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Tracking Dorian: The Storm’s Impact On North Carolinians

WUNC | By Laura Pellicer,
Frank Stasio
Published September 5, 2019 at 12:50 PM EDT
A satellite image of Hurricane Dorian over the Bahamas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric istration
Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity as a Category 5 hurricane making landfall on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, September 1, 2019.

As 700,000 power outages in the Carolinas, according to Duke Energy predictions.

At a press conference Thursday morning, Gov. Roy Cooper warned about the risk of tornadoes, flash floods and intense winds as Dorian rolls along North Carolina’s coast. Earlier this week, Cooper also ordered a Will Michaels provides the latest updates on shelters and weather updates.
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Laura Pellicer
Laura Pellicer is a digital reporter with WUNC’s small but intrepid digital news team.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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