Hurricane Dorian Archives

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Bahamians Look for Loved Ones as 1,300 Missing After Dorian

They scan social media, peer under rubble, or try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends.

Were Bahamians Fleeing Dorian Told to Leave a Ferry to Florida Because They Lacked Visas?

The answer had to do with confusion and miscommunication rather than new visa requirements.

NWS Chief Backs Forecasters Who Contradicted Trump

Director Louis Uccellini said forecasters in Birmingham did the right thing when they tried to combat public panic and rumors that Dorian posed a threat to Alabama.

Hurricane Dorian Howling over North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Dorian's eye was 10 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, as the storm moved northeast at 14 mph (22 kph).

Dorian, Back to a Category 3 Hurricane, Creeps up US Coast

Hurricane Dorian began raking the Southeast U.S. seaboard and left tens of thousands without power as it threatened to inundate low-lying coasts from Georgia to Virginia with a life-threatening storm surge after its deadly mauling of the Bahamas.

Florida Man Parks Smart Car in Kitchen So It Won’t Blow Away

Jessica Eldridge said her husband Patrick Eldridge was "afraid his car might blow away" so he parked it in their Jacksonville home's kitchen.

Miami’s Bahamian Ties Inspire Relief Effort After Dorian

Spared from the wrath of Hurricane Dorian, people in South Florida are donating water, food and household supplies in a relief effort spearheaded by descendants of some of Miami's earliest settlers from the Bahamas.

Deadly Hurricane Dorian Parks Itself over the Bahamas

The storm's relentless winds and rain battered homes and businesses on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have a combined population of about 70,000 and are no more than 40 feet (12 meters) above sea level at their highest points.

Dorian Becomes a Category 4 Monster Powering Toward Florida

Hurricane Dorian powered toward Florida with increasing fury, becoming an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm but leaving forecasters uncertain whether it would make a direct hit on the state's east coast or inflict a glancing blow.

Florida Preps for an ‘Absolute Monster’: Hurricane Dorian

The National Hurricane Center said the Category 2 storm is expected to strengthen into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 with winds of 130 mph (209 kph) and slam into the U.S. somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.

Hurricane on Track for Florida After Strike in Caribbean

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to grow into a potentially devastating Category 3 hurricane before hitting the U.S. mainland somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.