Florida on edge as Hurricane Dorian becomes a major Category 3 storm
by Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times
Aug 30, 2019
4 minutes
ATLANTA - Hurricane Dorian continued to gain strength Friday, becoming a major Category 3 storm with 115 mph winds as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean and threatened to strike Florida's east coast with a force it hasn't experienced in decades.
The National Hurricane Center expects Dorian to make landfall early Tuesday as a potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm. The center's projected track shows the storm slamming into West Palm Beach in central Florida, but meteorologists warned its track could change over the next few days.
For now, Florida's entire eastern coastline, including Miami and Jacksonville, remain in Dorian's "cone of uncertainty" and face the prospect
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