An international rescue effort has begun for thousands of victims of hurricane Dorian on the northern Bahamas islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.
Residents of the Carolinas are preparing for the now Category 2 storm.
More than 76,000 people could be in need of food and other aid in the Bahamas after the Caribbean nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the UN's World Food Programme said on Thursday, with eight tonnes of supplies ready to arrive.