Last Updated on August 31, 2019, 2:56 AM AST by Anthony Morris
As the centre of Florida is set to be hit by Hurricane Dorain on the Labor Day weekend the resident of the state prepares to face the upcoming threat. The United States President Donald Trump has said that according to the forcaste the storm’s winds would be “unbelievably high.”
On late Thursday, Hurricane Dorian’s highest sustained winds were measured at 105 mph, which put the storm near the top of Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.
According to the National Hurricane Center Hurricane Dorain is expected to become a major hurricane in next couple of days and with top forecast winds of 140 mph it could remain an extremely dangerous hurricane through the weekend.
A scheduled visit to Poland for the weekend was cancelled by the president Donald Trump. A state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Dorian was expanded by the Florida’s governor. The Hurricane is forecast to make landfall on the Atlantic coast Monday as a dangerous Category 4 storm.
In a video posted on Twitter Donald Trump said that “now it’s looking like it could be an absolute monster.”
The president has also said that seeking the sensitivity of the threat food and water was being shipped to Florida.
“It does seem almost certain that it’s hitting dead center and that’s not good. The winds seem to be building at a tremendous rate. It looks like the winds are going to be unbelievably high.”
Vice President Mike Pence would visit Poland in place of President Donald Trump, it was confirmed by the president himself. Trump said that he will not go to Poland so that he could remain in the country to make sure resources were properly directed at the arriving storm.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who had already declared a state of emergency for 26 counties on the state’s east coast, extended it on Thursday to the whole of Florida.
“Floridians need to take this storm seriously. Hurricane #Dorian is moving slowly & gaining strength,” DeSantis wrote on Twitter. “Now is the time to get prepared & have a plan.
Anthony Morris covers stories related to politics and regional developments. His in-depth reporting about governance and reforms makes him stand out in regional journalism, with a deep analysis of political trends and their impact on Caribbean communities.
