The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local):
4:40 p.m.
A Florida county is delaying its evacuation order from Sunday to Monday as Hurricane Dorian slows its forward speed across the ocean and its projected path shifts further from the state’s Atlantic coast.
Brevard County is now calling for evacuations to begin Monday morning, instead of Sunday. County officials say families in mobile homes or flood-prone areas and those with special needs or on barrier islands including areas to the south of Kennedy Space Center need to seek shelter elsewhere.
Public Safety Director Matt Wallace cautions that people should remain vigilant. Says Wallace, “This is not your government saying we’re out of harm’s way. This is still a killer storm.”
Martin County, north of Palm Beach, also announced it would evacuate certain areas as Dorian nears the coast.
4:20 p.m.
The country’s two largest home improvement stores say they are gearing up for the storm and getting extra supplies to locations that could be impacted.
Lowe’s says it has shipped 1,500 truckloads of generators, flashlights and other supplies to stores in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The company says it has more than 200 stores in those areas.
Home Depot also is shipping additional supplies to more than 150 stores in Florida and Georgia, and that number will likely be higher as the storm tracks north, the company says.
Hurricane Dorian, currently near the northwestern Bahamas, is expected to skirt the Southeast coastline near Florida and Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Both Lowe’s and Home Depot say that stores will stay open for as long as it is safe to do so.
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