BREAKING: Hurricane Dorian strengthens to an 'extremely dangerous' Cat. 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph, NHC reports
became a potentially devastating Category 4 storm Friday evening 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.
He said his own Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, was a"dead center" target of Dorian."Look," he said,"Mar-a-Lago can handle itself. It’s a very powerful place." The storm could bring 10 to 15 inches of rain to the northwestern Bahamas, with up to 20 inches in some placesAug. 30, 2019"Dorian is anticipated to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane while it moves near the northwestern Bahamas and approaches the Florida peninsula into early next week," the center said.The storm has the potential to become an extremely dangerous Category 4 over the next several days and was forecast to reach top winds of up to 140 mph in the next 72 hours.
"It's going to be this big, bad, intense storm — wherever it hits, it's going to do catastrophic wind damage," said Bill Karins, a meteorologist for NBC News. It is too soon to tell exactly when the storm would make its U.S. landfall, but the hurricane center warned of an increasing likelihood of"life-threatening storm surge along portions of the Florida east coast late this weekend or early next week." Six to 12 inches of rain is also expected in the U.S., with some areas getting up to 15 inches. The rainfall may cause flash floods.
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