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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Hurricane Warning has been expanded along the entire Carolina coastline as first rains from Hurricane Dorian arrive in South Carolina. Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  First Warn Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich said Dorian will make “significant impacts” on the Carolina coasts starting Wednesday night through early Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the center of…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Hurricane Warning has been expanded along the entire Carolina coastline as first rains from Hurricane Dorian arrive in South Carolina. Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  First Warn Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich said Dorian will make “significant impacts” on the Carolina coasts starting Wednesday night through early Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the center of…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  First Warn chief meteorologist Brad Panovich said Dorian will make “significant impacts” on the Carolina coasts starting Wednesday night through early Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the center of Dorian to move over the Carolinas early Thursday.  As of 2 p.m., Dorian has 105 mph sustained winds with the eye…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — People on the U.S. coast are making final preparations for Hurricane Dorian as the storm makes its way north. Category 2 Hurricane Dorian is now about 115 miles east of Jacksonville, Florida. It’s moving to the north-northwest at 9 mph and packing 105-mph winds. At least seven deaths have been reported in the Bahamas, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown. Hurricane watches and warnings were expanded Wednesday along…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  First Warn chief meteorologist Brad Panovich said Dorian will make “significant impacts” on the Carolina coasts starting Wednesday night through early Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the center of Dorian to move over the Carolinas early Thursday.  As of 2 p.m., Dorian has 105 mph sustained winds with the eye…

CAPE FEAR, N.C. — Volunteers in Cape Fear, North Carolina are helping the elderly and other residents safely prep their homes for Hurricane Dorian.  Our reporter in Cape Fear said these volunteers have already helped seven people properly tarp and board up their homes.  This act of kindness came after an 85-year-old man fell off a ladder while preparing his home for Hurricane Dorian.  Cooper said the 85-year-old Columbus County man fell from a ladder…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man died while preparing his home for Hurricane Dorian, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday. Cooper said the 85-year-old Columbus County man fell from a ladder while getting ready for the storm.  Dorian’s outer bands reached the Carolina coast Wednesday morning with rain starting in the Charleston area around 10 a.m. First Warn meteorologist Chris Mulcahy says the storm could bring 7-10 inches of rain with 4-7 feet of storm…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina man died while preparing his home for Hurricane Dorian, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday. Cooper said the 85-year-old Columbus County man fell from a ladder while getting ready for the storm.  Dorian’s outer bands reached the Carolina coast Wednesday morning with rain starting in the Charleston area around 10 a.m. First Warn meteorologist Chris Mulcahy says the storm could bring 7-10 inches of rain with 4-7 feet of storm…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hurricane Dorian is a dangerous hurricane headed towards the Southeast coastline. This is a live blog from the digital staff at WCNC.com with continuous updates on the storm, its impact, and on-going developments. Wednesday, September 4 11:00 a.m.  Hurricane warnings are extended northeastward along the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Dorian moves parallel to the coast of Northeastern Florida.  Dorian still has sustained winds of 105 mph. The NHC predicts a slow…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — People on the U.S. coast are making final preparations for Hurricane Dorian as the storm makes its way north. As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dorian is about 90 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Fla., and about 205 miles south of Charleston, S.C. The storm is moving north-northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. At least seven deaths have been reported in the Bahamas, with the full scope…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  First Warn chief meteorologist Brad Panovich said Dorian will make “significant impacts” on the Carolina coasts starting Wednesday night through early Friday. The National Hurricane Center expects the center of Dorian to move over the Carolinas early Thursday.  As of 11 a.m., Dorian has 105 mph sustained winds and is moving…

Scientists might not be dropping bombs into hurricanes, but hurricane hunters do bombard each storm with tube-shaped objects known as dropsondes to collect meteorological data. A dropsonde is a weather instrument that is dropped out of an aircraft into a hurricane to collect data. During its descent, it transmits data about the surrounding atmosphere back to scientists by using a variety of sensors. “Dropsondes are used to remotely measure atmospheric weather conditions. They measure the…

About 500 Duke Energy line workers, damage assessors and construction crews are headed to Florence, South Carolina, where they will be ready to restore any electricity outages from Hurricane Dorian. A caravan of electricity repair crews trucks left on their trucks around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday from Duke Energy’s Little Rock Operations Center off Wilkinson Boulevard in Charlotte. Darick Hendriksz is a Duke damage assessor. ” We don’t know where the impact of Hurricane Dorian will…

Hurricane Dorian is on a path that will bring it toward the coastal areas of the Carolinas. Steven Rowley is a National Weather Service forecaster in Charleston. He said Wednesday morning that the storm is not expected to make landfall. “But it’s going to be very, very close during the day on Thursday,” Rowley told WFAE. “It’s going to come very close to the South Carolina coast, particularly Charleston County. And then it’s going to…