Dorian hits Bahamas as second-strongest Atlantic hurricane on record
01 September 2019 - 22:56
Titusville — Hurricane Dorian crashed into the Bahamas on Sunday as the second strongest Atlantic storm on record and inched closer to the US, with parts of Florida evacuating and Georgia and the Carolinas bracing for wind and flooding.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Dorian made landfall on Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands as a Category 5 storm on Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 295km/h and gusts of more than 354km/h. ..
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