Hurricane Dorian batters Bahamas as Southeast U.S. braces for storm

Rescue workers recover the body of a victim in Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island.  (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images)

An aerial view of the damage in Freeport, Grand Bahama.  (Adam DelGiudice / AFP/Getty Images)

A man inspects a boat that washed ashore in Marsh Harbour.  (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images)

Boats washed ashore when the hurricane hit Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.   (Jose Jimenez / Getty Images)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2^nd Class Jethro Hauser, facing camera, accompanies a hurricane survivor after she was rescued in Treasure Cay, Bahamas.
  (Seaman Erik Villa Rodriguez / U.S. Coast Guard)

Catherine Russel is greeted by loved ones in Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, after arriving with other survivors from the Abaco Islands.  (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images)

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

Horry County Fire Rescue workers check a neighborhood in Little River, S.C., near North Myrtle Beach.  (Ken Ruinard / Independent-Mail)

Dominion Energy workers stage their trucks at the Hampton Coliseum parking lot in preparation for Hurricane Dorian in Hampton, Va.  (Jonathon Gruenke / Associated Press)

Damaged homes and piers in the Bahamas.   (Adam Stanton / U.S. Coast Guard)

A man talks on his mobile phone next to a catamaran that was thrown onshore by Hurricane Dorian near a highway close to Freeport, Grand Bahama.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

Structures are damaged near the Marsh Harbour Clinic, top right, after the passage of Hurricane Dorian.  (U.S. Coast Guard)

An aerial photo provided by Medical Corps shows the destruction at Man-o-War Cay, Bahamas.  (Medical Corps)

A devastated marina in the Bahamas.   (U.S. Coast Guard)

A family is escorted to a safe zone after they were rescued in Freeport, Bahamas.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

Julia Aylen carries her dog through floodwater in Freeport, Bahamas.  (Tim Aylen / Associated Press)

An image of Hurricane Dorian’s eye taken by NASA astronaut Nick Hague aboard the International Space Station.  (Nick Hague / NASA)

Rising waters cover cars on a road in Freeport in the Grand Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian passes.  (Kimberly Mullings / AFP/Getty Images)

The beach during the storm in Cocoa Beach, Fla.  (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Hurricane wind blasts trees Sept. 2 and whisks up water from the surface of a canal in Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama.  (Tim Aylen / Associated Press)

Police Officers Chayse Hatfield, left, and James Doty talk to residents Jim and Michelle McGowan on Sept. 2 as they notify them of a mandatory evacuation at a trailer park community in Vero Beach, Fla.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

Amalie Hennech, at left with daughter Alexis Garlini, writes directions to her home after trying unsuccessfully to evacuate her friend Jack, right, who has medical issues, from the Fairlane Harbor Homes, a trailer park community in Vero Beach, Fla.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

In Stuart, Fla., residents with special needs are evacuated on Sept. 1 in preparation for Hurricane Dorian.  (Gerald Herbert / Associated Press)

People in Freeport, Bahamas, shop for supplies Aug. 30 before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian.  (Tim Aylen / Associated Press)

A man places a hurricane shutter over a window on Aug. 30 as he helps prepare a Florida business before the hurricane.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Workers at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Fla., move an Allosaurus statue in the hope of keeping it out of harm’s way.  (Rhona Wise / Getty Images)

Residents buy plywood in West Miami.  (Eva Marie Uzcategui / AFP/Getty Images)

Workers board up a shop window front in Freeport, Bahamas.  (Ramon Espinosa / Associated Press)

Residents line up for gas in Pembroke Pines, Fla.  (Rhona Wise / AFP/Getty Images)

Miami residents stock up on supplies.  (Cristobal Herrera / EPA/Shutterstock)