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Lines that would normally be full of people waiting to go their boarding gates are now empty as a lone TSA agent on duty for security reasons sits at Orlando International Airport that is closed due to the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Dorian on the East Coast Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
September 03, 2019 - 6:40 pm

Floridians hope Dorian's economic impact will be temporary

Hurricane Dorian is losing strength as it churns closer to the Florida coast, and that's bringing some cautious relief to the state's big tourism industry. By midday Tuesday, Dorian had been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, and forecasts were lessening the threat of a direct hit on Florida...
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People walk near the pier at Folly Beach, S.C.,, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm weakened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday as it continued to batter the Bahamas with life-threatening storm surge. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
September 03, 2019 - 6:40 pm

Weather-tested residents brace for Dorian on Southeast coast

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Weather-tested residents along the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas were using their experience with past storms to guide them Tuesday as they readied their homes for Hurricane Dorian and decided whether to heed evacuation orders. "Here we are," said Ed Bandarovich as he...
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Strong winds from Hurricane Dorian blow the tops of trees and brush while whisking up water from the surface of a canal that leads to the sea, located behind the brush at top, seen from the balcony of a hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Hurricane Dorian hovered over the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with a fearsome Category 4 assault that forced even rescue crews to take shelter until the onslaught passes. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
September 02, 2019 - 10:59 pm

Dorian triggers massive flooding in Bahamas; at least 5 dead

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their attics if necessary. At least five deaths were blamed on...
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Kristen Davis watches the high surf from a boardwalk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with her daughter Addie Davis, 4, as winds from Hurricane Dorian blow the fronds of a palm tree in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
September 02, 2019 - 5:25 pm

4th time in 4 years: It's hurricane evacuation time in US

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It's become a hurricane-season ritual in the Southeast: When a storm threatens, coastal residents board up homes, load up SUVs and fill highways where the traffic lanes are reversed to offer a speedy escape inland. For some people, Hurricane Dorian is the fourth storm...
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September 02, 2019 - 4:25 pm

Governor: Evacuation going well as Dorian threatens SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says evacuations of his state's coast are going well as Hurricane Dorian threatens. The evacuation order for 820,000 people living along the entire South Carolina coast went into effect at noon Monday. McMaster said transportation officials...
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A man stands on a store's roof as he works to prepare it for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport on Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
September 01, 2019 - 9:33 pm

Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm

McLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 185 mph (297 kph) winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered down in schools, churches and shelters. Dorian slammed...
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A car returns to the capital under the previous rain before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sunday Sept. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
September 01, 2019 - 7:52 pm

The Latest: Florida orders some evacuations on east coast

MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 7:35 p.m. Mandatory evacuation orders in Florida for low-lying and flood-prone areas and mobile homes are taking effect starting either Sunday or Monday from Palm Beach County north to at least the Daytona Beach area, and some counties...
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A large boat is moved to a storage lot on dry land at a marina in Cape Canaveral, Fla. as boat owners prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, The latest forecast says Dorian is expected to stay just off shore of Florida and skirt the coast of Georgia, with the possibility of landfall still a threat on Wednesday, and then continuing up to South Carolina early Thursday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
August 31, 2019 - 6:12 pm

The Latest: Orlando airport to close early Monday for Dorian

MIAMI (AP) — The latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Orlando International Airport will shut down Monday at 2 a.m. as Hurricane Dorian makes its way toward the Florida coast. Officials at the airport say it is closing "out of an abundance of caution" and so the 25,000 people who...
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A child evacuated from a nearby Cay due to the danger of floods drags his suitcase when he arrives on a ship at the port before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Sweeting's Cay, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Saturday Aug. 31, 2019. Dorian bore down on the Bahamas as a fierce Category 4 storm Saturday, with new projections showing it curving upward enough to potentially spare Florida a direct hit but still threatening parts of the Southeast U.S. with powerful winds and rising ocean water that causes what can be deadly flooding. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
August 31, 2019 - 5:05 pm

Evacuations begin as Dorian bears down on northern Bahamas

McLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Dorian shut down some hotels in the northern Bahamas and forced some evacuations Saturday as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain and howling winds but was projected to spin farther away from the coast of the Southeast U.S...
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This photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a satellite view of Hurricane Dorian taken at 10:00 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (NOAA via AP)
August 31, 2019 - 12:29 pm

The Latest: South Carolina declares emergency before storm

MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 12:25 p.m. Gov. Henry McMaster has declared a state of emergency in South Carolina after the latest forecast for Hurricane Dorian increased the threat to the state. The emergency declaration makes it easier to get federal help and let...
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