Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas, pummeling the islands with so much wind and water that authorities urged people to find floatation devices and grab hammers to break out of their attics if necessary. At least five deaths were blamed on the storm.
Minnesota and western Wisconsin could see some strong to severe thunderstorms Monday evening and overnight Monday night. A shift in Hurricane Dorian’s track puts eastern Florida at risk.
Portions of Minnesota and Wisconsin could see some severe weather late Monday and Monday night. Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 5 hurricane, and its track will be watched closely over the next few days by Floridians and residents of Georgia and the Carolinas.
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 185 mph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered down in schools, churches and shelters.
Our Sunday will be a bit cooler than normal, but it’ll feel summery in parts of Minnesota on Labor Day. There’ll be a severe thunderstorm chance in parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin late Monday and Monday night. The forecast track for Hurricane Dorian has been updated.
No matter where it makes landfall, forecasters say the category 4 hurricane will bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane-force winds to the southeast United States.
Sometimes the aurora is a low, green arc sitting still on the horizon. Sometimes it visibly ripples across the sky, like moving pages of a book. Sometimes it pulses here, then there, then over there — like an ethereal game of whack-a-mole.
Our three-day holiday weekend will start out feeling like autumn, but many areas will have summery temperatures and dew points on Labor Day. Hurricane Dorian's forecast track has shifted again.
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