Bang many Americans are currently following the course of storm "Dorian". This moved westward on Sunday evening (local time) with seven kilometers per hour. Because of the approaching hurricane, the state of South Carolina has now ordered an evacuation of its entire coast.
Residents are forced to move to safety from Monday lunchtime, Governor Henry McMaster instructed Sunday (local time). The hurricane of the most dangerous category should not arrive there before Wednesday. According to forecasts, "Dorian" coming from the Bahamas should reach Florida at the earliest on Monday evening.
Evacuated tomorrow, Monday, September 2 at 12:00 noon. #HurricaneDorian https://t.co/iSvOzkWnxU
- Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) September 1, 2019According to local media reports, the evacuation of the nearly 300-kilometer-long stretch of coastline should affect up to 830,000 people, which should not be a popular measure. "We can not satisfy all people, but we can keep all people alive," McMaster said at a press conference. Schools and authorities in the areas would remain closed.
Meteorologists expected that "Dorian" will turn north just before Florida and then bring destructive winds, storm surges and heavy rains in the north adjacent states of Georgia, North Carolina and just South Carolina.
The center of the hurricane hit the northern Bahamas on Sunday at wind speeds of up to 295 kilometers per hour. There threatened life-threatening storm surges of up to seven meters in height. Experts feared major damage as a result of the hurricane. The hurricane was last upgraded to the highest category five.
400,000 residents of the Bahamas are very worried
On the Bahamas Abaco, many people have taken refuge in schools, churches and other shelters. Residents reported blackouts, fallen trees, impassable roads and destroyed boat docks.
"The wind howls like we've never heard before," said Silbert Mills, 59, of the Bahamas Christian Network, who is staying with his family in a house on Abaco.
The authorities of the Bahamas had until recently urged the citizens to go to shelters and higher up places. Almost 400,000 people live in the island state.
It's the biggest hurricane ever hit by the archipelago since the beginning of modern records, the US hurricane center reported. The storm is moving very slowly forward and will probably rage over the Bahamas for several hours.
