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VIDEO: Florida Braces For Direct Hit After Strengthening Dorian Spares Puerto Rico VIDEO: Florida Braces For Direct Hit After Strengthening Dorian Spares Puerto Rico
Video: Florida Braces For Direct Hit After Strengthening Dorian Spares Puerto Rico Dorian spared Puerto Rico on Wednesday but threatened to become a major hurricane that could slam directly into the Florida coast on Labor Day. By then, forecasters said, the Category 1 storm could rise to Category 3, with winds stronger than 111 miles an hour. Georgia and South Carolina were also potential targets, they said. As always, forecasts are never precisely correct, so it won’t be until Thursday, the earliest, before the potential impact on the U.S. will be more certainly known. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nonetheless declared a state of emergency on Wednesday while urging coastal…

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by Jerry DeMarco