At least five people have been killed in the Bahamas, as Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the country.

According to the International Red Cross, some 13,000 houses are feared damaged or destroyed.

Pictures showed surging floodwaters, upturned cars and snapped trees.

Dorian is the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas since records began and will later move "dangerously close" to the US east coast, according to forecasters.

The US states of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina have all declared states of emergency.

[Photo:BBC]

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