Hurricane Dorian Florida 2019

Hurricane dorian the most powerful storm to hit the bahamas since records began has left widespread devastation at least 43 dead and many more still missing days after the storm passed.

Hurricane dorian florida 2019. Hurricane dorian was the fourth named storm second hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2019 atlantic hurricane season. That question is on the minds of many today as the monster storm has been sitting off of florida s east coast circulating over the bahamas at a near standstill. The northern bahamas the abaco islands and grand bahama island were devastated by dorian s category five winds estimated to have reached over 180 mph with a storm surge greater than 18 feet. On the 23rd a well defined surface low.

Hurricane dorian august 31 september 9 2019 an active tropical wave moved across western africa on august 19th. Mentioning states that would likely be impacted by the storm he incorrectly included alabama which by then was known not to be under threat from the storm. Hurricane dorian was an extremely powerful and devastating category 5 atlantic hurricane that became the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the bahamas and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country s history. Every county in florida is under a state of emergency as the state prepares for what may be the strongest hurricane to hit its east coast in nearly three decades.

It was also one of the most powerful hurricanes recorded in the atlantic ocean in terms of 1 minute sustained winds with these winds peaking at 185 mph. 09 2019 nasa estimates hurricane dorian s massive rainfall track. Hurricane dorian was the strongest and most destructive storm of the 2019 hurricane season. Dorian formed on august 24 2019 from a tropical wave in the central atlantic and gradually strengthened as it moved toward the lesser antilles becoming a hurricane on august 28.

On monday morning september 9 hurricane dorian was a post tropical storm after a mid latitude weather front and cold seas had altered its tropical characteristics over the weekend. Hurricane dorian finally inches away from the northern bahamas after lingering over them for days leaving catastrophic damage and many people stranded in flooded buildings as it pounded the same.