Tag: hurricane

Dorian – Tuesday (09/03)

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Hurricane Dorian Intermediate Advisory Number 40A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL052019
800 AM EDT Tue Sep 03 2019

...EYE OF DORIAN BEGINNING TO INCH NORTHWESTWARD...
...SOUTHERN EYEWALL CONTINUES TO POUND GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.1N 78.4W
ABOUT 40 MI...70 KM NE OF FREEPORT GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
ABOUT 110 MI...175 KM ENE OF WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH...195 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 1 MPH...2 KM/H

Miami’s Bahamian community organizes relief effort – Christ Episcopal Church and Greater St. Paul A.M.E. in Coconut Grove. (Miami Herald)

Also, Bahamas Hurricane Restoration Fund setup since 2015.

Dorian – Tuesday (09/02)

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…EYE OF CATEGORY 5 DORIAN MOVING LITTLE WHILE OVER GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND…

PRESENT MOVEMENT…W OR 270 DEGREES AT 1 MPH…2 KM/H

A prolonged period of catastrophic winds and storm surge will continue to affect Grand Bahama Island through today and tonight. Everyone there should remain in shelter and not venture into the eye.

Heavy rains, capable of producing life-threatening flash floods, are expected over northern portions of the Bahamas and coastal sections of the Southeast and lower Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States into Friday.

via nhc.noaa.gov (8am advisory).

Relief effort aimed at The Bahamas, some drop off sites in West Coconut Grove.