Hurricane Dorian – The Worst Natural Disaster in Bahamian History

Hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in September 1st. with winds of 185 mph. Grand Bahama was later affected at an identical intensity, northern side hit with the 185 as a minimum wind speed for 24hrs. That resulted to the utmost catastrophic damages; most structures were swept to the ocean. A minimum of 70,000 folks was left homeless. When Dorian reached the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Dorian proceeded to the coasts of the Southeastern US and Atlantic North American country, resulting to extensive damages and economical losses in those regions.

Hurricane Dorian was classified as the foremost powerful tropical cyclone on record to strike the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and is thought to be the worst natural disaster within the country's history.

Dorian was developed from a tropical wave on August 24th over the Central Atlantic. On August 28th, the hurricane progressed through the archipelago as it matured into a cyclone northern side of the archipelago. Dorian’s intensifies over the subsequent days to reach its peak as a class five cyclone with one-minute sustained winds of 185 mph and a minimum central pressure of 910 millibars by September 1st. It reached landfall within the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in Elbow key, simply east of Abaco Island and continued its rampage. When Dorian started weakening significantly, on September 3rd Dorian began moving northwestward, parallel to the geographical area of Florida. From August 26 to August 28th, the storm surged through many areas of the northmost archipelago. Areas within the archipelago, was minorly impacted by the storm. The states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia all declared a state of emergency and lots of coastal counties from Florida to North Carolina issued obligatory evacuation orders in preparation or the storm. Dorian's 185 mph sustained winds at landfall on Elbow key compares it with the 1935 Labor Day cyclone because it was considered to be the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history, but Dorian just matched it and most likely was more overpowered, measured by sustained winds.

The Damage within the Commonwealth of the Bahamas was Catastrophic thanks to the longevity of how the storm stayed at its peak and intense storm conditions. Thousands of homes destroyed and a minimum of 53 deaths recorded due to serious rain, flooding, high winds, and storm surge, however news sources within the Commonwealth of the Bahamas says that it's going to exceed 1,000. There are presently 1,300 folks missing. Dorian is the most expensive disaster in Bahamian history, calculable $7 billion in property damage.