Trump says Alabama will be hit by HurricaneDorian, National Weather Service says it won't
The National Weather Service had to quickly reassure people that Alabama would not be hit by Hurricane Dorian after President Donald Trump mistakenly said that the state would be in the firing line for the Category-5 storm heading westwards from the Caribbean.on Sunday with winds of 185 miles per hour, the president issued an ominous warning about the storm's path as it headed towards the U.S.
He tweeted:"In addition to Florida – South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, will most likely be hit harder than anticipated," the president tweeted on Sunday. "Looking like one of the largest hurricanes ever. Already category 5. BE CAREFUL! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!" President Donald Trump receives a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Administration on Hurricane Dorian in Washington, DC, on September 1, 2019. He mistakenly tweeted that Alabama would be hit by the hurricane.However the Birmingham branch of the NWS was quick to reject Trump's claim, tweeting that Hurricane Dorian"was too far east" to make landfall in Alabama.
"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 NWS Birmingham tweeted.
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