Dorian Gains Strength

September 4, 2019 4:17 am

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) –  Hurricane Dorian has strengthened a little as it tracks up the Southeast seaboard off Georgia.  The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Dorian’s top sustained winds are back up to 110 mph.  Dorian is a Category 2 hurricane with its eye located about 150 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina. The storm is moving to the north-northwest at 8 mph.  Forecasters say a tropical storm warning has been issued from North Carolina and the Virginia border to Chincoteague, Virginia, and for Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point southward.  Dorian slammed into the northern Bahamas earlier this week as a Category 5 storm, the strongest hurricane on record ever to hit the islands. At least seven deaths in the Bahamas have been reported by authorities, but they leave little doubt the toll will rise further amid scenes of wide devastation on some of the islands.