They put hurricane shutters in place as Emera Maine dispatches repair crews to Florida and the American Red Cross of Maine sends volunteers to the Southeast.
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Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 hurricane
The slow-crawling storm was forecast to turn sharply and skirt toward the U.S. coast, staying just off Florida and Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday and then buffeting the Carolinas on Thursday.
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Hurricane Dorian remains strong as Category 4 with 150 mph winds
Possible paths for the storm’s center exclude Broward and Miami-Dade counties but include the rest of the Florida east coast.
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Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago resort in Hurricane Dorian’s path
The National Hurricane Center’s most recent track for Dorian places Mar-a-Lago in the crosshairs of a possible Category 4 storm with winds of almost 140 mph.
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Fierce Category 4 Dorian menaces Bahamas on its way to Florida
But forecasters are still uncertain whether the hurricane will make a direct hit on the state’s east coast or inflict a glancing blow.
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‘A big deal’: Florida braces for Hurricane Dorian
The National Hurricane Center says the Category 1 storm is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 with winds of 130 mph.
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Hurricane Dorian aims for U.S. after causing limited damage in Caribbean
The storm is expected to grow in size and could land anywhere from South Florida to South Carolina on Sunday or Monday.
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Puerto Rico braces for rain, power outages with Dorian expected to strengthen
Around 30,000 homes have had blue tarps as roofs since Hurricane Maria devastated the island, and forecasters warn that rain will be the biggest problem.