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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…

Hurricane Dorian is on a path that will bring it toward the coastal areas of the Carolinas. One person in North Carolina is confirmed to have died while preparing for the storm. Authorities say the victim is an 85-year-old man in Columbus County who fell from a ladder as he was getting his home ready for the impending severe weather. The death comes as many parts of the North and South Carolina coasts are under…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  According to the National Hurricane Center, the center of Dorian, which is now a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, will move near the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning. Forecasters expect the Carolinas to experience tropical storm conditions Wednesday before the center of the…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Bahamians are rescuing victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups try to get food and medicine to survivors. Airports are flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas in recorded history parked over Abaco and Grand Bahama islands and pounded them with winds up to 185 mph and torrential rain…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  According to the National Hurricane Center, the center of Dorian, which is now a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, will move near the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning. Forecasters expect the Carolinas to experience tropical storm conditions Wednesday before the center of the…

COROLLA, N.C. — Many people have been wondering if the Outer Banks’ Wild Horses will evacuate when Hurricane Dorian moves past the Carolina coast.  According to the Corolla Wild Horse Fund, the horses are staying put. Corolla wrote on Facebook that the wild horses are actually better equipped to handle a hurricane than most humans living on the Outer Banks. Officials said the horses will go to high ground, under the sturdy live oak trees to…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  According to the National Hurricane Center, the center of Dorian, which is now a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, will move near the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning. Forecasters expect the Carolinas to experience tropical storm conditions Wednesday before the center of the…

The Bahamas felt the full power of Hurricane Dorian when the storm slammed into the islands Sunday. With 185 mph winds at landfall, the storm resulted in massive damage. What followed might be just as dangerous, more than a day of torrential downpours and a storm surge that lead to flooding throughout the islands. As of now, at least five people are dead as a result of the storm, and it will be a while…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Millions of people are boarding up and evacuating as Hurricane Dorian continues to move northwest toward the Carolina coast Wednesday morning.  According to the National Hurricane Center, the center of Dorian, which is now a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, will move near or over the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning. Forecasters expect the Carolinas to experience tropical storm conditions Wednesday before the center…