"What you're seeing there is very similar to what we saw in Biloxi. Everything's leveled to the ground."@ltgrusselhonore, who commanded the military response to Hurricane Katrina, on Hurricane Dorian's impact on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. https://t.co/3roGOkEU1npic.twitter.com/vwTUDhWQrp
Hurricane Dorian is moving closer to the Florida coast and it continues to grow in size, according to the 5 p.m. ET update from the National Hurricane Canter.
"Winds increasing along portions of the Florida east coast," the center said in the new advisory.
On this latest track, the core of Hurricane Dorian will move dangerously close to the Florida east coast and the Georgia coast tonight through Wednesday night. The center of Dorian is forecast to move near or over the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina Thursday through Friday morning.
Dorian has also become a larger hurricane: Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles.
"There's just no way everyone's going to get out," says a woman fleeing Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, adding that people are trying to shoot each other for supplies.
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15 min ago: Hurricane Dorian's winds are increasing along the Florida coast
by artappraiser on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 4:59pm
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"There's just no way everyone's going to get out," says a woman fleeing Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, adding that people are trying to shoot each other for supplies.
Video, interview of 2 survivors, 4h ago @ BBCNews
by artappraiser on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 7:04pm
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