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Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas.It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in terms of maximum sustained winds.
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.
Hurricane Dorian at peak intensity while making landfall in the Abaco Islands on September 1, 2019. The Bahama Archipelago, also known as the Lucayan Archipelago, is an archipelago comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
One of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded has left homes and cars wrecked as it slowly advances west along Grand Bahama.
The only recorded storm that was more powerful was Hurricane Allen in 1980, with 190 mph (305 kph) winds, though it did not make landfall at that strength. The Bahamas archipelago is no stranger ...
Hurricane Dorian left stretches of the Bahamas looking as if they had been carpet bombed, and was regaining strength as it ground up the U.S. Atlantic coast, possibly making landfall later on ...
This intensity made Dorian the strongest hurricane outside of the tropics. [43] The cyclone's 185 mph (295 km/h) landfall on Abaco Island was the strongest on record for The Bahamas. [3] [43] Dorian was the second Category 5 hurricane to make landfall on the Abaco Islands on record, the other having occurred in 1932. [45]
Hurricane Dorian tore across the Bahamas on Sunday as a historically powerful hurricane, officials said, leaving scenes of devastation in its path. After Dorian's direct hit on Bahamas, a scene of ...