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Aug 29, 2019

Forecast: Dorian Will Slam into Florida As a 'Major' Category 4 Hurricane

Hurricane Dorian will likely hit Florida Sunday (Sept. 1) as a Category 4 hurricane, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm, which dealt Puerto Rico a comparatively mild blow Wednesday (Aug. 28), has since moved a couple hundred miles north. Dorian is tracking northwest...

Aug 30, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Is Getting Stronger As It Heads Toward Florida

Hurricane Dorian is becoming stronger as it makes its way up the Atlantic toward the Bahamas, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Dorian is expected to become a major hurricane later today, the NHC wrote. The storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 110 mph...

Aug 31, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Is Now a Major Category 4 Storm

Hurricane Dorian is now barreling toward the Bahamas as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The monster storm gathered strength on Friday (Aug. 30), and as of 5 a.m. EST on Saturday (Aug. 31), was packing maximum sustained winds near 140 mph (220...

Sep 1, 2019

How Strong Can a Hurricane Get?

Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale has no upper bound, on paper. But in theory, winds from a powerful hurricane could blow the scale out of the water, scientists say. There is no such thing as a Category 6 storm, in part because once winds reach Category 5 status,...

Sep 1, 2019

Hurricane Dorian a Catastrophic Category 5 Storm. And It's Getting Stronger.

Hurricane Dorian is now a catastrophic Category 5 storm as it approaches the Bahamas in the Caribbean, according to a National Hurricane Center update today (Sept. 1). As of 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), Dorian has maximum wind speeds of 160 mph (260 km/h) as the storm churns about 35...

Sep 1, 2019

'Extremely Dangerous' Dorian Becomes Strongest Hurricane in Modern History for the Bahamas

The monstrous Dorian has become the strongest hurricane to hit the Northwestern Bahamas, with sustained winds reaching 180 mph (285 km/h), the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported today (Sept. 1) at 11 a.m. ET. At that time, the eye of the Category 5 storm was churning about 20 miles (30...

Sep 1, 2019

Why Is Hurricane Dorian's Path So Tricky to Predict?

Hurricane Dorian is now tied for the second-strongest hurricane ever recorded, according to a National Hurricane Center meteorologist. Packing sustained winds of up to 185 mph (295 km/h), Dorian is slamming the Bahamas, its 10-mile-wide eye trained on Grand Bahama tonight (Sept. 1). After that, the powerful tropical cyclone is...

Sep 2, 2019

Where Will Hurricane Dorian Make Landfall?

Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 4 storm, continues to pound the island of Grand Bahama with powerful winds and massive amounts of rainfall. When it finally crawls past the Bahamas, one of the key questions is: Where will Dorian make landfall in the United States, if at all? Plenty of...

Sep 3, 2019

Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Dorian Expected to Make Close Shave with Florida

After pummeling the Bahamas over the weekend through today, Hurricane Dorian is starting to make a turn toward the northwest and is expected to move dangerously close to the east coast of Florida later today (Sept. 3) and tomorrow, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Dorian, downgraded to a...

Sep 4, 2019

Photos: Hurricane Dorian Leaves Devastation in Its Wake

Dorian, which reached hurricane status late on Aug. 28, roared through the Bahamas and then over the island of Grand Bahama with sustained winds reaching 185 mph (295 km/h) over Labor Day weekend, its powerful winds and storm surge appearing to devastate the islands. Shown here, an infrared image of...

Sep 4, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Barrels Up the Coast, Threatening the Carolinas

Hurricane Dorian, after devastating the Bahamas over the weekend while sparing Florida a direct hit, is now moving up the East Coast of the U.S., threatening the Carolinas, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm is currently moving at 9 mph (15 km/h) parallel...

Sep 5, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Intensifies Again, Headed Toward Carolinas

Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds reaching 115 mph (185 km/h), and it's barreling up the U.S. East Coast toward the Carolinas. As of 8 a.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center says the storm's eye — a whopping 50 nautical miles across — was...

Sep 5, 2019

Trump Holds Up Doctored Hurricane Map, Meteorologists Cringe

As Hurricane Dorian bore down on the Atlantic coast on Wednesday (Sept. 4), meteorologists suddenly found themselves facing an unexpected hurricane hazard: a president with a Sharpie pen. In a White House briefing, President Donald Trump held up a hurricane advisory map from Thursday (Aug. 29) showing Dorian's five-day cone...

Sep 6, 2019

Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall on Cape Hatteras, Takes Aim at Canada

Hurricane Dorian made landfall this morning (Sept. 6) on the barrier islands of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras, carrying with it what the National Hurricane Center (NHC) called a life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds, as well as the risk of flash flooding. The large storm's winds have lessened significantly since...

Sep 30, 2019

Hurricane Lorenzo, Strongest Storm Ever This Far East in the Atlantic, Roars Toward the Azores

Hurricane season's most intense period is winding down, but it isn't quite done with us yet. And the latest storm to watch is whipping things up much farther east than where powerful hurricanes are typically found. Lorenzo formed as a tropical storm on Sept. 23 in the middle of the...