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Dorian was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, the first major hurricane, and the first Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Dorian struck the Abaco Islands on September 1 with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), tying with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the highest wind speeds of an Atlantic hurricane ...
Dorian also dropped an estimated 3.0 ft (0.91 m) of rain over The Bahamas. [16] Hurricane Dorian killed at least 70 people in The Bahamas – 60 on Abaco and 10 on Grand Bahama. [17] One of the fatalities was classified as indirect. [18] Damage amounted to US$3.4 billion. [19] Insured losses alone were confirmed to be at least US$1 billion. [20]
Dorian made successive landfalls in Barbados and St. Lucia on August 27 with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (80 km/h). Following a reformation of the core, the storm turned northwest and gained strength. Coincident with the formation of an eye, Dorian achieved hurricane strength as it struck St. Croix and St. Thomas shortly thereafter.
On Sunday, Dorian's maximum sustained winds reached 185 mph (297 kph), with gusts up to 220 mph (354 kph), tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall.
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.
With a U.S. death toll of at least 241, Hurricane Helene is the continental United States’ deadliest single storm since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when about 1,400 people died.
The hurricane, which has since been downgraded to a Category 2, is now making its way up the U.S.'s East Coast, where it may impact Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday and Friday ...
Hurricane Dorian caused severe flooding and hurricane-force winds over parts of the coastal Carolinas during early September 2019. After stalling over The Bahamas for three days as a Category 5 hurricane, Dorian proceeded generally to the northwest, before moving along the Atlantic Coast, striking the town of Buxton, North Carolina, on September 6.