Hurricane Dorian is strengthening and may hit the US as a Category 3. It's forecast to grow into a major storm over Labor Day weekend before making landfall along the east coast of Florida. Track Dorian:
As of Wednesday night, Dorian was 90 miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was moving northwest at 13 mph. The storm is expected to continue northwest Thursday and then potentially turn more western starting Friday evening, according to CNN meteorologist Rob Shackelford.TRACK THE STORMOn that track, there are no significant bodies of land in Dorian's immediate path.
And while the storm was strong, the response was swift. Restoration processes began around 4 p.m. local time in the St. Thomas and St. John districts, and about 25,000 power outages in St. Croix were restored around 7 p.m. local time Wednesday, Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Director of Communications Jean Greaux told CNN."Within an hour of its passage, The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority mobilized crews to conduct a damage assessment.
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