Hurricane Dorian weakens as Florida braces for impact; Bahamas devastated, death toll rises, Florida began to feel the presence of a weakened, but larger Hurricane Dorian as it churned east of Cape Canaveral Tuesday night after devastating the Bahamas.
Maximum sustained wind speeds of 110 mph, Dorian, packs a “life-threatening” storm surge, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
While the storm had been downgraded, forecasters warned its system had grown in size. The storm advisory warned Florida’s central Atlantic coast could see damage as Dorian charges northward.
Officials urged over two million people in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina to evacuate. Dorian is forecast to move near or over the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning.
Dorian was the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the Bahamas. It devastated the island as a Category 5 storm and killed at least seven people in its wake.
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