Beaufort Police Officer Curtis Resor, left, and Sgt. Micheal Stepehens check a sailboat for occupants in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Dorian howled over North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday — a much weaker but still dangerous version of the storm that wreaked havoc in the Bahamas — flooding homes in the low-lying ribbon of islands and throwing a scare into year-round residents who tried to tough it out. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

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Hurricane Dorian batters the Carolinas

Beaufort Police Officer Curtis Resor, left, and Sgt. Micheal Stepehens check a sailboat for occupants in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Bill Bailey, assistant chief of the Emerald Isle Police Department, walks past a damaged trailer in the Holiday Trav-l Park on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Emerald Isle, N.C, after a possible tornado generated by Hurricane Dorian struck the area. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP)

Bill Bailey, assistant chief of the Emerald Isle Police Department, walks past a damaged trailer in the Holiday Trav-l Park in Emerald Isle, N.C., that was hit by a tornado generated by Hurricane Dorian. (Julia Wall / [Raleigh, N.C.] News & Observer)

Waves pound the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C.,as Hurricane Dorian moves north off the coast. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP)

Waves pound the Bogue Inlet Fishing Pier in Emerald Isle, N.C., as Hurricane Dorian moves north off the coast. (Julia Wall / [Raleigh, N.C.] News & Observer)

Mobile homes are upended and debris is strewn about at the Holiday Trav-l Park, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Emerald Isle, N.C, after a possible tornado generated by Hurricane Dorian struck the area. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP)

Mobile homes are upended and debris is strewn about at the Holiday Trav-l Park in Emerald Isle, N.C, after a tornado generated by Hurricane Dorian struck the area. (Julia Wall / [Raleigh, N.C.] News & Observer)

Emerald Isle town employees work to clear the road after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C. as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East coast on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

A city crew works to clear the road blocked by a demolished mobile home after a tornado hit Emerald Isle N.C., as Hurricane Dorian moved up the East Coast. (Tom Copeland / Associated Press)

Hurricane watchers look over the Isle of Palms connector at a sailboat that came loose during Hurricane Dorian at the Isle of Palms, S.C., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

A sailboat that came loose from its moorings wound up next to a bridge as Hurricane Dorian passed Isle of Palms, S.C. (Mic Smith / Associated Press)

PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC - SEPTEMBER 5: A gas station shows wind damage on September 5, 2019 near Pawley's Island, South Carolina. Hurricane Dorian spins just off shore of the state and is forecasted to brush along the Outer Banks in North Carolina tomorrow morning. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

A gas station shows wind damage near Pawley’s Island, S.C. (Sean Rayford / Getty Images)

Isle of Palms residents look at a downed tree on Hartnett Blvd. during Hurricane Dorian at the Isle of Palms, S.C., Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Residents find a neighborhood road blocked by a downed tree during Hurricane Dorian at the Isle of Palms, S.C. (Mic Smith / Associated Press)

Johnny Crawford navigates his kayak down a flooded street, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Charleston, S.C., following Hurricane Dorian. The downtown neighborhood is prone to floodwaters, even without a tropical weather event. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Johnny Crawford navigates his kayak down a flooded street in Charleston, S.C. (Meg Kinnard / Associated Press)

Bill Chambers looks at the damage to the Summerville High School football stadium's goal post and signage after Hurricane Dorian passed by Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, in Summerville, S.C. Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Bill Chambers looks at the damage to the Summerville High School football stadium’s goalpost and signage after Hurricane Dorian passed in Summerville, S.C. (Mic Smith / Associated Press)

CHARLESTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 5: Bill Olesner walks down South Battery St. while cleaning debris from storm drains on September 5, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Hurricane Dorian is just off the coast of South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Bill Olesner walks down South Battery Street while cleaning debris from storm drains in Charleston, S.C. (Sean Rayford / Getty Images)