Bahamas Dorian Damage
Nassau bahamas hurricane dorian s fury as it stalled over the northwest bahamas has left shocking scenes of destruction and fears of a massive loss of life.
Bahamas dorian damage. Dorian also dropped an estimated 3 0 ft 0 91 m of rain over the bahamas. The images coming out of the bahamas right now may lead you to believe the entire country was decimated by hurricane dorian. Hurricane dorian killed at least 70 people in the bahamas 60 on abaco and 10 on grand bahama.
Hurricane dorian has tied the. Damage amounted to us 3 4 billion. About 13 000 homes are thought to be destroyed or badly damaged.
Visit insider s homepage for more stories. Hurricane dorian stalled over several islands in the bahamas as a category 5 storm on sunday and monday causing profound damage to the archipelagic country with a population just under 400 000. These photos show the damage on the ground.
An aerial view of damage caused by hurricane dorian is seen in marsh harbour on great abaco island on september 4 2019 in great abaco bahamas. Make no mistake the club was still hit hard by the outskirts of the hurricane but it endured minimal damage in comparison to the. The abaco club was miraculously spared dorian s full wrath.
Insured losses alone were confirmed to be at least us 1 billion. To the south the bahamas most populous island new providence which includes the capital city nassau and has over 250 000 people and suffered little damage. 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.
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.