McLEAN’S TOWN CAY, Bahamas — Nearly 1,000 flights are canceled in Florida on Labor Day as Hurricane Dorian barrels toward the US East Coast.
The flight tracking site FlightAware lists 990 cancellations into or out of airports in Orlando, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and Palm Beach.
As of around 7 a.m. Monday, the center of the Category 5 storm is around 35 miles (56 kilometers) east-northeast of Freeport on Grand Bahama and 120 miles (193 kilometers) east of West Palm Beach, Florida. Top sustained winds remain at 165 mph (265 kph).
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says that although the official forecast does not show Dorian making landfall in Florida, the hurricane could deviate from that prediction and move very near or over the coast.
The center also says the likelihood is increasing of strong winds and dangerous storm surge along the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina later this week.
— AP
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