Hurricane Dorian threatens Florida, Donald Trump cancels trip to Poland

Donald Trump does not take chances. As Hurricane Dorian continued to grow in the Caribbean on Thursday, and could move into category 3 or 4 before arriving in Florida this weekend, the US president canceled his trip to Poland scheduled for Sunday.

"In order to allow all of the federal government's resources to focus on the coming storm, I decided to send our vice president, Mike Pence, to Poland for me this weekend," he said. said the US president. He was expected Sunday in Warsaw for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War that began on September 1, 1939 with an attack by Nazi Germany against Poland. He had already canceled last week a trip to Copenhagen in early September and a scheduled meeting with the Danish Prime Minister, because it did not want to sell Greenland in the United States.

Dorian strengthens

According to the latest update from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) at midday Thursday, Dorian, which is still a Category 1 hurricane out of the five on the Saffir-Simpson scale, was winding 140 km / h. The NHC reminds that it needs to strengthen and become a "major" hurricane (category 3 or higher, with winds of at least 178 km / h) in the coming days. According to the forecasts of the NHC, it could thus hit Florida with winds bordering the 210 km / h on Miami.

Tropical-storm-force winds from #Dorian could begin as early as Saturday evening or Saturday night. Now is the time to start thinking about what kind of preparations you might need. https://t.co/yChCF6oWL9 pic.twitter.com/sY8jyYVaxz

– National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2019

Dorian's eye was 355 kilometers north of Puerto Rico and 600 kilometers east of the Bahamas as the hurricane moved northwest at a speed of 20 km / h. It is expected to hit Florida at the end of the weekend and pour rain with an accumulation of 10 to 20 centimeters.

"All Florida residents should have prepared a plan. Do not wait until it's too late! ", Warned the state's governor, Ron DeSantis. "You should have enough food, water and medicine to last seven days," he said during a press conference. As a result, residents of this southeastern state began to flock to some supermarkets and service stations.