LATEST on Hurricane Dorian: • Maximum sustained winds are near 85mph; hurricane-force winds extend out to 15 miles • Rainfall may cause life-threatening flash floods, NHC says
In Polk County, in central Florida southwest of Orlando, officials were sounding the alarm about the potential for devastating floods when Dorian dumps its rain on wetlands already waterlogged by this summer's weather.
Quinton Whitmire lives along Crooked Lake near Lake Wales, and his dock and the beach in front of his home are already underwater before Dorian even arrives. But he also warned that it wasn't clear so far in advance exactly how Dorian would develop, and he urged,"Please know your evacuation zone." "It's time to start meeting and talking about the potential impact over the next five days," he said.
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