Hurricane Dorian Projected to Hit With Force in Parts of Atlantic Canada

Workers haul boats from the water at the Dartmouth Yacht Club in Dartmouth, N.S., on Sept. 6, 2019, as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The major storm is expected to hit Nova Scotia on Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

HALIFAX—As Hurricane Dorian pushes northward, emergency and weather officials in Atlantic Canada are warning against complacency ahead of the expected weekend arrival of the severe storm system.

The Category 2 hurricane lashed the southeast U.S. seaboard Thursday, reaching the coast of North Carolina where it knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. Dorian has left at least 20 people dead in its wake in the Bahamas, including a Canadian woman from Windsor, Ont.