Hurricane Florida Update Dorian

As of 8 p m.

Hurricane florida update dorian. Hurricane dorian now a powerful category 4 storm with 150 mph winds is set to target the coasts of georgia and the carolinas where it may approach as a category 2. Saturday hurricane dorian was still moving west at just 8 mph per the national hurricane center s updated advisory. The national hurricane center warned in its 2 a m. It could reach the coasts of south and north carolina later in the week.

It was also one of the most powerful hurricanes recorded in the atlantic ocean in terms of 1 minute sustained winds with these winds peaking at 185 mph. Florida prepares for hurricane dorian. As hurricane dorian strengthened into a major storm friday florida residents prepared for likely life threatening storm surge and devastating winds at the end of labor day weekend. Update on wednesday that within the next 36 hours most of the southeast coast from jupiter in central florida all the way to surf city n c.

At that time the storm remained a category 4 with maximum. Hurricane updates and news for fort myers cape coral naples estero and more of the southwest florida area. 2 55 pm aug 30 2019. Dorian packed sustained winds of 110 miles per hour 175 kph and was moving northwest at 6 mph 9 kph as it churned about 95 miles 155 km east of cape canaveral florida the nhc said in an.

If its strength holds dorian would be the first hurricane of category 4 or higher to make landfall on florida s east coast since 1992 when andrew ripped through the miami area as a category 5.