Hurricane Dorian strengthens to Category 2. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 mph, according to NHC.
's winds topped Category 2 strength late Thursday with the potential to become an"extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm as it barreled toward the southeastern United States, forecasters said.
"It's going to be this big, bad, intense storm — wherever it hits, it's going to do catastrophic wind damage," said Bill Karins, a meteorologist for NBC News.Karins said late Thursday that forecast tracks suggested that Dorian could approach the Florida coast as slowly as 4 mph to 5 mph.
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