PHOTOS: Hurricane Dorian batters NC coast

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Saturday, September 7, 2019
The Bogue Shores condominiums is seen after losing its roof during high winds from Hurricane Dorian in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on Friday.
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.
The Ocracoke Village Fire Department is used as a command center Friday, Sept. 6 on Ocracoke Island.
NC12 is Ocracoke is in serious disrepair after Hurricane Dorian on Friday.
(Credit: Moonraker Tea Shop)
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.
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.
Vehicles are flooded Friday after Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island.
Vehicles are flooded Friday after Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island.
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.
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.
A utility worker checks lines in Wilmington, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.
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.
This satellite image provided by NASA from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Dorian on Thursday, Sept. 5.
Joseph Pawlick rakes debris on the sidewalk outside of his Wilmington, N.C., home on Friday, Sept. 6
Boats are thrown on shore in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday.
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.
A couple strolls along the beachfront near a maritime forest following the effects of Hurricane Dorian in Fort Fisher, N.C., Friday, Sept. 6.
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.
Firefighters with the Kure Beach Fire Department clean up around the Kure Beach Pier on Friday.
Members of the Kure Beach Fire Department clean up around business following the effects of Hurricane Dorian on Friday.
A sailboat sits in the marsh in Beaufort, NC after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday, Sept. 6.
An Emerald Isle community was flattened by a Dorian-inspired tornado Thursday.
Tornado damage in Emerald isle from Hurricane Dorian on Thursday.
A mobile home is upside-down after the tornado on Emerald Isle on Thursday.
Damage after the tornado on Emerald Isle on Thursday.
People check on the damage after a tornado ripped through Emerald isle on Thursday.
Damage from Dorian in New Bern on Thursday.
Carolina Beach is close to a ghost town as Dorian approaches Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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PHOTOS: Hurricane Dorian batters NC coastThe Bogue Shores condominiums is seen after losing its roof during high winds from Hurricane Dorian in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, on Friday.
Jeffrey Collins

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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