1. Hurricane Dorian is threatening to swamp hundreds of miles of the Southeast coast.

It’s barreling toward the Eastern Seaboard as a Category 2 storm, and the National Hurricane Center warned of “life-threatening” storm surge from Florida to Virginia — even before the high winds arrive. We’ll continue to have live updates here. Above, Vilano Beach near St. Augustine, Fla.

The vast scale of the storm’s devastation is beginning to emerge in the Bahamas, where residents have been stripped of their most basic needs: fresh water, food, shelter and medical care. At least 20 people had been confirmed dead and the toll is expected to rise. We collected before and after images and ways to help survivors.