The center of hurricane Dorian it moves this Wednesday in the direction north-northwest in parallel to the north-east coast of Florida with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour (165 km / h) and heavy rains, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported.
The hurricane winds they feel at a distance of 60 miles (95 km) from the center of Dorian
The media center Florida they did not report victims for him Dorian Pass through that area last night, but thousands of people evacuated and of homes and businesses without electric power.
According to the emergency management division of Florida, this morning there were just over 12,600 reports of energy loss and the counties of Bradford, St. Johns and Volusia were the most affected.
The Florida governorate reported last night that there was 8,000 people in the shelters enabled in areas under threat of Dorian
At 8.00 local time today (12.00 GMT), this hurricane currently category 2, which made landfall in the Bahamas last Sunday with category 5, the maximum was about 95 miles (155 km) east-northeast of Daytona beach and 135 miles (215 km east-southeast of Jacksonville (Florida), both in Florida.
It was traveling at 8 miles per hour (13 km / h) in a north-northwest direction, but this morning it is expected to take a northwest direction and later turn north.
The NHC predicts a new turn towards Thursday morning north-northeast dangerously close to the shores of Florida and Georgia and that during the course of Thursday to Friday Dorian pass near or over territory of South and North Carolina.
The four states are in a state of emergency by Dorian, who devastated the Abaco islands Y Grand Bahama, in the Atlantic archipelago of the Bahamas, and despite having downgraded it is still dangerous, according to the NHC.
Weakening of Dorian within the next two days.
The meteorological center based in Miami has issued notices of different kinds for a large area of the east coast of USA, since Florida to Virginia.
Floods, both for the rains and for the sea rise in some points, strong winds and tornadoes may occur as a result of the passage of this hurricane, which is not the only cause for concern in the Atlantic basin.
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Tropical storms Ferdinan, in the Gulf of Mexico, and Gabrielle, in the middle of Atlantic, have entered the scene.
Fernand is producing heavy rains and gusty winds in the northeastern part of Mexico and in the valley of Rio Grande, Texas (USA), but is expected to dissipate on Thursday.
Gabrielle It formed in the last hours in open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and is located 680 miles (1,090 km) west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
It moves at 10 miles per hour (17 km / h) to the northwest with maximum winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km / h) without threatening any territory for now.
The NHC forecasts a slight strengthening within the next 48 hours. EFE
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