Hurricane Dorian reached Category 4 before arriving in the United States | Chronic

Hurricane Dorian approached the United States with a category 4 force. He also diverted the course and could only touch the State of Florida and then move to Georgia, North Carolina and the United States. South Carolina, reported Saturday the National Center. of Hurricanes (NHC for its acronym in English).

"Even if the Dorian's eye remained on the high seas, the impact could be significant "explains the Center on his Twitter account. "Given the change in prognosis, the risk of high winds and potentially deadly swells along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina will increase in the middle of next week."he added.

Until now, the White House has not changed the emergency statement in Florida before the arrival of the hurricane that will arrive in the coming hours on the American coast. It is expected that this Sunday will arrive in the Bahamas, whose authorities have already issued the evacuation order, he said. Europa Press.

NHC reported that Hurricane Dorian continued to strengthen in Atlantic waters and now reached Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a maximum of 5, with winds maximum speeds of 215 km / h on its slow route to the US coast. .

In an update of its letter of information, the NHC reported that Dorian was about 645 km east of the northern islands of the Bahamas archipelago and about 925 km to East of West Palm Beach, South Florida, according to EFE. .

NHC, which last Friday sent a plane "hurricane hunter" confirmed Dorian as a hurricane "major category"which means more than 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The powerful cyclone moves slowly from 17 km to the hour to the west-northwest, allowing it to better organize and gain power. In the meantime, they plan an additional reinforcement of this cyclone whose winds with hurricane force, that is to say more than 119 km / h, extend up to 45 km from his eye.

This will cause a storm surge "threatening life" that will raise the sea level up to 5 meters on the northwest coast of the Bahamas and will generate waves "devastating".

Regarding rainfall, Dorian is expected to produce significant rain accumulations this weekend in the middle of the next. Especially in the northwestern Bahamas and coastal areas of the southeastern United States where they could reach 45 centimeters.