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(AP) Hurricane Dorian continues to scrape the North Carolina coast just offshore, with the worst weather hitting the Outer Banks.
The storm’s strong winds and heavy rains early Friday have knocked out power to about 373,000 homes and businesses in the Carolinas and Virginia. The center of the storm has remained just offshore, moving now past Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
In South Carolina, a North Myrtle Beach city spokesman says officials believe one or more suspected tornadoes from Hurricane Dorian damaged several residences and mobile homes in the city Thursday morning. Spokesman Patrick Dowling tells The Associated Press no injuries were reported, but several residents were taken to shelters.
City officials in North Myrtle Beach say rain is combining with the rising ocean to exacerbate flooding.
