Dorian strengthens as it hurtles toward Florida, but could shift north along coast - USA TODAY
Dorian strengthens as it hurtles toward Florida, but could shift north along coast - USA TODAY |
- Dorian strengthens as it hurtles toward Florida, but could shift north along coast - USA TODAY
- Hurricane Dorian intensifies as it heads for US - CNN
- Hurricane Dorian: Daytona Beach, Orlando airport cancel flights - USA TODAY
- What Do New Citizenship Rules For Kids Of U.S. Military, Workers Abroad Mean? - NPR
| Dorian strengthens as it hurtles toward Florida, but could shift north along coast - USA TODAY Posted: 31 Aug 2019 05:14 AM PDT As a strengthening Hurricane Dorian hurtled toward Florida on Saturday, a new tracking forecast suggested the storm could move east of the Sunshine State. But forecasters warned Floridians not to ease up on preparations for a devastating storm early next week. The National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EST advisory that Dorian, packing near 145 mph winds as a Category 4 "major" hurricane, was located about 445 miles east of West Palm Beach and moving west at 12 mph. The NHC said the latest track suggested that the core of Dorian should move over the Atlantic well north of the southeastern and central Bahamas Saturday and near or over the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday. That would put it near the Florida east coast late Monday. Stay updated on Dorian this weekend: Get USA TODAY's Daily Briefing in your inbox With the track in flux, the NHC also said the risk of strong winds and life-threatening surge was increasing along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina during the middle of next week. "It should be noted that the new forecast track does not preclude Dorian making landfall on the Florida coast, as large portions of the coast remain in the track cone of uncertainty," the Hurricane Center said. Officials in Brevard and Martin counties on Florida's east coast announced mandatory evacuations for residents of barrier islands and low-laying areas in advance of Hurricane Dorian, beginning Sunday morning. Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded state of emergency declarations throughout all of Florida's 67 counties and warned Floridians to have a hurricane plan in place. CLOSE  Gov. Ron DeSantis with the latest on Hurricane Dorian from the Florida Department of Emergency Management. Tallahassee Democrat Shoppers were lining up to buy supplies and water as waits at gas stations grew. Some scattered fuel shortages were reported Friday. Sandbags were also being distributed by local governments. National guard troops are expected to be deployed in the comings days, too. President Donald Trump, who canceled a trip to Poland to monitor the storm from Camp David, also declared a state of emergency to facilitate federal recovery efforts for the storm's potential destruction. A prolonged period of storm surge, high winds, and rainfall is possible in portions of Florida into next week, including the possibility of hurricane-force winds over inland portions of the Florida peninsula. Heavy rains, capable of life-threatening flash floods, are expected over portions of the Bahamas and coastal sections of the southeastern United States this weekend through much of next week. Forecaster said some areas could get up to a foot of rain, with isolated areas hit by up to 15 inches. "You're looking at a potentially significant water event throughout portions of the state," DeSantis told reporters Friday. Tropical storm conditions with high-powered winds could arrive as early as Saturday night. Florida Power and Light, which operates more than 48,000 miles of overhead power lines, activated its emergency response plan and will have nearly 13,000 employees on hand to restore power after the storm, the utility said in a news release Friday. It was also working with utilities across the country to secure additional resources and position crew before the storm hits. Florida residents scrambled to get last minute provisions. Josefine Larrauri, a retired translator, told the Associated Press that she went to a Publix supermarket in Miami only to find empty shelves in the water section. "I feel helpless because the whole coast is threatened," she told the news agency. "What's the use of going all the way to Georgia if it can land there?" Lauren Harvey, 51, in Vero Beach, told the AP this was her first hurricane alone in Florida and that she felt unprepared. "I just moved here, so I'm lost," she said. "I don't know what I'm going to do." In the Bahamas, a direct hit was likely Sunday into Monday. Storm surge there could reach as much as 10 to 15 feet above normal tide levels with onshore winds. Large, destructive waves are also likely, the hurricane center says. Major cruise lines began rerouting ships and airlines began allowing travelers to change their reservations without an extra charge. Contributing: Doyle Rice and Ryan Miller, USA TODAY. The Associated Press Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/31/hurricane-dorian-storm-strengthens-path-toward-florida/2177471001/  |
| Hurricane Dorian intensifies as it heads for US - CNN Posted: 31 Aug 2019 02:17 AM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement Friday night about sending resources to Florida ahead of Hurricane Dorian: "As Hurricane Dorian continues to gather strength on its path toward the US, we are preparing for every possible scenario and stand ready to assist Florida and any other community impacted by the storm. "... We are deploying an Incident Management Team of 26 personnel to Florida, 25 of whom are state employees from a number of agencies. "The team will depart to Tallahassee on Sunday morning and will be further deployed as needed. State police remain on standby with equipment and supplies secured and ready to be packed into trucks if they are requested. "We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will do everything we can to help during these difficult times. To our friends and neighbors in Florida: stay safe."  |
| Hurricane Dorian: Daytona Beach, Orlando airport cancel flights - USA TODAY Posted: 30 Aug 2019 01:59 PM PDT CLOSE The International Space Station captured Hurricane Dorian as it pushes toward Florida. USA TODAY As Hurricane Dorian approaches, Daytona Beach International Airport and Orlando International Airport have announced they will be shutting down in the early morning hours of Labor Day. . "Daytona Beach International Airport's terminal will close after the last flight departs Sunday night," announced an airport press release on Friday. "When weather conditions worsen, the airfield will be open only for emergencies. There will be no flights beginning Monday until further notice." News of Daytona Beach International Airport's upcoming closure follows a similar announcement from its sister airport in Orlando. Keep up with Dorian this weekend: Get USA TODAY's Daily Briefing in your inbox "Orlando International Airport plans to cease commercial flight operations on Monday, September 2, 2019 at 2 a.m.," the airport tweeted on Friday afternoon. "The latest update will always be pinned to top of our page. Travelers: Check with their airline for flight updates." In an additional statement posted along with the tweet, the airport wrote that it made the decision "out of an abundance of caution" following a meeting with the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority executive leadership and emergency management leaders, airline officials, the FAA, TSA Air Traffic Control Tower representatives and more. Hurricane Dorian headed toward the United States and strengthened to a 115-mph, Category 3 "major" hurricane Friday ahead of its expected landfall Monday into Tuesday along Florida's east coast, forecasters say. The storm was slowly turning west on Friday as it makes it way back toward land and is expected to strengthen in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said. Dorian is then forecast to slam the southeastern United States as a possible Category 4 storm. Forecasters say Dorian will likely slow down considerably as it approaches Florida, allowing for heavy rainfall, dangerous winds and life-threatening storm surge to linger. Major airlines are capping prices on fares out of Florida and adding additional capacity to flight routes as Hurricane Dorian approaches the U.S. Several airlines, which had already waived change fees for Caribbean flights, have added multiple Florida airports to their Hurricane Dorian alerts. Hurricane Dorian: What's the forecast for Florida vacation spots? Hurricane Dorian travel guide: What to know if you're flying or cruising Labor Day weekend Contributing: Ryan W. Miller, Sara Moniuszko, Jayme Deerwester, Cydney Henderson Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2019/08/30/hurricane-dorian-orlando-airport-cancels-labor-day-flights/2168042001/  |
| What Do New Citizenship Rules For Kids Of U.S. Military, Workers Abroad Mean? - NPR Posted: 29 Aug 2019 11:44 AM PDT  A new Trump administration policy on citizenship for children born abroad may affect only a small fraction of U.S. service members and government employees, but its announcement drew anger. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption  A new Trump administration policy on citizenship for children born abroad may affect only a small fraction of U.S. service members and government employees, but its announcement drew anger. Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe children of some U.S. military members and government workers overseas will have a harder time getting citizenship under a Trump administration policy announced Wednesday. The changes will affect a relatively small number of people. But the announcement touched off widespread confusion and outrage — with immigrant and veterans' advocates questioning why the administration would change the rules for people who are serving their country. The administration scrambled to clarify that the vast majority of children born to U.S. citizens while they are are serving or working abroad will still get citizenship automatically. For certain other groups, under the new policy, there will be a more complicated application process. In some cases, parents will have to apply for a visa to legally bring their child to the U.S. and establish residency before applying for citizenship. Those groups include:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency in charge of legal immigration, has not said how many families would be affected by the new policy. Immigration experts believe it's likely a few hundred people per year — a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. service members and government employees stationed overseas. The change left some in the military community confused and angry.  "That is an abominable and anti-patriotic position for the Trump Administration to take," said Will Goodwin, a U.S. Army veteran and director of government relations for VoteVets, a liberal advocacy group for veterans. "Tonight, there's someone likely on patrol in a war zone, or at an embassy, who is scared to death that their child is no longer a citizen, just because they were born overseas," Godwin said in a statement. "The stress and strain that this is causing military families is a cruelty that one would never expect from a Commander in Chief." The complicated text of the policy announcement itself — coupled with unclear and contradictory guidance from USCIS — contributed to widespread confusion. Some media outlets erroneously reported that the children of all U.S. service members or federal employees who are born overseas would no longer become citizens automatically. That prompted a response from Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of USCIS.  "This policy update does not affect who is born a U.S. citizen, period," Cuccinelli said. "This only affects children who were born outside the United States and were not U.S. citizens. This does NOT impact birthright citizenship. This policy update does not deny citizenship to the children of US government employees or members of the military born abroad." Immigrant advocates acknowledge the impact of the change has been widely overstated. Nonetheless, they accuse Cuccinelli of downplaying the serious consequences of the policy change for the service members and government employees who are affected. "Why are we doing this? What problem are we trying to solve, except create concern and fear in this population of people?" asked Ur Jaddou, who served as chief counsel at USCIS during the Obama administration and now heads DHS Watch, an immigrant advocacy organization.  USCIS says it issued the new guidance because its previous policy conflicted with guidance issued by the State Department. But Jaddou is not convinced. "If you go back in the last 2 1/2 years there is a systemic attempt to narrow the circumstances ... to limit the number of people who can enter the country. And now achieve citizenship through their parents," she said.  |
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