{"id":14950,"date":"2019-09-02T09:34:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=14950"},"modified":"2019-09-02T09:53:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:53:38","slug":"us-state-is-evacuated-as-185mph-hurricane-hits-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/us-state-is-evacuated-as-185mph-hurricane-hits-bahamas\/","title":{"rendered":"US states are evacuated as 185mph hurricane hits Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas on Monday. In the US states Georgia and South Carolina people are being evacuated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Residents in the Bahamas are experiencing a category 5 storm which is the second strongest hurricane on record.\u00a0The National Hurricane Centre has described the storm as &#8220;life-threatening&#8221;. There is no official word from the Bahamas yet on casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A desperate cry for help \ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude22<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneDorian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneDorian<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Abaco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Abaco<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bahamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bahamas<\/a> Lord please help us <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/874BEsiB8t\">pic.twitter.com\/874BEsiB8t<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 MVP (@mvp242) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mvp242\/status\/1168227588533293056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;We need help, everything down&#8221;: Video shows damage to Marsh Harbour neighborhood as category 5 Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the Bahamas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OxfmbUUY4D\">https:\/\/t.co\/OxfmbUUY4D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S4us29Bxwt\">pic.twitter.com\/S4us29Bxwt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1168432699742261248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The US states of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Samuel Butler, assistant police commissioner, had warned residents as the hurricane approached:<\/strong> &#8220;The end could be fatal. &#8220;We ask you, we beg you, we plead with you to get to a place of safety.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Georgia evacuation order means around 540,000 from six communities will be affected and in South Carolina the mandatory evacuation saw around 830,000 are affected. <strong>South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said:<\/strong> &#8220;We can&#8217;t make everybody happy, but we believe we can keep everyone alive.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Hurricane Centre director Ken Graham also told residents not to take any risks just because the specific forecast track has the storm just a bit offshore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At around 4am UK time the hurricane was around 135 miles away from the Florida coast but there is signs that the worst of the storm will hit the US coast on Tuesday and Wednesday for Florida and Georgia then South Carolina and North Carolina are hit on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas on Monday. In the US states Georgia and South Carolina people are being evacuated. Residents in the Bahamas are experiencing a category 5 storm which is the second strongest hurricane on record.\u00a0The National Hurricane Centre has described the storm as &#8220;life-threatening&#8221;. 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