(TWC) – A hurricane warning has been issued for a portion of Florida’s east coast as Dorian crawls over the northwestern Bahamas as a Category 5. The dangerous hurricane is still a threat to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. Dorian made its first landfall on Elbow Cay, in the Abacos of the northwestern Bahamas, at 12:40 p.m. EDT Sunday. It then made a second landfall on Great Abaco Island near Marsh Harbour at 2 p.m. EDT Sunday. Maximum sustained winds remain at 185 mph,
putting Dorian in a tie for the second-highest sustained wind speed among all Atlantic hurricanes. It also tied the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane in the Florida Keys as the strongest landfalling hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. Dorian was upgraded to Category 5 status Sunday morning after an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter mission confirmed winds had increased to above 157 mph. The northwestern Bahamas are still taking the brunt of Dorian’s eyewall. A wind gust to 100 mph was reported in Hope Town, in the Abacos of the northwestern Bahamas, according to the National Hurricane Center. CONTINUE
