Hurricane Dorian has killed at least five people in the Bahamas. “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy,' the prime minister says.
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis says at least five people have died in the Abaco Islands as Hurricane Dorian continues to pound the region as a Category 4 storm.
On Sunday, Dorian blasted the Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts up to 220 mph , tying the record for the most powerful Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall. Delta said it would offer hotel rooms for those customers and rebook them on a Tuesday flight. The airline also said that all remaining Delta flights to or from the Bahamas on Monday have been cancelled.Hurricane Dorian remains powerful and destructive as it hovers over Grand Bahama island — but is showing signs of slight weakening.
The center said Dorian is expected to move “dangerously close” to the Florida east coast late Monday through Wednesday evening and then move north to coastal Georgia and South Carolina on Wednesday night and Thursday.Georgia’s governor is urging coastal residents to flee ahead of Hurricane Dorian, citing the storm’s powerful winds and uncertain path.
Police Chief Samuel Butler urged people to remain calm and said rescue crews could not help anyone at the moment because of the storm’s maximum sustained winds of 155 mph .Dorian also is expected to cause a storm surge of up to 23 feet as ZNS radio station shared reports from callers saying some people were stuck on roofs and other areas.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in an advisory at 11 a.m. EDT that Dorian’s maximum sustained winds are 155 mph , which takes the extremely dangerous storm down one notch, from Category 5.The center said the storm will move “dangerously close” to the Florida East Coast late Monday through Wednesday evening.
Quincy Parker told ZNS Bahamas radio station on Monday morning that crews are working to restore power on the island that lies south of the path that Hurricane Dorian is expected to take. The flight tracking site FlightAware on Monday listed 990 cancellations into or out of airports in Orlando, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and Palm Beach.
Still, residents of Grand Bahama are advised to remain in their shelters, as dangerous winds will pick back up once the eye passes. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the Category 5 storm’s top sustained winds remain at 165 mph Monday morning, down Sunday’s high of 185 mph . The center of the storm is around 40 miles east of Grand Bahama’s largest city, Freeport, and 115 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.
The center of the storm remains around 40 miles east of Grand Bahama’s largest city, Freeport. It’s also around 125 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.The hurricane is expected to continue battering Grand Bahama through Monday, before moving close to Florida’s coast Monday night through Wednesday evening.Hurricane Dorian’s eye is crawling over the Bahamas’ northernmost island, but residents are warned not to leave their shelters.
The center of the storm is around 40 miles east of Grand Bahama’s largest city, Freeport. It’s also around 125 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida.Hurricane Dorian has weakened slightly as it batters the northern Bahamas but the National Hurricane Center in Miami says the Category 5 storm still remains “extremely dangerous.”
The 1 a.m. Monday update continued to characterize the situation created by the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian as “life-threatening.”
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