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Hurricane Dorian rips up Bahamas on approach to Florida, weakening slightly

ATLANTA - Millions of people along the southeastern coast of the United States on Monday braced for Hurricane Dorian as the massive storm cut a slow and devastating path across the northern Bahamas, slamming waist-high waves into kitchens and living rooms, tearing down power lines, and ripping the roofs off homes.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which was downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane Monday from Category 5, was still "extremely dangerous" about 25 miles northeast of Freeport.

After slamming the Bahamas on Sunday as one of the

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