Hurricane Dorian: 28 photos show devastation after storm hit

New images show the devastation that has been seen in the wake of Hurricane Dorian as well as the preparation that is underway before the storm hits the U.S.

After devastating the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, with sustained wind speeds of 185 miles per hour, moving at only 1 mile per hour, it moved past Florida and is passing the Carolinas Thursday where flooding is expected.

The category rating is a scale from 1 to 5 - with 5 being the strongest - based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed.

As of Thursday afternoon, Dorian's wind speeds are 110 miles per hour, and moving north at a speed of 8 miles per hour.

A family is escorted to a safe zone after they were rescued as Hurricane Dorian continues to rain in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The center of Hurricane Dorian is finally moving away from Grand Bahama island but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says the island will continue getting dangerous winds and life-threatening storm surge through the evening. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A United States Coast Guard helicopter flies over the areas affected by Hurricane Dorian, as a catamaran thrown onshore by the hurricane lays stranded on a submerged highway near Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday Sept. 3, 2019. Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin in parts of the Bahamas and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm on record ever to hit the islands. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A volunteer looks for the owner of a dog he rescued from the rising waters of Hurricane Dorian, on a flooded road near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The stormu00e2u0080u0099s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A family photo lies on a muddied road in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in Pine Bay, near Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rescuers trying to reach drenched and stunned victims in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, while disaster relief organizations rushed to bring in food and medicine. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Volunteers rescue several families that arrived on small boats, from the rising waters of Hurricane Dorian, near the Causarina bridge in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. The stormu00e2u0080u0099s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters devastated thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

GREAT ABACO, BAHAMAS - SEPTEMBER 04: An aerial view of damage caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen in Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco Island on September 4, 2019 in Great Abaco, Bahamas. A massive rescue effort is underway after Hurricane Dorian spent more than a day inching over the Bahamas, killing at least seven as entire communities were flattened, roads washed out and hospitals and airports swamped by several feet of water, according to published reports. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

George Bolter, left, and his parents walk through the remains of his home destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in the Pine Bay neighborhood of Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rescuers trying to reach drenched and stunned victims in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, while disaster relief organizations rushed to bring in food and medicine. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

TOPSHOT - An aerial view of damage from Hurricane Dorian on September 5, 2019, in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. - Hurricane Dorian lashed the Carolinas with driving rain and fierce winds as it neared the US east coast Thursday after devastating the Bahamas and killing at least 20 people. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Mister Bolter recovers dishes from his son's home, destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in Pine Bay, near Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rescuers trying to reach drenched and stunned victims in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, while disaster relief organizations rushed to bring in food and medicine. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

TOPSHOT - Catherine Russel is greeted by loved ones after arriving with other survivors of Hurricane Dorian from Abaco issland at Odyssey Aviation at Lynden Pindling International Airport September 4, 2019, in Nassau, New Providence. - Using boats, helicopters and even jet skis, Bahamian, US and British teams engaged in a hectic rescue effort for victims of Hurricane Dorian, which caused unimaginable destruction in the Bahamas. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump holds a chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Miami city officials carry donated supplies at a fire station in Miami for those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the devastated Bahamian islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Local churches are also accepting supplies in a relief effort spearheaded by descendants of some of Miami's earliest settlers from the Bahamas. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

An airplane sits on the side of a road in the Pine Bay neighborhood, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rescuers trying to reach drenched and stunned victims in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, while disaster relief organizations rushed to bring in food and medicine. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

GREAT ABACO, BAHAMAS - SEPTEMBER 04: People wait for relief supplies to arrive at Treasure Cay Airport following Hurricane Dorian on September 4, 2019 in Great Abaco, Bahamas. A massive rescue effort is underway after Hurricane Dorian spent more than a day inching over the Bahamas, killing at least seven as entire communities were flattened, roads washed out and hospitals and airports swamped by several feet of water, according to published reports. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - SEPTEMBER 4: Roshane Eyma (c) cries as she is greeted by members of her church after being rescued and flown to Nassau from devastated Abaco Island on September 4, 2019 in Nassau, Bahamas. A massive rescue effort is underway after Hurricane Dorian spent more than a day parked over the Bahamas, killing at least seven as entire communities were flattened, roads washed out and hospitals and airports swamped by several feet of water, according to published reports. (Photo by Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)

Trees left bare by Hurricane Dorian dot the devastated landscape in Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. The stormu00e2u0080u0099s devastation has come into sharper focus as the death toll climbed to 20 and many people emerged from shelters to check on their homes. (AP Photo/Gonzalo Gaudenzi)

A baby sleeps inside a church that was opened up as a shelter for residents who will wait out Hurricane Dorian in Freeport on Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People watch the high surf from the boardwalk overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, in advance of the potential arrival of Hurricane Dorian, in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Dorian is currently a category 5 hurricane and is moving slowly through the Bahamas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

President Donald Trump, right, attends a a briefing about Hurricane Dorian at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington, with, from far left, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

RODANTHE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 05: Water nears beach front homes as Hurricane Dorian approaches on September 5, 2019 in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Dorian returned to Category 3 strength as it made its way up the U.S. East Coast, unleashing flooding, high winds and tornadoes, according to published reports. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

ATLANTIC OCEAN - SEPTEMBER 3: In this NOAA GOES-East satellite handout image, Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat. 2 storm, inches northwest away from the Bahamas on September 3, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. Dorian moved slowly past the Bahamas at times just 1 mph as it unleashed massive flooding and winds of 150 m.p.h. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)

CHARLESTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 5: A car rives around a fallen tree branch on Calhoun St on September 4, 2019 in Charleston, South Carolina. Hurricane Dorian is just off coast of South Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Vero Beach police officers James Doty and Chayse Hatfield, left, knock on doors to notify residents of a trailer park community of a mandatory evacuation, in preparation for Hurricane Dorian, in Vero Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Some coastal areas are under a mandatory evacuation since the path of the storm is still uncertain. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A message to Hurricane Dorian is spry painted on a covering over a window at the Coastal Angler Magazine office, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Cocoa Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

People stand on the boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean at night as the outer bands of Hurricane Dorian reach Vero Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The National Hurricane Center extended watches and warnings across the Florida and Georgia coasts Monday. Forecasters expected Dorian to stay off shore, but meteorologist Daniel Brown cautioned that u00e2u0080u009conly a small deviationu00e2u0080u009d could draw the stormu00e2u0080u0099s dangerous core toward land. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Virginia Mosvold, 84, leans back in a car seat as her daughter Sissel comforts her after they were rescued from their home on Ol' Freetown Farm that was flooded by Hurricane Dorian, before being taken to the hospital, on the outskirts of Freeport, Bahamas, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rescue crews in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes trying to reach drenched and stunned victims of Hurricane Dorian and take the full measure of the disaster. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

US Army National Guard Pvt. Christopher Zambuto, left, and Specialist Jermaris Hamilton assemble cots in a shelter for Hurricane Dorian evacuees inside the old Sears location at Northgate Mall, on Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2019, in Durham, NC. (Casey Toth/The News & Observer via AP)

Syad Esyed, right, and Rafiyya Farooq stand on the beach as a storm cloud moves ashore in Vero Beach, Fla., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Vero Beach is in the possible path of Hurricane Dorian. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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