Hurricane Dorian juices back up to ‘major’ Category 3 status

Published September 5, 2019 4:19am ET



Hurricane Dorian strengthened back up to Category 3 status late Wednesday just 105 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina.

The storm began to re-intensify on Wednesday after diminishing to a Category 2 thanks to an “environment of light to moderate vertical wind shear and warm sea surface temperatures,” the National Hurricane Center said.

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