Hurricane Dorian spun across the Atlantic ocean towards Florida on Friday, becoming an even stronger Category 4 storm as residents and tourists ...
MIAMI: Hurricane Dorian spun across the Atlantic ocean towards Florida on Friday , becoming an even stronger Category 4 storm as residents and tourists alike hunkered down in one of America's biggest vacation destinations.
"Although fluctuations in intensity are possible early next week, Dorian is expected to remain a powerful hurricane during the next few days," the NHC said in a statement on Friday. NHC Director Ken Graham saw a worrying, unpredictable situation for Florida, with the hurricane set to hit land somewhere up its east coast and potentially linger over the state, spinning slowly.
"It's slowed down, we're looking at a multiple-day event, we were hoping it would just barrel through and leave," Malik said of forecasts that Dorian could sit over Florida for up to two days, dumping up to 46cm of water.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis urged residents to have in reserve at least a week's worth of food, water and medicine.
Florida residents like Jamison Weeks, general manager at Conchy Joe's Seafood in Port St. Lucie, planned on staying put. Dorian began on Friday over the Atlantic as a Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. By Friday night it was moving at nearly 16 kph, giving it time to intensify before making landfall.
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