Dorian strengthened to a potentially devastating Category 4 hurricane Friday ahead of its expected U.S. landfall early next week, and is still gaining strength.<\/p>\n
The National Hurricane Center said the storm is “extremely dangerous” and poses a “significant life\u00a0 threat” to Florida and the northwestern Bahamas.<\/p>\n
government officials and residents in the United States and Bahamas continued to prepare for the potentially devastating storm that is forecast to unleash a three-pronged assault of extreme winds, devastating storm surge and\u00a0 severe flooding.<\/p>\n
Dorian is currently moving northwest at 10 mph (16 kph) with maximum sustained winds hitting 115 mph (185 kph).<\/p>\n
More than 20 million Americans face the possibility of feeling impacts from Dorian, including about 3.7 million senior citizens, based on the current forecast.<\/p>\n
Tropical storm-force winds could be felt in Florida as soon as Sunday, the service warned on Twitter.\u00a0 It urged Floridians to “PREPARE NOW.”<\/p>\n
Dorian is currently forecasted to slam into eastern Florida before heading north, though the exact point that it will make landfall remains uncertain.<\/p>\n
Heavy rains are expected in Florida and others parts of the southeastern United States, in addition to the Bahamas, starting this weekend and continuing into the middle of next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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