Hurricane Dorian Rakes Southeast Coast; Georgia Evacuation Order Lifted

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September 5th, 2019

A visitor from nearby Pooler, Georgia, climbs a sea dune after collecting shells Thursday on the south beach of Tybee Island as Hurricane Dorian passes 80 miles out to sea. The dunes suffered major erosion two years ago from Hurricane Irma, but this year the coastal barrier island was spared the worst from Dorian.

Stephen B. Morton / Associated Press

Updated at 11:45 a.m. Thursday

Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks.

Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the devastated Bahamas, Dorian made its way up the Eastern Seaboard, sweeping past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance. From there, the storm apparently grazed Georgia, then hugged the South Carolina coast with more serious effects.

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