Hurricane Dorian
Melania Trump, Karen Pence highlight disaster preparedness and meet with troops
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Melania Trump and Karen Pence visited South Carolina to receive a briefing on the emergency and humanitarian efforts made by the military in a state where both are often needed in the course of the active hurricane season. For a few hours in and around Joint Base ...
Michael Jordan is donating $1 million to hurricane relief in Bahamas
The owner of Hornets and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan is pledging $1 million to organizations supporting Bahama relief attempts of Hurricane Dorian. In a statement Tuesday, sept. 10, on Twitter, Jordan said through his spokeswoman, Estee Portnoy, that he was "devastated" by the Bahamas destruction, adding "my heart goes out ...
Trump Administration will offer Temporary Protected Status to Bahamian applicants
President Donald Trump said his administration is working to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to people from the Bahamas following the destruction caused by Hurrican Dorian. The president made statements to reporters at the White House on Sept. 9, clarifying that there would be a careful study of the documentation and ...
Blind Bahamian carried his disabled son to safety during ferocious Hurricane Dorian
Brent Lowe, a blind man from the Bahamas, managed to do the extraordinary and carry his son, who has cerebral palsy and cannot walk, to safety after Hurricane Dorian blew the roof off his house on Abaco. Lowe, 49 years old, alongside his 24-year-old son, his sister-in-law, some relatives, and neighbors ...
North Carolina Officials say Dorian has finally left the state
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said on Friday that "finally hurricane Dorian has left North Carolina," adding that the storm surge had left behind damage and inundated Ocracoke Island. Officials on North Carolina's Ocracoke Island are initiating efforts to evacuate residents. The island is accessible only by boat or air and has ...
American flag holds on tight to pole during Hurricane Dorian
A U.S. flag is holding strong in the face of violent weather at Frying Pan Tower off the coast of North Carolina. A livestream from Explore.org shows the U.S. flag holding tight on a flag pole 34 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. The flag was buffeted by Hurricane ...
President Trump says ready to assist Carolinas, Georgia ahead of ominous Dorian
In three phone calls in a row, President Donald Trump told the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia that his administration is tracking Hurricane Dorian and ready to offer help to these states. In the first of the tweets late on Thursday, Sept. 5, President Trump said he “just ...
Official death toll in the Bahamas ‘could be staggering’
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis describes the destruction in the wake of Hurricane Dorian as, “The greatest natural disaster in the islands’ history.” Bahamas Health Minister Duane Sands is warning that the actual death toll in the islands after Hurricane Dorian “could be staggering." While the known death toll currently stands at ...
President Trump showed a map with originally projected Dorian’s path extended toward Alabama
President Trump on Wednesday, Sept. 4, showed the map with original path of Hurricane Dorian during an Oval Office briefing on the administration's efforts to monitor and respond to the hurricane as it was approaching to the East Coast. The map he displayed included what appeared to be a hand-drawn ...
President Trump Exposes Fake News Media
President Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday, Sept. 4, to point out the positive accomplishments that he has achieved so far for America. The president said these are the facts that would be ignored by CNN on Wednesday's nights climate forum. The president tweeted the following 8 facts - 1.Which country ...
Florida man parks Smart car in kitchen so it won’t blow away during Hurricane Dorian
A Jacksonville man in Florida parked his Smart car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian because he didn't want it to "blow away"—and to prove that he can park his car there. In a Facebook post, Jessica Eldridge said her car was parked in the garage. To avoid ...
Hurrican Dorian reaches the coast of South Carolina with Category 2 wind speeds
Hurricane Dorian has moved within approximately 130 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, as of 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, bringing the threat of high storm surge and flooding to the low-lying coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center is warning that storm surge along the ...
26 kilos of cocaine wash up on Florida beach during Hurricane Dorian, police say
Rain and wind are not the only things that Hurricane Dorian is pushing onto Florida's shores. As the storm started crawling along the east coast of the state on Tuesday, Sept. 3, police said somebody found a suspicious package on a beach that turned out to be a brick of cocaine. Police ...
President Trump signs emergency declaration for North Carolina ahead Hurricane Dorian
Preparing for the worst scenario that Hurricane Dorian may cause for North Carolina, President Donald Trump said he had granted a federal emergency declaration for the state following a request from Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). “At the request of Senator Thom Tillis, I am getting the North Carolina Emergency Declaration completed ...
6-year-old South Carolina boy gives up Disney birthday trip to give foods for Dorian evacuees
Standing along Highway 125 in South Carolina with two handcrafted signs on each end of the highway, 6-year-old Jermaine Bell wants to make sure he got Hurricane Dorian evacuees' attention. Next to the sign is a booth full of hot dogs, chips, and water to serve to coastal South Carolina evacuees. ...
In photos: ‘Total devastation’ when Hurricane Dorian slams parts of the Bahamas
Relief officials reported that parts of the Bahamas lay in utter ruin as they rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm ever to hit the islands. Five deaths have been reported with the full extent of the disaster still ...
Hurricane Dorian downgraded to Category 3 storm, Florida gets ready
Hurricane Dorian, the monster of a storm that has battered for the last 24 hrs parts of the Bahamas, has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm as it remains stationary near Grand Bahama. At 1 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center said in a news release that the storm is ...
Trump blasted ABC News for making ‘a big deal’ over reporting Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama
President Trump on Monday, Sept. 2, blasted ABC News when the news outlet reported an earlier tweet from the president saying Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama. "Such a phony hurricane report by lightweight reporter @jonkarl of @ABCWorldNews. I suggested yesterday at FEMA that, along with Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North ...
Photos captured inside eye of Hurricane Dorian
Despite catastrophic winds from Hurricane Dorian, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) still flew its aircraft into the eye of the storm to get an exact forecast. On its mission on Sunday, Sept. 1, NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft Kermit captured rare images from inside the eye of Hurricane Dorian. A stunning ...
In photos: Dorian slams Bahamas with record-setting force, eyes Florida
In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars, and toppled power poles in its wake. The storm's top sustained winds decreased slightly to 165 mph as ...

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