A Yolanda-like typhoon, whose strength is now felt in some islands in the Bahamas, has now been upgraded to Category 5 threatening to bring more devastation in its path.
Hurricane Dorian, according to the National Hurricane Center, now has 175 miles per hour sustained winds.
According to a report from CNN, this would now put the storm in the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which means its strength could “level houses and destroy buildings”.
According to Britannica, Supertyphoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) had maximum sustained winds at landfall that measured 195 miles per hour. It was considered the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded.
Like Haiyan, Dorian is expected to bring strong storm surges, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall will be felt as it hits the Bahamas on early Sunday morning.
A similar scenario is also likely to happen once it hits Florida on Tuesday and the coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina on Wednesday.
Based on its current track, the hurricane will likely take a similar path to Hurricane Matthew that hit Florida in 2016, according to Bryan Norcross, a senior hurricane specialist at The Weather Channel from 2010-2017.
In an interview with USA Today, Norcross said that Dorian, unlike Matthew will dump more rains, higher winds, and higher storm surges.
He advised residents there to be prepared for that.
