Batten down the hatches, Hurricane Franklin!

[Viva La Vega]

Cat 5 Hurricane now, 160 mph winds.

No change in what is expected in DR, and too soon to say with certainty that it will completely avoid landfall in the US and Canada. Folks up that way will likely only experience the same thing, the outer rain bands and rocking surf, but who knows.

Hopefully it will steer north then to the east and die in the North Atlantic.