The Category 5 storm caused catastrophic damage to the Bahamas before it moved up the US coast.
September 3, 2019, 9:49 a.m.
People search for salvageable items on Thursday as they make their way through an area destroyed by Hurricane Dorian at Marsh Harbour in Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP/Miami Herald via AP
People wait for relief supplies to arrive at Treasure Cay Airport on Wednesday in Great Abaco, Bahamas. A massive rescue effort is underway after Hurricane Dorian spent more than a day inching over the Bahamas.Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images
An aeirial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on Great Abaco Island on Wednesday.Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images
George Bolter, left, and his parents walked through the remains of his home destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in the Pine Bay neighborhood of Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday.Ramon Espinosa/AP/Associated Press
Aliana Alexis, of Haiti, stands on the concrete slab of what is left of her home on Thursday after it was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in an area called "The Mud" at Marsh Harbour in Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP/Miami Herald via AP
Homes flattened by Hurricane Dorian are seen on Thursday in Abaco, Bahamas. The storm’s devastation has come into sharper focus as the death toll climbed to 20 and many people emerged from shelters to check on their homes.Gonzalo Gaudenzi/AP/Associated Press
A plane destroyed by Hurricane Dorian sits amid debris at the airport in Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday.AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press
A family walked on a road after being rescued from the flood waters of Hurricane Dorian, near Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Tuesday.Ramon Espinosa/AP/Associated Press
Roshane Eyma (center) cries as she is greeted by members of her church after being rescued and flown to Nassau from devastated Abaco Island on Wednesday in Nassau, Bahamas.Jose Jimenez/Getty Images/Getty Images
A chair was caught in a grove blown there by Hurricane Dorian's powerful winds, in Pine Bay, near Freeport, Bahamas on Wednesday. Ramon Espinosa/AP/Associated Press
An aerial view of flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Dorian on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images
A woman makes a photo of a boarded up hotel on Wednesday in Charleston, S.C.Sean Rayford/Getty Images/Getty Images
Bill Olesner walked down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on Thursday in Charleston, S.C. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/Getty Images
Power company lineman work to restore power after a tornado hit Emerald Isle, N.C. on Thursday as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East coast.Tom Copeland/AP/FR170645 AP via AP
A sign at the Lazaretto Creek boat ramp in Tybee Island, Ga was nearly underwater at high tide as Hurricane Dorian makes its way up the east coast on Wednesday. Dorian is forecast to bring storm surge and tropical storm force winds the barrier island. Stephen B. Morton/AP/FR56856 AP via AP
Glynn County school resource officer Mark Hooper, left, and school support staff member Sheree Armstrong, right, helped Elizabeth Scales board a special needs bus at Lanier Plaza as hundreds of local residents evacuate the area under mandatory evacuation ahead of Hurricane Dorian on Monday in Brunswick, Ga.Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
Julia Aylen waded through waist deep water carrying her pet dog as she was rescued from her flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas on Tuesday.Tim Aylen/AP/Associated Press
A family was escorted to a safe zone after they were rescued as Hurricane Dorian continues to rain in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday.AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press
Two men watched an approaching squall caused by hurricane Dorian which is looming in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday in Ormond Beach, Fla.Mark Wilson/Getty Images/Getty Images
A man is splashed by waves as strong gusts of wind and bands of heavy rain hit the Jensen Beach Causeway Park in Jensen Beach, Florida on Tuesday.ADAM DELGIUDICE/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Volunteers walked under the wind and rain of Hurricane Dorian on a flooded road after rescuing several families that arrived on small boats, near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Tuesday. The storm’s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. Ramon Espinosa/AP/Associated Press
The eye of Hurricane Dorian seen from the International Space Station on Monday. Nick Hague/NASA via AP/NASA via AP
Strong gusts of wind and bands of heavy rain cover a walkway at the Jensen Beach Causeway Park in Jensen Beach, Fla on Tuesday. ADAM DELGIUDICE/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Submerged cars in water from Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas on Tuesday. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press
A mother and daughter embraced at an emergency shelter in Lake Worth, Fla., as Hurricane Dorian inches toward the East Coast on Tuesday. Saul Martinez/The New York Times
A young boy joined other residents in filling sandbags in preparation for Hurricane Dorian in Charleston, S.C. on Tuesday.Eric Thayer/The New York Times
A baby slept inside a church that was opened up as a shelter for residents in Freeport on Grand Bahama, Bahamas on Sunday.Ramon Espinosa/AP/Associated Press
A woman sought cover from wind, blowing sand and rain whipped up by Hurricane Dorian as she walked on Cocoa Beach, Fla. on Monday.Scott Olson/Getty Images/Getty Images
Dozens of Southwest Airlines kiosk terminals were covered in plastic as Orlando International Airport was closed on Tuesday.Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP/Orlando Sentinel via AP
A satellite image obtained from NOAA/RAMMB, showed Dorian over the Bahamas on Tuesday. AFP PHOTO / NOAA/RAMMB/HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images
