Hurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds, and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and causing damage along the coast.
Dorian came ashore Friday morning at Cape Hatteras on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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The Bogue Shores condominiums is seen after losing its roof during high winds from Hurricane Dorian in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on Friday. (Jeffrey Collins)
Hyde County officials, Sheriff Guire Cahoon and 3 deputies, and Hyde County Manager Kris Noble arrive at the fire company after having been helicoptered in over Ocracoke Island. (Connie Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP)
The Ocracoke Village Fire Department is used as a command center Friday, Sept. 6 on Ocracoke Island. (Connie Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer via AP))
NC12 is Ocracoke is in serious disrepair after Hurricane Dorian on Friday. (Courtesy of NCDOT)
Soldiers with the North Carolina National Guard's 883rd Engineer Company help a family get home from a local shelter in Whiteville, N.C. in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. (Courtesy of the NC National Guard)
Mike Rogers takes a photo of the storm surge from Hurricane Dorian that blocks Cedar Island off from the mainland on NC 12 in Atlantic, N.C., on Friday, Sept. 6. (Tom Copeland)
Vehicles are flooded Friday after Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island. (Courtesy of Jason Wells)
Vehicles are flooded Friday after Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island. (Courtesy of Jason Wells)
Beaufort plice officer Curtis Resor, left, and Sgt. Micheal Stephens check a sailboat for occupants in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the coast on Friday, Sept. 6. (Tom Copeland)
Storm surge from Hurricane Dorian blocks Cedar Island off from the mainland on NC 12 in Atlantic, N.C., after Hurricane Dorian past the coast on Friday, Sept. 6. (Tom Copeland)
A utility worker checks lines in Wilmington, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (Gerry Broome)
Storm surge from Hurricane Dorian blocks Cedar Island off from the mainland on NC 12 in Atlantic, N.C., after Hurricane Dorian past the coast on Friday, Sept. 6. (Tom Copeland)
This satellite image provided by NASA from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Dorian on Thursday, Sept. 5. (NASA)
Joseph Pawlick rakes debris on the sidewalk outside of his Wilmington, N.C., home on Friday, Sept. 6 (Jeffrey Collins)
Boats are thrown on shore in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday. (Tom Copeland)
Members of the Kure Beach Fire Department clean up around a business near the oceanfront following the effects of Hurricane Dorian in Kure Beach, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6. (Gerry Broome)
A couple strolls along the beachfront near a maritime forest following the effects of Hurricane Dorian in Fort Fisher, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6. (Gerry Broome)
A portion of the Kure Beach Pier is seen damaged by winds following the effects of Hurricane Dorian in Kure Beach, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6. (Gerry Broome)
Firefighters with the Kure Beach Fire Department clean up around the Kure Beach Pier on Friday. (Gerry Broome)
Members of the Kure Beach Fire Department clean up around business following the effects of Hurricane Dorian on Friday. (Gerry Broome)
A sailboat sits in the marsh in Beaufort, NC after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday, Sept. 6. (Tom Copeland)
An Emerald Isle community was flattened by a Dorian-inspired tornado Thursday. (Jeremy Baker)
Tornado damage in Emerald isle from Hurricane Dorian on Thursday. (Michael Perchick)
A mobile home is upside-down after the tornado on Emerald Isle on Thursday. (Jeremy Baker)
Damage after the tornado on Emerald Isle on Thursday. (Jeremy Baker)
People check on the damage after a tornado ripped through Emerald isle on Thursday. (Jeremy Baker)
Damage from Dorian in New Bern on Thursday. (New Bern Police Department)
Carolina Beach is close to a ghost town as Dorian approaches Thursday. (Diane Wilson)
Power company linemen work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Power company linemen work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
A beach chair hangs in wires as power company linemen work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Power company linemen work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Emerald Isle town employees work to clear the road after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019 (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Emerald Isle town employees work to clear the road after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Emerald Isle town employees work to clear the road after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Power company lineman work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East Coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)