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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Durian struck the Great Abaco and Grand Bahamas in the Bahamas on Sunday, causing the collapse of roofs, overturning cars and cutting power lines as rising floodwaters threatened to flood homes.
"The winds of up to 322 km per hour destroyed or destroyed more than 13,000 homes without immediate estimates of damage and damage," the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said, adding that the second strongest Atlantic storm would hit the archipelago later today. And then move towards the east coast of the United States. ”
Authorities ordered the evacuation of more than one million people in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. Palm Beach, the third most populous district, was among the partially evacuated areas, while others declared voluntary evacuation.
Governors of South Carolina, Henry McMaster and Georgia's Brian Kemp, ordered the mandatory evacuation of parts of eight coastal counties as well as eviction in all or parts of the six coastal counties.
"The hurricane will move dangerously near the east coast of Florida late in the day until Tuesday night," the US National Hurricane Center said.
According to meteorologists, Durian is expected to remain a hurricane over the next five days and move northwestward along or near the US East Coast.
The US National Hurricane Center said yesterday that the strength of Hurricane Durian has intensified and moved to the fifth category on the scale (Sapphire Simpson), which is the highest category in the strength of hurricanes.
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