Hurricane Dorian, travelling at 145 k/h, made landfall at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on Friday morning local time as a Category 1 storm.

This is the first time Hurricane Dorian hits the U.S. mainland.

As a result, over 400,000 residents in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are currently suffering a power outage.

(Cover: A fallen tree and flood waters sit in a hotel parking lot after Hurricane Dorian swept through, in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., September 6, 2019. /Reuters Photo)