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by Cyril JULIEN NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — One week after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, residents struggled amid the ruins Sunday, with many forced to seek refuge far from their shattered homes as the death toll from the top-intensity storm hit 44 in the islands. Dorian, now classified as a post-tropical storm, caused “severe damage” in eastern Canada and was expected to move soon into the North Atlantic after cutting a destructive swath through the […]
CHARLESTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Dorian weakened to a Category 1 storm early Friday as it closed in on the coast of North Carolina, US meteorologists said. Dorian was packing maximum sustained winds of near 90 mph (150 kilometers per hour), down from 100 miles per hour, according to the latest update from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. “Slow weakening is expected during the next few days. However, Dorian should remain a powerful hurricane […]
NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 30 in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told American network CNN on Thursday. Authorities had previously reported 20 dead, but have warned that the final figure is sure to be far higher. Minnis has said that the storm caused “generational devastation.” The United Nations said 70,000 people in the Bahamas were in “immediate need” of aid. Dorian, currently a Category 2 […]
By Melissa Potes EBC Florida Bureau ORLANDO, FL. (Eagle News) – According to the most recent alert from the National Weather Service, Hurricane Dorian, now a category two storm, will make its closest approach to east central Florida tonight, Tuesday, September 3rd, into early Wednesday morning. A storm surge warning and hurricane warning are in effect for coastal regions while inland regions remain under a tropic storm warning. Winds are expected to be between 35-45 […]
PORT SAINT LUCIE, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Dorian is confirmed to have killed at least five people in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said Monday as the storm stalled over the island chain, unleashing catastrophic wind and rain. Addressing a news conference at the National Emergency Management Agency in New Providence, Minnis described the storm as an “historic tragedy” for the archipelago. The Abaco islands on Sunday received the full brunt of Dorian, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Thursday as it barreled toward the US state of Florida, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm’s maximum sustained winds have reached 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour), putting it in the second category of a five-level scale, according to an advisory from the NHC. © Agence France-Presse
by Ivelisse Rivera FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (AFP) — A strengthening Hurricane Dorian appeared to have largely spared Puerto Rico Wednesday, barreling past the US territory that is still recovering from a powerful storm two years ago. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the hurricane watch and tropical storm warning for the island had been lifted, and that “Dorian continues to move away from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.” “The threat has already […]
