'This is going to be a major hurricane and we just hope everybody stays safe, don't put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point.'
‘This thing’s powerful. If you’re inside, just hunker down until it gets past you.‘Storm surges are expected to reach up to 16ft in some areas – that level of storm surge is life threatening.
‘Do not go outside in the midst of this storm. If it’s calm where you are, it may be because you’re in the eye of the storm and those conditions will change very, very quickly.’A Category 3 storm is the first on the scale considered a major hurricane and the National Hurricane Centre says a Category 4 storm brings ‘catastrophic damage’.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently said the 2023 hurricane season would be far busier than initially forecast, partly because of extremely warm ocean temperatures.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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