Stationary Hurricane Dorian keeps hammering the Bahamas
At least five deaths in the
"We are in the midst of a historic tragedy," said
Meanwhile in
Dorian's sustained winds dropped slightly to 140 mph, according to the
"It just hasn't moved," said
Despite the favorable movement of the cone of uncertainty, which shows the likely course of the hurricane's center, forecasters warned Floridians against concluding they had escaped the worst.
"Although the center of Dorian is forecast to move near, but parallel to, the
As long as Dorian bends north well offshore, as appears likely,
"Unless this makes a dramatic shift to the west, the chance of hurricane-force winds is pretty low," he said. "There's a hurricane watch but the watch is just there for the possibility."
"One of things we look at is the orientation of the clouds around a hurricane and those clouds have become more oval shaped to the north-northwest of where the center is, and sometimes that dictates how a hurricane is going to move," he said. "But we may not see much of a change until late this afternoon or early tonight."
But he cautioned against concluding the
"The one thing that still bothers us is that intense storms tend to wobble," he said. "And they can wobble as much as 10 miles one way and 10 miles another way. So if it wobbles once during a rotation and wobbles again, it can bring hurricane-force winds to the coast very quickly. That's a reason why most meteorologists looking at this are still very, very nervous about this."
Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the
Officials in the
The edge of the storm's sustained tropical-force winds are still about 25 miles offshore of
At the beach in
"I thought it was going to be the worst. Category 5 is no joke," said
"You know where I am?" he asked. "At the beach. It's beautiful."
"I ain't worried," he said. "I never worry. I put everything in God's hands."
Williams said he'd lived in
Sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph were possible in northeastern
Worse winds are possible if the storm comes closer. Hurricane-force winds, which means speeds of at least 74 mph, are possible from
The storm has grown in size over the past day, putting a wider area at risk. Hurricane winds extend 45 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds reach 140 miles from the center.
"It just takes a little wiggle, a little movement, a little jog, and then all of a sudden you're a little closer to the coast,"
He explained that atmospheric conditions can change the direction of what has been an unpredictable storm. Dorian now ranks as one of the strongest
The only recorded storm that was more powerful was Hurricane Allen in 1980, with 190 mph winds. But that storm did not make landfall at that strength.
The eastern half of
There were people streaming into a special-needs shelter slowly Monday afternoon at the
She is a caretaker and her patient is a 91-year-old woman who uses an oxygen tank and recently had hip surgery. Robinson said she didn't know if the storm would turn out to be so bad, but she wanted to come early just in case. "It is better to be prepared than to be rushing last minute."
Because of mandatory evacuation orders in five counties, tolls were suspended on
Still, hundreds of
Schools will be closed through Wednesday in
"Surge-related flooding depends on the how close the center of Dorian comes to the
Staff writers
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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