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Florida residents began Thursday to prepare for the arrival of Dorian on Monday, likely as a hurricane "extremely dangerous" after stepping up in the Atlantic without any obstacles en route.

Having touched Puerto Rico Wednesday night, without causing damage, Dorian entered the ocean 355 km northwest of Puerto Rico, blowing with maximum winds of 140 km / h, according to the National Hurricane Center newsletter. (NHC) from 14:00 GMT.

"Dorian will become a hurricane of high intensity Friday" category 3 (120 km / hour) or more "and will remain an extremely dangerous hurricane throughout the weekend," wrote the NHC.

Models from his career show him arriving in Florida between Monday and Tuesday, although it is still too early to know where exactly.

Governor Ron DeSantis said Wednesday the state of emergency on the entire east coast, from the south coast to the Georgian border, and insisted on Thursday that all residents are ready to suffer the impact from a major hurricane. .

"All Floridians should have a plan, do not wait until it's too late," he wrote on Thursday. Twitter.

This morning, I will visit the National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic receive a briefing on the hurricane #Dorian as our state continues to prepare. All Floridians should have a plan in place. Do not wait until it's too late.

– Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) August 29, 2019

Queues in supermarkets and gas stations

The counties set up sandbag distribution centers on Thursday, to be placed in flooded gates, and some residents were already signaling long queues to buy water from supermarkets.

"There were horrible waiting lines in Costco," said Cristina Grand, a 55-year-old Miami resident, referring to one of the country's largest supermarket chains.

The local television showed shelves out of stock and waiting lines at the gas stations.

Grand lives with his family in a flooded area in front of Miami Bay, but does not prepare to evacuate as he has survived several hurricanes.

"We have already spent so much that I prefer to spend it at home.Categories one and two do not worry.Three, it is already different.With Irma, we were 10 days without light … "he recalls.

South Florida was hit in 2017 by Hurricane Irma, who badly damaged the keys.

In Puerto Rico, the population was relieved to be saved from the threat of the hurricane, which was to be the first hurricane to hit this Caribbean island since the destruction of Maria two years ago.

"It was horrible," said Francisco Cabrera, 59, in Fajardo, a city in eastern Puerto Rico that was going to be at the center of the storm and was dodging the blow.

"Getting up with the sun today is amazing."