Dorian Track : Hurricane Dorian made landfall in North Carolina and is now wreaking havoc on the East Coast with high winds, rain, flooding, and storm surges.
What is the current location of Hurricane Dorian? After Landfall Over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the Storm’s Path and Track
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Long thought to be headed for Florida, Dorian shifted northeast after making landfall in the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.
The storm’s new path would take it around the US coast rather than straight at Florida, thanks to the shift in direction.
The worst of the hurricane has passed for residents of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, but it still remains a threat to people in North Carolina and Virginia.
Dorian made landfall over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on Friday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Dorian was roughly 50 miles from Cape Hatteras, according to the latest National Hurricane Center (NHC) alert, with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
The storm is classified as a Category 1 hurricane at that pace. Dorian was off the coast of North Carolina, parallel to Greenville, as of the 11 a.m advisory.
Although a hurricane warning was cancelled west of Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a number of other watches and warnings for the East Coast, including:
Salter Path, North Carolina to Poquoson, Virginia; Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds; Neuse and Pamlico Rivers; Hampton Roads is a city in Virginia.
Bogue Inlet to the North Carolina/Virginia line; Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds are under a hurricane warning.
North Carolina/Virginia border to Fenwick Island, Delaware;
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point southward; Tidal Potomac south of Cobb Island; Woods Hole to Sagamore Beach, Massachusetts; Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts;
East of Bar Harbor to Eastport, Maine; North Carolina/Virginia border to Fenwick Island, Delaware; Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point southward; Tidal Potomac south of Cobb.
Prince Edward Island, the Magdalen Islands, the Fundy National Park to Shediac, and Francois to Boat Harbour are all under tropical storm watch.
The possibility of conditions occurring is the difference between a watch and a warning. Conditions are predicted to occur within the next 36 hours during a warning, whereas conditions are possible during a watch.
Over the next few hours, life-threatening storm surges and flash flooding are possible in North Carolina and Virginia, according to the National Weather Service.
Dorian, which was moving northeast, was forecast to move further away from the coast on Friday night, but maintain a wind speed of 90 mph.
On Friday night, the storm passed just outside Richmond, Virginia, before heading northeast and arriving outside the Nantucket Sound on Saturday morning.
On Saturday night, Dorian could make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Nova Scotia.
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