The storm pelted North Carolina with rain and wind.

Hurricane Dorian, the storm that devastated the Bahamas and put much of the southeastern United States on edge, battered the coast of North Carolina with heavy rain, wind and flooding on Friday, after making landfall on the Outer Banks.

The center of the Category 1 storm passed over Cape Hatteras in the Outer Banks at 8:35 a.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

The storm was moving quickly northeast and heading away from land, but it left whipping winds and surging floodwaters in its wake in the Outer Banks, where local businesses barricaded their doors and residents holed up, watching water creep toward their doors.

The position of the Outer Banks, a chain of narrow barrier islands off the main coast, meant that those who did not evacuate were in some cases unable to escape once the storm began. On Ocracoke Island, which is accessible only by boat or by air even in normal weather, people climbed into their attics to flee from high rushing water.