Hurricane Dorian trapped 800 people on an island in the United States

Weakening after crossing the Bahamas, but still with dangerous winds of 150 kilometers per hour, Dorian caused floods and floods after arriving early Friday in the Cape Hatteras area. at the southern end of a long barrier island called Outer Banks.

"We are very worried because hundreds of people are stranded on the island of Ocraco-ke" southwest of Cape Hatteras, said the governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, at a press conference.

"The storm is very intense over there, I do not think the rescue teams can arrive now, but they are ready to act as soon as possible", he added.

Cooper estimated that about 800 people may have been trapped on this island of nearly 25 square kilometers and recommended people to climb to the highest point of their homes to avoid being dragged into possible floods .

In just two hours, the waves of the Atlantic Ocean have exceeded two meters in height and flooded the roads and homes of the island. "It's an absolute disaster" said Peter Vankevich, director of the region's main newspaper, the Ocracoke Observer.

In North Carolina, more than 200,000 people were deprived of electricity due to falling trees and utility poles and another 5,000 were evacuated to shelters after leaving their homes; 80 roads and highways are still flooded, according to state authorities.

Bahamas Hurricane Dorian

This afternoon, the storm was heading for Chesapeake Bay, an estuary that divides the states of Virginia and Maryland.

"Hazardous winds and cyclical winds are expected to blow on the shores of North Carolina, southeastern Virginia and southern Chesapeake Bay in the next few hours," The National Hurricane Center (CNH) said in its latest newsletter.

It is expected that Dorian, who is traveling at a speed of 34 km / h, is rubbing between the southeast and tonight the south-east of New England in Mbadachusetts.

Despite the floods, the North Carolina authorities have been relieved by the absence, for the moment, of deaths and comparisons with the cyclone. Florence, that a year ago left more than thirty dead between this state, South Carolina and Virginia.

Dorian's impact on the United States was weaker than its catastrophic consequences in the Bahamas, where the authorities are still looking for survivors and have already counted at least 30 dead.