Hurricane Dorian strengthens to category 3 by hitting the Carolinas in the US

Strengthened to category 3 and with maximum sustained winds of almost 115 miles per hour (185 km / h), the hurricane Dorian moves north-west with the coast of two Carolinas in his sights, after leaving behind Florida and Georgia.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) informed at 08.00 hours (12.00 GMT) that the hurricane what devastated since last Sunday several islands of the Bahamas It is located 70 miles (115 km) south-southeast of Charleston (South Carolina) and about 170 miles (275 km) south-southwest of Wilmington (North Carolina).

The winds with force of Dorian hurricane they extend up to 60 miles (95 km) from the center and winds with tropical storm force, less intense and already lashing South Carolina, They extend up to 195 miles (315 km).

It moves in a north-northeast direction at 8 miles per hour (13 km / h) and is expected to later turn northeast and increase speed by Friday.

In the forecasted trajectory, the center of Dorian approaches the coast of South Carolina today and move near or on the coast of North Carolina Tonight and Friday.

Starting Friday night, it will pass through the southeast of the southeast end of New England (northeastern US) and on Saturday it will approach Nova Scotia (Canada).

The NHC expects that in the next few days it will continue to have the status of hurricane, although weaker than at present, because the loss of intensity until it dissipates in the Atlantic North is going to be a slow process.

See: Stunning aerial images of the devastation in Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian

"Interests in other sectors of the Mid-Atlantic coasts and New England of the U.S, and the Atlantic sector of Canada, should monitor the progress of Dorian ", the NHC warns, which has issued warnings and recommendations for strong winds and cyclonic storm surge risk for a wide area.

There are also risks of Hangover and tornadoes.

After the disintegration of Fernand, a tropical storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico last Monday, it only remains, in addition to Dorian, A named storm in the Atlantic basin.

Tropical storm Gabrielle is, according to the NHC, very poorly organized in the middle of the ocean and does not currently pose any threat to land. EFE