Day: September 4, 2019

Dorian: Forecasters say Bahamas faces record hurricane

Bahamas: Upper atmosphere gridlock stalled Hurricane Dorian

2:21 am September 4, 2019

Freeport, Bahamas: Hurricane Dorian is finally moving. But for a day-and-half it just sat on and pounded Grand Bahamas Island because nothing high up in the atmosphere was making it budge. That meteorological gridlock, which slows or stalls storms, is happening more often in a warming world, studies show. Before Dorian picked up speed Tuesday […]

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NOAA chief thanks Alabama weather office in Hurricane Dorian forecast

Deadly Hurricane Dorian slams parts of the Bahamas

2:16 am September 4, 2019

FREEPORT, Bahamas: Relief officials reported scenes of utter ruin in parts of the Bahamas and rushed to deal with an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful storm on record ever to hit the islands. At least five deaths were reported, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown. […]

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