Dorian's 'final act' could be a tough 24-hour run through the Carolinas

Hurricane Dorian is battering the coast of North Carolina, where it may briefly make landfall with fierce winds and driving rains on its destructive march up the East Coast.
The storm's eye is about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from Cape Lookout, North Carolina, traveling northeast at almost 15 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center reported at 4 a.m. New York time. Dorian is lashing the southern barrier islands of the Outer Banks with hurricane-force wind gusts.
Maximum sustained wind speed