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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 ]
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 hurricane; 1949 Florida hurricane
By August 28, the NHC was forecasting for Dorian to pass near the northern Bahamas as a major hurricane. [3] On August 30, the government of The Bahamas issued a hurricane watch, and later that day a hurricane warning, for the northwestern Bahamas, including the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island, and New Providence.
Hurricane Dorian was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone, which became the most intense on record to strike The Bahamas.It is tied with the 1935 Labor Day hurricane for the strongest landfall in the Atlantic basin in terms of maximum sustained winds.
Hurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It was the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed, and remained the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later.
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900. Death Toll: 6,000–12,000. ... Hurricane Irma was the most powerful hurricane in history in the open Atlantic. People dubbed it “Irmageddon” because it ...
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.
Hurricane Dorian in August 2019 was the strongest, deadliest, and most damaging hurricane to hit The Bahamas in recorded history, making landfall on Great Abaco island with winds of 185 mph (298 km/h) and a central pressure of 910 millibars (26.87 inHg). Dorian killed 74 people, and caused US$2.5 billion in damages.