Photo: Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center
A pregnant Florida nurse went into labor three weeks early during her shift at a Melbourne hospital as Hurricane Dorian’s severe rain and heavy winds hit parts of the coast.
Laura Suazo volunteered to work at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center on Monday amid warnings thatHurricane Dorian threatened the Florida east coast, according to a hospital statement to PEOPLE. She went into labor that day — three weeks early — and gave birth to daughter Penelope on Tuesday morning.
Laura Suazo’s daughter Penelope.Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center
Dorian lashed the east coast of central Florida on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds at 110mph winds east of Melbourne,the National Hurricane Center saidthen.
Forecasters warned Florida residents to prepare for the storm’s wrath after it wreaked havoc on the Bahamas beginning on Sunday, killing at least 30 people andleaving potentially thousands missing, CNN reported. By Tuesday,forecasters saidDorian could damage the Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina coasts, even if didn’t make landfall.
However, the storm wound up making landfall Friday morning over Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane, bringing the possibility of a “life-threatening storm surge” and dangerous winds,the Center said.
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Dorian continued north after ravaging South Carolina and causing road closures and more than 275,000 to lose power,NBC News reported.
source: people.com
