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While few of these tornadoes resulted in significant impact, two longer-lived, EF2 strength tornadoes in North Carolina caused at least $2 million in property damage in Sunset Beach and Emerald Isle. Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding , putting more than 100 sq mi (260 km 2 ) of land under more than 1 ft (0.30 m) of water.
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]
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.
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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]
President Trump receives an update on Hurricane Dorian on August 29, 2019. This map was later altered to indicate, falsely, that Dorian would hit Alabama. In a tweet about the approaching hurricane on September 1, 2019, Trump said that "South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama will most likely be hit (much) harder than anticipated."
On September 2, the eye of Dorian moved over the eastern end of Grand Bahama Island, and drifted across the island. [13] [14] Bahamian Minister of Agriculture Michael Pintard reported an estimated storm tide of 20 to 25 ft (6.1 to 7.6 m) at his home on Grand Bahama. [15] Dorian also dropped an estimated 3.0 ft (0.91 m) of rain over The Bahamas ...