LATEST: Hurricane Dorian takes aim at the Carolinas. - Winds up to 115 mph - Moving N at 7 mph - Center currently about 80 miles SSE of Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston residents who didn't heed earlier evacuation orders have now been asked to shelter in place as the winds pick up and heavy rain falls down. Downtown Charleston's narrow, low-lying streets are underwater and the northbound portion of the city's expressway has been shut down since Wednesday due to flooding.
The coastal Carolinas are expected to get up to 12 inches of total rainfall through Friday, with as much as 15 inches accumulating in isolated locations. Coastal Georgia and far southeast Virginia could see as much as 6 inches, according to the National Hurricane Center. "It is not that uncommon to see tornadoes with a tropical system near the coastline," said ABC News senior meteorologist Max Golembo.
More than 4,000 flights have been cancelled within, into or out of the United States since Monday. A number of airports have shuttered this week, including several in Florida, two in South Carolina and one in North Carolina. Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, is now the only hospital capable of treating the most seriously injured from across the 700-plus islands and cays, according to Dr. Caroline Burnett-Garraway, medical chief-of-staff at the hospital.
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