The powerful storm -- which keeps getting stronger -- could strike Florida or Georgia as a Category 3 hurricane by Monday, forecasters say.
The powerful storm -- which keeps getting stronger -- could strike Florida or Georgia as a Category 3 hurricane by Monday, forecasters said. "Even up into the Carolinas is not out of the question," CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said Wednesday. But there's a big caveat: It's too early to tell exactly where or when Dorian might strike the US mainland.Wednesday's projections come five days before Dorian could reach parts of the mainland on Monday.
But this much we do know: The tropical storm is hurling 70-mph winds Wednesday and is expected to intensify."It will get stronger over that very warm water," Myers said of the Atlantic.TRACK THE STORMA tropical storm becomes a Category 1 hurricane when maximum sustained winds reach 74 to 95 mph. It becomes a Category 2 hurricane when those winds reach 96 to 110 mph, and a Category 3 hurricane when winds get to 111 mph.
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