(SS) – Hurricane Dorian strengthened unexpectedly to Category 5 force Sunday morning, with top sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in an 8 a.m. update. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter airplane penetrated the storm’s eye and found winds had reached a “catastrophic” speed of 160 mph, with higher gusts, as the storm’s core approached the Abacos islands of the Bahamas, the hurricane center said.
The hurricane’s predicted path moved slightly toward Florida Sunday morning, putting parts of South Florida back within the danger zone for possible landfall. South Florida remains at the left edge of the cone of uncertainty, indicating the likely course of the storm’s center, and the cone’s center remains well offshore and aimed at the Carolinas. But Florida remains under the threat of a direct hit, the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 a.m. Sunday update. READ MORE
