Dorian weakened to a Category 1 hurricane and made landfall on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday, flooding homes and trapping residents, the New York Times reports.
The latest: Storm surge warnings in the U.S. have been discontinued as of Friday at 8 pm EST, per the National Hurricane Center. A hurricane warning was issued for eastern Nova Scotia by the Canadian Hurricane Center on Friday, and southwestern Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are under a hurricane watch.
The devastation Hurricane Dorian inflicted on the Bahamas is beginning to emerge as a massive rescue and recovery effort gets into full swing.
The big picture: At least 30 people in the Bahamas have died, Bahamian Minister of Health Duane Sands said on Thursday night, but he anticipates the death toll will rise. Dorian stalled over the Bahamas after hitting the islands as a Category 5 storm before being downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane as it began to pull away Tuesday. The HeadKnowles Foundation's Lia Head-Rigby told Al Jazeera of the Abaco Islands: "It's total devastation. It's decimated. Apocalyptic."
