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It was one of the strongest known hurricanes to impact the Bahamas, [21] with effects comparable to Hurricane Andrew in 1992. [22] Joaquin directly affected about 7,000 people in the archipelago, [ 23 ] with 836 houses destroyed; this included 413 on Long Island, 227 on San Salvador, 123 on Acklins, 50 on Crooked Island, and 23 on Rum Cay. [ 24 ]
1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane; 1903 Florida hurricane; 1926 Nassau hurricane; 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; 1929 Bahamas hurricane; 1932 Bahamas hurricane; 1933 Cuba–Bahamas hurricane; 1933 Cuba–Brownsville hurricane; 1933 Treasure Coast hurricane; 1945 Homestead hurricane; 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane; 1948 Miami ...
List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes; Tropical cyclone effects in Europe; 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane – A destructive, long-lived Category 4 hurricane that took a similar path, devastating the Bahamas; 1933 Cuba–Brownsville hurricane – The second known Category 5 hurricane to make hit the Bahamas at that intensity
The storm's effects were considered comparable to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992, which struck the northwestern Bahamas as a Category 5. [88] Initial claims of numerous casualties throughout the island chain proved unsubstantiated, [ 73 ] and although one man died during the storm on Long Island, his death was unrelated to ...
Tropical cyclone effects in Europe; 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane – A destructive, long-lived Category 4 hurricane that took a similar path, devastating the Bahamas; 1933 Cuba–Brownsville hurricane – The first known Category 5 hurricane to make hit the Bahamas at that intensity; Hurricane Andrew (1992) – Also struck the northern Bahamas as ...
Hurricane Dorian was the strongest hurricane to affect The Bahamas on record, causing catastrophic damage on the islands of Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, in early September 2019. The cyclone's intensity, as well as its slow forward motion near The Bahamas, broke numerous records.
The 1929 Bahamas hurricane (also known as the Great Andros Island Hurricane) was a high-end Category 4 tropical cyclone whose intensity and slow forward speed led to catastrophic damage in the Bahamas in September 1929, particularly on Andros and New Providence islands. Its erratic path and a lack of nearby weather observations made the ...
The hurricanes has immediate impact on the island's people and ability to thrive. [12] While hurricanes might not have impacted the overall domination of agricultural production in the Caribbean, individual storms in the 1840s affected infrastructure and the fields for subsistence farmers and larger growers. [12]