Hurricane Dorian Strengthens to ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Category 4 Storm; State Plans for 7 Days Without Power
By Fox News. Hurricane Dorian strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 140 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced Friday night.
The NHC statement said the storm’s change in intensity was detected by hurricane hunter aircraft, The news raised fears that Dorian could become the most powerful hurricane to hit Florida’s east coast in nearly 30 years.
As of 5 a.m. ET Saturday, Dorian was about 305 miles east of the northwestern Bahamas and 470 miles east of West Palm Beach, Fla. It was moving west-northwest at 12 mph.
Late Friday, the NHC’s new projected track showed Dorian making landfall near Fort Pierce, some 70 miles north of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, then running along the coastline as it moved north.
But forecasters cautioned that the storm’s track was still highly uncertain and even a small deviation could put Dorian offshore or well inland.
Hurricane #Dorian has now been upgraded to a Category 4 storm. It is imperative that all Floridians and their families take this threat seriously and have a plan in place. Everyone should have 7 days of food, water and medicine ready. https://t.co/tbNmsBcq4E
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 31, 2019
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Florida Urged to Plan for 7 Days Without Power as Hurricane Dorian Approaches
By Fox News. Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Floridians to “make preparations” for a seven-day power outage after issuing a state of emergency for all 67 counties as Hurricane Dorian gains strength on its path toward Florida.
“We don’t want people to be insufficiently prepared because that’s when, really, problems can occur,” DeSantis told “Fox & Friends” on Friday. . .
“I think a lot of Floridians are heeding the advice because they see that the storm could be really powerful, potentially a major impact,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis said public-private partnerships are underway.
“We’re also working with companies like Publix and Walmart to get those shelves restocked because we know that’s important,” DeSantis said. (Read more from “Florida Urged to Plan for 7 Days Without Power as Hurricane Dorian Approaches” HERE)
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