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Dorian at its peak as a category 5
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The intensity and pressure of Dorian

Hurricane Dorian was a 2019 tropical cyclone. The storm hit the British and United States Virgin Islands and nearly hit Puerto Rico. The fourth named storm, second hurricane, first major hurricane, and a first Category 5 hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season.

On August 30, Dorian became a first major hurricane of the season, and then became a Category 4 hurricane from a Category 2 in 9 hours. Dorian later became a Category 5 hurricane, making 2019 the fourth consecutive season to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane (Matthew in 2016, Irma and Maria in 2017, and Michael in 2018). The storm was the second most-intense storm to strike anywhere in the Atlantic basin.

Dorian struck the northwestern Bahamas with 185 mph sustained winds and heavy flooding. This was the most powerful tropical cyclone on the record to hit the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history.

The cyclone brushed eastern Florida and Georgia. The storm was also expected to move over northeastern South Carolina, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia. After that, it transitioned into a category 2 extratropical storm and hit Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Tropical cyclone warnings and watches were put up for areas from the Leeward Islands to Hispaniola. Similar warnings were put up from Florida to Delaware.

Images for kids

  • Dorian 2019-09-02 1548Z - From the ISS

    Hurricane Dorian as seen from the International Space Station on September 2, 2019

  • Overall precipitation from Hurricane Dorian

    The amount of precipitation produced by Hurricane Dorian from August 27 to September 9.

  • President Trump at FEMA (48665164233)

    President Trump at a FEMA briefing on the hurricane

  • Hurricane Dorian Briefing (48648405897)

    President Trump receives an update on Hurricane Dorian on August 29, 2019

  • SC National Guard Dorian Briefing

    Major General Roy V. McCarty of the South Carolina National Guard and Governor Henry McMaster conduct a briefing on the hurricane

  • Hurricane Dorian destruction -Bahamas

    Hurricane Dorian's destruction in the Bahamas

  • Hurricane Dorian landfall greyscale

    Animated greyscale satellite loop of 2019's Hurricane Dorian from intensification to landfall

  • Hurricane Dorian 2019 total rainfall by WPC

    Rainfall accumulation from Dorian

  • Hope Town Hurricane Dorian impact (48687778026)

    Damage from Hope Town, Bahamas

  • Marsh Harbour Airport after Dorian

    Marsh Harbour Airport in Dorian's aftermath

  • Dorian 2019-09-02 0616Z (2h16 am local)

    Dorian and Florida's east coast at night on September 2

  • Hurricane Dorian Damage in Halifax, NS, Canada Crane Collapse

    Crane toppled by Dorian's hurricane-force winds on September 7, in Halifax, Nova Scotia

  • CBP Food and Water Delivery to Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian (48693139732)

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents deliver relief supplies to the Bahamas

  • Grand Celebration (48705620292)

    Grand Celebration helped transport evacuees from the Bahamas to Florida.

  • Hurricane Dorian customs (48705622287)

    US Customs agents examine documents for evacuees

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