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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.
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 ...
Practically parking over a portion of the Bahamas for a day and a half, Dorian pounded the northern Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama with winds up to 185 mph (295 kph) and torrential rain before ...
September 11, 2020 - Hurricane Sally forms as a tropical depression over Andros Island, bringing strong wind gusts and heavy rain. November 9-10, 2022 - Hurricane Nicole makes landfall on Abaco Island as a strong tropical storm. Hours later, it makes landfall on Grand Bahama as a minimal hurricane with wind speeds of 75 mph (121 km/h).
Hurricane Dorian is finally moving. Before Dorian picked up speed Tuesday morning, the upper atmosphere had been too calm. Its eyewall first hit Grand Bahama Island Sunday night, and into Tuesday ...
Through this time, Dorian essentially stalled just north of Grand Bahama – from 12:00 UTC September 2 to 12:00 UTC September 3, Dorian traveled a distance of just 30 miles (48 km). As a result, the entire island of Grand Bahama experienced winds of at least tropical-storm-force for three consecutive days. [3]
In the coming years, there were some “minor storms,” the couple say, but “the killer” was Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm that “made a beeline for the Abacos” in September 2019.