Breaking News.... As Hurricane Dorian surges, 37ft waves to lash US coast by Thursday

Hurricane Dorian, which has left at least five people dead in the Bahamas, could bring huge waves of up to 11.2m (37ft) to the US coast by Thursday, according to EU scientists.

Experts say it is now the most powerful storm to hit an Atlantic island. The category two hurricane - which is inching northwestwards - has the potential to continue to cause loss of life.

Practically parked over the Bahamas at present, it has been battering the region with sustained winds of 185mph and gusts of up to 220mph.

Winds have fallen to 110mph and the storm is barely moving at 1mph - because forecasters say the currents in the atmosphere had collapsed - but they believe Dorian will resume moving later on Tuesday and get "dangerously close" to Florida's east coast by Wednesday evening.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says "life-threatening storm surge" and "dangerous winds" are expected in the area - as well as the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina - "regardless of the exact track of Dorian's centre".

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