Hurricane Dorian

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Hurricane Dorian was a catastrophic Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2019 that devastated parts of the Bahamas, especially the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama, and became one of the strongest storms on record for the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Dorian canonical 2

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Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 2019 Atlantic hurricane season storm ⓘ
Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
affectedCountry Bahamas ⓘ
Barbados ⓘ
British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
United States ⓘ
United States East Coast ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
damageEstimate about 3.4 billion USD in the Bahamas ⓘ
dissipatedOn 2019-09-10 ⓘ
eyewallReplacementCycles multiple ⓘ
fatalities over 70 direct and indirect deaths ⓘ
firstCategory5LandfallDate 2019-09-01 ⓘ
firstCategory5LandfallLocation Elbow Cay, Abaco Islands, Bahamas ⓘ
linked to: Elbow Cays
firstClassifiedAs tropical depression ⓘ
firstClassifiedAsDate 2019-08-24 ⓘ
formedFrom tropical wave ⓘ
formedOn 2019-08-24 ⓘ
impactedUSState Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
madeLandfallCountry Bahamas ⓘ
madeLandfallOn Grand Bahama ⓘ
Great Abaco Island ⓘ
maximum1MinuteSustainedWinds 185 mph ⓘ
295 km/h ⓘ
maximumCategory Category 5 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure 910 hPa ⓘ
monitoredBy National Hurricane Center ⓘ
movementCharacteristic stalled over Grand Bahama for many hours ⓘ
namedAfter Dorian ⓘ
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nameRetirementYear 2021 ⓘ
notableFor devastation in Grand Bahama ⓘ
devastation in the Abaco Islands ⓘ
one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record at landfall ⓘ
one of the strongest hurricanes to strike the Bahamas ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf 2019 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
peakIntensityComparison tied with Hurricane Gilbert, Hurricane Wilma, and Hurricane Allen for Atlantic sustained wind speed ⓘ
postTropicalLandfallLocation Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Nova Scotia
postTropicalTransitionDate 2019-09-07 ⓘ
reachedCategory5On 2019-09-01 ⓘ
replacementName Dexter ⓘ
retiredName Dorian ⓘ
secondBahamasLandfallDate 2019-09-01 ⓘ
secondBahamasLandfallLocation Eastern Grand Bahama Island ⓘ
linked to: Grand Bahama
transitionedTo post-tropical cyclone ⓘ
upgradedToHurricaneDate 2019-08-28 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abaco Islands → experiencedEvent → Hurricane Dorian ⓘ
Great Abaco Island → devastatedBy → Hurricane Dorian ⓘ