August 30, 2019 1:57 pm

Hurricane Dorian Latest: Florida Bracing For Powerful Storm

Unsure of where Hurricane Dorian might strike, Florida residents watched the increasingly dire forecast with a sense of helplessness Friday and braced for what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state’s east coast in nearly 30 years. 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. The president on Friday issued an emergency declaration for the state of Florida, ordering federal assistance to supplement state and local efforts responding to Dorian.

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