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| Hurricane Dorian heads to Florida coast after causing destruction in Bahamas | Hurricane Dorian heads to Florida coast after causing destruction in Bahamas |
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| Hurricane Dorian, weakening but still powerful, set its sights on the Florida coastline on Tuesday after destroying thousands of homes and claiming at least five lives in a two-day battering of the north-western islands of the Bahamas. | Hurricane Dorian, weakening but still powerful, set its sights on the Florida coastline on Tuesday after destroying thousands of homes and claiming at least five lives in a two-day battering of the north-western islands of the Bahamas. |
| Hurricane Dorian: slow-moving storm batters Bahamas – live updates | Hurricane Dorian: slow-moving storm batters Bahamas – live updates |
| At daybreak, the centre of the storm was still over Grand Bahama, where thousands sheltered from wind, rain and storm surge. Rescue operations plucked stranded residents from rooftops of homes inundated with floodwater. | |
| On Tuesday morning Dorian weakened to a category 2 storm with winds of 110mph, far below the catastrophic 185mph winds of landfall in the Abaco Islands on Sunday. But the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami warned in an 8am advisory that the misery was far from over. | |
| “Devastating winds and storm surge will continue to affect Grand Bahama island for several more hours,” said Richard Pasch, senior hurricane expert. “Everyone there should remain in shelter.” | “Devastating winds and storm surge will continue to affect Grand Bahama island for several more hours,” said Richard Pasch, senior hurricane expert. “Everyone there should remain in shelter.” |
| The Bahamas prime minister, Hubert Minnis, said: “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy. The devastation is unprecedented and extensive.” | The Bahamas prime minister, Hubert Minnis, said: “We are in the midst of a historic tragedy. The devastation is unprecedented and extensive.” |
| The storm 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 40ft above sea level. The Grand Bahama airport was under 6ft of water. | The storm 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 40ft above sea level. The Grand Bahama airport was under 6ft of water. |
| Kimberley Mullings, 27, a resident of Grand Bahama, told the Guardian: “There is no way you can compare this to any storm I’ve been through before. | Kimberley Mullings, 27, a resident of Grand Bahama, told the Guardian: “There is no way you can compare this to any storm I’ve been through before. |
| “The wind speed is ferocious. It’s vicious, that’s the only way I can describe it. You can’t sleep because you don’t want something to happen to you in your sleep. | “The wind speed is ferocious. It’s vicious, that’s the only way I can describe it. You can’t sleep because you don’t want something to happen to you in your sleep. |
| “Think about one of your worst nightmares and that there is nothing you can do. There is nothing you could have done to have prepared for a storm like this.” | “Think about one of your worst nightmares and that there is nothing you can do. There is nothing you could have done to have prepared for a storm like this.” |
| 'It's vicious': terrified Bahamians wait for Hurricane Dorian to pass | 'It's vicious': terrified Bahamians wait for Hurricane Dorian to pass |
| The storm was 110 miles off West Palm Beach, Florida. Later, the most powerful Atlantic cyclone of modern times was expected to take a long-awaited turn north-west and edge closer to the US coast. | The storm was 110 miles off West Palm Beach, Florida. Later, the most powerful Atlantic cyclone of modern times was expected to take a long-awaited turn north-west and edge closer to the US coast. |
| Coastal communities in Palm Beach and Martin counties and further north were feeling tropical storm-force gusts. | Coastal communities in Palm Beach and Martin counties and further north were feeling tropical storm-force gusts. |
| “Somebody once told me a hurricane is like an elephant on roller-skates,” severe weather expert Jim Lushine told the Sun-Sentinel. | “Somebody once told me a hurricane is like an elephant on roller-skates,” severe weather expert Jim Lushine told the Sun-Sentinel. |
| “It doesn’t make a very sharp turn. It has to slow down tremendously before it can turn.” | “It doesn’t make a very sharp turn. It has to slow down tremendously before it can turn.” |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report. | The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report. | The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
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