Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane Saturday afternoon as it began moving past the coast of Maine towards the east coast of Canada with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100 mph.
The NOAA statement - from an anonymous spokesperson too cowardly to put a signature to it - defending our small-minded leader's petty pronouncement that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama is just another indication of where this country is headed.
As of 11 a.m., Dorian was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane but still packs sustained winds of 110 mph, with higher gusts. The eye of the storm is only about 50 miles (80 kilometers) ESE of the coast of Charleston, S.C.
Dorian's outer rainbands are already lashing coastal parts of the Southeast, and Hurricane and storm surge warnings are in effect along the North and South Carolina coasts. Dorian's winds have also strengthened just a bit.
Coastal regions from Florida to southeastern Virginia remain on alert today as Category 2 Hurricane Dorian crawls up the East coast. While still a Category 2 hurricane, Dorian's wind field has expanded.
Moving at a pace of 1 mph, Hurricane Dorian was slower than an adult’s walking pace—and because of scientific phenomena caused by these slow mega-storms, hurricanes that are economically devastating could over time become our new normal.
Catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane Dorian has unleashed a devastating storm surge, destructive winds, and blinding rain over the Northern Bahama Islands and is now parked close to the Florida peninsula. A turn may determine the fate of the East Coast.
Hurricane Dorian has become a Category 5 tropical cyclone this morning as it heads toward the northwest in the Atlantic to the Bahamas, where it is expected to make catastrophic landfall sometime on Sunday.
Hurricane Dorian strengthened and shifted slightly early Saturday, setting it on course to potentially miss a direct hit with Florida and make landfall in the Carolinas.
Hurricane Dorian has grown into a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 131 mph. The latest update from the National Hurricane Center has the track east of where it had been for much of the day Thursday.
Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 3 storm and is still gathering strength as it moves toward Florida, where it could make landfall as soon as late Monday as a Category 4 hurricane.
Hurricane Dorian strengthened overnight and its expected Florida landfall as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane shifted south, putting South Florida and Central Florida in its projected impact zone early next week.
Hurricane Dorian has become more organized and continues to strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm is expected to slam into Florida as a catastrophic Category 4 storm over the Labor Day holiday.
Hurricane Dorian is forecast to be a Category 4 hurricane when it makes landfall in Florida over Labor Day weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center's latest advisory.
Dorian is now a hurricane as it pushes through the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the first storm there since 2017's Hurricane Maria, and is an increasing danger to the Southeast U.S., including Florida, over the Labor Day holiday weekend.
