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Hurricane Dorian became the costliest hurricane in the Bahamas on record. It struck the Abaco Islands as a Category 5 hurricane on September 1, and a day later hit Grand Bahama Island at the same category. The hurricane then stalled over Grand Bahama for another day, finally pulling away from the island on September 3.
This made Dorian the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Bahamas since 1992, and the strongest hurricane on record to strike the country. After nearly stalling over the country, Dorian struck Grand Bahama Island near South Riding on September 2 with winds of 180 mph (290 km/h).
Hurricane Floyd (1999) – took a similar track and affected The Bahamas and the US East Coast; Hurricane Joaquin (2015) – A Category 4 hurricane that also stalled over The Bahamas; Hurricane Matthew (2016) – formed near Barbados and affected the Windward Islands, Grand Bahama, Florida and the Outer Banks in late September 2016; Hurricane ...
The colossal Atlantic storm has killed at least five people in the Bahamas and has forced more than a million people in the U.S. to evacuate their homes. Hurricane Dorian, stalled over Bahamas ...
The hurricane's approach comes as Cuba tries to recover from its worst blackout in at least two years, which left millions without power for two days last week. Some electrical service was restored Saturday. Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Center said it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday.
The government of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. The government of Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the provinces of Guantanamo, Holguin, and Las Tunas. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph (130 kph) with higher gusts.
Oscar is currently located about 115 miles (185.07 km) east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), the Miami-based forecaster said. Cuba's government on ...
Hurricane Oscar was a compact tropical cyclone, with the smallest hurricane-force wind field on record in the Atlantic, which caused moderate damage in eastern Cuba in late October 2024. [1] The fifteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season , Oscar originated from a very long-lived tropical wave which moved off ...