Latest in Hurricane Dorian

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service are at odds over President Trump’s inaccurate assertion that Hurricane Dorian was on course to hit Alabama. In a statement posted on its website Friday, the NOAA insisted Trump had not pulled the prediction out of thin air, and had in…

What does the Lynyrd Skynyrd song Sweet Home Alabama and Hurricane Dorian have in common? Both “miss ‘ole’ ‘bamy once again.” Before this week, those were the most famous Alabama misses. Then along came President Trump, who made a now-famous call on Hurricane Dorian’s potential storm path, wherein he warned the major…

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the U.S. for the first time early Friday on the outer banks of North Carolina, with torrential rain, storm surge flooding and high winds. Dorian is now classified as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it continues to move northeastward. The National…

Sean Hannity defended President Donald Trump tonight on Fox News, claiming that weather maps prove he was correct that Hurricane Dorian could have hit Alabama. “Pretty much every newsroom in America screwed this up and lied to you by accusing the president of lying. Now the president issued this Tweet – oh look at…

As President Donald Trump continues to insist that he was right to say in a tweet that Alabama was in Hurricane Dorian’s path, his press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, lashed out at CNN for one of its mistakes. She tweeted out a screenshot of a CNN-created map that identified Alabama as Mississippi. “Hi @CNN, I know…

Hurricane Dorian, which wreaked massive damage in the Bahamas and is now barreling up the East Coast of the U.S. toward the Carolinas, has prompted Disney to offer relief responses. The Walt Disney Company, led by Disney Cruise Line, said Wednesday it has committed more than $1 million in cash and in-kind support to…

The Daily Show host Trevor Noah spent Tuesday night unpacking Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Dorian. The comedian highlighted Trump's surprise at the fact that Category 5 hurricanes exist, despite having seen four since he took office. "The good news is that President Trump has a lot of experience of dealing…

Stephen Colbert returned to The Late Show Tuesday evening after a break, and he was fired up about politics. The CBS late-night host started by mocking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for her fading presidential fortunes (the New York Democrat dropped out of the race on August 28). “We just returned from a two-week break and…

As Hurricane Dorian headed toward the Florida coast, reporters for news networks and local stations fanned out along the state’s southeastern coastline but also were adjusting their plans to cover the devastation and relief efforts in the area so far hardest hit: the Bahamas. CBS News sent Nikki Battiste and a crew to…

Disney World already has closed up shop for the day due to Hurricane Dorian, and Universal Orlando is about to follow suit. "We will be closing Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure as of 6 PM today," a spokesperson for the Comcast-owned theme park said Tuesday. "Our CityWalk venues will…

UPDATED, 6: 13 PM:  As Hurricane Dorian decimates the Bahamas and shifts its force towards eastern Florida tonight, the Universal Orlando theme park is taking a business-as-usual approach, for now. With the exception of the Comcast-owned company's Volcano Bay Water Theme Park in the central Florida town, most of…

EXCLUSIVE: Before Hurricane Dorian reaches landfall sometime tonight, some theaters on the central east coasts of Florida have already boarded up including a slew of AMC, Regal and Cinemark multiplexes. Most of these sites aren’t expected to re-open until Tuesday and Wednesday, in time for New Line’s It: Chapter Two…