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Dorian briefly developed a 10-mile (15 km) wide eye on radar on a couple occasions, but it quickly eroded because of mid-level dry air incursions. [10] Dorian soon took a more northwesterly direction as a result of a weakness in a ridge, caused by a mid- to upper-level low (cold-core cyclone) located to the north of the island of Hispaniola. [11]
Dorian is one of only two Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall on the Abaco Islands, the other having occurred in 1932, [241] and is the only such storm on record to have impacted Grand Bahama. [242] With Dorian, 2019 became the fourth consecutive year to produce at least one Category 5 hurricane in the North Atlantic. [243] [nb 2]
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The storm will cost the company around $30 million over all of 2019, the company said.
A dumpster pushed into the Little River after Dorian had not been taken out of the place for months, and the owner of the dumpster was not found. [150] A grand opening for a Panera Bread was delayed after water damage. [151] Many sea turtle nests were destroyed during Dorian, with only a couple thousand of turtles estimated to have survived the ...
Dorian also dropped an estimated 3.0 ft (0.91 m) of rain over The Bahamas. [16] Hurricane Dorian killed at least 70 people in The Bahamas – 60 on Abaco and 10 on Grand Bahama. [17] One of the fatalities was classified as indirect. [18] Damage amounted to US$3.4 billion. [19] Insured losses alone were confirmed to be at least US$1 billion. [20]
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Dorian made successive landfalls in Barbados and St. Lucia on August 27 with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h). Following a reformation of the core, the storm turned northwest and gained strength. Coincident with the formation of an eye, Dorian achieved hurricane strength as it struck St. Croix and St. Thomas shortly thereafter.