Month: August 2019

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Here’s the latest on Hurricane DorianAs of the 5 a.m. et update from the National Hurricane Center LOCATION: 260 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMASMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 105 MPHMOVEMENT: NW AT 12 MPH Dorian is a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph and is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is moving northwest at 12 mph….

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Here’s the latest on Hurricane DorianAs of the 5 a.m. et update from the National Hurricane Center LOCATION: 260 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMASMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 105 MPHMOVEMENT: NW AT 12 MPH Dorian is a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph and is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is moving northwest at 12 mph….

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Here’s the latest on Hurricane DorianAs of the 11 p.m. et update from the National Hurricane Center LOCATION: 295 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMASMAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 105 MPHMOVEMENT: NW AT 12 MPH Dorian is a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 105 mph and is expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane next week, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is moving northwest at…

Dorian is definitely not the first to have those in Florida and other southeastern states assuming hurricane-hunker mode, and it might have some people contemplating heading in the opposite direction. But the storm has made pioneers out of a team of pilots flying toward it. The first all-female three-pilot flight crew was scouting the storm on Thursday for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland tweeted a photo of…

MIAMI — Florida residents picked the shelves clean of bottled water and lined up at gas stations Thursday as an increasingly menacing-looking Hurricane Dorian threatened to broadside the state over Labor Day weekend. Leaving lighter-than-expected damage in its wake in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the second hurricane of the 2019 season swirled toward the U.S., with forecasters warning it will draw energy from the warm, open waters as it closes in. The National…

TAMPA, Fla. — So, you booked a vacation at one of Florida’s many theme parks, but a hurricane is headed this way. Now what? All theme parks and attractions around the state have hurricane policies related to possible park closings and keeping vacationing guests safe. In 2017, Disney World, Universal Studios and SeaWorld all closed a couple of days before Hurricane Irma hit the state. Thousands of tourists still hunkered down at resorts alongside park…

HAMPTON, Ga. — Editor’s Note: The video in this story is from previous coverage when Hurricane Florence evacuees were camping at AMS. Atlanta Motor Speedway is opening its ground to evacuees – this time for those getting out of the way of Hurricane Dorian as it continues moving towards mainland United States. The speedway made the announcement almost an hour before Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency for 12 coastal Georgia counties….