pounding Bahamas

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   Hurricane Dorian has hit the Southeastern U.S. states of North and
   South Carolina, bringing tornadoes and flooded roads.

   "We know we're in for a long night and we'll be eager to see the
   sunshine in the morning," North Carolina's Governor Roy Cooper told the
   Atlanta-based cable news network, CNN.

   Dorian is moving with maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per
   hour.

   The National Hurricane Center says "slow weakening" is expected of
   Dorian "during the next few days." The center says Dorian is expected
   to remain "a powerful hurricane as its center moves near the coasts of
   South and North Carolina."

   Forecasters do not expect Dorian to make a direct landfall Friday but
   will instead skirt the North Carolina coast, bringing life-threatening
   storm surges to North Carolina and southern Virginia before moving away
   from land.

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