The first major tropical storm and cyclone warning was issued by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Hurricane Center in Miami as a storm developed strength in the Eastern Caribbean, though was unlikely to travel far beyond that region in what is an early start to the hurricane season.
Kinder Morgan, the US pipeline and terminals company, evacuated its Elba Island LNG export plant near Savannah in Georgia and its ongoing commissioning activities as Hurricane Dorian moved along the East Coast.