https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-dorian-september-2019/index.html


1 hr 38 min ago
Dorian has slowed to a halt, but will get "dangerously close" to Florida

After traveling 1,700 miles, Hurricane Dorian is now sticking around Grand Bahama.

"Now, in the last 24 hours, it's only moved halfway across Grand Bahama island," said CNN meteorologist Tom Sater.

The stalled Category 4 storm means prolonged devastation in its immediate area. Five people have died in the Abaco Islands.

Dorian is now about 105 miles from the coast of Florida, and could get even closer as it starts moving again later Monday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Even if it doesn't make landfall, hurricane force winds can extend outward 45 miles, and tropical storm force winds can extend out 140 miles, which could devastate the coastline and cut power in the Florida peninsula.

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noun

an expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster.

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