■ DeSantis says Bahamians should get Hurricane Dorian relief in their country — not by relocating to Florida.

State warned not to assume repeat of slow-moving Dorian

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that he’s keeping an eye on the potential for storm trouble brewing in the Caribbean that could impact the state, and he urged Floridians to do the same.

“I think people should be mindful of what’s going on,” DeSantis told reporters after an event in Dania Beach where a range of businesses explained what they’re doing to help people in the Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian.

The next named storm would be Humberto.

DeSantis said people shouldn’t assume a repeat of slow-moving Dorian, which gave Floridians days to prepare.

“As we saw last year with Hurricane Michael, these things are sometimes quick developing. I think because Dorian was such a slow-moving storm, people kind of waited [and] waited. Just understand that this stuff can happen quicker, so just keep looking out for what’s going on.”

In 2018, Michael was a tropical depression on Oct. 7. It made landfall near Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 10 as a devastating and deadly Category 5 hurricane.

Besides what’s currently brewing, the governor emphasized that the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane season runs from mid-August until mid-October.

“People should understand we are just now at the peak of hurricane season. So it’s not like we’re kind of on the other end of this. So if you were rushing to the grocery store [before Hurricane Dorian] and the shelves no longer had any water, you may want to just go out and get some now so that you can beat the rush. And the same thing with gasoline,” the governor advised. “If you weren’t prepared for Dorian, just be prepared.”

DeSantis said things can change quickly.

On Wednesday night, he said the expectation was severe thunderstorms across South Florida over the weekend, then potential strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico.

On Thursday morning, he said, “they say well maybe it’s going to go more on an East track, and may not ever reach Florida’s coast, but it could possibly strengthen more.”