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Hurricane Irene passed near the northwestern Bahamas, causing moderate flooding. [34] A tornado spawned by the storm on Abaco island deroofed a home, resulting in one death. [35] Four indirect fatalities occurred during a heavy rain when four persons in a truck that drove off a wet pier drowned. [15]
August 28, 1999 - Hurricane Dennis strikes the Abaco Islands as a category 1 hurricane, causing winds of 40 mph (64 km/h) to strike Grand Bahama Island, with other areas recording winds of 70–75 mph (113–121 km/h). The strong winds caused widespread power outages as storm surge was pushed in, flooding roads and buildings.
Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. The ninth named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, Irene originated from a well-defined Atlantic tropical wave that began showing signs of organization east of the Lesser Antilles.
Hundreds were reportedly missing at the time of writing.The storm made landfall on Abaco Island on September 1 as a Category 5 hurricane. The island was largely devastated and about 70,000 people ...
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 Irene caused significant impact across some of the Caribbean Islands and United States Eastern Seaboard, leaving about $14.2 billion in damage and resulting in the name's retirement. Overall, the season resulted in 112 deaths and nearly $17.4 billion in damage.
Shortly before striking the Abaco Islands at 19:00 UTC, the hurricane re-intensified into a Category 4 hurricane. Early on September 15, Floyd weakened to a Category 3 hurricane and passed 110 mi (180 km) offshore Florida. Floyd weakened to a Category 2 hurricane late on September 15, while re-curving to the north-northeast.
Thousands of years ago, Abaco was 10 times as big as today, but as sea levels rose following the last Ice Age, water flooded the island, shrinking its shores. Abaco is made of limestone .