Friday marks Hurricane Dorian’s 13th day as a named storm and ninth day as a hurricane. During this time, the storm has hit the U.S. Virgin Islands, the northern Bahamas, Florida and the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas.
According to the National Weather Service, locations along the Outer Banks and eastern Hyde County will experience short bursts of heavy rainfall as the eye of the storm passes by.
“Very heavy rainfall has been occurring within the northern and northwest eye wall ... with hourly rainfall magnitudes of (two to three inches),” the NWS stated. “Areas of flash flooding ... are thus likely to continue this morning from eastern North Carolina into far southeast Virginia.”
The National Hurricane Center stated that a life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds will continue to affect areas of the North Carolina coast, portions of southeast Virginia and the southern Chesapeake Bay for the next several hours.
As of Thursday morning, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division has reported more than 200,000 power outages statewide. In a news release on Wednesday, Duke Energy projected more than 700,000 power outages in eastern North and South Carolina as a result of the storm.
According to The Washington Post, Dorian is set to hit extreme eastern Massachusetts by Friday night and Saturday morning, including Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and parts of Cape Cod. The storm is also set to hit the coasts of the mid-Atlantic before heading off toward the Canadian Maritimes.