Hurricane Dorian news – live: Mass evacuations underway in Florida and Georgia as deadly storm approaches US coast

Hurricane Dorian is continuing to pound the northwestern Bahamas following a catastrophic day-long halt over the island that left five dead and 21 injured and saw the flooding of Abaco and Grand Bahama with walls of water that lapped into the second floors of buildings and left an airport under six feet of water.“We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said. “The devastation is unprecedented and extensive.”