A US federal agency, buffeted by strong winds of presidential outrage, has put out a new statement on whether Donald Trump was wrong to talk about Hurricane Dorian potentially hitting Alabama.
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On Sunday, Trump warned that Alabama, along with the Carolinas and Georgia, was "most likely to be hit (much) harder than anticipated."
The National Weather Service in Birmingham tweeted in response that "Alabama will NOT see any impacts from (hash)Dorian."
The incident led to mockery on social media, particularly after a map being used at a Trump press conference appeared to have been modified with a sharpie pen to include Alabama.
But the president has been adamant he was correct.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has now issued a statement saying information provided to Trump on Monday demonstrated that "tropical-storm-force winds from Hurricane Dorian could impact Alabama."
The NOAA statement also says the National Weather Service tweet "spoke in absolute terms that were inconsistent with probabilities from the best forecast products available at the time."
Australian Associated Press
