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    Environmentalists warn that exploratory drilling, like that set to begin later this month, can be as or more dangerous that actaul extraction.
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    Offshore Drilling Set To Begin Off Florida Alarms Environmentalists

    Dec 04, 2020
    The drilling is scheduled to start this month in waters off the Bahamas, just 150 miles from the Florida coast. It's raising alarms among environmental groups and businesses that rely on tourism.
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    Hurricane Dorian hit Marsh Harbour on Abaco in the Bahamas particularly hard. This October 2019 photo shows how the storm's powerful winds and storm surge obliterated the island's largest city.
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    In Forecasting Hurricane Dorian, Models Fell Short

    Apr 30, 2020
    When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas last year, it was the strongest ever to devastate the Caribbean country. Now, meteorologists are trying to learn why some of their forecast models fell short.
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    Parts of Great Abaco Island are eerily empty after Hurricane Dorian.
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    After Dorian's Wrath: Little Miracles Amid A Painful Recovery

    Oct 15, 2019
    Just over a month after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the northern Bahamas, parts of the island nation are still in ruins, thousands remain displaced and rebuilding efforts have only just begun.
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    Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian c
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    After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

    Oct 03, 2019
    Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.
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    "The number of people registered missing with the Bahamas government is going down daily," a spokesman for the Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency assured the public.
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    Bahamian Government Revises Number Of Missing After Dorian Down To 1,300

    Sep 13, 2019
    "The number of people registered missing with the Bahamas government is going down daily," a spokesman for NEMA told reporters, adding that many could be unaccounted for in shelters.
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    Philip "P.J." Thomas was a captain and harbor pilot who along with his three children died when Hurricane Dorian roared through Grand Bahama island on Sept. 1.
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    Friends Remember One Of Dorian's Victims On Grand Bahama

    Sep 12, 2019
    P.J. Thomas was an experienced boat captain and harbor pilot who guided some of the world's largest cruise ships to the dock. During the hurricane, he died saving his wife.
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    Reknowned chef José Andrés (right) is interviewed by ABC News last week in the Bahamian capital, Nassau, before heading to the Abaco Islands to deliver food to people stranded left by Hurricane Dorian.
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    How To Help Hurricane Dorian Survivors In The Bahamas

    Sep 11, 2019
    "Cash is king. For us to rebuild these communities, we need funds," the president of Rotary International says. The Bahamas' government has also posted a list of desperately needed items.
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    Several hundred Haitians and Bahamians wait at the port of Marsh Harbour in hopes of boarding a boat to Nassau on Friday.
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    Getting Aid To Bahamas Is A Logistical Nightmare As Support Systems 'Do Not Exist'

    Sep 10, 2019
    "Anywhere we could put a warehouse has been destroyed by floodwaters and may not be safe for storing supplies," one aid group says of the widespread destruction brought by Hurricane Dorian.
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    Abaco After The Hurricane: To Stay Or To Go?

    Sep 09, 2019
    After Hurricane Dorian devastated two islands in the northern Bahamas, people are debating whether to leave their homes. On hard-hit Abaco Island, people are discovering it's not a clear-cut decision.
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    Hurricane Dorian's outer bands are lashing Florida as the storm moves northward along the U.S. coastline.
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    Bahamas Death Toll From Hurricane Dorian Rises To 20

    Sep 04, 2019

    The Bahamas health minister announced the higher death toll late Wednesday, as Dorian continued shadowing the U.S. East Coast.

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    An satellite image from the company ICEYE shows flooding on Grand Bahama on Monday. The satellite uses radar to look through the clouds.
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    Satellite Imagery Shows Extent Of Devastating Flooding On Grand Bahama Island

    Sep 03, 2019
    Hurricane Dorian hit Sunday as a Category 5 hurricane and then essentially parked itself over the island.
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    Residents wade through a street flooded with water brought on by Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, on Tuesday. The storm spent most of Monday and into the morning Tuesday essentially stalled out over the Bahamas, relentlessly pounding the islands wi
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    Dorian Weakens To A Category 2, But Is 'Growing In Size'

    Sep 03, 2019
    Dorian is roughly 105 miles off the shore of Fort Pierce, Fla. It has maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. Officials in the Bahamas say there are at least five storm-related deaths.
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    Hurricane Dorian's Sluggish Movement Makes Future Path Hard To Project

    Sep 02, 2019
    The storm has slowed as it passes over the Bahamas, battering the islands. It's expected to move west and north, grazing Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, but the track is less solid than usual.
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    Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm, tracks toward the Florida coast on Sept. 1.
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    Historic Hurricane Dorian Bears Down On Northern Bahamas As A Category 5 Storm

    Sep 01, 2019
    With sustained winds of 185 mph, Dorian is hitting the Bahamas as "the strongest hurricane in modern records" to hit the archipelago, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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    This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean.
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    Hurricane Dorian's Path Shifts Towards Carolinas, Could Avoid Direct Hit On Florida

    Aug 31, 2019
    Forecasters say the Category 4 hurricane will bring life-threatening storm surge and hurricane force winds to the southeast United States.
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    People in Vero Beach, Fla., install shutters on a home on Thursday in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. The storm reached Category 3 status on Friday and is expected to be Category 4 when it hits the U.S. coastline.
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    Hurricane Dorian Grows Into Category 3 Storm As It Heads Toward Bahamas, U.S.

    Aug 30, 2019
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a state of emergency to include all of the state's 67 counties, citing the storm's "uncertain path." Georgia has made a similar declaration for a dozen counties.
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    Hurricane Dorian has now left the Caribbean Sea, and it's predicted to intensify rapidly as it crosses the Atlantic on the way to Florida's central east coast.
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    Hurricane Dorian Expected To Hit Florida Coast With 130 MPH Winds On Labor Day

    Aug 29, 2019
    "There is an increasing likelihood of life-threatening storm surge along portions of the Florida east coast" on Labor Day weekend, the National Hurricane Center says.
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    An overturned truck and other debris from Hurricane Irma are seen on St. Martin on Friday. The Caribbean island is one of those in danger of taking a second battering, from Hurricane Jose.
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    Irma Crashes Past Cuba, Maintaining Its Collision Course With Florida

    Sep 08, 2017
    With 160-mph winds, Irma is headed for Florida. Gov. Scott urged residents of South Florida to heed orders to evacuate "not in an hour — now."
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    Excerpt of data recording transcript from 2:47 a.m. "AB-2" refers to a junior member of the ship's crew. "2M" refers to the ship's second mate.
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    'Maybe I'm Just Being A Chicken Little'; Transcript Describes Ship's Final Hours

    Dec 13, 2016
    The National Transportation Safety Board has released a data recorder transcript from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank last year after it sailed into a hurricane. All 33 people on board died.
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    Streets were inundated in a neighborhood in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday. Hurricane Matthew dumped rain across the island of Hispaniola, which is split into the Dominican Republic in the east and Haiti to the west.
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    In Haiti, Slow Revelations About The Scale Of Hurricane Destruction

    Oct 06, 2016
    Hurricane Matthew drowned and battered the island nation on Tuesday. At least 283 people died and, more than 48 hours after the storm made landfall, many of the worst hit areas are still inaccessible.
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    The Bahamas has issued an advisory for its citizens traveling to the United States.
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    Bahamas Tells Its Young Males To Exercise Caution With U.S. Police

    Jul 10, 2016
    The advisory from the Caribbean country comes after two recent high-profile police shootings of black men. And it's not the only one. Two Middle Eastern countries have issued similar alerts recently.
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    Hurricane Joaquin is seen over the Bahamas in the western Atlantic Ocean in this NOAA GOES East satellite image taken at 7:45 a.m. ET on Thursday.
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    Joaquin Intensifies To Category 4 As Track Remains Uncertain

    Oct 01, 2015
    The hurricane currently over the Bahamas has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Forecasts are unclear whether it will hit the U.S. East Coast in the next few days or stay out to sea.
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