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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.
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 ...
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 ...
At 11:00 a.m., EDT, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that the Hurricane Isaias was making landfall over the northern portion of Andros Island, the largest and southernmost island of ...
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 ...
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.
Philippe Papin of the National Hurricane Center said it was somewhat unexpected that Oscar became a hurricane Saturday. “Unfortunately the system kind of snuck up a little bit on us,” Papin said. Hours earlier Tropical Storm Nadine formed off Mexico’s southern Caribbean coast. It degenerated into a tropical depression as it moved over land.
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.