BREAKING: Forecasters say Hurricane Dorian has weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm as it continues to batter the Bahamas with life-threatening wind and storm surge. Dorian is expected to move “dangerously close” to the Florida later today .
President Donald Trump has approved emergency declarations for Georgia and South Carolina due to Hurricane Dorian.The declarations authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts.The president urged everyone in Dorian’s path to obey warnings and evacuation orders issued by local authorities, saying public safety “must always come first.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 10 a.m. EDT that the maximum sustained wind speed was most recently clocked at 160 mph , down from 165 mph.The storm was crawling slowly west at 1 mph , with its center 30 miles east-northeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island and 115 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.A spokesman for Bahamas Power and Light says there has been a total blackout in New Providence, the archipelago’s most populous island.
At 8 a.m. EDT, the storm was located about 35 miles east-northeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island and about 120 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.The center says Dorian’s core will continue to pound Grand Bahama Island into Monday night. The hurricane will move “dangerously close” to Florida through Wednesday evening.Nearly 1,000 flights have been canceled in Florida on Labor Day as Hurricane Dorian barrels toward the U.S. East Coast.
The center also said the likelihood was increasing of strong winds and dangerous storm surge along the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina later this week.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the eye of Hurricane Dorian is “wobbling” over the Bahamas’ northernmost island.
Dorian is expected to continue lashing the Bahamas on Monday, before moving closer to the southeastern U.S. coast Monday night through Wednesday evening.Hurricane Dorian continues to lash the northern Bahamas as it crawls westward toward the southeastern U.S. coast. According to a 4 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the Category 5 storm’s top sustained winds have decreased to 165 mph .
Residents of the islands where the hurricane first hit are also advised to remain in their shelters until conditions improve later Monday. The hurricane center forecasts further weakening at a slow pace, but the hurricane is expected to remain “powerful” over the next few days.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says catastrophic storm-surge flooding is likely occurring on the Bahamas’ northernmost island, Grand Bahama.
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