The state of emergency is extended as the Georgian coast feels the impact of Dorian

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Governor Brian Kemp on Wednesday extended the state of emergency to nine additional counties while the external rainbands of Hurricane Dorian reached the Georgian coast.

While tropical storm winds are expected to affect a larger portion of the coast, Appling, Bacon, Bullock, Clinch, Echols, Evans, Screven, Tattnall and Ware counties are now included in the state of Ontario. # 39; emergency.

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Based on the forecast at 5 am #Dorian, I issued a decree extending the state of emergency to the districts of Appling, Bacon, Bulloch, Clinch, Echols, Evans, Screven, Tattnall & Ware. Tropical storm winds are expected in these areas. Abusive prizes are prohibited. #gapol pic.twitter.com/sTmVTPO6fd

– Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) September 4, 2019

Kemp had already taken a safer approach as possible and had ordered the evacuation of residents to the east from the I-95 highway into six coastal counties. A steady group of Georgians from the coast flocked to the area on Tuesday and those who remained behind squatted.

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"We do not want to have a death in Georgia because of the storm, because of someone who does not take it seriously," Kemp said.

Hurricane Dorian is currently hitting the northeastern coast of Florida and slowly heading north on Wednesday morning.

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The storm is currently a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the 5 am notice issued by the National Hurricane Center. Dorian will move dangerously close to the Georgian coast on Thursday morning, causing a tropical storm inland.

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WEDNESDAY 5H UPDATE – Cat. 2 #Dorian will keep his cat. 2 status for the next 36 hours, parallel to GA & SC, then weakly gradual until Cat. 1 to approach South Carolina, near the beaches of Carolina Beach and the Wilmington area on Friday morning. pic.twitter.com/p9l4vYcWMd

– Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) September 4, 2019

The Daytona Beach area is experiencing a tropical storm on Wednesday morning as the storm moves about 145 km offshore. The outer bands of the storm were reaching the Golden Isles of Georgia at 5:30 am

As Dorian gets closer, Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said the coast could expect some cuts between the beans until the tropical storm settles.

"Conditions are deteriorating along the Georgian coast," he said. "It's the peak of tropical storm conditions. The threat will be there in the next 24 hours. "

First band of heavy rains now heading to the Georgian coast on the Georgian coast – here is part of the lightning that Tony Thomas says he sees at Saint Simons.#Dorian is here – but luckily passing quite far offshore to keep hurricane conditions away from Georgia! @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/ucCuD7YZTF

– Brian Monahan, TSB (@BMonahanWSB) September 4, 2019

While the Bahamas are now clear, warnings of tropical storms and storm surges continue in Florida and across the Georgian coast. Hurricane monitoring is in effect off the Savannah, south of the river, and a hurricane warning north.

"The last update we have from the National Hurricane Center brings even stronger winds, very, very close now to the Georgian coast," said Monahan. "From roughly Savannah and Tybee Island up to St. Simons … we could have gusts of wind ranging from 50 to 55 mph."

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The storm remains the main concern, he said. The waves could reach a height of three to six feet at high tide while Dorian would push the waters back to the sea.

The wind rises Wednesday morning and sea level rises, according to Channel 2. Gusts of 30 mph have been recorded near St. Simons, and the sea is already about two to four feet above expected levels.

DORIAN SURGE: We expect an increase of 3 to 6 feet at high tide (one is at noon / midnight) – but most areas will likely be in the lower part of this area.

The difference between the red and blue lines is already due to the rising tide: it is about 2.5 feet near Savannah. pic.twitter.com/VOlYq0SI4v

– Brian Monahan, TSB (@BMonahanWSB) September 4, 2019

For a detailed forecast, visit the website The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Weather Page.

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