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https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-dorian-september-2019/index.htmlHurricane Dorian slams into the Bahamas
By Meg Wagner, Fernando Alfonso III, Mike Hayes, Tara John and Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 5:21 a.m. ET, September 2, 2019What we know now
Category 5 storm: Slow-moving Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the Bahamas after making landfall at Elbow Cay, then Grand Bahama.
The storm is the strongest anywhere on the planet this year.
The US: Residents on the southern US east coast have been warned to prepare for hurricane-force winds, though forecasts vary about when and where it may make landfall, from Florida to the Carolinas.
Hurricane Dorian will "continue to pound" Grand Bahama Island for the rest of today and tonight and will move "dangerously close" to Florida's east coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned in its latest update.
As of 5 a.m. ET the hurricane's center was about 40 miles east of Freeport Grand, Bahama Island, with maximum sustained winds of 165mph.
"Although gradual weakening is forecast, Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during the next couple of days," the NHC added.