Hurricane Dorian strengthens in Category 3 hitting the Carolinas in the United States

South Carolina, United States.

Reinforced to category 3 and with sustained maximum winds of nearly 115 mph (185 km / h), the hurricane Dorian moves northwest with the coast of two Carolinas in his eyes, after leaving behind Florida and Georgia.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) informed at 8:00 am (12:00 pm GMT) that the hurricane What devastated since last Sunday several islands of the bahamas It is located 115 km south-south-east of charleston (South Carolina) and about 275 km south-southwest of Wilmington (North Carolina).

The winds with force of Hurricane Dorian they extend up to 95 km from the city center and wind under a tropical storm force less intense and already scathing Caroline from the south, They extend up to 315 km.

It moves in a north-northeast direction at 13 km / h and is expected to turn northeast later and increase speed on Friday.

In the planned trajectory, the center of Dorian approach to the coast of Caroline from the south today and move near or on the coast of North Carolina Tonight and Friday.

Starting Friday night, it will pbad through the southeast of the southeast end of New England (northeastern United States) and on Saturday, he will move closer to New Scotland (Canada)

NHC expects that in the coming days it will retain the status of hurricane weaker than today because the loss of intensity until it dissipates into the Atlantic The North is going to be a slow process.

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

"Interests in other sectors of the Mid-Atlantic coasts and New England of the United States, Canada and Atlantic Canada should monitor the progress of the Dorian ", NHC warns, who issued warnings and recommendations regarding strong winds and the risk of cyclonic storm surges for a large 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, there is only Dorian A storm named in the Atlantic basin.

According to the NHC, tropical storm Gabrielle is very poorly organized in the middle of the ocean and currently represents no threat to the land. EFE