A Young Boy Has Died After Hurricane Dorian Made Landfall On Abaco Island In The Bahamas 

The boy's sister is also missing

The category five hurricane has sustained winds of 185 miles per hour - making it one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes to arrive on land.

Parts of Georgia and South Carolina are being evacuated, while people living in vulnerable parts of Florida's coast were also told to flee their homes.

Miami correspondent for the Times London Jacqui Goddard says there's some confusion about Hurricane Dorian's future progress:

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