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Highlights on Hurricane Dorian
- Hurricane Dorian regained strength and became a Category 3 storm again with sustained winds of 115 mph.
- Hurricane conditions are expected on parts of the South Carolina coast on Thursday morning and on the North Carolina coast later in the day.
- Thursday at 2 am, the core of the storm was about 160 km south-southeast of Charleston (South Carolina) and 220 km south-southwest of Wilmington (North Carolina).
- The National Hurricane Center states that "threatening waves" and damaging winds are possible over the next two days "over much of the southeastern and central shorelines of the United States. Atlantic".
- The hurricane decimated parts of the Bahamas for 48 hours, killing at least 20 people. Intense relief and relief efforts were under way.
Hurricane Dorian regained strength on Wednesday night, again becoming a Category 3 storm, as it slowly ascended along the southeastern coast of the United States and approached North Carolina and New York. Caroline from the south. It caused strong gusts of wind and heavy rain in Florida on Wednesday after killing at least 20 people in the Bahamas and parts of the low lying island country.
Although Florida avoided the shock of the storm, North Carolina and South Carolina were preparing for its impact. Dorian still has the potential to hit the ground on Thursday or Friday, the National Hurricane Center announced.
Storm surges and strong winds are likely to threaten the lives of the next two days "along much of the southeastern and central shorelines of the Atlantic," he said. center.
Forecasters on Wednesday issued a hurricane warning for northern Georgia and southern Virginia. Millions have been invited to evacuate.
On Thursday, at 14:00 EDT, sustained winds reached sustained winds of 115 mph, the hurricane center said. Its core was located about 105 miles south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, and 220 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina, and was moving north at 7 mi. h.
Hurricane winds extending outward to 100 km from the center and tropical storm winds extending outward to 300 km. km.
NOAA / National Hurricane Center
Follow the live coverage of the storm below.
Carolinas prepare for Doria's anger
The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Doria could cause "severe winds and storm surges endangering the lives of the public along much of the southeastern and central coasts. from the Atlantic coast ", Thursday and Friday.
The center announced on Thursday morning that Doria's core would continue to approach the South Carolina coast on Thursday morning, that it would move more or less late in the day and that it would then slide near or on the Carolina coast. North Thursday night and Friday.
Intensity fluctuations are expected on Thursday, "followed by a slight weakening until Saturday," said the center.
Tropical storm conditions have already been felt early on Thursday in parts of the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.
Hurricane conditions are expected on parts of the coast of South Carolina later Thursday morning. The tropical storm will settle along the coast of North Carolina later Thursday morning, and hurricane conditions are expected later on Thursday.
In North and South Carolina, storm surges could reach seven to eight people, with up to one foot of rain and 15 cm in isolated areas, the hurricane center added.
Persistent Tropical Storm Force Winds on the Coasts of Georgia and South Carolina
A NOAA weather station at the north end of Folly Island, South Carolina, reported a sustained wind of 51 mph and a gust of 62 mph was recorded, the National Hurricane Center announced. At Folly Shutes in Charleston Harbor, a sustained wind of 41 mph and a gust of 55 mph were recorded.
A Florida man parks an electric car in the kitchen
A Florida man was worried that his dear smart would be washed away by a car in Dorian this week. He moved it to a very safe place. Inside his house
Patrick Eldridge, a Jacksonville native, told CBS News that he had put his smart car inside his home on Tuesday morning, adding that his "wife was impressed by the fact that I had reason to be able to fit in the kitchen ".
His wife, Jessica, posted hilarious pictures of the Florida car on Facebook on Tuesday morning on Facebook. "My husband was worried that his car would fly," she wrote. "And my car is in the garage."
The photos quickly became viral and collected more than 65,000 actions and 22,000 reactions. "We are still shocked that this wave of madness has been happening on the Internet since the publication of the message," Eldridge said.
The couple moved the vehicle out of their home after the storm weakened and moved away from Florida. Although his car did not need protection after all, the man said he had learned valuable information through this experience. "We now know that we have one more parking space left!" he joked.
– Danielle Garrand
Dorian regains strength and becomes a category 3
Dorian has regained strength and is again a Category 3 storm at 11 pm. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 115 mph.
Its core was located 105 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, and 225 miles south-southwest of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dorian was moving north at 7 mph. Hurricane winds extend outward to 100 km from the center and tropical storm winds extend outward to 300 km. km.
All watches and warnings concerning the east coast of Florida, south of the mouth of the St. Mary's River, have been interrupted.
US North Command to help Bahamas
The US North Command, which oversees Defense Ministry homeland defense, announced on Wednesday that it would provide assistance to the Bahamas.
In addition, four MV-22 Ospreys from the US Marine Corps carried an Air Force assessment team to the Bahamas.
The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the lead federal agency for disaster response foreign, asked the Department of Defense to facilitate the movement of aid across the Bahamas.
More than 1,500 shelters in South Carolina
Officials from the American Red Cross said that more than 1,500 people had fled into the shadow of Hurricane Dorian in a total of 28 centers located in the center. and east of South Carolina.
In Charleston, South Carolina, continuous rain began to fall Wednesday night as Dorian approached the Carolinas and the winds rose. Thunder could be heard frequently and only a few cars seemed to be traveling the roads connecting the west edge of downtown Charleston to areas of the city located on the other side of a river.
– The Associated Press
Survivors describe the horrors of facing Dorian
The Bahamian survivors described the horrors of Dorian. Robert and Phyllis Cornea have lived in the Abaco Islands for over 50 years. They have been homeless since Sunday.
"All the main buildings are gone, they are gone, everything is gone," said Robert Cornea at CBS Evening News.
"Take a picture of me because that's all I have left, what you see me," says Phyllis Cornea. "I'm in those four days."
Adrian Farrington told CBS News that he had lost his son. "I can always see my son being dragged through the roof," he said.
Farrington said he thought he had raised his 5-year-old son to the shelter on the roof of his house, to see him then washed away by the floodwaters.
"If he's saved, congratulate the Lord, but for research, what I've seen, when I lose it, anything can happen, there are sharks swimming in the water." Anything can happen, "he said.
Nancy Albert waited all day for a flight, but that did not happen. She described how her house was destroyed. "We opened the bathroom door, there was nothing left, he was gone, the house was gone," she said.
– Norah O & # 39; Donnell, David Begnaud and Nikki Battiste
Coast Guard saves dozens in the Bahamas
"CBS Evening News" flew over the islands most affected by the hurricane with the seventh US Coast Guard District. Aboard the HC-144 cargo plane, the damage is obvious.
The Coast Guard has saved a total of 114 people and six pets from a devastated island chain. They will continue to fly to the most affected areas of the Bahamas for as long as necessary.
"Our main mission is Search and Rescue, we can suffer losses in the plane to save a life, but our primary mission is to save a life," said Lieutenant Julianna White.
The Coast Guard Air Base in Miami is no stranger to these missions. In 2005, they saved nearly 800 people after Hurricane Katrina. Lieutenant Jillian Harner said that even a rescue saved all efforts.
"It's really an honor. You have a rescue case, it's the best feeling. That's what's worth the training you've done, "said Harner.
– Norah O & # 39; Donnell
The number of victims climbs to 20 in the Bahamas
The death toll in the Bahamas has been raised to 20 Wednesday night, a spokeswoman for Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau told CBS News. The hospital is currently treating 35 patients, the spokesman said.
– Nikki Battiste reports
Watches and warnings in effect
Summary of watches and warnings in force, via the National Hurricane Center.
- Storm Warning: from the Flagler-Volusia County boundary in Florida to Poquoson, Virginia; the sounds Pamlico and Albemarle; the rivers Neuse and Pamlico; Hampton Roads, Virginia
- Hurricane Warning: north of the Savannah River to the North Carolina-Virginia border; the sounds Pamlico and Albemarle
- Hurricane Watch: North of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, to the Savannah River
- Tropical Storm Warning: From the Flagler-Volusia County boundary in Florida to the Savannah River; the border between North Carolina and Virginia in Chincoteague, Virginia; Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point Southbound
- Tropical storm monitoring: north of Chincoteague, Virginia, to Fenwick Island, Delaware; Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Drum Point; Potomac tide south of Cobb Island
A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions were expected. Hurricane monitoring means that hurricane conditions are possible.
A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours.
A storm surge warning means that there is a risk of rising water life-threatening within 36 hours. Storm surge monitoring means that there is a possibility of rising water threatening life within 48 hours.
The destruction of Dorian stretches for miles in the Bahamas
The extent of Dorian's destruction in northern Bahamas was immense. On Abaco Island, the damage extends for miles.
Entire neighborhoods have been razed. The houses were shredded.
Shipping containers and boats were launched inland. Some airports looked like lakes.
"We are at the heart of one of the biggest national crises in the history of our country," said Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. Dorian ravaged Abaco Island and Grand Bahama for two days with 30 inches of rain.
The Red Cross said that more than 13,000 houses, nearly half the number on both islands, have been damaged or destroyed. A video of the interior of a house during the storm showed waves crashing against a second-floor window as more and more water came from below, pounding the steps.
– David Begnaud
Floridians mobilize to help the Bahamas
Spared by the anger of Hurricane Dorian, residents of South Florida donate water, food and household supplies as part of a relief operation led by the descendants of some of the oldest settlers in the Bahamas in Miami.
The Floridians rallied en masse on Tuesday to give cans of food, water bottles and diaper boxes to members of two historically black churches who were sorting them before their flight to the devastated islands of Abaco and of Grand Bahama.
"We have to channel all this anxiety into something positive," said relief coordinator Jonathan Archer. Archer is the former head of a parish on Long Island, Bahamas, and the current rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Miami's historic Coconut Grove neighborhood, some of whose earliest inhabitants are from Bahamas.
Some of the volunteers were frantically trying to text their cousins, uncles, aunts and nieces who had braved the powerful storm on their island. Few were lucky on Tuesday.
– The Associated Press
Thousands without electricity in Florida
There were more than 10,000 customers without electricity in Florida at 12:15. Wednesday, according to the division of emergency management of the state. More than 6,000 of these failures were customers of Florida Power & Light, the state's largest utility.
With more than 4,000 customers without electricity, Volusia County, located on the east coast of Florida, has experienced the most outages among the state's 67 counties. For a complete list of Dorian Florida breakdowns, click here.
The hurricane hunter tweets "Yeah, I'm alive" after days of silence
Hurricane Hunter Josh Mogerman tweeted On Tuesday "yeah, I'm alive" after being slapped on social media since September 1, when Dorian landed in the Bahamas. Morgerman tweeted that the storm is "by far the most intense cyclone I've experienced in 28 years of pursuit."
Morgerman tweeted that he "thought I would be paying attention to the situation by driving her into a concrete school on a hill in Marsh Harbor, I thought it was not good". He described the wind as beating "the building with the strength of a thousand hammers". When he went outside during the calm in the eye of the storm, he saw a school completely destroyed.
He wrote that during the calm of the eye of the cyclone, he had settled in a government building. "The calm eye has saved lives – gave victims a chance to resettle," he wrote.
In his last tweetMorgerman wrote that "whole neighborhoods have been swept by impressive waves, many drowning deaths, flying debris and houses are collapsing.A submerged medical center.An absolute disaster.An absolute disaster.SEND HELP TO ABACO ISLANDS . "
In his last tweet before he shut up on September 1st, Morgerman wrote "11:40 am, beating, hitting, planks stain the windows, we move the children into a safe space, wrapping them in blankets." He told The Weather Channel on Tuesday that his school was largely destroyed. He told The Weather Channel that he had survived two shelters and lived in his car before traveling to Nassau.
Trump approves North Carolina emergency declaration
President Trump approved North Carolina's request for a federal disaster declaration on Tuesday night, the White House announced. The declaration authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief activities.
Mr Trump had already tweeted about the fact that he would have the emergency statement "completed and signed" on Tuesday night. "I hope they will not need it!" he added.
Anxious parents try to reach their relatives in the Bahamas
In South Florida, anxious parents told CBS Miami they were frustrated and fearful that they would not be able to reach their loved ones in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.
A Broward woman hopes that a special Facebook page that she created before the storm will help people communicate with each other.
Members of their family say they are horrified after seeing the images of devastation and floods and have been particularly disgusted after seeing a picture of a shark swimming inside the home. a victim in the Bahamas.
"I can not touch anyone," Isabela Rivers told CBS Miami while she was sitting inside the Bahamian Pot Restaurant. "I have not been able to reach my close friends in the Bahamas, I'm watching the news and I see so much water that I hope God has spared their lives." I'm here in this restaurant to see if I can help provide food and shelter for all who need it. "
Search for survivors in the Bahamas
The US Coast Guard launched rescue missions in Abaco and the surrounding islands after Dorian struck the Bahamas with 48 hours of high winds, 30 inches of rain, and a storm surge of up to 23 feet.
The Red Cross said that nearly half of the homes in Abaco and Grand Bahama had been damaged or destroyed, and US officials said 62,000 people did not have clean water .
"My grandson died, I had just seen my grandson about two days ago, my grandson just told me that he loves me," Ingrid McIntosh told CBS News. .
A large part of the islands now looks like wasteland. Houses torn inside, cars destroyed, trees stripped and branches turned upside down, residential streets brimming with rivers The big infrastructures have become useless. The Grand Bahama International Airport, for example, is submerged. This is only one of the challenges that rescuers face in the midst of such destructions.
– Norah O & # 39; Donnell and Nikki Battiste contributed to the report
More than 2,400 cases of rising prices in Florida
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has received more than 2,400 price fraud reports. A petrol station sold 24 Nestlé Pure Life water packs at $ 9, more than double its normal retail cost, and other stations raised pump prices by $ 1 more than the advertised price.
Some might argue that rising prices only reflect the difficulty of transporting goods in the event of a storm, but many states – including Florida – prohibit retailers from increasing the price of necessities such as water and gas during the state of emergency, which Governor Ron DeSantis said on August 28.
– Aimee Picchi
Intense hurricanes like Dorian cause 1,000 times more damage
With maximum winds of 185 mph, Hurricane Dorian was tied for the second most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, in terms of wind speed. Images from the Bahamas reveal the extent of the damage, consistent with the catastrophic damage expected in a Category 5 hurricane.
Of course, we expect a stronger storm to produce more damage. But the damage does not increase linearly as the winds increase. Instead, growth is exponential.
At maximum intensity, the winds of Hurricane Dorian reached 185 mph, or about two and a half times faster than the winds at 75 mph from a Category 1 hurricane down of range. However, the potential damage caused by a storm such as Dorian is not 2.5 times greater, nor even 25 times larger – they are more than 1,000 times larger. Indeed, the damage increases by 8%, according to the research of the economist William D. Nordhaus, Nobel laureate.
Thus, a storm with winds of 150 mph should produce not double but about 256 times the damage of a storm with winds of 75 mph. For a storm like Dorian, with winds of 185 km / h, the potential for damage resulting from a combination of winds, storm, rain, and tornadoes increases 1,371 times.
This would explain why the most powerful hurricanes – category 3, 4 and 5 storms – account for 85% of hurricane damage, while they account for only a quarter of all storms.
–Jeff Berardelli
2 deaths in Florida before the possible impact of Dorian
A 55-year-old man died Monday night after falling from a tree that he was attempting to cut in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Dorian, according to authorities in Ocoee, Fla. .
WKMG-TV, a CBS affiliate in Orlando, said the Ocoee Battalion fire chief, Edwin Youman, had fallen after climbing about 15 feet into the tree with a chainsaw and trying to position himself for cut branches. He did not use scale, says Youman.
And a 68-year-old Indialantic man who laid plywood on the windows of a beachfront condominium in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian Sunday afternoon reportedly lost three stories and would have passed away , reports WKMG partner, Florida Today.
He was identified by the Indialantic police as being David Bradley. Police said he was standing on a ladder in a balcony with mosquito nets facing the sea when he fell. Police added that Bradley may have had a heart attack during the incident.
"He was going up the plywood and lost balance and went through the screen," said Indialantic Police Chief Mike Connor.
Bradley fell to the ground behind the condo, which faces the shore, police said.
In the Bahamas, Dorian has launched boats as toys
Photo of the US Coast Guard, courtesy of Coast Guard Air Base, Clearwater
The US Coast Guard released Tuesday new footage of the destruction by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. In a press release, the Coast Guard said helicopter crews had contributed to search and rescue efforts by conducting medical assessments.
The rescues were led by the Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency and the Royal Bahamian Defense Force. The Coast Guard, which helps both agencies, said anyone in need of death or death should call 911 or 919.
How to help the victims of Hurricane Dorian
The International Red Cross estimates that as many as 13,000 homes have been badly damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. Because it's hard to get in touch with people on the ground, these numbers are just estimates.
The storm, which was stationary on the island of Grand Bahama late Monday afternoon, tore the roofs of buildings, flooded the streets and cut off the current.
The situation is disastrous.
Once the storm is over, the Bahamas will need help, as will other communities on the way to Dorian. Here are two ways to help:
City of Miami BAHAMASTRONG
The city of Miami has created 16 collection locations for donations, fire halls and churches. The city commissioner hopes that if near anything in Miami, people will donate what they've bought in anticipation of Dorian.
They ask for water, canned goods and baby preparations. Supplies will arrive in the Bahamas on Wednesday, weather permitting.
World Central Kitchen
The world-renowned chef, José Andrés, is on the ground in the Bahamas and preparing to feed its inhabitants. He hopes to be in the affected areas by tonight. If the kitchens are destroyed, its World Central Kitchen will build a fortune and cook in large paella pans.
World Central Kitchen has provided relief efforts for past storms, especially in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria. Andrés and others have collectively helped feed 3.6 million people.
For an even more list of organizations helping communities affected by Hurricane Dorian, visit CBSNews.com/DorianHelp.
What supplies do you need to prepare?
The National Meteorological Service is encouraging All those who find themselves on the path of the storm know that it is "never too early" to prepare a kit against hurricanes. CBS News has gathered emergency preparedness advice for people and pets, as well as a checklist of supplies to have on hand before a big storm arrives.
Before the potentially devastating storms of the hurricane season, the Red Cross recommends several supplies, including a flashlight, batteries, a first aid kit, medications, a multi-purpose tool, and a back-up blanket.
See the full list here.
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