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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.

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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A month after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, Sherrine Petit Homme LaFrance gets a hug from husband Ferrier Petit Homme. The storm destroyed their home on Grand Abaco Island. They are now living with China Laguerre in Nassau.

PHOTOS: After The Storm, Haitians In The Bahamas Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers

Oct 12, 2019
One woman turned her home into an ad hoc shelter for Haitians displaced by the storm and facing discrimination.
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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

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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Kendieth Russell Roberts and her 5-year-old son Malachai are living with her sister in Florida.

Bahamians Who Fled Dorian Face An Uncertain Future In U.S.

Sep 19, 2019
Customs and Border Protection says some 4,000 Bahamians relocated to the U.S. after Hurricane Dorian — many of them to South Florida. They're wondering if the U.S. will allow them to stay.
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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.

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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World
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.

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.

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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Politics
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is under the microscope for reportedly pressuring government scientists to back President Trump over a misleading tweet about Hurricane Dorian.

Wilbur Ross At The Center Of Another Political Storm, This Time About The Weather

Sep 10, 2019
Ross is under the microscope again — this time for reportedly pressuring government scientists to back President Trump over a misleading tweet about Hurricane Dorian.
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Acting NOAA head Neil Jacobs, seen here at far right as President Trump watches a briefing on Hurricane Dorian, is defending his agency's response to Trump's claim that Dorian had been predicted to hit Alabama hard.

NOAA Head: 'No One's Job Is Under Threat' Over Trump's Disputed Tweets About Alabama

Sep 10, 2019
"There is no pressure to change the way we communicate forecast risk in the future," acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs said at the National Weather Association's annual meeting in Huntsville, Ala.
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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.

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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Christina Crowe signs a poster in support of the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Ala., during a convention of the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala., Monday.

NOAA Chief Scientist Says Move To Contradict Agency And Back Trump Was 'Political'

Sep 09, 2019
It "was not based on science but on external factors including reputation and appearance, or simply put, political," the agency's acting chief scientist wrote.
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World

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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Flooding from Hurricane Dorian swamped Ocracoke Island on Friday in North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Dorian's Floodwaters Trapped Hundreds In The Outer Banks Until Boat Rescuers Arrived

Sep 07, 2019
One islander who was saved described Dorian this way: "It was like being in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome mixed with the Wizard of Oz," she said. "The noise, the intensity was just outrageous."
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Science
President Trump holds a doctored chart as he talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, on Wednesday in Washington.

NOAA Contradicts Weather Service, Backs Trump On Hurricane Threat In Alabama

Sep 06, 2019
In the escalating debate over weather projections, meteorologists fear their credibility is at stake.
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Environment
A satellite image taken Friday shows damage and oil leaking from a terminal on Grand Bahama. The company that owns it says 1.8 million barrels were being stored there when Hurricane Dorian hit late Sunday.

Oil Seen Leaking From Hurricane-Hit Facility On Grand Bahama Island

Sep 06, 2019
Eyewitness images and satellite pictures show oil that seeped from tanks at a major storage terminal on the island's eastern side. The terminal's owner says it was damaged by Hurricane Dorian.
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A resident walks his dog on a flooded road Friday in Salvo, N.C., in the Outer Banks, as Hurricane Dorian drenches the neighborhood with a torrential downpour. The storm made landfall Friday morning as a Category 1 hurricane.

After Days-Long Delay, Hurricane Dorian Finally Makes It Ashore In N.C.

Sep 06, 2019
With maximum sustained winds of about 90 mph, Dorian was a Category 1 storm when its eye crossed over Cape Hatteras. It is now moving northeast at 17 mph.
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World
The destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air in Marsh Harbour on the Bahamas' Great Abaco Island. The death toll from the hurricane, officially at 20, is expected to climb.

In Bahamas, Officials Assess 'Generational Devastation' From Hurricane Dorian

Sep 05, 2019
Some areas of the Bahamas are still only reachable by helicopter or small watercraft, like jet skis. The official death toll is 20, but it's expected to rise as search efforts continue.
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Hurricane Dorian is edging close to the Southeastern coast, bringing dangerous flooding to South Carolina. The storm is seen here at 8 a.m. ET Thursday.

'It's Very Dangerous': Dorian Drenches Carolinas As Eye Churns Offshore

Sep 05, 2019
The Category 2 hurricane is just off the coast, and its heavy winds and rains are hammering the Southeast. "If you don't need to be out," South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says, "don't go out."
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Utility trucks move in Monday as the outer bands of Hurricane Dorian approach in Charleston, S.C. Residents in Charleston and many other coastal areas are under an evacuation order.

'They Just Panic': Elderly Residents Face Evacuation Challenges During Storms

Sep 05, 2019
Evacuating away from a hurricane is difficult for elderly people who are ill, don't have access to transportation or live on a fixed income. Slow, rainy storms such as Dorian are particularly tough.
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Hurricane Dorian's outer bands are lashing Florida as the storm moves northward along the U.S. coastline.

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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Environment
An satellite image from the company ICEYE shows flooding on Grand Bahama on Monday. The satellite uses radar to look through the clouds.

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

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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World

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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Nevada Rescue Team Deploying To Florida To Help With Dorian

Sep 02, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A southern Nevada water-rescue team has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is deploying to Florida to be in position to respond to Hurricane Dorian.

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Strong winds seen from the balcony of a hotel in Freeport, Grand Bahama, where Hurricane Dorian hovered most of Monday, pummeling the islands with a fearsome Category 4 assault.

5 Dead As Slow-Moving Dorian Batters The Bahamas, Tracks Toward U.S.

Sep 02, 2019

The prime minister said five people were killed on Abaco Island. The Category 3 storm sustains 125 mph winds with "life-threatening" storm surge levels expected on Florida's east coast by late Monday.

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