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However, the strongest winds in the Bahamas directly linked to the hurricane was in West End, Grand Bahama where winds got to 90 mph (140 km/h). Overall, five people died and around $15.5 million of damage was caused. [10] May 29, 1969 - Tropical Depression 5 tracks over the Abaco Islands. No impact is reported.
Sunny, arid conditions prevail in the Bahamas in the dry season, and at times drought conditions can impact farming and agriculture. High temperatures during the dry season are in the 25 °C (77.0 °F) range. Annual rainfall averages 132 centimetres (52 in) and is usually concentrated in the May–June and September–October periods. [1]
Hurricane Joaquin (/ hw ɑː ˈ k iː n / hwah-KEEN; Spanish: Huracán Joaquín [uɾaˈkaŋ xoaˈkin]) [1] was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated several districts of The Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda.
Tropical Storm Arthur was a strong off-season tropical cyclone that impacted the East Coast of the United States in May 2020. The first of thirty-one depressions and thirty named storms of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Arthur marked the record sixth consecutive year in the Atlantic basin with a tropical cyclone forming before June.
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In addition, a hurricane from May 1863, labeled "Amanda", is included after being rediscovered in 2013. [ 11 ] The wind speeds listed are maximum one-minute average sustained winds , and the pressure is the minimum barometric pressure ; tropical cyclones listed with N/A under pressure indicates there is no known estimated pressure.
A batch of showers and thunderstorms over the central Caribbean was designated by AccuWeather meteorologists as a tropical rainstorm earlier this week and is forecast to become a tropical storm ...
At least 30 people died in the hurricane and the number could be "significantly higher," Bahamian health minister Duane Sands told The Associated Press.