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Minute by minute: Hurricane Dorian is already category 2 and is moving towards the United States

2019-08-30T09:43:21.575Z


After passing through Puerto Rico and the British and American Virgin Islands, Dorian heads northwest in the Atlantic, like a category 2 hurricane, according to the most recent report ...


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(CNN) - After passing through Puerto Rico and the British and American Virgin Islands, Dorian heads northwest in the Atlantic, like a category 2 hurricane, according to the most recent report.

The hurricane is expected to reach category 4 before making landfall in Florida on Monday. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, canceled his planned trip to Poland to be on the lookout for the emergency.

  • 🌀 Look where Dorian is right now

Follow here the minute by minute of the hurricane's progress:

5:15 AM

Dorian could be the strongest hurricane to hit the east coast of Florida since Andrew

All counties in Florida are in a state of emergency, while the entity prepares for what might be the strongest hurricane to hit its east coast in almost three decades.

At 105 mph (165 kilometers per hour), Dorian is the strongest hurricane of the season in the Atlantic so far. If it hits land like a category 4 hurricane on Monday, as forecast, with sustained winds of 130 mph (around 209 kph), it will be the strongest hurricane that hits the east coast of Florida from Andrew in 1992, according to the meteorologist from CNN Brandon Miller.

Dorian is currently a category 2 hurricane.

5:00 AM

Dorian is already a category 2 hurricane

Hurricane Dorian continues to strengthen, with winds of up to 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour), according to the National Hurricane Center. This makes Dorian a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

"Dorian is expected to become a major hurricane on Friday and remain an extremely dangerous hurricane over the weekend," the center said in its last public announcement.

Hurricane Dorian is expected to make landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane on Monday.

The notice adds that, under current conditions, there may be sudden floods that are life-threatening and high waves.

There are currently no current coastal alerts or warnings.

Here you can review how Dorian's advance was on Thursday.

Hurricane Dorian

Source: cnnespanol

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