The National Hurricane Center said that Dorian, which was a Category 3 storm as of early Friday afternoon, is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 — with winds of almost 140 mph — and slam the coast of Florida late Monday or early Tuesday.
President Donald Trump — whose Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach was in the crosshairs — warned it could be an “absolute monster.”
“All indications are it’s going to hit very hard and it’s going to be very big,” Trump said in a tweeted video, comparing Dorian to Hurricane Andrew, which obliterated thousands of homes south of Miami with winds topping 165 mph in 1992.
See how people in Dorian’s path are preparing for the oncoming storm.
