Dorian reaches its maximum power: it's already a category 5 hurricane

MIAMI.-
Dorian move on and be
it intensifies and becomes potentially
catastrophic He
hurricane which has been developing in the Atlantic Ocean for several days and aims to
United States now reaches the
category 5: could show
the winds up to 400 kilometers at the hour.

The
the islands
bahamas They are preparing to be the first to receive the impact of this storm today, which should then head to the southeastern coast of the United States. The National Hurricane Center (NHC), based in Miami, warned in its newsletter that the powerful
cyclone it will have a "near or on" impact on the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, northwest of the archipelago. Thousands of people have left their homes to avoid major disasters.

On the night of Monday at dawn on Tuesday, Dorian will approach the
Florida, according to the NHC, which nevertheless indicated that it was difficult to predict with what intensity it would reach this state after its change of trajectory.

Until a few hours ago, the cyclone was carrying winds of
240 km / h, with gusts even stronger, specialists already predicted that it could reach category 5, the maximum of the Saffir-Simpson scale.

The
meteorologists They had already realized a change in the course of the hurricane and "that the planned new route does not rule out Dorian's touching the mainland on the Florida coast because large parts of the coast remain in the cone of uncertainty ".

It is expected that the phenomenon will continue to move to the west and move north towards
South Carolina and North Carolina, as you approach the east coast of Florida on Monday.

Trump attentive

he
President Donald Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago golf club is located in Palm Beach (Florida) and could be touched, said Dorian "seemed to be an absolute monster". Upon arrival, he canceled a trip to Poland to focus on the preparations for the storm.

"It's moving and it's very difficult to predict," Trump wrote in a tweet yesterday, pointing out that Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina could now be on the front line. "It's one of the most powerful and powerful cyclones we've seen in decades.
To take care! "he added.

AP and AFP agencies