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[Zhills]

Hurricane Dorian's winds reach 180 mph as storm is expected to stall over Bahamas, forecasters say.

By Madeline Holcombe and Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN

Updated 11:46 AM ET, Sun September 1, 2019

[Vivian]

The northern Bahamas will be facing the strongest storm ever. These once-in-a-century storms are coming all too frequently. Climate change is taking weather to its worst. We have family and friends who live in central FL. I think they’ll be OK if forecasts hold. I also have friends in Wilmington, NC. I hope Dorian will weaken by the time it travels north.

[JaneMarple]

From NBC

BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Dorian makes landfall in Bahamas with 185 mph winds

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas Sunday afternoon, shortly after the Category 5 storm was deemed the strongest in the region in modern records. The extent of damage wasn’t immediately known.

This is very scary!

[golding76]

It seems we will continue to have the "worst this or that of the century" mulitple times in a two-year period, give or take a year.  This state of extreme nature is nothing less than harrowing.

Ellicott City, Md., had two thousand-year floods in the span of a couple years. 

Ellicott City: Two '1000-Year Floods'?

Ellicott City has been hit by two significant flash floods within two years. What is a "1000-Year Flood"? And why did the two floods happen so closely together.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/weather-blog/ellicott-city-two-1000-year-floods/65-559621001

[Hooty]

CNN, LOL, I think I'd get my weather sources from the Weather Channel!!!  CNN showed a map the other day with the projected hurricane that showed Alabama not even in the US, MS was next to GA, how stupid can you get!

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@Hooty wrote:

CNN, LOL, I think I'd get my weather sources from the Weather Channel!!!  CNN showed a map the other day with the projected hurricane that showed Alabama not even in the US, MS was next to GA, how stupid can you get!

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@Hooty .  How stupid can you get? Forget CNN, take a look at Twitter! LOL

[MorningLover]

Hurricane Dorian weakens to Category 2, starts slow move toward Florida, Georgia, Carolinas

The National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. update showed the hurricane has sustained wind of 110 miles an hour (that is the strongest sustained wind a hurricane can have without being classified as a Category 3 storm). The storm, which was listed as stationary for several hours, is now moving at two miles per hour.

While the wind speed decreased slightly, the size of the storm actually grew. NHC said the risk of life threatening storm surge and hurricane force wind continues to increase along the coast of North Carolina.