JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET
SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO
OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
OTHER HURRICANE STORIES
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Only animals can live here': Storm victims await evacuation-[Associated Press]-MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN-September 8, 2019
ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — Carrying their meager possessions in duffel bags and shopping carts, hundreds of desperate storm victims gathered at the port in Grand Abaco on Friday in hopes of getting off the hurricane-devastated island, amid signs of rising frustration over the pace of the disaster-relief effort."It's chaos here," said Gee Rolle, a 44-year-old construction worker who waited with his wife for a boat that could take them to the capital, Nassau. "The government is trying their best, but at the same time, I don't think they're doing a good enough job to evacuate the people. It ain't livable for nobody. Only animals can live here."The Bahamian Health Ministry said helicopters and boats were on the way, but officials warned of delays because of severe flooding.The search for victims and survivors went on, meanwhile, five days after Dorian slammed the Bahamas with 185 mph (295 kph) winds that obliterated countless homes. Health Minister Duane Sands reported late Friday that the official death toll had been raised to 43 from 30. "We expect it to rise," Sands added in a text message to The Associated Press.At the port, some of those who lined up behind a yellow cloth tape arrived as early as 1 a.m., hoping to get to Nassau."It's going to get crazy soon," said Serge Simon, 39, who drives an ice truck and waited with his wife and two sons, 5 months old and 4. "There's no food, no water. There are bodies in the water. People are going to start getting sick."There were no government-organized evacuations yet, but the Royal Bahamas Defense Force helped people board a 139-foot (42-meter) ferry that had come to pick up its employees and had room for an additional 160 people. The crowd waited calmly as marines separated women and children to let them board first.Also, a barge that had dropped off port-a-potties and heavy equipment in Abaco took some 300 people to Nassau.Prime Minister Hubert Minnis spoke to the crowd at the port, using a Creole interpreter for a group of Haitians awaiting evacuation, and assured them: "All of you will be treated with respect."Minnis said he was satisfied with the speed of the government's response and told the storm victims, "All I need you to do is just be patient and wait because everybody is coming."Officials said all ports had reopened.An international company that owns an oil terminal on Grand Bahama said damage by the storm had resulted in a significant oil spill on the surrounding ground but added that so far there was no sign of leakage into the sea. The company, Equinor, which is majority-owned by Norway's government, said it had not yet determined how much oil had leaked from the tanks, which can hold 6.75 million gallons of crude oil and condensate.An array of organizations, countries and companies — including the United Nations, the U.S. government, the British Royal Navy, American Airlines and Royal Caribbean — have mobilized to send in food, water, generators, roof tarps, diapers, flashlights and other supplies.The U.S. Coast Guard said it had rescued 239 people in the Bahamas and was still conducting search missions.On hard-hit Grand Bahama Island, a long line formed at a cruise ship that had docked to distribute food and water. Among those waiting was Wellisy Taylor, a 65-year-old housewife."What we have to do as Bahamians, we have to band together. If your brother needs sugar, you're going to have to give him sugar. If you need cream, they'll have to give you cream," she said. "That's how I grew up. That's the Bahamas that I know."___Associated Press writers Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Marko Alvarez in Freeport, Bahamas; Carlton Nixon in Abaco; and Kelli Kennedy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
As Dorian approaches, some N.S. communities fear for aging wharfs-[CBC]-September 8, 2019
With people across Atlantic Canada bracing for the impact of Hurricane Dorian, some communities in southwest Nova Scotia are concerned it could spell trouble for their aging wharfs.Fishermen and harbour managers are spending much of the time before Dorian's arrival taking boats out of the water and securing lines.But in many cases, the most vulnerable infrastructure can't be moved, and some harbour authorities are worried their wharfs will be no match for pounding surf and a storm surge.Max Kenney, the harbourmaster at Cape Sable Island, said the wharfs on the eastern side of the island could be ripped apart by the storm.'So decayed it just won't hold' "If the vessels are tied to them, they could tear the posts off the wharf," he told CBC's Information Morning. "They don't actually break the posts no more, they just rip the bolts right out through the cement [of the wharf], which is so decayed it just won't hold."Kenney said the eastern wharfs are over 60 years old, need major repairs and he worries they're only one storm away from disaster."They've seen a lot of storms," he said.In preparation for Dorian, most of the boats on the eastern side of Cape Sable Island have been moved to the western side where it's more sheltered.For Kevin Doane, board member of the Ingomar Harbour Authority, these are familiar concerns."Our wharf is 70 years old, it needs a lot of work," he said. "We're looking at a catastrophe one of these days."Doane said because lobster boats are so much bigger than they used to be, the old wharfs are no longer adequate and are more vulnerable to damage in bad weather."Our boats are three times the size they were 20 years ago," he said.In past storms, water has pooled on the wharf, creating dangerous conditions for fishermen tending to their boats.But Doane said one of the biggest concerns at Ingomar is the rock wall protecting the harbour, which he said is too low and only extends partway across the harbour, leaving an opening for boats to get in and out.Doane said in bad weather, water rushes in through the opening and creates a "whirlpool" in the harbour that knocks the boats around."My boat personally, I've busted the curbs three times," he said. "I have to move now, I can't leave my boat where my designated spot is because the other boats have been busted up."Many boats already out of the water-For fishermen on the South Shore, the timing of Dorian is fortunate, all things considered.Because it isn't currently lobster season, many boats aren't in the water. But even if this isn't the storm that spells disaster, Doane fears that disaster is coming."With some of the wharfs, especially as exposed as Ingomar is, the boats and everything would be destroyed," he said.In the meantime, he said boats at Ingomar would be staying put, as the closest safe harbour is two hours away and already overcrowded, which means Doane and other boat owners will be riding out the storm at the wharf."We'll be over there most of the night, making sure our lines don't break," he said.
Dorian hits Canada's Atlantic coast, knocks out power, downs a crane-[Reuters]-September 7, 2019-By John Morris
(Adds that Dorian reclassified as a tropical storm)-HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Dorian slammed into Canada's Atlantic coast on Saturday, knocking down trees, cutting power, and blowing over a large construction crane in downtown Halifax, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia.The government will deploy the military to help with recovery efforts after the storm passes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Twitter. Local authorities urged anyone who lived close to the seashore to evacuate as a precaution.Dorian was reclassified to a very intense post-tropical storm as it lost a defined eye as it passed over Halifax though wind speeds of 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour) were equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said."The safety of Canadians is our number one priority and we're ready to help Atlantic Canada through this storm," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter.More than 330,000 people in the province have lost power, Nova Scotia Power said, but there were no reports of injuries due to the storm."We're kind of hunkered down, and we can see all of the trees that are waving around," said Danielle Horne, 32, who lives on the eighth floor of an apartment building in Halifax."There's definitely a little bit of nervousness for my car, which is parked outside," she said.During the afternoon, Dorian knocked trees onto houses in the city, blew off at least one roof, and toppled a large crane from the top of a building under construction.Dorian ripped into the Bahamas earlier this week with Category 5 winds and some gusts topping 200 miles per hour (320 kph), leaving a trail of destruction and death, with 43 confirmed dead and the number expected to spike in coming days.The storm pounded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks Islands on Friday.On Saturday, winds picked up to 100 miles per hour (160 kph) early in the day, making it a Category 2 hurricane, but it weakened as it neared Canada's coast.After Nova Scotia, Dorian is expected to move toward Prince Edward Island and on Sunday reach Newfoundland, the Canadian Hurricane Centre projected. (Writing by Steve Scherer in Ottawa Editing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman)
Living conditions 'rapidly deteriorating' after storm in Bahamas -aid group-[Reuters]-September 7, 2019-By Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson
(Adds quote from North Carolina, updates storm position)-NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced people are living in "rapidly deteriorating" conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Saturday.The warning came as aid groups rushed emergency help to the storm-ravaged islands and officials warned a death toll of 43 was likely to spike higher as the number of missing among the archipelago nation's 400,000 residents becomes clear.Even as the aid ships and aircraft headed in, thousands fled the devastation, some abandoning hard-hit Great Abaco Island to seek safety in the capital, Nassau, and others heading to Florida for shelter, supplies and perhaps jobs.Some 90 percent of the homes, buildings and infrastructure in Marsh Harbour, where Dorian rampaged for almost two full days as one of the strongest Caribbean hurricanes on record, were damaged, the World Food Programme said. It noted that thousands of people were living in a government building, a medical center and an Anglican church that survived the storms, but had little to no access to water, power and sanitary facilities."The needs remain enormous," WFP spokesman Herve Verhoosel said in an email Saturday. "Evacuations are slowly taking place by ferry, as hundreds of residents reportedly flee daily."One of those who fled Abaco was 19-year-old Isaiah Johnson, who was staying in a hotel in Nassau with his mother and three sisters after the storm's 200 mile per hour (320 kph) winds destroyed their homes.A wealthy friend had paid for a two-week stay, but after that it was unclear where they would go.His mother was already searching for work in the United States, Johnson said, reckoning that jobs would be hard to find in Nassau."Two weeks might be enough time for me to figure things out," Johnson said on Saturday. "For my mom, I'm not so sure."A cruise ship with more than 1,000 evacuees arrived in south Florida on Saturday. Some had small children or aging relatives who they hoped to find safe lodging for before returning to try to repair or rebuild their island homes.The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were shipping in relief supplies and had already rescued some 290 people from isolated areas in the islands. The U.S. Agency for International Development said it raised its allocation of aid to the Bahamas by $1 million, to $2.8 million in total and had moved enough emergency supplies for 44,000 people to the islands.Some 70,000 people were in need of food and shelter, the WFP estimated, and private forecasters estimated that some $3 billion in insured property was destroyed or damaged in the Caribbean.Dorian pounded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks Islands on Friday. On Saturday, Sue Jones, a 22-year resident of the town of Frisco on the islands, said a storm surge sent 14 to 16 inches (36 to 40 cm) of water into the lowest level of her home, and she spent the day cutting sheetrock from the walls and clearing out water.By 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT), Dorian was a still-powerful post-tropical cyclone with 100 mile per hour (160 kph) winds, equivalent to the wind speed of a Category 2 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.It was located about 50 miles (80 km) south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, at that time and due to make landfall in the next few hours, the NHC said.Dorian hit the Bahamas earlier in the week with Category 5 winds, with some gusts topping 200 miles per hour (320 kph).LARGE NUMBER OF DEAD FEARED-The medical chief of staff at Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, Dr. Caroline Burnett-Garraway, said two refrigerated, 40-foot trucks would be needed to hold the "staggering" number of bodies that were expected to be found.The American Red Cross said it had committed an initial $2 million to help the Bahamas recover from the hurricane, with food, water and shelter and other necessities."Our relief operation is growing, but we are also facing serious challenges in terms of delivering aid," Red Cross spokeswoman Jennifer Eli said. "Even search-and-rescue choppers haven't been able to reach some people because there's no place to land."Near an area called The Mudd in Marsh Harbour, a commercial hub, a Reuters witness reported most houses leveled, the body of a man lying near a main street and dead dogs floating in water.The risk of outbreaks of diarrhea and waterborne diseases is high as drinking water may be tainted with sewage, according to the Pan American Health Organization.Travis Newton, a 32-year-old carpenter who survived the storm in Marsh Harbour, said he arrived in Nassau on Saturday morning with his family, trying to find a safe place to live.He said residents of the town foraged for food and water in the wreckage of damaged stores after the storm passed."We had to survive, we had to make it happen, we had to find food, water, where we were aid couldn't get to us, we had to find what we could from the damaged stores," Newton said. "Everybody needs to get out of that place."(Reporting by Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson in Nassau, Additional reporting by Dante Carrer and Marco Bello in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Amanda Becker in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina and Rich McKay in Atlanta; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman)
UPDATE SEPT 6,19-9:45AM
THERE SAYING AT LEAST 2,000 PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN THE BAHAMAS AFTER THE HURRICANE DESTROYED MOST OF BAHAMAS.AND LAST HOUR THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE HIT LAND IN CAROLINA AT A ONE HURRICANE.
Korean Peninsula awaits typhoon; dozens of flights canceled-[Associated Press]-September 6, 2019
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of flights were canceled and parks were closed in South Korea on Friday as powerful Typhoon Lingling gained momentum on its path toward the Korean Peninsula.The Korea Meteorological Association said the typhoon is expected to pass off the west coast of South Korea on Saturday afternoon before making landfall in North Korea on Saturday evening. The agency warned of possible flooding, landslides and structure damage caused by strong rains combined with very strong winds expected nationwide until early Sunday.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said "all the fields and units of the country are taking strict measures for preventing damage from flood and rainy winds."The storm was 300 kilometers (185 miles) southwest of the southern resort island of Jeju as of Friday evening, moving north at 33 kilometers (20 miles) per hour with winds of up to 155 kilometers (96 miles) per hour, the South Korean weather agency said.South Korea's transport ministry said 80 flights were canceled at Jeju International Airport as of Friday evening and that more flights are expected to be canceled nationwide as the typhoon approaches. The education ministry said about 300 schools in Jeju sent children home early on Friday to help their families prepare for the typhoon.Seoul closed public parks and zoos starting Friday evening and a city official said they will remain closed through Sunday.
British woman rescued in Bahamas amid fears Dorian's death toll will be 'staggering'-[The Telegraph]-September 6, 2019
A British woman who had been trapped beneath the rubble for days in one of Bahama’s worst hit islands has been rescued by the Royal Navy.The unnamed woman was taken on board a ship and stabilised before being airlifted to hospital in Nassau, the capital of the island nation, where they were receiving treatment on Thursday night.She is one of the thousands of people who were awaiting rescue on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have been largely flattened by Hurricane Dorian.The death toll on Thursday night stood at 30, but it is feared that it will be significantly higher as people search for their missing loved ones."Let me say that I believe the number (dead) will be staggering," Health Minister Duane Sands was quoted by The Nassau Guardian as telling Guardian radio. "... I have never lived through anything like this and I don’t want to live through anything like this again."The RFA Mounts Bay crew, which have been stationed in the Caribbean since June in preparation for hurricane season, have so far delivered shelter kits, ration packs and water.The Royal Navy said its Wildcat helicopter also evacuated an American woman along with her two children and a baby to Nassau.The Wildcat will also be airlifting relief to outlying, cut off communities in liaison with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force and is stationed off Abaco.Distraught survivors described the horror of crossing unattended corpses as they made their way to safety.Ronnie Archer, 71, told The Telegraph many more of the hurricane's victims lay in the streets of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, while looters raid shops for food and water.“The morgue is full and there are bodies floating in the water,” she said after being evacuated. "A friend of mine bumped into the body of a woman which was just floating in the streets.“There is now lots of looting happening. There are people taking rice, juice, everything they can get their hands on. I don’t know if they are armed."She was at her home of 30 years when the wind started to get stronger and stronger. “I sat in the wheelchair and I watched my house drop to pieces,” she told this newspaper.“I heard a bang and I looked around and saw that the windows had blown in from the force. The next time that I looked up I saw the sky and I realised that the roof had gone.”Her family, including a seven month old granddaughter, are staying behind to see what they can save as local officials confirmed reports of rampant looting.The United Nations estimates more than 76,000 people were in need of humanitarian relief after the most damaging storm ever to hit the Bahamas.Gaylele Laing broke down in tears and embraced her niece after she was rescued from Abaco on Thursday. As a diabetic who had run out of medicine she was given a priority evacuation, but she was barely able to speak as she revealed that she had to leave her family members, including her grandchildren aged 11 and 12 behind.The Treasure Quay resident told The Telegraph through tears: “It was terrible, there is total devastation, there is nothing left.“We hid in the bathroom as the eye of the storm passed and then the water surge came. We never expected it to be that bad. We had to break the window and swim to safety. The whole family, the kids included. At that point I thought we were going to die.“We did as much as we could to prepare and if we had known it was going to be that bad we would have left Abaco, we have been though hurricanes before but nothing like this. Everything is gone.”Another survivor on the Abaco Islands, Ramond King, said he watched as swirling winds ripped the roof off his house, then churned to a neighbour's home to pluck the entire structure into the sky. Nothing is here, nothing at all. Everything is gone, just bodies," he said.Dorian continued to cause substantial damage as it hit the US coastal states of South and North Carolina on Thursday leaving 239,000 homes and businesses without power.The US National Hurricane Centre warned it remained a category 2 hurricane with winds reaching 110mph and the risk of life-threatening storm surges, winds and flash flooding.Tornadoes spun off by Dorian's outer bands were also reported along the coast, including Emerald Isle, North Carolina, where several homes were destroyed.The beach town said on its website that the tornado hit at around 9 am on Thursday leaving dozens of mobile homes upturned and power lines down. Charleston, in South Carolina had more than 100 roads closed due to severe flooding, with up to 20 inches of rain forecast to hit the historic port city.Meanwhile Donald Trump, the US president, was mocked for showing a map of the storm's projected path that appeared to have been altered with a black marker pen to include the state of Alabama, which was never in harm's way.Mr Trump had incorrectly claimed in a tweet at the weekend that Alabama was one of the US states that could be hit by the hurricane, leading the National Weather Service to deny that in a tweet of its own."Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east," the National Weather Service in Alabama tweeted.When reporters later asked Mr Trump whether the chart had been altered with a pen, the president said: “I don’t know; I don’t know.”But he doubled down on his claims, saying: "I know Alabama was in the original forecast, they thought it would get a piece of it".
Hurricane Dorian projected to hit with force in parts of Atlantic Canada-[The Canadian Press]-September 5, 2019
HALIFAX — As Hurricane Dorian pushes northward, emergency and weather officials in Atlantic Canada warned Thursday against complacency ahead of the expected weekend arrival of the severe storm system.The Category 2 hurricane lashed the southeast U.S. seaboard Thursday, reaching the coast of North Carolina where it knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. Dorian has left at least 20 people dead in its wake in the Bahamas, including a Canadian woman from Windsor, Ont.Linda Libby, an Environment Canada meteorologist, said Dorian is "certainly on its way" and that it remains to be seen whether the massive storm system will transition from tropical to post-tropical by the time it hit parts of Atlantic Canada sometime Saturday."We are looking at a large swath through Atlantic Canada and Quebec that could see impacts from Dorian," Libby said.She warned that it was better for people to be prepared and underwhelmed by what arrives than to be under-prepared and unable to deal with what actually occurs."Even in a prepared situation, Mother Nature does have the capacity to overwhelm us," Libby said. "So being prepared to deal with what does occur is really the best approach to these storms."The Canadian Hurricane Centre said the most likely track projection would bring Dorian south of the Maritimes on Saturday, pushing through eastern Nova Scotia late in the day.The forecast called for severe winds and rainfall to have major impacts for southeastern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, western Newfoundland and Quebec's Lower North Shore, with a chance of a storm surge that may affect parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.The Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office (EMO) and Newfoundland and Labrador government cautioned that people should ensure they have enough food, water, medication and supplies for at least 72 hours.The New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization and the Prince Edward Island government issued similar appeals.Jason Mew, director of incident management with Nova Scotia's EMO, said municipal emergency response officials were being briefed across the province and that a provincial co-ordination centre would be up and running by Saturday morning.The chief of emergency management at the Halifax Regional Municipality, Erica Fleck, urged people to start preparing for a potential hurricane, beginning with gathering up loose items in their yards and stowing them in sheds and other sheltered areas."Of course the track of the hurricane has been very unpredictable like most storms .... But what we're concerned about is the similarities to hurricane Juan when it hit Halifax some years ago," she said.Fleck said that when Juan hit Halifax in late September 2003 it brought sustained winds of 150 kilometres per hour, with gusts up to about 170 kilometres per hour."Hurricane Dorian is a little less than that, but we're still concerned by the very high winds expected," she told reporters at a briefing at the city's emergency command centre.Meanwhile, Nova Scotia Power said it was mobilizing close to 1,000 personnel and deploying resources in advance of the storm and would set up its emergency operations centre at noon Friday."Our preparations include bringing in several hundred power line technicians from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec," said the utility's president and CEO Karen Hutt, in a news release."As well, we will have forestry crews, planners, damage assessors, engineers, supervisors, communication experts, and customer care representatives at the ready."ExxonMobil said it was planning to remove 160 personnel from the Thebaud natural gas field and from aboard the Noble Regina Allen drilling ship, working on Nova Scotia's Sable Offshore project. It said the ship would be placed in storm mode.Environment Canada said the region would experience some tropical storm force winds, with wind speeds that could reach hurricane force to the south of the forecast track and the possibility of hurricane force northwesterly winds behind the storm.A Category 1 hurricane produces sustained wind speeds above 119 kilometres per hour. Tropical storm force winds exceed 63 kilometres per hour.Libby said as the storm system transitions to post-tropical it generally expands and picks up speed. That usually means the strongest winds would occur to the right of the system and the heaviest rain to the left of the track.She said Dorian's winds would likely diminish over North Carolina's outer banks before heading north towards Canada but cautioned the storm would still pack a punch."It is expected to maintain hurricane strength as it makes landfall in Nova Scotia and even as it approaches Newfoundland," she said.Forecasters warned of potential tree damage in particular, which could lead to power outages."Trees are still full of leaves here . . . so that means that essentially they are big sails and will catch the wind much more than they would in winter," said Libby. "The potential for tree damage cannot be diminished in this case."She pointed out that trees aren't as firmly rooted as they are when the ground is frozen in winter, and that the ground had already been softened up by the heavy rains that accompanied post-tropical storm Erin only last week.Rainfall this time around is also expected to be significant, with the highest amounts likely for Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, with the possibility of as much as 100 millimetres to the north and west of Dorian.— With files from Michael Tutton in Halifax and the Associated Press-Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
Only animals can live here': Storm victims await evacuation-[Associated Press]-MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN-September 8, 2019
ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — Carrying their meager possessions in duffel bags and shopping carts, hundreds of desperate storm victims gathered at the port in Grand Abaco on Friday in hopes of getting off the hurricane-devastated island, amid signs of rising frustration over the pace of the disaster-relief effort."It's chaos here," said Gee Rolle, a 44-year-old construction worker who waited with his wife for a boat that could take them to the capital, Nassau. "The government is trying their best, but at the same time, I don't think they're doing a good enough job to evacuate the people. It ain't livable for nobody. Only animals can live here."The Bahamian Health Ministry said helicopters and boats were on the way, but officials warned of delays because of severe flooding.The search for victims and survivors went on, meanwhile, five days after Dorian slammed the Bahamas with 185 mph (295 kph) winds that obliterated countless homes. Health Minister Duane Sands reported late Friday that the official death toll had been raised to 43 from 30. "We expect it to rise," Sands added in a text message to The Associated Press.At the port, some of those who lined up behind a yellow cloth tape arrived as early as 1 a.m., hoping to get to Nassau."It's going to get crazy soon," said Serge Simon, 39, who drives an ice truck and waited with his wife and two sons, 5 months old and 4. "There's no food, no water. There are bodies in the water. People are going to start getting sick."There were no government-organized evacuations yet, but the Royal Bahamas Defense Force helped people board a 139-foot (42-meter) ferry that had come to pick up its employees and had room for an additional 160 people. The crowd waited calmly as marines separated women and children to let them board first.Also, a barge that had dropped off port-a-potties and heavy equipment in Abaco took some 300 people to Nassau.Prime Minister Hubert Minnis spoke to the crowd at the port, using a Creole interpreter for a group of Haitians awaiting evacuation, and assured them: "All of you will be treated with respect."Minnis said he was satisfied with the speed of the government's response and told the storm victims, "All I need you to do is just be patient and wait because everybody is coming."Officials said all ports had reopened.An international company that owns an oil terminal on Grand Bahama said damage by the storm had resulted in a significant oil spill on the surrounding ground but added that so far there was no sign of leakage into the sea. The company, Equinor, which is majority-owned by Norway's government, said it had not yet determined how much oil had leaked from the tanks, which can hold 6.75 million gallons of crude oil and condensate.An array of organizations, countries and companies — including the United Nations, the U.S. government, the British Royal Navy, American Airlines and Royal Caribbean — have mobilized to send in food, water, generators, roof tarps, diapers, flashlights and other supplies.The U.S. Coast Guard said it had rescued 239 people in the Bahamas and was still conducting search missions.On hard-hit Grand Bahama Island, a long line formed at a cruise ship that had docked to distribute food and water. Among those waiting was Wellisy Taylor, a 65-year-old housewife."What we have to do as Bahamians, we have to band together. If your brother needs sugar, you're going to have to give him sugar. If you need cream, they'll have to give you cream," she said. "That's how I grew up. That's the Bahamas that I know."___Associated Press writers Danica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Marko Alvarez in Freeport, Bahamas; Carlton Nixon in Abaco; and Kelli Kennedy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
As Dorian approaches, some N.S. communities fear for aging wharfs-[CBC]-September 8, 2019
With people across Atlantic Canada bracing for the impact of Hurricane Dorian, some communities in southwest Nova Scotia are concerned it could spell trouble for their aging wharfs.Fishermen and harbour managers are spending much of the time before Dorian's arrival taking boats out of the water and securing lines.But in many cases, the most vulnerable infrastructure can't be moved, and some harbour authorities are worried their wharfs will be no match for pounding surf and a storm surge.Max Kenney, the harbourmaster at Cape Sable Island, said the wharfs on the eastern side of the island could be ripped apart by the storm.'So decayed it just won't hold' "If the vessels are tied to them, they could tear the posts off the wharf," he told CBC's Information Morning. "They don't actually break the posts no more, they just rip the bolts right out through the cement [of the wharf], which is so decayed it just won't hold."Kenney said the eastern wharfs are over 60 years old, need major repairs and he worries they're only one storm away from disaster."They've seen a lot of storms," he said.In preparation for Dorian, most of the boats on the eastern side of Cape Sable Island have been moved to the western side where it's more sheltered.For Kevin Doane, board member of the Ingomar Harbour Authority, these are familiar concerns."Our wharf is 70 years old, it needs a lot of work," he said. "We're looking at a catastrophe one of these days."Doane said because lobster boats are so much bigger than they used to be, the old wharfs are no longer adequate and are more vulnerable to damage in bad weather."Our boats are three times the size they were 20 years ago," he said.In past storms, water has pooled on the wharf, creating dangerous conditions for fishermen tending to their boats.But Doane said one of the biggest concerns at Ingomar is the rock wall protecting the harbour, which he said is too low and only extends partway across the harbour, leaving an opening for boats to get in and out.Doane said in bad weather, water rushes in through the opening and creates a "whirlpool" in the harbour that knocks the boats around."My boat personally, I've busted the curbs three times," he said. "I have to move now, I can't leave my boat where my designated spot is because the other boats have been busted up."Many boats already out of the water-For fishermen on the South Shore, the timing of Dorian is fortunate, all things considered.Because it isn't currently lobster season, many boats aren't in the water. But even if this isn't the storm that spells disaster, Doane fears that disaster is coming."With some of the wharfs, especially as exposed as Ingomar is, the boats and everything would be destroyed," he said.In the meantime, he said boats at Ingomar would be staying put, as the closest safe harbour is two hours away and already overcrowded, which means Doane and other boat owners will be riding out the storm at the wharf."We'll be over there most of the night, making sure our lines don't break," he said.
Dorian hits Canada's Atlantic coast, knocks out power, downs a crane-[Reuters]-September 7, 2019-By John Morris
(Adds that Dorian reclassified as a tropical storm)-HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Dorian slammed into Canada's Atlantic coast on Saturday, knocking down trees, cutting power, and blowing over a large construction crane in downtown Halifax, the capital of the province of Nova Scotia.The government will deploy the military to help with recovery efforts after the storm passes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Twitter. Local authorities urged anyone who lived close to the seashore to evacuate as a precaution.Dorian was reclassified to a very intense post-tropical storm as it lost a defined eye as it passed over Halifax though wind speeds of 150 kilometers per hour (93 miles per hour) were equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said."The safety of Canadians is our number one priority and we're ready to help Atlantic Canada through this storm," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter.More than 330,000 people in the province have lost power, Nova Scotia Power said, but there were no reports of injuries due to the storm."We're kind of hunkered down, and we can see all of the trees that are waving around," said Danielle Horne, 32, who lives on the eighth floor of an apartment building in Halifax."There's definitely a little bit of nervousness for my car, which is parked outside," she said.During the afternoon, Dorian knocked trees onto houses in the city, blew off at least one roof, and toppled a large crane from the top of a building under construction.Dorian ripped into the Bahamas earlier this week with Category 5 winds and some gusts topping 200 miles per hour (320 kph), leaving a trail of destruction and death, with 43 confirmed dead and the number expected to spike in coming days.The storm pounded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks Islands on Friday.On Saturday, winds picked up to 100 miles per hour (160 kph) early in the day, making it a Category 2 hurricane, but it weakened as it neared Canada's coast.After Nova Scotia, Dorian is expected to move toward Prince Edward Island and on Sunday reach Newfoundland, the Canadian Hurricane Centre projected. (Writing by Steve Scherer in Ottawa Editing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman)
Living conditions 'rapidly deteriorating' after storm in Bahamas -aid group-[Reuters]-September 7, 2019-By Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson
(Adds quote from North Carolina, updates storm position)-NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced people are living in "rapidly deteriorating" conditions in the worst-hit parts of the Bahamas six days after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, the United Nations World Food Programme warned on Saturday.The warning came as aid groups rushed emergency help to the storm-ravaged islands and officials warned a death toll of 43 was likely to spike higher as the number of missing among the archipelago nation's 400,000 residents becomes clear.Even as the aid ships and aircraft headed in, thousands fled the devastation, some abandoning hard-hit Great Abaco Island to seek safety in the capital, Nassau, and others heading to Florida for shelter, supplies and perhaps jobs.Some 90 percent of the homes, buildings and infrastructure in Marsh Harbour, where Dorian rampaged for almost two full days as one of the strongest Caribbean hurricanes on record, were damaged, the World Food Programme said. It noted that thousands of people were living in a government building, a medical center and an Anglican church that survived the storms, but had little to no access to water, power and sanitary facilities."The needs remain enormous," WFP spokesman Herve Verhoosel said in an email Saturday. "Evacuations are slowly taking place by ferry, as hundreds of residents reportedly flee daily."One of those who fled Abaco was 19-year-old Isaiah Johnson, who was staying in a hotel in Nassau with his mother and three sisters after the storm's 200 mile per hour (320 kph) winds destroyed their homes.A wealthy friend had paid for a two-week stay, but after that it was unclear where they would go.His mother was already searching for work in the United States, Johnson said, reckoning that jobs would be hard to find in Nassau."Two weeks might be enough time for me to figure things out," Johnson said on Saturday. "For my mom, I'm not so sure."A cruise ship with more than 1,000 evacuees arrived in south Florida on Saturday. Some had small children or aging relatives who they hoped to find safe lodging for before returning to try to repair or rebuild their island homes.The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were shipping in relief supplies and had already rescued some 290 people from isolated areas in the islands. The U.S. Agency for International Development said it raised its allocation of aid to the Bahamas by $1 million, to $2.8 million in total and had moved enough emergency supplies for 44,000 people to the islands.Some 70,000 people were in need of food and shelter, the WFP estimated, and private forecasters estimated that some $3 billion in insured property was destroyed or damaged in the Caribbean.Dorian pounded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks Islands on Friday. On Saturday, Sue Jones, a 22-year resident of the town of Frisco on the islands, said a storm surge sent 14 to 16 inches (36 to 40 cm) of water into the lowest level of her home, and she spent the day cutting sheetrock from the walls and clearing out water.By 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT), Dorian was a still-powerful post-tropical cyclone with 100 mile per hour (160 kph) winds, equivalent to the wind speed of a Category 2 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.It was located about 50 miles (80 km) south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, at that time and due to make landfall in the next few hours, the NHC said.Dorian hit the Bahamas earlier in the week with Category 5 winds, with some gusts topping 200 miles per hour (320 kph).LARGE NUMBER OF DEAD FEARED-The medical chief of staff at Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, Dr. Caroline Burnett-Garraway, said two refrigerated, 40-foot trucks would be needed to hold the "staggering" number of bodies that were expected to be found.The American Red Cross said it had committed an initial $2 million to help the Bahamas recover from the hurricane, with food, water and shelter and other necessities."Our relief operation is growing, but we are also facing serious challenges in terms of delivering aid," Red Cross spokeswoman Jennifer Eli said. "Even search-and-rescue choppers haven't been able to reach some people because there's no place to land."Near an area called The Mudd in Marsh Harbour, a commercial hub, a Reuters witness reported most houses leveled, the body of a man lying near a main street and dead dogs floating in water.The risk of outbreaks of diarrhea and waterborne diseases is high as drinking water may be tainted with sewage, according to the Pan American Health Organization.Travis Newton, a 32-year-old carpenter who survived the storm in Marsh Harbour, said he arrived in Nassau on Saturday morning with his family, trying to find a safe place to live.He said residents of the town foraged for food and water in the wreckage of damaged stores after the storm passed."We had to survive, we had to make it happen, we had to find food, water, where we were aid couldn't get to us, we had to find what we could from the damaged stores," Newton said. "Everybody needs to get out of that place."(Reporting by Nick Brown and Zachary Fagenson in Nassau, Additional reporting by Dante Carrer and Marco Bello in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Amanda Becker in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina and Rich McKay in Atlanta; Writing by Scott Malone; Editing by Chris Reese and Cynthia Osterman)
UPDATE SEPT 6,19-9:45AM
THERE SAYING AT LEAST 2,000 PEOPLE ARE MISSING IN THE BAHAMAS AFTER THE HURRICANE DESTROYED MOST OF BAHAMAS.AND LAST HOUR THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE HIT LAND IN CAROLINA AT A ONE HURRICANE.
Korean Peninsula awaits typhoon; dozens of flights canceled-[Associated Press]-September 6, 2019
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of flights were canceled and parks were closed in South Korea on Friday as powerful Typhoon Lingling gained momentum on its path toward the Korean Peninsula.The Korea Meteorological Association said the typhoon is expected to pass off the west coast of South Korea on Saturday afternoon before making landfall in North Korea on Saturday evening. The agency warned of possible flooding, landslides and structure damage caused by strong rains combined with very strong winds expected nationwide until early Sunday.North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency said "all the fields and units of the country are taking strict measures for preventing damage from flood and rainy winds."The storm was 300 kilometers (185 miles) southwest of the southern resort island of Jeju as of Friday evening, moving north at 33 kilometers (20 miles) per hour with winds of up to 155 kilometers (96 miles) per hour, the South Korean weather agency said.South Korea's transport ministry said 80 flights were canceled at Jeju International Airport as of Friday evening and that more flights are expected to be canceled nationwide as the typhoon approaches. The education ministry said about 300 schools in Jeju sent children home early on Friday to help their families prepare for the typhoon.Seoul closed public parks and zoos starting Friday evening and a city official said they will remain closed through Sunday.
British woman rescued in Bahamas amid fears Dorian's death toll will be 'staggering'-[The Telegraph]-September 6, 2019
A British woman who had been trapped beneath the rubble for days in one of Bahama’s worst hit islands has been rescued by the Royal Navy.The unnamed woman was taken on board a ship and stabilised before being airlifted to hospital in Nassau, the capital of the island nation, where they were receiving treatment on Thursday night.She is one of the thousands of people who were awaiting rescue on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have been largely flattened by Hurricane Dorian.The death toll on Thursday night stood at 30, but it is feared that it will be significantly higher as people search for their missing loved ones."Let me say that I believe the number (dead) will be staggering," Health Minister Duane Sands was quoted by The Nassau Guardian as telling Guardian radio. "... I have never lived through anything like this and I don’t want to live through anything like this again."The RFA Mounts Bay crew, which have been stationed in the Caribbean since June in preparation for hurricane season, have so far delivered shelter kits, ration packs and water.The Royal Navy said its Wildcat helicopter also evacuated an American woman along with her two children and a baby to Nassau.The Wildcat will also be airlifting relief to outlying, cut off communities in liaison with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force and is stationed off Abaco.Distraught survivors described the horror of crossing unattended corpses as they made their way to safety.Ronnie Archer, 71, told The Telegraph many more of the hurricane's victims lay in the streets of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, while looters raid shops for food and water.“The morgue is full and there are bodies floating in the water,” she said after being evacuated. "A friend of mine bumped into the body of a woman which was just floating in the streets.“There is now lots of looting happening. There are people taking rice, juice, everything they can get their hands on. I don’t know if they are armed."She was at her home of 30 years when the wind started to get stronger and stronger. “I sat in the wheelchair and I watched my house drop to pieces,” she told this newspaper.“I heard a bang and I looked around and saw that the windows had blown in from the force. The next time that I looked up I saw the sky and I realised that the roof had gone.”Her family, including a seven month old granddaughter, are staying behind to see what they can save as local officials confirmed reports of rampant looting.The United Nations estimates more than 76,000 people were in need of humanitarian relief after the most damaging storm ever to hit the Bahamas.Gaylele Laing broke down in tears and embraced her niece after she was rescued from Abaco on Thursday. As a diabetic who had run out of medicine she was given a priority evacuation, but she was barely able to speak as she revealed that she had to leave her family members, including her grandchildren aged 11 and 12 behind.The Treasure Quay resident told The Telegraph through tears: “It was terrible, there is total devastation, there is nothing left.“We hid in the bathroom as the eye of the storm passed and then the water surge came. We never expected it to be that bad. We had to break the window and swim to safety. The whole family, the kids included. At that point I thought we were going to die.“We did as much as we could to prepare and if we had known it was going to be that bad we would have left Abaco, we have been though hurricanes before but nothing like this. Everything is gone.”Another survivor on the Abaco Islands, Ramond King, said he watched as swirling winds ripped the roof off his house, then churned to a neighbour's home to pluck the entire structure into the sky. Nothing is here, nothing at all. Everything is gone, just bodies," he said.Dorian continued to cause substantial damage as it hit the US coastal states of South and North Carolina on Thursday leaving 239,000 homes and businesses without power.The US National Hurricane Centre warned it remained a category 2 hurricane with winds reaching 110mph and the risk of life-threatening storm surges, winds and flash flooding.Tornadoes spun off by Dorian's outer bands were also reported along the coast, including Emerald Isle, North Carolina, where several homes were destroyed.The beach town said on its website that the tornado hit at around 9 am on Thursday leaving dozens of mobile homes upturned and power lines down. Charleston, in South Carolina had more than 100 roads closed due to severe flooding, with up to 20 inches of rain forecast to hit the historic port city.Meanwhile Donald Trump, the US president, was mocked for showing a map of the storm's projected path that appeared to have been altered with a black marker pen to include the state of Alabama, which was never in harm's way.Mr Trump had incorrectly claimed in a tweet at the weekend that Alabama was one of the US states that could be hit by the hurricane, leading the National Weather Service to deny that in a tweet of its own."Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east," the National Weather Service in Alabama tweeted.When reporters later asked Mr Trump whether the chart had been altered with a pen, the president said: “I don’t know; I don’t know.”But he doubled down on his claims, saying: "I know Alabama was in the original forecast, they thought it would get a piece of it".
Hurricane Dorian projected to hit with force in parts of Atlantic Canada-[The Canadian Press]-September 5, 2019
HALIFAX — As Hurricane Dorian pushes northward, emergency and weather officials in Atlantic Canada warned Thursday against complacency ahead of the expected weekend arrival of the severe storm system.The Category 2 hurricane lashed the southeast U.S. seaboard Thursday, reaching the coast of North Carolina where it knocked out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses. Dorian has left at least 20 people dead in its wake in the Bahamas, including a Canadian woman from Windsor, Ont.Linda Libby, an Environment Canada meteorologist, said Dorian is "certainly on its way" and that it remains to be seen whether the massive storm system will transition from tropical to post-tropical by the time it hit parts of Atlantic Canada sometime Saturday."We are looking at a large swath through Atlantic Canada and Quebec that could see impacts from Dorian," Libby said.She warned that it was better for people to be prepared and underwhelmed by what arrives than to be under-prepared and unable to deal with what actually occurs."Even in a prepared situation, Mother Nature does have the capacity to overwhelm us," Libby said. "So being prepared to deal with what does occur is really the best approach to these storms."The Canadian Hurricane Centre said the most likely track projection would bring Dorian south of the Maritimes on Saturday, pushing through eastern Nova Scotia late in the day.The forecast called for severe winds and rainfall to have major impacts for southeastern New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, western Newfoundland and Quebec's Lower North Shore, with a chance of a storm surge that may affect parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.The Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office (EMO) and Newfoundland and Labrador government cautioned that people should ensure they have enough food, water, medication and supplies for at least 72 hours.The New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization and the Prince Edward Island government issued similar appeals.Jason Mew, director of incident management with Nova Scotia's EMO, said municipal emergency response officials were being briefed across the province and that a provincial co-ordination centre would be up and running by Saturday morning.The chief of emergency management at the Halifax Regional Municipality, Erica Fleck, urged people to start preparing for a potential hurricane, beginning with gathering up loose items in their yards and stowing them in sheds and other sheltered areas."Of course the track of the hurricane has been very unpredictable like most storms .... But what we're concerned about is the similarities to hurricane Juan when it hit Halifax some years ago," she said.Fleck said that when Juan hit Halifax in late September 2003 it brought sustained winds of 150 kilometres per hour, with gusts up to about 170 kilometres per hour."Hurricane Dorian is a little less than that, but we're still concerned by the very high winds expected," she told reporters at a briefing at the city's emergency command centre.Meanwhile, Nova Scotia Power said it was mobilizing close to 1,000 personnel and deploying resources in advance of the storm and would set up its emergency operations centre at noon Friday."Our preparations include bringing in several hundred power line technicians from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec," said the utility's president and CEO Karen Hutt, in a news release."As well, we will have forestry crews, planners, damage assessors, engineers, supervisors, communication experts, and customer care representatives at the ready."ExxonMobil said it was planning to remove 160 personnel from the Thebaud natural gas field and from aboard the Noble Regina Allen drilling ship, working on Nova Scotia's Sable Offshore project. It said the ship would be placed in storm mode.Environment Canada said the region would experience some tropical storm force winds, with wind speeds that could reach hurricane force to the south of the forecast track and the possibility of hurricane force northwesterly winds behind the storm.A Category 1 hurricane produces sustained wind speeds above 119 kilometres per hour. Tropical storm force winds exceed 63 kilometres per hour.Libby said as the storm system transitions to post-tropical it generally expands and picks up speed. That usually means the strongest winds would occur to the right of the system and the heaviest rain to the left of the track.She said Dorian's winds would likely diminish over North Carolina's outer banks before heading north towards Canada but cautioned the storm would still pack a punch."It is expected to maintain hurricane strength as it makes landfall in Nova Scotia and even as it approaches Newfoundland," she said.Forecasters warned of potential tree damage in particular, which could lead to power outages."Trees are still full of leaves here . . . so that means that essentially they are big sails and will catch the wind much more than they would in winter," said Libby. "The potential for tree damage cannot be diminished in this case."She pointed out that trees aren't as firmly rooted as they are when the ground is frozen in winter, and that the ground had already been softened up by the heavy rains that accompanied post-tropical storm Erin only last week.Rainfall this time around is also expected to be significant, with the highest amounts likely for Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, with the possibility of as much as 100 millimetres to the north and west of Dorian.— With files from Michael Tutton in Halifax and the Associated Press-Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press.
