A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks on Friday with a fury that took even storm-hardened residents by surprise, forcing people to climb into their attics. Hundreds were feared trapped by high water, and neighbors used boats to rescue one another. Medics and other rescuers rushed to Ocracoke Island - accessible only by boat or air - to reach those who made the mistake of defying mandatory evacuation orders along the 200-mile ribbon of low-lying islands. 'We are flooding like crazy,' Ocracoke Island bookshop owner Leslie Lanier texted. 'I have been here 32 years and not seen this.' Its winds down to 90mph, Dorian howled over the Outer Banks as a far weaker storm than the brute that wreaked havoc on the Bahamas at the start of the week. Just when it looked as if its run up the Southeast coast was coming to a relatively quiet end, the Category 1 hurricane sent seawater surging over neighborhoods, flooding the first floors of many homes, even ones on stilts.🌪💦😱

This is the tragic moment a Bahamian man returned home after spending six days in Hurricane Dorian relief shelters, only to find it gone. Bradley Forbes was heartbroken to find the structure, on the East End of Grand Bahama, completely destroyed by the deadly storm this week. His boat - which was tied between two trees - also vanished as a result of the hurricane which has caused a tremendous loss of life' in Abaco's main city of Marsh Harbor, Bahamas Health Minister Duane Sands said. He confirmed to @police_frequency in the Telegram that the death toll on Friday had risen to 43, but warned it could climb to the thousands. During a briefing with media, he said: 'I am sure that your reporters have seen uncollected bodies on the ground. I am sure there are many persons who know individuals who have personally lost loved ones. So where we end up with the death toll is likely to be significantly higher than where we are right now.' 😱😱😱

Houston man first to be indicted for bump stock possession since federal ban and could face 10 years in jail. A Texas man is the first person to be charged under a federal ban on bump stocks, devices that allow a semi-automatic firearm to fire rapidly like a machine gun, the Justice Department said. Ajay Dhingra, 43, of Houston, came on the radar of the U.S. Secret Service in August after he sent an email to the George W. Bush Foundation asking the former president to 'send one of your boys to come and murder me', according to court records. Prosecutors allege that Dhingra had previously been involuntarily committed to a psychiatric facility and was prohibited from owning firearms.

Rubber bullets have been fired at protesters surrounding a police station in Hong Kong after more than a thousand gathered to call for an end to police brutality. The demonstrators besieged the Mong Kok police station in the autonomous region for a second night as they demanded accountability over a police raid of the Prince Edward subway station on August 31. Police set up barriers at the entrance of the police station, and later fired tear gas and rubber bullets to ward off the crowd. Is this possible in the USA? No! Because the protesters would get leaden rain. 👮🏻‍♂️ #HK