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The Bahamas: Dorian left behind “catastrophic damage.”

September 2nd, 2019

Bahamas, The Map

“…….As it pummeled islands in the Bahamas, the hurricane left behind “catastrophic damage,” the Hope Town Volunteer Fire & Rescue said on Facebook. Damage was reported in Elbow Cay, Man-o-War and Marsh Harbour in the Abaco Islands, where buildings had been destroyed and partially submerged with water flooding all around them.

The Abaco Islands are a group of islands and barrier cays in the northern Bahamas, east of southern Florida. Dorian made landfall there as a Category 5 hurricane just after noon Sunday.

The northwestern Bahamas will be drenched in up to 24 inches of rain, with some areas expecting up to 30 inches of water, the hurricane center said……”
This entry was posted on Monday, September 2nd, 2019 at 9:07 am and is filed under Tropical cyclones, Tropical storms .
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