BREAKING: Dorian strengthens to Cat. 3 hurricane, NHC says.
became a potentially devastating Category 3 storm on Friday as it continued to churn in the Atlantic Ocean on its course to the southeastern United States early next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The center said life-threatening storm surge would raise water levels as much as 10 to 15 feet above normal tide in parts of the northwestern Bahamas, with"large and destructive waves" near the coast. Life-threatening storm surge and “devastating hurricane-force winds” along portions of Florida’s east coast were likely by early next week, but it was too soon to determine where the hardest hit areas would be, the center said.The storm was forecast to slow down near or over the Florida peninsula, leading to more days of wind, rain and storm surge, the center said.
On Friday morning, President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration request for Florida that the state's Gov. Ron DeSantis had expanded across the entire state on Thursday. He also previously said that about 2,500 members of Florida's National Guard had been activated, with another 1,500 on standby.on Thursday, stocking up on supplies ahead of the storm.over the weekend to oversee the response to Dorian.
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